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» The Importance of a Family Charter in Family-Controlled Businesses
The Importance of a Family Charter in Family-Controlled Businesses
/ Business Owners & Executives
/ By Pierre duPont
Tags: Family Business, Family Dynamics, Succession Planning,
How to Maintain Control in Family-Controlled Businesses
Unique challenges tend to arise when a family controls a business. Some questions that may emerge are: Which family member will lead the business? How will profit distributions be decided? How can a family member exit the business? Questions such as these are best handled in advance and through many discussions among family members. It may also be helpful to create a Family Charter to help answer some of the questions, which should provide mechanisms to address future questions as they arise.
Owning a business can be a valuable asset for a family, and not only because of the economic benefits; A family business can provide educational and personal growth opportunities for younger family members and also unique opportunities to strengthen family cohesion and pass a motivating heritage down to future generations.
But a family business can also generate tensions within that family. Siblings, cousins, and spouses may disagree about how the business should be run. One family member may have a greater or lesser need for personal cash flow and thus favor increased profit distributions or retention of profits to enable future growth. When it comes time for an elderly family member to retire from the company, the 'politics' of which younger relative succeeds can be controversial and even damaging to the family at large.
[Editor's Note: Check out "Family Governance is not Business Governance," and "Always Balance Family and Business in a Family-Owned Business," both by Bruce Werner].
Many families have used a family charter to codify the answers to such questions. More importantly, family charters document the method by which answers will be determined, since it is hard to know what questions may arise in the future. As challenging situations present themselves, a family will benefit from having a family charter to guide them as they address the situation.
Possibly the greatest lasting value derived from a family charter is family communication, which is necessary first to create the Charter and then to keep it current as the family (and business) grow and evolve. Indeed, for larger families or those with complex situations, it is recommended that a formal 'family meeting' or series of meetings be held, which are in some cases facilitated by counsel. Moreover, a family charter will often mandate regular family meetings (say, annually) to help drive family communications and build family bonds and trust.
In the context of a family business, 'family communication' means involving everyone in the information flow and discussions around the business and the family-business intersection. The family charter may help families talk through actual business events such as increased or decreased profits in the business, top-level hiring decisions, core business strategy, M&A, and large investments the business may make. Harmonious family communication starts with consistent and understandable information flows out of the business to the family. By contrast, poor communications within a family can engender a lack of trust between individuals and between branches. This has the potential to damage both the business and the family.
A family charter is likely to include sections detailing each of the following topics, and more:
Board makeup: How many and which family members will sit on the board? How many independent directors should be on the board and how they will be selected? Will non-family shareholders (such as management, current and previous employees, and an ESOP) have representation on the board? Which board committees should include family members?
Family hiring into the business: Under what conditions can family members be employed in the company? How will they be managed and compensated?
Succession: How will senior management (particularly when family members fill such roles) be replaced as they retire?
Profit distributions: When and how are profits distributed? Under what conditions can the company retain profits to fuel increased growth? How should cash flow needs of individual family members (or entire family branches) be addressed when they differ from the needs of other parts of the family?
Shareholder liquidity and exit rights: When and how can members of the family sell portions of their shares? What is the mechanism for a family member to sell all shares and/or exit the family ownership of the company?
Family meetings: How often should they be held and which business questions should be addressed by the entire family?
Specific answers on these topics may be helpful to include in the family charter, particularly as representative examples to guide future generations.
A family charter should be broad and general in nature and should contain guidance on how to come to an answer on a particular question. Often such guidance will be about communications, voting rights or decision-making since the world will change and the family and the business will evolve in unexpected ways. A 'living' family charter that can evolve over time is likely to be more effective in future decades, and it can help to prevent mistrust among family members.
[Editor's Note: For more information on family business succession planning, read "Study Finds 4 of 5 U.S. Family Business Owners Lack Adequate Succession Plan" and "The Importance of Succession Planning for a Thriving Family Business"].
Once written and agreed upon, the family charter should not languish in a drawer or on a bookshelf. Take it out regularly, perhaps annually, and review it for current relevance. The Charter can create mechanisms whereby younger family members are made aware of the family charter and how it works. Such communications to younger family members might start in their mid- or late-teens, but how and when to start may be a decision best left to parents, with some guidance within the family charter itself.
Similarly, spouses can give rise to especially complex communications challenges. They should be included in family communications, and the charter may specifically address when they be pulled into the loop. A family charter might also recommend that participants request pre-nuptial agreements, or that spousal codicils be written in parallel to internal family agreements and trusts.
Family charters can also help to create family traditions and rituals, such as a regular party or vacation or the creation of documents to record the history of the family and the family business, or the preservation of family artifacts such as trinkets, equipment or even houses and factories that have been instrumental in the success of the family. Preservation of such items can be helpful to propagate the principles and values important to the family. The history of the family can exert a powerful influence upon distant-future descendants that helps them build happy and successful futures.
