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by August Wilson
Directed by L. Peter Callender
"Comic, soulful and immensely moving." -Time Out
The Ninth Installment in our Century Cycle
The American Stage tradition continues with this winner of the New York Drama Critics' Award for "BEST NEW PLAY". Set in 1977 at a makeshift taxi company in Pittsburgh's Hill District, JITNEY is a beautiful addition to the August Wilson's decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the twentieth century.
Satchel André (Youngblood) is ecstatic to be making his debut with American Stage Theatre Company. He is a recent MFA graduate from the University of Southern California, and he currently lives in Los Angeles, CA where he works as an actor. His most recent TV appearances were on Deadly Wives, 99 Percent Gang, and Class. In his free time, Satchel enjoys making music on his computer and plans to release his first full-length EP called Occoquan in 2016. Please keep up with him on his twitter page @aboycalledsatch. Satchel would like to thank each and every one of you for coming to see this production of August Wilson's Jitney.
Mujahid Abdul-Rashid* (Becker) is happy to be on-board for the first time with the American Stage Theatre Company. Having performed in six other August Wilson plays, this role is his eighth time playing one of Wilson's characters. He played Troy in Fences (The San Jose Multicultural Center, San Jose, CA), Doaker in The Piano Lesson and Doub in Jitney (The Portland Playhouse, Portland, OR), Caesar in Gem of the Ocean (The Cygnet Theater, San Diego, CA), Hedley in Seven Guitars (The Artists Rep, Portland, OR), Canewell in Seven Guitars (The Lorraine Hansberry Theater, San Francisco, CA), and Memphis Lee in Two Trains Running (Theater Works, Palo Alto/MountainView, CA). Additionally, Mujahid has starred in Athol Fugard's My Children, My Africa!, and the play The Remote Control. Abdul-Rashid is also a singer. In Junior High, upon seeing the great Joe Williams sing in front of The Count Basie Big Band (on black and white T.V.), Mujahid promised himself that one day he would do the same. It took a while, but dreams do come true: this past September he sang in front of Marcus Shelby's 15 piece Jazz Orchestra. "Find that thing that gives you that zest for life and as best you can, stick with it. That's part of what this thing called life is about."
Josh Goff (Philmore) studied theater at University of South Florida, and has been performing theatre in the Bay area for the last 20 years. Josh was last seen in Stageworks Theatre's production of The Motherfucker with the Hat. He was also in Stageworks productions of A Raisin in the Sun, The Colored Museum, and The Meeting. Josh Goff is very happy to be making his debut at American Stage.
Jazmine Pierce (Rena) Born in San Diego, CA, Jazmine attended San Diego State University. After receiving her Bachelor's degree, she relocated to the San Francisco area where she studied at the Waterfront Playhouse and Conservatory in Berkeley, CA. Jazmine's most recent roles include Kate in David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, presented by Body Electric Productions, and April Ambers in a feature film titled Six Feet from the Edge, produced by Unbounded Ambition Films. She is absolutely delighted to be a part of the Jitney cast at the America Stage and IS excited to explore St. Petersburg. As an avid traveler, Florida is a state that has long been on her list of places to experience.
"ranney"* (Doub) was last seen at American Stage Theatre Company as Sterling in Radio Golf (2015 Outstanding Feature Role in a Play – Theatre Tampa Bay). Other roles include Hambone in ASTC's Two Trains Running (2014 Outstanding Feature Role in a Play – Theatre Tampa Bay); Boy Willie in Center Theatre Company's The Piano Lesson (Critic's Choice for Best Actor – Creative Loafing); Adriana/Antipholis/others in Ambassadors Theatre's The Bomb-Itty of Errors (Stage Award – Best Ensemble) on London's West End; Chutes&Ladders in Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Water by the Spoonful; Hedley in NCT's Seven Guitars; Link in Jobsite Theater's Topdog/Underdog; and Henry in Jobsite's Race."ranney" was the premier comedian at the Apollo Theater's Laff Tuesdays. One man shows include And the Horse You Rode In On (Projects Arts Centre – Dublin), Whatever (Peoples Improv Theater – New York), and Cufflinks and Jolly Ranchers for Dummies (Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Scotland). www.itsranney.com.
