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I don't know if I should laugh or cry… but it was bound to happen. A Delphi reference finally showed up on the Daily WTF.. The Meteorological Station In Hell.
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March 17th, 2005 at 4:08 pmThat looks amazingly similar to a reporting application I took over with 140 reports.
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March 17th, 2005 at 11:19 pmSome people are always making a mess…
But this should keep your head up:
"Surprisingly, after a few hours, I was able to get it to compile. Unfortunately, I didn't save the 200+ compiler warnings (and this is Pascal where it takes a lot to generate a warning, unlike C++)."Only a few hours - others would have needed days or weeks to understand it at all.


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Walsall's Planning Committee granted planning permission for a Go-Karting Centre and Laser Centre at the Alvar Business Park in Straight Road, Short Heath, Willenhall. Both Centres will be able to operate between the hours of 10am and 8pm seven days a week 365 days a year.
I voted against granting planning permission along with my Lib Dem colleague cllr John Cook. Cllr Doreen Shires addressed the committee supporting those local residents who opposed the the application.
We opposed the application not because we thought that the concept was a bad one, but because of the disruption that this facility, in this location, will cause to traffic, the effect on the local environment, and more importantly, on the lives of the residents of Straight Road, Drancy Avenue and Stourmore Close.
The applicants case for granting planning permission was based around the idea that the two centres would provide a facility for young people in an area where there was little for them to do and thus reduce anti social behaviour across the area. With costs at around £15 for a 20 minute session it was our view that this facility would prove unaffordable for the majority of those that the applicants claimed would benefit.
Most of the evidence that we gleaned from the internet of similar centres around the Black Country showed that adults were the main users of the centres.
The facility would cater for around 15 competitors per 20 minute session which conservatively would lead to around 60 vehicle movements per hour adding to congestion in the area.
On site parking would be shared with the other 5 units and inevitably will lead to parking off site, the residents car park directly opposite in Drancy Avenue being the obvious target.
There were a number of inconsistences in the officers report not least of which was their claim that Straight Road was well served by public transport, in particular bus services 26,40,41,and 69. That has not been the case since the bus review a year ago which has left Straight Road with just one service, the 26 Bloxwich to Bilston service.
Our arguments fell on deaf ears and as a result the residents are going to have to live with these centres on their doorsteps from 10 in the morning to 8 at night, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Not one of the Planning Committee's best decisions I would suggest. Only time will tell who is right. The difference is that they don't have to live their, the residents don't have that choice.


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Stacy Berndt is studying elementary education. For the last 13 years she has worked in banking. She became interested in teaching after working with two community events that put her in the midst of young people. It ignited a passion to make a difference in their lives so she decided to enroll in college to become an elementary school teacher. Click here to hear Stacy's story |
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Stephanie graduated from high school 20 years ago and began her journey to college sixteen years ago. However, after a series of life events including falling into a diabetic coma three years ago, she continues to pursue her dream. This past school year she hosted the 2012 Bead for Life event which showcases jewelry created by the women of Uganda. Click here to hear Stephanie's story |
Rebecca Crum decided to go back to school and major in accounting after her husband, who has an MBA, lost two jobs in three years. Currently, her husband works three part-time jobs and she works two part-time jobs to support their two children. Although going to school is a sacrifice, Rebecca says the overall outcome far outweighs the sacrifices she is making now. Click here to hear Rebecca's story |
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Greg Oden had a pretty good view of the Cavs' game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. Maybe, just maybe, he'll have an even better seat at the Q next season.
Oden attended the Cavs' game Friday as a guest of Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley Jr., his best friend since childhood – yet wound up in Cavs owner Dan Gilbert's baseline seats adjacent the Cavs' bench.
Gilbert wasn't in attendance Friday, so arena personnel invited Oden to move down from his original seats five rows behind the Cavs' bench. It was a fascinating scene, given the negotiations between the Cavs and Oden's agent – who also happens to be Conley's father.
"I live in Ohio. It's home now," Oden said. "They have a great organization and I really do think they're up and coming."
The Cavs are believed to have offered Oden a two-year deal that would begin this season and include a team option for a third year, but Oden hasn't signed. Now it's looking like he won't sign a deal until this summer, when more teams will have cap space and the demand could increase.


text: Jadin Wong, a Chinese-American burlesque dancer and actress. She ran away from her strict Chinese family as a teenager to go to Hollywood to be a dancer, and performed in Hong Kong, Paris, Cuba, Germany and New York and entertained American troops during World War II. She studied with Balanchine and trained in classical ballet and jazz. (She even performed ballet right into her 90s, where she was caught by an interviewing journalist doing splits and pirouettes as "morning exercise".) She appeared in dozens of movies and ultimately opened a talent agency specializing in finding jobs for Asian-American performers in movies, TV and Broadway.


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A Man Who Looks a Lot Like Christopher Walken With a Mustache Was Spotted on Rider University's Campus Again Saturday
Kadyhrob was accused of accosting and attempting to lure a young student into his car on Rider Campus in New Jersey on March 28, but he was seen near the campus again this weekend according to NJ.com.
Police were called to look for Kadyhrob, who looks a lot like Christopher Walken with a mustache, but they did not find him. He is currently out on bail, after a March 28 incident, where he is accused of harassing a 19-year-old student in a parking lot at about 2:30 pm. He was charged with attempting to entice an adult into a vehicle.
