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In the early days of the transition from analog film to digital still photography, the common wisdom was that you had to shoot digital images flat to get a proper exposure. This was a widespread misconception that I ended up debunking with many photographers when I showed them that not only could their film look be duplicated, but that it could be done in real time, shooting tethered using custom presets. The only real secret to capturing a great digital file is to properly light and expose the scene (shocking, I know). The rest of the image making chain comes down to workflow choices.
Now we are in the early days of the digital filmmaking transition and everyone looks to film/DI workflows that have been established for multi-million dollar projects using very expensive cameras and involving many steps and a multitude of specialists. This workflow compartmentalizes the jobs of Cinematographer, Camera Operator, Camera Assistant, DIT, Colorist, Editor, Lab etc.. The person exposing the film will not necessarily be involved in every step of this process. The workflow that makes sense in this world is to capture a scene with a wide latitude that has the most overhead to make corrections in post. Final color looks are rarely "baked-in" on the set.
Then comes inexpensive video capable DSLRs and the world of micro production and filmmaking is opened up to a much wider audience. The barrier to entry for creating high quality cinema style motion images is lowered and many photographers find themselves already owning the gear that makes digital filmmaking possible.
When we began the color correction process we quickly realized a new grading process was necessary as the old rules did not apply…We soon understood that with this fragile color space you had to move the knobs very delicately. – Shane Hurlbut
The tricky part has been figuring out the photography/cinematography (PhotoCine) workflow. Photographers search out information on the web in places like DVXUser and other traditional video forums and start piecing together a process that has trickled down from film/TV where the budgets are high and the work load is spread out. Then this information spreads to photographer centric filmmaking forums and there is suddenly a common wisdom that has taken root (remember the common wisdom/misconceptions for digital stills?).
My problem with this workflow from the beginning has been the fact that files coming out of HDSLR cameras are heavily compressed. The advice color experts are giving seems to be counter intuitive. Would you tell a newbie still photographer to shoot their JPGs flat and correct in post? No, you would tell them that since the look is baked in due to lossy compression, they should treat JPGs like they would transparencies – getting as close to a final image as possible. Tom and I have had this discussion many times and end up feeling like outsiders in the HDSLR workflow world. I have spoken with color and post people that I trust who tell me not to worry about the compression and reassure me that shooting flat and correcting in post is the way to go.
I treated the 5D like I was exposing reversal film stock, you had to get it close to what your final product would be. Any extreme manipulation in color was difficult – Shane Hurlbut
I am sure that if you are shooting a feature film using a dozen cameras, shoot-flat workflow could be advantageous, but if you are a still photographer using one or two cameras for a motion ad campaign, you might want to think differently. You would probably want to shoot as close to the final look as possible to minimize the amount of post work and limit problems in the image files by not having to make major color/contrast adjustments later. As a matter of fact, the H.264 format is a finished format designed for uploading to the internet so if you needed to, you could deliver quick dailies straight out of the camera without going through any post process. If you shoot flat and correct later, then the dailies will have to go through transcoding, color correcting, then output encoding. Skipping steps to deliver quick uncorrected clips to the client is a recipe for disaster.
Recently a producer friend was working on a feature for a big studio using a RED One camera for the first time. The show was being shot out of town and the dailies were being sent back to hollywood uncorrected due to time constraints. Keep in mind that the RED files are close to being in a Raw format and the workflow is usually to shoot flat and process the look in post. The studio freaked out and wanted heads to roll because they thought the dailies looked terrible. I explained what I thought was happening and that information was sent up the chain to help ease tensions and start a dialog with the DP and DIT. Of course the RED footage looked amazing once it was color graded and everyone was happy. The funny part was that another of their out of town projects was being shot on Canon 7Ds and the dailies were coming in great because the look was at least partially baked in during production. The point here isn't that Canon is better than the RED. It's that you can't rely on the kindness of strangers to understand workflow shortcomings due to time constraints.
Neil Smith at HdiRAWworks has a saying that deliverables determine the prep. What that means is that once you know your final output (film out, digital projection, Blu-Ray, DVD, web, ipod etc..) you can then determine what camera and workflow best maximizes your needs and budget. I know that those of you reading this are shooting amazing footage that will someday be shown to the Academy on an Imax screen converted to 3D, so money is no object and making every shoot into a big production isn't a problem. But for those of us doing it ourselves as one-man-bands on small projects tagged onto photo shoots, there might be a better workflow that revolves around making decisions during the shooting process and baking in the look to maximize image quality and minimize time spent in post.
Happy in-camera color correcting – Shane Hurlbut
You can probably tell from the quotes that Shane Hurlbut's article about color correcting is what inspired me to write this rather long article that goes against the conventional wisdom of the day. Shane is not only a visionary but he is an experienced DP who works closely with HDSLR files in post production and constantly pushes the envelope of digital filmmaking. He has the crew members and the resources at his disposal to "go with the flow" and rely on the traditional shoot-flat post process if it worked for him. I think his approach is a hybrid workflow that treats HDSLR footage more like a JPG or transparency than a color negative film. Read his article to find out the tools and the process he uses to get the most out of a heavily compressed file format before shooting.
Not being a post production expert, I have mostly kept these opinions to myself, but since someone like Shane is thinking along the same lines, the digital image expert in me feels like this conversation needs to be explored more and that conventional wisdom should be challenged every now and then.
Addendum: You can read my response to the discussion this generated here.


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This is our time right now. We have a window, we have broken through in a part of the world that doesn't usually break through with anything. It is like there is an information wall somewhere in northern Germany where most information from the north just stops, and sometimes there is a crack.
Rene Redzepi is the man everyone wants in their kitchen. A master chef from Denmark, he's the face and flavor of Noma, the restaurant in Copenhagen that has maintained the illustrious title of Best Restaurant in the World for two years running. A veteran chef who insists on using local ingredients to create brilliant dining experiences, Redzepi has usurped the throne previously held by food maestros like Ferran Adria to become a model of culinary craftsmanship in an industry that is as evolving and demanding as ever.
While Rene Redzepi isn't the prototypical romantic dreamboat, he could surely satisfy the carnal kitchen cravings of any woman on earth. That's something to be proud of. He's already doing that for every woman who is fortunate enough to visit Noma, but in reality, he's also fiercely committed to his loving ex-waitress wife, Nadine, with whom he has two children. Even though the demands of his work keep Redzepi quite busy, he makes a point of giving up two days out of each week to spend with his family.
The consistency in Rene Redzepi's Nordic cuisine is his reliance on only using ingredients that are local to Denmark. Since these often-seasonal ingredients make up his entire menu at Noma, Rene Redezepi is on the front line bright and early each morning with his faithful staff in tow as they scour the land -- in rain, shine or snow -- for delicacies like wild mushrooms, garlic and flowers to be included in future meals. This kind of dedication is grueling and exhausting, but Redzepi has been rewarded with praise, and his approach has taught other locals the merit of local ingredients.
Rene Redzepi BiographyRene Redzepi has been surrounded by the aroma of flavorful cooking since his earliest days. His childhood was seasonally split between Denmark (his mother's homeland) and Albania (his father's native country), and he spent summers in Macedonia with no refrigerators and a complete reliance on the daily preparation of fresh food. As such, watermelons, berries and chestnuts were a few of his favorite staples in his early childhood. To put his sheltered food life in perspective, Redzepi didn't try a sip of Coke until he was 10 years old. Instead, he preferred sugar water with rose leaves.