Adrian Roberts* (Booster) is excited to be working at American Stage. Mr. Roberts was last seen as King Basillio in Life is a Dream at California Shakepeare, Gabriel in Breakfast with Mugabe at the Aurora Theater, Gabriel in Fences at Marin Theater Co., Charles Boyd in pen/man/ship at the Magic Theater, Claudius in Hamlet at Cal Shakes, Lucious Jenkins in Jesus Hopped The A Train at Capitol Stage, Playboy Of The West Indies at Lincoln Center, three seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, among many other regional credits. Mr. Roberts has also appeared on such television shows as Scrubs, Criminal Minds, Brothers & Sisters, and Trauma. Mr. Roberts is a graduate of American Conservatory Theater MFA program.
Ron Bobb-Semple* (Fielding) is pleased to return to American Stage. His stage credits include August Wilson's Jitney, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Seven Guitars, The Piano Lesson, and Fences; Athol Fugard's My Children, My Africa! and A Lesson from Aloes; Ernest J Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying; Richard Strans's Ten Percent of Marta Solano; Joyce Sylvester's A Freeman's Hope; Bernard Yanelli's Not Our Time; Derek Walcott's Steel; and Bingo!, a musical directed by the legendary Ossie Davis who said, "Ron, you are one of the most gifted performers I have worked with." Bobb-Semple's directorial credits include Superior Donuts, A Raisin in the Sun, The Colored Museum, Ghosts of Hyde Park, Hit and Run, and Interactions. Ron, who was born in Guyana, presented his one-man cultural and educational The Spirit of Marcus Garvey in Senegal, Ghana, London, Sweden, Belgium, Germany Bermuda, Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia, U.S Virgin Islands, and across the United States.
Kim Sullivan* (Turnbo) is happy to return to the American Stage for his ninth production in the August Wilson Century Cycle. His latest credit was a revisiting of one of his favorite roles, Wining Boy in The Piano Lesson at Gallery Players of Brooklyn N.Y. Last season he was Roosevelt Hicks in Radio Golf, for which he was nominated for a Creative Loafing Best of the Bay award. Mr. Sullivan won a Best of the Bay award for his portrayal of Wining Boy for the American Stage production of The Piano Lesson. He has also portrayed Toledo in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Stool Pigeon in King Hedley II, Canewell in Seven Guitars, and Solly Two Kings in Gem of the Ocean. Other credits include Cal in Little Foxes at Cleveland Playhouse and Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol at Virginia Stage. Mr. Sullivan was Judge Runyon on the soap opera One Life to Live. Mr Sullivan is most happy to reunite with his old acting pal L. Peter Callender.
Aaron Washington (Shealy) has been in Florida for 8 years and has performed for companies and theatres such as Event Show Productions, Busch Gardens, Capital Theatre (Ohio), The Show Palace Dinner Theatre, and most recently with Stageworks in the rolling premiere of Lights Rise on Grace as Large. A native of Ohio, some of Aaron's favorite roles include Frankie in Three Ways Home, Paul in Six Degrees of Separation, Horse in The Full Monty and Tinman in The Wiz. While at Wright State University, he was a member of the cast of the premiere Harlem Renaissance in Black and White. Currently, when not onstage, Aaron is Events Coordinator for The Carrollwood Cultural Center.
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"There is humor and heart in JITNEY, and some surprises too. Wilson's work speaks to characters of all races who are seldom seen but should be. As the playwright once said, he did not write for black or white audiences but about the black experience."
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Gorp (716 posts)
1. Congress can't kill the USPS without a Constitutional Amendment...
... but they're doing a pretty good job of doing it with unreasonable requirements and restrictions on income limits.
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n2doc (46,165 posts)
2. Why not? They've basically killed the 5th Amendment (together with the Exec branch) n/t
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Tue Feb 19, 2013, 02:30 PM
Gorp (716 posts)
3. And the War Powers Act is a direct violation of the Constitution.
But Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 is rather clear on the matter. It gives Congress the power to create, but not destroy. I defy any alternative (meaning private) service to fund future retirement funds for 75 years in advance in a 10 year window and be able to deliver an envelope from Maine to Hawaii in a few days for 46 cents. They can't do it. The retirement fund crap is the only reason the USPS isn't running a surplus.
Priority mail is cheaper than ground rates for FedEx and UPS. Neither of them (or any other competitor) provides letter service to begin with. You need to send a standard business envelope in an 8 1/2x11 envelope with a zip strip for a few dollars. And that's not even going to arrive in the time the USPS 46 cents envelope will.
