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Paul Newman's Newest Endeavor
Legendary actor's new restaurant may mean an end to his acting career.
May 24, 2007 -- He starred as the wry, handsome train robber in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." He played an alcoholic lawyer in "The Verdict" and our hearts reached out to him. His familiar voice made us smile in "Cars."
But now, the legendary actor Paul Newman has joined forces with uber-chef Michel Nischan to create Dressing Room: A Homegrown Restaurant -- an establishment in Westport, Conn., that caters to those with a taste for organic food.
And if you travel to Millstone farm a few miles away in Wilton, Conn., you'll find the garden that provides much of the produce served at the restaurant.
Annie Farrell is what you would call a "farmer's farmer," the person you hire if you want to turn your farm organic. Farrell took "Nightline" on a tour of the Millstone farm, and Newman tagged along.
Organic Farming: Part Art, Part Science
It is clear that organic farming is part art, part science. One plant is used to help another grow. The radishes are a case in point.
"So, those radishes and turnips break the ground… they break through that cementy ground and then the carrots follow," said Farrell. "Then I'll renovate, refertilize and reseed this bed with something else."
"Do you think if we put some politicians in there they would sweeten?" Newman quipped. "Let them freeze for awhile and then they'd come up in the spring."
In fact, there is a lot of politics in the food business. After conflict in the Wilton community regarding developers who wanted to buy the Millstone farm, Betsy Fink and her husband Jesse purchased it to save it from development.
'A Homegrown Restaurant'
Newman and Nischan have put their own food politics right on their restaurant's sign. Dressing Room proudly boasts that the establishment is "A Homegrown Restaurant."
One of the principal ingredients served here is a principle of the restaurant itself -- organic food grown close to home is best. Best for the people who eat it, and best for their communities.
In fact, the restaurant sponsors a twice-weekly local farmer's market in the parking lot -- testimony to their belief that local food can build communities.
Newman relishes his time at the market.
"[There] is that real sense of community that is really disappearing in suburban towns," he said.
Dressing Room is snuggled next to the Westport Country Playhouse, where for the past 70 years great plays and great actors have traveled to perform, including Newman himself.
"Every great American actor and actress of the '40s, '50s and '60s played in that theater," he said.
His wife, Joanne Woodward, was until recently the theater's artistic director, and Newman got the idea that a new restaurant could help subsidize the theatre.
Newman has used the idea of food to underwrite good causes before. Newman's Own, his line of food products, has been fabulously successful over the past 25 years.
He put his face on the front of the bottles and gives all of the profits after taxes back to charity. And those profits are considerable -- Newman has raised over $250 million.
He also has started 10 Hole in the Wall camps, where kids who are battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases can come and play.
"I think we saw 14,000 kids last year," said Newman.
Between his many charitable efforts and now the restaurant, Newman has his plate full in many ways. Fellow actor and friend Robert Redford has said that Newman has the "attention span of a bolt of lightning."
Newman laughed off that description.
"Actually, I think that I'm the exact opposite of that. I have an extraordinary attention span. I manage to juggle two or three different ideas at the same time, and that's probably, if I have a gift, that's probably the best gift that's given me."
The Battle of the Pickle
Newman confesses he came to organic food slowly, persuaded by his daughter Nell, who now runs Newman's Own Organics.
"She was way ahead of the curve," he said. "It wasn't something I thought I had to pay attention to, but I certainly do now."
Newman's daughter also introduced him to his chef, Michel Nischan. They hit it off right away.
And while Nischan has control of the menu, Newman did insist on one item. A 22 percent fat hamburger. Naturally, it's his favorite item on the menu.
"That's what I had for lunch," he said.
And while the two say they get along like gangbusters, they do confess to one ongoing battle -- the battle of the pickle.
"The pickle has been a challenge," admitted Nischan. "I like fresher pickles -- pickled or cured for a shorter period of time. Paul really loves the sour pickles and he's really gotten me to come along to his way of thinking, which has nothing to do with the blueness of his eyes."
Newman is the victor in this debate, but he said Nischan wins everything else.
Newman's Full Plate
While offering dining staples like cheeseburgers and pickles, one item has remained noticeably missing -- steak.
"We do steak from time to time," Nischan explained, "but if you look at a dressed weight carcass of a steer at about 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, only 70 to 100 pounds of that total dressed weight carcass is steak."
Nischan said the seemingly insatiable American demand for steak is fueling dangerous and unhealthy ways of raising beef cattle.
"The leverage of that market created a system of animal agriculture that is environmentally unsound, actually destructive and very unkind to the animals that are trapped in the system. And [it's] not good for animal health and human health," he said.
"[When] you look at the way that the animals are raised, what's done with their manure for the sake of the efficiency of raising many, many … animals in a small area, there's a tremendous amount of toxins that are produced. When you liquefy manure it becomes an unusual toxin."
He said that is what happens when beef cows are not feed what they are designed to eat, namely, grass.
The Tenderhearted Meat Eaters
Nischan said the basis of any food relationship is knowing who you are getting the food from and knowing their practices. In many cases, it's good to go directly to the supplier to see for yourself, even to see how the animals are being treated.
"When you see a farmer take the life of a pig, and if you don't see some kind of remorse, it's not a good day going to slaughter. It's always a remorseful day."
Two rather rare Ginger Tamworth pigs, named Thelma and Louise, live, at least for now, in relative splendor at the Millstone farm.
Nischan said it's OK to be a tenderhearted meat-eater.
"I think the food that we eat is a personal choice, and the reasons why we eat or choose certain things have to speak to us spiritually."
But is naming the animals who will one day be dinner going too far? Farrell said caring is always good.
"I think it's really humane treatment, and when the time comes for that pig to go to the butcher, she should be handled properly and with no stress, she shouldn't vocalize, fall down, she should be handled perfectly humanely up until the second she's killed," Farrell said.
Acting -- A 'Closed Book' for Newman?
While the pigs may be taking it easy in their farm lives right now, it seems Newman never does. However, the restaurant might be the change Newman was looking for. Is the change enough that he's done with acting?
"Well, I'm not able to work anymore as an actor and still at the level I would want to … you start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So, that's pretty much a closed book for me. And I'm grateful for the other things that have come into my life: grandkids, and restaurants and charity l I've been doing it for 50 years. That's enough."
He continued, "I won't miss it because I know I can't work at my optimum anymore. I would miss it if I was ready to go to work and didn't get any offers."
In the end, where has Newman's success come from?
"I have a face that does not belong to a thief," he joked.
But in reality, his is a face that has charmed and delighted movie viewers for years, a face that continues to tell a story of a life well-lived … and well-fed.


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You know the drill with B-side and bonus track compilations, that's where they stick all the sub-standard stuff. What's more, Format is a compilation of B-sides and bonus tracks from the Pet Shop Boys circa 1996 – 2009, arguably not the best half of the band's career. But of course narratives are there to be busted so let's look at the positives.
The glam electro stomp-opener of 'The Truck Driver and His Mate' is irresistible. It would take a sombre individual indeed not to at least tap their foot when the joyous female backing vocals kick in alongside Neil Tennant's innocent-sounding "aaahhh"s. Tennant goes on to sing about "acting out compulsions" and other such joys whilst "the destination can wait". The lyrics are fairly ambiguous but I like to think it's about cruising and not just going on a detour to pick up a particularly rare mechanical part.
'I Didn't Get Where I Am Today' is a gorgeous slice of twisted danceable electro pop, lyrics tinged with darkness. The song talks of failure and bitterness and repression: "Why did I listen to that music it's made me feel so sad/Brought it home to me once more I want what I cannot have". But it's not just about failure; there is also a kind of painful progress being conveyed. Tennant sings of determination and the sacrifices one has to make to move forward in life: "I didn't get where I am today without getting in someone's way… I didn't get where I am today without losing it on the way".