While he enjoyed his early eating experiences in Macedonia, Rene Redzepi struggled at school in Denmark. By the ninth grade, he was more interested in soccer and socializing than anything academic, and he paid the price by getting the boot from school. This point of failure proved to be a blessing in disguise, as Redzepi responded instead by attending a cooking school, where he and a friend participated in a contest that saw them finish second by preparing chicken with rice and cashew sauce. Feeling passionate about the experience and unexpectedly determined to build a career in cooking, Redzepi continued on with his culinary education.
Rene Redzepi works at Pierre Andre and El BulliAfter making the decision to pursue cooking as a career, Rene Redzepi immersed himself in experiences at a number of notable restaurants. He began his apprenticeship at Pierre Andre, a new Copenhagen establishment with an emphasis on French cuisine. Redzepi spent a solid four years at Pierre Andre but yearned to experience the art of preparing French food in France itself. He made it happen by venturing to Le Jardin Des Sens, a three-star restaurant located in the French town of Montpellier.
During his stay in Montpellier, Rene Redzepi heard about the acclaimed El Bulli restaurant in Spain and made a reservation in 1998 to enjoy a meal as a guest. His experience led him to be hired on staff for a stint in the summer of 1999 before further stops at The French Laundry in America and then Kong Hans Kaelder in Copenhagen, where he took on the role of sous chef for highly acclaimed food king Thomas Rode Andersen.
Rene Redzepi opens NomaVeteran chef Claus Meyer pursued Rene Redzepi in 2002 with the offer of making him the head chef for a new restaurant that he was preparing in a former warehouse in northern Denmark. The two eventually agreed to work together, and in 2004, their collaborative legend was born in the form of Noma. As Noma's main man, Redzepi built a menu of exclusively local ingredients that could reinvigorate Nordic cuisine. The result was a resounding success, and the restaurant began climbing the ranks as one of the top 50 restaurants in the world according to the Restaurant magazine. That same year, Redzepi also published his first book, Noma Nordic Cuisine.
By 2008, Noma had become listed as the 10th Best Restaurant in the World by Restaurant while TripAdvisor users had already selected it as the best in the world. Rene Redzepi himself was equally honored while attending the Lo Mejor de la Gastronomia conference that same year where he was selected as the International Chef of the Year. After earning two stars from the Michelin Guide, Noma swiftly climbed into the top three of the Best Restaurant rankings before taking the No. 1 position in 2010, the same year that Redzepi released his second book, Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine. In 2011, Redzepi and Noma celebrated once again, as the restaurant earned its second consecutive Best Restaurant in the World honor, proving that Redzepi was still in top form.


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Teriyaki Beef Tenderloin RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 cup sherry or reduced-sodium beef broth
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 envelope onion soup mix
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 beef tenderloin roast (2 pounds)
- 2 tablespoons water
- In a large bowl, combine the sherry, soy sauce, soup mix and brown sugar. Pour 1 cup into a large resealable plastic bag; add tenderloin. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 5 hours or overnight. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.
- Preheat oven to 425°. Drain and discard marinade. Place tenderloin on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, 45-50 minutes or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°), basting often with 1/3 cup reserved marinade. Let stand for 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring water and remaining marinade to a rolling boil 1 minute or until sauce is slightly reduced. Slice beef; serve with sauce. Yield: 8 servings.
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Reviews for Teriyaki Beef Tenderloin
"This was a delicious marinade and gave the tenderloin great flavor. We will definitely be making this again."
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"Yummy. Loved the flavors. I will make it again."
"I made this tenderloin with the marinade recipe and everyone just raved about the flavor. It was our all time favorite. Will be our new Christmas tradition for meat."
"Definitely yummy! Basted every 10 minutes and nice gooey glaze appeared on top - however, the little onions from the onion soup package crisped and burned on the outside. We will definitely make this again! Served it sliced over Quick Fried Rice with a side of Garlic Roasted Broccoli (both from this website.)"


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The pain of game saves becoming corrupted may finally be over for Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition owners as Sony began deploying the patch Tuesday. Unfortunately, that patch is not quite ready for North American users.
4J Studios announced on Twitter that the 1.03 patch for Minecraft: PS3 Edition was rolling out to Europe, Australia and New Zealand but made no mention of a release for the United States and Canada. So what's the status of North America? Only Sony knows that right now as even the game's developer is waiting to hear back on the status of its release.
Update: The patch is now rolling out to users in North America per 4J Studios.
The PS3 edition of the popular open-world sandbox games has been plagued by a corrupt save bug since its release in December. The timing could not have been worse as the holidays meant that the developer did not have the resources to quickly investigate the issue but players had plenty of time on their hands to repeatedly lose the progress they had made in survival mode or creations they had made in creative mode.
With this fix out of the way, 4J Studios can now focus its attention on the Title Update 14 (TU14) release for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 while also working on Minecraft releases for the PS4, Xbox One and PS Vita. No release window has been announced for any of this, however.
The list of fixes for Minecraft: PS3 Edition patch 1.03 is below via a 4J Studios post at the Minecraft Forum.
- Fix for issue in multiplayer/splitscreen which could cause save file corruption.
- Fix for memory issue causing random game freezes and exits to XMB.
- Fix for being unable to join games at times ("The host has exited the game" message incorrectly being displayed).
- Fix for splitscreen crash on adding a player when language is Russian.
- Fix for issue which can prevent leaderboard updates and some trophy awards.
- Fix for issue causing "No DLC offers available" message when converting trial to full version.
- Fix for game render glitch when a new streaming music track starts up.
- Fix for a lighting issue on a network client.
- Fix for the block damage decal being incorrectly offset
- Fix for selected item text not fading off screen if a menu is opened when it's visible.
- Fix for "Where are we now" music disc
- Fix for issue with Ghasts firing at certain angles
- A few rendering performance improvements
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Given his preferred up-tempo coaching style, Paul Westhead likes it when he and his team can hit the ground running. Because of an NCAA rule change, the Oregon women's basketball team did just that this season.
New for this year, teams could practice two hours per week over the summer, as long as players were enrolled in classes. So Westhead and the Ducks got an eight-week head start on their preparations for the 2013-14 season.
"I thought it was terrific," Westhead said. "It was the best summer I've had."
The UO coach will see what sort of dividends the early start paid beginning Wednesday night. The Ducks kick off their season with a 7 p.m. exhibition against Western Oregon in Matthew Knight Arena.
Oregon is looking to bounce back from an injury ravaged 4-27 season. With better luck, the Ducks will have enough depth to play at a much faster pace, both offensively and with a return to pressing defense.
"I'm looking forward to seeing how our players get out and go," Westhead said. "How their speed game is."
Last year's injuries aren't completely behind the Ducks. Sophomore Lexi Petersen and senior Laura Stanulis are still working back from the knee injuries that sidelined them early last season.
While that duo should be ready sooner rather than later, the Ducks will play this season without junior Jordan Loera. The 31-game starter from last season suffered an ACL tear in preseason practices; she'll redshirt this season and return as a junior in 2014-15.
Loera's injury leaves the Ducks with three returning starters: forwards Danielle Love and Jillian Alleyne, and guard Ariel Thomas. Alleyne will try to build on a freshman campaign in which she scored 13.0 points and grabbed 11.9 rebounds per game, earning honorable mention all-Pac-12 status.