Police officials at TCNJ said they received an anonymous call just after 3 p.m. Friday, reporting the man's presence on their campus. He was confronted by officers and barred from returning to the school.
"He was banned from campus," said TCNJ police Captain Timothy Grant. "He was hand-delivered a letter to ban him."
According to an inter-departmental bulletin from the Lawrence Township Police Department, Kadyhrob is attracted to "young girls," a term he reportedly uses to describe women between the ages of 18 and 30.
His vehicle, a white Oldsmobile sedan with racing stripes, was seized and is in the possession of Lawrence police. Grant said Kadyhrob is now driving a red Toyota Yarus, a rental car he used while driving on the TCNJ campus.
Some students on The College of New Jersey's campus reported seeing Kadyhrob on the campus over the past month, and he spent some time in popular locations for students on the campus.


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LAS VEGAS, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of the information technology (IT) industry's top product and solution vendors will be on hand here this week for CompTIA Breakaway 2012, the IT channel's premier education event, CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry, announced today.
More than 125 IT firms are expected to be present at the Technology Vendor Fair during Breakaway 2012, set for July 30 through Aug. 2 at the ARIA Resort and Casino.
"Vendors, distributors and solution providers from across the IT channel view Breakaway as a unique opportunity to take part in vendor-specific educational sessions, to showcase their products and solutions and to network with their channel peers," said Kelly Ricker, senior vice president, events and education, CompTIA.
"CompTIA Breakaway is one of the premier events in the industry. Whether it's meeting with current or prospective partners or getting an update on industry trends, we're excited to have a presence and be a part of this event," said Matt Nachtrab, chief executive officer, LabTech Software.
"In 2012 one of our core strategies here at ChannelOnline has been to expand our network of integration partners to help the channel resellers we serve grow their businesses more efficiently," said Debbie Andrews, vice president of global products, CNET Content Solutions. "Since our launch in 2001, every Breakaway event we've attended delivered solid results and invaluable industry networking, collaboration, and innovation opportunity. It's an event that brings together the channel community in a way no other event does."
Companies that will be at Breakaway include:
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FORT COLLINS — A clear picture of the extent and cost of road damages inflicted by last week's flooding in northern Colorado should be unveiled later this week, said state highway officials Monday.
"We hope to have real details on the extent of the damage and how much it will cost to repair everything," said Amy Ford, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation.
As of now, 30 bridges have been destroyed and 20 seriously damaged in the flood. But more damage is likely to emerge when flood waters recede, officials said.
State assessment teams have been out to flood-ravaged areas almost daily to witness the extent of the damage, Ford said.
Also, a delegation from Vermont is in Colorado to aid in gauging what needs to be done to patch together roads and bridges, Ford said. Vermont was cut almost in half by Hurricane Irene in August 2011 and Colorado could learn how that state's officials handled the crisis.
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I guess you can't really cheat if you are only competing against yourself, but has anyone here ever considered steroids/phs as an easy way out?
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Items No. ItemApologies for Absence & Declaration of Substitutes (REG/01/261009)
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Apologies for absence were received form Councillor Kumar and Councillor Tewari.
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That we authorise our Chairman to sign the minutes of our meeting on 29th September 2009. That subject to including Councillor Waite to the list of Councillors who were also present at the meeting.
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Mrs S Adatia
Land between 157 and 161 Tomswood Hill, Chigwell, Essex IG6 2HR
Erection of a three bedroom house.
Resolved: That we Refuse Permission for the following reasons:-
1. The proposal would represent an over-development of this site, resulting in irregular shaped amenity space, whereby the configuration would not be of an appropriate scale to ensure usability and so would be detrimental to the amenities enjoyed by prospective occupants of this development and the adjoining property at 157 Tomswood Hill. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policy BD4 of the Council's Borough Wide Primary Policies Development Plan Document.
(Councillor Maravala requested that his vote be recorded against the above decision.)
Cognita Schools Ltd
36-38 Mansfield Road, Ilford IG1 3BD
Change of use from care home (C2 Use Class) to school (D1 Use Class). Demolition of existing extension. Two storey extension to rear of 36-38 Mansfield Road. Associated external and internal alterations.
Resolved: That we Refuse Permission for the following reasons:-
1. The proposal would have an adverse effect on the amenity enjoyed by occupants of neighbouring property and the surrounding area, by reason of noise, disturbance, general pedestrian and vehicular activity at and within the vicinity of the site and would be contrary to Policy SP3 of the Council's Core Strategy Development Plan Document.
(Mr A Moss spoke on the above item).
(Councillor Maravala requested that his vote be recorded against the above decision.)
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Britannia Music Co. Ltd 60-70 Roden Street, Ilford IG1 2XX
Major mixed use redevelopment proposal comprising of 332 apartments, office space, A1 to A3 uses and live/work units within four separate buildings above under croft parking. Including a 23 storey landmark tower fronting Ilford Hill and Chapel Road. Landscaped amenity and car parking. MAJOR APPLICATION
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According to WFMT (98.7 on your FM dial) Frank Miller, cellist extraordinaire, would have been 100 years old today had he not died in 1986 at the age of 73.