I have always found Elton John's music to be extremely bland and annoying but the Pet Shop Boys do well with him on 'In Private'. The song is a duet between John and Tennant about the frustrations of being stuck in the closet with a wife and kids or being stuck being in love with the guy who's stuck in the closet with wife and kids. And it all sounds like a pseudo-Broadway show song which is something the Pet Shop Boys do rather well.
There are some definite misses on the album. 'We're the Pet Shop Boys' becomes irritatingly self-referential with slightly embarrassing computer-voiced references to the Pet Shop Boys' old hits. Perhaps it's meant to be funny or ironic and I just don't get it.
Pretty much all the tracks on Format sound like one would expect the Pet Shop Boys to sound like by now, Tennant's trademark nasal vocals with some epic or downbeat sounding dance music and camp pop sensibilities. This can be amazing at times but sometimes it feels a bit too formulaic; just stick in a house beat and some deadpan social observations and you have yourself a track. Admittedly the Pet Shop Boys are really great at this, but you can also see why they're also quite easy to parody. Still there's no denying Format was made by pop geniuses; maybe pop geniuses being slightly hit and miss, but that's still pretty good.
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Isolates are another new feature of Dart. Experience has shown that shared memory threading is error prone and difficult to debug. To take advantage of multicore machines, isolates are provided to allow multiple and concurrent isolated memory heaps to run inside a single Dart application. Isolates communicate by passing messages over ports. These messages are copied before received, ensuring no state is shared.
#import('dart:isolate'); echo() { port.receive((msg, SendPort replyTo) { replyTo.send("Echo: $msg"); }); } main() { var echoService = spawnFunction(echo); echoService.call("Hello!").then((answer) => print(answer)); }
Listing Two: How Dart uses isolates.
The code in this listing includes the following:
Line 01: Import the isolate library.
Line 10: Create an isolate for the echo function.
Line 11: Send a message, wait for a reply, print the reply.
Line 04: Receive messages to be echoed.
Use cases for isolates include safer Web app mash-ups, concurrency, and inter-application communication.
JavaScript Puzzlers Fixed by Dart
Dart also fixes some of JavaScript's more puzzling features. For example, if you are a JavaScript developer, you might know what the following code does. If you are not a JavaScript developer, you'll probably be surprised.
// JavaScript var callbacks = []; for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) { callbacks.push(function() { console.log(i); }); } for (var x = 0; x < callbacks.length; x++) { callbacks[x]();
This JavaScript code will print 2 and then 2.
This confusion is fixed in Dart. The following code prints 0 and then 1, as you would expect:
//Dart main() { var callbacks = []; for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) { callbacks.add(() => print(i)); } callbacks.forEach((c) => c()); }
Here's another example of surprising JavaScript behavior:
// JavaScript > {} + [] 0
This JavaScript snippet compiles and runs, and returns zero probably not what you'd expect.
The Dart Editor gives you an early warning that the code won't compile:
Figure 1.
When the code is run, instead of a confusing zero, Dart generates an error indicating where the problem is:
Figure 2.
Another surprising JavaScript feature is function binding and the scope of
this. Consider the following code:
// JavaScript function Awesome(button) { button.addEventListener("click", function(e) { this.cool(); // 'this' is actually the button, so it fails }); } Awesome.prototype.cool = function() { window.alert("ice cold"); }
Thanks to Dart's lexical scopes, code is more reasonable and behaves more predictably.
// Dart #import('dart:html'); class Awesome { Awesome(Element button) { button.on.click.add((e) => cool()); // Which cool? // Awesome's cool, // which is lexically scoped } cool() { window.alert("ice cold"); } }


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I am trying to create an attribute index in a feature class in FME 2011. I couldn't find any trasnformer that does it. So I'm thinking may be I can use "PythonCaller" transformer to call "Add Attribute Index" geoprocessing method from ArcGIS. Is it possible?
Here's the syntax I copied from ArcGIS Help menu:
arcpy.AddIndex_management ("counties.shp", "NAME;STATE_FIPS;CNTY_FIPS", "#", "NON_UNIQUE", "NON_ASCENDING")
Thank you in advance.
Thank you Mark and blah238. So, I intalled FME2012 on my machine and used python26.dll as my custon python interpreter and copied Mark's code. For Entry point, I entered the name of the class "MyIndexingScript". I'm getting the following error:
Python Exception : Object: Error in executing tool Error encountered while calling method `input' PythonFactory failed to process feature
import fmeobjects
import arcpy
class MyIndexingScript(object):
def __init__(self):
self.featureList = []
def input(self,feature):
arcpy.AddIndex_management (self, "YORK_PARCEL_ID;PARCEL_GIS_ID", "PIndex", "UNIQUE", "ASCENDING")
def close(self):


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The best responses from this week's The Big Fix
In this week's The Big Fix, we looked at how and whether traffic signals can improve commute times, pedestrian safety and even air quality. In Minneapolis, officals are installing a centralized traffic light system that will, they hope, cut down on congestion by responding to traffic patterns in real time.
In Atlanta, activists have lobbied for signs and signals that help keep pedestrians safe. Here are some of the most interesting insights from our readers:
Many worried that Minneapolis' new plan would negatively impact pedestrians. Commentor Matthew:
The system may be built brand new but the ideas in it are still 70s vintage (sour and disgusting). Not one word in this article mentioned "pedestrians." Do people live in Minneapolis, or is it a city built only for cars? Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the 20th century over and over again?
Eric Fischer agreed:
Actuated signals are terrible for pedestrians. That part of the plan must be scrapped.
Commentor Tijmen Stam offered a European perspective:
I'm from the Netherlands. Here almost all traffic lights are equipped with loop detectors and pushbuttons for pedestrians and bicyclists (if applicable). Going to America and Canada awhile back I was amazed at how basic all your traffic lights are, and I think they wreak havoc on the environment (stopping and acellerating is needed half the time even if there is no cross traffic), troughput and in my subjective belief also passenger waiting times.
Another problem with speed limits I noted in your cities: Your roads invite to speed. They are very wide, straight and apart from traffic lights, there is no incentive to slow down anywhere - they are almost to freeway standards.
Others debated the funding source. Commentor Joe_Magarac asked:
why are federal grants being used for what is, by definition, a local road system?
I can understand why the federal government pays for interstates; they facilitate connections between states. But I don't understand why federal taxpayers in Los Angeles or Atlanta or (in my case) Pittsburgh are paying for something that will only benefit residents of Minneapolis.
Several defended the federal contribution. BugMeNot:
Firstly, issuing federal grants for local infrastructure projects allows municipalities to complete much-needed projects while avoiding nearsighted political considerations over revenue generation. You might imagine that the citizens of Minneapolis would be less supportive of this project if its $5 million cost was paid for through a "temporary" sales tax surcharge or a bond issue. While not all projects receiving federal aid are time-critical, some (such as bridge repairs or road safety improvements) simply can't wait for the local populace to hammer out a plan to fund them, especially given current political attitudes.
Secondly, taxpayers in Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Pittsburgh who contribute funds for a project in Minneapolis can rest assured that they are receiving their share of projects from the same funding source. Just as the money is collected from across the nation, the grants are distributed evenly in all areas.
Finally (and perhaps most importantly), projects that receive federal aid must conform to regulations set forth by federal agencies. This is most relevant when ensuring that, for example, roads are signed and marked consistently or that bridges meet similar safety standards. If most projects were funded completely from local sources then agencies would have less incentive to follow standards, resulting in a hodgepodge of local regulations that would make driving experiences vary greatly across the nation and reduced safety in all transportation modes.
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Polyvore is a very product/eng-centric company. We pride ourselves on iterating quickly.
A long time ago, I did a Lean Startup talk on "fake door testing", which is a technique we use to figure out if our product ideas are good.
The talk is in the Ignite format, which means there are 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. Great for audience members who want concise, information-dense, 5-minute-long talks, but it's super stressful for speakers! I hate public speaking.