[Editor's Note: If interested in more information on this topic, check out "Family-Owned Business Transitions: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"].
The above topics are a great start for discussion, but an effective family charter is as unique as the business and the people it serves. Be sure to talk to family-business-owning peers about if and how they have used a family charter and seek experienced professionals to help you create your own.
Pierre duPont is a Partner at Cerity Partners LLC, an SEC-Registered Investment Adviser. Cerity Partners' services may not be suitable for everyone. The information contained herein should not be construed as personalized investment or legal advice. There is no guarantee that the views and opinions expressed in this brochure will come to pass. Before making any decision or taking any action that may affect your family's finances, you should consult a qualified professional adviser. The information presented is subject to change without notice. For information pertaining to the registration status of Cerity Partners, please refer to the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website (www.adviserinfo.sec.gov).
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Dew Unto Others? Pepsi Puts Cabosh on "Can Dew" Soda
"Walk me out in the morning dew my honey, Walk me out in the morning dew today." The Grateful Dead
Mountain Dew, that citrus soda with the radioactive green hue and hyper caffeinated recipe, has come a long way since hitting the market in the 1940's. It began as a regional beverage. Then Pepsi picked it up and launched it nationwide in 1964. The original ad campaign painted "Dew" as a Hillbilly drink, with a mountain man yodeling "Yahoo, Mountain Dew" behind the strains of a backwoods banjo. The beverage of choice for the Deliverance set.
Today, Mountain Dew has jettisoned its bucolic heritage to morph into the go-to drink for people on the go who need more kick in the can than Pepsi or Coke deliver. It's also become an iconic trademark in its own right, the fourth leading soda behind Coke, Pepsi and Diet Coke, with sales of over $6 billion.
Any surprise then that a guy named Jay Pirincci decided to launch a soft drink that he calls "Can Dew?" Pirincci no doubt wanted to get a marketing boost from "Dew" that would kickstart his product in the crowded beverage market, just as Pepsi's drink delivers a kick in the can to millions of satisfied customers.
With its usual can do attitude towards trademark protection, Pepsi pounced when it learned about Pirincci's "Can Dew" plan. And yesterday, the judges at the Trademark Office agreed with Pepsi that "Can Dew" is confusingly similar to Mountain Dew when used on fruit-flavored drinks. They had little trouble reaching that decision, given the fame and longevity of Mountain Dew and Pirincci's lack of any credible reason for latching on to the word "Dew" as a trademark for soda or juice. In a prior foray into social networking, Pirincci tried to hatch an "anti-Facebook" that called "Foebook." His track record as a brand-name punster drew no smiles from the judges at the Trademark Office.
And his argument that shoppers would think of the phrase "Can Do" instead of Mountain Dew fell even flatter, particularly when Pepsi came in with a survey by noted expert Hal Poret that showed massive consumer confusion. Over 50% of people surveyed thought "Can Dew" was related to Mountain Dew. The Trademark Office ruled that the evidence was indisputable and decided the case on summary judgment as to Pirincci's planned use of Can Dew for soda and juice.
But despite his thrashing from the Trademark Office, Pirinnci salvaged one "dew over." The judges couldn't decide whether Mountain Dew is infringed by "Can Dew" for nutritional supplement drinks rather than soda. The parties will continue fighting that issue as the case proceeds towards a trial. But with the summary judgment win, Pepsi's lawyers are probably licking their chops for more in the spirit of today's QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Bring out the chips, the taco dip, and the Mountain Dew… get ready for a victory." Milwaukee Brewer's Blogger Benny K, Can't Wait to Get on the Road Again, Oct. 4, 2011
Tagged as Can Dew, Coke, Hal Poret, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, survey, trademarks
Send In The Clown Questions, Bro'
"Making my entrance again with my usual flair," Send In The Clowns, Stephen Sondheim
Over the past half-year or so, four athletes have entered the mainstream with exceptional flair indeed. Quarterback Tim Tebow–maligned as much for excessive displays of piety as for his awkward throwing mechanics–came off the bench in Denver to lead heroic comebacks and spark a playoff run for his Broncos. His habit of celebrating big plays by genuflecting to his Lord came to be known as "Tebowing."
Unheralded New York Knick point guard Jeremy Lin was similarly pressed into a starting role when superstar Carmello Anthony limped off the court. Never before considered an elite player in either college or the pros, Lin nonetheless stunned the sportispshere by turning into an offensive machine and sparking a Knicks winning streak. A performance so improbable that it was absolutely mind-blowing. "Linsanity" was born. New York hadn't seen such a classy "knickname" since Walt Frazier became "Clyde."
Speaking of insanity, during March Madness, Kentucky Wildcat Anthony Davis drove to the basket and to an NCAA Championship on the strength of his outstanding play and the sweat of his distinctive brow–unibrow that is. Called "the most distinctive unibrow since Bert on Sesame Street," Davis's glowering above the eye coif became almost as feared as his on-court tenacity. Naturally, the slogan "Fear The Brow" emerged.