Congress is in bed with the non-USPS services and has done a good job at chipping away at the USPS, but it's still the best thing we have. I don't even bother with the alternative carriers anymore. They're just sucking money out of USPS haters. FedEx and UPS might have some cute commercials, but when we have really nasty weather, the USPS truck comes around and I've gotten shipping delay notices from both FedEx and UPS because of "severe weather conditions".
One thing that concerns me is that the USPS delivery buggies (Star Trek shuttles) are based on the Chevy S-10 and most have about 200K on them. The fleet needs to be updated and there's no money available to do that.
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Update: Mountain lion meeting in St. Louis due to increase in sightings
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:32:27 GMT —
Updated: Sunday, Feb. 27 at 11:30 p.m.:
Mountain lions are on the prowl in Missouri and even in the St. Louis area, but the Missouri Department of Conservation says residents shouldn't be alarmed.
They will fight for territory, thus the young males we're seeing are getting pushed out," Missouri Department of Conservation TMs Tom Meese told Kansas City TMs Fox 4.Meese said mountain lions are moving eastward, right in the direction of Missouri."We do have habitat and food," Meese said. "We are missing the one important component and that's the females."
Missouri Department of Conservation TMs Rex Martensen said it's not rare to see a young male travel over 600 miles when they're looking for a mate.
"These large predators are hard wired to disperse into new areas and try to find that new territory. They TMre looking for an unoccupied territory and they're looking for females, Martensen said. I know South Dakota has done some telemetry studies on mountain lions in their state, and they had them go as far as 800 miles.
Martensen said mountain lions usually eat deer and smaller animals.
As the temperatures get warmer and the plants start blossoming more and more people will be out and about enjoying the nice weather.
But with the increase in mountain lion sightings many fear they might come in contact with one.
Martensen said if you do see one stay calm, cool and collected.
"The best thing to do is not run because it can trigger a response mechanism to chase you. The best thing to do is make yourself appear big, Martensen said. They don't like to fight with something, if they don't think they can win. Then be sure to back away slowly."
KSDK-TV reports that several people attended a meeting on mountain lions Thursday night in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood.
Conservation officials said they have been getting several calls from people saying they've seen mountain lions, or at least their tracks.
Most of the sightings turn out to be other animals, though at least one mountain lion has been spotted in St. Louis County.
There have been no reports of mountain lions attacking people in Missouri, and no evidence they have attacked pets.
In January two mountain lions were killed in Missouri.
One of the lions was killed by hunters who shot and killed the animal in the Missouri town of La Plata.
A group of hunters looking for coyotes Saturday instead came within 20 yards of the mountain lion, and shot and killed the animal.The Missouri Department of Conservation said it happened on land owned by an Amish man. State officials estimate the mountain lion weighed 130 pounds.
Also in January a hunter told conservation officials he shot and killed a mountain lion in Ray County.
The Camden County man shot the mountain lion on Jan. 2 after his dogs treed the mountain lion while he was hunting raccoons.
Conservation officials said the cat weighed 115 pounds.Mountain lions are a protected species that may be killed only if they attack or kill livestock or domestic animals or threaten human safety.
Original Story:
The Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed another mountain lion sighting.
The department tells KRCG this latest sighting was in southern Linn County. The department says a landowner contacted the department earlier this week with two photos of a mountain lion taken Dec. 29 with a trail camera.Conservation Department officials said the photo was verified and the animal is a mountain lion.This is the fifth confirmed Missouri sighting of a mountain lion -- also known as a cougar, puma or panther -- since November.
Last month, two mountain lions were shot and killed in Missouri.The Linn County sighting is about 25 miles from where a mountain lion was shot and killed in Macon County in January. The latest sighting in Linn County makes it five confirmed reports of mountain lions in Missouri since November.
Conservation officials said these mountain lions appear to be young males searching for territory. Mountain lions are nocturnal, secretive and generally avoid contact with humans.Mountain lions populations in Texas, Colorado, South Dakota and Nebraska are growing and the young male animals are moving eastward.
Mountain lions are a protected species in the state under the Wildlife Code of Missouri. But, two recent mountain lion shootings in Macon and Ray counties didn't result in charges because the individuals involved said there was a threat to human safety.In late January, hunters shot and killed a mountain lion over the weekend in the Missouri town of La Plata.The group of hunters were looking for coyotes but instead came within 20 yards of the mountain lion, and shot and killed the animal.Earlier in January, a hunter told conservation officials he shot and killed a mountain lion in Ray County.


