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Carlos St John is his real name.
And just like his name reflects him, so does his music.
He's a rapper, yes, but that isn't all- He's a performer,
he's a songwriter, he's from Brooklyn,
he's from Guyana.
He's from a mother who was a hustler and a father who
chased tail. He's a model and a thinker. He's charming and
he's brutal. Because of and above all this, he makes great
music and he puts on a show, on stage, off stage, wherever.
And with one singular focus "I Want It All",
he bottles all those in the St. John Portfolio
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His Plan; give it to the World, let them decide.
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Friday August 22, 2014Mark Daigneault Named Oklahoma City Thunder D-League Head Coach
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Mark Daigneault will be the next head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder's D-League affiliate. (Photo: Michael Wade)
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The Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday named UF men's basketball staffer Mark Daigneault its D-League head coach. Daigneault has been with the Florida program for the past four seasons, most recently as Assistant to the Head Coach.
"I have had a great deal of respect for the Thunder organization throughout my career, and I'm excited to immerse myself in the culture there, and focus on the continued development of the program," said Daigneault. "The University of Florida, Coach Donovan, the Florida basketball staff and players that I had the privilege of working with contributed to my personal and professional growth, and for that I am grateful as I embark on this opportunity with the Thunder organization."
During Daigneault's four seasons at UF, the Gators posted a 120-30 record (.800), won three SEC championships and advanced to the Elite Eight every season and the Final Four in 2014.
"Mark has been a valuable member of our staff the past four seasons, and I'm very happy to see him get this opportunity with a great organization," said UF head coach Billy Donovan. "We all wish him the best of luck and know he'll do a tremendous job."
In addition to his contributions to the men's basketball program, Daigneault also earned his master's degree in sport management while at UF.
"Mark has placed a high value on development throughout his career and we feel that he is well aligned with the goals of our organization," said Oklahoma City Thunder Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. "His experience at Florida under Coach Donovan has provided him the platform to apply his intelligence and relationship skills to help strengthen the program. We are excited about Mark joining the organization and continuing his professional growth."
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York Area Regional Police are asking for information about numerous vehicle break-ins and thefts at the York County Heritage Rail Trail Park and York Township's Stump Park, according to a news release.
Over the past month, police and park rangers have taken reports of items being taken from vehicles of patrons of the parks. These vehicles were parked in the parking lots along Days Mill and Brillhart Station roads.
The vehicles have had windows broken out and items taken from the interior. Patrons of these parks as well as others around the area are reminded to keep valuables out of sight or locked in a glove compartment or console, if you leave them in your vehicle, the release states.
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Eddie Atzenhofer traveled to Washington with his wife, daughter and son-in-law to see the WWII memorial.
Get a wish granted
These national organizations help grant wishes for seniors.
About: Two-time Olympic skier and former NFL football player Jeremy Bloom established Wish of a Lifetime in 2008 to enrich the lives of seniors across the country.
How to get a wish: Any senior can apply. To be eligible he or she must be age 65 or older, a legal resident of the United States, unable to fulfill the wish but capable to experience it, not convicted of a felony, and able to obtain doctor approval if needed.
Details: www.seniorwish.org
About: This Collierville, Tenn.-based nonprofit grants wishes to senior veterans ages 65 and older.
How to get a wish: Apply by submitting information on the organizations online form at http://foreveryoungseniorwish.org/wishes/submit-a-wish.
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About: Established to make memories for seniors who have limited financial resources.
How to get a wish: U.S. citizens age 70 and older must be referred by a community agency to apply. Annual income must be at or below the current federal government poverty level.
Details: www.seniorshavedreams.org
About: Founded in 2003, in Doylestown, Pa., the organization now has 10 chapters across the country to grant wishes to those who struggle financially.
How to get a wish: Must be age 68 or older and have an income of less than 200 percent of poverty level or be a nursing facility resident unable to fulfill the wish alone. Wish recipients should have a documented history of giving back to the community.
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From the dock, the ship looked unassuming.
Then Dan Edwards crossed the gangplank and walked the 150 feet to a husky manhole that opened into the bowels of the USS Maryland, a U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.
Then it got real, Edwards said.
The 84-year-old retired naval lieutenant sat on the edge of the circular opening and lowered his now-frail body down into the ship just the way he used to six decades ago.
As he descended four levels of steep stairs into the bowels of the submarine, he plunged deep into his memories. To be on a modern-day submarine is a wish he carried with him long since he retired from his post-military career as a surgeon and moved with his wife into the Cumberland of Green Hills, a Brookdale Senior Living independent and assisted-living community in Nashville.
In July, with the help of a partnership between Brookdale and Wish of a Lifetime, Edwards realized that dream, traveling to Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia and boarding the USS Maryland.
It was a real thrill, Edwards said.
Wish of a Lifetime is just one of a growing number of national organizations working to fulfill the dreams of aging seniors and Edwards is one of several local seniors who have had wishes granted.
Like a Make-a-Wish for older adults, these organizations bring focus to an issue that many families with aging loved ones face: When older members get ill or slow down in life, what meaningful memories and wishes can be fulfilled before they die?
We dont know what tomorrow will bring, says Nashville resident Pamela Raider, whose 87-year-old father, Eddie Atzenhofer, also had a dream fulfilled by Wish of a Lifetime. No one should take for granted that an aging loved one will be able to wait any amount of time to realize a dream.
Our dreams give us hope, and as we get older, sometimes hope and memories are what get us through every day.
Fun memories
At FiftyForward Madison Station, a local senior center, memories make for fun games and good times.
On a recent weekday afternoon, about a dozen seniors gathered for reminiscence group. Seated around a conference table, the silver-haired assembly participated in a trivia game of memories, answering questions like: What we called dads trousers? and A popular 1940s doll?
For each correct answer, 79-year-old mediator Larry McDougal playfully tossed pennies across a table to his peers to keep score.
The bad thing is we have to give the pennies back, one senior joked as she tallied her haul.
The game is about remembering times past, but so often for this age group that correlates to dreams for the future.
Youre never too old to get a wish, said Larrys wife, Nancy. And most of the time you are wishing for something you have done and would like to redo.
For 83-year-old Martha Hayes, those memories are rooted in the waves of Panama City. Years ago, she used to travel there with her family. Her husband would scallop in the bay and cook fish for dinner.
Its been 10 years since Hayes has last been. And although it may be too soon after her husbands death to relive those recollections, she would like to return one day, when it feels right, she said. I would like to take my whole family and get together again for memories sake.
Other wishes surface around the table at FiftyForward. Herbert Haddock, a 64-year-old who is big in personality but short in stature, always wished he could be taller than his 5-foot-2 frame. Estella Nichols, 78, would like to go to Oklahoma to see her four grandchildren. Larry McDougal would like to take a hot air balloon ride in a place where there are no houses, no roads, and all open country the way it used to be.
I want to see the world from a different perspective, he said.
And his wife, well, she longs to replace the garnet ring she received from her mother on her 16th birthday. The ring her birthstone was stolen years ago, and she never got over it.
