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The Mortuary 4800 Canal St. New 14,000-square-foot haunted house with costumed actors and macabre special effects, 7-11. $20 admission, $30 VIP pass. Call (877) 666-3327.
House of Shock 319 Butterworth St., Jefferson (under the Huey P. Long Bridge, East bank side). Intense special effects, pyrotechnics, live bands, 8-midnight. Admission $18. Call 734-7462. Parents cautioned.
Blaine Kern's Haunted House 233 Newton St., Algiers. New house with special effects by the Mardi Gras float builder, 7-midnight. Admission is $12. Call 361-7821K
Bridge City Gumbo Festival Gumbo Festival Park on Angel Square, 1701 Bridge City Ave., Bridge City. Featuring food, gumbo-cooking contest, carnival rides, crafts, live music, a fais do-do, and more than 2,000 gallons of seafood and chicken/sausage gumbo, 8 a.m.-10. Music by The Danny Alexander Blues Band, Treater and Big Al and the Heavyweights. Free admission, free parking. Call 436-4712. . . . Gumbo Festival Mississippi River Bridge Race 5K race/walk begins on the Elmwood Shopping Center Service Road, crosses the Huey P. Long Bridge, ends at Holy Guardian Angels Church, Bridge City, 8:30 a.m. (registration, 7:30 a.m.). Entry fee is $20. Call 467-8626, www.runNOTC.org.
Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival Water Street along the Tchefuncte River, Madisonville. Boat-building demonstrations and contests, classic car show, entertainment, flea market, children's village, food, crafts, music by Four Unplugged, Harvey Jesus & Fire, 5 Finger Discount and others, 10 a.m.-6. Admission is $10, $5 seniors, free for uniformed military personnel and children younger than 12. Call (985) 845-9200 or (985) 892-0520.
Cole Brothers Circus of the Stars Zephyr Field Parking Lot A, Metairie. The show features an international cast of aerialists, acrobats, jugglers and clowns plus animal performers, 1:30 and 4:30. Tickets are $17 adults, $12 children. Reserved seats are an additional $3. Call (800) 796-5672, www.gotothecircus.com.
Algiers Point Association Home Tour Begins at Trinity Lutheran Church, 620 Eliza St., 11 a.m. The tour features 6 homes and the historic church featuring architectural styles from Victorian to contemporary. Tickets are $15. Last tickets sold at 4. Call 322-7479, www.algierspoint.org.
"Treasures of Bourbon Street" House Tour A collection of townhouses, Creole cottages and courtyard gardens will be open, 1-5, sponsored by the Historic Bourbon Street Foundation. Tickets are $15, sold at 804 Dumaine St. on the day. Last tickets sold at 3:30. Call 524-3621.
Thrillusions Harrah's New Orleans Theater. The world premiere of a theatrical magic show starring international award-winning Dutch illusionists Philippart and Anja with music and guest stars, 7. Tickets are $25, $5 discount for Louisiana residents with state identification. Call 533-6600 or Ticketmaster.
Big Book Sale Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner. The Friends of the Jefferson Parish Public Library host a sale of more than 60,000 books, DVDs, CDs and records to benefit the libraries of the parish, noon-5. Free admission and parking. Final day. Call 455-2665.
Cops 8 400 block Royal Street on the Supreme Court Steps. Weekend festival to support the officers of the NOPD 8th District with food, raffles, presentations by NOPD SWAT, K-9 and Mounted Units plus live music, 11 a.m.-6. Free. Call 588-2677.
Algiers African Heritage Celebration The Village on the River, across the levee from the Algiers Courthouse, near the Ferry Landing. The fundraising event benefits the Village Heritage programs in the Algiers community and includes genealogy charting, stories, folklore, re-enactments, entertainment by Ambush, Zion Trinity, O. Perry Walker Jazz Band and others, 11 a.m.-6. Call 364-9393.
Feast With the Stars Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave. Jazz brunch to benefit Parkway Partners with signature dishes by New Orleans restaurants, silent auction and music by Third Line Jazz Band, 11:30 a.m.-2:30. Tickets start at $100. Call 620-2224.
Historic New Orleans Collection Exhibits Williams Gallery, 533 Royal St. "What's Cooking in New Orleans?" 10:30 a.m.-4:30. Free. Call 523-4662.
A Tisket A Tasket Books 910 Decatur St. Allain Andry III signs "Louie the Buoy: A Hurricane Story," 1:30-3:30. Free. Call 524-8482.
Jewish Community Center 5342 St. Charles Ave. Rodger Kamenetz discusses and signs "The History of Last Night's Dream: Discovering the Hidden Path to the Soul," 1:30. Presented in conjunction with Octavia Books. Call 899-7323.
NOMA Lecture New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park. James Hargrove of Tulane University speaks on "Gaston Lachaise and Sculpture in the Early Twentieth Century," 2. Free with museum admission. Call 658-4131.
Maple Leaf Readings Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak St. Poet/musician Lenny Emmanuel and musician Larry Scott perform poetry and music, 3. Free. Call 866-9359.
"Come On Down!" Harrah's New Orleans Casino. Stan Blits signs his book of behind-the-scenes stories from the television show "The Price Is Right," 6-7:30. Free.
NOMA Family Workshop New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park. The workshops offer children and adults an opportunity to create an art project together, 2-4. Designed for children age 5-12. This week's theme is "Making the Modern Portrait," $15, $10 members. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Call 658-4113.
Jump Rope Demonstration and Workshop Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave. Jumpers from the documentary film "Jump!" (screening at the New Orleans Film Festival) will give exhibitions and discuss the film, 3-4:30. (Film shows at 1 at the Prytania). Free. Call 897-0143.
International Gem and Jewelry Show Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner. Large display of jewelry, loose gems, watches, beads and accessories plus free jewelry cleaning, 11 a.m.-5. Admission is $7. Free for children 16 and younger with an adult.
School Fairs and Festivals St. Matthew the Apostle Family Festival 10021 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge. Games and contests, sports activities, food, music, 11 a.m.-6. Free. 737-4144. . . . Festival of the Lake Our Lady of the Lake, 316 Lafitte St., Mandeville. Food, games, inflatables, music by No Idea, The CheeWeez, 11 a.m.-7. Free.
Slidell Sell-A-Bration Arts & Craft Show 2056 Second St., Slidell. 25th annual show and sale, 11 a.m.-5. Free admission. Call (985) 641-2021.
Autumn in the Woods Studio in the Woods, 13401 River Road in Lower Coast Algiers. The artists' retreat and preserve holds a Fall Open House, featuring a showcase of the work of Diamian Aquiles, the first international artist-in-residence, a reading by Valentine Pierce and tours of the woods with botanist Dave Baker, 2-6. Call 392-5359, www.ASITW.org.
Sierra Club Meeting Dominion Auditorium, Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. Colleen Morgan of the Audubon Nature Institute gives a presentation "Wetlands Restoration for Disaster Mitigation, National Security," 7. Free. Public invited.
New Orleans Botanical Garden Fall Education Series Katrina Recovery Garden Tour Five restored gardens, devastated by Hurricane Katrina, are open for viewing, 2-6. $10. For locations and tickets, call 483-9473.
Open Dances Club Silhouette Dances 3505 N. Hullen St. West Coast Swing Dancing, 8:15. No cover. Call 885-1771. . . . Lucy's Surfer Bar 701 Tchoupitoulas St. Argentine Tango Milonga, 5-9. $5. Call 523-8995. . . . Jefferson Orleans Dances, Jefferson Orleans North, 2600 Edenborn Ave., Metairie. Music by the Pat Barberot Orchestra, 7. $10. Call 454-6110.
St. Joseph Plantation "Mourning Tour" 3535 LA 18, Vacherie. Each room of the plantation will be dressed in "full deep mourning," according to the customs and rituals of 19th-century Creole Louisiana, through Nov. 3. Tours take place, noon-4. Tickets are $10. Visit www.stjosephplantation.com.
Voice of the Wetlands Festival Southdown Plantation House, 1208 Museum Drive, Houma. Festival promoting coastal education, awareness and lobbying efforts with estuary exhibits, presentations by wetlands experts, displays, food, live music, featuring Six Strings Down and the Voice of the Wetlands AllStars, featuring Tab Benoit, 11 a.m.-10. Free. (985) 790-0682.