And on a Field of Dreams, teenage Washington Nationals baseball phenom Bryce Harper made the highlight reels not only for his dazzling slugging and fielding prowess, but for his knack for public relations. When a reporter asked him a question he preferred to dodge like a head-high fastball, Harper responded with the snappy repartee we all wish we could summon on demand–"That's a clown question, bro." It's become his catchphrase–naturally.
And all four stars have more in common than just having their own slogans. They also are taking steps to protect, enforce, and commercialize their catchphrases by getting Federal trademark protection. Smart move. Those registrations will help Tebow, Lin, Davis and Harper cash in on their considerable cache.
Even in the best of circumstances, a pro athlete's career harkens back to the Hobbesian state of nature–nasty, brutish and short. But not so for a trademarked slogan, name, or phrase. Like a diamond, a trademark is forever.
For more on sports trademarks, read this article from the Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2012/0627/Anthony-Davis-eyebrows-licensed-5-strange-pro-sports-trademarks?cmpid=addthis_email#.T-yomWTUuI8.email
Quote of the Day: "In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. " Thomas Hobbes
Tagged as Anthony Davis, Bryce Harper, catchphrase, Denver Broncos, Knicks, Lin, NY Knicks, Tebow, trademark, Washington Nationals
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Trouble He-Brewing? Doubts Dog Hebrew National
"Here we are the brand new enemy, created by you as a scapegoat. " Brand New Enemy by Kosher.
There are few things left in this material world that consumers can count on–somebody did "Beat The Wiz"–that boastful electronics retailer closed years ago. Kodak no longer makes film. And CDs may soon go the way of the eight-track tape. But never in my shopaholic career did I doubt the kosher bona fides of the Hebrew National hot dog. Until now.
Last week, a group of whistle blowing employees charged the frankfurter factory that insists on "answering to a higher authority" with systematically shirking the rigorous rules required for its tube steaks to merit the "kosher" label.
In a suit filed last week in Minnesota (known more for Garrison Keillor than kosher fare) , the plaintiff's allege that a third-party purveyor of supposedly kosher meats used non-kosher procedures at its processing plants. To be certified as kosher, beef not only must come from select cuts of the cow (sorry, sirloin). It must also be butchered and handled using precise techniques and practices that have been honed and honored for centuries. The Washington Post reported that "in order for meat to be considered kosher, the animal the meat came from must be healthy and clean, meaning it can't have dirty hides covered in mud, sand or stones, the suit notes." According to the Post, "the lawsuit says the animals used to make Hebrew National products do not meet those standards; unclean and unhealthy animals are often selected to be slaughtered for kosher meats."
ConAgra, which owns Hebrew National, insists that its dogs always heel to the scriptural strictures. A statement on Hebrew National's website reads: "Hebrew National products are kosher, and this lawsuit is without merit. Hebrew National's kosher status is certified by a well-recognized and authorized third-party. There is close rabbinical supervision of the food preparation process and packaging equipment."
Unfortunately, when it comes to testing the kosher bona fides of a wiener, it's not simply a matter of taste or appearance. If the lawsuit moves ahead, it will likely become a fight between Talmudic scholars and a duel between competing mashgiachs–experts at drawing the line between "glatt" (strictly) kosher and "treif" (anything that falls short of the kosher grade). It could be enough to make the judge and jury meshugenah!
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems." Maimonides
Tagged as Hebrew National, Hot Dogs, kosher, lawsuit
Mr. Jefferson, Save Us
"There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." For What It's Worth, Stephen Stills
What do you do when you're a premier public university with a new president who is revered by faculty, students and alumni alike? If you're the University of Virginia, you summarily fire that president without giving any concrete or credible justification. And then watch as all hell breaks loose. Because that's what's happening right now in Charlottesville, at the esteemed institution Thomas Jefferson founded two centuries ago. Apparently, the head of the board of trustees, quaintly called the Board of Visitors at UVa, thought the best way to resolve some philosophical differences with the school's president of a mere two years was to emulate Donald Trump and simply declare "you're fired." Evidently, "Board of Visitors" is an apt name, because no one but a clueless visitor
could have bungled this situation any worse. Tone deaf to everything but the machinations of her narrow mind, the head Visitor engaged in opaque intrigue worthy of HBO's Game of Thrones to oust President Theresa Sullivan without so much as a formal vote, sparking a firestorm of protest from all quarters. Respected faculty resigned. Students wailed. Even the governor of Virginia disapproved. The whole episode can be summed up in one popular phrase. " What were they thinking?"
Stay tuned. Battle lines are being drawn. This drama hasn't reached intermission.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
Tagged as Theresa Sullivan, UVA
Pay The Composer, Not The Piper?