I wore that ring every day, she said.
People feel valued
In some situations, to voice these desires may seem silly. After all, Larry McDougals grandmother always said, If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
But having these conversations with older loved ones is significant, said Adrienne Newman, associate executive director of FiftyForward, an organization aimed at providing services and activities for aging adults.
Quality of life is so important, no matter what age you are, Newman said. If you are able to do something a little extraordinary, it gives people a real lift. They feel important, they feel valued, and we all want that.
And what caregivers and family members hear most often, Newman said, is not necessarily about big trips and lofty dreams. Many times, it is simply an opportunity to sit down and reminisce, to talk about whats important and give aging loved ones undivided time.
It wasnt until Raider accompanied her father on his Wish of a Lifetime from Nashville to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., that she realized the significance he had in the war. From 1944 to 1946, Atzenhofer cared for the sick, wounded and burned as a hospital nurse and aide in the Navy.
Although his struggle with Parkinsons many years later made last Octobers wish fulfillment journey difficult, Atzenhofers spirit kept him strong.
Just because a person standing in front of you may have appearance of an old person in a frail body, behind that body is a lifetime of achievements and accomplishments, and that should be honored and celebrated every day, Raider said.
And opening the door to sharing those milestones often allows an aging loved one to think about whats happening next, Newman said. A conversation about wishes can lead to other important planning conversations focused on funeral preparation, the distribution of belongings and future living and care arrangements.
And that can be significant, particularly as disease progresses.
Taking center stage
A victim to Alzheimers, Maria Malone struggles to remember familiar faces and names, but she can still sit at the piano and play a repertoire she learned more than six decades ago at the conservatory in Brazil.
The 84-year-old spent her childhood days practicing the piano at her local church because her family of nine could not afford a piano. She was offered a scholarship at a Brazilian conservatory and became classically trained, but, after moving to the United States after graduation, she pushed off her dream of becoming a concert pianist.
Instead, she married the love of her life and worked to help support her family, which eventually included two daughters and a son.
She grew up thinking she was going to be a concert pianist, daughter Rebecca Malone Melo said. Then life happened.
Between a 35-year career in the foreign language department at The University of Tennessee at Martin and raising a family, she had limited free time to spend perfecting piano. She aged, moved into an assisted-living facility in Green Hills, and dealt with the disease that seized her mind.
It seemed her stage aspirations were long past. But then, Malone received a Wish of a Lifetime. Last October, she performed for her family and friends at Vanderbilt Universitys Turner Music Hall. Her hands, emerging from the sleeves of her elegant navy blue dress, swept across the keys. Her feet, fitted inside shiny black heels, pressed the pedals with perfect familiarity.
I got to see my mom fulfill a dream that she always had that she gave up to raise us, Melo said. To have a stranger give that to her is just amazing. If I could have, I would have, but I couldnt.
It just meant so much. She doesnt remember it, but we will.


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Look over there! Flowers! From probably two months ago… we haven't been the best at uploading pics in a timely manner and blogging in recent years. I do make real life Shutterfly books of Zoe's adventures, but I feel bad about the whole not blogging much anymore. Some time back in August/September I took the ferry over to SF on a lovely sunny day and took some pictures. Love the orange Zinnias.
Succulent crab was looking pretty happy.
The dahlias were already starting to mildew out, but looked awesome anyways.
After wandering around Fisherman's Wharf I headed up some insane steps towards Telegraph Hill and got this nice pic. Hopefully we'll be blogging a little more these days now that we're settling in a bit. Here's a link to an earlier Fisherman Wharf flower posts (they do an awesome job).


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Interactions, Precautions, and Contraindications in Using Chinese Herbs
Ancient Chinese medicine classics recorded many herb-herb interactions, precautions, and contraindications in the application of herbs. Foods may interact with herbs and there are precautions and contraindications in food intake while taking herbs.
In traditional Chinese medicine, each herb has its own properties, including the energies, tastes and actions of the herbs. It is crucial to understand these features of herbs before using them. Incorrect applications of herbs may cause serious results and adverse effects. Herbs are safe and efficacious only when they are used correctly.
For instance, ephedra ("Mahuang" in Chinese) has a taste of pungent-spicy with a warm property, and can induce sweating. It can be used to treat chills and absence of sweating in common cold caused by exogenous wind and cold factors. However, it is contraindicated in patients with deficiency and should not be used by those with spontaneous sweating, insomnia, or hypertension. In Chinese medicine, it is not used for weight loss or daily supplements at all. This may be why it caused so many problems in the West because it was used incorrectly for obesity.
Ancient Chinese medicine classics recorded many herb-herb interactions, precautions, and contraindications in the application of herbs. These include "the eighteen incompatible medicinal herbs," and "the nineteen mutual-restraining medicinal herbs." For example, aconite root ("Wutou" in Chinese) cannot be used together with pinellia tuber ("Banxia" in Chinese). Licorice is incompatible with seaweed. Cloves cannot be used together with curcuma root.
Because some herbs may disturb the qi of a fetus, they are contraindicated for pregnant women. These herbs include pharbitis seed ("Qianniuzi" in Chinese), knoxia root ("Daji" in Chinese), and burreed tuber ("Sanleng" in Chinese). Other herbs, such as pungent-spicy herbs that can remove blood stasis, including peach seed ("Taoren" in Chinese) and safflower ("Honghua" in Chinese), should be used with caution during pregnancy. Usually they should be avoided if their usages are not extremely necessary.
Foods may interact with herbs and there are precautions and contraindications in food intake while taking herbs. A general rule is not to eat raw, cold, greasy, hard to digest, or strong smelling foods while taking herbal medicines. Certain foods should not be taken for certain disease conditions. For example, uncooked or cold foods should be avoided by those with cold syndromes. Patients with dizziness, insomnia, and short temper should avoid pepper, wine, or garlic. Those with itching skin should avoid shrimps and crabs.
The historical medical literature also recorded that fleeceflower root ("Heshouwu" in Chinese) should not be taken together with onion, garlic, or radish. Poria ("Fuling" in Chinese) should not be used together with vinegar. Honey has antagonistic effects to raw scallion, so they are not to be used together.
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Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced the general availability of its Customer Interaction Hub. The Customer Interaction Hub is an enabler for the intelligent orchestration of customer dialogues and leverages the entire Infor CRM Epiphany Suite. Built specifically for the Financial Services and Telecommunications industries, this new solution offers a comprehensive infrastructure to store and present all customer interactions in an organized way, providing organizations with key information that enables them to develop long-term relationships with customers.
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Topic: Mojave(aka Death Valley) - 2004
I watched this 2004 film recently called Mojave aka "Death Valley" on one of the cable movie channels and it wasn't too bad of a film.
The film is about 4 friends who go out to a huge rave in the desert and trip on some drugs and then the next day when everyone has left they are attacked by a group of locals and they end up killing one of them and then have to defend fore their lives to get out of there.