"She will progress and get better and better," Westhead said. "The only question is, how fast? Is she going to double her efficiency from one year to the next? We would like that. She's on a good track, and I'm just anxious to see how she'll become a significantly better player, which she can be."
The exhibition schedule, Wednesday against Western Oregon and Monday against Oregon Tech, will also be the debuts for freshman guards Drea Toler and Chrishae Rowe. Toler figures to be in the mix for minutes behind Thomas at point guard, while Rowe's scoring presence could lead to some early starting assignments on the wing.
"I know them – I saw them in the summer … and I've been practicing with them almost 30 days now. So I have a sense," Westhead said. "But games are games. I'm excited. I think both are going to be productive players."


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Earth Day in the Park Festival – Saturday, April 19th
Modesto's 25th anniversary of the Earth Day in the Park Festival will be here soon and we are looking forward to seeing everyone there as we celebrate this special milestone with the community and we learn to "Recycle Together!" This FREE community event will be held at Graceada Park, located in downtown Modesto on the corner of Needham & Sycamore from 10a.m. to 4p.m. A FREE StaRT shuttle bus to and from Graceada Park beginning at the CrossPoint Church Parking lot on Needham will be running every 20 minutes for the convenience of the vendors and attendees. Please take advantage of this energy saving opportunity.
This unique event offers many opportunities to learn about the environment in a family-friendly atmosphere. There will be over 100 exhibitors showcasing their products and detailing what they are doing to help make our community a vibrant place to live, work and play. It's an entire day of "green education", unique entertainment performances, delicious food, kid's arts and crafts, a Trashformation art contest presentation, prizes and so much more!
Be sure to attend the FREE Boyett B-Green Recycling Event held on Stoddard Avenue between Park and Sycamore Avenues. This is a convenient drive thru event where all recyclables donated are matched dollar for dollar by Boyett Petroleum. 100% of the funds are applied to the City of Modesto "Adopt a Park" Program which is currently raising money to improve the play equipment at Wesson Ranch Park. Items accepted for recycling include:
· On site document shredding (limit 5 file boxes or grocery bags per person)
· CRV Bottles, Cans, Plastic & Scrap Metal
· E-Waste (TV's, computers, laptops, video games, electronics, etc.)
· Ink Jet, toners, cartridges
In addition, Covanta Energy will be collecting small batteries, cell phones and mercury thermometers and thermostats for proper disposal. Look for their booth!
This year's entertainment includes an environmental vaudeville act by the EarthCapades, interactive play by Bubblemania & Company, a K9 demonstration, the Silly String Band and ongoing music by TNT Productions.
We would like to extend many thanks to all of our generous Earth Day sponsors. Without their commitment to our community this event would not be possible. Please stop by their booths and thank them for their support and all of their continued efforts in making our environment "green".
Global Protectors
Modesto Toyota
Bertolotti Disposal
American Event Rentals
Covanta Energy
Modesto Junk
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Clear Channel
Valley Media
Friends of the Earth
E&J Gallo
My Little Balloon Company
Kids Club –Vintage Faire
Earth Crusader
Gilton Solid Waste Management, Inc.
The Modesto Bee
Frito Lay
Prime Shine Car Wash
The Medics Plus
Oodles Frozen Yogurt
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Macaroni Kid Modesto
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The New York Times recently went shopping with the Israeli-American architect Michael Arad, revealing how this designer of the
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The World Trade Center memorial. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons (Photo: ISRAEL21c)
The devoted dad last fall completed a "green roof" on his oldest child's school building. In May, he was back in Israel to speak about his main area of expertise – urban architecture — at the
2013 Jerusalem International Tourism Summit
. He also guest lectured at Hebrew University and met with a group of wounded Israeli veterans about a small proposed memorial in Israel "that could be very gratifying on a personal level," he tells ISRAEL21c.
The son of Moshe Arad, Israel's former ambassador to the United States, the 43-year-old architect clearly has come of age since his model for the memorial beat out 5,200 other entries in a 2004 international competition.
Between the time his design won and the time it was completed in September 2011, Arad received much press for his emotional struggle to shield his concept from myriad changes suggested by various stakeholders.
Today, he speaks of that period with calm equanimity; even gratitude.
"The tone of the memorial came through unchanged, and that's a testament to the hard work of so many people," he tells ISRAEL21c. "[New York] Mayor Bloomberg and his deputies shepherded the process through and gave us the opportunity to respond to challenges to the design process."
The bronze panel of names (Photo: ISRAEL21c)
About seven million people have so far visited the memorial and surrounding park at the former World Trade Center site.
Pools in each footprint of the downed twin towers are fed by the largest manmade waterfalls in North America, and surrounded by bronze panels etched with the names of the 2,982 victims — including six from the 1993 attack on the towers, and 224 who died on planes hijacked on 9/11.
"It suggests commemoration and everyday life, a place that residents and workers in this neighborhood could utilize as much as visitors to the memorial," says Arad. "I saw how public spaces allowed New Yorkers to come together after the attack in stoic defiance, leavened with a lot of compassion."
He had watched from his Lower Manhattan roof as the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed from the impact of the terror attack on September 11, 2001.
"Witnessing the attacks, and most importantly the way the city responded to them, was incredibly powerful and motivated me to start sketching ideas for a memorial," Arad says. "I tried to express the idea of absence and loss, by having water cascade into empty spaces yet never fill them up."
What makes cities great
Born in 1969, Arad spent his first three years in London, then one year in New York, three in Washington, four in Jerusalem, another year in New York and two more in Jerusalem, and then four years in Mexico City as his diplomatic family globe-trotted.
"I consider myself Israeli, but other things as well, and they're not mutually exclusive," he tells ISRAEL21c.
After a year at Dartmouth, he returned to Israel to serve from 1988 to 1991 in the Golani Brigade. "I never thought about not doing my military service," he says. "I had grown up expecting to do it and wanting to do it."
Michael Arad (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
After his bachelor's degree, he studied for his master's at the Georgia Tech College of Architecture from 1995 to 1999. Living in New York ever since, he's helped design two police stations, Union Station Tower, a 108-storey Hong Kong skyscraper and Espirito Santo Plaza, a 37-storey edifice in Miami that won the 2001 New York American Institute of Architects award.
Today he is a partner in Handel Architects and shares his Manhattan home with his wife, legal editor Melanie Arad Fitzpatrick, and children Nathaniel, 10; Ariel, seven; and Dani, two.
Arad helped plan and solicit funds for a "
green roof
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Fifth Street Farm
, opened last September, allows pre-K through eighth-grade students to grow and eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
"I did not want to do a green roof only for its positive environmental impact but to see how we could weave this into the curriculum and health-and-wellness program at the school," says Arad. "We wanted a real urban farm so kids could be engaged in agriculture activities and harvest and cook and eat their food onsite."
The Fifth Street Farm project (Photo: ISRAEL21c)
Among the projects on his drawing board are a retail -housing-cultural complex on Manhattan's Lower East Side and a hotel and residential tower for an Israeli developer in Long Island City.
"Our firm deals with density and diversity in urban sites," explains Arad. "We see a vitality and significance to cities. What makes great cities great is the happenstance — not knowing what you'll encounter around the next block."
He says he is happy to see the renovation of older buildings in Tel Aviv, where his sister lives, and the addition of the light rail system in Jerusalem, where his parents reside. "It's good to get people out of cars and onto the streets and public transportation. It creates an important sense of community."
