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VIP 211 Hard Drive
Posted 05 January 2009 - 07:51 PM
Posted 06 January 2009 - 07:02 PM
Walked into my local Costco this evening. They had the 750gb Maxtor Onetouch 4 Plus for $99.99. The Plus model adds a firewire400 in addition to the USB 2.0 port. Not a bad deal.
Newegg (dot com) still has the WD My Book Essential 750 GB on sale for $99.99 with no sales tax and free 3-day shipping. Here's the link: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136176
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:35 PM
Pretty good deal!
Newegg (dot com) still has the WD My Book Essential 750 GB on sale for $99.99 with no sales tax and free 3-day shipping. Here's the link: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136176
Posted 08 January 2009 - 11:57 PM
Visit the EchoStar Knowledge Base
"The other guys charge $9.95/month to use tapeless record" - Dish Network Tech Forum, 8-6-01
"dual" is NOT the same as "Twin" - here's why
Posted 09 January 2009 - 07:33 AM
Now that this has been available for awhile, has anyone maxed out the timers? Is it still 10? Is it different if you've done the DVR conversion?
I do have the DVR conversion, I don't know how many timers are allowed but I checked and I have 17. I had kind of expected that the timers were
kept on the hard disk but I changed the hard disk and they were still there.
Posted 13 January 2009 - 10:15 AM
Posted 13 January 2009 - 10:26 AM
Why spend more than needed? 750gb EHDs are going for $99 on newegg.com and at costco. Those by WD and Maxtor have been reported to work just fine w/ the 211. Just because DN says its compatible doesn't mean we should have to shell out an extra $40 for the drive and get 250gb less space.
I'd recommend a unit that DISH has deemed compatible. That includes the Seagate showcase 500GB for $139.99 on the seagate web site http://www.seagate.com/showcase they also have a 1TB unit that's doesn't yet look to have formal compatible if you need more than 500GB.
Posted 13 January 2009 - 01:31 PM
While most major manufactured external hard drives are compatible with the ViP 211® and the ViP 211k® HD receivers, a minimum 50GB is required and maximum 750 GB drive is permitted.
Buy a real brand at the best price, you can get. Only real requirements are above.
Posted 13 January 2009 - 02:31 PM
Posted 14 January 2009 - 01:49 PM
Posted 14 January 2009 - 09:24 PM
Both cost me less than $50.
Dish 1000.2 @ 110, 119, 129; dish 500 @ 61.5
Antennas - CM4228; RS U75-R; coathanger; Funke PSP.1922 (stillin the box); paperclip
Displays: Sony VPH D50Q with HD Fury HDMI input; Hitachi 57F59; Sony Bravia LCD;Sanyo 32" LCD; Panasonic 42" plasma
Sony 80GB PS3; Toshiba HD-DVD
Give me a Finco colinear array and I'll rule the world - HA-HA-HA-HA!
Posted 18 January 2009 - 11:48 AM
I've read where others have mentioned "Dish Approved" so where might this list of "Dish Approved" EHDs be found?
most drives will work...however, I'm using one that DISH has tested with their DVR to be sure it works. I'm hoping that way I minimize the opportunity for problems...more hassle free.
Posted 18 January 2009 - 12:23 PM
Sent from my Dell Lattitude D633 using FireFox under Windows 5.1
Posted 18 January 2009 - 01:10 PM
I've read where others have mentioned "Dish Approved" so where might this list of "Dish Approved" EHDs be found?
You can find it here
Dish External Harddrive
As you will see they have a marketing agreement with Seagate, and do point out that most others will work as well.
Edited by GrumpyBear, 18 January 2009 - 05:13 PM.
Posted 18 January 2009 - 01:18 PM
Purchase a DISH compatible USB 2.0 external hard drive from your local consumer
electronics store or visit www.dishnetwork.com/DVRconversion for online access to
purchase a DISH Network compatible external hard drive. Look for the red DISH Network compatible sticker:
The External Hard Drive must:
a. Be between 50 GB minimum to 750 GB maximum (external hard drives containing
more than one physical internal disk may not be recognized by the receiver).
b. Have its own external power supply (not powered using the USB connection to the
c. Support USB 2.0.
Note: Most brand-name external hard drives are compatible. Do-it-yourself kits and
expandable racks may not be compatible. Only single-disk hard drive units are supported.
Currently, you can only connect one USB device (such as a hard drive or PocketDISH) to the
receiver at one time. However, you can connect different external hard drives one-at-a-time
(for example, to dedicate one drive for movies and one for sporting events).
Posted 18 January 2009 - 05:08 PM
Your link is 404. Here is a better one:
You can find it here
Dish External Harddrive
As you will see they have a marketing agreement with Seagate, and do point out that most others will work as well.
Posted 18 January 2009 - 05:16 PM
Your link is 404. Here is a better one:
Fixed it. Its the same link too.
Posted 21 January 2009 - 05:02 PM
Posted 21 January 2009 - 06:41 PM
Sent from my Dell Lattitude D633 using FireFox under Windows 5.1
Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:45 PM
Perhaps owners of 411 should tell CSR it is 211 ?
I meant to try that first. I bet it will work. ($1.00)
Posted 23 January 2009 - 06:29 PM
Posted 27 January 2009 - 10:13 AM
Posted 06 February 2009 - 07:41 PM
Plugged it in decided to use online chat as suggested here.....Vanessa came on and said she could activate the EHD feature on both of my 211k boxes for $39.99 per month per box....would I like her to do that?
I asked her if that was correct almost $80/month every month.
"Yes sir, you shouldn't have bought the 200 series box for DVR, you should have got a 600 or 700 series, then it's only 5$/month."
Are you sure about this.....????
Yes sir.
Thanks..Good bye.
Immediately logged back in. A guy named Israel said $ 39.99 for the account, gave me the HD specs and asked if it's a go. I said yes. Done in less than 5. HDs activate and reboot in another 5...done.
I wonder if Vanessa knows how to pocket the extra $$$?
I'm a new sub (Monday) but it took 3 sales folks before I got the package I wanted, now 4 days later it takes 2 to add a feature. It seems like telephone roulette is the rule, not the exception.
Posted 07 February 2009 - 09:50 AM
It also took me 3 tries to get it activated (accidentally charged twice), and an insistence that the 211 is now DVR capable. The tech support department did state that if your hard drive has a sleep mode you may have a problem.