"If you dance to the music, don't you know You've got to pay to the piper." Pay To The Piper, The Chairmen of the Board.
Since early radio days, the rules about who gets paid when music's played have been clear. The royalty lira go to he or she who wrote the music and lyrics. Performers get the exposure and publicity of having their records beamed to the masses driving in their cars, listening on their transistors, or waking up to their clock radio. But singers and players who record someone else's compositions don't get paid when their records are played on terrestrial radio.
Enter the Internet. A game changer in every respect, including the music business. That's because for Cyberspace, Congress changed the rules. When a record is streamed on a service such as Pandora, everyone gets paid–including the performers.
That's good for singers like Brittany Spears who don't write their own stuff and who can now count on another revenue stream. But for Internet radio, not so much.
As reported in a story aired this week on NPR, ttp://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/06/13/154871444/clear-channel-will-be-the-first-to-pay-royalties-for-music-on-its-air#more , the Copyright law for the new millenium saddles Pandora and other streaming services with heavy costs that terrestrial radio has never had to face.
One radio giant, Clear Channel, sees opportunity in this disparity between earth-bound and Internet radio. It's struck a deal with a major country music label to voluntarily pay performance royalites for terrestrial radio broadcasts. In return, Clear Channel gets a better deal on its Internet royalty bill. And that bold strategy to gain a discount on Internet payments could pay big dividends, as the popularity of terrestrial radio wanes against the surge of online streaming and other Internet music outlets.
Whether other radio stations will follow suit remains to be seen. But one thing is certain, the Brave New World of Internet music will allow non-composing performers to boldly go where they have not gone before–to the bank.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side …" -Hunter S. Thompson
Tagged as Clear Channel, Internet Radio, Pandora, roylaties, terrestrial radio
On Your Mark, Get Set, Whoa–London 2012 Advertisers Beware
"Summer's here and the time is right for racin' . . . ." Racin' In The Street, Bruce Springsteen
The Summer Olympics, or "The Games of the XXX Olympiad" as I like to call them in lighter moments, will soon be upon us. And that means hours of televised ceremonies, thrills of victory, agonies of defeat, all conveniently brought into our homes or mobile devices by the Networks of NBC Universal, or as Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock would say "NBC/GE/Universal/KMart." And all those hours of televised competition mean one thing for American audiences–hours of heart warming, heart-rending, heart wrenching . . . commercials!
For advertisers brave enough, bold enough, and rich enough to pony up the millions needed to become an "Official Olympic Partner," the upcoming tournament in London promises to be an unparraleled commercial bonanza. Companies such as Coca Cola, McDonald's, Visa, and Adidas not only gain access to a vast audience held captive by the prospects of seeing Michael Phelps try to upstage himself, guessing which track or biking star will fail a drug test, and other competitive dramas in the pool, the gym, the track, and the field. Their costly investment in the Olympics also gives official partners the right to use the Olympic names, slogans and logos, including the iconic "Interlocking Rings," and the words "Olympics," "Olympic Games," and "London 2012." These symbols and names are like the steroids of the advertising world–boosting the impact of any commercial or print ad they happen to adorn. And best of all, unlike steroids, the use of these Olympic brands is perfectly legal, as long as you pay the hefty price.
And those unwilling or unable to afford becoming an Official Partner beware! The organizers of the London Games are primed to squelch so-called "ambush marketing"–attempts by "unofficial" sponsors to invoke the image and aura of the Olympics and the London Games. Any unauthorized use of the Rings or other Olympic brands will likely end up being contested, first by letter, and then, if need be in court.
But just refraining from using the Olympic brands may not be enough to avoid the ire of the authorities. In the UK, special bespoke laws tailored especially for London 2012 aim to choke–off any allusion to athletic competition. So for example, an ad that conjures scenes from the the classic film about the Olympics of yore, Chariots of Fire, might be off-limits. The law even created a zone around the Olympic venues where you must either be an Official Partner to advertise, or you must go home.
Britain just celebrated the Queen's jubilee with pageantry fitting for Merry Olde England. But the special laws cracking down on ambush marketing at the London Games harken back to another, more sinister, axe-happy British monarch–Henry the VIII.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "My Lord, if it were not to satisfy the world, and my Realm, I would not do that I must do this day for none earthly thing." Henry VIII
Tagged as Adida, ambush marketing, coc cola, London 2012, London Games, mcdonald's, official olympic partner, official sponsor, olympics, trdemarks, Visa
Scrapple: By Any Other Name . . .?
"And I said, What about breakfast at Tiffany's?" Breakfast At Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something
So I'm running late. No time for breakfast at home. Figure I'll grab something at the office cafeteria. I'm not alone. The long line of similar-minded colleagues placing orders for eggs and pancakes gives me time to ponder the contents of the steam table in front of me. My empty stare glances past the usual suspects–bacon, sausage (both pork and turkey), hash browns, and even some corned beef hash. Then my gaze seizes on something else–something both discordant and guiltily familiar. Greyish brown, thin, rectangular slices, slightly crusted around the edges.