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The Loudhorns: Give It One
Give It One
The Loudhorns
One For Maynard (Loud Conversation Pieces LCP-5428)
Steve Partick (trumpet), Vinnie Ciesielski (trumpet), Mike Castell (trumpet), Erin Horner (French horn), Barry Green (trombone), Roy Agee (trombone), Joe Murphy (tuba), Ron Gilmore (keyboards), Adam Agati (guitar), Tony Nagy (bass), Jason Waters (drums).
Composed by Maynard Ferguson and Alan Downey.
Recorded: Nashville, May 19-23 2008
Rating: 85/100 (learn more)
A band fronted by seven of the top Nashville horn session players, The Loudhorns salute a time in the late sixties and early seventies when buckets of brass were heaped onto pop and rock. That was the era of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago Transit Authority and the Hawaii Five-O theme song. And no other single artist pioneered, promoted and epitomized the marriage of brass with contemporary music more than Maynard Ferguson.
The first cut from The Loudhorns' Ferguson tribute CD One For Maynard is not a pop cover like the ones the late trumpeter loved to do, but one written by Maynard himself. "Give It One" is true to the spirit, with horns careening nearly off course around the Waters' fast-paced tempo. The charts are rhythmically charged, and to no surprise for anyone who knows the name of this band, loud. Murphy and then Patrick serve up solos, but they're brief; the ensemble performance by all horn players is the feature attraction. As the "high lead trumpet," it's clear that Patrick is playing the Maynard role, though. His over-the-top, hot blowing does the old master proud, standing out clearly above everyone else.
"Give It One" even ends with a layered ascending chord figure strikingly similar to the ending of "Hawaii Five-O." The vision of those forty-foot waves that used to accompany the theme song is an apt metaphor for the thundering cascade of The Loudhorns' brass.
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Just south of Atlanta, there is a small shelter that is constantly bursting at the seams with unwanted animals. They come from all different situations although many were victims of dog-fighting rings, poverty, and un-planned litters.
On the outside, the world is not such a kind place. But on the inside where at least there is food and shelter, it isn't so kind either. Crowding is a problem although workers try to do what they can to give adoptable animals every chance at a new home. And the facilities are not always warm in the winter or cool in the summer due to low funding.
This is the place where Heart's new life began. "She came in dragging a leash," explains Bobbi Wekenmann who runs a small private rescue out of New York state. "She was put on the kill list and I couldn't handle the thought of this pet being killed."
Through donations and her own earnings, Bobbi used volunteer drivers to pull Heart from the shelter and get her to a foster home. And while she is safe, everyone is hoping Heart can find the perfect family soon so that another dog from her same shelter can make its way to safety.
"This dog is a sweet, energetic 2 year old lab mix. She is fully vetted, chipped, knows basic obedience commands, and is even house trained!"
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Data Quality, Is it worth it? How do you know?
By rbewtra-Oracle on Sep 12, 2014
By: John Siegman – Applications Sales Manager for Master Data Management and Data Quality, &
Murad Fatehali – Senior Director with Oracle's Insight team leading the Integration practice in North America.
You might think that the obvious answer to the title question would be to fix them, but not so fast. As heretical as this might be to write, not all data quality problems are worth fixing. While the data purists will tell you that every data point is worth making sure it is a correct data point, we believe you should only spend money fixing data that has a direct value impact on your business. In other words, what's the cost of bad data?
What's the cost of bad data? That's a question that is not asked often enough. When you don't understand the value of your data and the costs associated with poor data quality, you tend to ignore the problem which tends to make matters worse, specifically for initiatives like data consolidation, big data, customer experience, and data mastering. The ensuing negative impact has wider ramifications across the organization – primarily for the processes that rely on good quality data. All business operations systems like, ERP, CRM, HCM, SCM, EPM, that businesses run on assume that the underlying data is good.
Then what's the best approach for data quality success? Paraphrasing Orwell's Animal Farm, "all data is equal, some is just more equal than others". What data is important and what data is not so important is a critical input to data quality project success. Using the Pareto rule, 20% of your data is most likely worth 80% of your effort. For example, it can be easily argued that financial data have a greater value as they are the numbers that run your business, get reported to investors and government agencies, and can send people to jail if they're wrong. The CFO, who doesn't like jail, probably considers this valuable data. Likewise, a CMO understands the importance of capturing and complying with customer contact and information sharing preferences. Negligent marketing practices, due to poor customer data, can result in non-trivial fines and penalties, not to mention bad publicity. Similarly, a COO may deem up-to-date knowledge of expensive assets as invaluable information, along with description, location, and maintenance schedule details. Any lapses here could mean significant revenue loss due to unplanned downtime. Clearly, data value is in the eye of the beholder. But prioritizing which data challenges should be tackled first needs to be a 'value-based' discussion.
How do you decide what to focus on? We suggest you focus on understanding the costs of poor data quality and management and then establishing a metric that is meaningful to your business. For example, colleges might look at the cost of poor data per student, utilities the cost of poor data per meter, manufacturers the cost of poor data per product, retailers the cost of poor data per customer, or oil producers the cost of poor data per well. Doing so makes it easy to communicate the value throughout your organization and allows anyone who understands the business to size the cost of bad data. For example, our studies show that on campus data quality problems can cost anywhere from $70 to $480 per student per year. Let's say your school has 7,500 students and we take the low end of the range at $100 per student. That's a $750,000 per year data quality problem. As another example, our engagement with a utility customer estimated that data quality problems can cost between $5 to $10 per meter. Taking the low value of $5 against 400,000 meters quantifies the data quality problem at $2,000,000 annually. Sizing the problem lets you know just how much attention you should be paying to it. But this is the end result of your cost of poor data quality analysis. Now that we know the destination, how do we get there?
To achieve these types of metrics you have to assess the impact of bad data on your enterprise by engaging all of the parties that are involved in attempting to get the data right, and all of the parties that are negatively affected when it is wrong. You will need to go beyond the creators, curators and users of the data and also involve IT stakeholders and business owners to estimate: impact on revenues; cost of redundant efforts in either getting the data or cleaning it up; the number of systems that will be impacted by high quality data; cost of non-compliance; and cost of rework. Only through this type of analysis can you gain the insight necessary to cost-justify a data quality and master data management effort.
The scope of this analysis is determined by the focus of your data quality efforts. If you are taking an enterprise-wide approach then you will need to deal with many departments and constituencies. If you are taking a Business Unit, functional or project focus for your data quality efforts, your examination will only need to be done on a departmental basis. For example, if customer data is the domain of analysis, you will need to involve subject matter experts across marketing, sales, and service. Alternatively, if supplier data is your focus, you will need to involve experts from procurement, supply-chain, and reporting functions.
Regardless of data domain, your overall approach may look something like this:
- Understanding business goals and priorities
- Documenting key data issues and challenges
- Assessing current capabilities and identifying gaps in your data
- Determining data capabilities and identifying needs
- Estimating and applying benefit improvement ranges
- Quantifying potential benefits and establishing your "cost per" metric
- Developing your data strategy and roadmap
- Developing your deployment timeline and recommendations
Going through this process ensures executive buy-in for your data quality efforts, gets the right people participating in the decisions that will need to be made, and provides a plan with a ROI which will be necessary to gain the necessary approvals to go ahead with the project.
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The official "Pokemon Alpha Sapphire" and "Pokemon Omega Ruby" release date has been announced. According to a report from Nintendo Everything on June 13, Nintendo announced that both games will be coming out in the United States on Nov. 21. However, the company did not clarify whether or not the same date will be applicable in Canada.