We need something real quiet, because for right now we are sleeping 6' away from the hard drive while we renovate the bedroom. Thanks for the people who made suggestions because this combination works real well.
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA Hard Drive USB/Esata Docking Station
[I got one with an esata interface in case it didn't work out I could put it on my PC]
Western Digital WD 750GB SATA Greenpower Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD7500AACS
approx $120
It is kind of fun to wake at 3AM. The 211 actually powers on (green light) while it is getting the guide.
Posted 07 February 2009 - 06:19 PM
The reboot time can be changed. I have mine set for 7am but it can be any time of day.
It is kind of fun to wake at 3AM. The 211 actually powers on (green light) while it is getting the guide.


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DRANESVILLE, Va. (WUSA) - Schools in Northern Virginia could take a hit if Virginia cuts budgets to offset the fiscal cliff.
Governor Bob McDonnell's office directed agencies to identify potential cuts of four percent . Fourteen percent of the Fairfax County school budget comes from the state. Dranesville supervisor John Foust says any cut to that would hurt.
"We're going to be concerned about any cut in funding, given how tight our budget is. Especially since we feel like the state is underfunding us now, so to take anything away from that would not be good," said Foust.
Economists predict up to a half a million jobs could be lost in D.C. area. That would lead to vacant buildings, and a sharp decline in commercial real estate taxes, which is a major source of funding.
Foust grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where steel mills created a bustling economy. Today, the mills are abandoned, and jobs are scarce. Foust says Fairfax County is searching ways to diversify its economy so it can move away from it's heavy reliance on federal spending.
'"It has been nice to have the federal government to fall back on, the government contractors and government employment, but, I'm personally from an area that relied on the steel mills until it was too late and there was no diversification . I don't want to see that happen to Fairfax County," said Foust.
While there is optimism that Congress will stop the fiscal cliff, it's been a little too close for comfort and, like never before, local governments are doing what other places are across the country and looking to attract new industry.

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In Zeicher vs Zecher it discusses the reasons we say both, however I was wondering what is the difference in translation between Zeicher & Zecher?
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The standard understanding is that it means "memory of" either way, just a question of how it's vowelized. (You'll find both vowelizations in different texts of Psalm 145, known to most of us as the daily "Ashrei", on the line "zecher rav tuvcha...").
But just for fun, the Gemara, (b. bathra 21a), records a discussion wherein Joab thought the commandment only applied to the male Amalekites. The standard reading of that Gemara is he read "zachar" (male); but it's been suggested that "zecher" could be misinterpreted as a possessive form of "zachar" (just as "eshen hakivshan" means "smoke of the kiln", "eshen" is the possessive form of "ashan.")


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I have a zimbra server on an ip ending in xxx.xxx.xxx.94 and when sending mail the receiving servers see the another computer's ip at the beginning of my ip block of xxx.xxx.xxx.90.
This makes me get 550's like this from some domains.
Unfortunately, messages from xxx.xxx.xxx.90 weren't sent.
I also get 554's like this:
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1. Arm knitting is a fun, fast technique that creates a wonderfully open fabric using only your arms! The openness of the fabric can be altered by how tight or loose you choose to make your stitches. 2. The Cowl is arm knit as a simple rectangle with 2 strands of yarn held together.
COWLWith 2 strands of yarn held together, cast on 6 stitches following Lion Brand Yarn video instructions, "How To Arm Knit":
Arm knit until about 36 in. (91.5 cm) of yarn remains.Bind off.
FINISHING Sew cast on edge to bind off edge to make Cowl. Thread each yarn end into blunt needle, then weave through stitches.
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A cutting garden workshop will be held Monday, April 23 at 1 p.m. at Phillips County Event Center in the Ortner room.
Those attending the workshop will learn how a cutting garden would benefit the vegetable garden and learn the best practices for cutting gardens.
The workshop will teach the variety of flowers people have
to choose from for a cutting garden and whether or not to include foliage.
Long blooming perennials can help create beauty and help people decorate indoors. Some types of annuals can enhance bouquets and then be dried to preserve for winter use.
Seeds can be saved from some of the annuals and perennials which gives people the ability to save money toward gardening as well as keeping the plants going.
Participants will learn all the benefits of growing a cutting garden as well as using a cutting garden to enhance the landscape. It is so much more than roses, zinnias, marigolds and hydrangea.
There is a charge for the workshop. Pre-register by Friday, April 20. For questions regarding the workshop, call 854-3616 and speak with Linda Langelo.
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text: Got a chance to go see the Full Draw Film Tour last night, what an awesome experience it was. The best part about it was that I won a new Hoyt bow in the drawing, and what makes it even better was that my bow I was shooting just blew up on me the night before. I have new limbs coming for the old bow, but now I have a new one to get ready before the hunt in 4 weeks.


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1957 Ford F100 - Rapid ReptileWritten by on November 1, 2008 A Hot Blooded Cobra
At an early age, Jack Andersen's dream was to have a truck when he grew old enough to get a driver's license. Jack told us that during the course of his father's job as a bus driver he spotted a '57 Ford F-100 Big-Window parked next to a barn in the little farming community of Murtaugh, Idaho. For years Jack's dad drove past keeping an eye on the immobile '57 until one day in 1975 Jack turned 16 years old and his dad said it was time to go take a look at the truck. They learned that the white Custom Cab '57 Flareside had originally come from California, and that one night the truck's owner disappeared in the back seat of a police car and was never seen again. The cute little blonde that lived in the farmhouse sold Jack and his dad the '57 Ford for $100, and said if they ever spotted a 7-foot tall biker named "Animal" nosing around the truck, it would be a good idea to run.
Jack and his brother Casey worked on the '57 and got it to fire up. It was a constant process that left the truck with more horsepower every time they touched it until one day when Jack was about 25 years old he sold it. Ten years went by, and then Jack decided he wanted to get the truck back. The search ended when he tracked his '57 down to a guy in Hawaii that didn't want to sell it. Several years passed until around 2003 when Casey found the beginnings of Rapid Reptile. The '57 Ford pickup seen on these pages was bought brand new by a ditch rider, and it had only 56,000 original miles on it when he passed away. Casey and Jack paid the ditch rider's daughter $1,500 and hauled the truck home to Casey's restoration shop in Burley, Idaho. The Andersen boys blew the '57 down to the bare frame, and the build was on. Because this one was a small-window, and Jack wanted to reproduce his original '57, the first body mod was to graft a Big-Window section cut out of an F-500 Jack found next to a barn and bought for $150, and risked life and limb to haul home. To set the stance, the stock '57 F-100 frame was freed from its archaic straight-axle frontend, and a Fatman Fabrications IFS, complete with Fatman 2-inch drop spindles and polished stainless steel upper and lower control arms were welded into place. Since 1957 was the first year for Ford 9-inch rearends it wasn't necessary to pitch the stock differential only upgrade it with Moser axles, and swap in a set of 3.50:1 gears with Trac-Loc. For stopping power, the puny stock Ford drum brakes were tossed at all four corners and a quartet of 13-inch Wilwood disc brakes with aluminum hubs were put in place. To clear the monstrous Wilwood discs, 18-inch Boyd Coddington Junkyard Dogs ride in front shod with Nitto tires, and ditto for the rear.