Awesome Art in Autumn Gardens Festival Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, 40136 River Road in Darrow. More than 150 Louisiana artists will entertain with music, dance, song, folk art and fine art demonstrations with craft booths and a judged art show and tours of the plantation, 10 a.m.-4. Admission is $10, free for children 12 and younger. Refreshments available for purchase. Call (225) 473-7841, www.artgumbo.org.
World Championship Gumbo Cookoff Bouligny Plaza, Main Street, New Iberia. Food festival and gumbo cook-off with music and samplings, 9 a.m.-4. Call (888) 942-3742.
Angola Prison Rodeo 22 miles northwest of St. Francisville, at the end of LA 66. Inmate rodeo dubbed "The Wildest Show in the South," with bareback riding, bull riding, bull-dogging, barrel racing, music, arts and crafts, food. Gates open, 9 a.m., rodeo at 2. Tickets are $10. Call (225) 655-4411.
French Market Jazz Concerts The French Market presents free concerts each weekend in October, honoring "Jazz Awareness Month." Doreen Ketchum performs, 2-4 at Dumaine and Decatur streets.
Nickel-A-Dance Concerts Cafe Brasil, 2100 Chartres St. The series of family-friendly concerts continues with Connie Jones' Crescent City Jazz Band, 4-7. Free. Children welcome. Call 949-0851.
Sundays in the Garden Concert Series Robert B. Haspel Outdoor Garden Stage, New Orleans Botanical Garden, City Park. "Domingo Latino," Latin Sunday, featuring Julio and Cesar, 4-5 and Rumba Buena, 5:30-7 along with Latin food and art (gates open at 3). Tickets are $10 adults, free for children younger than 12. Refreshments sold. No outside food, drink or pets. Blankets and chairs welcome. Call 483-9386.
Bayou Jam Concert Series Heritage Park, behind the train depot on Front Street, Slidell. Soul Vaxxination performs, 5:30-7:30. Free. Bring chairs, blankets, picnics (no glass). Call (985) 646-4375.
Musica da Camera Holy Name of Mary Church, 500 Eliza St., Algiers Point. The early music group presents "Sing a Tapestry, Weave a Song," a program of songs and dances of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, inspired by the musical references in the works of author Dorothy Dunnett, 3. Free. Call 895-1972.
Trinity Artists Series Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. Soprano Diane Jennings and organist Albinas Prizgintas perform works by Bach, Schubert, Poulenc, Gershwin and more, 5. Free. Call 670-2520.
Jesuit Church Fall Concert Series Immaculate Conception Church, 130 Baronne St. The series continues with "Ave Maria," songs to the Blessed Mother, featuring flutist Anne Chabreck and area guest musicians, 5:30. Free. Call 529-1477.
Arnaud's Jazz Bistro 813 Bienville St. (corner of Bourbon Street), 523-2847. Jazz brunch with the Gumbo Trio, 10:30 a.m.Gumbo Trio, 6:30.
Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits 600 Poland Ave., 948-9111. Doc Otis, 6.
Balcony Music Club 1331 Decatur St., 599-7770. SIN Night with Beat Girl, 10.
The Beach House 2401 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie. 456-7470. Bobby Cure and The Summertime Blues, 6.
Big Al's Saloon 2010 O'Connor St., Gretna, 376-2090. Junior & Sumtin Sneaky, 3.
Cafe Brasil 2100 Chartres St., 949-0851. "Nickel-A-Dance" Concert with the Connie Jones' Crescent City Jazz Band, 4.
Checkpoint Charlie 501 Esplanade Ave., 281-4847. I Tell You What, 10.
Circle Bar 1032 St. Charles Ave., 588-2616. Schatzy, 10.
Columns Hotel 3811 St. Charles Ave., 899-9308. Sunday Jazz Brunch with Chip Wilson, 11 a.m.
d.b.a. 618 Frenchmen St., 942-3731. Linnzi Zaorski, 6, Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 10.
Friends Coastal Restaurant 407 St. Tammany St., Madisonville. (985) 845-7303. Frank Fairbanks Jazz Band, 12:30, Bobby Ohler, 5.
Fritzel's 733 Bourbon St., 561-0432. Lisa Lynn, 8:30.
Funky Pirate 727 Bourbon St., 523-1960. Mark & the Pentones, 4, Willie Locket, 8.
The Green Room 521 E. Boston St., Covington. (985) 892-2225. Jay's Acoustic Junk, 11.
Gulfstream Restaurant 1755 St. Charles Ave., 524-1579. Garden District Trio featuring David Hansen, Tom Hook and Chris Sharkey, 6:30.
Handa Wanda's 2425 Dryades St., 813-3496. "Horns and Hatchets Jam" with the Mardi Gras Indians and Brass Bands, 6.
Harrah's Buffet Music Canal at the River, 533-6600. Sullivan Dabney and Muzik Jazz Band, 11 a.m.
Hi-Ho Lounge 2239 St. Claude Ave., 945-4446. Tittsworth, Tony Skratchere & Beverly Skillz, DJ Digital vs. Robo, Brian Patrick, Frenzi, 10.
Hilton Riverside Hotel 2 Poydras St., 561-0500. Sunday Brunch with the James Rivers Movement, 10 a.m.
Hookah Cafe 500 Frenchmen St., 943-1102. Gov't Majik, 9.
Jr.'s Sports Bar & Grill 70001 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. 455-9087. Open mike with Lynne, 6.
Kerry Irish Pub 331 Decatur St., 527-5954. Chris Segar & Dr. Gonzeaux, 9.
Krazy Korner 640 Bourbon St., 524-3157. Four Play, 1, Out of Order, 8.
Le Bon Temps Roule 4801 Magazine St., 895-8117. Both Cheese, 9, Jealous Monk, 10.
The Landing 4750 Pontchartrain Drive, Slidell. (985) 645-9009. Frank Fairbanks, 6.
Maple Leaf Bar 8316 Oak St., 866-9359. Lynn Drury 10.
Margaritaville Cafe 1104 Decatur St., 592-2565. Irving Bannister's All Stars, 4, Eddie Parrino, 7.
Marigny Brasserie 640 Frenchmen St., 945-4472. Pfister Sisters, 11:30 a.m.
The Max 2501 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie. 885-1677. Yat Pack featuring David Cook and Tim Shirah, 9.
Mo's Chalet 3201 Houma Blvd., Metairie. 780-2961. Seabrook, 3, DJ Boricua, 8.
Muriel's Jackson Square 801 Chartres St., 568-1885. Sunday Jazz Brunch with Joe Simon's Jazz, 11 a.m.
Neutral Ground Coffee House 5110 Danneel St., 891-3381. Open mike, 7.
Old Opera House 601 Bourbon St., 522-3265. The Bonoffs, 1, No Quarter, 8.
Old Scorpio 5213 4th St., Marrero. 347-5961. Jake, 5.
One Eyed Jacks 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361. Carrie's Facts of Life, 5.
Palm Court Jazz Cafe 1204 Decatur St., 525-0200. Lucien Barbarin & the Sunday Night Swingsters, 8.
Preservation Hall 726 St. Peter St., 522-2841 or 523-8939. New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 8.
Salvatore Ristorante 3226 N. Arnoult Road, Metairie. 455-2433. Midnight Streetcar featuring Chuck Cavet, 4.
Snug Harbor 626 Frenchmen St., 949-0696. Sean Jones Sextet, 8 and 10.
Spotted Cat 623 Frenchmen St., 943-3887. Varnicious Quartet, 1:30, Rites of Swing, 4, Big Soul Funk Band, 6:30, Skip Roberts, 10.
Steak Pit 609 Bourbon St., 525-3464. Danny T, 6.
Sweet Lorraine's 1931 St. Claude Ave., 945-9654. Jazz Brunch featuring The Blacknotes, 11 a.m.
T Rivers 1999 Main St., Madisonville. 845-1711. Blackened Blues Band, 4.
Third Rock Tavern 2703 Williams Blvd., Kenner. 465-0755. Open mike jam with Larry & Kat, 7.
Tipitina's 501 Napoleon Ave. at Tchoupitoulas, 895-8477. Music Workshop Series, featuring Eric Bolivar, Joe Ashlar, Black Pearl, Shane Theriot, Rick Trolsen, Matt Perrine and Jamelle Williams (no cover), 12:30.