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Boot Camp
The Southampton Intensive Treatment Center (Boot Camp) facility was established in 1990 by the General Assembly under §53.1-67-1. Code of Virginia.
Although the Southampton Intensive Treatment Center Boot Camp was closed on May 3, 2002, due to cutbacks in budget, program information is provided below
Program Overview
A disciplined 17-week "boot camp" setting with military style training, drill and ceremony. Program includes short haircuts, no smoking, no speaking without permission, limited telephone privileges. Probates participate in physical fitness training, work ethic development and community service projects. They attend GED/ABE classes, vocation and job skills development, like skills and substance abuse education courses. Probation Officers assigned to SITC provide probates with counseling and transitional planning services.
In January 1998, the program was expanded to four (4) months to be consistent with Diversion and Detention Center programs and to enhance transitional success.
Nonviolent offense as defined in §19.2-316.1, Code of Virginia or deemed nonviolent by the Court: up to 24 years old at time of conviction (no minimum age, but tried and convicted as an adult) no more than 1 prior incarceration on one sentencing event and cannot have been classified as a state-responsible inmate; mentally and physically capable of program participation; a voluntary program. Mandatory 1 year of probation supervision upon release including initial intensive supervision.


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Lia McFarline plants a pie in the face of Bonnie Maiolo during employee appreciation events at Inter-Lakes Health in Ticonderoga. Kristin Thompson, left, also took a pie in the face to support the Heritage Commons activities department. The activities department is raising money for a boat ride on Lake George for residents this summer.
Inter-Lakes Health recently thanked its employees for their contributions.
The Ticonderoga health care facility held a week of activities for employees to show management's appreciation to its workers.
"Our staff is what makes us strong," Chip Holmes, CEO of Inter-Lakes Health, said. "Our caring caregivers and caring support staff contribute to the success of our ILH family each day throughout the year. This week affords us the opportunity to show them how much they are appreciated."
Tamara Evens, Inter-Lakes director of human resources, agreed.
"The week was a great success," said Evens. "Throughout the year there are many weeks dedicated to recognizing different professions in the health care industry. We wanted to make one week dedicated to recognizing all Inter-Lakes Health employees and their contribution to the success of the entire ILH family. Our employees are the most critical asset of our organization."
A barbecue for employees kicked off events on Monday, June 4, followed the next day by a breakfast and "Spirit Day."
A "Pie in the Face" fund raising was held Wednesday. Eight staff members volunteered to received a pie in the face to support the Heritage Commons Activities Department, which is raising funds for a boat ride on Lake George for residents this summer. Staff purchased tickets for their favorite volunteer. The three volunteers with the most tickets received a pie in the face. The lucky winners were Kristin Thompson, director of clinical operations; Bonnie Maiolo, director of materials management; and Holmes.
Employees were given a 10 percent discount on all purchases made at the Inter-Lakes Health Auxiliary Gift Shop Thursday and staff celebrated the week by wearing their favorite sports team jersey and participating in an ice cream social Friday.
A golf tournament and silent auction at Ticonderoga Country Club capped the week's events Saturday.
The golf tourney attracted 13 teams of four people each. Teams were composed of Inter-Lakes Health employees, members of the ILH board of directors and members of the community.
Area businesses donated prizes and items for the silent auction. Auction items included framed photos, overnight stays at local resorts and Red Sox box seat tickets.
The tournament raised $4,500, which will be used to fund improvements in the emergency department.
Inter-Lakes Health plans to celebrate celebrate ILH Workforce Week the first week of June each year, concluding with an annual golf tournament.
Inter-Lakes Health is a family of health services, serving patients from Essex, Warren and Washington counties. The not-for-profit organization includes Moses-Ludington Hospital, Heritage Commons Residential Health Care, Moses-Ludington Adult Care, the Inter-Lakes Dental Clinic and Lord Howe Estates. For more information visit www.interlakeshealth.com.
Inter-Lakes Health is an affiliate of Fletcher Allen Health Care, Vermont's Academic Medical Center.


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I finally watched The Black Donnellys pilot. And my first reaction: I still don't care for Paul Haggis. But that's more of a personal problem I've carried over from Crash and The Last Kiss.
