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Latest WebKit Build Doubles Scrolling Performance on MacBook Pro with Retina Displayby Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/4/2012 11:51 AM EST
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trek179 - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkDear Anand, this is great news! I was just wondering what tool do you use to measure the FPS? Thanks! Reply
xilience - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkFrom just above the first framerate picture:
"As always I used Quartz Debug to measure UI frame rate." Reply
trek179 - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkThank you xilience and coder543.
I am stupid. Reply
coder543 - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - link"As always I used Quartz Debug to measure UI frame rate." Reply
trek179 - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkMy bad! Reply
zeagus - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkI just installed the most recent nightly as of this writing and the speed is definitely there. Going to check actual framerate in Quartz Debug as you did. VERY nice improvement, however. Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkLast I checked, under Mountain Lion, things like the calender flip animation and a few other things were so slow you could count the frames out on. The green button resize was sometimes slow, although to a lesser degree, you may not notice until you have another modern non-retina mac side by side with it. Reply
shalevy - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkDear Anand,
Since it seems like the problem is SW and is related to Webkit (java script?) engine, I was wondering if/why the iPad with retina display would not suffer the same if not more of this performance problem.
Here is my thinking: my MBPr 15'' scores 147ms on the sunspider benchmark. This is compare to the ~900ms of the iphone 5, so the ipad 4 should be maybe 20% faster. This gives the MBPr about 6X more single threaded performance in Webkit.
MBPr (15 inch) needs to render 1.6x more pixels and also Mac OSX is doing colour proofing, while iOS doesn't. I would think both of those are more GPU related, but lets assume they are CPU. So this reduces the 6X to 1.875X more single threaded performance for rendering pages.
I would assume iPad with retina is even worse at web page scrolling, is that the case? Was that tested? If it was tested and the performance is better on iPad than on MBPr, is there any idea why?
Thanks! Reply
lowlymarine - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkiOS Safari renders each web page into a texture as it is loaded, and when you scroll/translate the page, the GPU works with that texture rather than having the CPU render the web page directly. This allows the iPad to scroll pages smoothly provided they don't have too many moving elements that can't be rendered in this manner, at the expense of that little gray checkerboard pattern coming up if you scroll beyond the edge of the texture. Safari on Mac doesn't do this because generally speaking it shouldn't be necessary - any modern x86 CPU is dozens or even hundreds of times faster than even the fastest ARM chips, depending on workload, after all.
I suspected the issue here was less one of hardware and more of poor software optimization, and it now appears that was the correct hypothesis. I'm curious, since I haven't seen it mentioned: do Chrome, Firefox, and Opera experience these same slow scrolling issues on the rMBP? Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkInteresting, I had not heard of that. For the last few revisions, Chrome on desktop seems to have that checkerboard pattern when I scroll too fast too, I don't remember it doing that before, it just stopped before the end of the rendered page. I wonder if it is using the same method? Or if it's inherent in the newly GPU accelerated version? Reply
p_giguere1 - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkHey, that's my post on MacRumors!
Glad this is getting some attention, as it is fixing the biggest flaw IMO on what could otherwise be a near-perfect computer.
WebKit has a couple issues and will occasionally crash, but I was so annoyed by the scroll lag that it seems 100% worth it.
It will even import everything (open tabs, history, extensions, passwords) from Safari the first time you launch it, so it doesn't feel like you're actually switching browser. Reply
Henk Poley - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkEven on older systems: MacBook3,1 Late 2007, 2GHz Core2Duo, Intel X3100 GPU, OS X 10.7.5
Peacekeeper score:
Safari 6.0.2: 1625
Chrome 23.0.1271.95: 1775
Webkit r136460:1860 Reply
Henk Poley - Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - linkAlso about 2 seconds less "CPU time" on http://html5-benchmark.com
Safari: Score: 1999, Total CPU Time: 57.07s, Total Lag: 2615ms
Webkit: Score: 1778, Total CPU Time: 55.24s, Total Lag: 3275ms
Varies a bit though when run in succession. Webkit remains the fastest by ~2s though. Reply
ThreeDee912 - Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - linkWebKit nightlies are usually quite a bit faster than stable Safari, but like other beta software there's a few bugs that pop up here and there.
The good thing about running WebKit nightlies on OS X is that it uses all the same bookmarks, settings, and passwords (in Keychain) as stable Safari, so you can easily switch between the two. Reply
Streamlined - Thursday, October 24, 2013 - linkIt would be great to see a follow-up test on the newly released OSX Mavericks. Reply


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Longtime Florida men's tennis coach M.B. Chafin died Wednesday after battling pulmonary fibrosis, his wife said on Thursday. He was 79.
Chafin was the Gators' coach for seven years (1978-84) after serving as an assistant for 12 years under coach Bill Potter.
In Chafin's seven years at the helm, Florida compiled a 128-55-1 (.698) overall record and he was named the SEC Coach of the Year in 1984. After his retirement as head coach, Chafin continued his involvement with the Gator tennis program. He was the original founder of the annual Gator summer youth tennis camps and oversaw the program for many years.
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Plans have stalled for a Cleveland museum dedicated to the prolific design work of the late Viktor Schreckengost (SHREHK'-ehn-gahst).
The museum was originally scheduled to open last spring. It has been put on hold while family members and supporters try to arrange a solid financial footing.
Board president Edward "Ned" Hill tells The Plain Dealer newspaper (http://bit.ly/xCLZkq ) the foundation has no cash now, but it plans to add more board members and start raising money.
Schreckengost died in 2008 at age 101. He incorporated fine design into mass-produced goods to make aesthetically pleasing, functional items available to all Americans.
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Western Digital Launches RX4100 Rackmount SMB Storage Serverby Ganesh T S on 5/30/2013 8:00 AM EST
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nathanddrews - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkIt should really come with any variant of Server 2012, not 2008. The bugs associated with GPT/UEFI backups will be nothing but headaches for "small businesses without full time IT staff". It's pathetic that Microsoft won't fix this for WS2008/WHS. Reply
AstroCreep - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkInteresting offering, but there are two things that make me leery:
1. RAID 5 - is RAID 5 all it can do? RAID 5 isn't really useful past 12TB due to the error-rates of modern hard disks. Perhaps the drives offered in this device have better error-rates, but I'd prefer to have RAID 6 and RAID 10 support.