This film has a decent cast in it with the likes of:
Erice Christian Olsen - from Beerfest
Dash Mihok - from The Day after Tomorrow
Rider Strong - from Cabin Fever
Brendan Fletcher - from Freddy vs Jason
Vince Vileuf - from An American Werewolf in Paris
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Reverend Adams, Poet Ward, Chairman Collier, trustees of Eckerd College, faculty and staff colleagues, students, worthies and divines and all others of the Presbyterian Church, distinguished visitors, friends and family, thank you for coming to make this day a great occasion for Eckerd College and for me.
While recognizing the limits of the modern temperament for the rhetoric of ceremony, I want to tell you a little about myself, and about the wonderful college this ceremony honors today.
First, let me introduce, and ask to stand and be recognized, a few of those whose works and days have most shaped mine.
- My wife, Christine, who lights up a room simply by entering it: The trustees at Eckerd have made it clear that I was hired primarily because it was a necessary condition for assuring that Chris would move to St. Petersburg.
- My three sons, Zack, Andy and Bryan, and my daughter-in-law, Aynsley, of whom I am excessively proud and to whom I am completely devoted.
- Two of my six brothers and sisters, Gerry and Frank, and their wives, Kay and Betsy.
- And finally, two of my mentors:
The first is my major professor in graduate school, my dissertation director; he taught me that writing with clarity and grace made thinking with clarity and grace possible; he then taught me how to write: Please welcome Ward Hellstrom, now professor of English at Western Kentucky University.
And the second is my great friend from our days together at Cornell University, John Burness, now Senior Vice President at Duke University.
Eckerd College welcomes as fellows to the high calling of higher education those of all faiths and of none, to whom nonetheless the pursuit of learning and knowledge, of understanding and wisdom, is a noble, indeed, a sacred calling.
Eckerd College, whose 1600 residential and 1400 adult students come from 50 states and 63 countries, is related by covenant (that most Presbyterian of words), by history (brief as it is), and by the devotion of many, to the Presbyterian Church, many of whom call this Church, and this Presbytery, home.
Conversely, and this may be the more decisive vector, the Presbyterian Church is related by covenant, by history, and by the labors and love of many to Eckerd College, the single institution of higher education so related in Florida, the nation's fourth largest state. When church and college meet in Florida, in the name of the Presbyterian faith, they meet at Eckerd College.
The polity of churches and colleges has ever been uneasy, and no more so than in the past half century, during which it was more often our colleges and universities rather than our churches that led the way for so many of us to seek the moral high ground, whether the issue was civil rights, or women's rights, or Vietnam or more recently multicultural values, gay rights, and the validity of what William James called "Varieties of religious experience," for many of us leadership has come from our institutions of higher education, and our churches have followed at a safe distance.
Today we celebrate and renew, through our panoply and ceremony, our bagpipes and tartans, and our very presence here, we commemorate that connection as not simply historical, but as the mandate that calls Eckerd College to teach and to celebrate not only the life of the mind but the imagination and the spirit, wherever they may be found and in whatever form.
That is to say, our intellectual community is dedicated not simply to training the mind but to the building of character; Dedicated to St. Paul's proposition that intellect without love has no value.
Those Pauline aspirations for such an education, at the very intersection of what Matthew Arnold called the Hebraic and the Hellenic are achieved here, against all odds in this paradise of palm trees, on thin soil and shell-crusted fill, abundant with sand spurs.
In my mind's eye I see, as I look back at Florida Presbyterian College, all those righteous, serious, pious Presbyterian men in skinny ties and heavy, black-framed glasses, all those black-and-white images and emblems of the 1950s, launching a college with a grand high moral tone...
And by the time the first class graduates the world has changed, almost beyond recognition: pony-tailed, pot-smoking, tie-dyed, anti-war, pro-civil rights, activist and shoeless: My colleague, Kathy Watson, says, "I took my shoes off when I got to campus, and put 'em back on four years later."
This intersection (some would say clash) of cultures remains the very marrow of the Eckerd experience: a combination of spiritual and intellectual ambition to build a better world for all of God's people.
A handful of the original faculty are here today, to celebrate with us this new beginning of their dream to build a great college by taking a different tack from the mainstream. It is their dream and their vision that we are entrusted to carry on: Would you, Eckerd College faculty of the 1960s, please stand so that we can thank you for your vision and your trust?
Eckerd College's very survival for four decades is a remarkable story; and its accomplishments and national reputation as a first-rate academic institution, established in the blink of an eye, is even more remarkable. The College's extraordinarily innovative structures, such as the "all faculty" teaching approach to the core curriculum, that curriculum itself, Autumn Term, Winter Term, the Academy of Senior Professionals, and the Program for Experienced Learners are nationally respected and widely imitated.
Five essential values define the Eckerd College experience.
First, Eckerd is one of the few colleges in America that still regards residential life as an essential part of an undergraduate education for young men and women.
Second, Eckerd is global: Few colleges or universities in America have a higher percentage of international students, or a higher percentage of their student bodies that study abroad during the undergraduate years.
Third, Eckerd stands proudly for its relationship with the Presbyterian Church in order, as Eckerd's own Charter puts it, "to give the Christian faith a vigorous and fair hearing in a setting where students are free to accept or reject but not ignore it." Eckerd College is passionate about creating a college experience that demands powerful, challenging encounters with life's primary questions, including those of spirit and belief.
Fourth, Eckerd focuses on the environment through study and scholarship. Favored by our location on the tip of the Pinellas peninsula, we are especially suited to examine the marine and estuarial ecology of the global environment.
Finally, and most importantly, Eckerd's greatest strength is the personal relationship between teacher and student. Students at Eckerd don't simply have teachers, or advisors; they have mentors in every sense of that magical word. The quality of personal attention and concern for undergraduates is, simply, the glory of Eckerd College.
Residential, global, spiritual, environmental, personal: These are the values of Eckerd College. They may be, in the intensity of their combination here, in this place, unique. These are values that, we believe, engender intellectual, imaginative and spiritual freedom. Among the freedoms they engender is the freedom not to live a wholly secular life. A wholly secular life is defined by the distinguished theologian Stanley Hauerwas as "just one damned thing after another," in other words, a life without teleology, without shape or purpose -- ultimately, a life without meaning. A wholly secular life is simply not enough for thoughtful people, regardless of how successful we are, or how financially prosperous we are, or how articulate we are in excoriating the manifold failures of religion in any and all its forms.
The tragedies of September 11 have underscored a new longing for experience of the sacred, a new longing for a reconnection with forces which seem, even temporarily, divine. Educated men and women continue to long for what the Irish writer William Trevor calls an "awareness of the holy world that was lost."
Our inaugural lecture series includes presentations by an African American Anglican, a Jewish prophet, a Muslim scholar, a female Presbyterian minister, a Lutheran theologian and social ethicist, and a poet: Men and women of the spirit all and all included not in the name of diversity or ecumenical ambition, but to embody and illustrate the manifold spiritual paths available to citizens of the 21st century.