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guest post: my favorite moment during my very first week of motherhood, by Joy Cho
Tuesday, November 8
35 comments:
- Petchie said...
So cute! I love these mommy guest posts!
- November 08, 2011 12:02 PM
- Adelyn said...
How precious!
- November 08, 2011 12:06 PM
- Rae said...
What a sweet post. I can't wait to be a mother. xo, rv
- November 08, 2011 12:16 PM
- VIC said...
I really loved reading this post. You described it so perfectly. Thank you, Joy!
- November 08, 2011 12:39 PM
- Julie Khuu | Haute Khuuture said...
Aw what a beautiful story Joy! This series is so fab Syd!...I've got LOTS of time before motherhood myself, but reading these little snippets seriously brings joy to my eyes...can't wait to read more!
Peace. Love. LOL!
- November 08, 2011 12:44 PM
- Unknown said...
I love the feeling of knowing them... we grow so close to them even before they go!
What a beautiful baby!
- November 08, 2011 1:00 PM
goose bumps!!...I've read this book many times, to children that I've baby sat over the years.....such a cute book....amazing post!
- November 08, 2011 1:13 PM
- Jenni Austria Germany said...
that family portrait is darling. and that story made me tear up!
- November 08, 2011 1:20 PM
- Haley said...
oh i loved Joy's new mama moment! Brought me back to a similar one I experienced :) For me it was also the night after having my son that it all really soaked in...what a beautiful moment :) Excited to check out Oh Joy!
and hope you're still enjoying every second with your son Sydney!
- November 08, 2011 1:21 PM
- Unknown said...
What a beautiful moment! The moment you described is similar to a moment I remember as well. When my daughter was all bundled up and sleeping the night I had her, I knew that she was mine, and I was hers. Motherhood is so beautiful.
- November 08, 2011 1:23 PM
- Alicia G said...
Beautiful post :) And I must have that family portrait!!
- November 08, 2011 1:32 PM
- Liz said...
loved this. Joy is so creative, sweet and stylish! this post was so endearing :)
- November 08, 2011 1:33 PM
- simi said...
I love reading all these "favorite moments" posts. and that family portrait is SO beyond adorable :)
- November 08, 2011 1:40 PM
- Sandy a la Mode said...
this is such a sweet story by joy! i love reading all these cuz it gets me soo excited for december when my baby boy is due!!
- November 08, 2011 2:00 PM
- jackie said...
oh goodness. that is just so sweet. and i love the portrait too :) adorable.
- November 08, 2011 2:12 PM
- katie [the bright life] said...
So sweet, I love all of these posts. Ruby is beautiful...and so is Joy! Xo, Katie
- November 08, 2011 2:32 PM
- Jenn said...
This is beautiful and something I have been trying to explain recently.
I had a miscarriage two months ago and this really helps describe how I felt grief for a person I had never met--I still knew the baby I carried. Thank you for giving me the words to describe that feeling. I have faith that in the future I will be able to know my babies out in the world : )
- November 08, 2011 2:37 PM
- Emma Frances said...
I love all these beautiful moments that have been posted! They make me so excited to have my own little ones someday! How sweet!
- November 08, 2011 3:02 PM
- Tokyofaces said...
Lovely photos!
Tokyo streetstyle: tokyofaces.com
- November 08, 2011 4:13 PM
- Lindsay Rondo said...
That just made me cry... So sweet.
- November 08, 2011 4:25 PM
- Kate said...
Well that just made me tear up! My husband and I are expecting twins in May, and while everyone kind of sympathizes that it will be tough, we just simply wait to hold these babies in our arms... We've been wanting it for so long. Ack, getting misty again!
- November 08, 2011 5:56 PM
- Unknown said...
I teared up too! That was so thoughtful and beautifully written. And your baby is beyond beautiful.
- November 08, 2011 8:14 PM
- TianShanae said...
- November 08, 2011 9:19 PM
- Dearest Lou said...
What a darling post! The baby is so tiny (:
- November 08, 2011 9:34 PM
- hannahstiff said...
That is one ADORABLE baby!! I'd love to guest post about my favorite moment from the first week of motherhood. My daughter is 3 months old now. My fashion, lifestyle blog is named after her:
- November 08, 2011 9:45 PM
- Joie de Viv said...
Oh Love Joy and Ruby too! What a sweet post! I hope to have this "knowing" sometime in the near future too!
xx Vivian @ http://diamondsandtulle.blogspot.com
- November 09, 2011 12:00 AM
- Nastassja said...
Such a beautiful post. I can't wait to 'know' my future babies like this too.
- November 09, 2011 12:46 AM
- beth @ {a latte inspiration} said...
It's comforting and wonderful to read stories like this. Makes me less nervous to have a little babe in the future.
- November 09, 2011 4:35 AM
- Heather said...
Please email me! I have a question about your blog! :)
- November 09, 2011 10:29 AM
- Kara Love said...
You described it perfectly. It was the hiccups that made everything click. That is how I knew her.
So now with baby number 2 due in December I get excited every time she starts to hiccup in belly. Because I know it will be the same once she is here.
- November 09, 2011 2:20 PM
so cute baby :D
- November 09, 2011 3:51 PM
- Tish said...
Oh Joy...(no pun intended) the "I know you" part made me tear up. ♥
Thanks for sharing such a sweet story.
- November 09, 2011 4:30 PM
- Kristen said...
that book is the first gift i have received since finding out i am pregnant. such a precious story. thanks for sharing. xx
- November 09, 2011 5:19 PM
- L!$@ said...
I can't wait for these moments. I need to find a husband already :P
- November 11, 2011 7:44 PM
- Emily Camp said...
Congrats on the Baby!
- November 16, 2011 3:14 PM


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By William Bruce
America is a nation of small business owners. In fact, there are over 22 million of us.
Why do people want to go into business for themselves? In surveys done several years ago, the number one response was the potential for higher income. But now in the most recent survey, the top reason was "control of one's own destiny." The change is most likely a reaction to the recent economic times.
More and more individuals are now viewing small business ownership as a viable alternative to the vagaries of corporate America. As a friend said recently, "There is no more job security. The only job security you've got nowadays is the person looking at you in the mirror."
As a business broker, I'm often asked about the issues involved in buying or selling an existing business. In my opinion, these are the top three issues:
1. Confidentiality
Confidentiality is critical to the successful transfer of a business. If word gets out that a business is for sale, several things start happening and none of them are good for the seller or buyer of the business. First, key employees start looking for other jobs, fearing that a new owner may not retain them. In the uncertainty, customers may begin shopping elsewhere. Suppliers get nervous. Competitors can take advantage of the situation.
This is why a prospective business buyer will be asked to sign a non-disclosure confidentiality agreement early in the process of looking at a possible business acquisition. In this agreement, the potential buyer confirms that he/she will not disclose the fact that the business is for sale except to professional advisors.
If you show that you take the need for confidentiality seriously, you will be regarded as the professional that you are.
2. Valuation
Nothing causes the buyers and sellers of businesses more anxiety than the problem of valuation. The question of selling price haunts both parties. The seller doesn't want to price his business too low and "leave money on the table." On the other hand, the buyer of the business is afraid he'll pay too much and not get the best possible price.
Formal, fully documented business appraisals are now readily available. In addition, there are rule of thumb guidelines that can be used to quickly estimate the value of a business. As just one example, we know that a full service restaurant with liquor license is worth about 30% of its annual gross revenue as an ongoing business. This assumes – big assumption – that the business is earning the average bottom line profit for its peer group.
There are rule of thumb guidelines for almost all categories of business from ice cream stands to manufacturing plants. But again, these guidelines provide only quick estimates. And written, fully documented business appraisals are now done by several respected national firms at a cost similar to real estate appraisals.
3. Financing
Financing is always a concern, as hardly any business buyer has the financial capacity to write a check for the purchase price of a business. If they did, they would most likely be living off of investment income rather than buying a business.