2. 2 GbE NICs. I don't feel this is good enough in an enterprise environment. Preferably there would be models with options for 10GbE NICs, but at the very least I'd like to see four so you can do NIC teaming and/or segregate traffic on specific network segments (by using separate NICs).
Yes, I saw it said "SMB", but if you have, say, more than 300 people connecting to this server (as a file server) performance will suffer. If using if to host iSCSI targets the best-practice is to have iSCSI and 'Production' networks be separate.
In addition to incorporating the above, creating additional, physically larger units (2U and 4U) to host more drives would be make it a truly great product, IMHO. Reply


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DRIVERS have been warned 'stop means stop' after a 'worrying' increase in near misses involving school children.
School crossing patrol (SCP) staff who help youngsters cross the road have reported a rise in incidents over the last few months.
Every day thousands of youngsters in Worcestershire are helped safely across roads on their way to school by crossing patrols operating on around 100 sites.
Posters, which show the 'Four Pole' positions detailed in the Highway Code, are on display at sites that have experienced 'failure to stop' incidents.
The four pole positions are: position one (sign upside down) – SCP not ready to cross pedestrians, position two (sign sideways) - a barrier to stop pedestrians, position three (sign held up high and angled into the road) – SCP ready to cross pedestrians which means all vehicles must be prepared to stop and position four (extended out) – vehicles must stop and remain stationary until the patrol returns to the pavement.
Drivers who flout the rules risk three points on their driving licence, a fine of up to £1,000 and a driving ban.
Cllr John Smith, Worcestershire County Council's cabinet member for Highways, said: "It's difficult to understand why people take such risks and break the law by failing to stop when our school crossing patrols signal to do so. Thankfully, the vast majority of motorists respect the job these dedicated people carry out within their communities but, unfortunately, there are still irresponsible drivers out there putting others and themselves in danger.
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>Racing>THE OFFICIAL DESI LINDEN THREAD ON RUNNINGAHEAD DOT COM
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"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Go Desi!
I like her Her story is very motivating and I wish her the best of luck @ the summer games!
Very good article. The quote at the end is spot on. Thanks for linking it, Nader.
BTW - I just did a quick look over your running log for races and, all I can say is, WOW! You seem to have had a step-function improvement in your 5K. Congrats. Hard work paying off.
Thanks, man.
Yeah, the quote is good. The things she says are not eloquent or ornate. They're just simple and pragmatic. For example:
"For the everyday athlete, the biggest piece of advice is enjoy what you're doing and work really hard at it. What you put in is exactly what you'll get out of it. You'll have results."
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She's wonderful. Really wonderful. But short. And right now I'm trying to favor tall runners like Jason Hartman (6'3" - gives me hope). But for Desi I think I'll make an exception because the story is so satisfying.
Also, a heelmasher? Thought Meb was the last of the line in the top elites.
2016 Goals: Lose the 10lbs I gained for not having goals
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Great read, thanks for posting.
I find it amazing how many athletes aren't the most hyped out of high school, but end up being at the top of their sport.
It's hard not to root for Desi. She's not a glamour girl like Shalane and Kara, but she's smart and self-deprecatingly funny.
Desi always talks about the work; you get out what you put in. Not that anyone at that level is a slacker, but you can really picture her as the female Bruce Denton: Trial of Miles and Miles of Trials.
Oh yeah, one more reason I think she's great:
just like someone else I, ummm... know.
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Oh yeah, one more reason I think she's great:
Yeah! As a 5'0 runner that's definitely one reason I love her!! Go shorties
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Great read, thanks for posting.
I find it amazing how many athletes aren't the most hyped out of high school, but end up being at the top of their sport.
Agreed. I also admire her tenacity -- 6 years of training before she had a breakout race. I commented to one of my running friends "I wonder how many athletes in other sports would be willing to stick with it that long to see?" Even Michael Jordan, who was known to work very hard, didn't give baseball 6 years before going back to basketball.
Yeah but in that case Sports Illustrated told him to quit.
That's a lot of pressure, man.
Okay, Desi Davila just got mentioned in the same breath with Michael Jordan. I just wanted to note that.
The Logic of Long Distance
Okay, Desi Davila just got mentioned in the same breath with Michael Jordan. I just wanted to note that.
Six degrees of Desi Davila?
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Claude Noel has been around pro hockey long enough -- from the NAHL, IHL, ECHL, AHL to the NHL -- to understand how all this works.
A one-year contract extension through 2014-15, like the one he officially received Monday from the Winnipeg Jets, offers a teeny-tiny bit of security in a cutthroat, win-now business. But it will also mean diddly and squat 10 months from now if Noel & Co. haven't taken this squad into the post-season.
'It's not a new market to us anymore, everything is in place. So for me, from the standpoint of an expectation level, I think we need to raise the bar.We HAVE to make the playoffs'-- Claude Noel
"It's not a new market to us anymore, everything is in place," said Noel in a conference call Monday afternoon. "So for me, from the standpoint of an expectation level, I think we need to raise the bar.
"We HAVE to make the playoffs."
Noel will be entering his third season as the Jets bench boss this fall with a 61-56-13 overall record. The Jets were 11th in the Eastern Conference in Year 1 in Winnipeg and ninth, four points out of the playoffs, this past year.
GM Kevin Cheveldayoff, in announcing Noel's extension, spoke of the growth of some of the team's younger players under the coach's watch, adding the staff "deserves the opportunity to continue the job they've been doing."
Interestingly, both Noel and Cheveldayoff attempted to somewhat downplay the significance of the extension but, clearly, if the coach had entered 2013-14 without this size-small vote of confidence it would have possibly created a distracting season-long discussion point.
"I suppose every situation is a little bit different," Noel said. "It depends on the relationship the coach has with the players. Certainly, for me, whether I was going into my last year or not I don't think it changes the way I coach. I don't think I turn around and say, 'Oh, there's some urgency now' because I'm going into my last year.