Frank Miller was the principal cellist of the Chicago Symphony for many years. I met him once on a High School field trip to the CSO. As I was a bludgeoning, I mean burgeoning, cellist, I was star-struck upon meeting this legendary player. He was kind to us dazed and confused teenagers and I vowed that one day I, too, would have a back stage locker with my name on it at the CSO.
Well, that didn't happen, but I still love the cello and it's beautiful, soulful sound. There is a ton of recorded music for cello. The Library owns dozens of CDs and even a few DVDs of the great players sawing away making exquisite music. Here are some I'd recommend:
Then, for a change of pace, try this.
That's good old Pablo Casals playing the well known Elgar and Dvorak concertos. Fantastic stuff!
Then there's the Cello Ambassador of the Solar System, Yo-Yo Ma. We have over 50 Ma recordings to choose from. I love his collaborative work, especially the Appalachian music, but since this is a classical blog I'll steer you towards this sweet collection of Baroque music.Of course we do own some nice anthologies like Masters of the Bow. On this type of album you'll get a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Perfect for the easily distracted listener.
And finally, here's the aforementioned Mr. Miller playing the Brahams Double Concerto with Mr. Mischakoff (violin) under the sublime direction of Arturo Toscanini.
(Filmed just before my High School visit.)
No post would be complete without a plug for Freegal where you can get free downloads of Yo-Yo, Pablo, Rostro, and 2Cellos (2 guys who play pop music on their classical cellos).
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We are investigating the relationships between protein structure, dynamics, and function using ultrafast time-resolved laser spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. These experimental techniques employ an ultrashort laser "pump" pulse (shorter than 10-13 seconds) to trigger a photophysical or photochemical reaction and a variably delayed "probe" pulse that measures the spectral or structural evolution of the protein. This pump-probe technique provides the means to acquire "snapshots" of a protein as it executes its designed function. By monitoring the changes that occur over time, from femtoseconds to milliseconds, we aim to build a foundation for understanding how proteins execute their designed tasks with high efficiency and selectivity.
To probe the structural evolution of an entire protein as it executes its designed task, we have developed the technique of picosecond time-resolved X-ray crystallography. This effort is part of a multinational collaboration with experiments carried out on Michael Wulff's time-resolved beam line at the European Synchrotron and Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. In 2003, we reported the first 150 picosecond time-resolved X-ray structure of a myoglobin mutant in Science. Since then, we have improved the experimental methodology and have produced detailed 3D movies of proteins as they function. Model systems being investigated include ligand-binding heme proteins and their mutants, bacteriorhodopsin, and photoactive yellow protein.
Time-resolved spectroscopic methods spanning wavelengths from the uv to the IR are used to probe the dynamics of specific functional groups with ultrafast time resolution. A microfocusing femtosecond spectrometer has been developed that is capable of probing protein dynamics in small crystals. By comparing dynamics in solution and crystals, we can assess the extent to which crystal contacts influence protein dynamics. Moreover, ultrafast studies of protein photophysics have led to more efficient protocols for chromophore photoactivation, thereby improving the quality of time-resolved X-ray structures.
Our crystallographic and spectroscopic studies are performed on a large number of molecules and reveal ensemble-averaged changes. To generate a molecular level understanding of how proteins function, we would prefer to watch a protein function one molecule at a time. While it is impossible to experimentally follow structural changes in a single molecule with ultrafast time resolution, that feat can be achieved computationally. In a collaboration with Dr. Gerhard Hummer at the NIH, we have performed a joint analysis of time-resolved X-ray structures and ensemble-averaged molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Validated by the stunning agreement – in both space and time – of the simulation average and detailed time-resolved X-ray structures, the single-molecule trajectories give us access not only to the transient intermediates of the experiments, but also to the transitions between them. From this single-molecule perspective, we were able to show at atomic resolution how conformational switches control ligand migration through a transiently interconnected network of internal cavities, and how protein dynamics can modulate functional ligand binding. We continue to employ a combination of spectroscopic, crystallographic, and computational methods to generate new and deeper insights into mechanisms of protein function.