Tony Moran's 236 Bourbon St., 523-4640. Handsome Jack Armstrong, 8.
Tropical Isle Bourbon 721 Bourbon St., first floor, 529-4109. Corey Michael, 5, Debi & the Deacons, 9.
Tropical Isle Original 600 Bourbon St., 529-1728. Al Hebert, 9.
Tropical Isle's Beach Club Music Bar 610 Bourbon St., 529-1728. Waylon Thibodeaux, 5. No cover.
Veranda Restaurant Hotel InterContinental, 444 St. Charles Ave., 525-5566. Sunday brunch with the Gregg Stafford Quartet, 10:30 a.m.
Windsor Court Hotel 300 Gravier St., 523-6000. New Orleans Grill: Sunday Brunch with classical guitarist Javier Olondo, noon. No cover.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081. The Little Theatre opens its 91st season with the Carol Hall musical comedy in which political pressure threatens to close Miss Mona Stangley's licentious landmark, The Chicken Ranch. Final performance at 2. Tickets $32; $28 students.
Boy Gets Girl Actor's Theatre of New Orleans, WTIX Building, 4539 N. I-10 Service Road, Metairie, (504) 456-4111. A stalking thriller by Rebecca Gilman. The play is recommended for mature audiences. Performance at 2:30. Tickets $18; $16 students and seniors.
Carrie's Facts of Life! One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 606-9903. Running With Scissors presents a 1976 horror movie set in a 1980s TV sitcom as telekinetic Carrie and her proselytizing Mom move into the attic of the Eastland School for young ladies. Performance at 5. Tickets are $20.
Naked Boys Singing Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., (504) 218-8559 or (504) 948-9608. The local debut of the lively, long-running off-Broadway revue. Final performance at 6. Tickets $25 and $35. $20 student tickets Sun with valid ID. Group rates available.
Oh, Kaye! Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., (504) 581-5812. Ricky Graham's musical comedy revue finds him singing the songs of Danny Kaye, from the borscht belt to Broadway, movies and TV, accompanied at the piano by Jefferson Turner. Final performance at 6. Tickets $29, includes $5 drink credit.
Tab Benoit headlines the Voice of the Wetlands Festival at Southdown Plantation House in Houma, with education programs on coastal preservation as well as food and live music. The festival, with free admission, is today from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.


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Today BPO has become BPM: Keshav Murugesh, CEO, WNS GroupNamrata Singh | TNN | Updated: Jan 5, 2013, 10.51 AM IST
Keshav Murugesh, the CEO of WNS Group, personally responds to every e-mail his employees send him, from serious matters to trivial ones. By doing so, Keshav, as he is known to everyone at WNS, comes across as one who is hands-on and approachable. "It's a trait that is very important because others are judging you all the time," Keshav tells TOI in an hour-long meet at the company's head office at the Mumbai suburb of Vikhroli.
If Keshav is meticulous about paying attention to detail, one would assume the 49-year-old CEO has his eyes fixed on a larger vision as well. Given the changing market dynamics in an industry that is shedding its 'call centre' image, Keshav has chalked out a strategy for reinventing the WNS DNA. "The way we have traditionally employed people in this industry is changing. Today's BPO business has become far more BPM, i.e. business process management as opposed to just outsourcing or offshoring," says Keshav, who wants WNS to catch the trend faster than the competition.
The NYSE-listed WNS is one of the oldest BPOs that started operations in 1996. Over the years, WNS has oscillated between the highs and lows. From a turnover of $391 million in 2009-10, WNS reported a dip to $369 million in 2010-11. But it soon clawed back to $395 million in 2011-12, and has provided a guidance of $428-436 million for the current financial year. Keshav believes nobody predicted the change that was bound to occur at some point. The change in question is the transition from BPO to BPM, which required a change in profile of the company.
Change is something that has driven Keshav all his life. With his father M K Murugesh being a well-known cricketer at the Ranji Trophy level, Keshav kept the family tradition alive by playing for the state of Andhra Pradesh during his school days. In addition to helping run his family's shipping, clearing and forwarding business, Keshav has also sold television sets. He has been quick to grasp the opportunities that came his way, whether it was a senior management position at ITC or as president and CEO at Syntel Inc.
So when Keshav took over as CEO of WNS in 2010, his immediate focus was on how WNS should differentiate itself in the market place. He realized WNS had to invest even during a downturn and expand its offerings. But to turn the traditional model of a BPO - playing the wage arbitrage - on its head was not easy. "The traditional model was to make India a great offshore base by hiring smart people with a foreign accent and make savings on the cost differential. That model has changed. You no longer need to sell offshoring to the west - people get it," said Keshav.
The change essentially is from a vendor perspective to a much more value-added provider. Another major differentiator was to introduce end-to-end verticals, which run as profit centres embedded with learning & development. The transformation was aimed at enabling clients to think disruptively. With clients themselves looking for outcomes delivered, rather than the number of seats populated, the learning vertical soon became a key differentiator for WNS.
But the change had to percolate deep into the DNA of the organization comprising 26,000 people. This required investments in creating domain-based 'universities' - as WNS likes to call them - inside the company. Today, WNS has a completely different kind of profile on its rolls - from degree-holders to chartered accountants, actuaries and healthcare practitioners.
"This is the future of the business and we are in the forefront. It may cause a drag on margins in the short term, but we have been able to cut down on waste and have been able to track margins on par with the industry," said Keshav. The gameplan appears to have paid off for WNS. In fiscal 2012, growth in the higher-value finance and accounting and analytics areas was around 16% and 23%, respectively. While these are on smaller bases, the trend is positive.
But WNS witnessed a decline in its BPO rankings, according to Nasscom, to the seventh position in 2011-12 from third in 2010-11. While Nasscom focuses on domestic and India export revenues to arrive at these rankings, WNS's operational footprint extends to Sri Lanka, Philippines, Poland, Romania, UK, Costa Rica, US and South Africa . In the last two years, WNS also doubled its global delivery centres to 30. WNS, which was not very aggressive on acquisitions when compared to others, is now open to tuck-in kind of buys. That explains the acquisition of Fusion Outsourcing Services, a South African BPO provider this year for approximately $15.5 million.
Keshav, who is co-chairman of Nasscom's BPO forum, believes the BPO business is here for the next 50 years. With changing demographics and a large number of English speaking, highly qualified people coming into the job stream every year, Keshav believes growth will fuel demand.
The journey, he says, has just begun.
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GRAHAM BACKER: Longtime Portland choreographer Josie Moseley. IMAGE: mikelarremore.com
Why, when the dance industry is so heavily populated by women, are so many men company directors and choreographers? It's a question for discussion as White Bird celebrates American women choreographers with two shows and an interactive symposium this fall.
First up is Lucinda Childs' DANCE, a 1979 collaboration with Philip Glass and artist Sol Lewitt that invokes the rule-breaking era of the Judson Dance Theater. Childs' company breathes new life into the choreography, staged against Lewitt's black-and-white film passages from the original.
Then it's America's oldest surviving contemporary ensemble, the Martha Graham Dance Company. Director Janet Eilber has assembled a program of Graham's '30s-era work as well as Lamentation Variations, a collection of contemporary choreographers' responses to Graham's 1930 solo Lamentations. Portland choreographer Josie Moseley was among those commissioned to create a piece for the project, which set a few parameters for contributors (including a time limit and color scheme), but otherwise gave them free rein. Moseley's work will debut here and later join the Graham repertory; it's a coup for White Bird, which commissioned the piece, and for Moseley, who studied at the Graham school and with Graham alumni. As an 18-year-old dancer, she says she had a photo of Graham dancing Lamentations hanging from her car's rearview mirror.
Moseley's piece, Inherit, references Graham with lots of floor work and "little snippets of shapes of hers that I do," said Moseley. But it isn't a Graham dance. "It could be looked at as a rebellious daughter, away from how she was. I am sort of kicking myself away from things that are familiar."