"I coach the same way regardless of what season I'm into (the contract). The goals remain the same, the drive and the passion remains the same and I don't see myself changing and I certainly don't see myself taking the job or the seriousness of the job any lighter.
"I don't play too much into the length," he added. "I know I had one more year existing on my contract and now it's been extended to two. For me, the fact they have enough confidence to extend another season sends a very clear, confident message to me."
Noel will now wait to see what kind of hand he's dealt by Cheveldayoff over the next few months. The Jets enter this weekend's draft with nine unrestricted free agents and eight restricted free agents, including key cogs Zach Bogosian, Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler.
And until his depth chart becomes concrete, Noel said he'll fixate on fixing the team's horrific goal differential -- they were -16 in 48 games this past winter -- while stressing the same approach to the game.
"I'd like to see us play with more speed... I want to make sure that we are playing faster, quicker and harder and we're checking better," said Noel. "I still keep going back to that goal differential, it's something we really have to get a handle on.
"I like our team, I like our players. I like a lot of what they bring to the table. I look forward to this season because I think there's a lot of growth that's still ready to go and more to improve upon. And there are some areas I see our team getting better with what we have. Those are the things that excite me."
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Longparish III v Ashford Hill.
Under 13 Callum Giles and U15 Nathan Smith bowled superbly and picked up a couple of wickets each, and Mali Colloredo bowled a miserly spell, but U15 Harry Samways was the stand out performer for Longparish III bowling nine overs for 24 and hitting 32 in this 31 run win for Ashford Hill.
Longparish U15 v Trojans U15.
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I don't like the look of that at all. Looks like I'm facing a bunch of super rats for my last game.
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Div F: Lucky Lycanthropes (Nec) vs. Beauty and the Beast (WElf)
My Lycanthropes won the toss and elected to receive. They began a slow, cautious advance, focused more on elf-murder than necessarily getting progress. And the strategy immediately paid off, with one elf self-KO'ing on a failed dodge and another getting BH by a flesh golem. The cage stalled pretty badly near the half-line, though, in part due to my ignoring Prester John's seriously impressive amount of Wrestle. But the necros' advance was inexorable (and helped by another elven dodge-KO). Beauty and the Beast did knock down the ball carrier once, but after a series of bounces his fellow ghoul got the ball. The elves did get a good last-ditch attempt, with a Wardancer Leap-Strip-Balling it free on turn 8, but the necros recovered the ball and ran it in on turn 8. 1-0.
The second half started out much more promisingly for Prester John. My necros rolled a Blitz! on the kickoff; but I'd taken too long picking my kick location, so the ball was pretty far back. A werewolf got underneath the ball, but wasn't able to catch it. The elves successfully received, then, and got my necros spread out all over the pitch. Prester John made his play; hand-off to a thrower, who ran downfield and threw it to a catcher. And wonder of wonders, guess who makes the interception but David Bowie? My senior Flesh Golem. At that point, I regrouped my team (which involved another once-in-a-million Flesh Golem Dodge), caged up, and pushed downfield. On turn 13 David Bowie ran in the touchdown. 2-0. The elves pulled essentially the same play again after the kickoff, but without the interception; they made an effortless two-turner. 2-1. And in my final two turns, I pulled a lovely hand-off-to-a-werewolf, for a turn 16 TD. 3-1.
Lucky Lycanthropes 3 - 1 Beauty and the Beast
A delightful game! Prester John was an excellent opponent, hampered by dice that tended to favor me. Reviewing the numbers in BBM shows that the advantage wasn't all that overwhelming, but stood out on a few key rolls (particularly that FG interception, but also two Elven dodge-KOs and one dodge-BH). A morning well-spent. (And as an added bonus, both my FGs leveled up. Muahaha.)
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Dandy-Lions 3 - 3 The Top Brass
* An entertaining match that could've gone either way a number of times.
* There was a surfeit of elfy play with a caught blitz, outrageous dodging and plenty of passing.
* Except for that one time where my experienced thrower decided to massively fumble when it would've been easier to hit the target, leading to a quick-fire TD for the opposition.
* There were 5 (!) thrown rocks, including one that must have been a boulder since it hit two touching players at once.
Booo, nothing exciting (+MV/+AV on a Skeleton. Bleh) on my 2 level ups.
Kick for the Skeleton. I pondered building up another Dirty Player, but since I didn't roll a Double which would have been an automatic Sneaky Git for me, I figured having Kick and thus slightly more control over the ball on Defence is better.
Block/Dodge/Fend on my Thro-Ra which makes him a decent carrier (If he can pick the damned ball up) so a standard roll didn't really leave a whole lot of options. None of the Passing skills are useful on an AG2 player except perhaps HMP but that could come later maybe. Pity Nerves of Steel doesn't help you pick up the ball in TZs, which is one crippling weakness of Khemri teams. Bad enough picking up an unmarked ball with AG2, let alone if you've got a TZ or two on it.
Pro was out because with Sure Hands he's already got a re-roll for the thing he's most likely to be doing, Leader was an option but since my team only has a single Tackle on a Blitz-Ra I figured more players to cancel Dodges would be a good thing.
All told this puts my TV at 1890 which assuming Dogpants doesn't take any injuries or levels, gives him an obnoxious 400k in inducements. Ugh.
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Kick off return? Gives you the chance to be under the ball when it lands and hence more chance to grab the bugger.
Already on Thro-Ra #2 and there's generally little point on having it on both especially if I keep my KOR Thro-Ra off-field on Defence and/or away from MB/PO players.
Sneaky git is pointless. Aim for a 3+ armor break(4 assists are not too hard to find) . And you are looking at 97% the same as sneaky git.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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I seem to remember arguing for Sneaky Git a while ago, and a quick forum search says yes I did. As I said last time, Sneaky Git stops a fail (Not breaking armour) turning into a Critical Fail (Not breaking armour, sending off, Turnover). I stand by this, I think I've fouled with my existing DP/SG Skeleton at least once every match since he picked up SG and I've very rarely regretted the decision to foul.
Sure it's less useful against low AV opponents or where you're already winning the numbers game, but the same could be said for a lot of skills such as Claw.