The old saying, "it's what's up front that counts" really takes on a whole new light when the hood is popped on Jack's '57 and reveals its motor. This is thanks to a new 4.6L DOHC Ford SVT crate motor with 4-valves per cylinder intended for a 2000 Cobra backed with a Tremec five-speed tranny. The extreme width of the Cobra mill dictates utilizing block-hugging BBK ceramic-coated headers to make use of what little space is left in the engine bay. Once spent exhaust gases exit the BBK headers they flow into a custom exhaust system fabricated by Loren at Ray's Muffler in Burley, Idaho featuring MagnaFlow stainless steel mufflers.
Jack and Casey figure it took around 4 years to complete the '57, and how many miles Jack drove transporting the truck between Utah and Idaho during the course of building it they wouldn't even venture a guess. There is one thing for sure, and that's between Casey's Auto Restoration and Ferril King at Crawford's Auto Body, both in Burley, Idaho, the PPG Viper Red '57 is one bad snake. Moving inside the '57's Big-Window cab the Cobra theme continues with a custom Cobra shift lever by Glen Dilworth of Jet Dynamics attached to a Lokar shifter, accompanied with Lokar pedals, and throttle linkage. To provide all of the comforts normally found in a modern luxury vehicle, Jack installed power windows and wipers from Specialty Power Windows, along with ice-cold air conditioning from Hot Rod Air. The level of luxury didn't drop a notch when it came time to upholster the '57 and the truck was hauled to Bountiful, Utah where Mike and Jason Bessy of D&M Upholstery stitched a Spice-colored leather interior with snakeskin accents that would do a designer series Lincoln proud. The seat frame from Glide Engineering intended to fit a '56 F-100 went right in, and the Auto Meter gauges look perfect stuffed into a custom billet-aluminum cluster. Mike and Woody at Woodruff Auto Service in Ogden, Utah installed the Ron Francis wiring harness.
In closing Jack told us "my brother Casey is awesome, he's an awesome builder, and he made this truck what it is. I helped, but it was his vision, and it has brought us very close."


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Hey all...not sure if anyone's seen this...
I have 2 zimbra servers, one on a local subnet and one via vpn at another office. I can't get the webmail login screen to come up or the admin login screen to come up on the remote server from a remote subnet, but sitting on the same subnet as the server the page comes up nicely.
The behaviour is that the browser picks up the favicon.ico file and the page title and even the redirect to https://servername/zimbra/?initMode=http, but the page just stays blank and the spinner keeps going, waiting and waiting. Found this on several machines, same behaviour.
I realize this is likely something vpn-ish, but wondered what anyone would guess isn't getting through...is there something I should be watching tomcat doing, or firewall logs???
Only thing I can think of that I've changed lately is modify /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow for SSH such that only my local subnets can access ssh on the servers...
in hosts.deny
sshd: ALL
in hosts.allow
sshd: 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
sshd: 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
any thoughts greatly appreciated...


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Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data 1999 Accomplishments Report
1999 Goals
The Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data's (SCDD) objective is to promote the collection, use, sharing and dissemination of cultural and demographic geospatially referenced data pertinent to the needs of the Nation. Several responsibilities listed in its Charter suggest a methodology for fulfilling the objective, and include:
1. assisting the FGDC's Coordination Group in promoting the development, maintenance and management of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI),
2. developing and maintaining governmentwide standards for the description, documentation and exchange of geospatially referenced cultural and demographic data,
3. compiling information on the activities of Federal agencies that collect and use cultural and demographic geospatially referenced data, and
4. assisting in determining boundary elements and appropriate additional categories of cultural and demographic geospatially referenced data significant to a broad variety of users within any geographic area or nationwide for including in the National Digital Geospatial Data Framework ("framework").
The SCDD held four meetings in 1999. Meeting locations, standards discussed, special presentations and tours are summarized in following table.
Standards Addressed
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Geography Division
Governmental Unit Boundary Standard
-Progress report
-Working Draft review
Presentation – Census Bureau's American Factfinder
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Governmental Unit Boundary Standard
- Request for comments on Working
Presentation – Developing a Spatial Data File for Testing GIS Systems
Tour – Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address Data Content Standard
-Review and progress report
Presentation – Center for Disease Control's Common Data Elements Implementation Guide (Address-specific data elements)
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Address Data Content Standard
-Follow-up report on comments
received from SCDD members and
from URISA Conference
Presentation – CDC's Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture Series. "Benchmark Testing of GIS Capabilities for Epidemiologic Studies of Breast Cancer on Long Island, New York"
The SCDD promotes outreach and education among organizations and therefore, each SCDD meeting was hosted by its member agencies and included either a presentation on a topic of interest and/or a tour of the host agency (refer to responsibilities #1 and 3 above). The SCDD has also continued to support the work of the Cultural Resources Working Group and its activities (refer to responsibilities #1 and 4 above).
The SCDD encourages the development and advancement of the standards it sponsors (refer to responsibilities #2 and 4 above). For example, an SCDD representative presented the Address Data Content Standard at URISA's "Street Smart and Address Savvy" Conference held in October 1999. Comments were solicited from conference participants in order to obtain a diverse range of input to the standard.
Several barriers have hindered SCDD accomplishments and the advancement of SCDD goals in 1999, including:
· low member participation and turnout at meetings (i.e. limited amount of time each member can contribute),
· time and expense of hosting and organizing meetings,
· staffing difficulties that have affected the management and development of standards, and
· difficulty in obtaining review and comments on draft standards.