These are five possible sources for business acquisition loans:
BANKS – Although most people seeking a loan to buy a business will think first of a traditional bank loan, I can tell you from years of business brokerage experience that banks generally do not make business acquisition loans. There are exceptions but they're rare.
SBA – The SBA, through its approved lenders, provides business acquisition loans. The SBA does not make direct loans, but rather guarantees a portion of the loan that is made by the approved lender. It's known as the SBA 7(a) program. Wells Fargo Bank is currently the top volume SBA lender nationally.
The SBA route for a business acquisition loan is sometimes frustrating because of the time and detail that is involved. However, keep in mind that the SBA will approve loans that others have turned down and will usually approve them with a smaller down payment. In most cases, it's worth the wait.
FAMILY – Many times the older generation in a family will loan the down payment or the entire amount needed to a promising member of the family's younger generation. If your family is willing to loan you the money, one word of advice is in order. Have a very clear understanding as to how the debt is to be handled and put it in writing in the form of a legal note.
THE SELLER – In the majority of the business transfers that I handle as a business broker, the owner of the business finances a portion of the purchase price for the buyer. Some sellers cannot offer owner financing for a variety of reasons, but when they can, it conveniently solves the problem of financing.
The fact that the business owner is willing to finance the sale of his company provides more than a convenient finance plan. More importantly, it provides a strong validation of the owner's belief that the business will support the owner and earn enough cash to pay back the loan. You can't get any better recommendation on the business than this.
The normal down payment for owner financing ranges generally from around 30% to 50% of the purchase price of the business. Interest rates are generally market driven but there is more flexibility here than in other forms of financing.
401(K) FUNDS AND IRA ACCOUNTS – The use of these funds to buy a business, without tax penalty, is a fairly recent development. Several national CPA and attorney groups have developed a plan, approved by the IRS, which allows you to use your funds for business acquisition. There are legal and accounting fees involved, but they are a small fraction of the tax penalty that would be assessed for cashing in these accounts early.
The above five sources of financing are not exclusive to each other. I recently handled a transaction in which three of the five sources were used to buy the business.
It's called creativity!
If I can assist you with any considerations involved in the transfer of ownership, please don't hesitate to email or call me.
For further reading, here are additional related articles:
- How to Use Valuation Guidelines to Estimate the Value of a Business
- How to Analyze a Business You're Considering Buying
- How to Make a Written Offer to Buy a Business
- Seven Negotiating Rules When Buying or Selling a Business
- How to Conduct the Due Diligence When Buying a Business
And the businesses offered for sale by William Bruce may be viewed at www.WilliamBruce.net.
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The Central Connecticut volleyball team improved to 7-2 in Northeast Conference play with a three set victory over Sacred Heart on Thursday night. The Blue Devils (12-10, 7-2 NEC) were led by eight kills from senior Jamie Rademacher.
The Blue Devils won their sets 25-23, 25-16 and 25-10. Central had just 24 kills in the three sets, but with only four attack errors, the Blue Devils hit .278 for the match.
CCSU also dominated on the defensive net with 9.0 blocks.
The Pioneers (6-17, 4-5 NEC) committed 24 attack errors and 13 service errors, which helped the Blue Devils maintain control throughout the match.
Rademacher connected for eight kills and a .571 hitting percentage. She did not have an attack error in the match. Senior Emily Cochran contributed seven kills to the offense and freshman Makenna Lommori posted four kills and 14 assists.
On defense, Rademacher and Lommori led a solid team defense that recorded nine blocks and 37 digs. Rademacher and Lommori each assisted on seven blocks. Sophomore Rachel Dunlap and senior Jennifer Waddill also played well at the net, each had a pair of blocks in the match.
Seven Blue Devils recorded multiple digs led by freshman Ashley Lenington with nine. Senior Allyson Porter (8), Cochran (7), sophomore Brittany Schumacher (5), senior Blaike King (3), junior Veronika Ban (3) and Rademacher (2) all contributed multiple digs.
The Blue Devils also had eight service aces in the match with Ban, Cochran and Lenington each recording a pair.
With the win, the Blue Devils also swept the season series from their intrastate rivals.
The Blue Devils will return to action on Saturday when they host St. Francis (NY). That match is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and will be streamed live on NECFrontRow.com.


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What is Stage Three Chronic Bronchitis?
Chronic bronchitis is one of the major obstructive lung diseases that fall under the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Bronchitis is divided into two sub-categories: acute (short-lived) or chronic (recurring). When an individual repeatedly suffers from a condition that causes the air passages of the lungs to become inflames, they are suffering from chronic bronchitis. The inflammation usually results from irritation or infection; when irritation or infection is present in the large and small bronchi (tree-like air passages in the lungs_, the typically thin mucus linings that protect the lungs become inflamed. As a result of the increasing inflammation, the airway linings begin to leak fluids. In order to clear the airway, the body reacts by coughing, thus sufferers of chronic bronchitis often exhibit a moist, painful cough.
The Stages of Chronic Bronchitis
While there are not specific stages of chronic bronchitis, many individuals use the COPD stages as a model to measure the severity of an individual's condition. Since chronic bronchitis is one branch of COPD, it is considered acceptable, and is recommend by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).
People with a chronic lung disease are often monitored by their lung capacity. Due to the inflammation resulting from chronic bronchitis, it is not surprising that sufferers often struggle to breathe easily. Difficulties arise when they attempt to exhale forcefully and with the volume of air they can hold due to the lessened space. A pulmonary function test (PFT), also known as the forced expiratory volume test (FEV1) is used to monitor the amount of air an individual can expel in the first second of exhaling. This test is often performed in conjunction with a forced vital capacity test (FVC), which measure the patient's lung volume capacity. The results of both tests are used in the following ratio to determine the severity, and resulting stage, of a patient's chronic lung condition: FEV1/FVC.
Do I Have Stage Three Chronic Bronchitis?
Stage three COPD is characterized by a FEV1 test score that is greater than 30 percent, but less than or equal to 50 percent, and a FEV1/FVC ratio less than 70 percent.
Sufferers of stage three chronic bronchitis (and COPD) often deal with chronic coughing, increased sputum and mucus production, frequent respiratory infections, painful breathing, chest tightness, unintended weight loss and shortness of breath.
Therapy Options for Stage Three Chronic Bronchitis at Lung Institute
Patients in stage three of chronic bronchitis have many options to improve their quality of life. The Lung Institute offers two adult cellular therapies: bone marrow cellular therapy and venous (blood-derived) cellular therapy. The venous therapy can be performed on its own when needed. During these therapies, the adult cells go through a specific process to target the damaged tissue.
Adult cells can be utilized in any organ in the body since cells are able to mimic any possible differentiated cells. Since they are capable of self-renewing indefinitely, they can divide many times and can specialize to promote the healing of organs, such as lungs, while still sustaining the original cell.
Stage Three of Chronic Bronchitis Treatment Method
The cells are extracted from the patient's body either through bone marrow or blood depending on the case. The cells are isolated by a trained professional in a clinical setting. The adult cells are quickly returned to the patient intravenously. Now, the cells will begin to promote the healing of lung tissue. With their ability to continually replicate, the lungs grow stronger, and patients are able to breathe easier and live better.
If you or a loved one wants to learn more about how stage three chronic bronchitis can be improved through cellular therapy, contact us or call us at 888-745-6697.


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zh-CN:Pidgin Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is an instant messaging client for Linux that can connect to many different IM networks, such as Live Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, AIM, etc. One of Pidgin's key features is that you can use many networks at the same time.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Spellcheck
- 3 Sound fix
- 4 Browser error
- 5 QIP Encoding bug
- 7 Xfire
- 8 Facebook XMPP
- 9 Privacy
- 10 Sametime protocol
- 11 SIP/Simple protocol for Live Communications Server 2003/2005/2007
- 12 Other packages
- 13 Skype plugin
- 14 Auto logout on suspend
- 15 Troubleshooting
- 16 History Import Kopete To Pidgin
- 17 Microphone
- 18 See also
Install pidgin, available in the Official Repositories.