Besides, what else are my bench-Skeletons going to do? I like the idea of being able to churn out dedicated foulers, it tends to scare people off from Pile-On, risky Dodges, and the like knowing that their star Elf is going to get stamped on by a trash Skeleton if he ends up on the floor.
A cheap sneaky git and no other skills player can basically just stamp on someone at the end of every turn. They'll almost certainly be stamping on more expensive players than themselves, meaning a successful foul and sending off is a net win for your team. The nightmare scenario is breaking armour, getting whistled, and seeing the player recover from a stun, or get KO'd and wake up next drive, but that's balanced by the chance of a good solid murderous foul that isn't whistled at all.
Knowing you've got a guy fouling all the time with near impunity also changes the calculations for your opponent somewhat. Do you want to send your gutter runners up all alone near their wrestle player, knowing he's got a friend who will stamp on their heads for shits and giggles as soon as they're down? How about that piling on you're thinking of doing? Sure you want to leave your killer player lying around like that?
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What I like about SG is that it almost favours the casual unassisted foul. The more assists you add the less value you get out of the skill.
If you need to roll a 9 to break armour then you have a 27.8% chance of an armour break, a 5.6% chance of a sending off (down from 16.7% without SG), and a 3.2% chance of a sending off while leaving the opposing player stunned (down from 9.7%).
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For teams with 40k linemen who lack agility access Sneaky Git is a poor choice. For 10k more you get the two rookies who actually do that job better. They are just as (in)effective at fouling and just as likely to get sent off on a foul that achieves anything. Difference is the two rookies can keep going next drive.
Stupid foul nerf.
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In our earlier debate (I think it was) Alistair Hutton that made the point that he doesn't foul because it leads to him losing position on his players. And that's exactly the point - without sneaky git the only good foul is a gang foul, because for a solo foul the chance of losing a player is greater than or equal to the chance of removing a player due to a KO or better.
Sneaky git reverses this - you don't need to gang foul in order to foul effectively, and so you don't need to sacrifice position to do so. It essentially opens up fouling as an option every turn.
I would actually say that, given that 40k linemen are often slow (eg zombies, flings) then gang fouling is likely to be more of an issue as it makes it harder to get back into position. So SG is better.
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16-07-2012, 04:08 PM #6157You can foul ineffectually with impunity. Those murderous fouls you want render Sneaky Git completely irrelevant. That is the crux; it is a skill you want neutralised or why are you making the foul in the first place? And of course once you achieve anything you are back to the standard position of being far more likely to remove your own player from the match than the opponent... Piling On players want to be fouled, especially those with Jump Up. In CRP the odds are heavily stacked in favour of being stomped.
For teams with 40k linemen who lack agility access Sneaky Git is a poor choice. For 10k more you get the two rookies who actually do that job better. They are just as (in)effective at fouling and just as likely to get sent off on a foul that achieves anything. Difference is the two rookies can keep going next drive
Thing is though I generally don't want to foul "correctly". The goal of a Khemri team is to hit the opponent until he's not got enough players standing or on the field to stop the slow cage from shambling forward. There are nuances to the tactics, but pretty much 'hit them till they stop moving' is about it. Part of this is winning the player numbers battle, and having Sneaky Git means I can chuck what is effectively a 'spare' Skeleton into the mix and foul repeatedly anything that looks tasty on the floor without worrying too much if he gets sent off. Also, it's a >50% chance with DP to get the opponent off the field. I'll take that when it's getting a Wrestle/Strip Ball/Leap/Sidestep Wardancer off in exchange for what is effectively an MV5 TZ with arms.
While having 2 level 1 Skeletons may be 'optimal' as that's two bodies and not one, I can count the number of times I've had less than 11 players on the field at the beginning of a drive on one hand. I also really don't need another bloody bench-Skeleton sucking up MVPs, where all 4 of my recent MVPs have landed on those damned things rather than where I need it which is that useless Blitz-Ra who's 0SPPs from 8 games. Adding more MVP-suckers to the lineup would just result in much anger.
EDIT: Forgot to add. Sneaky Git makes fouling fun because it mostly gets rid of the downside of fouling. Anything that adds fun to the game is a good thing. I wouldn't be playing Khemri if I was purely here to min/max :p
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I fired the DP Skelton off of my pub khemri team. Without fail, he would get sent off after his first foul. Having him there only encouraged me to foul players, which usually resulted in a stun for them and -1 player for me. I've played games where I've been fouled 13-14 times, yet they only have a player or two sent off. I want to know the secret of the RNG gods
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Da Blu Moonz (Orcs, Dentharial) VS Cheese it!!!! (Skaven, Gorm)
The skaven team chose to receive
The greenskins held to the belief
That a punch to the head
Would make them all dead
And theyd have no chance to deceive
But the ratmen were just way too fast
And before even three turns had passed
The skaven had scored!
The greenskins were bored,
And decided they couldnt be arsed
The orcs barely bothered to fight
And though skaven armour is light,
The worst that they got
Were KOs (quite a lot),
One dead rat was healed alright.
The orckin continued to be kind,
But the ratmen were still in a bind
Despite cages galore
The ball fell to the floor
But the match ended a 2-1 grind!
Final Score: Da Blu Moonz 2 - 1 Cheese it!!!!!
There's a few plays that I couldn't fit neatly into rhyme. The end of the first half was tense, as Gorm had done a good job of slowing the cage down to the point that I'd only be able to run it in (without taking a ludicrous number of GFIs or leaving my carrier in the open) on the final turn. And he then managed to knock the ball carrier down, pick up the ball, and attempt a pass downfield that fortunately failed (admittedly due to being in 2 or 3 tackle zones).
I was then able to beat him down for his audacity by crowd surfing the Gutter Runner who had attempted the pass, and was rewarded with a death! Who was then promptly healed by the apothecary.
This was my one and only injury in the entire damn match, although the KOs kept mounting up to the point I definitely had a numbers advantage. The second half was a really long, slow grind up the pitch, damply shoving rats to one side and hemming them against the sidelines with tackle zones, without actually doing any damage at any point.
Still a win is a win! And the boyz tell me that actually it was a carefully considered tactical decision to leave Gorm's team intact to make sure the elves don't rack up any points against him.