It is clear to me, and, I suspect, to many of you, that the life of the Spirit will take new forms in this new century: The motive for environmental stewardship is essentially spiritual; the growing sense of global citizenship and community is equally so. We may be at the very brink of a redefinition of world religions and how they interact with each other, and that redefinition may well result in a "theological explosion," one that rivals and even overshadows the liberating effects of the last great theological explosion, which we call the Protestant Reformation.
Eckerd College is one of those rare institutions that is willing and able to develop successful new approaches that teach undergraduates to think profoundly and imagine purposefully about the deepest dimensions of human existence. It is one of a handful of places truly educating its students not simply for the "workforce" (a word you would think only George Orwell would make up, or use, in his darkest moments), but educating its students for global citizenship, global leadership, and the new theologies of the 21st century. This is a liberal arts education, an education defined by the late John Kemeny, former president of Dartmouth College, as "preparing students to answer questions we don't even know yet."
Such a place is, as so many in the Eckerd community have so nobly and recently demonstrated, a place where people can come together to ensure first the survival, and then the continued success of an extraordinary institution, a place well worth working for, caring for, sacrificing for. It is a place worthy of your affection, your support and your sustained commitment.
All best wishes to each of you at this new beginning of our work together, to build, and to live, Eckerd College's unique vision of the life of the mind and the spirit, where, in Scott Ward's memorable image, dreams rise from the palmetto scrub.


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The Temple is made from recycled trash and is written on by Burners as a memorial to those loved and lost. One of the most emotional places I've ever seen, it was awesome.
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In India, each school day starts with a prayer, then goes on much like the American version until the end of the day, he told a group of Weber Elementary students Monday.
"At the end of the day, they disperse the day with the national anthem," said Kalyanasundaram, who has two daughters attending Weber. ...


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Starting Monday, tickets will be available to the general public online for the 2013 American League wild card game and the American League division series, according to the Indians.
Tickets are now available at Indians.com/2013Postseason.
On Tuesday, if there are tickets left, fans can purchase them online, at the Progressive Field box office or at any Indians team shop.


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When sequesters and furloughs occur, more is involved than just sending approximately 800,000 federal workers home without pay. Both federal and armed forces contracting officers often must also issue stop-work orders to all the federal and military contractors because they can't be paid.
Contractors, in turn, must notify their subcontractors and they in turn must notify their subcontractors, and so on. These notifications can go down several levels of subcontractors. The contractors then have to decide if they can carry their employees with no contract payments coming in, or if they must furlough these workers too.
Stop-work orders mean that contractors may not be able to meet their delivery dates. Needed services, supplies and equipment are then delayed. When the sequester is lifted, contracting officers must issue continue orders. The government may have to pay costly overtime for the contractors to build back to meet crucial necessary delivery schedules.
All these costs are compounded by the fact that the looming sequesters have lasted more than two years. That means contractors are loath to spend on any capital improvements and hire only the most needed employees, and workers are loathe to spend on big-ticket items like cars, appliances, and even houses, because the government shutdown can affect their jobs.
When you consider the ripple effect of furloughed government employees and the contractor workforce, the economic losses and costs are staggering. It is no wonder the U.S. economy is stagnant. All this has occurred because of the do-nothing House of Representatives. It's too bad we can't furlough these members or, at the least, sequester their paychecks until they actually start performing their jobs.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" drunk-driving crackdown is a national initiative, but one local town is going to extraordinary lengths to make it as effective as possible.
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Learn about Windows PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to find and remove registry entries from remote systems.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It seems that weekends go faster and faster these days. For one thing, spring has definitely sprung down here in Charlotte, North Carolina in the southern portion of the United States. In fact, this past week we had to mow the grass in our yard. But we have not yet turned on our solar collector (that will happen in about another week or so).
Anyway, I am mellowing out around the house this morning—the Scripting Wife plans to meet up with a few friends later in the day. Tomorrow is International PowerShell User Group Day, and I am reviewing the presentation I will make for that important event. On Friday, I make two presentations at the Charlotte IT Pro Appreciation Day conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. That conference is expected to attract nearly a thousand people from all over the area, and it should be an excellent educational opportunity. I am looking forward to attending some great sessions, in addition to the two sessions that I present.
One question I received during the past week of Live Meetings was about finding and removing registry entries—not only from a local session, but also from remote computers. To do this, I like to use the Windows PowerShell registry provider, and incorporate it with Windows PowerShell remoting.
In Use PowerShell to Edit the Registry on Remote Computers, I talked about one way to use Windows PowerShell remoting to create new entries on a remote computer. In Edit the Registry on Multiple Computers with PowerShell, I talked about running one command and editing the registry on multiple computers.
Note Today I will continue that discussion as I discuss finding and removing registry entries from multiple computers. For a good introduction to using Windows PowerShell to work with the registry, see The Scripting Wife, Windows PowerShell, and the Registry. For more advanced topics, check out some of the other blog posts about the registry in the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog archives. There you will find blogs such as:
In the image that follows, there is an HSG registry key that contains a ForScripting property. Both of these need to be detected, and if they exist, they need to be deleted.
The steps involved in detecting and removing the HSG registry key are as follows:
The actual commands are shown here.
sl HKCU:\Software
Test-Path hsg
Remove-Item hsg
The commands and the output associated with the commands are shown in the image that follows.
When I know I can successfully test for the presence of a specific registry key, and I know I can remove that registry key, I can put the commands together in a single command. This will facilitate using them with the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run against multiple remote computers.
I recreate the registry key on my local computer by using the commands that are shown here.
New-Item -Name hsg
New-ItemProperty -Name forscripting -PropertyType string -Path hsg –Value "PowerShell Rocks"
Now, I create a single command to test for the registry key and to remove it if it exists. To do this, I use a semicolon to separate the logical commands. In addition, I added the if statement to determine if the registry key exists before I attempt to delete it. In the else condition, I display a message that the registry key does not exist. The command is shown here.
pushd;sl HKCU:\Software; if(test-path hsg){remove-item hsg}ELSE{"hsg does not exist"};popd
After I know the single line command works properly, I can easily add it to the Invoke-Command cmdlet to find and delete the registry key on all remote servers that are listed in the servers.txt file. The content of the servers.txt file is shown in the image that follows.
The revised command is a single-line logical command that spans multiple lines in the console. This command is shown here.
invoke-command -cn (cat c:\fso\servers.txt) -credential iammred\administrator {pushd;sl HKCU:\Software; if(test-path hsg){remove-item hsg}ELSE{"hsg does not exist"};popd}
Well, that is about all there is to testing remote machines to see if they contain a specific registry key. I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at email@example.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.
Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy
Spring has finally sprung in North Carolina? I don't really recall Winter ever making it here. Oh wait, we did have snow that one day. Of course the following day it was 61F (16C), so I don't know how much that counted.
First, thanks for your many posts on scripting. They're a big help and greatly appreciated.