Could it possibly be? Yes. Most definitely– Scrapple! The most ignominious side dish in breakfast history. But also the most honest.
The Pennsylvania Dutch concocted Scrapple in the farmlands west of the Delaware River and east of the mighty Susquehanna. Being candid souls, these hardworking immigrants from the German Rhineland (literally Deutsch, not Dutch) refused to sugarcoat their invention with some euphemistic name.
They named it like it was. A pudding formed into a loaf that combined buckwheat flour, pork broth (usually brewed from a hog's head), and whatever scraps remained after butchering the hams, ribs, chops, bacon, shoulder, and roasts. And those scraps included not only bits of meat, but heart, liver, tongue and sometimes brain. Come to think of it, with all that offal, the name Scrapple may just be a benign and inviting euphemism after all.
And from tables throughout the mid-Atlantic, thin slices of grilled Scrapple became the staple of a good, solid, workingman's morning meal.
I first encountered it as an undergrad, where Scrapple anchored the $.99 "breakfast special," served at the "Twin Gables" truck stop in Carlisle, Pa., near the intersection of I-81 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The savory blend of grain, pork, sage, pepper, and other spices had a strangely compelling allure. Like a mealier version of a mild sausage patty.
Plainly, bacon had nothing to worry about in the competition for breakfast-meat primacy. But for $.99, who could complain? Night after night, semester after semester, we returned to Twin Gables to mingle with truckers and other weary travelers, to sip tepid coffee and to feast on Scrapple and eggs before returning to campus to either continue a long night of studying or end a longer night of extracurricular antics.
Decades went by without so much of a whiff of Scrapple crossing my mind or palate. Until this morning. Amazing how a humble slice of humble quasi-meat can instantly evoke such rich and satisfying memories.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "In nonsense is strength" ― Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions.
Tagged as breakfast, Carlisle, Dickinson College, scrapple, Twin Gables
Stills/Young Agree At Last
"Long may you run, long may you run, though all these changes have come." Long May You Run,The Stills/Young Band.
Neil Young and Stephen Stills go waaaay back. Legend has it they first met in Toronto, in the mid 1960s, when Stills was passing through with a folk troupe much like the ones famously lampooned by Christopher Guest in "A Mighty Wind." Neil was a member of a band called The Squires. His previous band, Mynah Birds, featured future "Superfreak" Rick James. How's that for weird and ironic convergence? In any event, Young befriended Stills and then the two parted ways.
Later, when Stills abandoned to button-down folk scene to pursue his career in L.A. on the cusp of the Summer of Love, he spied an old beat up hearse driving down the Sunset Strip. He knew that funereal jalopy belonged to none other than Neil Young. The two quickly renewed their friendship and launched a musical partnership that has spanned six decades.
The ride over those three score of years has been rougher than a cross-continental trip in Neil's ancient hearse. Starting with Buffalo Springfield, continuing with Crosby, Stills, and Young, and then, briefly, with the short-lived ill-fated Stills/Young band. the two men have feuded–openly, notoriously, on-stage and off–throughout their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame careers.
Neil Young famously bolted from Buffalo Springfield over creative differences. And his tenure with CSNY has similarly been rocky, with Stills and Young continually battling to define the soul of that supergroup. On stage, their creative and personal tensions often yielded magic, with epic guitar battles pitting Stills' fluid, bluesy solos against Neil Young's feral, gut wrenching genius. Off stage, the clashes of personality ensured that the band could not play on beyond a few short initial years,two classic albums, Deja Vu and Four Way Street, and sporadic reunions in the new century.
In 1976, Stephen and Neil surprised everyone, including probably themselves, by teaming up as a duo in the Still/Young band. But after a few incendiary performances that featured each man at his musical best, Neil simply walked away, leaving Stills gasping like a jilted groom at the altar.
Lest you think this pattern must have been a function of youthful hormones that long must have subsided, Young did it again last year. He walked away from a lucrative multi-city tour of the reunited and rejuvenated Buffalo Springfield, exasperating Stills yet again.
Do these two legends agree on anything? It seems that they do, when it comes to allowing their names to be used in the acclaimed Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series. The books follow the eponymous protagonist, Scott Pilgrim, in his exploits with his rock band. The lead singer of that fictional band is named Stephen Stills, and the bands' number one fan is called Young Neil, both names obvious homages.
It seems that neither man has taken issue with this literary tribute. There are four books in the series, they have been adapted into a feature film, and there's even a video game. Plenty of opportunity for the real Stills and Young to complain if they were so inclined. But they've apparently chosen to accept this tribute graciously, and to reap the benefit of having their names ingrained in the psyches of a whole new generation.