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While research can get us greater understanding, many details of climate science, and of the future of the energy system, will remain uncertain for decades to come. This means we will have to develop policy in the face of irreducible uncertainty. While it would be nice to be able to know more in advance, there is nothing particularly unusual about this situation. At the personal level, we choose which university to go to, which job to take, or who to marry in the face of irreducible uncertainty. Similarly, nations make choices to change taxes, control pollution, go to war, or sue for peace in the face of irreducible uncertainty. After some brief remarks on climate change and its impacts, Morgan will present results from several studies of uncertainty in climate science and climate impacts that he and his colleagues have recently conducted. He will then describe and evaluate a variety of technologies and strategies that could be used to "decarbonize" the energy system.
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Firefighters were called to the scene on Miles Street and Sarahs Road at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday.
A father and his two young sons were home when the fire started. They were able to make it out of the house safely.
Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames shooting out of the one-story home.
The father told investigators that the fire started in his bedroom.
"He said it was an electrical short in the bedroom and when he noticed that it caught the bed on fire, so he grabbed his two kids and ran out the back door," said District Chief Chris Balswick. "The fire got everything and the attic so its pretty much a total loss."
No one was hurt. The family said however, their pet dog did not make it out alive.
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First Day of P.R.I.D.E. Week: 'P' - Personal and Social Responsibility
As Hofstra students, you have the unique opportunity to gain an important set of skills only promoted by our university. These principles are the P.R.I.D.E. principles, which include Personal and Social Responsibility, Respect for Self and Others, Integrity, Ethics and Leadership, Diversity and Community, and Expression and Free Exchange. To promote these principles and encourage students to graduate with P.R.I.D.E., The Division of Student Affairs is sponsoring the second annual Hofstra P.R.I.D.E. Week, February 25 - March 1, 2013.
Each day of the week will represent a letter of P.R.I.D.E. and students are encouraged to attend as many events as possible. All of the events in P.R.I.D.E. Week are outlined below on their respective days, and we encourage you to also "Pay Your P.R.I.D.E. Forward" and engage in random acts of kindness throughout the week (click here for some inspiration!). Make sure to get involved and show your P.R.I.D.E.!
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How much does it cost to launch your own fleet of satellites to provide accurate navigation data to rental car drivers, airlines and missile commanders alike? If you're the European Union, quite a lot.
In 2003, the European leaders gave their formal backing to the Galileo programme, a state-of-the-art satellite navigation system created so the EU would not be reliant on the GPS service run by the US Department of Defence or Russia's Glonass. The cost of Galileo was supposed to be roughly €3.4bn – some of which would be picked up by private investors – and the system was supposed to be operational by 2010.
But, like so many public works projects, Galileo has run behind schedule and over budget. The latest estimates are spelled out in a report to be presented to the European Parliament on Tuesday by Antonio Tajani, the EU's industry commissioner. Mr Tajani will call for an additional €1.9bn for Galileo infrastructure in the next financial framework, which covers the budgeting period from 2014 through 2020. The report also pegs Galileo's annual operating costs at a staggering €800m. Read more


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Music 025. Wheaton Jazz Band
The Jazz Band is open by audition to Wheaton brass and woodwind players, guitarists, bass players, keyboardists, percussionists, drummers and vocalists. Other instruments may be incorporated with permission of the instructor. Repertoire covers a wide range of styles, including swing, bebop, progressive and fusion jazz. The ensemble rehearses weekly, presenting several performances each year. Visit the Jazz Band homepage.


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Mohr Davidow General Partner Erik Straser Expert Reviewer at Cleantech Forum
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Police are appealing for information after burglaries between July 19 and 27 at six firms across Wiltshire.
The burglaries have occurred at commercial premises in Westbury, Warminster, Pewsey, Devizes and Salisbury.
All incidents happened overnight and involved offenders forcing their way in and taking amounts of cash. A silver Subaru estate vehicle is believed to be involved.
A number of lines of enquiry are being investigated by the Priority Crime Team in Melksham.
DC Andy Henson said: "I would urge businesses to review their security and take extra measures wherever possible.
"I would like to hear from anyone who information regarding any suspicious activity around commercial premises in these areas or the silver Subaru estate car which may be linked to these offences."
Anyone with information is asked to contact DC Henson, at Melksham Police Station on 101.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 where details may be left anonymously if preferred.
Businesses which have been targeted are: Edington Farm shop, Westbury; Chirton Countrystore; Littlechef, Warminster; Rushmore Golf Club, Salisbury; Woodborough Garden Centre; and Lyons Seafood, Warminster


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It's more than just alliteration; it's a statement, a proclamation that Thursdays are when the weekend should really start. Kicking it off right is the key, and what better way than with a cocktail that not only takes the edge off, but tastes good too. A hard thing to disagree with, we know. Drink up, get down and go to sleep happy.
Finally, a weekend without rain. It's the perfect excuse to put together a food and wine party with friends. Serve nosh-friendly cheeses and charcuterie with a refreshing salad and an entree from the grill, all paired with wine. Cheers to online wine marketplace Lot18 for sharing refreshing ideas for the perfect pairings.
The Food: Friendly Cheeses (think chevre, pecorino and brie)
The Wine: Sauvignon Blanc
Also Pairs Well With: Young goat cheese pairs well with Pinot Noir or Sauvignon Blanc. An aged goat cheese is better paired with a more robust wine like Cabernet or Zinfandel.
Serve a friendly aged goat cheese or a young, creamy Comté (a nutty cow's milk cheese) to start off dinner as these cheese won't overwhelm your guests. Sauvignon Blanc pairs well with most varieties of goat cheese as well as with oysters and other seafood.
The Food: Intense Cheeses (think gouda, sharp cheddar or a cow's milk blue) and charcuterie
The Wine: Chardonnay
Also Pairs Well With: Cabernet Sauvignon
For more adventurous guests, try a French reblochon cheese, a soft cheese that's traditionally made from raw cow's milk and aged for 6-8 weeks. It has an extra-creamy texture and bold flavor that can stand up to many intense wines. Serve it to start your meal along with an aged salami like the one we had from Fra' Mani Salami.