You may also want to install additional plugins from the purple-plugin-pack.
Aspell will be installed as a dependency, but to prevent all of your text from showing up as incorrect you will need to install an aspell dictionary:
# pacman -S aspell-en
This installs the English dictionary. Use
pacman -Ss aspell to list available languages.
Sound fix
To have event sounds working, install the gstreamer0.10-good package. Alternatively, in the "Sounds" preferences tab, the method can be set to 'command' and one of the following sound commands used.
After configuring ALSA:
aplay %s
If using OSS:
ossplay %s
And for PulseAudio:
paplay %s
Browser error
If clicking a link within Pidgin creates an error message about trying to use 'sensible-browser' to open a link, try editing
~/.purple/prefs.xml. Find the line referencing 'sensible-browser' and change it to this:
<pref name='command' type='path' value='firefox'/>
This example assumes you use Firefox.
QIP Encoding bug
There is another bug in character encoding when communicating between Pidgin and QIP, which especially affects Czech language, but there are also other languages affected. There are two possible solutions. The better one is to upgrade from QIP to QIP 2012 or QIP Infium, second solution is to install and enable plugin from pidgin-qip-decoderAUR package currently available from AUR.
This is a small tutorial for connecting to Freenode. It should work for other IRC networks as long as you substitute the port numbers and other specific settings.
Go to Accounts -> Manage Accounts -> Add -> Fill/select the following options:
Protocol: IRC Username: <your username>
Now go to Buddies -> New instant message ( or hit ctrl + m) fill 'freenode.net' in the textbox and <username>@irc.freenode.net -> then click 'Ok'. Type:
/join #archlinux (channel is irrelevant)
In order to register your nick, type:
/msg nickserv register <password> <email-addres>
Follow the instructions from the registration mail. For further help type:
/msg nickserv help /msg nickserv help <command>
This final step will add your channel to 'Buddies': go to Buddies -> Add chat -> fill the correct channel in the textbox named channel (#archlinux).
Simply install pidgin-gfire and then add a new account, selecting xfire as protocol.
Facebook XMPP
Since Facebook Chat supports XMPP, you can use Pidgin without extra plugins. See this article for more information: Facebook Chat Now Available Everywhere
1. Go to "Accounts" and select "Manage Accounts."
2. On the Basic tab, enter the following info:
- Protocol: XMPP
- Username: Your facebookID (without e-mail domain, e.g. @yahoo.com, etc)
- Domain: chat.facebook.com (make sure you haven't typed any extra space)
- Resource: Pidgin (leave this empty if you get "firstname.lastname@example.com/Pidgin Not Authorized" error message)
- Password: Your Password
- Local alias: Your Name
3. Click the Advanced tab, then enter the following info:
- Connect port: 5222
- Connect server: chat.facebook.com (make sure you haven't typed any extra space)
- (Uncheck the box labeled "Require SSL/TLS")
Pidgin has some privacy rules set by default. Namely, the whole world cannot send you messages; only your contacts or people selected from a list. Adjust this, and other settings through:
Tools -> Privacy
This is a plugin that brings Off-The-Record (OTR) messaging to Pidgin. OTR is a cryptographic protocol that will encrypt your instant messages.
First you need to install pidgin-otr from [extra], like so:
# pacman -S pidgin-otr
Once this has been done, OTR has been added to Pidgin.
To enable OTR, start Pidgin and go to Tools -> Plugins or press Ctrl + U. Scroll down to the entry entitled "Off-The-Record Messaging". If the checkbox beside it is not checked, check it.
Next, click on the plugin entry and select "Configure plugin" at the bottom. Select which account you wish to generate a key for, then click "Generate". You will have now generated a private key. If you are not sure what the other options do, leave them, the default options will work fine.
The next step is to contact a buddy who also has OTR installed. In the chat window, a new icon should appear to the top right of your text input box. Click on it, and select "Start private conversation". This will start an 'Unverified' session. Unverified sessions are encrypted, but not verified - that is, you have started a private conversation with someone using your buddy's account who has OTR, but who might not be your buddy. The steps for verification of a buddy are beyond the scope of this section; however, they might be added in the future.
Pidgin-Encryption transparently encrypts your instant messages with RSA encryption. Easy-to-use, but very secure.
# pacman -S pidgin-encryption
You can enable it the same way as Pidgin-OTR.
Now you can open conversation window and new icon sould appear beside menu. Press it to enable or disable encryption. Also if you want to make encryption enabled by default right-click on a buddy's name (in your buddy list), and select Turn Auto-Encrypt On. Now, whenever a new conversation window for that buddy is opened, encryption will start out as enabled.
Sametime protocol
Sametime support is not available in the default version of Arch Linux's Pidgin package. This section will demonstrate how to enable this feature via AUR and the 'Meanwhile' plugin. This section assumes that you are familiar with using the AUR and that you are performing the following commands in
~/builds directory.
First install meanwhile from the AUR.
Now you have to rebuild your installed version of Pidgin with Sametime support: the procedure is different depending on whether you have Pidgin from [extra] or from a package in AUR.
[extra] package
Make sure you have installed the Arch Build System and downloaded the ABS tree.
Now copy the pidgin directory of ABS to
$ cp -r /var/abs/extra/pidgin ~/builds
Go to
~/builds/pidgin and edit the
PKGBUILD file. Go to the
build() section and make sure you remove the
--disable-meanwhile line from the configure options.
Make the package:
$ makepkg -s
Install first the libpurple package as root:
# pacman -U libpurple-version-arch.pkg.tar.gz
After that install the pidgin package as root:
# pacman -U pidgin-version-arch.pkg.tar.gz
Pidgin now has the 'Sametime' protocol as an option when creating accounts.
AUR package
Download and extract your Pidgin package from AUR (this example will use pidgin-gnome, change to preference):
$ cd ~/builds && wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pidgin-gnome/pidgin-gnome.tar.gz && tar xfvz pidgin-gnome.tar.gz
Change into the extracted directory:
$ cd pidgin-gnome
In order to have 'Sametime' support you must remove the following from PKGBUILD
Build the package:
$ makepkg -s
Install the package as root:
# pacman -U pidgin-gnome-2.5.8-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
Pidgin now has the 'Sametime' protocol as an option when creating accounts.
SIP/Simple protocol for Live Communications Server 2003/2005/2007
The pidgin-sipe plugin is available from AUR.
Other packages
Arch has other Pidgin-related packages. Here are the most popular (for a thorough list, search the AUR):
- pidgin-libnotify - Libnotify support, for theme-consistent notifications
- guifications - Toaster-style popup notifications
- microblog-purpleAUR - Libpurple plug-in supporting microblog services like Twitter
- pidgin-lightAUR - All supported protocols same as default; but without gstreamer, tcl, tk or xscreensaver support. No video/voice.
- pidgin-latexAUR - A small latex plugin for pidgin. Put math between $$ and have it rendered (recepient also needs to have this installed)
Skype plugin
Install skype4pidginAUR from the AUR.
Auto logout on suspend
If you suspend your computer pidgin seems to stay connected for about 15 minutes. To prevent message loss, it is needed to set your status offline before suspending or hibernating. The status message won't be changed.
Therefor create a new systemd unit
pidgin-suspend in
Take the following snippet and replace
myuser with your user.
[Unit] Description=Suspend Pidgin Before=sleep.target StopWhenUnneeded=yes [Service] Type=oneshot User=myuser RemainAfterExit=yes Environment=DISPLAY=:0 ExecStart=-/usr/bin/purple-remote setstatus?status=offline ExecStop=-/usr/bin/purple-remote setstatus?status=available [Install] WantedBy=sleep.target
If you are using pm-utils, you could create a
00pidgin file in
/etc/pm/sleep.d/ instead.