It's good to see Stephen Stills and Neil Young agree on something at last.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds . . ." George Washington
Day O!–Sweet and Low Tales Show The Value of A Name
"Ana Ana bo bana Banana Fana fo fana fi fi mo mana–Ana" —The Name Game, Shirley Ellis
The author Rich Cohen has a gift for mining the personal histories of his family and his culture. In "Tough Jews," Cohen recounts the world of his father, who, along with childhood pal, Larry King, grew up amidst a "Jewish Mafia" commanded by the likes of Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. Amazon.com describes it as painting a "densely anecdotal and gruesomely funny history of muscle, moxie, and money," as far removed from today's Jewish experience as is Tevye's Anatevka.
In "Sweet and Low," Cohen hits closer to home, recounting in wry and bitter prose his own family's story, centered around the ersatz sweetener Sweet N' Low, which his grandfather invented and then built into a massive empire of wealth that eventually nourished the venal human emotions of pride, envy, and greed that destroyed family bonds even as Sweet N' Low replaced calorie-packed sugar with the no-cal cloying sweetness that newly diet-conscious American's craved in the 5o's and 60's.
His latest book, out next week, is called "The Fish That Ate The Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King." It's the story of Samuel Zemurray, a Jewish immigrant who saw the potential in piles of rotting bananas on the wharves of Mobile, Alabama, and then went on to corner the market on the yellow fruit with the slippery peel, going so far as to foment revolutions in Central America to install friendly rulers that allowed him to corner the market.
In all three books, Cohen demonstrates a knack for stories that reveal the complexities of friendship, family, and business. He also knows a thing or two about the value of Intellectual Property, especially the immeasurable value of a good brand name.
In Sweet and Low, Cohen describes how his grandfather invented the sugar packet but neglected to patent it. When Domino Sugar took his idea, Cohen's grandpop regrouped. Sensing that America's diet craze that began in the 1950's could pad his coffers as it reduced waistlines, Cohen's patriarch hit on the idea of putting ordinary saccharine into the same type of packets that Domino was using. Even though anyone else could have done the same thing, Cohen's grandfather did something that made his product stand out–he gave it a memorable name–Sweet N' Low. He also designed the unforgettable pink packet with the treble cleft logo. For decades, until Equal blue packets hit the market, Sweet N' Low was the only tune dieters called for when it came to sugar substitutes.
Writing about his new book in the Wall Street Journal, Cohen recounts an episode when Sam Zemurray allowed his biggest rival, United Fruits, to use Sam's ships to break a blockade of Nicaragua's rivers by striking banana workers. Zemurray's ships did the job. But his name and logo were painted on the side, making his name anathema in Nicaragua. Channeling one of trademark law's core principles, Cohen writes: "A person who doesn't control his own name and image has nothing . . . a lost reputation is gone forever."
Not even the world of Tough Jews was immune to the lure of a good brand name. Individuals adopted nicknames–like Bugsy and Kid Twist-to make them more fearsome. And it didn't hurt business when a minyan of thugs, brutes, and killers who'd stop at nothing to get their way, but wouldn't conduct a hit on the Sabbath, branded themselves as "Murder Inc."
What Rich Cohen says in today's article about his latest book applies to all of his historical writing, "Studying [these] adventures, you come away with a few basic lessons." One of them is don't forget to patent your ideas. And another, even more fundamental lesson is this–you can't go wrong with the right name.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." – Groucho Marx
Tagged as bananas, Bugsy Siegal, Meyer Lansky, Murder Inc., Rich Cohen, Sweet N' Low, The fish that ate the whale, Tough Jews, trademarks, United Fruit, Zemurray

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Monthly walks and open houses in Tulsa, OKC and Norman bring local talents to the forefront.
Directors of art walks in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Norman are sold on these monthly events as ways to expose residents to the creative endeavors of their neighbors and allow artists to reach wider audiences.
In its 11th year, Tulsa's First Friday Art Crawl encompasses the performing and visual arts, says Bob Fleischman, president of the Business Association.
The event, from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of each month, is on the north side of downtown in the Tulsa Arts District, home to galleries, studios, Guthrie Green, Philbrook Museum's downtown branch and the Woody Guthrie Center.
"It brings people to the area who have never been there before, and it gives local artists a venue to show their work," says Fleischman, who co-owns Chrysalis Salon and Spa, also in the district.
Museums offer free or reduced-price admission during the walk, he says, and many retailers stay open late. Musicians perform at coffee houses and clubs, and Guthrie Green has events that include special appearances by the Tulsa Ballet and Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.
In Oklahoma City, more than 20 galleries and 80 artists take part in the First Friday Gallery Walk in the Paseo Arts District.
"There's a new show in each gallery every month," says Amanda Bleakley, executive director of the Paseo Arts Association.
Artists and artisans featured during the 6 to 9 p.m. event offer oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, pottery, sculpture, photography, jewelry, fiber works and stained glass.
"It doesn't cost anything, and people get exposed to art and culture," Bleakley says.