The symposium, sandwiched between the Childs and Graham performances, will feature Childs, Moseley, Andrea Miller (artistic director of Israel's Gallim Dance, which appears here in October) and local director-choreographer Mary Oslund. Norton Owen, director of preservation at Jacob's Pillow, and Andrea Snyder, the executive director of Dance/USA, will moderate the discussion, which will include a historical overview of women in American modern dance and reflections from each choreographer on their work and the role of women in the field. The panel is free and open to audience participation.
SEE IT: DANCE comes to Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 274-6566. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 7-9. Lamentation Variations comes to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 248-4335. 7:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 9. Call 800-745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com for tickets to both shows. The symposium meets at Lincoln Hall, Portland State University, 1620 SW Park Ave. 11 am Saturday, Oct. 9. Free, advance tickets required; visit whitebird.org to register.
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Sept. 7-12: Burn the Floor
Broadway Across America opens the fall dance calendar with a splashy stage show that capitalizes on America's TV-fueled rediscovery of ballroom and Latin dance by remixing paso doble, waltz, tango, salsa and other standards. Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 274-6560. 7:30 pm Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturday, 1 and 6:30 pm Sunday. $36.55-$79.95. Call 417-0574 or visit portlandopera.org for tickets.
Sept. 12: SHRISHTI-Creation
Musicians and dancers from India join Portland's Jayanthi Raman Dance Company for the classical dance-drama, performed to an original score blending drumming, chant and melody. Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 531-7266. 4 pm Sunday. $18.50-$46.10. Visit ticketmaster.com for tickets.
Sept. 30-Oct. 2: New Now Wow!
Like The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 writing series, the Northwest Dance Project is offering four premieres from four promising choreographers under 40 in these shows. At least one of these artists, Belgium's Olivier Wevers, may sound familiar from his gig with Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet; the others include New York's Loni Landon, Portugal's André Mesquita and London's Ihsan Rustem. Portland State University's Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Ave. 8 pm Thursday-Friday. $28-$33. Call 828-8285 or go to nwdanceproject.org/shows.html for tickets.
Oct. 9-16: The Sleeping Beauty
This is one of the classical dance world's best-loved works, due in part to the Tchaikovsky score and fairy costumes, which add extra sparkle. Now Oregon Ballet Theatre has a version of its own, incorporating the original's most famous bits into artistic director Christopher Stowell's vision. Try to get there when OBT's orchestra plays live, and consider the condensed version if you're bringing the kids. Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 274-6560. 7:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 9, 2 pm Sunday, Oct. 10, 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 14-16. $26.10-$156.40. Call 222-5538 or visit obt.org for tickets.
Oct. 21-30: BloodyVox
Finally, celebrate Halloween with BodyVox's gory romp, which has some fun with the monsters (fanged, chainsaw-wielding and otherwise) haunting film and folklore. BodyVox Dance Center, 1201 NW 17th St. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Fridays, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturdays. Call 229-0627 or go to bodyvox.com for tickets.


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I vaguely remember when Elvis died in '77 and recall when John Lennon was assassinated at the Dakota in December '80. A few months later my dad died...I recollect what I was wearing when my dad died and seeing the pain in my brother's eyes, not knowing that less than two years later my brother would be with my dad in heaven.
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Don't miss these fun events coming up this week!
First up is the Holiday Show on Thursday, December 17 at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $3 for children and $5 for adults. The PTA will serve complimentary cake and beverages with snacks for sale.
Then, the PTA Meeting will be held on Friday, December 18 from 8:00 - 8:45 am in the auditorium.
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The amazing P.S. 172 has been making the news again! Check out The New York Times profile on our Principal Mr. Spatola and recent stories on our school's outstanding test scores here: In The News
SLT and PTA meetings tonight!
Join us tonight for a School Leadership Team meeting at 4:45 pm and the October PTA meeting at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. Tonight's PTA meeting will focus on Internet & Community Safety. Parents will learn helpful tips and advice from an information security expert about how to keep your kids safe while using the internet. Also, learn about other safety tips from representatives of 72nd Precinct.
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Muffins with Mom, October 21st, 8:00 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
Moms have your picture taken with your children and join them in the cafeteria for breakfast and mini muffins.
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In the News: Theriot Strikes a Deal (Update)Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Good morning, good afternoon, good night, Cubs fans. You're out! Actually, you're in – In the News. And you're in deep. A couple of notable individuals in the Cubs organization, on the other hand, are in the money. Let's get to today's top stories*:
Ryan Theriot may have lost in arbitration, but he's won an endorsement deal. Our scrappy, controversial and outspoken starting shortstop is now the official spokesperson for the RCN data/voice/TV network. He signed a two-year deal that will put him in advertisements and at several community events. Congrats to Ryan, though this could get kind of awkward next year if Starlin Castro is made starting shortstop and Theriot is dealt. But I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Ricketts looking to accelerate some dollars to the Cubs bottom line with "lighted billboard." Odds are, you may have caught wind of this story already, but it's one to keep an eye on. The Cubs, having ended their relationship with Chevy, are now looking to Toyota for a revenue stream. The, of late, greatly beleagured Japanese automaker would sponsor a lighted billboard to be perched over the left field bleachers. (The sign would also conveniently and partially block the Horseshoe Casino ad on the building across the street, from which the Cubs draw no revenue.)
So far, the plan has seen initial resistance from Alderman Tom Tunney regarding the sign's effect on Wrigley's historical landmark status. And some, more traditionalist Cubs fans are crying foul at the idea of putting a "jumbotron" (or "minitron") at the Friendly Confines. I don't really have a problem with the idea if it allows the team to add to its financial dominance over the NL Central.
Jim Hendry quietly goes about his charitable activities. I know a lot of Cubs fans like to rip on Ol' Jimbo, but he deserves some credit for his under-the-radar charity work. Case in point: Hendry made an appearance at a Omaha, Nebraska school this week to promote the Children's Scholarship Fund, which helps low-income families pay school – even private ones. Oh, and for the sabermetrically inclined, Jimbo even tied baseball to algebra, saying, "It's a combination of statistical analysis and great scouting."
Coming soon to Lakeview: The Steve Goodman Memorial Post Office. (Or something to that effect.) Sounds like a great idea to me. In other music news, and for purely selfish purposes, I'd like to recognize the passing of another brilliant singer-songwriter, Alex Chilton, who died yesterday at age 59. Click here to listen to one of the greatest pop songs ever recorded.
Andres Blanco to return this weekend. Oh, right – the baseball team. Look for defensive specialist Blanco to be back in the lineup over the weekend. Y'know who else will be playing shortstop this weekend? Mike Fontenot. Hey, I'm happy Mike is doing well so far this spring but considering him as a backup shortstop makes less sense than ever if he's the front runner for the starting second baseman position. Does Lou seriously think Fontenot can play 160-odd games? The roster remains as confusing as ever.
Tuesday's game results – Cubs win 4-1. In case you hadn't heard, Carlos Silva – yes, Carlos Silva – pitched virtually lights-out on Tuesday as the Cubs dominated the Rangers for a solid victory. ESPN's Rob Neyer thinks Silva could be an acceptable No. 5 starter for the Cubs if he (Silva, that is) gets his fastball up above 90 MPH. I'm keeping my expectations low, but ground balls do win baseball games – and if Carlos can get them, he could provide some value after all. He does seem genuinely happy and excited to be a Cub.
Today's (Thursday's) game: Cubs vs. Dodgers at 3:05 CDT.The baseball contest will be broadcast via mlb.tv if you have it. Here's the Cubs lineup via Carrie Muskat:
Theriot SS
Kosuke RF
DLee 1B
Aramis Tracy 3B (←Aramis was a late scratch from the lineup but Muskat assures us it's nothing to worry about)
Colvin CF
Soriano LF
Fontenot 2B
Geo C
Demp RHP
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Breaking news update: Angel Guzman has decided to have shoulder surgery. Carrie Muskat quotes Angel as saying Dr. James Andrew gave him "hope." I assume this means Guzman is out for the season and his hopes of ever returning to the mound in a major league game remain quite precarious.


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i'm in for the sprint on April 18 - other DC tri-ers doing either oly (4/17) or sprint?
I am doing the OLY.
In for the Oly - assuming I can get over my post-marathon peanut m&m and swedish fish eating binge...
Easy sprint here
In for olympic.
I am in for the Sprint on 4/18. First official triathlon ever! Can't wait to hit the water! Just need a wetsuit!
Sprint...gotta ease into the season after all!