I REALLY wanted to like this show. Love that it took Studio 60's spot. Was anyone still watching? Love Olivia Wilde. So hot as Alex on The OC. Love mob stories. Goodfellas is one of the best movies ever.
Yet, I just couldn't get on board.
Now, I'm all about suspending disbelief for the sake of entertainment. Veronica Mars? No problem. The OC? Sure. But here, I could not. The show, much like Studio 60, seems to take itself way too seriously. You can hear them telling you in every line, every scene, "We think this is gripping television, are you on the edge of your seat? We bet you are." I wouldn't be surprised if that line was actually uttered in a deleted scene.
But let's even put aside my perception of pretentiousness for a moment. Why am I supposed to root for these brothers in this pilot? In a full-length feature, like Goodfellas, you have plenty of time to show a lot of backstory, so we can understand and relate to a character as the plot thickens. Here, they try to give you some backstory, but there's only so much you can fit into 45 minutes before it starts to seem contrived. Before I could even begin to match each name to the right Donnelly brother (not sure if I ever got that down), the story was off to the races, and I wasn't sure why I should care, or who I should care for.
And when is this story supposed to be taking place? Are we really expected to believe that this is modern day Hell's Kitchen? I lived in Hell's Kitchen, and it's nothing but high-rise luxury buildings filled with investment bankers and a few tasty Thai places (if you're in NY, go to Pam Real Thai on 49th b/w 9th & 10th and order the Pad See Ew. Tell them Sonny sent you. They'll probably stare at you blankly).
Another gripe. Isn't the term "Black Irish" supposed to describe persons of Irish descent with dark hair? Three of the four brothers have light brown hair. Maybe I'm missing something.
Lastly, the VO. God Almighty. This wasn't Last Kiss bad, Haggis at least used the device of Joey "Ice Cream" telling the story to the cops to put the VO in motion, but it still hurt my soul. How does Joey know everything? How does he know what every character is feeling? A few times, he admits that he's lying or that he was mistaken, which was funny. But if our main narrator isn't a trustworthy source, how do we trust him when he's telling us about scenarios he never witnessed, moreover, other people's thoughts he could in no way possibly know?
Alright, I'm probably pissing some of you off with all this whining. So, I will say that I enjoyed the chemistry between Tommy and Jenny. The last ten minutes had some nice "twists" as well. Twists that could've made the ride somewhat entertaining had I ever hopped on to begin with.
All that being said, I'll probably still watch another episode or two. Pilots are tough, and it took me a few episodes to get into some of my favorite shows this year (Friday Night Lights, Heroes). Watch for yourself online, or download for free on iTunes, and let me know what you think in the comments!
P.S. According to Stereogum, the last scene was supposed to have Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)" playing, but Arcade Fire repeatedly rejected Haggis, so they had to opt for Snow Patrol's "Open Eyes" instead. Here's the original scene with the Arcade Fire song intact:
God, I love that song. If you don't already, you should too:
"Rebellion (Lies)" - Arcade Fire [buy album]
P.P.S. You can stream Arcade Fire's new album on NME.


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The Chronicle of The Kings of Norway
Part 24 - Battle At Fredarberg
Eirik's sons sailed northwards around Stad; as soon as the wind suited; and when they had passed it, and heard where King Hakon was, they sailed to meet him. King Hakon had nine ships, with which he lay under Fredarberg in Feeysund; and Eirik's sons had twenty ships, with which they brought up on the south side of the same cape, in Feeysund.
King Hakon sent them a message, asking them to go upon the land; and telling them that he had hedged in with hazel boughs a place of combat at Rastarkalf, where there is a flat large field, at the foot of a long and rather low ridge. Then Eirik's sons left their ships, and went northwards over the neck of land within Fredarberg, and onward to Rastarkalf.
Then Egil asked King Hakon to give him ten men with ten banners, and the king did so. Then Egil went with his men under the ridge; but King Hakon went out upon the open field with his army, and set up his banner, and drew up his army, saying, "Let us draw up in a long line, that they may not surround us, as they have the most men." And so it was done; and there was a severe battle, and a very sharp attack.
Then Egil Ulserk set up the ten banners he had with him, and placed the men who carried them so that they should go as near the summit of the ridge as possible, and leaving a space between each of them. They went so near the summit that the banners could be seen over it, and moved on as if they were coming behind the army of Eirik's sons.