A musician plays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., two food trucks are on site and the Paseo boasts five restaurants, with two more in development.
Paseo shops, all locally owned, include Jonque Mode and Betsy's Shoes, which sell women's apparel and accessories.
The Norman Arts Council draws an average of 3,000 people a month to the Walker Arts District for its Second Friday Art Walk.
The official hours are from 6 to 9 p.m., but restaurants and bars stay open later and some offer live music, Gavaghan says.
Mainsite, the Arts Council's gallery, is open until 10 p.m. The configuration of the art walk has shifted from the past to allow more food trucks to participate.


The National Domestic Violence Hotline, with support from the NFL and Young & Rubicam, created these public service announcements—or PSAs—to educate and spread awareness about domestic violence and the services that we provide to victims and survivors as well as their friends and family. Through education, we hope to prevent violence against women and families.
To download a version for use online or in social media, click on the links below. Please email us at [email protected] to request a broadcast-quality version of the PSA.


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package org.apache.storm.eventhubs.core;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TreeMap;

import org.apache.storm.eventhubs.state.IStateStore;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Implements round robin allocation scheme of tasks to partitions.
 *
 */
public class StaticPartitionCoordinator implements IPartitionCoordinator {

	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StaticPartitionCoordinator.class);

	protected final Map<String, IPartitionManager> partitionManagerMap;

	/**
	 * This helps in achieving a predictable traversing of partitions in ascending
	 * order of id.
	 */
	protected final List<IPartitionManager> partitionManagers;

	public StaticPartitionCoordinator(EventHubConfig ehConfig, int taskIndex, int totalTasks, IStateStore stateStore,
			IPartitionManagerFactory pmFactory, IEventHubReceiverFactory recvFactory) {
		logger.info("Computing partition managers for TaskIndex: " + taskIndex + ", Total tasks: " + totalTasks
				+ ", Total Partitions: " + ehConfig.getPartitionCount());

		partitionManagerMap = new TreeMap<String, IPartitionManager>();
		partitionManagers = new LinkedList<IPartitionManager>();
		for (int partitionId = taskIndex; partitionId < ehConfig.getPartitionCount(); partitionId += totalTasks) {
			String partitionIdStr = String.valueOf(partitionId);
			IEventHubReceiver receiver = recvFactory.create(ehConfig, partitionIdStr);
			IPartitionManager partitionManager = pmFactory.create(ehConfig, partitionIdStr, stateStore, receiver);
			partitionManagerMap.put(partitionIdStr, partitionManager);
			partitionManagers.add(partitionManager);
			logger.info("taskIndex " + taskIndex + " owns partitionId " + partitionIdStr);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public List<IPartitionManager> getMyPartitionManagers() {
		return partitionManagers;
	}

	@Override
	public IPartitionManager getPartitionManager(String partitionId) {
		return partitionManagerMap.get(partitionId);
	}
}

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In the BOOK of DIN you will find wisdom and knowledge never before revealed to this world.
This compilation of lessons, observations, and personal practices will transform your life completely. It will change the way you look at everything—God, religion, politics, nature, morality, angels, and more.
This world is a mess, and the humans who live here are doing very little to make it better. The fate of this world is entirely in your hands, and the time to change things is growing short.
This book holds answers to questions that have been asked for centuries: the solutions for all of the problems that are destroying society today.
This is a guide for the life you should be living, not for the life others have designed for you and then forced you to live, constrained by their flawed and often corrupt narratives.
The BOOK of DIN is the most unusual, most important, and probably the most controversial book you will ever read.


I know what you're thinking. What kind of ponce says he's going to post easy, weeknight meals and then uses ingredients like sorrel flowers. And I hear you, believe me. Thing is…our (amazing) vegetable supplier sent some this week, as a bonus. So I put them in; they add a nice bitter/sour note to the dish but you could away without them, owing to the lemon juice in this recipe. If you do want to pretty up the dish, any edible flower would do the trick but also feel free to add your favourite herbs. Most people are familiar with steak tartare but this is just another way to enjoy raw beef. Next time you don't really feel like cooking…don't. Get your friendly butcher to sell you some lean beef and slice it into thin pieces at home. Dress with lemon juice and fresh herbs. It'll take you quicker to make this recipe than it did for me to write it. (And it didn't take me long to write).
Arrange your sliced beef on a plate and, using your hands, add the salad.
To garnish, add lemon zest and sorrel flowers (or anything else you're using).


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SigmaRoc CEO outlines 2019 strategy as expansion continues
Max Vermorken, the company's chief executive, tells Proactive a "cross-UK" footprint is in development, while the future of the firm lies in the continent
SigmaRoc has also worked on its existing projects, unveiling a new concrete plant in January for its Jersey quarry
Construction materials group SigmaRoc PLC (LON:SRC) has picked up more acquisitions as its buy-and-build strategy continues apace.