Nice sprint to open the season
in for the sprint. my first tri as well.
In for the sprint!
Are most people driving down the morning of the race?
Looks like packet pick-up is at 0800 and the race starts at 1000.
Has anyone been to this race before? Is it hard to find parking?
Plenty of parking, assuming you get there before 9am, in the gravel lot before the entrance to the Marina...should be pretty obvious. Take the run course trail/cut through to get over to the marina instead of walking all the way back out to the main road.
Any guesses on water temp? I'm guessing low to mid 60's?
The website said low 60s since the nearby electric plant keeps the water a little warmer.
Anybody doing the sprint want to meet up the morning of the race?
OLY - will drive down morning of.
Low to mid 60's? Really? So not looking forward to this. Doesn't your heart stop below 65 degrees?
I heard last year though they made the OLY swim 800 yds since it was so cold...looking at the times from last year, I'm pretty sure that's what they did.
I can only hope.
See ya there, in my new DC Tri shirt!
I am in for the Sprint...
Anyone have comments about the bike course? Hilly, flat, windy?
Also, the website says that the first portion of the run is "off road"? does that mean serious trail running or just a gravel path?
Bike is "rolling" with windy sections as you cross the lake likely, run is rolling, swim is FLAT!
Trail run section is about .25 mile long and you'll need to watch your footing as there are/were a bunch of roots and depressions to navigate. Then a gravel road section for a tenth of a mile, then pavement to the turn-around. Nothing crazy.
The swim was short last year? Seriously?! And here I was thinking all year that I've turned into a rocket-fast swimmer...


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Families of 9/11 victims showed up to the "Empty Sky" memorial this weekend only to learn that the event had been canceled due to lack of interest.
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Jack Kerouac's Favorite Book
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September 18, 1957, Vol. II, No. 47
Back to the Village
By Jerry Tallmer
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Jack Kerouac, the Greenwich Village writer who (with Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso), had to go to San Francisco to become a San Francisco writer and get famous, sat in Goody's Bar, off 10th Street, the other night, in a battered royal-blue polo shirt, his white T-shirt showing beneath, the bright red top of a cigarette package projecting from the pocket on his chest, his strong arms reaching perpetually for the bottle of Schlitz before him on the table, his dark rakish face and glistening black hair more handsome than Cary Grant's or Wally Reid's. "Man," he said, "I can't make it. I'm cutting out."
He was talking about the whirl of TV and radio and cocktail parties they've had him in, the Viking people, ever since he returned from Europe and Tangiers just a few days ago. He was talking about the publicity, the success, the rave reviews, the terrifying half-hour with Wingate on "Nightbeat," the girls, the bars, the lion-hunters, the whole bit.
"Some day," he said, "if I can write it. If anyone could write it. They have a little girl there, sitting by you, while you wait to go on the TV."
"Just to keep you happy?"
"Just to keep you happy. One of those cute little uptown chicks. If I could write it..." He muzzily flagged the waitress for another beer and told how he and Wingate had gone out on the town after the show. The show itself had come as quite a shock to many of his friends and the general public. Kerouac had clammed up almost totally, giving terse, non-communicative answers and looking like nothing so much as a scared rabbit. One of the few young authors of (inversely) the Big Yes, he had sat there like a stump, saying no.
"What was it, were you scared?"
"Yeah, man, plenty scared. One of my friends told me don't say anything, nothing that'll get you in trouble. So I just kept saying no, like a kid dragged in by a cop. That's the way I thought of it -- a kid dragged up before the cops."
The conversation switched to poetry readings. Could Kerouac go on stage to read some of the San Francisco poetry, his own and Corso's and Ginsberg's? "No, not me. I can't go that. I get stage-fright. Wait till Allen comes back -- he's great. He loves that."
To what did Kerouac attribute his sudden recognition on the West Coast, after years of the opposite here in the East: "One thing," he said. "Rexroth. A great man. A great critic. Interested in young people, interested in everything." But presently, when the subject had drifted to jazz -- its decline and fall this past half-decade -- Kerouac talked of a California jazz concert which Kenneth Rexroth hadn't dug at all. "What a square!" Kerouac cheerfully hooted. "What a square!" And then it emerged that, some time since, Rexroth had kicked Kerouac out of his house as an objectionable loafer -- just to be an artist, he had said, wasn't enough. As Kerouac recalled the incident he seemed to derive great pleasure from it, and to hold no slightest grudge against his mentor.
About "On the Road," the novel now making such a splash, everywhere, Kerouac insists on dismissing it as "my potboiler." He wrote it six years ago, in 1951, allegedly "to amuse my wife" -- the wife he had then, anyway. "I'm a serious artist," he said, lightly but intently, downing the beer without a break, "a serious artist...like James Joyce. I've written eight books since 'On the Road.' Viking's going to start bringing them out."
"What's your best one?"
"A book called 'Dr. Sax,' a kind of Gothic fairy tale, a myth of puberty, about some kids in New England playing around in this empty place when a shadow suddenly comes out at them, a real shadow. A real shadow," he said, stressing the image, his black eyes flashing. "Then there's 'The Subterraneans.' That's about an affair with a colored girl. And then there's..." But he let it drop as something weird popped back into his head and he said: "Man, man, on that TV they make you up!"
"And what's happening to you next? Beside the TV and all that?"
"I'm cutting out. They don't know it, but I'm cutting out. I'm going down to my mother's in Orlando. Always go back to my mother. Always." He grinned widely, dangerously, but not altogether freely.
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Members of the Bergen County Improvement Authority and county officials sought details about the project labor agreement for the site, which could resume construction in coming weeks after years of delay, during a special meeting the board held on Tuesday. The project's developer, Triple Five, Inc., is seeking a series of "non-recourse bonds" to fund the rebooted construction on the site.
State Sen. Robert Gordon and Assembly members Connie Wagner and Timothy Eustace — Democrats who represent the 38th district — wrote to the county executive and freeholder board Thursday urging that any bonds issued by the county should come with the condition that the project prioritize hiring workers from Bergen County, or at least within the Garden State.
"We want to do what we can to maximize the economic benefits for Bergen County and the North Jersey region," the lawmakers wrote. "Putting qualified people from the area to work should be a top priority."
County Executive Kathleen Donovan has publicly supported giving preference to local labor, her office said this week, and a spokesman for Triple Five said they're in ongoing negotiations with local trade unions to hammer out a project labor agreement for the site.
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WYOMING, MI -- Kindel Furniture Company is acquiring Karges Furniture, a 128-year-old maker of luxury, hand-made furniture.
Kindel has signed a purchase agreement to buy the assets, intellectual property and operations of the Evansville, Ind.-based Karges, the company announced Thursday, May 1.
The 113-year-old Grand Rapids area furniture maker declined to disclose the purchase price for Karges, but the deal is effective immediately. Karges' current backlog of business will be completed in its Evansville operation and Kindel's factory.
"We are working with them on winding down their backlog," said Rob Burch, who became Kindel's chief executive officer at the first of the year, replacing Tom Yeo.
While production operations won't fully transition to Kindel until the fall, the company's Wyoming facility, at 4047 Eastern Ave. SE, could begin producing some Karges products as early as June, according to Burch.
Karges makes high-end customized furniture, sold through Baker Knapp & Tubbs, a distribution arm of Baker Furniture, and by designers and furniture retailers.
While the two companies are similar, they haven't been direct competitors, says Burch, adding that Karges' styling and product offerings are complementary to Kindel.
Kindel plans to hire a small number of workers from Karges' Evansville operation, as well as fill additional openings with local woodworking artisans. Kindel's current workforce numbers 70.
Burch, a former Steelcase executive, is helming Kindel's top spot, which has been vacant since 2012 when Kindel and furniture parts manfacturer Taylor Co. divested from a 2010 merger.
He believes Kindel and Karges will be a better fit because they are both family-owned companies known for American-made, luxury furniture.
James A. Fisher, chairman of Kindel, calls Karges one of the great furniture brands, a moniker that represents American craftsmanship, quality and elegant, timeless design.
"Our desire is to invest in the Karges brand and continue the tradition of craftsmanship carried forth by five generations of Karges family ownership," Fisher said. "Not only does it ensure the continuation of the Karges brand, but it strengthens the Kindel brand because we share the same values of American hand craftsmanship."