I recently searched for a script to remove registry keys from multiple servers and found this post.
This seems like an exact fit for the issue I have so I followed the logic, tested it locally and it worked.
However, when I modified the multiline script to remove it from remote servers, I kept getting the error
Invoke-Command : Cannot validate argument on parameter "ComputerName". The argument is null or empty.
The actual script being run is
invoke-command -cn (cat t:\scripts\servers.txt) -credential domain123\administrator {pushd;sl HKLM:\Software; if(test-path
1234567890asdf){remove-item 1234567890asdf }ELSE{"1234567890asdf does not exist"};popd}
The file "servers.txt" contains the list of servers being referenced.
What did I miss? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This is great. However, it doesn't address the 'find' portion of the registry. What if don't know 'where' the reg key is?
I want to find an obscure 'adobe' key in hklm and I have no idea if its under hklm:\software or hklm:\system. How would I accomplish that?
Find a key in the registry for HKLM and HKCU hives:
dir hklm:\*adobe*,hkcu:\*adobe* -rec -ea 0
Ed, Thanks as always for the post. I was under the impression that the Test-Path cmdlet does not work in the Registry when looking for Registry entries (See Example 5: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849776.aspx) How would you do the above
if you were looking for not a key, but a specific entry? Thanks
If you were doing this locally, Is there any reason you wouldn't just use if (test-path hkcu:\software\hsg) {remove-item hkcu:\software\hsg}Is there any advangtage to using push/pop-location?
Great, but how can I do to scan all the registery to delete all the keys containing a special string ?
Rich leslie,
I'm not sure you are still looking for answer after 3 years now :)
But It might help some else!!
Regarding your problem, you have make that:
1. You can access the remote server using DoubleHop
2. You may have to use Ip adress, full server name include Domain as well


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Hi, my name is Elton Saul. I am a developer on the Remote Desktop Virtualization (RDV) team. Our team is responsible for developing Microsoft RemoteFX in the Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 release.
Windows 8 is designed to be used with a keyboard, mouse, and touch. However, from its inception through to the Windows 7 timeframe, RemoteFX has only supported the keyboard and mouse as input devices. Because Windows 8 will be used on devices without a physical keyboard and mouse, the ability to use remote touch over a RemoteFX connection is essential to ensure a fluid and seamless user experience when connecting to Windows 8 devices. For this reason, RemoteFX in Windows 8 now supports rich multi-touch remoting. This feature is known as RemoteFX Multi-Touch.
Rich multi-touch remoting involves more than simply sending touch gestures (such as tap, pinch, zoom, and pan) to a remote computer. Instead we transmit touch frames that contain rich metadata from client to server. Each transmitted touch frame describes the complete set of touch contacts that are active at a given moment in time (across all active touch digitizers), and includes details such as the on-screen location of each contact, the bounding rectangle associated with each contact, and timing information relative to the previous frame.
What are some of the advantages of RemoteFX touch remoting?
How many simultaneous contacts can we send remotely from client to server? For Windows 8 we have a limit of 256 active contacts, which should be more than adequate for most humans. By the way, we also support touch remoting in multi-monitor Remote Desktop and RemoteApp scenarios. That means you can connect up to 16 touch monitors, and the touch interaction with each monitor will be sent remotely.
To use remote touch over RemoteFX connections, you need to run the Remote Desktop Connection client (to establish a remote desktop or RemoteApp connection) on a Windows 8 operating system, or use the Windows Store Remote Desktop app, on a computer with a connected touch digitizer, and then simply connect to a Windows Server 2012 RD Session Host or RD Virtualization Host server running Windows 8 virtual machines.
Want to see a demo? Take a look at the following video that runs through some touch remoting scenarios:
We hope you enjoy using RemoteFX to get a great remote touch experience, and we look forward to hearing from you.
NOTE: Questions and comments are welcome. However, please DO NOT post a request for troubleshooting by using the comment tool at the end of this post. Instead, post a new thread in the RDS & TS forum at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/threads.
For demo purposes we like to connect a Windows 7 computer with a mutli touch enabled input device to a windows 8 computer via rdp. Unfortunately gestures are not transmitted to the Windows 8 os. Would RemoteFX help us in our scenario? What has to be done on the Windows 7 device to get it running?
RemoteFX Multi-Touch remoting only kicks in when connecting from a Windows 8 (or Windows Server 2012) system (which has a touch digitizer attached) to a Windows 8 (or Windows Server 2012) system.
Can you give me any insight on how you are capturing or hooking the touch inputs on the client machine? I am trying to update some software that records user interaction to Windows8, and I would really like to capture this new form of user input.
The client uses the Windows 8 pointer input API, as described here: msdn.microsoft.com/.../hh454904.aspx
This mostly just involves handling WM_POINTER* messages in a program's message loop. There is a little twist if you want to maximize the accuracy of your input capturing though; in some situations frames can be dropped if you're handling window messages alone, but using functions such as GetPointerTouchInfoHistory (msdn.microsoft.com/.../hh454891.aspx) you can get this information back (and more detailed data about the geometry of the touch inputs besides).
Hope this helps!
Will there be support added for pressure metadata from styluses (Wacom, N-Trig, etc.) in an update to RemotFX. Multitouch worked well, but the a stylus worked like a regular mouse pointer in OneNote MX in a test I did recently with N-Trig hardware on the client end.
I was impressed though that a vanilla desktop VM install of Windows 8 automatically switched to tablet / touch mode upon RDP connection from a tablet device. Glad to see those features mainlined.
So lets say I want to remote in via a tablet, like my Asus Transformer, using Log me in, or something. Could I still have touch input?
Let's say:
I have a desktop that runs windows 8, but it doesn't have a touch-screen.
I connect my tablet via remote desktop.
Will I be able to control my desktop as if it had a touch screen? Or am I limited to just using my touch to control the mouse?
Nick's question is very interesting. Is touch data forwarded when using remote desktop from a Surface RT to control a physical desktop computer running Windows 8 Pro?
Remote to a windows 8 desktop from RT or windows 8 Tablet, perfect.
Definitily want to be able to do that. Loads of legacy PCs upgraded to windows 8 will never have touch screens.
When's the preview?
Will there be a client for android?
Windows phones are horrible.
is posible to install, and where can download?? :))
Is there any way to turn off this feature? When I remote into my work PC from home, application-switching and tab-switching both exhibit latency of 3-5 seconds. I am almost certain this is the result of RemoteFX, since I can vastly improve performance by remoting into an intermediate computer that does not support this feature.
To clarify what I mean, I remote from the home PC into a Windows Server 2008 session, and once there, remote into a Windows 8 machine. By using the double-hop, desktop performance (including app/tab switching) is fast.
This sounds good, but the server I need to connect to is still on Windows Server 2008 r2, and as it's a charity they have no plans to upgrade. This means gesture zoom only works from Apple, Android and Windows Phone devices, but not Windows Netbooks. Are there any plans to enable gesture zooming on Windows clients against Sever 2008 as this works fine from non-Windows clients?