Now when the men who stood uppermost in the line of the troops of Eirik's sons saw so many flying banners advancing high over the edge of the ridge, they supposed a great force must be following, who would come behind their army, and between them and their ships.
They made each other acquainted with what was going on in a loud shout, and the whole took to flight; and when the king saw it, they fled with the rest. King Hakon now pushes on briskly with his people, pursuing the flying, and killing many.


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Roger Blume, '67, CEO of a company that trucks perishables to supermarkets, summed up how rough the road can be for entrepreneurs: "There were days when you'd work seven days a week and read your Chapter 11 book at night."
But today his company, Quickway Distribution Services Inc., is an industry leader. With 1,000 employees, the Nashville-based operation is Kroger's largest hauler and handles all dairy for the Dominick's grocery store chain.
Blume was part of an expert panel that included Dhiraj Rajaram, '03, and Eric Belcher, '95, at Chicago Booth's 57th annual Management Conference at Gleacher Center. Their topic: "Optimizing an Entrepreneur's Chances for Success." Ellen Rudnick, clinical professor of entrepreneurship and executive director of the Michael P. Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, moderated the panel.
Unlike the other panelists, Blume bought an underperforming division of an existing company in the Fortune – after mastering his chosen field in staff and line jobs for other companies, including four trucking outfits of which he was CEO.
By contrast, Rajaram founded Mu Sigma, a Schaumburg, Illinois–based firm that does mathematical analysis for other businesses. Only 29 at the time, quitting his job and selling his home to help raise capital gave him a bad case of the "post-partum" blues, he said.
But being in a tight spot early on can be an advantage, Rajaram noted. "If there is a foot race and one person is wearing track shoes and the other is barefoot and a dog is chasing him," he asked, "who do you think will win?"
Rajaram added, "We want to be the world's largest math factory." With clients like Microsoft, Walmart, Abbott and Allstate, he's off to a good start. Belcher is CEO of InnerWorkings. The Chicago-based company handles others' print and print-related interests — everything from direct mail to labels — bringing expertise to a business function he calls "rife with inefficiencies" and marked by lack of tech savvy.
The firm was founded after Belcher "bumped into a bunch of entrepreneurs" in 2004. He assumed the CEO-ship only last November, "in time to watch our stock crater." But things have improved, and he expressed confidence that InnerWorkings will soon be a multi-billion-dollar company.
Belcher and his partners sold 25 percent of their company to New Enterprise Associates (NEA), not so much for the capital, he said, as to get someone on their board who has a lot of experience with successful companies.
To someone in the audience who asked if that meant the company had an outsider telling it what to do, Belcher replied that this wasn't a problem. "They invested with us because they believe in the philosophy and strategy of what we're trying to do," he said. But Rajaram cautioned against using too much of other people's money. Although accepting a little guidance is OK, "If you're looking for help from investors, you're living in la-la land," he said. "Don't include [investors] in the management process because it would be a distraction for them."
This is a good time for certain entrepreneurs, the panelists agreed. "Most of our customers are not affected by [today's] economy," Blume said. "Supermarkets are doing better than restaurants." And Rajaram noted that over the past 50 years, corporations have moved from manufacturing big things like airplanes to little things like software. Saluting the revolution wrought by computers, he asked, "How could you ignore the fact that this has become our only universal language?"
Is California the best place to start a tech company? Belcher told a questioner from the audience that he'll take Chicago, citing its major universities, strong corporations, and a "fantastic" talent pool." NEA's director tells him that "many of its recent investments have been in the Midwest, specifically in Chicago."
Tips for Success:
In addition to recommending resources offered through the Polsky center and Hyde Park Angels, a group that funds early-state companies, Rudnick listed the following success factors for startups and entrepreneurs, many from the book The Illusions of Entrepreneurship by Scott Shane.


text: Yes, guess what, just back from one and booked another We leave 27th nov till 2nd dec at BCV's (our new add-on) and then onto our fav. WVL 2nd dec till 7thdec. It will be nice to see BCV nearly a year after we did the add-on, but VWL and an Artist Point Cobbler will be the icing on the cake. We booked 2 studios at VWL as Fiona's parents are coming out for a little break. ( Separate floors ) The 27th will be nice as it's exactly 10 years since we first went to Florida. Anyone else going then ? David (Now an other visit somewhere about May would just be fine )


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I installed iSeries access for linux in my new Ubuntu 8.04. There is a problem. When I added a connection and double click it to open it, a pop up window comes saying "The 5250 Emulator is starting. Please Wait". After this noting happens, no window opens.