Nintendo could be focusing on the launches of "Pokemon Alpha Sapphire" and "Pokemon Omega Ruby" in the United States due to Black Friday. This year's shopping holiday takes place on Nov. 28, a week following the releases of the two games. With the software products expected to be hot holiday items, the publisher may have to allocate some of the shipments from Canada to the United States.
The two remakes of "Pokemon Ruby and "Pokemon Sapphire" will be making significant changes. For example, the 2D pixels have been replaced with full 3D graphics using the same engine found in "Pokemon X" and "Pokemon Y." The mega evolution feature have been confirmed as well with a handful of new transformation already announced. Finally, the plot of the classic titles should be modify to accommodate some of the changes made to the gameplay.
Although the "Pokemon" series has done well traditionally, it got boosted with the release of the aforesaid "Pokemon X" and "Pokemon Y." Nintendo confirmed previously that both titles ended up being the fastest selling games in history for the 3DS. The publisher is still supporting last year's products with ongoing competitions and distribution events.
Nintendo should be focusing on "Pokemon Alpha Sapphire" and "Pokemon Omega Ruby" more in terms of promotion once both titles are released. The two upcoming titles are priced at $39.99 each, which is the standard pricing for a 3DS software product. A screen from the handheld games can be viewed near the top side of this article (courtesy of the official "Pokemon" Twitter page).
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Stacey Comerford Kleine-Levin Syndrome Makes Her Sleep For Two Months
A teenager by the name of Stacey Comerford who suffers from what is commonly known as "Sleeping Beauty" syndrome spent over two months sleeping due to her condition.
The British student who can sleep for 20 hours in row was diagnosed with the rare sleeping condition called Kleine-Levin syndrome in 2011 was originally thought to be a troubled teen who was acting out and skipping class in order to catnap.
Stacey Comerford who is a straight-A student mother Bernie Richards took her to see several health specialists including a neurologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital who eventually diagnosed the 15-year-old with Kleine Levin Syndrome.
Bernie Richards revealed that last year her daughter slept for almost 60 days (missed her birthday and failed to take 9 exams) waking up briefly to drink water, eat a small portion of food, and go rapidly to the toilet. She shared:
"I was even investigated by the local education authority because Stacey's school thought I was deliberately keeping her out of school. They've stopped now we've got a diagnosis.
I always knew there was something wrong. I know my daughter.She's gone from a fresh faced teenager, full of energy to sleeping all the time.We can't plan anything because Stacey might be asleep.She could go to sleep tonight and wake up next week.We try and laugh and joke about it because it's the only way to get through it."
According to the Stanford University's Center for Narcolepsy, KLS is a rare illness that has affected about 1000 people world wide.
While no one knows the real cause of the disease – it mainly affects teenagers after they have battled certain illnesses.
There is no known cure for the sleeping disorder but often time doctors will prescribe the powerful drug called modafinil to help keep the patients stay awake for longer periods.
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- 8 ounces uncooked mostaccioli
- 1-1/2 pounds ground beef
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
- 1 can (4 ounces) sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 to 1-1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 350 °. Cook mostaccioli according to package directions; drain and set aside. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Drain.
- Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce and paste, mushrooms, water, salt, sugar, basil, pepper and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Discard bay leaf. Stir in mostaccioli. Spoon half into a 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese; layer with remaining meat mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Cover and bake 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Yield: 10-12 servings.
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21 comments :
- Michelle Elaine said...
Who is the artist behind the kick flip skeleton print? It's fucking rad!
And I don't know I've been disappointed with H&M way too often.
- June 28, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Sarah Dee said...
1. that dress is awesome
2. that cuff is awesome
3. that print is fucking awesome!
sigh... jealous ;)
- June 28, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Fashion Intel said...
I feel the exact same way about H&M. When I used to live in NY I felt so grateful to have access to their sometimes interesting pieces, but when they came to LA, I felt as if it wasn't the same. I've had friends tell me the clothes in the US market are far different from what their European stores carry.
But now that their clothes are so gnarly, don't you feel like you've hit the lotto when you find something worth wearing? I sure do!
- June 28, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- Anna G said...
You have such great friends. I love the print, it'll look so cool in a frame.
- June 28, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- TristanEmma said...
Rad print.. the jealousy ensues.
Maybe you could dye your tips and then cut them of when you get bored? Like Christeric just did? Just an idea..
- June 28, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- JJ said...
GURL DO YOU HAVE FaCeBoOK or SomeTHING?
- June 28, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- ray said...
yo. 1 - damn that shirt find, closest H&M is in whorelando, ewww 2 - the fendi 3 - that print is NUTS. good friends/finds :]
- June 28, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- InnyVinny said...
I hate H&M, but sometimes...sometimes...you find something perfect. *high-five*
- June 28, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- juno said...
i usually don't like logo bags but this one i love. is it vintage???
- June 28, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- DON'T FORGET THE 'Y' said...
juno - i don't know if i'd call it vintage, but it is a few years old. it's the Palazzo bucket bag in Zucca print.
- June 28, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- gennie said...
wow your hair has gotten SO LONG!
my lil sis is obsessed with that bucket bag btw. haven't seen anyone rocking it in person other than you!
- June 28, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- bravegrrl said...
and what a perfectly god awful mess it is :)
- June 28, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- J. said...
Score indeed! Love it when you've lost all hope and then find one gem...
- June 28, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Ramona said...
Is this the same persone with the girl form http://luxirare.com??? or is just me saying that...
- June 29, 2010 at 12:43 AM
- MeganRose. said...
i love your bag! always enjoy everything about your blog! is your watch ladies? i'm looking for one but am afraid it'll be too big.
- June 29, 2010 at 1:05 AM
- Linda said...
i love your top
- June 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- The Glossy Editor said...
obsessing over your fendi and the whole mix! love
- June 29, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Anna said...
Great outfit from head to toe! There isn't one H&M in my state and I guess I'm not missing much.
- June 30, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- THE DIVINITUS said...
loving that first shot.
btw i didnt cut my hair for a year (maestro will see me end of the month). it drives me nuts.
- July 2, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Ashley Kins said...
I know how you feel about H&M nowadays. It's really quite disheartening.. Glad you found that rad top!
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your casio watch is love at the first sight. Where did you get it from???!!!!!
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Dvd Release Date: 2009-01-09
Genre: Horror,
Rating: R
Duration: 1hr 20min
At a run down theater in a sleepy suburban town, a group of friends attend the midnight screening of a 1970s cult horror film. These unsuspecting teenagers are unaware that the director and star of the movie made a bloody escape from a psych ward five years earlier and may still be on the loose. As the midnight movie begins, the kids heckle the old black-and-white scenes. But, they are jolted when the killer butchers one of their friend--on screen! They soon realize that the killing is not a prank. They are locked inside the theatre and the killer from the movie is after them! Caught between reality and the screen's flickering shadows, are they becoming the unwilling stars of the very horror movie they are watching?
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Period entered (month/year):012012
Incorrect period in control rec. of CoCd NSTL; no conversion
The current period (month/year) of the control record is042012
Period closing complete; log issued.
Plus I checked Transaction OB52 also. but i am not able understand the values maintained there. Can anyone help me what should i do in this scenario???
PFA the values
Hi Suruchi,
Kindly change the following field values:
To Period Year
12 2012
And change to all account types: +,A,D,K,M,S and save.