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In preparation for Hattiesburg's Inaugural Halloween Parade, the Avenues Alliance are announcing the parade's two grand marshals.
Rex Thompson of WDAM will serve as the parade's "Grand Reaper." Ember Ahua of By Invitation Only Special Events will serve as the "Pumpkin Queen."
Both local celebrities will lead the parade in full costume to welcome Hattiesburg residents to the inaugural event.
"We are excited about the addition of Rex and Ember to Hattiesburg's first Halloween Parade," said Avenues Alliance president Brandon Thaxton. "Both represent the fun personality of our city and this event."
The Halloween Parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on Hardy Street at Parkway Heights United Methodist Church.
The parade route will continue east on Hardy Street, turn south onto South 17th Avenue and end at the Hattiesburg Zoo.
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Home > China Destination > Hebei > Shijiazhuang > Shijiazhuang Attractions > Zhangshiyan Scenic Spot
The Zhangshiyan Scenic Area is situated in Zanhuang County in the Hebei Province. This beautiful spot is located 100 km from the Shijiazhuang City.
The area is a range of beautiful mountains and the peaks are rising in a magnificent panorama. Greenery covers the foot and the top of the mountains. The north has imposing mountains. The entire landscape depicts serenity, beauty, precipice, miracle and magnificence. Huangannao is the highest peak at 1,774 meters tall.
Highlights of the Zhangshiyan Scenic Area
The Zhangshiyan Scenic Area is a magnificent and beautiful place to visit almost any time of the year. During the winters you can enjoy icicles dripping water, the autumn foliage sends a rain of red leaves, in summers there are waterfalls to be enjoyed along with the bright blue sky while the spring brings in beautiful flowers and the sweet songs of birds.
The four sections
There are four independent sections in the Zhangshiyan Scenic Area: Donglingbei, Zhihutao, Yuantong Temple and Jiunyfeng. The major attractions here are the red cliffs and red rocks, steles, temples, waterfalls and springs. Camel Rock, Cloud Paviliion, Jiunyfeng Peak and the Shirenzhai village are the best places to enjoy the beauty of mists and clouds. Camel Rock, Sanzhan, Bijia Peak and the Xianren Peak are the best places to enjoy beautiful mirages.
The cliffs
The peaks and ridges in Zhangshiyan Scenic Area are beautiful and magnificent. The great fault third grade cliffs are majestic and very precipitous. The precipices and peaks each have distinct characteristics. In all there are about 36 precipices and 72 mountains in the area. Natural echo is a miraculous and spellbinding precipice. Throughout the country, it has the number one articulation and is very rare to be found anywhere in the world.
The ridges
The masterpiece of nature in this area is the valley and two ridges which make the complete set. All together there are 24 sets in the Zhangshiyan Scenic Area. The smaller ones seem to be delicate while the larger ones are grandiose. There are innumerable valleys, mountains and deep woods. Strange stones can be found everywhere with spring water pouring down at various places.
Springs and ponds
Zhangshiyan Scenic Area is also home to various springs and ponds which finely contrast with one another. The streams and waterfalls are connected perfectly. The area mainly has 5 waterfalls, 10 springs, 2 lakes and 3 ponds. The three ponds are called Fishing Terrace, Small Dragon and Black Dragon. There are also two artificial lakes called the Tamed Dragon and Crescent Moon. Tianchi Pond, Xianren Pond and Zhangnan Pond are some of the ponds to be found in the area.
Every spring has its own distinct features. Some of them flow out from the cliffs, making them look like white ribbons while others eject from the ground like precious beads. Some of them drop down from cliffs. All of these flow from the cliff outlets from a height and form three layers of beautiful waterfalls called Water Curtain Waterfall, Double Waterfall, Zhangyan, Cloud Cliff and Jade Waterfall. All of these are a natural phenomenon. The area is also home to a huge range of animals and birds such as grand black butterfly, badger, deer, roe deer, river deer, turtle dove and black stork.
There is a sea of soft clouds and beautiful rainbows that can often be spotted in Zhangshiyan Scenic Area.
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100 km from Shijiazhuang City, Zanhuang County, Hebei Province
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The long distance Shijiazhuang bus station has several buses that run to Zhangshiyan each day. Buses can also be found near the railway station in Shijiazhuang.
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generally it is colder inside the scenic area than outside, visitor would better take extra clothes.
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Mosaic Harmony, WMA's yearlong honors choir in which students learn about different musical traditions from around the world, made it into WGBY's Together In Song competition!
Last season, Together in Song, a "community-minded competition that celebrates the choral tradition of western New England" boasted record website hits and was one of WGBY's highest rated shows of 2011.
The competition heats up as each category perfoms and is judged by a panel. The public participates by voting online.
Performances will be taped in WGBY's Springfield studios during January and February. "Together in Song: A celebration of Choral Music in Western New England" will premiere Saturday, March 10, and will air on Saturday evenings through April 7. Each episode will feature choral groups from all categories. As the season unfolds, judges and viewers will vote for finalists – who will perform in a two-day festival which will be broadcast live April 21 and 22.
Mosaic Harmony to air Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. on WGBY Channel 57.
Be sure to tune in Saturday, March 24 to see Mosaic Harmony perform a custom piece created for them by their music director.
WMA Music Director Thad Wheeler said he is having a great time working with the students of Mosaic Harmony and is thrilled about taking part in the Together in Song choral competition sponsored by WGBY.
"My first thought was to have the 'Mosaics' perform two pieces from our winter concert, but they were very excited about a new arrangement of Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne that I created just for them," Wheeler said. "They learned the piece way ahead of schedule and did a fantastic job on the recording."
Thad Wheeler arrived at WMA in September of 2011 after many years as a freelance musician in New York City. This summer he will be temporarily heading back to NYC to perform in the orchestra of the Central Park production of Sondheim and Lapine's Into the Woods.
The first filming was Monday, January 30.
Mosaic Harmony was created to reflect the diversity on campus as members of the choir come from such diverse nations as Korea, Angola, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and the United States. The course begins the year with more focus on traditional music and gradually shifts into modern pop music in order for students to understand how traditional music has changed over the years, how aspects of it are still present in today's music, and how globalization has affected the exchange of musical ideas from one country to another in the modern music industry.
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"Hello, Dolly!" runs at the Carson City Community Center, weekends through Nov. 18, presented by Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays. There's also a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 17. The show tells the story of matchmaker Dolly Levi. It swept the Tonys when it was first released. Jerry Herman's score includes "It Only Takes a Moment," "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" and the title song "Hello, Dolly."
Tickets are $25 and $28. Details: www.wnmtc.com or 775-445-4249.


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About the plant-based detox diet - video
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Cam and I started getting some more videos filmed for my VLV! YouTube channel. The first ones are about my Detox Diet eBook.
Here's the first one - a bit of a blurb about the eBook:
Thanks to Cam for filming.