1. Anderson S, Srajer V, Pahl R, Rajagopal S, Schotte F, Anfinrud P, Wulff M, Moffat K Chromophore conformation and the evolution of tertiary structural changes in photoactive yellow protein. Structure (Camb) (12): 1039-45, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]
2. Lim M, Jackson TA, Anfinrud PA Orientational distribution of CO before and after photolysis of MbCO and HbCO: a determination using time-resolved polarized Mid-IR spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc (126): 7946-57, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]
3. Schotte F, Soman J, Olson JS, Wulff M, Anfinrud PA Picosecond time-resolved X-ray crystallography: probing protein function in real time. J Struct Biol (147): 235-46, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]
4. Hummer G, Schotte F, Anfinrud PA Unveiling functional protein motions with picosecond x-ray crystallography and molecular dynamics simulations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (101): 15330-4, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]
5. Plech A, Wulff M, Bratos S, Mirloup F, Vuilleumier R, Schotte F, Anfinrud PA Visualizing chemical reactions in solution by picosecond x-ray diffraction. Phys Rev Lett (92): 125505, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]
6. Bourgeois D, Vallone B, Schotte F, Arcovito A, Miele AE, Sciara G, Wulff M, Anfinrud P, Brunori M Complex landscape of protein structural dynamics unveiled by nanosecond Laue crystallography. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (100): 8704-9, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]
7. Schotte F, Lim M, Jackson TA, Smirnov AV, Soman J, Olson JS, Phillips GN Jr, Wulff M, Anfinrud PA Watching a protein as it functions with 150-ps time-resolved x-ray crystallography. Science (300): 1944-7, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]
8. Sagnella DE, Straub JE, Jackson TA, Lim M, Anfinrud PA Vibrational population relaxation of carbon monoxide in the heme pocket of photolyzed carbonmonoxy myoglobin: comparison of time-resolved mid-IR absorbance experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (96): 14324-9, 1999. [Full Text/Abstract]
9. Gai F, Hasson KC, McDonald JC, Anfinrud PA Chemical dynamics in proteins: the photoisomerization of retinal in bacteriorhodopsin. Science (279): 1886-91, 1998. [Full Text/Abstract]
10. Lim M, Jackson TA, Anfinrud PA Ultrafast rotation and trapping of carbon monoxide dissociated from myoglobin. Nat Struct Biol (4): 209-14, 1997. [Full Text/Abstract]
11. Hasson KC, Gai F, Anfinrud PA The photoisomerization of retinal in bacteriorhodospin: experimental evidence for a three-state model. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (93): 15124-9, 1996. [Full Text/Abstract]
12. Lim M, Jackson TA, Anfinrud PA Binding of CO to myoglobin from a heme pocket docking site to form nearly linear Fe-C-O. Science (269): 962-6, 1995. [Full Text/Abstract]
13. Lim M, Jackson TA, Anfinrud PA Nonexponential protein relaxation: dynamics of conformational change in myoglobin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (90): 5801-4, 1993. [Full Text/Abstract]
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Syracuse has opened the season with nine straight wins for the fourth consecutive year. The Orange started last season by winning its first 18 games, which marked the second-best start in school history. SU was one win away from equaling the program's best start of 19-0 in 1999-2000.
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Three players scored in double figures to lead Syracuse to a 62-56 victory against Marshall on Tuesday, Dec. 6 in the Carrier Dome. The victory extended the Orange's winning streak to nine games.
Syracuse never trailed in the game and took the lead for good at 8-6 on a slam dunk by sophomore Dion Waiters. SU outscored the Herd, 20-6, during the next nine minutes and led 31-18 at halftime.
The Orange took its largest lead of the game at 44-28 on a free throw by James Southerland with 10:44 remaining. Marshall hit five of its final six three-point attempts and narrowed Syracuse's lead to eight with 1:05 to play. SU converted four of its final six free throws to secure the victory.
Waiters led the Orange with 15 points. Kris Joseph recorded 11 points, while Scoop Jardine added 10 points.
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Broncos raise the stakes
Chris Barrett and Roy Masters BRISBANE have re-emerged as the leading contenders to land Greg Inglis after raising their offer for the Melbourne and Test centre to a figure believed to be more than $570,000 a season.
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Roy Masters A PROMINENT member of the Thoroughbreds group of Queensland businessmen is the central figure behind a bid to establish a second NRL team in Brisbane, which would be expected to target Wayne Bennett...
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Roy Masters THE Sydney group interested in buying a quarter share of the Broncos might have a greater chance of forcing News Ltd to either sell their controlling interest or privatise the club, according to the...
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Chris Barrett and Roy Masters THE battle for Brisbane has reached toxic levels with the incumbent powerhouses, the Broncos, joining forces with the Papua New Guinea bid team in a move that will harm the chances of the consortium...
Decrease in crowds due to poor form of popular sides
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Roy Masters For the first time in Origin history, two players have been removed from a team by police action, producing a saga where rap sheets have become more noteworthy than stats sheets.
Too many players cashing cheques their abilities can't match
Roy Masters There are too many footballers playing NRL each week not up to standard and too many receiving money their experience or talents don't justify.
Team spirit: how Blues can reach Origin nirvana
Roy Masters When NSW coach Laurie Daley finalises his team after this weekend's NRL round, he will try and include as many fit players from the Blues 2012 Origin squad.
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Roy Masters THE AFL has a future fund and the Rugby League Commission plans one, seeking $200 million in savings over the life of the new broadcasting contract.
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Roy Masters Rugby league has an ignoble history of creative counting - fictitious crowd figures, salary cap manipulation, exaggerating injury tallies, even miscounting tackles.
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Roy Masters Islands in the oceans may drown and the Antarctic ice shelf melt but climate change takes on an immediate meaning for coaches when it affects the scheduling of games.
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Roy Masters Origin I was akin to co-pilots of a jumbo jet operating the controls antagonistically, one seeking to put the plane on the tarmac, the other striving to soar to the skies.
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Roy Masters Rugby league's commissioners were appointed principally because of their independence and business savvy but their recent decisions demonstrate they are simply politicians and as beholden to their...
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Roy Masters 'They obviously want an all-Sydney club grand final,'' one NRL club official texted immediately after the Sea Eagles' controversial victory against the Cowboys a week ago.
Canterbury's crafty defence has opposition seeing double
Roy Masters THE Bulldogs have one of the best defensive records in the NRL, preventing the opposition scoring tries from within 20 metres of their own line.
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The Moses Kotane municipality in North West has frozen several bank accounts after more than R6 million disappeared from the municipal account in less than four days.