The Food: Summer Salads
The Wine: Rosé
Also Pairs Well With: Sancerre, Albarino
Now is the season for Rosé, which is typically enjoyed during the spring and summer, a year after each vintage is produced. It will go great with summery salads and any dish containing goat cheese like Michael Chiarello's Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad.
The Food: Buffalo Steak and Rib Eye
The Wine: Pinot Noir
Also Pairs Well With: Zinfandel or Shiraz
Try Buffalo Burgers or Giada's Steak Salad with these bold reds that work great with whatever you've got going on the grill.
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Man charged with keeping gator in bathtub
Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 9:03 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 9:03 a.m.
DELTONA, Fla. — A central Florida man has been charged with poaching after his mother called authorities about a baby alligator he was keeping in her bathtub.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office reports that 45-year-old Sean Lewis was arrested Monday. He was being held on $2,500 bail.
Lewis' mother told deputies that she had asked him to get the reptile out of the Deltona home. After several days, the woman got tired of waiting and called deputies to remove the animal.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that the tub was set up like an aquarium, half-filled with water and a cinderblock in the middle for the small gator to lie on.
Lewis told investigators a friend dropped off the alligator and was supposed to come back for it but did not.
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Turks blame 2 deadly car bombings on Syria group
REYHANLI, Turkey — In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and a deputy prime minister called the neighboring country's intelligence service and military "the usual suspects."
The blasts, which were 15 minutes apart and hit the town of Reyhanli's busiest street, raised fears that Turkey could increasingly be drawn into Syria's brutal civil war.
Turkey hosts Syria's political opposition and rebel commanders, has given shelter to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees and in the past retaliated against Syrian shells that landed in Turkey.
Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said the assailants were from Turkey but were linked to Syria's intelligence service.
"We have to a great extent completed our work toward identifying the assailants," he told reporters. "We have established that the organization and assailants have links to the pro-regime mukhabarat (intelligence) organization."
He did not name the group, but said the aim of the attack was to pit Turks against Syrian refugees in Reyhanli.
Earlier, another deputy prime minister, Bulent Arinc said: "Our thoughts are that their mukhabarat and armed organizations are the usual suspects in planning and the carrying out of such devilish plans," he said.
Arinc said the attacks were still being investigated, but that If it's proven that Syria was behind the attack, Turkey would "do whatever is necessary," without specifying if that included military action.
One of the car bombs exploded outside the city hall while the other went off outside the post office. Reyhanli, a main hub for Syrian refugees and rebels in Turkey's Hatay province, is just across the border from Syria's Idlib province. Private NTV television, citing unnamed security sources, said the explosions were remote-controlled and that plastic explosives were used.
Images showed people frantically carrying the wounded through the rubble-strewn streets to safety. Black smoke billowed from a tall building.
The explosions came days before Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to travel to the U.S. for talks, which are expected to be dominated by the situation in Syria. The car bombings also follow allegations by Erdogan the Syrian regime has fired about 200 missiles tipped with chemical weapons.
Syrian mortar rounds have fallen over the border before, but if the blasts turn out to be linked to Syria it would be by far the biggest death toll in Turkey related to its neighbor's civil war.
Syria shares a more than 500-mile border with Turkey, which has been a crucial supporter of the Syrian rebel cause. Ankara has allowed its territory to be used as a logistics base and staging center for Syrian insurgents.
Atalay said 43 people were killed and 140 others were wounded in the blasts. There was no immediate information on the identities or nationalities of the victims.


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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Fuel-efficient vehicles are fronting many of the displays at this year's Cleveland Auto Show as Ohioans watch regular gas prices climb toward the $4 mark again.
The show, which bills itself as one of the biggest and longest-running in the nation, opened Saturday. It continues through next weekend.
Organizers say there are more than 1,000 concept vehicles and new styles on display. Automakers are showing off new products, including electric cars and a pickup truck designed for off-road use.
The event also gives visitors a chance to test-drive vehicles from about a dozen major brands.
Tickets for the show cost $12.50 for adults.


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What do a coffeemaker company executive, a big-box senior merchant, a trade finance specialist, a trade show operator, a gourmet hardware retailer, a celebrity chef and a former supermodel have in common?
They are all among the 2013 "Players," HomeWorld's annual nod to the people to watch in housewares during the coming year (coverage begins on page 10 of the August 20, 2012, issue).
Why are they worth watching?
They all are driving forces behind initiatives that not only should profoundly impact their respective businesses in 2013, but also could alter a broader competitive landscape.
High Marks
Selection as a HomeWorld Player is not about what already has been accomplished. While the people on this year's list have achieved high marks in business for myriad reasons, their inclusion is about the potential of their latest directives.
It is never easy to single out what amounts to a few more than a baker's dozen of executives who have a hand in shaping the industry. The discussion among HomeWorld editors about whom to include can get lively at times. And some of this year's selections certainly will be met with skepticism by industry observers. For every selection there are many more who could have been included.
That's why this is not only about the individuals selected. It is about how their individual objectives could reflect the objectives of the housewares industry as a whole. And how their strategies, successful or not, could help contribute to a blueprint for the industry's progress during this challenging era.
Common Ground
Indeed, there can be much to learn from the way these leaders conduct themselves and their businesses. The HomeWorld Players profiled in this edition face unique circumstances. And they offer distinct perspectives and methods on how to confront those situations.
A closer look underscores a common ground among the challenges and opportunities they confront: a quest for their organizations, if not necessarily themselves, to separate from the pack with original ideas and decisive action.
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While most don't actively lobby for the type of individual recognition making a magazine's annual people-to-watch list affords, each HomeWorld Player can't afford to be bashful when it comes to embracing the accountability of their decisions in today's less-forgiving marketplace.
It will be interesting to check back in a few months to see how the 2013 HomeWorld Players and their businesses have performed. We then should get a more precise measure of the worthiness of their inclusion among this exclusive group.
For now, the spotlight is on the potential for each of the 2013 HomeWorld Players to make a difference that could reverberate well beyond the walls of his or her respective operation.
When it comes to the demands on business in today's uneven economic climate, all of the HomeWorld Players— from the coffee company executive to the trade finance specialist to the former supermodel— actually have much more in common than you initially might think.