Please Help!!!
Abhishek Verma
Pinned topic No Emulator Window
Answered question This question has been answered.
Unanswered question This question has not been answered yet.
Updated on 2008-06-15T10:06:36Z at 2008-06-15T10:06:36Z by SystemAdmin
Re: No Emulator Window2008-04-29T19:19:39ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.try executing the ibm5250 as follows:
- ibm5250 -debug
That will show us why is not starting.
Post the results here.
dagar 110000EVYG6 Posts
Re: No Emulator Window2008-05-13T15:58:43ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.Here is what I did to get the previous version of iseries access for Linux to run on gutsy:
You'll need pretty scalable fonts that IBM's program recognizes:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts sudo fc-cache -f -v
Recall that IBM doesn't release a DEBIAN package, only an RPM. To install RPMs on Debian, you'll need ALIEN.
sudo apt-get install alien
After it installs, while being in the same directory as your iSeries RPM, do:
sudo alien -i iSeriesAccess-5.2.0-1.10.i386.rpm
(your filename may be different, may the TAB KEY be with you)
Again, most of this I stole from Sirnigel's post, but repeat it hear for convenience. Next, do:
sudo apt-get install libmotif3
then: sudo apt-get install libxaw6
then: sudo ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libcwbcore.so /usr/lib/libcwbcore.so
then: sudo ln -s /opt/ibm/iSeriesAccess/lib/libcwbcore.so /usr/lib/libcwbodbc.so
then: sudo ln -s /opt/ibm/iSeriesAccess/lib/libcwbodbcs.so /usr/lib/libcwbodbcs.so
then: sudo ln -s /opt/ibm/iSeriesAccess/lib/libcwbrc.so /usr/lib/libcwbrc.so
then: sudo ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3 /usr/lib/libXm.so.3
then: sudo ln -s /opt/ibm/iSeriesAccess/lib/libcwbcore.so /usr/lib/libcwbcore.so
then: sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5
then: sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
Now, this is why I had to do a little digging on my own, because this next step was missing. In fact, I wrote this entire post, because I think you should know that you'll also need to do this... then: sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
to run, just: /opt/ibm/iSeriesAccess/bin/ibm5250 -LANGID en_us
I made a custom app launcher. If you're used to the windows version from IBM, this should make you feel right at home. Some keybindings were by default a little different, but you just did all that other hard stuff, you can probably point and click your way through the rest of it.
furicle 060000PPST12 Posts
Re: No Emulator Window2008-05-14T16:08:39ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.
- dagar 110000EVYG
Note the latest version seems to run OK in Hardy (again - only tested quickly) with just installing the prerequisites and using alien on the rpm.
Re: No Emulator Window2008-05-28T14:53:05ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.
- furicle 060000PPST
Re: No Emulator Window2008-06-15T10:06:36ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.
- SystemAdmin 110000D4XK
The problem was library libcwbcore.so was not at its intended place i.e. /usr/X11R6/lib/ where /usr/lib/libcwbcore.so shortcut was pointing to.
The case is solved now and I am closing this topic.
Once again, Thanks a lot
Abhishek (montu)


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PARIS, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Diatos SA, a Paris-based privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced today that Medarex has granted full European commercialization rights for DTS-201 (a doxorubicin prodrug for targeted cancer therapy) to Diatos. In exchange for these rights, Diatos agreed to pay an upfront payment in cash and stock, milestone payments and royalties on future sales of DTS-201.
In April of 2003, Diatos licensed from Medarex certain European rights to develop and commercialize DTS-201. Since in-licensing the product in early preclinical development, Diatos has completed preclinical development and initiated in July 2005 an open label Phase I clinical study with DTS-201 involving three leading oncology clinical centers in Belgium and France. The main purpose of the current clinical trial is an assessment of its MTD (Maximum Tolerated Dose), safety profile and pharmacokinetics in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
"Obtaining the full commercialization rights in Europe from Medarex underlines Diatos' commitment to building a robust portfolio of targeted oncology therapeutic candidates, thereby reinforcing the company's position as a strong European player in prodrug therapeutics," stated Dr. John Tchelingerian, President and CEO of Diatos. "DTS-201 is one of the several targeted Diatos oncology drug candidates, combining well-established chemotherapeutic drugs with prodrug technologies," added Dr Tchelingerian.