Fisher added that Gretchen Keith – the great, great granddaughter of Karges Founder Albert Karges – will join the Kindel team as vice president of marketing and sales for the Karges brand.
Joan Karges Rogier, president of Karges Furniture, said that while it was bittersweet to sell the family-owned business, the owners believe Kindel is the right company to carry on the Karges tradition.
"Kindel's reputation for hand craftsmanship and superior attention to detail combined with its manufacturing and marketing resources provide a strong platform to bring Karges to a broader audience for many years to come," Rogier said.
The growth opportunities for both Kindel and Karges include expanded distribution domestically and internationally, increased marketing, increased sales representation to better service customers, collaboration on best practices for executing complex design and cabinetry, and expansion of specialty finishes.
Kindel remains one of the few furniture brands still known for bench assembly, hand-selected veneers, hand-carving, hand-painted decoration and hand-rubbed finishes. Its high-end reproductions can be found in The Winterthur Museum, the estate of Henry Francis du Pont, and Mount Vernon, the ancestral home of George Washington.
In recent years, Kindel has broadened its product line to appeal to interior designers, architects and high-end consumers in the United States and abroad.
Kindel's newest launch includes the Robert A.M. Stern Collection, a collaboration with the renowned design firm.
In 2012, Kindel received a special 100th Anniversary Award from Made in America, a not-for-profit education organization that honors companies annually which contribute to the American enterprise system.
Before joining Kindel, Burch worked as a senior director of DWH Corp., a Grand Rapids performance improvement and turnaround firm. While there, he served as president of the Grand Rapids company, Supply Chain Solutions.
Burch worked at Steelcase for 26 years in a including a string of vice president positions overseeing order fulfillment, product development and manufacturing operations.
He left the Grand Rapids office furniture giant in 2005 to be chief operating officer of the Atlanta-based Simmons Bedding, and then became CEO at Berkline Home Furnishings. The Tennessee company went bankrupt in 2011 after it was unable to find a buyer. When hired for the job, Burch said he was tasked with either turning around or a winding down the Berkline, he said.
Burch received different marching orders for Kindel.
"I didn't get hired to wind down Kindel. I got hired to wind up," Burch said.
He added that the acquisition of Karges is a critical part of the company's go-forward strategy.
"I would say the company is growing and innovating," said Burch. "We've made a number of important improvements, and bringing Karges allows us more growth."
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The snow is continuing to fall in the Rogue Valley, making roadways treacherous. Virutally every school in Jackson County is closed for the day. The National Weather Service says about an inch of snow fell in Medford this morning, with more on the way. Up to three inches are possible for elevations above 1,500 feet. Three more inches are expected for the Siskiyou Summit. Crater Lake could see an additional seven inches. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is urging motorists to stay off the roads today. Numerous accidents have been reported throughout the valley.
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#3176 closed bug (fixed)
erroneous defaulting? behaviour for existentials
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{-# LANGUAGE NoExtendedDefaultRules #-} {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fwarn-type-defaults #-} {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-} {-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-} data EShow = forall a. Show a => EShow a smallPrint t = concatMap (\f-> case f t of EShow a -> show a) [EShow . foo, EShow . bar, EShow . baz] data ES = forall a. Show a => ES {unES:: a} smallPrintES t = concatMap (\f-> show $ unES $ f t) [ES . foo, ES . bar, ES . baz] data Test = Test { foo :: Int, bar :: Char, baz :: Bool } main = print $ smallPrintES $ Test 1 'x' False
for which
$ /cygdrive/c/ghc/ghc-6.11.20090320/bin/ghc -e "main" exists.hs "()()()"
$ /cygdrive/c/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/bin/ghc -e "main" exists.hs exists.hs:12:40: Cannot use record selector `unES' as a function due to escaped type variables Probably fix: use pattern-matching syntax instead In the first argument of `($)', namely `unES' In the second argument of `($)', namely `unES $ f t' In the expression: show $ unES $ f t
The expected results were error message or this
$ /cygdrive/c/ghc/ghc-6.11.20090320/bin/ghc -e "smallPrint $ Test 1 'x' False" exists.hs "1'x'False"
There seem to be two issues:
- shouldn't ghc head report the use of unES as an error?
- how does ghc head arrive at that result, with these flags, without any warnings?
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comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by simonpj
- difficulty set to Unknown
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
- Test Case set to typecheck/should_fail/T3176
Thank you. A definite bug caused by some earlier fiddling with record selectors. Fixed by
Thu Apr 23 02:42:37 PDT 2009 firstname.lastname@example.com * Fix Trac #3176: intercept naughty record selectors When making record selectors into ordinary functions (rather than magial implicit Ids) I forgot that they could therefore show up in the *local* TcEnv, not the global one. This fixes that problem, and thereby Trac #3176.
I added a test case too.
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Connecting Smiles with the Ontario ARC
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On Saturday, Dec. 8, the student-athlete community at the Colleges will come together with the Ontario ARC for "Connecting Smiles," a sports-oriented festival designed to engage people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The event will be held from 12 – 2:30 p.m. at the Bristol Field House.
Families are encouraged to join in the fun. This event is free event and includes admission into the William Smith basketball game following the festival.
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Narrat1ve is an engineering company. I, Todd Bailey, am Grand Poobah here.
My shop is in Brooklyn, New York, USA. My bench looks like this:
I love my job. Narrat1ve and I are about hardware-based electronics design. A long time ago this was just analog stuff. Since then I've fallen from the path and now spend a lot of time writing C and assembly for a variety of processors, which I have come to like just as much. Much of the work I've done has been for the toy industry, and I got lucky enough to know some killer machinists who taught me some stuff, although they still cringe when I get near the Bridgeport.
I make most of my income working for a handful of clients designing and building complicated prototypes; winding antennas, making Barbie dolls talk, logging data, keeping LED chandeliers from melting. More recently I started lecturing and designing circuits to help with those talks. They ended up turning into pedagogical tools on their own, and then kits, and then REAL PRODUCTS, which was a blast. There were any number of false-starts and one-offs, but the first legit one was the "Where's The Party At" digital sampler, which you can learn more about on the rest of this site.
There are a million ways I learned the stuff I know now, and there are 10^12 more things I hope to learn before I trade in my Tektronix for a harp.
Thanks for taking a look here; find something nerdy and enjoy.
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A Nice Cap to Pride Month from The Juliettes: "Hooray, You're Gay"
The Juliettes, an all-girl pump rock group out of grunge capitol Seattle, are more than just gay allies (yup, they're all straight "women who love women," as they say), they've written another gay anthem for the summer (Yes, Gaga, you probably have the bigger one of the season). The Juliettes' song is called "Hooray, You're Gay."
The girls say, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but rather "Why Ask, Who Cares?" It's not about gay marriage, it's about marriage. And they simply state–from their hetero mouths to everyone's ears–it's more than okay to be gay.
The net proceeds from "Hooray, You're Gay" benefit community advocacy programs that support LGBT teens, as well as a 24-hour crisis-intervention hotline. Proceeds will also benefit the It Gets Better campaign. Download the song here, watch the video below, or listen as a part of this week's Swish Edition episode.
Scott Wallis is co-host of the GayCities/Queerty-sponsored Swish Edition comedy & interview talk show. The June 30 episode celebrates the end of Pride month with the Juliettes as well as discussions about the furrie convention in Pittsburgh, NY gay marriage, Madonna's new comic book, Anchorage's ruined Pride parade and much more. Listen here:
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See, I would listen to the interview, but then I read that the show has a discussion on furries and by clicking I'd boost the number of people who listened and the show's host might think that that kind of thing's popular and he should do more of it. Let the pathetic tragedy that is the furry fandom alone to rot on the internet, thanks.Jul 1, 2011 at 1:36 pm · @Reply ·
@j: Really? I seriously don't think a 3-minute discussion about 6,000 furries getting together in Pittsburgh will sway many people to try on a dog suit and get it on with a dude in a wolf costume. We just thought it was funny (and yes, way weird) so we brought it up among lots of other dirty and non-dirty stuff. :)
this song sucks.