(replace myuser with your username)
#!/bin/sh # # 00pidgin: set offline/online status case "$1" in hibernate|suspend) DISPLAY=:0 su -c 'purple-remote setstatus?status=offline' %myuser ;; thaw|resume) DISPLAY=:0 su -c 'purple-remote setstatus?status=available' %myuser ;; *) exit $NA ;; esac
- If facebook XMPP verification does not work for you, there a package in the aur pidgin-facebookchat which does not require a unique user name (you may login with an email address)
- The facebookchat plugin will prompt for varification (enter these two words...), if that fails, hit cancel and log onto facebook with pidgin open, this will configre the plugin's security setting)
Installing Pidgin After a Carrier Installation
- If you previously installed Carrier (aka FunPidgin), follow these steps before installing Pidgin
- Quit Carrier
- Delete your ~/.purple directory (Warning: this will remove all your user settings for any programs that use libpurple, i.e. Pidgin, Carrier, etc.)
rm -r ~/.purple
- Remove Carrier and libpurple
pacman -R carrier libpurple
- Install Pidgin and libpurple
pacman -S pidgin libpurple
History Import Kopete To Pidgin
- Install xalan-c
pacman -S xalan-c
- Create ~/bin/history_import_kopete2pidgin.sh with this code:
#!/bin/sh KOPETE_DIR=~/.kde4/share/apps/kopete/logs PIDGIN_DIR=~/.purple/logs CURRENT_DIR=~/bin cd ~ if [ ! -d $KOPETE_DIR ];then echo "Kopete log directory not found" exit 1; fi if [ ! -d $PIDGIN_DIR ];then echo "Pidgin log directory not found" exit 2; fi for KOPETE_PROTODIR in `ls $KOPETE_DIR` do PIDGIN_PROTODIR=`echo $KOPETE_PROTODIR | sed 's/Protocol//' | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]` for accnum in `ls $KOPETE_DIR/$KOPETE_PROTODIR` do echo "Account number: $accnum" for num in `ls $KOPETE_DIR/$KOPETE_PROTODIR/$accnum` do FILENAME=`Xalan $KOPETE_DIR/$KOPETE_PROTODIR/$accnum/$num $CURRENT_DIR/history_import_kopete2pidgin_filename.xslt` if [ $? = 0 ]; then echo "$KOPETE_DIR/$KOPETE_PROTODIR/$accnum/$num" echo " -> $PIDGIN_DIR/$PIDGIN_PROTODIR/$FILENAME" mkdir -p `dirname $PIDGIN_DIR/$PIDGIN_PROTODIR/$FILENAME` Xalan -o $PIDGIN_DIR/$PIDGIN_PROTODIR/$FILENAME $KOPETE_DIR/$KOPETE_PROTODIR/$accnum/$num $CURRENT_DIR/history_import_kopete2pidgin.xslt fi done done done
- Make ~/bin/history_import_kopete2pidgin.sh executable
chmod +x ~/bin/history_import_kopete2pidgin.sh
- Create ~/bin/history_import_kopete2pidgin.xslt with this code:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="text" indent="no" /> <xsl:template match="kopete-history"> <xsl:apply-templates select="msg"/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="msg"> <xsl:text>(</xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="translate(substring-after(@time,' '),':',',')"/> <xsl:text>) </xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="@nick"/> <xsl:if test="not(@nick) or @nick = ''"> <xsl:value-of select="@from"/> </xsl:if> <xsl:text>: </xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="."/> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
- Create ~/bin/history_import_kopete2pidgin_filename.xslt with this code:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="text" indent="no" /> <xsl:template match="kopete-history"> <xsl:value-of select="head/contact[@type = 'myself']/@contactId"/> <xsl:text>/</xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="head/contact[not(@type)]/@contactId"/> <xsl:text>/</xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="head/date/@year"/> <xsl:text>-</xsl:text> <xsl:if test="head/date/@month < 10">0</xsl:if> <xsl:value-of select="head/date/@month"/> <xsl:text>-</xsl:text> <xsl:if test="string-length(substring-before(msg[1]/@time,' ')) < 2">0</xsl:if> <xsl:value-of select="translate(msg[1]/@time,' :','.')"/> <xsl:text>+0200EET.txt</xsl:text> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
- Execute the command in the shell
For the microphone to work in a non gnome WM, you must install gnome-media then run and configure


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Chase Is On
"The Chase Is On" was a sign a fan displayed a couple of nights ago. That fan was right…the chase is on.
Since July 22, the Phillies are 20-5. Why? Largely because of the starting pitching. They are 12-4 during this stretch. Joe won for the first time since July 26. He was sharp as he can be and didn't walk a batter for the fifth time this season. Here's a black-cat note: Phillies pitchers have not issued a walk in 19 straight innings.
During the streak, the long ball was not as prevalent as it had been in recent seasons. J-Roll had a huge night, getting a single, triple, home run and two stolen bases through five innings. His homer was the first for the Phillies since August 10.
The speed is back, too. J-Roll has the longest streak of successful steals of any player in the majors, 29.
Then there's Chooch with 21 RBI in his last 19 games.
Charting Triples
Phillies all-time list:
151 Ed Delahanty (1888-89; 1891-2001)
127 Sherry Magee (1904-14)
103 Sam Thompson (1889-1898)
98 J-Roll (2000-current)
Triples Notes
Phillies had three triples last night. Last time they did that was August 9, 2008, vs. Pittsburgh.
Club record is 5 set in 1986 against the Cubs at the Vet.
Fan Support
Tonight will be the 100th consecutive sellout. Unbelievable. Phillies fans certainly are passionate about their ball club. Last night, Atlanta drew just over 18,000.


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Probably my future home. Ciputra and Salim Group (construction company from Indonesia) are building KWIC. It will consist over 6,000 bungalows, several high-rise apartments, club, hospital, school, etc.
KWIC is located in Howrah (west side of Kolkata) on national highway 6.
We (me, mom, dad, Manoj) went today to check out the place and view sample bungalows. Construction is going on 24/7. The whole project is divided in phases. First phase will be completed by December 2007 and 450 bungalows will be handed over to the owners. The whole project will supposed to end by 2010. Above is a sample illustration of the bungalow, which we are planning to book.
The above is the photograph of the main gate of the 'Ciputra Hanoi International City' in Vietnam. The same is being built for KWIC (I saw the horses at the construction site.)
Find more information go to www.kolkatawest.com
Do what we feel right or do what our elders tell us? It's a simple question but I guess has a very complicated answer. For example, yesterday some guruji (saint) came to our apartment. So almost every tenant was supposed to go and visit him, take his blessing and offer him some donations. My mom asked me to do the same. I told her, see mom I do not believe in these things so I will not go and visit him. She tried to persuade me for quite sometime but then she failed and went alone. I felt bad.
I do not understand why our elders have to tell us what we should believe in or not. Aren't we old or educated enough to choose between right and wrong? Can't we make our own decisions? Do our elders just want us to follow them?
I understand that our elders have more experience but they should not live our lives. I do not know if what I did was wrong or right, but at least I did what I believed in. I do not want to follow the crowd blindly and get lost in it. I want to choose my own path.
What do you think? What should we do?
The Telegraph, Calcutta, Monday 30 January 2006, Page 18 Editorial section. "Ruining a good case - The IIMB was rightly refused permission to expand overseas" written by S. L. Rao.
I read this article today morning. The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore wants to open an overseas campus in Singapore. On the other hand the Indian Government is not supporting this act. And the above mentioned article has pointed out some wonderful points why the Indian Government is right.
I am not an expert on IIM but I agree to S. L. Rao's point-of-view and the decisions of the Indian Government on this topic. Lakhs of students give entrance exams for joining IIM, a few thousands of them are called for an interview and only a few hundreds of them get actually admitted. Just imagine this happening in India - a country with the second highest population in the world. So many people do not even get chance to study. "The IIMs must first focus on significantly adding their student intake."