The High Court in Pretoria ordered Absa, First National Bank, Nedbank, and Standard Bank to freeze the business, trust, personal and investment accounts of 15 account holders on Wednesday, Beeld reported.
The accounts would remain frozen until the municipality had completed procedures to have the money returned.
The newspaper reported that according to court papers, the money was illegally withdrawn from the municipal Absa account between September 28 and October 1.
Stephanus Petrus Piek, of the municipality's legal division, said in a sworn statement that certain employees had access to the bank account.
The municipal accounting system made it impossible for one person to capture and approve a financial transaction, Piek said.
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It's Time to Pull the Trigger
The tractor shopping continues.
The prolonged research and decision-making is typical of me. I've visited the manufacturers' websites, read the comments on the tractor forums, talked to people at work, sat in the seats, and talked to the salesmen. It's time to pull the trigger.
This is just like me: research, research, ponder, research and ponder until someone else buys it or we find another use for the money. It's time to pull the trigger.
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Tractor Shopping
I'm buying a tractor.
For someone who has never bought a tractor, it's a big deal. The investment is significant, the available features and options seem limitless, and the color choices are... Well, in the ag industry, color isn't about hue, it's about brand loyalty. So where does a girl who's surrounded by Case IH red begin the search?
I also involved my friend Dan who grew up around tractors (blue ones), works with me at
, and knows our farm and the work I want to get done with my tractor. That immediately narrowed the color choices to red or blue.
Dan and I chatted about how much I wanted to spend, horsepower, jobs around the farm, and ease of getting the tractor serviced. I drew Tommy into the conversation and he immediately reminded me of the "one that got away" last spring. Our hometown dealer,
had a 2009 8N Boomer with low hours and an amazing price ($20K). I took too long to deliberate and they sold it. Sigh.
The New Holland 8N Boomer is a reproduction of one of the most popular tractors ever built, the Ford 8N. It's a sweet vintage-looking machine with 50 horsepower, CVT transmission, electronic
shift, and electronic PTO engagement. When New Holland introduced them, the price tag was a hefty $30K, which didn't play well in a shrinking economy.
The 8N Boomer — and compact tractors in general — are marketed to "ruralists" who rely on expendable income from their non-farm jobs to support their rural lifestyle. Sales in this tractor category have fallen with the affects of the economy on household income. Consequently, they are now available at much lower price points.
Notice that it's blue at heart, but red on the outside. Compromise! And, Tommy reminded me of how I found the 8N easy to operate and that its cool vintage style makes it an obvious choice for me (I'm a fan of classic design and aesthetics). Plus with 50 hp, "I can hook it to the auger at the grain bin," he surmised. Suddenly,
tractor was commandeered for
So we discussed the finances behind the tractor purchase, all the attachments I'd need to buy, and where we'd store all this new equipment. And that's when we googled "
Morton Buildings
." It reminded me of the time we wanted to put a doggy door into the back yard and ended up remodeling the entire kitchen.
For now, there are no new buildings, no attachments, and in fact, no tractor... yet. Dan and I are combing through TractorHouse.com and I called Randy at Peabudy's last Tuesday. The search is on.
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Welcome to L'ville!
Yesterday, I arrived in Louisville, Kentucky, for our annual pilgrimage to the
National Farm Machinery Show
. Farmers, tractor enthusiasts, manufacturers, equipment dealers, FFA students, and other ag-geeks from around the country are assembling for the big show, which opens tomorrow.
Woods Equipment
is here in full regalia to show off our new 15-foot Batwing® cutters. It's the start of a Batwing love-fest that will continue through next year as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of a machine that changed the agricultural landscape. Literally.
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Duck. Duck. Yum.
Tommy and I went grocery shopping yesterday and after grabbing our favorite veggies and canvassing the imported cheese coolers, we made a left at the bakery and sauntered over to the meat counter. Our pace slowed to a crawl as we eyed the cuts of pork, beef, and lamb. We came to a stop at the poultry where a pair of tightly wrapped duck breasts cooed, "Take us home."
We chatted with the butcher, seeking his advice on how to prepare them. Duck has always seemed like one of those meats that takes extra steps and a lot of effort. Surprisingly, the butcher answered, "Grilled or broiled" with the fatty side toward the fire. He told us about his family's dislike for duck; how it's one of those foods that you know from the first bite if you're a fan. He said that in the summer he'd throw a piece of duck on the grill for himself alongside the chicken for his family.
After listening to the butcher, we listened to the duck ("take us home") and asked him to wrap them up. Tonight we prepared them just as we were told and paired them with roasted brussel sprouts and red wine. Yum.
What's even yummier is the service from behind the meat counter. Without the butcher's willingness to share recipes, personal tastes, and stories, we would have walked right past that pair of tightly wrapped pieces of duck. Service sells. Regardless of your business, taking time with customers — engaging them, educating them, and entertaining them — is worth the effort. And so is duck.
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Marketing Geek, Farm Wife, Aspiring Writer
If there is anyone out there truly following these posts, then you've probably noticed that I've fallen off the face of the blogosphere for a while. A long while. As in 384 days.
Interestingly, it was 431 days ago that I returned to my corporate chair at Woods Equipment Company. As I posted in December of 2011, I traded my flexible days, local clients, and cozy home office for a 24/7 mind-set, international meetings, and an office in Oregon, Illinois. And, I'm loving it!