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Adam Forshaw's first senior goal was enough to give Brentford all three points as they recorded a narrow 1-0 victory over Oldham Athletic at Griffin Park on Saturday.
The Bees – playing in a silver strip to mark the 25th anniversary of the Brentford FC Community Sports Trust – started slowly, before Farid El Alagui saw his low shot from outside the box held by Dean Bouzanis.
Minutes later Forshaw put his side ahead after Harry Forrester broke down the left and played the ball into the box, where Alagui knocked it into the path of the midfielder, who found the bottom right hand corner of the net.
Clayton Donaldson had a good chance to extend his side's lead shortly after when he burst clear from inside his own half, but his tame shot from the left side of Oldham's box was saved by Bouzanis.
Former Bee Robbie Simpson shot wide of the left hand post from the edge of the box for Oldham, while Christian Montano brought a fine save out of Simon Moore, who got down low to his left to push the ball behind for a corner just before the break.
Both sides traded half chances early in the second half, with Matt Derbyshire shooting over the bar after Brentford failed to clear a corner and Donaldson breaking down the left and into the box,
only to see his shot deflected by Jonathan Grounds.
Brentford were awarded a free kick after Bouzanis picked up a pass back, but Forrester's shot was saved.
Oldham turned to a more direct style of football as they went in search of an equaliser, but Brentford did just enough to hold on, with Moore making a superb save when he got down low to his right
to push a header away and ensure his side took all three points.
Brentford: Moore, Logan (sub Legge 76), Craig, Dean, Bidwell; Forshaw (sub Diagouraga 57), Adeyemi, Douglas, Forrester; El Alagui, Donaldson (sub Fredericks 70)
Subs (not used): Gounet, Saunders, O'Connor, Hayes
Attendance: 5251
Man of the Match: Simon Moore
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An interesting debate broke out last week between Gotham Baseball's Mark Healey and Mets Police's Shannon Shark. The question: whether to purchase Mets tickets in 2012 if you disagree with the path taken by Met ownership.
"The Mets? I love the Mets. My kids love the Mets. Most of my extended family loves the Mets. But the people that run the Mets have used up all of my patience, enthusiasm and trust. I can no longer support their efforts with my wallet because I do not believe that they have the interests of the New York Mets first and foremost in their minds.
"Is that fair? Do I have no compassion for their financial and personal situations? Of course I do. But having empathy for their situation is one thing. Enabling their ability to cling to the New York Mets is something else. They are a bad ownership group, it's as simple as that. Now their past failings have not only created a serious crisis of confidence among their fanbase, tyhere is a growing number of people who are (finally) starting to realize that the Mets and MLB's relationship is a little too cozy to be ignored."
In reply, Shark writes:
"But I'm telling you right here and now that if you sit out a few seasons and then show up with 100 wins show up then I will call you a frontrunner. It's OK if you want to be a frontrunner, just recognize that you're a frontrunner. I'm a Mets fan. Sometimes being a Mets fan sucks, but it's what makes us Mets fans…
"Back to the owner. His name is Jeff. He's around my age. He's going to be here for a long long time.
Why would he sell the baseball team? When you own a baseball team you're somebody. You're The Owner Of The Mets. That's cool.
Wouldn't you like to be The Owner Of The Mets? Why would you give that up?"
Both pieces are well worth your time. At the risk of being disagreeable, neither one lines up with my view of things.
Regarding Mark's take, he is absolutely right that the fewer people that come to the ballpark, the less revenue the current ownership will receive, and that hypothetically, that could create a need to sell sooner. However, in practice, there are two things to remember.
One is that even if the Mets simply retain their current fans, they will lose massive amounts of money- $70 million in 2011 when they drew 2.34 million fans, $50 million in 2010 when they drew 2.56 million fans. In other words, even if they add around 200K in attendance this coming season- not taking into account the drops in price between 2010 and 2012- they aren't coming close to making money on the New York Mets. And no one thinks the 2012 Mets will be adding attendance this coming season.
As someone who was part of the 2010 ticket buyers, and intends to be in 2012 as well, I am nothing more than the status quo.
The other point worth making is that the event that likely ends the Wilpon ownership of the Mets isn't coming on the rounding error that is your ticket purchase. They owe $430 million in principal of a loan against the team, due back in 2014. They owe $450 million in principal of a loan against SNY, due back in 2015. They owe around $600 million, due in $25 million increments every six months, against Citi Field. And they have an unspecified judgment coming against them in the lawsuit filed by Irving Picard, trustee for the Bernie Madoff victims. That's currently at $386 million, a number that is likely to rise on appeal.
In other words, it isn't clear that selling out Citi Field from now until 2015 will be remotely close to enough to save them. And they clearly aren't doing that anytime soon.
And that's at the heart of why I disagree with Shannon's piece as well. As I detailed in my forthcoming book, it isn't that this ownership wants to sell. It's that it likely doesn't have any choice.
So the question becomes, what to do in the meantime?
For me, the answer involves plenty of trips to Citi Field with my family.
My wife is a baseball fan. My daughter, who will be two next year, loves baseball already. I don't intend to keep myself from the pleasure of attending games with them over a principle that won't actually affect the outcome of ownership change. Mark is right when he says that certain beliefs require sacrifice. Judge it however you like, fewer moments in a baseball stadium watching with my wife and daughter isn't one I'm willing to make.
And the Mets, to their credit, have created a far better 15-game plan for fans. Back in Shea Stadium, my wife and I were Saturday Plan holders. That meant our same seats, Section 7, for all 13 Saturday games.
Seeing the chance to take advantage of fans desperate to see the Mets, the "Saturday Plan" changed in Citi Field. Suddenly, we received only 10 Saturdays. And we were forced to buy five weeknight games, usually during the school year, that were of little use to us.
Well, times have changed. Part of it is a decline in demand, to be sure. But new Vice President of Ticket Sales and Services Leigh Castergine has ushered in a very different experience. Starting today, the 15-game pack is as user-friendly as any plan that size in baseball. You pick the games. You pick the price points. Want all Saturdays? Done. Want some Saturdays, some Sundays, and a few Wednesdays? Done.