Before going abroad and setting up campuses there. Invite foreign students to India and serve them in India. When that is done successfully then thinks about going to their country and setting up campuses there.
But prior to all that, the IIMs seriously needs to think about taking more Indian students. There is no point of going and teaching others until we can teach ourselves.
This is the slogan of the new Aamir Khan movie. I watched 'Rang De Basanti' yesterday at Inox with Vineet and Shiv. Contrarary to the last week all of us were in the same theatre.
Anyways, the thing that I wanted to share with you today was the way this movie was different. This movie is also based on Bhagat Singh, young generation freedom fighter. Like other Bhagat Singh movies this movie did not just potray the life story of Bhagat Singh, but used that story as a analogy and showed that something similar to that can happen in today.
By something I mean the awakening of the young generation with a blast. But how true is this? I question myself. I do not thing something like this can happen today. Where youngster will sacrifice everything they have and work towards only one objective of 'chaging the world for good.' Days of Bhagat Singh were different than today.
Until and unless the thinking of people-in-general change, awakening of the young generation will not affect anything. The awakening of the young generation is a good start though because they are the future of tomorrow. But the young generation is being pulled back by their elders and forced into doing wrong.
But we have to change and do what is right. For once think from your mind and heart together. You will find the answer.
January 26, 2006 was the Republic day of India and the Don Bosco Liluah Past Pupils Association (DBLPP) organized annual reunion day. More than 450 people came. It was good to see friends from school once again after a long time.
We (me, Vivek, Yogesh and Shiv), the so called 'PR Committee' of the DBLPP were supposed to take care of the displaying all the advertisements of the sponsors, take care of the projectors, etc. We also prepared a 5 minute long presentation regarding DBLPP. Which could not be presented completely because the projector shut down during presentation (technical difficulties.) Though we presented 3/4 of it by then. Only some statistics and credits were not displayed.
Anyways the show overall was okay. No more comments. Have a look at the photos.
me while presenting
dancing with friends on stage
everybody at the end of the show
I registered myself for Photo 1000 - Traditional Black and White Photography class with Ajarn Buddhaporn when I was at Webster. We learnt how to click photographs with a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera and then print it ourselves in the dark room. You might be thinking that what's so difficult about a photography course it might have been fun. No, it was sincere hard work. We had to stay inside the dark room for hours and hours just to get one good print.
Everything from loading the film onto the camera to clicking photos to loading the exposed film onto the cartridge in a dark room to washing the film in chemicals to developing the print in the dark room, was painstaking hard work and required a lot of time and précised strategic steps to develop a good photo.
Over a period of 8 weeks we were required to submit three assignments with 4 photographs each. Each assignments were supposed to have a theme. At the end of the class four best photos (portfolio) clicked by each students were selected and displayed at the graduation ceremony of Webster at Hilton Resort and Spa.
Below is my photo statement ("What makes a good photo?") which was displayed along with my portfolio photos.
Photo Statement
Kuldip Garhwal
Major: Bachelor of Business Administration
Minor: Advertising and Marketing Communication
What makes a good photo? It's not an expensive camera, not a beautiful landscape, neither the perfect angle. It's the photographer, who ensures the ideal composition, light, shape, line, form, etc which adds life to a photo.
If you want to become a good photographer, start taking photos with a digital camera. It's fast, easy and inexpensive. In digital photography what you see is what you get. In the last three years, I have clicked 14,349 digital photos. One does not have to worry about light meter or shutter speed (complicated techniques of traditional photography), since it is automatic. Digital photography has improved my ability (composition, light, etc) to take photos.
But when I started using a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera, I found out that the real essence of photography lies in traditional black and white photography. Let me explain how a photo is taken with a SLR camera.
When you take a photograph, the film in your camera is exposed to light. The quality of your photograph depends on how much light reaches the film, and how long the film is exposed to the light. Two camera controls, aperture size and shutter speed affect exposure.
The size of a camera's aperture regulates how much light reaches the film and also determines the photographs depth of field. The camera's shutter speed controls exposure and the appearance of moving objects in the photograph. Exposure is determined by the combination of aperture size and shutter speed. The two controls act together to produce the final image.
If you master the combinations of these two controls, you can take good photographs. But in traditional black and white photography, what you see might not be what you get, because your final outcome depends upon the darkroom techniques used. The best combination of burning, dodging, choosing a filter, f-stop, exposure time, etc will result in a good print.
I learned a lot in this class, thank you Buddha.
Assignment 1 - People
Egyptian Photographer
Philosopher in deep thought
Swimming through life
Thai smile and crepe
Assignment 2 - Point of interest or Fine Art
Complicated Twirls
Sunday Morning (After Party)
Tile Texture
Assignment 3 - Nature
Lightning Sunlight
Untitled cave
Way to eternity
Road to home
Swimming through life
I joined Webster University Thailand (WUT) in Fall 2002 as a full time undergraduate and graduated in Fall II (December) 2005. In the three and half years that I spent at WUT, I have seen it evolve remarkably.
Webster Thailand Student Council (WTSC) - the student government body - is comprised of volunteers (students) who commit themselves to working towards the betterment of campus life. Like any other democratic system, WTSC is headed by four Officers, who are elected by the members of the Council. Organizing cultural events such as the Collage of Cultures and the Food Fair; community service events like Band Aids and First Aids sessions; student-orientated activities such as overnight fieldtrips, fundraisers, Sports week, operating a store, and hosting various parties like the Ice Breaker Dance and Halloween Rave are the main features of the WTSC.
Between February 7-13, 2005, WTSC organized the Tsunami Relief Week. A total amount of more than 81,000 Baht (US$ 2,025) was raised, through which the WTSC sponsored the construction of water tanks for a school affected by the Tsunami in Southern Thailand.
Band AIDS, a musical concert for raising AIDS awareness among the local community was organized on September 10, 2005. The concert showcased the talents of eleven bands, with professional as well as university student musicians. Through its stalls and donations WTSC raised 34,000 Baht (US$ 850), which was donated to the Thai Red Cross Society's AIDS Project on eve of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2005. Band AIDS was covered by the Hua Hin Today, English newspaper and Channel 4, a Thai TV station. Band AIDS was one of the biggest events undertaken by the WTSC and as a student stated "Band AIDS was probably the biggest and most successful Webster event yet."
International Food Fair is an annual event at WUT now. Every year students from various nationalities get together and cook the delicacies from their own countries. But on April 22, 2005, it was not only food but music too. 29,000 Baht (US$ 725) was raised through food sales which was later donated to the WUT Music Society to purchase music equipments.
Another annual feature at WUT is the Collage of Cultures - a cultural extravaganza in which students exuberate the different cultures in Webster and display unity in diversity. On December 10, 2005, the 3rd annual Collage of Cultures was organized by the WTSC. A fashion show featuring traditional and innovative wear, musical performance as well as cultural dances. A new addition this year was faculty awards. Faculty awards were divided in the following categories: Entertaining, Helpful, Party Animal, Strict, Stylish, and Websterite.
The WTSC redesigned the student lounge giving it a more casual and personal look with signatures of all present and new students from Spring 1 2004. On October 10, 2005 the WTSC Store was inaugurated. The store provides students with the opportunity to purchase stationary and Webster merchandise. Over the years the WTSC has organized overnight educational fieldtrips to Phuket, Kanchanaburi, Chiang Mai, Sukhothai, etc.
WUT donated quilts and kerosene stoves worth more than 40,000 Baht (US$ 1,000) to the victims of the South Asian Earthquake in Pakistan .
An internal campaign promoting WUT Values was executed to create awareness among students. Values like Student Centered, Quality Driven, Internationally Focused, and Real World Experience were promoted.
A new soccer field was inaugurated in 2005. This was possible through donations from students and friends of Webster.