Bad song but love the message and how supportive they are of the LGBT community.I loved the end also when the main singer shrugged as if to say you're gay so what? I love that kind of attitude :)
Adam and Michael did not live through punk or grunge obviously. The song was underproduced but it is cute
I never really got into that kind of music no offense I loved the message though.
Excellent song! Nice hark-back to Go-Gos. The lead singer has a good Grace Slick edge to her voice, and the beat drives nicely. Early thrash power-pop.


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"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" moves to an earlier time slot. TV tweet of the day so far. TV Tuesday.
TV Linkzilla Daily for 1/8/13 starts now.
When Jimmy Kimmel launched his late-late-night talk show way back in January 2003, he wasn't the picture of confidence he's become today. (Joke. He's still a self-critical goofus, though likeably so.)
"To be perfectly honest with you, ABC picks you to do this, and then the machine goes into action, and you shoot promos," he said to a gathering of TV critics back then in the Hollywood soundstage from which the show has originated for a decade. "But I'm still sitting in my bedroom at home going, 'Jeez, I don't know if I can do this.'
"It's a weird situation to be in, and I guess we'll all find out."
We did. Quickly. Right away, the show itself was what it's been all along: Fearlessly offbeat, self-deprecating, cool. You could tell it would be all those things even before it aired.
Kimmel had worked his way up to the job through a string of cable shows, including "Win Ben Stein's Money," "The Man Show" and "Crank Yankers," none of which fit the late-night mold of monologue, desk-chat, cue the music act.
What wasn't predictable then was Kimmel's mastery of digital distribution, which wasn't really a potent medium at the time of his show's launch. Bunches of videos produced for the show became viral smashes, and introduced audiences to the host's fresh approach to late-night.
Tuesday (Jan. 8), he joins Jay Leno and David Letterman in competition for audiences at the earlier, post-late-news time slot – 10:35 p.m. nightly on WGNO in New Orleans – and the increased attention that delivers.
And, perhaps, increased audiences, too. Locally, Kimmel has never caught much fire. During the November 2012 "sweeps" ratings period, his show averaged a 1.3 local rating (with each local rating point representing 1 percent of local households, or 6,415 homes), trailing the late-night local leader Letterman (4.1 rating) on WWL-TV, Leno (3.4) on WDSU and syndicated sitcom reruns on WVUE.
Nationally, Kimmel has averaged a bit under 2 million viewers nationally in the later time slot, compared with Leno's approximate 4 million and Letterman's approximate 3 million.
As of Tuesday night, that ratio will be under renovation.
Further reading about "Jimmy Kimmel Live:"
Scott Collins @ LATimes.com:
Late night's new paradigm, experts say, is tech-savvy, younger-skewing and much cheaper. That fits a time in which many viewers are forgoing watching an entire program at its scheduled time, opting instead to watch a few minutes on their phones or tablets the next day.
With his frequent YouTube videos, ragged skits featuring family members and interactive stunts such as tongue-in-cheek National Facebook Unfriend Day, Kimmel's show is tailored for this new era.
DON KAPLAN @ NYDailyNews:
The move to 11:35 is one Kimmel has wanted since he got into the late-night comedy racket a decade ago and ABC brass believes the move will ultimately rake in big bucks — since they can charge more for advertising during an entertainment program than they can for news.
The time slot's longtime occupant, "Nightline," for years has been beating both Leno and Letterman in terms of ratings. But that never stopped ABC suits, who tried to poach Letterman more than a decade ago and then attempted to recruit Leno.
For Kimmel, taking on the "Tonight" show is a dream come true.
Jordan Zakarin @ HollywoodReporter.com:
During a marijuana-enhanced car ride, Kimmel and his Rolling Stone interviewer pass by the L.A.-area Comedy and Magic Club, where Leno does a routine every Sunday. They don't stop to watch, as Kimmel promises it wouldn't be worth their time.
"Leno hasn't been a good stand-up in 20 years," he cracks. Later, he explains that Leno used to be funny but has lost his way.
"As a comedian, you can't not have disdain for what he's done,: Kimmel says. "He totally sold out. He was a master chef who opened a Burger King."
Watch a highlight video, then keep reading.
TV tweet of the day so far
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Such great, classic stuff RT @twittertv: The Short Films of Albert Brooks http://pulse.me/s/h24m7
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EMEA Education Sector Top 10 Predictions
This IDC Government Insight study presents the top 10 predictions for the EMEA education sector in 2014. Information communication technologies are not only supporting seamless access to content for students and teachers, but they are also triggering a new model of learning that is more personalized and less tied to supervised, classroom-based courses in schools and universities.
"The combination of Big Data, which will enable to better predict and adapt learning paths to student requirements, and blended learning environments, which offer a more seamless learning experience to students, are opening up new learning scenarios. Teachers and students will be less tied to one physical location and even one institution, and they will be able to pick the best resources for their needs," said Massimiliano Claps, research director, IDC Government Insights.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- No yarmulkes were required as participants prayed, meditated, sang and danced at the first service on Rosh Hashanah at the new Congregation Om Shalom in St. George.
Dubbed "the Nation's first Jewish Fusion Congregation," Om Shalom incorporates a yoga chanting sound in its name and blends spiritual Judaism with yoga, meditation, Buddhism and Hinduism. The LGBT-friendly congregation is open to interfaith couples, people of all religions, atheists and agnostics.
The service on Thursday morning in the gym at Brighton Heights Reformed Church was led jointly by Sam Steinberg of St. George, who was ordained in June and has chosen as a religious name Rabbi Samtosha -- which means "contentment" in Sanskrit -- and spiritual director Joanie Sobsey of Dongan Hills, the rabbi's fiancée and a yoga instructor and nurse practitioner. They were accompanied by violinist Sanchie Bobrow.
The more than 25 children and adults were encouraged to take off their shoes and get comfortable as they were meditated into the service by Ms. Sobsey.
Although all the candidates in the fall elections were invited to attend the service, the only one who showed was Republican mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis, who contributed a "lucky $2 bill" to the congregation on behalf of himself and his wife, Marco.
Catsimatidis was responding to a request by the rabbi that all Staten Islanders donate $1 and ask their friends and relatives in the real world and on the worldwide web to do the same in an effort to raise the $100,000 needed yearly to operate a synagogue.
Brighton Heights Reformed Church has been rented only for Rosh Hashanah and tickets were $18, but if the synagogue's fundraising efforts are successful, the rabbi wants to provide free space to non-profits for their programs.
For information, visit the web site Omshalom.org, e-mail email@example.com. or call 718-710-0599.
Rabbi and Cantor Avraham Maza will conduct Yom Kippur services at Congregation Ahavath Israel in Tottenville, beginning on the evening of Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. An elaborate Sisterhood breakfast will follow the blowing of the shofar at 7:49 p.m. on Yom Kippur, Sept. 14. For information, call 718-356-8740.
Temple Israel Reform Congregation of Staten Island in Randall Manor will hold two free Yom Kippur services that are open to the public, a Children's Service on Sept. 14 at 1:30 p.m. and an adult service at 5:30 p.m. on that Saturday. For information, call 718-727-2231.
Simultaneous free Yom Kippur services in Hebrew and English with Russian prayer books will be held at two Oakwood locations, Congregation Toras Emes and PS53, beginning on Sept. 13, at 7:15 p.m. For information, contact Rabbi Yochanan Ivry at mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com call 718-667-5228.
Temple Emanu-El of Port Richmond will hold a free Yom Kippur highlight service that lasts only one hour beginning at 4 p.m. on Sept. 14. For information, call 718-442-5966.
Yom Kippur services at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun start at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 13. A Kids Service will be held on Sept. 14 at 10:30 a.m. For information, call 718-981-5550 or e-mail email@example.com.
Congregation B'nai Israel in Bay Terrace will hold Yom Kippur services that start on Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. First-time members are eligible for membership discounts. For information, call the office at 718-987-8188.


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The Lighthouse's executive staff members are available to speak on our many programs and services that enrich the community and at the same time deal with difficult social issues. Please use this website as a resource for research. And please don't hesitate to contact us with questions or speaking engagements.
Potential Lighthouse speaking engagement topics:
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Saturday extending a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, handing President Barack Obama a partial victory while setting the stage for another fight in February.
It also brought a peaceful end to a year-long battle over spending by passing a $1 trillion-plus catchall budget bill that wraps together the day-to-day budgets for 10 Cabinet departments and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House passed the measure Friday, and the White House has signaled that Obama will sign it.