Thanks & Regards,
Umamageshwaran .S
I did what u told me....
Now I am getting the error i.e.
Message no. F5150
The document type you specified has been allocated to a number range in fiscal year "2012" that has not been created.
Check the configuration of the number range for the specified document type. Create this number range if it does not already exist or allocate a valid number range for the document type.
Enter '9999' as the year if you want to use number ranges that are not dependent on a particular fiscal year. If you do this, the number range you allocate is then valid for the current and all following years.
If you want to use number ranges that are dependent on a fiscal year, you should create these manually for the years you require using the Copy by fiscal year function.
PFA the new OB52
Dear Suruchi,
For Document Number Ranges Copy to New Fiscal Year: T.Code:OBH2
Here enter your Company Code:
Number Range: Example: 51
Source Fiscal year details
To fiscal year :
Target Fiscal year details:
To fiscal year: 2012
Thanks & Regards,
Thanks a lot for Quick replying Umamageshwaran....But I have already done...
Now i am getting a new error.
Whenever i am enter date in the Posting Period or try to do posting, I get an information message i.e.
Allowed posting periods: 04 2012 / 03 2012 / 12 2011
Due to which I am unable to do anything...
But i need to do posting in 01 2012. Can you tell me how to do open the 012012 period.....
Dear Suruchi,
If you want to post the document for the previous period(Which is already closed), Use T.Code: MMRV
Enter your company Code
And Select Allow posting to previous period
I have already maintained this setting. And even if I do that, my previous period will be 032012 as my current period period is 042012.
But i need to do posting in 012012.
How can i achieve this???
Use T.Code: MMPI
Currently posting periods are opened from jan 2000 to dec 2010.
So you need to open the posting period for 2012.
So that you can able to post the MIRO.
And make sure the MM periods also opend for 2012 period .. check MMRV before posting.
In order to resolve the Error,
I used transaction Obh2. Now when i open Miro, i am getting a pop up like an information message....
Allowed posting periods: 04 2012 / 03 2012 / 12
This popup is not allowing me to do any posting....
Dear Suruchi,
Please Check in T.Code: MMPV
for close and change the fiscal year.
And also kindly verify in the T.Code: OMSY
You can post only in current period or previous period in MM i.e. your crrent period = 04/2012 and previous period 03/2012.


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On May 5, 2012 Jordan Brennan led a partnering workshop for some of our oldest students. Jordan hails from the Downtown Performing Arts Center of Lambertville, NJ and is Director of the Open Air Theatre at Washington Crossing.
The Philadelphia Youth Ballet (PYB), PDA's youth performance ensemble, performs in an annual production of The Nutcracker and an annual Spring Concert, as well as in community events throughout the city. Learn more.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. – One day after being drafted 55th overall by the New York Yankees in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, Mississippi State junior left-handed pitcher Jacob Lindgren was named a finalist for the 2014 Olson Award, Toolshed Sports announced Friday. The award, given annually to college baseball's breakout player of the year, is named after former Auburn pitcher Gregg Olson.
Following a 2013 sophomore campaign which saw the southpaw go 4-3 with a 4.18 ERA, Lindgren was named a finalist Friday after wrapping up this past spring with a 6-1 record and a 0.81 ERA. As a result of his breakout season, the lefty went from being the 369th overall selection in the 2011 first-year player draft to being taken 55th overall Thursday.
A 2014 first-team All-Southeastern Conference performer as voted on by the league's 14 head coaches, Lindgren is also a finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award. In addition, the lefty was also named a finalist for the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, given annually to the top collegiate player in Mississippi.
Pitching in a conference which set a national record with 10 bids to the 2014 NCAA Tournament, Lindgren led the league in SEC-games only in ERA (0.55), opponent batting average (.114), fewest hits allowed (13), fewest runs allowed (4) and fewest earned runs allowed (2).
Lindgren finished his 2014 campaign leading the nation with 16.3 strikeouts per nine innings and ranking first among all relievers nationally with 100 total strikeouts. Currently third in the SEC in fanned batters, Lindgren joins former first-round picks Paul Maholm and Chris Stratton as the only three MSU hurlers since 2000 with 100-plus strikeouts in a season.
In his three-year career so far, Lindgren is 12-6 overall with 189 Ks and a 2.64 ERA.
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I've dented the rim on my Shimano WH-RS-10 rear wheel. I found the tech doc pdf. I've had wheels rebuilt before but always with rims that were available to consumers. I can't find any place that sells the Shimano rim, nipples, or spokes to rebuild this wheel. I know I can get close matches from other companies, but I'm looking for identical components to match the good front wheel I have. Does Shimano actually provide these components for sale? Would this be something my LBS could order?
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Yes, you can order replacement parts from an LBS who is, or has access to a Shimano distributor.
You are unlikely to find that rim or those spokes in stock, because they are unique to the wheel, and it is not cost effective for a shop to keep them on hand given the relatively small chance that someone will need them.
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The good news is that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 has pushed some state governments to be more transparent.
The bad news is that the $787 billion ARRA funding window will eventually close and, without consistent, centralized grant management practices, some states might not be capitalizing on the free money, according to ARRA Presents Strategic Opportunities for State Governments, an Accenture report.
For a long time, citizens across the country have been clamoring for governments on all levels to be more open. But data reporting costs money and takes time, and state and local governments didn't have the resources, said Mark Howard, ARRA program director for Accenture, an international consulting and technology services company.
"Without the mandate, it becomes optional," Howard said. "If it's optional, you can find higher priorities."
When it comes to ARRA funding, states don't have that option; federal requirements force states to report how much money is received and show where the money goes in order to prevent fraud and abuse. For some states, such as Massachusetts, this process has been a catalyst to improve overall performance reporting, looking beyond the number of jobs created to shine the spotlight on other areas such as transportation, education and health.
"It's given them an impetus to do more," Howard said.
This extensive reporting approach, he said, should last longer than the limited-time ARRA opportunities. But state governments need to make adjustments to keep the transparency momentum going, he added, and it might start with improving how states manage stimulus grants.
Wanted: Collaboration
Last summer, Accenture and the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASCAT) conducted a survey of state comptrollers to find out how they were managing federal grants. The online survey -- 2009 State Comptrollers Survey: Are States Ready to Manage Federal Grant Funds? -- consisted of 32 multiple-choice and open-ended questions; 24 states responded. The results revealed crucial holes in the grant management process on the state level.
For instance, more than 90 percent of state comptrollers reported that individual state agencies indentified the federal grant opportunities with no centralized support. The idea was that each agency would know best how much funding was needed and why. But with a more collaborative approach, Howard said, states could have developed stronger proposals and possibly received more money.
"Because each agency will go after grants on their own, they may not be getting the best thinking," Howard said. "If you're not taking advantage of all of the resources to make the best proposal, you're risking not getting grants awarded."
For state agencies that won grants, the process worked slightly differently. Federal funds received by states are centrally managed, tracked and reported. But some states still fail to deliver sufficient reports on the funding results, Howard said, a critical step that could impact a state's chances for getting more money in the future.
"If they can't report on results delivered," he said, "when the next grant comes around, they may not win it."
Wanted: Best Practices
For state governments, in many ways, stimulus grant management is brand-new territory. For that reason, as the Accenture report shows, "there are no uniform best practices among states for managing the grants life cycle."