My career reflects a love/hate relationship with corporate. And, we're in love again. I'm energized by the challenge of building market share, eager to research and explore new markets, and excited to rebuild a once-neglected marketing communication function. I'm using my business coaching skills more than ever — but probably not enough — and relishing in the impatience, high expectations, and data obsessions of my boss. (We're stitched from the same cloth.)
I just updated my Twitter profile (another of my neglected social media outlets) and sighed when I saw "aspiring writer" just below the link to this blog. I debated whether I should delete one or the other, or both. And then I decided to write a post.
As I look back on the past year of "blog silence" and consider all that I accomplished at Woods, I'm reminded that work/life balance has always been a struggle for me, mostly because when you farm, work
life and life
work. That perspective spills over to my corporate work ethic.
My challenge rests in work/life blending. Where ever I go, what ever I'm doing, whom ever I'm encountering — I'm always a marketing executive, I'm always a farm wife, and I'm always an aspiring writer. Still.
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For the Love of Bacon: 2011 Rise in Food Prices
The year's first issue of FarmWeek (Illinois Farm Bureau's weekly newspaper) reported that the USDA's Food Markets Branch has forecasted a rise in food prices for 2011. This is due to higher commodity and crude oil prices, along with other factors. One of the greatest impacts at the retail level will be seen in the meat case. USDA economists predict increases of 2.5 to 3.5 percent for beef and 3 to 4 percent for pork. As pork prices rise and bacon fluctuates around $4/pound a girl has to ask:
How much is too much for bacon?
While I understand the affects of corn and fuel prices on livestock production, I also understand that an increase in food prices creates hardships for people on limited budgets who are working hard to stretch every dollar at the grocery store. American households spend about 9.5 percent of their disposable income on food (USDA), still one of the smallest percentages in the world.
How much is too much for bacon?
Most consumers don't understand the costs associated with raising hogs and taking them to market. They can't appreciate the inputs, time and labor involved in getting a hog from the farm to the butcher. But we can all appreciate the scent of thick cut bacon as it sizzles in the skillet on Sunday morning. We all salivate at the thought of three crispy strips on top of a well-done beef burger. Who doesn't love a fresh BLT on toasted white bread, slathered with Miracle Whip? As the saying goes, "Bacon is meat candy."
How much is too much for bacon? You can't put a price on love.
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In the Woods
Last month, I was "called home" to Woods Equipment Company in Oregon, Illinois. I had worked here as Corporate Communications Manager from 1999 until 2005, when a new management team decided that they didn't value communications and dismantled our department. Fast forward to 2010 and there's a new leadership team at the helm who believes that connecting with the dealers and end-users of agricultural equipment is a fundamental element of growth.
When I got a call from president, Jerry Johnson saying, "Ang, we want you to come home," it occurred to me that if it hadn't been for the previous management team, I would have still been here. So here I am in a broader role, serving as Director of Marketing and Communication. Product, price, place, and promotion — bring on the four P's!
Facing a whole new landscape in marketing (in 1999 tools such as Facebook and Twitter were nonexistent) and a limited budget, I'm energized by the creativity and possibilities. I've received a lot of inspiration from Jeff Jarvis' "What Would Google Do?" and am following Mark Zuckerberg's mantra of "elegant organization." I'm not here to control marketing, but to organize marketing in such a way that we can tap everyone's expertise in product development, pricing, distribution, and communication. I'm calling it "open source marketing."
Our business mantra is to return our focus to the customer and provide the service they need to grow their businesses. In essence, we're making the new Woods the old Woods. And already, business is up! In the posts ahead, I look forward to telling you about the new adventures of the old Woods with a much broader perspective on agricultural marketing.
It's great to be back and after 30 days on the job, I've decided that you
come home again. Welcome home, Angela!
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Winter Sunrise
When I wake up to scenes like this, the first thing I do is count my blessings: Thank you, God, for giving me such a beautiful place to live.
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NYC: Nearest Fresh Apples, 103 Miles
While in New York this weekend, I wondered about The Big Apple's connection to local foods and was reminded that here in the Midwest, we have amazing access to freshness. For example, my nearest egg source, my neighbor Jackie at
Flynn's Irish Grove Acres
, is just a couple miles north. (My source could be a couple steps to the west if I'd get my hen house renovated.)
One NYC blogger took her local food challenge, eating within a 250 mile radius. Sourcing food within a 100 mile radius — a standard metric for us in the Midwest — may be too limiting. Just check out her listing of
local egg sources
, and you'll see that the nearest is 69 miles and three of the five are at 150 miles plus. The two sources for apples are both more than 100 miles away and sell their produce at Union Square Market.
New Yorkers have been building a
network of local producer greenmarkets
for the past 40 years, and those city dwellers are tending community gardens and tilling urban farms.
I'm intrigued by the logistics of farmers in the surrounding counties supplying locavores in NYC. I'm curious about their transportation costs and the affects on their pricing. I want to know more about those distributing through CSAs and directly to restaurants.
Big questions about The Big Apple.
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Out of the Weeds!
Three days, three Mule-loads, and a slight sunburn, but the weeds are gone! (Well, except for those few tuffs along the fence.)
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In the Weeds
In diner lingo, "in the weeds" refers to a cook or server who can't keep up with the orders. In my lingo, It means "too much travel and play time; not enough garden time." Those darn weeds are so prolific!