Is there still work to be done? Absolutely. But in her first year designing packages for fans, Leigh has taken the Mets from almost entirely unresponsive to extremely responsive. Cynics would note, correctly, that it took a crisis, cratering sales, and desperation to make this so. Certainly, that is likely a contributing factor to other fan-friendly measures, such as Banner Day's return.
But we all know what the mother of invention is. And I, for one, am happy to see it, whatever the reason. My father was a Mets fan before the current ownership group even took control, and my daughter will be a Mets fan long after they've sold.
Ultimately, the hope is that these changes remain under new, eventually-capitalized ownership, providing Mets fans with the combination of winning team and fan-friendliness available down in Philadelphia. I recently purchased a six pack from the Phillies that offered the same flexibility as the 15-pack of the Mets, while providing the added benefit of choosing my own section and seats, not just a price point. I'll get to see plenty of Mets games, and will likely partake in some Bull's BBQ while I'm at it. The hope is that the Mets soon add that same technology. (The choose-your-section technology. They already have excellent BBQ.)
In the meantime, however, I'll be there with my family. I won't begrudge those who, like Mark, stay away out of principle, or the many other fans who aren't frontrunners- they simply have many other places to spend their hard-earned money other than a baseball team that's spending its own money on survival, not product.
And the reason that ownership won't make money on its team next year is precisely that. There aren't enough of the Mes or Shannon Sharks around for a baseball team to make a profit. If the past few seasons have taught the Mets anything, it is that. So I applaud Leigh's efforts to make purchasing tickets as easy as possible, and wish her luck selling what is clearly, in the public's mind, a devalued product. She can't re-sign Jose Reyes. Being good to the fans that remain is her only play. And she's certainly maxed it out so far.


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I read on the occasional blog about how misdirected the wholesale/distribution channel is. And there are many things that need addressing. But we are not evil people; in fact most of the folks I work around and with are good family people. Sure we might not all share the same political persuasion and we may look differently at the horizon of the wine future. But we are all in the boat together and we are rowing like hell to make a difference for our industry and our families. We are not the problem; perhaps those who look, from the outside in, do not know of our camaraderie or our devotion to this business. I am always humbled and impressed when I spend a day or two, sequestered with my peers. No, we definitely are not the problem. So let the whiners and the naysayers say whatever they like, we aren't going away. In fact, we're stronger than any dirt the toxic blogger or two can throw in our direction.
If it sounds like I'm drawing a line in the sand with the direct marketers, I'm not. Let them try to dismantle the last 75 years of this industry. And if they can build a better framework, so be it. But as a past president of India, Radhakrishnan, once said, it is easier to destroy than to create. Much easier to talk about how corrupt and outdated the wine industry is rather than pitch in an actually do the heavy lifting of raising the tide for all boats.
There are reports and studies that postulate how important this industry is. I don't need to read every one of them. All I need to do is look in the eyes of my colleagues to know this is a vital and necessary business for now.
Over those two days last week, we took a break from meeting and piled into two buses, 79 of us. Our group represents the state management for a large wholesaler here in Texas. With about 2,700 employees, our mission is to provide leadership and direction, along with making money and building brands. And while there are plenty of essential employees up and down the org-chart, we are tasked with steering the ship. It's a big ship, one in which on any given day, over 150,000 cases of product are being delivered. That's about 1,200 40-foot containers. Amazon can't handle that, nor can USPS, FedEx, UPS, DHL or any number of delivery companies. Physically improbable.
Our buses took us to the Milestone/Viking center, where we were broken into 9 groups (8-9 people per group) for an "Iron Chef" burger cook-off. We had a set time to assemble a burger. There were three essential segments of this contest; 1) the idea of the burger, what it was conceptually, 2) Selling it to the judge (the pitch), and 3) what it tasted like. Our group, made up of folks from their late 20's to their late 60's, got together and we moved pretty fast through the concept of the burger. Assembling it, along with eighth other groups, took a good deal of teamwork and co-ordination, along with making sure we didn't "overwork" the idea of the burger. It all flowed pretty well. Meanwhile the other teams were brainstorming and trying to come up with their idea of the perfect burger.
Hey, it could have been anything, but the burger was the fulcrum upon which the teams directed their attention. The idea was to transfer some of that energy, in the days to come, with other projects and working outside of our normal groups.
Through the process I snapped shots of the other teams, people I have known, some for as long as 25 or more years. People I admire, but because we are all so darn busy and directed in our tasks, we seldom get the opportunity to hang out and do these kinds of exercises. Remember there are 2,700 people whom we usually are directing out attentions to.
I know this sounds real Pollyanna and I am sorry, I cant help it, but I was really stoked about getting to be involved in an exercise in which when it was all said and done we sat down and ate what we dreamt up along with a glass of wine or a nice pale ale.
Folks seemed to really light up over this event, lots of laughing and great, great memories.
The next day, we went back to the conference room and continued with our workshops and discussions, back to business. But as if to put icing on the cake, we took a short break to recognize one of our peers who was turning 70 that day.
As the cake rolled up and we all sang "Happy Birthday" to him, I saw a colleague who was not only surprised but also very pleased that we not only celebrated his birthday, but a birthday, that in many industries the person would already have been retired and celebrating it quietly. Not so in the wine and spirits business. No, we're a spirited bunch and we need all hands on deck, from 24 to 70 and counting. That bodes well for some of us other silverbacks in the pack, who just want to swing from the trees and make a little difference in the world we have found ourselves in.
So, folks looking on the outside in want to call what we do, and who we are, wicked? I call it the home team, and am very proud to be on it.
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Veterans awards ceremony is Saturday
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3:18 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3:18 p.m.
The Alachua County Veterans Services Advisory Board's annual awards banquet is this Saturday evening.
Now in its eighth year, the event typically draws a crowd in the range of 250 to 300.
Don Sherry, chairman of the advisory board, said the event will honor volunteers in four categories: outstanding veteran of the year, outstanding veteran supporter, outstanding military family and outstanding Department of Veterans Affairs employee.
The banquet begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Paramount Plaza Hotel, 2900 SW 13th St. Tickets are $30 per person and available at the door. For more information, contact Ed Van Buren at 562-9961.
-- Staff report
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