States must account for every dollar of ARRA money spent, but without a standard of best practices, governments end up spending extra time and energy figuring out how to avoid the funding cliff. According to the Strategic Opportunities report, states can use ARRA as a model for boosting


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THOMASVILLE | Lois Elizabeth Russell Bryant, 87, a resident of Thomasville, died Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center.
A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at J.C. Green & Sons Chapel in Thomasville. Interment will be in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
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Part 1
Why I Wrote Win-Win
Having spent more than 35 years deep in the trenches of developing cross-sector partnerships and cause marketing campaigns with the nonprofit, for-profit, education and government sectors, I have learned what works and what doesn't. I have developed partnerships - from a local two-person art program, a three-county children's magazine, regional and national campaigns for Fortune 500 corporations, to cause marketing for an international sports organization, and all sizes and variations in between. I have experienced people in all types of organizations working together. And through it, all I have developed a step-by-step, proven process to planning and implementing successful cross-sector partnerships.
Beginning with my first job at Cedar Point, the world's largest pure amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, where I developed a relationship with the state-sponsored Ohio Travel Council, I discovered the many benefits of bringing different sectors together in a mutually rewarding relationship. A few years later, I was hired by Marriott Corporation as Public Affairs Manager and given the task (at age 25) to design the opening promotion of its largest project in history: the family entertainment center Marriott's Great America in Santa Clara, California. It was here where I conceived and directed my first comprehensive cross-sector partnership campaign, which I define as a partnership between two or more partners from the nonprofit, for-profit, education and government sectors, with the March of Dimes. This campaign raised $2.5 million (and in 1976 that was a lot of money!), 40% more than ever been raised by the March of Dimes Chapters West.
Through the challenges, opportunities and understanding gained through this relationship, the main theme of my career was set: cross-sector partnerships provide more benefit to all the partners than each could have ever accomplished alone.
From those early experiences and beyond, in my work as Public Relations Director of the United States Olympic Committee, to the founding of The William Bentley Agency, an integrated public relations/marketing agency, to the honor of serving as director of marketing & communications for the American Red Cross (San Francisco) Bay Area chapter, to my current role as Founder/CEO of Bruce W. Burtch, Inc., a cross-sector partnership consulting and training firm, each role and relationship along this path have created a foundation of knowledge that I wanted to share.
I wrote this guidebook because I have seen thousands of organizations from all sectors struggling through the recent economic times. I have seen and still see a lot of pain and a need for help and real answers. Yet I know from experience that there is an extraordinary amount of opportunity lying in wait for the right combination of partners, on any issue, in any sector, in any small town or metropolitan city, in any corner of the world. Cross-sector partnerships can be extraordinarily successful when these partners join together for their individual and mutual success, while focusing on creating benefit for the greater good.
Win-Win for the Greater Good is a guidebook, not an overview, not a nice collection of stories. My goal is to take years of experience in developing partnerships between all sectors and provide you with the blueprint, the materials and the tools that will guide you in developing highly successful, highly profitable cross-sector partnerships. Here you will find information from the very basic to more challenging concepts. Each reader comes to this guidebook with different experiences and different levels of expertise.
In 1978, I was asked by the president of a large foundation what I wanted to do with my life, and almost without thinking I said, "I want to do well by doing good". He leaned back in his chair, laughed heartedly and replied, "I've never seen anybody do that before." That very phrase to "do well by doing good" has been my personal mantra and foundation of my work from that minute forward. From the bottom of my heart I believe that doing good is the necessary prerequisite for doing well. Doing good benefits everything you do and everything you are. Doing good and doing well can best be accomplished through win-win partnerships.
And that's why I wrote this book.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post98267223874266715..comments2016-06-27T21:45:24.885-05:00Comments on Freshly Pieced: Connecting Threads Results Are In!Leehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-14355373029649127122011-10-14T15:13:52.442-05:002011-10-14T15:13:52.442-05:00Be proud of what you have accomplished!, and now g...Be proud of what you have accomplished!, and now go on to the next step. You know we are all behind you!Juleshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-26174760748636994022011-10-12T22:27:50.031-05:002011-10-12T22:27:50.031-05:00Lee, sorry you didn't win but you sure did des...Lee, sorry you didn't win but you sure did design a beautiful line of fabric. Looking forward to see what you come up with next.dianehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-32362817101302460472011-10-12T21:23:14.954-05:002011-10-12T21:23:14.954-05:00Well, boo hiss! I'm really excited for you, th...Well, boo hiss! I'm really excited for you, though, that you designed such an amazing collection. You go shop it around so that I can go shop it :)Elenahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-21848614267751005732011-10-12T21:04:13.407-05:002011-10-12T21:04:13.407-05:00I so hope you do find a place, I'm looking for...I so hope you do find a place, I'm looking forward to a quilt with your fabric designs and looking forward also to what you design next! I think your design is amazing and that you were up against other very talented designers. I'm sure the votes were super small numbers apart a very few votes the other way and you would have had it. Thanks so much for doing all that you do!Annie Walshhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-86119247655297483502011-10-12T19:30:34.649-05:002011-10-12T19:30:34.649-05:00I'm glad to be slogging after dreams with some...I'm glad to be slogging after dreams with someone like you, Lee. And, actually, I am very interested to see that next collection.Rachel Hauserhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-5139533287763412012011-10-12T19:09:07.859-05:002011-10-12T19:09:07.859-05:00It will be interesting to see who picks up your de...It will be interesting to see who picks up your designs. In my book you are already a winner and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!Johttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-34783671615315357832011-10-12T16:18:52.998-05:002011-10-12T16:18:52.998-05:00Congrats just the same! I could see this fitting ...Congrats just the same! I could see this fitting in with Michael Miller or Robert Kaufman...worth shopping it around! You go girl...Dorishttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-46231689940198389892011-10-12T15:32:04.374-05:002011-10-12T15:32:04.374-05:00I am truly sorry you didn't win, I love your l...I am truly sorry you didn't win, I love your line! I don't care for the winner's line, but that's okay. Try Riley Blake, your line seems like it would fit right in with their "style". (Of course, I LOVE LOVE LOVE almost EVERYTHING that comes out from them and I LOVE LOVE LOVE your line). I guess I'll just have to wait to buy your line :) Better luck ahead!Jennhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-10104316694411231812011-10-12T15:31:31.039-05:002011-10-12T15:31:31.039-05:00I really do hope that you get the line picked up! ...I really do hope that you get the line picked up! I think you have a gift for this and I can't wait to see what you make next.Jenellehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-47585820661839032382011-10-12T14:42:20.759-05:002011-10-12T14:42:20.759-05:00Sorry you didn't win. I like your collection ...Sorry you didn't win. I like your collection (I also like the winning collection). Looking forward to what you do next. :-)kendascraftshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-56943293747825220352011-10-12T12:36:13.318-05:002011-10-12T12:36:13.318-05:00I'm sorry you didn't win, but I can't ...I'm sorry you didn't win, but I can't wait to see what's up next!!QuiltyGirlhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-26155854356954869362011-10-12T11:59:17.964-05:002011-10-12T11:59:17.964-05:00Well, I'm sorry you didn't win, but I'...Well, I'm sorry you didn't win, but I'm glad for me because I love your line and would have had to buy some, but I'm not in love with Connecting Threads. I went to their site after seeing that you were designing for their contest, and I bought about $220 of fabric from them for charity quilts for 100 quilts for kids (so far only 1 top finished...yikes!). Anyway, the quality of the fabric I thought was subpar in several instances (like areas where the weaving was off right in the middle of a piece, fabric showing up with ink stains, colors/patterns not nearly as distinctive/contrasty as appeared online, some fabric that already looked like it was pilling), and some of my 1/4 yard linear cuts will be lucky to yield 6 inches of straight grained fabric. It was very inexpensive, and I thought it might be too good to be true...should have trusted my instincts! I hope you get picked up by one of the more high quality manufacturers - Michael miller, moda, or Kauffman, as I'll enjoy sewing with your line on better quality fabric.Ellehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-48763810831329839802011-10-12T10:34:59.065-05:002011-10-12T10:34:59.065-05:00Aww, sorry you didn't win. It is such a beauti...Aww, sorry you didn't win. It is such a beautiful line! Good luck with shopping it around! And I am so glad you are inspired for another! You really do have a gift for design!! :)Linzhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-43204492673077202842011-10-12T10:17:29.275-05:002011-10-12T10:17:29.275-05:00I was disappointed,too. I really like your fabric...I was disappointed,too. I really like your fabric line. On the flip side, I am so happy that you are moving on with this line (and the next) and your dreams. Good luck to you and please keep us posted!piece peacehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-4639754254530896322011-10-12T10:10:26.769-05:002011-10-12T10:10:26.769-05:00Well Lee, I am truly sorry you didn't win, but...Well Lee, I am truly sorry you didn't win, but do congratulate you on following your dream, and continuing to do so! Keep up the beautiful work, your dreams will come to fruition one day soon, I am sure of it!Marci Girlhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-66136802112418502552011-10-12T09:50:33.965-05:002011-10-12T09:50:33.965-05:00I am so excited to watch your fabric career take o...I am so excited to watch your fabric career take off. I think your design is amazing and I know there will be a fabric company that will totally want to pick it up. It was so wonderful to meet you this weekend :)Melissa @ Happy Quiltinghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-11901864608043177302011-10-12T09:50:09.513-05:002011-10-12T09:50:09.513-05:00Lee, First of all, I love your line and you did a...Lee,

First of all, I love your line and you did a great job. To be honest with you, I have know idea what to do with the line that won, but your line had all kinds of projects running threw my head.