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Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, swims near a school of Pacific sardines, Sardinops sagax, in The Open Sea exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Monterey County residents can receive free admission to the Monterey Bay Aquarium from Dec. 7 through Dec. 15 during the aquarium's annual community open house.
Free admission for Monterey County residents is an annual thank you to the community for its support of the nonprofit aquarium, aquarium officials said. Admission is good for all aquarium exhibits and programs, including the Jellies Experience.
During Community Day on Dec. 15, there will be special activities, such as bilingual feeding shows, a family craft room and special musical performances by YOSAL (Youth Orchestra Salinas).
To receive free admission, Monterey County residents must present photo ID and proof of residence at the main entrance. Current student identification from California State University Monterey Bay, Hartnell College, Monterey Peninsula College, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, utility bills or Monterey-Salinas Transit monthly bus pass are also valid proof of residence. Free admission is good only during regular aquarium hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Guests from outside Monterey County - including relatives or friends of local residents - can accompany local residents but will be charged regular admission fees.
For general aquarium information, including daily program schedules, visit www.montereybayaquarium.org or call 831-648-4800. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is at 886 Cannery Row in Monterey.


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Paul Tierney and other sport-inspired songs
After a poignant football ballad, a readers' discography
Last week, I wrote a piece on The Ballad of Paul Tierney, a poignant song based on the journeyman career of the one-time Manchester United player. If you haven't yet heard the track – and I heartily recommend you do – you can listen to it here.
I asked for suggestions of other songs that have been inspired by sport and was inundated by literally several responses.
Ross Barr was good enough to remind me of Football Crazy by Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor. It's a tune I remember from the playground but I'd never taken the trouble to listen to the lyrics. Something of a novelty record, it concerns a Scottish fella (Jock, of course) who's mad about 'fitba' and features an extraordinary line about kicking his wife out of bed and shouting "It's a goal!" A little unreconstructed, then.
Perhaps I should've asked for other songs inspired by sports people.
Fortunately, some of you kindly read my subconscious mind and came up with some belters. Martyn Platts points us in the direction of Bradman by Australian folkie Paul Kelly. Coming in at an epic seven minutes and something, it's a misty-eyed (and, of course, wholly impartial) tribute to The Don, covering his rise through club cricket via Bodyline to his position as the best batsman of all time. Kelly himself sounds like a sort of Aussie Bob Dylan – now, be honest, you didn't think you'd come across that today, did you?
Meanwhile, James Bowden returns to football to give us this bizarre number: Ich Roque by Sportfreunde Stiller. It's written for Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz, ex-Blackburn, Manchester City and – at the time – Bayern Munich striker. As James helpfully points out, the title means 'I Rock!'
There was a time when the beautiful game wasn't awash with money, greed and narcissism and it's to this period that Harvey Andrews turned when he wrote He Played For England. Thanks very much for this suggestion to Joan Varc (possibly a pseudonym), who tells us the singer gave a rendition of the song at Derek Dougan's retirement "to universal bafflement". Joan, if you or anyone else has a link to the song itself, let us have it. For now, we'll have to make do with with lyrics.
Now, I must say that Walt Dunphy is a man after my own musical heart. Walt's offerings included Half Man Half Biscuit's uniquely odd All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit and the ever-popular F**kin' 'Ell It's Fred Titmus. I often wondered whether the England and Middlesex off-spinner ever heard the track before his death and, if he did, whether he approved. No is almost certainly the answer on both counts.
Can I add one of my own to finish? Philadelphia Freedom, which Elton John was moved to write for his friend Billie-Jean King. People should write songs about Billie-Jean King. A woman who blazed a trail for millions and whose influence can be felt way beyond the confines of sport.
Thanks again for all the contributions and do keep them coming. I feel a compilation album coming on in time for Christmas…Tagged in: bayern munich, Bob Dylan, Cricket, don bradman, English Premier League, manchester united, Premier League, Tennis, Women's Tennis
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Sometimes, a sweet treat is a perfect compliment to cap off a pleasant dining experience. A slice of pie, a brownie or a bowl of ice cream can serve as a little reminder that your establishment is a place worth revisiting. In order to cater to your customers' sweet tooth, Royal Industries recommends using its 5-oz stainless steel sherbet bowl (ROY S 500). This sherbet bowl is great for that fruity frozen treat or could hold a scoop of ice cream with all the toppings customers crave. It is constructed of sturdy stainless steel and features a gadroon base for an elegant touch.


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Following a tumultuous few years, the battery category appears to be back on course and primed for growth.
By Craig Levitt
They say "patience is a virtue." For retailers, when it comes to the battery category, patience may also be profitable. However, they also say "he who hesitates is lost." So what is a retailer to do? In regard to batteries, a focus on consistent execution of category fundamentals may be the best answer for grocery retailers.
The battery category is undergoing changes as the definition of personal and portable power continues to evolve and expand. Industry observers say batteries, which used to primarily consist of replaceable round cell batteries, will encompass many more segments and satisfy consumer needs in the future. Manufacturers say retailers—particularly food retailers—that begin taking a broader view of the category now will reap the benefits down the line. Manufacturers also stress that the transformation is not going to occur overnight.
"Stay the course, stay committed, stay disciplined," says Lou Martire, vice president, trade development for St. Louis-based Energizer. "Don't expect too much too soon and don't overreach. It's all about taking the smart balanced investment and taking the long view."
There is a lot at stake for retailers. With 84% of households buying batteries last year, total dollar sales registered around $4 billion as more than 5 billion batteries were sold. As economic conditions improve and use of medium- and high-drain devices continues to grow, observers say that it is realistic to expect the battery category to reach $8 billion in sales in the next 10 years.
Some industry observers are concerned that several supermarket chains have lost some faith in the category and are taking a wait-and-see attitude. Many manufacturers emphasize that if supermarkets remain tepid to the category's changes, they jeopardize its strong incremental sales and high margins and that business may end up elsewhere. Deciding to just be a player in the battery category is not going to boost sales for supermarkets. However, those that dedicate the proper time and space to the category will likely see results. As with any other category, consistent execution of category fundamentals combined with understanding the shopper is critical to success.
Prompting sales
Observers note that given their broad distribution and high household penetration, batteries are unique in that they are a prompted purchase—less than 30% of shoppers put batteries on a written list, even when they plan the purchase ahead of time. Therefore, having batteries in the right location with visible merchandising helps prompt shoppers to see, remember and buy.
To prompt shoppers effectively, observers suggest grocers maintain permanent merchandising for the battery home, checkout and additional stocking locations. They say the battery home should be in a high-traffic, front-of-store location that is visible to passing shoppers, as studies show that grocery retailers that have moved their battery section from an inline, back of store location to a front of store endcap have seen category sales grow as much as 20%. Manufacturers add that batteries should also be located at every checkout lane as 74% of battery buyers claim this is the primary location in store where their purchase occurs.