Between my trips to Italy and Denver, I managed to get the sows thistle under control (with a lot of help from my friend Jake who's 16 and will happily toil for gas money). With a bit of hoeing, I managed to keep it maintained and then another bout of rain followed by lots of heat and sunshine and two back-to-back weekend trips to Peoria. Arghhhh! Lambs quarter and grass! I'm back in the weeds!
As much as I'd like to continue this post, my desk overlooks the garden, and the view of all those weeds is more than I can bear. I'm trading in the mouse and keypad for garden gloves and kneepad.
The only way to get out of the weeds it to literally get in the weeds.
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Metro Centre and Riverfront ~ Peoria's Saturday Markets
Mom and I just returned from our Saturday tour of two of Peoria's Farmers Markets:
Metro Centre
. One of the things I like best about markets is that they help teach consumers about seasonal foods. "Home Grown Tomatoes" that look like the ones in this photo on July 17, are a perfect reminder that peak tomato season hasn't yet hit.
They are also a reminder that tomatoes are tasty before they turn red, creating a good excuse to dig out those old recipes for green tomato relish and fried green tomatoes. (Since I'm posting this from Peoria, I can't rummage through Kate's Recipe Box to share one with you.)
The Metro Centre market promotes "fresh" food, which I was pleased tosee, because it was pretty hard to believe they are a strictly localmarket when I saw the beautiful selection of bananas. The market is open daily and showcases several large produce growers/suppliers, a local bakery (yummy Zorba Rolls from Le Bakery), and a pasta vendor with a vast selection of Pappardelle's specialty pastas, handcrafted in Denver, Colorado. I couldn't resist the Tuxedo Orzo and Italian Pesto Blend. Mom chose the Garlic Chive Shells. This market keeps the focus on food and seems to cater to serious shoppers. Bonus! Today they were giving away cloth shopping bags — large with a zipper — that are definitely keepers!
As we approached the Riverfront Market, the cast from "Grease," currently on stage at
Peoria Players
, was performing in the band shell and around the corner, a clown wasentertaining a group of kids with balloon animals. This market creates a lively atmosphere and seems to feature as many artists and artisans as farmers and producers. With its setting along the Illinois River, it's a market you visit for the "experience" as much as the shopping.
Since we didn't get there until 10:00 am, much of the produce was sold out.Our big "find" was "Blunier's Family Treat Homegrown Popcorn" from Bluhaven Farm in Speer, Illinois. Mom had bought it before at the Peoria Heights market and said, "It's just really good popcorn with nice big kernels and very few hulls."
The heat is unbearable today, so we snuck across the river to Steak 'n Shake for an early lunch. (Since it was founded down the road in Normal, Illinois, is Steak 'n Shake considered a local food?) I snapped a picture of the Riverfront Market from our booth and impressed Mom with my ability to get a bird to pose for me. If he were to fly straight downward to the Peoria-side river bank, he'd land on the south end of the market. See all the little tents?
Thus concludes this morning's tour of Peoria's markets. I think I'll cap it off with a bowl of Bluhaven Popcorn and a glass of lemonade.
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Everybody's Dog
"If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around." ~ Will Rogers
My mom shared this quote from her "Farm Wisdom" file with me this morning. It's certainly a reminder to keep your ego in check, but I also see it as a commentary on dogs. Our Maizey Girl is very much Tommy's dog. He's the one that manages her diabetes; he's the one that relieves her allergies; he's the one that lets her lick his plate after breakfast.
And yet, Maizey is "everybody's dog." Everyone who meets her falls instantly in love and wants to take her home. She's gentle and doe-eyed. Like most Labs, you can snuggle with her, use her as a pillow, and prop your feet on her... as long as you keep petting her. The second you withdraw your affection, she moves on to the next pair of hands willing to scratch behind her ears and rub her belly.
Everybody can order Maizey around. She's obedient and ready-to-please. She responds to "sit," "stay," and "outside" (as long as it's not raining). She comes when you call her and goes away with a sharp "git."
I suspect that's another reason everyone loves Maizey. She makes everybody feel like they have some influence. Even if it's only over somebody else's dog.
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Summertime and the Farmin' is Easy
Farming, easy? Never. But there are times when it feels more manageable from the farm wife's perspective. Tommy finished planting in record time this Spring and the first crop of hay is already in. Of course, there's always spraying, equipment repair, and crop scouting to be done. Crop scouting entails Tommy cruising through the fields on the four wheeler with me on the back (hanging on by his belt buckle loops) to see how well plants are sprouting and if anything needs to be replanted. Okay, that's easy. And fun.
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January's Armchair Farmers
If you're one of my farmer friends who survived the holidays and the first week of 2010, chances are that you're quickly turning your sights to planning this year's production. The new seed catalogs are arriving in the mail and we're like kids in a candy store! In the first days of a new year and new planning season, the possibilities are endless.
Thumbing through catalogs, we become armchair farmers and our ambition is untethered: "Look at all these heirloom tomatoes! I'm going to order all the new varieties!" and "This is the spring to finally till that half acre and plant it in curcubits!"
Planning time is focus time! One way to focus your ideas for the new season is to make market-driven decisions:
What sold well last year?
What did you run out of first at the market or in packing your CSA boxes?
Which products did people ask about most?