Status of SCDD Sponsored Standards
Address Data Content Standard
· Step 4 of the FGDC Standards Development Process: Draft Standard Development Stage
· Currently awaiting additional comments and SCDD member approval
Governmental Unit Boundary Standard
· Step 4 of the FGDC Standards Development Process: Draft Standard Development Stage
Metadata Profile for Geospatially Referenced Cultural and Demographic Data
· Step 4 of the FGDC Standards Development Process: Draft Standard Development Stage
· Currently in inactive status


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Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers and pitcher Max Scherzer
have reportedly agreed to terms on a one-year deal on Monday.
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the two sides have avoided
arbitration and quoted CBSSports.com as saying that the deal is worth $6.725
Scherzer went 16-7 last season with a 3.74 earned run average and finished
second in the majors with 231 strikeouts, second only to teammate Justin
Verlander's 239 punchouts.
A five-year veteran, he has a record of 52-42 with a 3.88 ERA and 829
strikeouts over 142 games (133 starts) with Arizona and Detroit.
Detroit has now signed all of its arbitration-eligible players.
The Sports Network


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Happy Canada Day, everyone. While economic times are still uncertain, those of us lucky enough to live in this country have much to celebrate tomorrow.
After I stepped down last January as editor-in-chief of Canadian Gardening, I promised myself a lazy gap year before I returned to the fray of the working world. So the second half of 2009 will be spent–doing whatever I feel like. This means less writing, more reading. Less talking, more listening. Less looking, more seeing. You get the picture. This entry will be the last one before my blog goes on hiatus.
But how can I leave you without showing a few more photos of my garden, and making an observation or two? The large image at the top of the page is a little corner filled with various pots. It looks a bit messy but there's a reason for it. The winter brought with it a leaking roof underneath an old deck off my bedroom. This meant the deck needed to be demolished and the roof replaced, with everything that had been up there brought down. It was a big expense, so I did it in two stages. Stage one was the installation of a new flat roof last winter. Stage two was the building of a sturdy and handsome new deck a few days ago. Little by little, some of the myriad pots dotted around my garden will make their way up to my roof. But there will be far fewer than normal this year, and no veggies. Oh well, there's always next year. Gardening is for optimists.
There are many things I'm enjoying about my garden right now (not the least of which is having some time to sit in it). Here in Toronto, it's been a coolish and wettish early summer, and my garden has made huge amounts of lush, verdant growth. There's very little weeding to do, because the plants are so densely packed together. So far, I've seen very little insect damage. There have been a few snails about, but the giant leaves of my 'Frances Williams' hostas are intact. Fingers crossed this may continue.
The plant shown here is my Chinese flowering dogwood (Cornus kousa chinensis), which is bursting with health and absolutely covered in starry white flowers. Divine. I heartily recommend this small tree for narrow urban Zone 6 gardens like mine, as it truly offers four seasons of beauty. Smooth, grey bark and graceful, compact form in winter, followed by attractive leaves and white flower-like bracts in late spring/early summer. These bracts ("flowers") persist for many weeks, turning pinkish as they mature. Their berry-like centres go a brilliant red and are relished by squirrels and birds. And the leaves go a lovely burgundy fall colour as well. If the flowers were scented, it would be perfection.
Lastly, a word about containers. Don't be afraid to combine shrubs, perennials, annuals, grasses and herbs to create the look you want. One of my favourite shrubs for this purpose is the ubiquitous purpleleaf sandcherry (Prunus x cistena), which is overused in the landscape but seldom seen in pots. Cheap as chips, open and spare in habit with showy burgundy leaves, it's hardy (Zone 4) and easy to plant under because it's not a space hog. (Whatever shrub you choose for a container, be sure it's at least two zones more cold-hardy than where you live. Here in Zone 6, this means Zone 4.) Yes, the sandcherry overwinters outdoors in its pot.
And try growing some of your invasives in pots as well. Seen here is an old galvanized washtub (be sure to add drainage holes in the bottom with a drill) filled with various types of mint. I harvest the leaves to make fresh mint tea: take a generous handful of leaves and stems, rinse them, put them into a teapot and bruise well with a wooden spoon. Cover with boiling water and steep to taste. Pour into cups and float a few mint leaves on top for colour. Sweeten with honey, or not. This makes a lovely clear drink that's delicate and refreshing. You can do the same thing with lemon verbena, which is another rambunctious plant.
Or use fresh mint leaves in mojitos or as part of the quintessentially British drink of summer: Pimm's number 7. You can find recipes on the internet.
So that's it from me for now. Cheers to you and happy gardening. And thanks for reading my blog.


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Brantôme, attractively situated on the banks of the Dronne, boasts an eclectic mix of Romanesque and Renaissance architecture. The abbots overseeing its abbey included Pierre de Bourdeilles, a former chamberlain to Charles IX in the 16C. This chronicler, better known as Brantôme, came here to find the peace and tranquillity he needed to write his famous Vies des hommes illustres et des grands capitaines (Lives of Illustrious Men and Great Leaders).
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Abbey church bell tower
Boulevard Charlemagne F - 24310 Brantôme
Built in the 11C on a 12m-high rock, the bell tower of the Eglise Abbatiale (abbey church) is noteworthy because it is the oldest gabled Romanesque bell tower in the Limousin region. Three of its four floors feature round-arched openings and its summ..
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Boulevard Charlemagne F - 24310 Brantôme
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Hotel Restaurant les Jardins de Brantôme
33 rue Pierre de Mareuil F - 24310 Brantôme
Hotel Restaurant les Jardins de Brantome is set a 5-minute walk from the centre of Brantôme and offers an outdoor swimming pool. You can dine in the on-site restaurant or go canoeing in the river. The air-conditioned rooms at Jardins de Brantome are..
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1 Route de Bourdeilles F - 24310 Brantôme
Moulin de L'Abbaye is in the market town of Brantôme, in Périgord. It offers rooms named after Grand Cru wines with air-conditioning, flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi. The restaurant serves gourmet cuisine made with local and regional products. The res..
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6 avenue André Maurois F - 24310 Brantôme
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This Logis hotel is located in the Dordogne region. It offers en suite rooms with a TV and a view of the garden or swimming pool. Wi-Fi is available. Hostellerie du Perigord Vert serves traditional cuisine from the Périgord region. Guests are invite..
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Les Jardins de Brantôme
33-37 rue Pierre-de-Mareuil F - 24310 Brantôme
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route de Périgueux F - 24310 Brantôme
57 rue Gambetta F - 24310 Brantôme
Rabbit, snails, pike perch, pig's trotters... the recipes are always nicely enhanced by a contemporary twist, making for extra tasty cuisine! The atmosphere is cosy and when the sun is out you can sit on the pretty terrace overlooking the Dronne.