Several company visits were organized by different academic departments for students. EURO RSCG, Amarin Publishing, United Nations Headquarters, Procter and Gamble, Citibank Research, Stock Exchange of Thailand, Samart Group, and UNESCO were visited by students. Various guest lecturers were invited to WUT to share their experience with students – Ben Mast, Brenda Bence, S. P. Hozy 'Penny', Andrew Klukowski and several other speakers from American Chamber of Commerce are a few to mention.
The beach cleanup and Sand Sculptor contest was organized by the Special Events class. The beach clean up made it to the front page of the Bangkok post, leading English newspaper of Thailand.
Photographs taken by the students of the traditional black and white photo class were exhibited twice at Starbucks and once in Hilton Resort and Spa in Hua Hin over the years. These exhibitions give a platform to the students for displaying there talent to the public.
A new prototype for the student newspaper was designed in order to reposition community image. By the end of Fall 2004, the WUT community met CHAI. It was the new student newspaper of WUT. The first time in the history of WUT, a colored student newspaper was printed.
WUT's web site (http://www.webster.ac.th/) got a makeover. Since the web site revamp in December 2004, the monthly hit counter, more than doubled itself from 8,000 to 20,000 visits monthly and since then it increased ever since. The web site offers additional features along with complete and up-to-date information aided by an easy navigational system.
The computer network has been an issue of constant debate at WUT. Poor computer resources and slow internet speed was the problem. But in 2005 WUT bumped up its IT. Internet bandwidth was increased from 768 kbps to 2mbps. Separate internet servers were setup for students and staff to distribute resources efficiently and increase internet speed. Wireless Internet was introduced. Students can now use internet almost anywhere in the school without connecting any wire. New computers were installed in the library and media lab. A new video lab equipped with Apple Computers was accomplished.
Two new certificate programs - Professional Writing and Buddhist Studies - were also added in the array of academics programs offered at WUT. In order to relax the mind, Modern Dance, Yoga and Meditation classes were also offered from time-to-time. And all the above was under the supervision of Rector Kit Jenkins. She has been providing constant effort to support the development of WUT. Members of the WUT community are also to be praised. There is potential and capabilities among the students, all we have to do is to find the opportunity and help WUT grow more.
Today I went to Inox (theater) to watch a hindi movie 'Zinda.' Interesting movie. Sanjay Dutt has done a good job. I also invited my friend Vineet to watch the movie with me. I told him to come to Inox by 2:30 pm. He came and gave me a call to meet near the ticket counter. Both of us were standing near the ticket counter but we could not see each other. It was weird. We were talking on the phone but could not see each other. On the other hand the movie already started. Later on we figured out that Vineet was standing at the Inox City Center whereas I was at Inox Forum. Totally different movie halls. But at the end of the day both of us did watch the movie but in different theaters.
During my North India trip, I met India's Most Wanted kids. They are naughty (Ladoo), dangerous (Diya), angry (Jadoo) and quite (Misti). It was fun spending time with these kids though. Have a look at their photos.
Ladoo with Jadoo
Jadoo's real name is Aryan and he is the one on the scooter. On the other hand Ladoo's real name is Karan, and he is the one with all the broken teethes.
Dangerous Diya
Diya is the most dangerous one. She pulls my hair a lot and sometimes even beats me up. Its fun though. She is very fond of new dresses. Dolly and I got her the pink one from Darjeeling, which she is wearing in the photo. She is so naughty that once she cut her mom's wrist (Titan) watch leather belt.
Angry (Young) Man
Jadoo is the angry young man. Whatever he wants he is gonna get it. But the best thing about him is the way he runs.
The Sweetest One
Misti (Sweet) is the latest one. She is quite and like a little fat rossogulla.
Medha (Mom) with Misti
Congratulations mom and dad (Iqbal Jiju).
Nowadays we can see the "Kolkata Rising" campaign by The Times of India newspaper all over Kolkata. The campaign basically promotes the way Kolkata has grown in the past years. But on the other hand we can still find people washing clothes and taking bath in the holy waters of the ganga river (though it is so dirty.) What's the use of promoting Kolkata's growth, where on the other hand a lot of people living in Kolkata don't even have basic necessities of life (WATER to bathe and wash clothes.)
This winter I traveled from Calcutta to Siliguri to Darjeeling to Delhi to Hisar to Kagdana to Rohtak to Jaipur and then back to Calcutta. It was a 15 day long trip, met lots of people, ate lots of food, and of course traveled a lot (trains, buses, car, etc). And to top it all, my brand new iPod Video got sick and had to take a vacation to the states. So I spent my reading magazines while traveling. Below are a few pictures from the trip.
Birla Mandir, Jaipur
I took this photo while I was sitting in the car and waiting for the red light to go green. It is so amazing how the Birla's have built a temple in almost all the major cities in India.
Hisar Sunset
Notice the rising line the cloud is making. It seems its indicating the growing stock market in India. Haha. Not funny. I know it.
Taj Mahal
I saw the Taj Mahal for real. Though, I was really far sitting in a train. But I saw it. Sher, you always told me that you live in India and you never saw the Taj Mahal. I was so excited when I saw the Taj Mahal from the train while passing the Agra railway station that I even told lady who was traveling with me that see we can see the Taj Mahal from here.
I clicked a few pictures at Darjelling also, but it's with Dolly (my sister). I will post it on my blogs as soon Dolly or Shyam Jiju sends me the pictures. So guys hurry up.
The photos below were taken during an early morning boat trip to the dentist. What happened at the dentist is to "graphic" to even write, so I will pass. You can ask Vivek or Yogesh, who accompanied me.
Feeling Cold
I couldn't stop myself from laughing after seeing this. 6 am in the morning on a boat. Just imagine how cold it was. For the first time (I guess) even I was wearing a muffler (thanks to Vivek) Which I haven't returned to him yet. Vivek, please remind me.
Vivek's new mode of transportation (Cycle on boat)
It was Vivek's idea to take this photo and send it to the Kolkata Rising campaign.
More pictures
Dull Sun
Shining 2
Standing Tall (Yogesh)
Sun Peaking
Swimming ahead in life
Sun Shine


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Richards, McCarthy impressive; Angels beat D-backs
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Garrett Richards threw three shutout innings, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 win over an Arizona Diamondbacks split-squad on Monday.
The Diamondbacks failed to hit the ball out of the infield against Richards, a projected starter. Richards gave up an infield single to Martin Prado and a bunt single to Ender Inciarte. He struck out two and didn't walk a batter.
Brandon McCarty, the Diamondbacks' likely No. 5 starter, was equally impressive, tossing five innings of three-hit ball.
McCarthy allowed only a single to Luis Jimenez, a double to Collin Cowgill and a bunt single to Efren Navarro. He struck out two and walked one.
"A really good game for him," Gibson said. "He kept the ball down and he had good late life."
The Angels pushed across a run thanks to a two-base throwing error on a pickoff attempt by Diamondbacks pitcher Eury De la Rosa. The error set up a sacrifice fly by J.B. Shuck.
Angels: Richards figures to have a more relaxed spring training because he is now a projected member of the rotation rather than just another pitcher battling for a spot.
"The last two years I've competed for a spot, so I know what it's like to be on that end," Richards said.
Even so, Richards said his approach will change little. "Just because I'm in the rotation now doesn't mean I'll be in the rotation at the end of the year. I have to stay sharp and I have to keep competing and continue to improve."
Diamondbacks: McCarthy was sharp despite feeling ill. "I know he was sick. He got through it. That's what we're going to need in the season."
The Diamondbacks' Patrick Corbin will start the opener in Australia against the Dodgers on march 22.
"It's an honor," said Corbin, a left-hander who went 14-8 last year with a 3.41 ERA. "Everybody wants to start the first game. That's how I prepared myself this offseason up to where we are today. ... I'm really excited to get out there and help the team win."
The Diamondbacks have been in camp longer than other teams because of their upcoming trip to Australia and Gibson feels the team has made significant progress — all but one.
Starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo signed at the start of training camp and is a few days behind the other pitchers. His readiness for Australia is uncertain.
Said Gibson: "He should have signed earlier."