Was there an item that people seemed to ask for often but that you didn't grow?
What are the trends in restaurants?
If you don't have these answers off the top of your head, ask your customers, your friends, and your Facebook connections. Consider this feedback a "pulse" on the market and combine it with other information about your input costs, amount customers will pay, your profit, ease of growing and harvesting, etc., to narrow your focus.
Perhaps this is the year that you go from being a casual market gardener to a full-scale food producer. (If you're making that leap, call me and we can talk about how we can work together to build a business plan.) Or maybe this is the year you're going to till up that small patch in the backyard and plant your first family garden. Both require a bit of planning and both begin with sinking into that armchair with a stack of seed catalogs and dreaming of the possibilities.
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January Harvest
In the 25 years that I've known Tommy, this is the second time I've known him to pick corn in January. Few can imagine the stress of still having more than a hundred acres to combine in January and those few are most likely other farmers. The Illinois Department of Ag's last crop report claims that 10% of the state's corn is still in the field. Standing corn in January. That's stressful. And stress begets grouchiness.
I try to empathize, but I struggle to find anything in my realm that compares.
Perhaps it's similar to that time at the Republican National Convention when we had less than 10 hours on the Sunday night before Labor Day to organize a delegate breakfast with guest speakers Cindy McCain and Laura Bush and their entourage of more than a hundred members of the national news media.
Maybe it's sort of like the week before a corporate sales meeting when your team has to orchestrate the details of product training, general sessions, awards celebrations, spouse activities, transportation, and hotel rooms for one-hundred-fifty attendees. Oh, and name tags, there are always issues when you're trying to accurately spell, print, stuff, and alphabetize more than a hundred name tags.
Stressful, yet neither of those involved sub-zero temperatures, frozen equipment, or a grouchy temperament — three elements completely out of a farm wife's control.
I do my best to try to affect the grouchy temperament. I've learned that rationalizations don't work. "We're not alone, Honey. There are plenty of other farmers who still have corn standing." Comfort food doesn't work. "Here, Sugar, I made some cinnamon rolls to warm us up." Romantic comedies don't work. "Let's snuggle in and watch a movie, Darling. I rented 'Julie and Julia.'" They're just temporary fixes.
It has been two weeks, but this morning, he's picking corn again. And finally, I'm feeling much less grouchy.
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Viva La Rosemary!
My poor rosemary.
It dropped below freezing last night and I left my heat-loving rosemary out in the cold. Luckily, she's planted next to the foundation and it appears as though she made it through the night. My Mediterranean gal won't be able to take many more of these cold nights, so today I absolutely must settle her into a pretty little clay pot to overwinter indoors. Mmmmmmmm a winter full of rosemary spiced frittatas, burgers, and soup.
Rosmarinus officinalis
(her Latin name) is used by herbalist for medicinal purposes as well. It's supposed to be a natural anti-inflammatory which can aid headaches and muscle aches, as well as improve bad breath. Hmmmmmmm it can get rid of that annoying, "Honey I've got a headache" while ensuring sweet-smelling kisses!
Viva la rosemary!
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Sunny Day = Laundry Day
When I wake up to sunshine, I can't resist the urge to throw in a load of laundry so I can get it out on the line. Although the temperature is colder, the wind and the sun still manage to get the drying job done. As long as it stays above freezing, I'll be enjoying the fresh, breezy smell of line dried sheets.
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First Frost - Mark it on the Calendar
My grandpa Tony wrote the important details of farm life on the calendar that hung on the back porch of his farmhouse in Southwest Missouri. My father-in-law Menten did the same in the pocket date books given every year by a Northwest Illinois bank, seed corn company, or insurance agent. If they were alive and living here today, they both would have recorded a sad entry on October 10: First Frost.
Now, we all know that October 5 is the latest we can expect a frost-free day in Northwest Illinois, so it's really no surprise that we woke up to crystal covered fields yesterday and today. It's more of a cold, hard slap of reality. In a growing season that started late due to rain and fields too wet to plant, we held out hope that the first frost would also be late. No such luck.
As soon as it's fit, Tommy can get in the fields and harvest the dead-but-not-quite-ready corn and beans, while I turn to the garden to clean up the dead foliage, cut back the perennials, and spread a coat of manure on the soil. It's work that seems all-too-soon after a late spring, cool and rainy summer, and now, early frost.
None the less, the works needs to be done. And I'll do it while holding out for the last bit of meteorological hope — Now that we've had the first frost, we can officially look forward to the prospect of an Indian Summer. And that, we'll happily mark on the calendar.
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Local Food Envy
I just returned from San Francisco and when traveling to more temperate, ocean climates, I experience local food envy. Oh to live in a place where local food includes shrimp, scallops, and squid! My first stop was the
Ferry Building Marketplace
, along the water. The place is filled with restaurants, kiosks, and shops that feature local food. The farmers' produce trucks pull behind the building to unload and my friend Tammy and I had a perfect view of the day's deliveries from our table outside a little french restaurant,
Boulette's Larder.
While she enjoyed a soup of pureed greens (tasted a little too "health nut" for me... lettuce in a blender), I watched the truckers unload eggs, cheese, and vegetables. When our salads arrived, they were garnished with semi-soft boiled, deep fried eggs. Quite a tasty treat and the perfect accompaniment to the fresh greens and heirloom tomatoes.
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