Please, please, please continue to try and get it "published" (for the lack of a better work right now).

And please keep us updated as to the progress of this line.

Lots of Hugs,
PeggyPeggyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-87467469896798694422011-10-12T09:07:31.459-05:002011-10-12T09:07:31.459-05:00Lee, I'm sorry you didn't win- I really li...Lee, I'm sorry you didn't win- I really liked your line- but am so glad you are going to do another. I can't wait to see what you come up with. Good luck and I hope someone snaps up your Kaleidoscope line in a heartbeat!Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quiltshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-24382676229099927792011-10-12T08:40:16.008-05:002011-10-12T08:40:16.008-05:00Bummed that you didn't come in first, but you ...Bummed that you didn't come in first, but you did win...you learned from it...Can't wait to see the next line and who knows, we might just see this in cotton yet...LOL...Have a great day!Rachelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-56693914676133521732011-10-12T08:32:00.365-05:002011-10-12T08:32:00.365-05:00Sorry that you didn't win, but I can't wai...Sorry that you didn't win, but I can't wait to see what you do next! Good luck shopping it around :)Melissa @ Sew BitterSweet Designshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-86314485608205307722011-10-12T07:54:06.683-05:002011-10-12T07:54:06.683-05:00Bummer - but so excited that this is a start for y...Bummer - but so excited that this is a start for you and not an end. I actually thought "Riley Blake" when you posted the whole line. It will be fun watching your fabric career :)angelahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-48615092112763935992011-10-12T06:11:22.901-05:002011-10-12T06:11:22.901-05:00The other line is nice (but psstt...I liked yours ...The other line is nice (but psstt...I liked yours better to be honest)Cillehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-39627736317384198792011-10-12T05:02:34.777-05:002011-10-12T05:02:34.777-05:00I wrote about a disappointing experience on my blo...I wrote about a disappointing experience on my blog recently and a friend said, "nothing great is ever achieved without disappointments". I found it so encouraging! Creativity is a risky business, because we put ourselves out there to be judged or sold. I'm so glad you've been inspired by the process. :)Jodihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-13080452907357480372011-10-12T05:01:23.188-05:002011-10-12T05:01:23.188-05:00I'm bummed! Looking forward to what you'l...I'm bummed! Looking forward to what you'll come up with next.Cindyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256649576715716272.post-36434434015443830512011-10-12T04:41:56.189-05:002011-10-12T04:41:56.189-05:00So sorry you didn't win but I'm glad you&#...So sorry you didn't win but I'm glad you're going to carry on with your dream - good luck with it!Archie the wonder doghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Today we are officially announcing our new logo and tagline, "Sustainable Development. Lasting Promise."
In conversations with many LWR supporters, we've heard that LWR looked a little "behind the times," and that a new look — one that could appeal to a wide variety of audiences — would help us spread our message and engage more people in our important work. We want to share LWR's ministry with more people like you, and this new look will help us do just that.
But even more importantly than the updated look, we feel like the logo and tagline better reflect who we are as an organization.
Part of our name is the word "relief." Throughout LWR's history, we have provided the highest quality emergency relief services to people around the world. Whether it's the flooding in Pakistan, the earthquake in Haiti, or the tsunami in Asia, Lutheran World Relief continues to respond to disasters with the utmost quality and care.
At the same time, emergency relief is only part of our work. Our new tagline begins with "Sustainable Development." Part of what makes LWR such a great organization is that it doesn't just provide immediate relief with no long-term commitment. The majority of LWR's work is sustainable development. We set up projects in communities that help those communities help themselves. We are committed to making long-lasting impact in communities around the world. We make a "lasting promise" to do whatever it takes to help people get out of the cycles of poverty. Our new tagline reflects that commitment.
Another part of our name is "Lutheran." If we take that name seriously, there is nothing more Lutheran than "lasting promise." Our very Confessions state,
"…what has been given us is the promise of the forgiveness of sins and justification on account of Christ…. This promise is not conditional upon our merits; it freely offers the forgiveness of sins and justification." (The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Article IV, 40-41)
"… good works follow from true faith (when it is not a dead faith but a living faith), as certainly and without doubt as fruit from a good tree." (Formula of Concord, Epitome, Article IV, 6)
Everything we do is in response to God's lasting promise. "We love because God first loved us," (1 John 4:19). At LWR, we take that promise seriously. Our high efficiency ratio (the percent of every dollar that goes directly to programming), our commitment to the highest quality development work and our vision that "each person, every community, and all generations live in justice, dignity, and peace," flow directly out of God's promise to us.
We promise to people and communities around the world that we won't abandon them. We hope that our new logo and tagline reflects our commitment — our promise.
The launch of this new look is starting with a new logo and tagline on LWR's printed materials and electronic communications. You won't see the new look on our website just yet. But in the coming months, we also will roll out a new and improved lwr.org. Download the new logo here.
And please let us know what you think. Do you like the new logo and tagline? Leave your comments below.


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Musical Offerings, LLC
Welcome! We are delighted that you have taken the time to visit us here. Our facility has been serving the South Central area of Kansas since 1990 and is a family-owned business that is here to serve you and your family for all of your music-related needs. If you are ever in the area, please stop in to say, "Hi". We enjoy meeting and helping new customers.
Rich Frankel and Annetta Smith-Frankel