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1 rte de Bourdeilles F - 24310 Brantôme
Contemporary yet timeless charm. Lose yourself as you listen to the murmur of the Dronne. You feel as if you are away from it all at this restaurant, where the time ticks by at the water's edge, as you enjoy the fine classic and regional cuisine.


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Holyoke suffered their first loss in league play as they fell to Sedgwick County 1-4 Friday, May 3. The Dragons bounced back in the second game, winning by a score of 18-0.
Holyoke 1, Sedgwick County 4
For the first time all season, the Dragons were unable to take down a league opponent, losing to Sedgwick County 4-1.
The game also marks just the fifth time out of 16 games that the high-scoring offense did not score 10 or more runs.
"We hit the ball, but we didn't string our hits together," Coach John Zilla said. "When we have kids in scoring position, we need to hit the ball."
In the game, Dragon hitters faced the toughest pitcher they have seen all year, according to Zilla. Sedgwick County's Chase Dunker struck out 16 Holyoke batters in the match.
Jaydin Goldenstein got things started for Holyoke in the first inning, singling to center to score Trevor Dalton for the early 1-0 lead.
The Cougars would tie the game at 1 apiece in the third inning. The inning ended before Sedgwick County could do more damage as left-fielder Bradley Cumming fielded a ball in the outfield, relayed it to shortstop Dalton who threw out a Cougar baserunner at home to end the inning.
Sedgwick County scored another run in the fourth inning to expand the lead. Errors in the fifth and sixth innings hurt the Dragons as it allowed Sedgwick County to pick up two more runs for the 4-1 win.
Logan Tharp threw six innings for the Dragons, allowing four runs on six hits and two walks. He also struck out three batters in the game.
Goldenstein and Bradley Cumming led the Dragons at the plate as they both went 2-3 in the game. Goldenstein also recorded an RBI in the match.
Holyoke 18, Sedgwick County 0
HHS returned to form in the second game of the doubleheader, beating Sedgwick County 18-0.
"I was afraid they would be down for the second game, but they bounced right back," Zilla said of his team. "They didn't hold their heads down, they came back and swung the bat."
Holyoke racked up 17 hits in the game. Zilla noted that after the quality pitching they faced in the first game, HHS hitters were more prepared and had quicker hands in the second match.
The Dragons set the pace early in the game, scoring two runs on four hits in the first inning.
In the second inning, Goldenstein laced a pitch out of the park for a grand slam, giving the Dragons a 6-0 lead.
Brett Cumming, Jesus Hermosillo, Tharp and Dylan Kotch all batted in two runs in the third inning to increase the lead to 14-0. Holyoke would go on to score two more runs in each of the next two innings for an 18-0 victory.
Dalton started on the mound for the Dragons. In three innings, Dalton gave up only one hit and allowed zero runs. He struck out two batters and walked just one.
Kotch tossed the final two innings for HHS, allowing just two hits in the save.
Dalton and Goldenstein each posted three-hit days for the Dragons. Goldenstein was also responsible for five runs batted in.
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The show will feature a half hour segment with Weatherspoon and the Voice of the Lady Techsters Malcolm Butler and a half hour segment with White and the Voice of the Bulldogs Dave Nitz as each coach will discuss their team's contests this past week against UTSA and Texas State and preview their upcoming games against Seattle and Idaho.
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Now in its 12th year the etnies Backyard Jam is coming back bigger and better, with riders confirmed from etnies, Federal and Hoffman bikes including Jamie Bestwick, Morgan Wade, Taj Mihelich, Mike Escamilla, Ruben Alcantara, Mike Atiken, Van Homan, Corey Martinez, Bas Keep, Jon Taylor and Sergio Layos to mention but a few. With such a line up and the relaxed atmosphere the EBYJ is famous for, riders will be pushing themselves in the face of a record prize pool of $40,000 overall.
Friday will see 100 Experts battle it out in heated qualifiers for the honorable 10 finalist spots in Saturday's Expert final. Following that, 60 Pros will take to the street course for their qualifiers on Saturday, the top 16 of which will come back on Sunday for the highly regarded Pro Final for some fearless, bad-ass action.
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This year more BMX enthusiasts can experience this world-class event as the Brighton Centre offers tiered seating to 3,000 spectators. There is a separate public street course strip for four persons at time to experience BMXing for themselves. All equipment and guidance is provided and Pro riders including Jon Taylor will intermittently be on hand to offer personal advice. In previous years the event has sold out quickly so log on to backyardjam.com today to book your tickets and get the latest updates.
The etnies Backyard Jam in association with Snickers and Primo will be held at the Brighton Centre 21 - 23 October 2005. Opening times: 10 am - 7 pm. Ticket prices pre booked / on the door: Fri £6 / £8, Sat £8 / £10 and Sun £10 / £12. Please Note: There is no access with bikes for the public into the venue.


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|Holiday services set
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Churches in Holyoke and the surrounding area will celebrate the holiday season with special services.
Holyoke Assembly of God will have their regular Sunday service on Dec. 20, then at 3 p.m. they will be going caroling followed by a birthday party at 5 p.m. Christmas Eve service will be at 6 p.m.
At First Christian Church, services are set for Christmas Eve candlelight services at 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
At First Baptist Church of Holyoke, Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held at 5 p.m.
St. Patrick Catholic Church is having Christmas Eve carols at 11 p.m. and Mass at 11:30 p.m. Christmas Mass will be at 8:30 a.m. New Year's Eve Mass will be at 6 p.m.
Christ the King of Haxtun will hold a 10:30 a.m. Christmas Mass and a 7:30 p.m. Mass on New Year's Eve.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Amherst will hold a Christmas Eve service with a children's program at 4:30 p.m. On Christmas Day, church will be held at 9 a.m.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Venango, Neb. will host a children's program on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. On Christmas Eve they will celebrate with a candlelight and communion service at 6:30 p.m.
Zion Lutheran Church will have a children's Christmas program on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. In addition, the church will have a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 5 p.m. and a Christmas Day service at 9 a.m.
First United Methodist Church is planning a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.
Fairfield Covenant Church, located north of Paoli, will host a Swedish Julotta service at 7 a.m. Christmas morning with a coffee hour to follow.
Venango Community Church is having a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.
Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church will be having several holiday services, the first being on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. Then on Dec. 22, they will be caroling at 4:30 p.m. They will wrap up the festivities with a Christmas Eve service at 5 p.m.


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after the game, if you can call it that, one of the radio guys boldly claimed that "noone has given more to ISU athletics than Dan Mc". While this might be true, it is also true that noone has taken more, in terms of dollars than Mac. I am just sick of everyone acting like Mac is the "mother Teresa" of college FB. ISU has given Mac a lot of time and money to make something happen, and after 12 years this is a train wreck. If he was doing his job, the program would not be in this shape.
If Mac is Mother Theresa, I'm Gandhi...
I heard that. I think that Walters sees what everyone else does. I also think that he probably personally likes Dan, and doesn't want to see things go out this way.
But he has been here a long time. I don't think that there are 5 schools in Division 1 football that would have stuck with Dan, 13 wins through 5 years, winless conference seasons, etc. So I don't feel sorry for Dan either.
He has made a lot of money, and lets be honest here, the results have not been there. And only now, after 12 years, do we hear people talking about expectations.
Kirk Ferentz has had a hell of a lot more success than Dan, and I have read that people are excited that they lost. You read their message boards, and people are down on what he is doing. This is a guy that has coached conference championship teams. Iowa fans have enough belief in their universities athletic department to believe that they deserve things like conference titles. We call them arrogant for that.
But if we are ever going to get to that point then we have to also have the "arrogance" to demand production from the people that coach our teams.
Jeffrey A Crawford
The best comment was by Bruns when he said "This is the worst offense I have seen since I have been at ISU. And that does include the 2003 season."
Also, I met a lot of Iowa State fans and I dont want to leave any of that behind. - DARIUS DARKS on Staying a CLONE!!!
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Waukee, Iowa
And by the way I would be more ****** as a Hawkeye fan that you are paying a guy over $3 million and there assistants $400,000 more than our assistants and they can't even keep a season from losing to cellar dwellars like Northwestern. The benefit for Hawk fans though is that Miller was saying that Alamo Bowl reps already have lined up the Hawks for the game even if they lose both of the remaining games. Don't you love it how a 6-6 Big Ten team can play in a bowl that ISU would probably need 9 wins to get in?
money talks...bowl games want people to spend the bucks and Iowa travels as well as any team. Why do you think they got to a New Year's day bowl last year with the team/record they had?
They are headed for 6-7.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
I agree and realize this, but all it does is cheapen the bowl system even more than it already is. I means that a 6 win teams that travel should be rewarded more than a 9 or 10 win team that doesn't have the same fan base.
But it is this same watered down bowl system that allowed Mac to go to the five bowl games in six years that he constantly spews at us.
Motor City Bowl for the Sqwaks
Dan has done very well at Iowa State, please don't feel sorry for him... he has been paid very, very well for his services...
The Hawks will never see the Motor City Bowl. They travel well which will slip them above other Big 10 schools every year.
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The Hawks will never see the Motor City Bowl. They travel well which will slip them above other Big 10 schools every year.
it's not just about traveling - if they go 6-6 or 7-5, and other teams finish with better records, iowa will slip. you can't just take iowa to a better bowl because their fans travel well. if that were the case we would have ended up in other places besides shreveport, because isu travels EXTREMELY well to bowl games.
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Originally Posted by CY ST8T
I agree and realize this, but all it does is cheapen the bowl system even more than it already is. I means that a 6 win teams that travel should be rewarded more than a 9 or 10 win team that doesn't have the same fan base.
Sometimes football is nothing more than a "numbers game". The teams with the most high schools get the best recruits, the schools with the most money does the most winning, and the teams with the most fans will always get the better bowl games regardless of how bad their records might be.
Note of Interest: In 1976 Earle Bruce had the number one offense in the country and won eight games and couldnt get into a bowl game. Talk about injustice!!
I have always said that Woody Hayes is the cause of how bad our football program is. If he wouldn't have lost his cool with the Clemson linebacker and started hitting him after his interception against Ohio State, he would never have been fired and Earl Bruce would have stayed at ISU and just think of the tradition we could have now. Bruce had us going in the right direction after posting three 8-3 seasons before leaving to go to Ohio State.
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Letters: North County, May 4, 2013
Country Club debate continues
Kirk Effinger displayed a petty and ignorant attitude in "Really? A crusade to save the Escondido Country Club" (Opinion, April 25), about the neighborhood effort to stop the destruction of the golf course.
His article implies that we are a bunch of elitists bent on preserving our privileged status.
Does he know that a North County Times article published a few years ago stated that the San Marcos and Escondido clubs were considered to be "entry-level country clubs"?
I joined the ECC after retiring as a sailor and a General Dynamics hourly worker. It is my experienced observation that the majority of the members were of middle-class status.
Due to age-caused limitations I no longer enjoy playing golf. However, I do recognize the value that the Escondido Country Club gives to the community, such as housing values, a community social strength and precious open space.
Mr. Effinger [should] talk to the members of our community and perhaps even attend an Escondido Country Club Homeowners Organization (ECCHO) meeting. He will find that we are a large group of concerned homeowners trying to maintain our property values and community.
Jerome J. Haluza
Biased against GOP
Kirk Effinger's column "Rancho del Oro's streetlight plight: HOA mirrors government" (Opinion, May 2) was insightful and well-reasoned.
Too bad he had to throw his apparent political bias in his article by writing, "The Republicans' seeming pathological notion that we must just stop spending money on infrastructure, with no regard for whether the spending in question might be needed...."
This is as misplaced as if he had written the flip side, something like, "The Democrats' seeming pathological notion that we must not stop spending, etc."
Bob Pfeifer
Time to reform immigration policy
On May 1, I walked with more than 200 North County residents to advocate comprehensive immigration reform.
The walkers, from senior citizens to children in strollers, were energized by the waves and honking horns of the many supporters we encountered along the march route ("Hundreds march in support of immigration reform proposal," North County Local, May 2).
I walked to represent my Catholic Church, which is asking all of us to work for just and compassionate immigration policy.
Twelve California bishops have called for enactment of immigration legislation to unite families and promote economic and social well-being for everyone in our "country of immigrants."
I implore that we join hands for a better future.
Marilyn Lilly
Assessing the facts
In response to "Ramona teachers union spites its own face" (Editorial, April 26): Let's examine facts before condemning the Ramona teachers' union.