The renewal of the 2-percentage-point cut in the Social Security payroll tax for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits averaging about $300 a week for the additional millions of people who have been out of work for six months or more is a modest step forward for Obama's year-end jobs agenda.
As a condition for GOP support of the payroll tax measure, Obama has to accept a provision demanded by Republicans that forces him to decide within 60 days whether to approve or reject a proposed a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that promises thousands of jobs.
The budget bill, passed 67-32, heads to the White House for Obama's signature; the payroll tax measure won a 89-10 tally that send it back to the House — where many Republicans only reluctantly support it — for a vote early next week.


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First Poseidon takes flight from Renton Municipal Airport
The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft completed its first flight earlier this month, taking off from Renton Municipal Airport and landing three hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle.
The P-8A is the first of six low-rate initial production aircraft Boeing is building for the U.S. Navy as part of a $1.6 billion contract awarded in January.
The successful flight marked the completion of final assembly in the company's Renton factory and transition to mission system installation and checkout in Seattle, according to a company press release. Boeing will deliver the aircraft to the Navy next year in preparation for initial operational capability, which is planned for 2013.
"This is the first P-8 that will go directly to the fleet in Jacksonville, Fla., so the aircraft's first flight is an important milestone for the Boeing team and our Navy customer," said Chuck Dabundo, Boeing vice president and P-8 program manager. "We're on plan to get LRIP-1 to the Navy in 2012."
"As the Navy's replacement for the P-3 Orion, the P-8A Poseidon represents the next generation of maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft," said Capt. Michael Moran, program manager for Naval Air Systems Command's Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft program office, in a press release. "The fleet is actively preparing to receive the LRIP-1 aircraft and begin the transition."
The Navy plans to purchase 117 of the Boeing Next-Generation 737-based P-8A anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to replace its P-3 fleet.
In order to efficiently design and build the P-8A aircraft, the Boeing-led team is using a first-in-industry, in-line production process that draws on the company's Next-Generation 737 production system. All aircraft modifications unique to the P-8A are made in sequence during fabrication and assembly.
A derivative of the Next-Generation 737-800, the Poseidon is built by a Boeing-led industry team that includes CFM International, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Spirit AeroSystems, BAE Systems and GE Aviation.
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Unexpectedly full of laughs
By Michael O'Sullivan
Friday, July 9, 2010
It's hard to take "Predators" terribly seriously.
And no, it has nothing to do with the fact that Adrien Brody plays the action hero. The soulful, slightly scrawny, yet eccentrically handsome star -- whose last major movie, "Fantastic Mr. Fox," featured him in the role of Rickity the Field Mouse -- is hardly known for playing Schwarzenegger-style muscle men. Still he acquits himself well as the de facto leader of a bunch of terrestrial tough guys who have been mysteriously transported to an alien game preserve, where they must use their wits and survival skills to avoid being killed by the same bloodthirsty critters that first stalked Ah-nuld in the 1987 "Predator."
Rather, the difficulty in keeping a straight face with this movie -- the fifth in the "Predator" franchise -- has more to do with just how much fun it seems to be having with, let's face it, its pretty silly premise.
The giggles start from the get-go as black-ops agent Royce (Brody) is seen hurtling pell-mell through the sky, screaming like a baby after being air-dropped from a plane into an unfamiliar jungle. When his parachute finally opens, he lands with a thud next to seven other battle-hardened warriors, including: a Russian soldier (Oleg Taktarov); an enforcer for a Mexican drug cartel (Danny Trejo); a member of a Sierra Leone death squad (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali); a Japanese mobster (Louis Ozawa Changchien); a convicted murderer and rapist (Walton Goggins); and a token female G.I. (Alice Braga). Oh, yeah, there's also a doctor (Topher Grace -- yeah, that Topher Grace). For the longest time, Royce/Brody can't seem to figure out what he's doing in this movie, other than providing comic relief.
Are you laughing yet?
You will be. But in a good way. Stylishly directed by Nimród Antal ("Control") and produced by Robert Rodriguez ("Planet Terror"), "Predators" is good if gory grindhouse fun. It tweaks the conventions of the summer monster movie, even as it observes them.
That's not to say it isn't scary. It delivers the standard chills and thrills that one expects from the genre. And there are at least a couple of twists, including the surprise appearance of an actor who shall remain nameless. Trust me, it's better that way.
It also, unfortunately, delivers the familiar illogic and cliches of its ilk. "We've got to conserve ammunition," says Royce, right after everyone in the group has unloaded an armory's worth of bullets into a pack of alien hunting dogs that look sort of like Gru's pooch in "Despicable Me," only meaner.
Then there's the convict. Armed with nothing but a tiny, presumably homemade shiv, and dressed in a bright orange prison jumpsuit, he's like walking alien bait. The question isn't whether he'll bite the big one, but when. As for the rest of the cast, half the pleasure is guessing who'll die next.
It's not all fun and games, though. Writers Alex Litvak and Michael Finch make a half-hearted attempt to philosophize about Man's predatory nature. "We're the monsters of our own world," says Braga's Isabelle to Royce, during one of the film's quiet moments.
In the end, however, the film's perverse party spirit wins out over any pretentious hoo-ha. How do we know the whole thing's meant to be a hoot? The closing credits roll over a rollicking recording of Little Richard singing "Long Tall Sally," a barnburner that includes the exhortation "Have some fun tonight."
I suggest you let go, and listen to the man.
Contains sexual humor, a drug reference, frequent obscenity and prodigious amounts of violence, gore and alien goo.


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Storing solar power in the form of molten salt. SolarReserve says it can do it, and it's landed a project with NV Energy to prove it.
The Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup announced Tuesday that it has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Nevada utility to buy power from a 100-megawatt solar-thermal plant to be built near the town of Tonopah, Nev.
SolarReserve, which last year raised $140 million in a Series B round let by Citi's Sustainable Development Investments and Good Energies, said it intends to start construction next year, though the Nevada Public Utilities Commission still needs to sign off on the deal.
Central to SolarReserve's plans is the molten salt energy storage system it has licensed from United Technologies. Like many solar-thermal systems, SolarReserve uses a field of mirrors, or heliostats, to focus the sun's heat on a tower to heat a liquid to power a turbine.
In SolarReserve's case, that liquid is a molten salt that is then pumped into a closed-loop system to generate steam to power a turbine. It's the same technology tested out by the Department of Energy in the landmark Barstow, Calif. solar thermal pilot project known as Solar Two back in the 1990s.
SolarReserve also hopes to build a 150-megawatt solar thermal and molten salt storage project east of Palm Springs, Calif., and has a longer-range goal of building up to 5 gigawatts of plants in the coming years.


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You might just need a little more time for everything to adjust. 6 weeks has been mentioned before. !'m not a climber but it sounds athletic!
PaNu - P
I've recently started eating in a more 'primal' manner mainly out of curiousity at the moment just to see how well it works. I've only been doing it for around two weeks and I've been very strict with what I eat (as far as possible anyway, grass fed meat is expensive in the UK). I'm noticing some really positive improvements already, i.e. fat loss, dry skin problem has pretty much cleared up. The thing is I rock climb and I've noticed the last couple of times I've been that I'm not performing as well as I usually do, my forearms are burning out (feeling tight/tired) much quicker.
As climbing is quite heavy on muscular endurance I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong with the way I'm eating, and has anybody else had a similar issue? On an average day I tend to eat eggs/bacon/sausage (97% pork/no rusk,etc), steak/chicken with veg in the evening, and more steak/chicken later on. I tend to snack on nuts and some berries in between. My carb intake is probably no more than 20 g on a bad day and I always try to eat a bigger meal before I go climbing/exercise.
Sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find anything like this in relation to climbing as I've found it works your muscles in a quite a specific way. Holding on for long periods having to fight through the lactic acid build up in the muscles and most of the material relating to climbing nutrition talks about carb loading, etc, to prevent ketosis. I'm still reading up on the terminology/science at the moment.
Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated.
You might just need a little more time for everything to adjust. 6 weeks has been mentioned before. !'m not a climber but it sounds athletic!
PaNu - P
activate the rhythm, the rhythm that has always been within