"Permanent secondary merchandising for batteries should be located next to categories that index strongly with shoppers that also buy batteries, such as pharmacy for hearing aid batteries or the electronics area for performance batteries," says Martire. "Promotional secondary merchandising should focus on high-traffic locations that drive unplanned purchases."
Studies continue to bear out that shoppers expect to find a full assortment of battery brands and types in the grocery channel. The battery home should carry the retailer's full assortment, since shoppers expect all of the products to be in one location. Manufacturers say assortments beyond the home location can be tailored to the demographic of the shoppers in particular sections.
A rapidly growing assortment opportunity is electronic, or button cell, batteries. From remote controls to glucose monitors, more and more devices are using these batteries every day. "It all depends on the retailer and consumer," notes Lionel Lalonde, vice president of sales for Barrie, Ontario, Canada-based LEI Electronics, manufacturers of the Eco-Alkalines Batteries. "[The specialty battery category] is a perfect case of where retailers have to know their customer. For example, if you have seniors, you have got to be into button cells. It's all about adapting to consumer needs."
Given the characteristics of specialty batteries—high margin, low price sensitivity and underdeveloped in grocery—observers say this segment represents an excellent opportunity for grocery retailers to grow both top line sales and bottom line profit. Observers say the keys to success are carrying a full range of sizes, stocking multi-packs rather than singles and merchandising at the battery home and in the pharmacy.
Another assortment opportunity is properly balancing space for C and D batteries. As devices continue to get smaller, the number of devices using C and D batteries has significantly decreased. Observers say that as a result, the share of shelf dedicated to these larger batteries is disproportionate to the share of their sales at many retail outlets.
"Shoppers want choices and help choosing," says Martire. "Shoppers report that having a full range of brands and product choices is important to them. At the same time, they say the battery category is confusing and hard to shop at many retailers. An effective approach uses organization and communication to help shoppers choose while retaining a complete assortment of brands and products."
Done correctly, Martire says this approach builds the retailer's brand equity with the shopper due to the improved shopability. It can also drive sales by creating more trade-up and multiple purchases. "Some retailers have experienced up to 7% increase in sales by including the right communication at the battery home," he adds.
Restoring value
While it may seem odd to highlight price and promotion in the context of "right message," observers say retailers' price and promotion strategies send a message to shoppers every day. This is a potential area of concern for some manufacturers.
Suppliers say that significant category dollars have been lost due to trade down and excessive discounting on promotion, adding that there is an opportunity to restore value by increasing the average price per battery sold. They say that, with regard to everyday pricing, maintaining appropriate price gaps is critical. The strategy being that if the gap is too wide between segments, shoppers will trade down to the lower-priced segment without increasing purchase quantity, thus driving fewer dollars. If the gap is too wide within a segment—such as larger packs sold at significant discount—consumers will pantry load, reducing sales and profit over time. On the promotional side, observers say strategies should emphasize increasing lift while reducing cannibalization of base volume.
Promotions that allow consumers to feel as if they are having a positive effect on their communities are also gaining popularity. Bethel, Conn.-based Duracell, a brand of Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble, launched its Power Those Who Protect Us promotion in January. It is a joint effort between Duracell and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) to help equip the nation's volunteer fire force with supplies they need to help power the everyday tools and life-saving devices. For each specially marked battery-pack consumers purchase, Duracell will make a donation to the nation's volunteer firehouse. Kurt Iverson, Duracell spokesperson, says the goal is to provide the volunteer community with more than 20 million batteries for the 23,000 volunteer fire departments across the country.
"We have found that when consumers get a hold of a cause like this, when a purchase helps their local fire fighters, that creates an additional motivation for them to buy," says Iverson. "Naturally they associate that with the retailers they are buying from."
Energizer is also investing in ways to help sell the category. Its new communication platform—now that's positivenergy—is designed to connect Energizer and the category as a whole to consumers and their desire for performance plus responsibility.
Additionally Energizer is helping preserve the National Parks by supporting the National Parks Foundation and providing consumers an opportunity to visit a national park for free. Consumers may choose to donate the value of the admission to the National Parks Foundation instead. Energizer is also a supporter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure as well as firefighters across the country through the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program, distributing educational materials and free batteries to local fire departments.
Beyond events that drive consumer value and excitement, Martire says the platform includes new packaging that is intended to communicate clear and unique consumer benefits, as well as new advertising that connects to and reinforces the message delivered on pack. It also offers new promotions that drive sales for retailers while delivering value, excitement and the chance to make a difference for consumers. Energizer Shopper-based Solutions is a retail merchandising strategy grounded in shopper insight that is intended to drive trade-up and multiple purchases by making it easier for shoppers to find the best battery to meet their needs.
"Energizer also offers our 'Category Insight' program in which we continue to invest in research and testing to better understand device trends, consumer shopper attitudes and behaviors and category strategies that maximize dollar performance," says Martire.
Eco-friendly power
The battery category is embracing the eco-friendly movement. Some industry observers say increasing consumer awareness and desire to purchase earth-friendly, sustainable products is rubbing off on the batteries market. However, what makes a battery earth friendly goes far beyond the buzz words of recycling and rechargeable. Life-cycle analysis by independent third parties shows that often the best option depends on multiple factors—including the device and how frequently it is used. For example, in high-drain, frequently used devices such as digital cameras, Lithium batteries would be a more "eco-friendly" choice than standard alkaline. This might be reversed in lower-drain, less frequently used devices.
John Yannuzzi, vice president for corporate brand for Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based PowerMax Battery USA, says its Insta-Use product line fits the earth-friendly movement, as it is ready-to-use, holds multiple charges and is long lasting. While rechargeable options are gaining favor, some consumers that typically buy rechargeable batteries are beginning to turn to other more eco-friendly alternatives. The feeling among some is that while rechargeable batteries may last longer than traditional items, when disposed of, they are still harmful to the planet.
"Our Eco Alkalines Batteries have created incremental sales for retailers by drawing in new customers that are interested in buying eco-products," says Lionel Lalonde, vice president of sales for Barrie, Ontario, Canada-based LEI Electronics, manufacturers of the Eco-Alkalines Batteries. "We don't see a significant amount of cannibalization against the major brands, and the demand is there. People want to buy eco-products that are not over-priced, are of similar quality to branded and have a strong eco story behind them."
LEI Electronics has also revamped its packaging, ensuring that all materials, down to the product brochures, are eco-friendly while also telling the eco-friendly story. Lalonde understands that it may take some time for consumers to warm up to eco-friendly batteries, but he says the company is committed to investing in its brand. That investment includes extensive advertising and support at the retail level.
Energizer fully supports and actively leads efforts that reduce the environmental impact of the battery category, says Lou Martire, vice president, trade development for St. Louis-based Energizer, adding that Energizer was the first battery manufacturer to remove mercury from standard alkaline batteries.
"Rather than keeping the technology to ourselves, which would have created a significant competitive advantage, we shared it broadly within the industry," says Martire. "As industry leaders, we understand that long-term category health and doing the right thing is what matters most to our consumers and retail partners."