Fact No. 1: In 2011, the district proposed a 7 percent permanent cut to teachers' pay, but revised it to 13 percent. The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) intervened.
Fact No. 2: The district refused to consider reducing cuts if money became available.
Fact No. 3: The union proposed reasonable pay cuts; it suggested ways to address the crisis. The district rejected all proposals.
Fact No. 4: Fact finding is not an audit. The Ramona Unified School District (RUSD) withheld $800,000 in assets from the Fact Finder.
Fact No. 5: Fact finding is subject to interpretation. RUSD and the Ramona Teachers Association came to very different conclusions. RUSD's takes teachers' last two paychecks.
Fact No. 6: RUSD imposed [the cuts] without bargaining in good faith. A court injunction and PERB hearing is expected.
The facts speak for themselves.
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The London actor and playwright, Kwame Kwei-Armah, is off to Baltimore to take over as artistic director of Centrestage. According to today's Telegraph, he and another black British actor, Paterson Joseph, have warned that our black actors are heading off to work in America as a result of Britain's "failure to fully embrace multicultural casting".
Kwei-Armah – who was born Ian Roberts in Hillingdon, but changed his name after tracing his ancestral roots back to Ghana – tells us: "There is a strong sense among black actors that there is a glass ceiling and that you can only get so far, which means people start looking for different marketplaces". He points out that Lenny Henry was the last British performer to become a household name. (If there is anti-black prejudice in broadcasting, this may, of course, explain why.) Paterson Joseph (yes, I know – I'm thinking of changing my alias to Fumninator The) claims black actors face special challenges in Britain because they work in "a country that is a majority white country".
My heart bleeds for both of them, of course. The loss of Kwei-Armah, in particular, will be a bitter blow to many of us. Who will they now get to fill the "pretentious prat dressed like a vibrant intellectual spouting utter bollocks" slot on the Newsnight Review programme? Let's just hope that the portrayal of Baltimore in "The Wire" was pure fantasy and that Kwame manages to avoid being being shot or stabbed long enough to eventually reoccupy his central position in this nation's cultural life.
As for Joseph Pat… sorry, Paterson Joseph – I genuinely hope he stays here, because he's on TV a lot, and he's an excellent actor. It's hard to figure out how, exactly, he would be able to pursue a lucrative career in acting in a non-white majority country. China? South Africa? Barbados? New Guinea? Tower Hamlets?
Many things confuse me about these claims of careers being blighted by Britain's failure to cast black actors. First, they were made in a week which saw the return of the rather ropey BBC One detective series, "Luther", starring Idris Elba, who was born with a real African name – Idrissa Akuna Elba – in Canning Town, and is best known for being brilliant as "Stringer" Bell in "The Wire". As they say in TV promos, "Idris Elba is Luther, a maverick cop who….etc." No racist TV producer is giving Idris the Elba, apparently.
This week also saw the final episode of BBC Two's five-part "The Shadow Line", which starred Chiwetel Ejiofor, who was born in Forest Gate (with that name, by the way, rather than, say, Bob Scruggs). Despite pursuing his career in two white-majority countries – Britain and America – Chiwetel has enjoyed major roles in all sorts of big movies and TV dramas, has been festooned with major acting awards (including a BAFTA and a Laurence Olivier) and several nominations for a Golden Globe. Oh, and he just happens to have been awarded the OBE.
Some glass ceiling!
The second thing that confuses me is that the British broadcasting and film industries are undoubtedly the most liberal, left-wing industries in the known universe. My experiences working for the BBC suggest that commissioners and directors continually bust guts in order to wedge in as many ethnic actors as they can possible manage.
That brings me to my third point. The liberal mania for affirmative action in casting sometimes leads to credulity being stretched. I mean, how many senior black detectives can the Met accommodate? (Mind you, those of us who live in the Great Wen – according to cop shows – stand a 50/50 chance of being butchered by a stupendously cunning serial killer before we start collecting our pensions, suggesting reality's not generally much of an issue.) It's screamingly obvious to anyone who isn't a liberal loon that, if anything, ethnic actors are over-represented on our screens.
Finally, acting is a notoriously insecure profession. We moved i next door to a well-known TV actor about 20 years ago, when he was riding high in a long-running BBC drama series. I met him on New Year's Eve, 1999, a few years after he'd moved elsewhere (ironically, "Space:1999″ was the title of another TV series he appeared in). He looked depressed, and when I asked how things were going, he said he hadn't had any real acting work for four years, and that most of his friends in the profession were in the same boat. He was looking into retraining for some other line of work.
As this was a well-known white actor with an impressive and lengthy track record, why do Kwei-Armah and Joseph imagine that lack of recognition or meaty roles (or whatever they're complaining about) has anything to do with their skin colour or the racial make-up of the country? And, if it's a race issue, why are so many white British actors currently appearing in US TV shows and films?
Perhaps the makers of "Midsomer Murders" should be planning to cast these two as the next Inspector Barnaby (or Bama-Abi) and his sidekick. (But I expect Lenny Henry's already being groomed for the lead role).


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In the early morning hours of September 11, the world watched in horror as commercial jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center twin towers and the Pentagon. The loss of life and the destruction of property were incomprehensible.
Even before the dust had settled and anyone had a chance to grieve, several companies had to face the sobering fact that they had lost key executives who were on the planes or in the buildings. The list of organizations most severely affected includes Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Cantor Fitzgerald, Oracle, AON Insurance, 3Com, Marsh & McLennan, Akamai, Raytheon, BEA Systems, MRV Communications, and the Fire Department of New York.
Suddenly, these organizations and others faced a very different future. They not only had to confront the reality that key talent and brainpower were gone forever, but they also had to cope with gaping holes in their management structure. They immediately had to identify positions, competencies, and skills that they needed just to stay afloat.
There's no way to plan for a disaster of the magnitude of the World Trade Center attacks. But there are specific things that organizations can do to prepare for unexpected events. Not surprisingly, many organizations are taking a close look at what's required to keep a business running if key executives suddenly depart -- because of death, illness, or changes in the business. "Without a well-designed succession management system, an organization can find itself thrown into chaos and confusion," says William C. Byham, CEO of the consulting firm Development Dimensions International, in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.
Succession planning is no simple task. Mapping out the future involves more than an organizational chart displaying the corporate hierarchy. It's essential to know which employees have the particular skills and competencies required to assume positions higher on the corporate ladder, what talents will be required in the future, and how best to train employees for management positions, or hire from the outside. Succession planning can include the use of anything from a spreadsheet or simple database to sophisticated software for tracking skills, competencies, and 360-degree feedback data.