About DTS-201
DTS-201 consists of doxorubicin (a marketed cytotoxic compound used in treating several cancer types) conjugated to a proprietary peptide technology discovered in 1996 by Pr Andre Trouet and his team at Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). DTS-201 is called Super-Leu-Dox (CPI-0004) in the USA.
DTS-201 is a prodrug: it remains inactive while circulating in the bloodstream and healthy tissues and does not enter cells. In the vicinity of tumors, extracellular enzymes overexpressed and oversecreted specifically in the tumor environment cleave DTS-201 to yield an intermediate, L-Dox (leucyl doxorubicin), which is capable of penetrating cells. Once in the cell, intracellular peptidases release free doxorubicin, which is then able to interact with its targets. The ability to target and deliver anti-cancer agents preferentially to tumors and limit their toxic effect on normal cells is expected to result in better clinical outcomes both in terms of improved response rates and lower toxicity. Diatos has initiated a Phase I clinical trial with DTS-201 in July 2005 in Europe (Belgium and France).
About Diatos
Diatos is a product-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel anti-cancer therapies. The company's therapeutic candidates DTS-301, a novel paclitaxel formulation and DTS-201, a doxorubicin prodrug, respectively entered Phase II and Phase I clinical trials in 2005. Diatos is also expanding its portfolio of drug candidates with new compounds that utilize the Diatos Peptide Vector (DPV) intra-cellular/intra-nuclear Vectocell(R) delivery technology or its Tumor-Selective Prodrug (TSP) technology as well as with in-licensed clinical-stage cancer therapies. Diatos has entered into research collaboration agreements with several European and US biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies for the use of Vectocell(R) technology.
Founded in 1999 as a spin-off from Institut Pasteur, Diatos has raised 33 million Euros to date from Sofinnova Partners (France), GIMV (Belgium), InterWest Partners (USA), Credit Agricole Private Equity (France), AGF Private Equity (France), Innoven Partenaires (France), Societe Generale Asset Management (France), NIF Ventures (Japan), Biotech Fund Flanders (Belgium), Sopartec (Belgium) and Institut Pasteur (France). Diatos has 46 employees in total, most of them located at the Paris headquarters, and also at its R & D subsidiary in Leuven, Belgium (Diatos N.V., 8 employees) and in the USA, where its Chief Business Officer is based (Diatos USA, Inc -- California). For more information about Diatos, visit its Web site at www.diatos.com.
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NOTE: Medarex(R) is a trademark of Medarex, Inc. All rights are reserved.
CONTACT: Dr. John Tchelingerian, Ph.D., President & CEO of Diatos S.A.,c/o Virginie Leplat, HR and Administrative Manager & Personal Assistant tothe CEO, +33-1-53-80-93-80, or firstname.lastname@example.com
Web site: http://www.diatos.com/


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Minneapolis, MN — Ceridian Corporation, a leading provider of payroll, tax filing, benefits, human resources, workforce management and recruiting software and solutions is named leader in Workforce Management (WFM) by Nucleus Research for the second time in a row. The ranking of Ceridian Dayforce's Human Capital Management (HCM) solution by the highly-respected research firm is further testament to the company's commitment to providing customer value and return on investment through innovative solutions.
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About Nucleus Research
Nucleus Research is a global provider of investigative, case-based technology research and advisory services that provide real-world insight into maximizing technology value. For more information, visit NucleusResearch.com or follow us on Twitter @NucleusResearch.
About Ceridian
Ceridian is a leading global business services and software solutions company that helps organizations control costs, save time, optimize their workforce, grow revenue, and minimize financial risk. We offer a comprehensive range of human resource, benefits and payment solutions. From workforce management and benefits to productivity and payroll services, we help organizations maximize their human, financial and technology resources. As a leader in payroll outsourcing, gift cards and corporate expense management, we're the driving force in payment innovations. Ceridian provides the insight, KnowHow and solutions organizations need to navigate the complexities of HR, benefits and payment administration. For more information about Ceridian visit www.ceridian.com or call 800-729-7655.
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