"Succession planning has evolved, and the methods that were used in the past aren't necessarily effective in today's environment," says Nancy Monson, a senior consultant for Hagberg Consulting Group in Foster City, California. Best-practice organizations use succession planning to prepare for potential problems and disasters, she notes, but they also rely on such plans to develop and maintain the strong leadership that's required under normal conditions. A succession plan can help an organization keep pace with changes in the business, industry, and overall marketplace. It can help the enterprise focus on organizational excellence.
Despite the obvious need for a succession plan, many companies neglect the task. According to a survey by the National Association of Corporate Directors, 45 percent of boards at companies with sales of more than $500 million have no meaningful process for grooming potential CEOs. And, remarkably, 24 percent of Fortune 500 companies don't consider succession planning a top priority.
What does it take to develop a succession plan that's suited to an organization's specific needs? How should an enterprise structure a plan? And what role should human resources play in the process? "An effective succession plan requires a careful examination of business strategy," says Ilene R. Gochman, a practice leader in organizational effectiveness for the consulting firm Watson Wyatt in Chicago. "An organization must understand where it is, where it wants to go, and what route it should take to get there. Only then is it prepared for all the various events that can occur in the course of doing business."
Succession from the Outside In
|Although succession planning focuses heavily on developing talent from within, it's almost a certainty that a company will find itself looking for outside talent from time to time. Recruiting has become a multibillion-dollar industry. "Today, many companies use recruiting to fill positions at all management levels," says Kevin Butler, managing partner for the healthcare practice at the executive recruiting firm Heidrick & Struggles, in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The more prominent a position is, of course, the tougher it is to find a suitable candidate. And the riskier it is, too. Nancy Monson, a senior consultant for Hagberg Consulting Group, points out that cultural and political influences can create problems for outsiders -- particularly at the "C" level. "There are times when it is appropriate, even desirable, to look outside," she says. "But too much of a reliance on outside talent can come at the expense of developing leaders from within and the strength that comes with it."
Success with succession
In decades past, developing and promoting talent was a fairly simple proposition. The CEO or board of directors simply decided who would be slotted into a senior management position -- a decision usually based on hunches, instincts, and intuition. If the CEO or president died or became seriously ill, the number two person almost always assumed the top post. In most instances, the person next in line knew ahead of time that the company was grooming him or her for the job.
In today's fast-changing business environment, however, deciding who the future leaders will be over golf games and cocktail parties is no longer effective. Although senior-level positions remain a key to an organization's success, there's a growing realization that the entire management structure determines how a company acts and reacts to industry conditions and global events. Finally, as the events of September 11 indicate, a company's fortunes can change in a heartbeat. Bond-trading firm Cantor Fitzgerald lost about 700 of its 1,000 World Trade Center workers, including many top executives. At the Fire Department of New York, 343 employees died, including some of its top brass.
An executive interviewed in the Los Angeles Times last September expressed how overwhelming it is to face a future without a company's established leadership. Jimmy Dunne, a principal at investment banking firm Sandler O'Neill & Partners, was away from the office when the World Trade Center was attacked. Chief executive Herman Sandler and investment banking chief Christopher Quackenbush died in the building's collapse. Dunne suddenly found himself in charge. The problem was that he alone could not duplicate the strengths that each partner had brought to the firm.
The fact that different people bring different skills to the table isn't lost on experts. "Typically, the CEO of a company has a certain set of skills that leads to success," Monson says. "But the same person might not be so strong in other areas, and so might depend on others to fill in the gaps." A succession plan can help an organization identify its needs -- as well as those of individual managers and executives -- and ensure that it is hiring and training to fit an overall master plan. A plan can also help employees gain experience in diverse areas so that they're ready for an assignment when an opening occurs.
Putting a plan to work
One company that takes succession planning seriously is Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., an iron-mining firm headquartered in Cleveland. The average age of its workforce is 48, and many employees are approaching retirement age. In the next five to seven years, the company faces the prospect of losing up to a third of its workers, including key executives, says Lou Mineweaser, director of learning and organizational development.
Although the sudden loss of a key executive is always a possibility, the company is more focused on developing talent over the long term. "There is a tremendous amount of expertise at the company, and it's impossible to replace it overnight," Mineweaser says. "After looking at how the company functioned in the past and how it operates now, it became clear that we had to develop people who are capable of leading the organization into the future."
Cleveland-Cliffs turned to Professional Datasolutions, Inc., a Minneapolis-based enterprise and human resources software provider, for a 360-degree feedback instrument, and also used reporting tools from HRSoft in Morristown, New Jersey, to create a comprehensive succession planning system. It includes a skills and performance database that managers can search using numerous criteria, such as job function, proficiency for a specific skill, and experience. It then provides an organizational chart based on the desired factor. The company expects to have the system fully operational by early 2003. "The goal is to find high-potential people and prepare them for key leadership positions," Mineweaser says.
A well-designed succession planning system allows HR and senior management to adapt more quickly to rapidly changing business conditions -- including new roles and responsibilities for executives. Instead of senior management spending a great deal of time interviewing managers and supervisors, it's possible to immediately zero in on the best candidate. Then, when a position opens up, it's clear who is prepared to fill it internally, or whether the company should look outside for additional talent.
For Excel Communications, a Dallas telecommunications company with 2,300 employees and $1 billion in annual revenues, succession planning is an absolute necessity. In recent years, it has gone through two mergers as well as industry ups and downs. The company uses organizational charting software from TimeVision, Inc., to track information about employees and view changes -- and proposed changes -- across its intranet. "We are able to tap in to real-time HR data to identify trends and needs," says Jason Blair, senior manager of HR systems and information management.
Watson Wyatt's Gochman notes that there's no standard template for creating a succession planning system. It's a process that requires ongoing review and scrutiny -- and involvement from HR as well as the CEO and other department leaders. "It's important to understand what's required to run the company in the future rather than making decisions based on a past model."
When it's done right, succession planning is an investment in both the company and the human capital of the organization, says Lois Melbourne, president of TimeVision. "The entire organization can benefit by creating career paths and developing criteria to fill various positions." Then, whether a change is required because of normal business conditions or death, disaster, or defection, an organization is ready to act quickly, decisively, and effectively. Only then can a company know that it is able to conduct business as usual, even in the most unusual of times.
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