In December, the company announced the acquisition of concrete blocks and paving stones maker CCP Building Products for £15.21mln.
This was accompanied by an update where the firm said trading had been "strong", with year-on-year revenue, underlying earnings and earnings per share all "significantly improved".
Another update in January appeared to have borne out these predictions, with revenues forecast to jump 52% to £41.2mln in the 2018 fiscal year while operating profits (EBITDA) were expected to be in-line with market expectations.
READ: SigmaRoc forecasts revenue jump of over 50% in full year update
Max Vermorken, chief executive of SigmaRoc, says that the CCP acquisition formed part of a strategy to create a "cross-UK" footprint from the South-East to the North-West.
The push to create a UK network of businesses is the first part of a longer-term strategy of expansion for the company, with step two involving the creation of a third divisional platform for Sigma in the South-West, which began with the acquisition of Foelfach, a high polished stone mine in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
READ: SigmaRoc acquires Foelfach quarry in Carmarthenshire and appoints new managing director
"It gives us a hub to start from" Vermorken says of the Foelfach mine, which was acquired for a "non-material sum" in 2018 and has since been proved up from an initial resource of 1.8mln tonnes of high polished stone value (PSV) materials to around 4mln tonnes following geological work at the site.
The company is aiming to ramp up production at Foelfach to around 80,000 tonnes per year, a level likely to be reached in 2019, which would serve as a launch pad for an expansion into high PSV and asphalt.
Given only 8% of UK quarries produce high PSV materials, the market is wide open.
While acquiring a mine is not usually part of SigmaRoc's MO, Vermorken says the purchase was mainly down to the non-material price and the opportunity to reach a high-value material.
"The cost benefit was very clearly in our advantage…not only do we get the benefit of a quality product, we get a footprint in a new region and a profitable business that can then fund the infrastructure and people we need to build that presence out."
The new South-West platform will also be under the leadership of David McClelland, a former member of the executive committee of Tarmac UK who oversaw 83 of that firm's quarries, asphalt and concrete plants in the central and western region before moving to SigmaRoc.
The company is also working on several side projects in its current business, notably a new concrete plant in the Channel Islands where its Ronez platform is located.
READ: SigmaRoc to open new concrete plant in Jersey
The plant will be "one of the most significant investments by the industry in the island in recent times" Vermorken says, taking local supply for infrastructure projects to its highest levels.
European focus
Looking to later in the year, the next step will be for the company to gain a foothold in mainland Europe.
"That's been our ambition for a while", Vermorken says, adding that the firm "wanted to create a base [in the UK] first and get a bit of recognition and presence to ensure shareholders that we could run a good business".
"What we now need to do is make a start in Europe".
The first part of this goal will be to develop a fourth platform in Northern Europe just on the opposite side of the English Channel.
Verkmorken says that there is "plenty to go at" when it comes to potential acquisitions, adding that the company has already been in discussions with potential targets.
"Some of our targets are friends, connections and former colleagues from years before…it takes a long time to get the right target for the right price, but we don't think that's a problem as we're doing that with six or seven targets at any one time".
Fifth and sixth platforms in the pipeline
In the longer term, the main aim is scale and size, Vermorken says, with the fifth and sixth platforms to follow "fairly soon after" the fourth.
"We're able to grow EPS quit (quite) significantly each time we buy something, and that's on a fully diluted basis…as long as we can keep doing that it creates value for everybody".
He adds that with the company getting "significantly larger over time" with each acquisition, eventually Sigma will be able to self-fund its expansion and there will be no dilution for shareholders.
However, Vermorken says that the company doesn't just chase deals for the fun of it, there are "significant" internal hurdles to approving purchases.
These include making sure the purchase is "earnings enhancing on a fully diluted basis no matter what" and that there is sufficient asset backing for the acquisition as the firm is more focused on cash generation than rapid growth.
With shares trading around 41.2p as of 21 January, SigmaRoc carries a market cap of £56.2mln.
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Founded in 2016, the firm looks to create value by purchasing assets in the fragmented construction materials market and forming them into larger groups to create efficiencies
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SigmaRoc plc is an AIM listed buy-and-build construction materials company founded to generate shareholder value from a highly targeted investment strategy. Construction materials are a local product, consumed and produced locally and due to their high mass to...
SigmaRoc plc is an AIM listed buy-and-build construction materials company founded to generate shareholder value from a highly targeted investment strategy. Construction materials are a local product, consumed and produced locally and due to their high mass to price ratio, they tend to travel less far than other commodities like oil or metals. This brings a particular dynamic to the sector, focussed on local and fragmented markets.
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Влади́мир Васи́льевич Бобро́в (род. 5 июня 1945) — советский и российский , доктор исторических наук (1992), профессор, специалист в области археологии Сибири и Центральной Азии.

Автор более 400 печатных работ, в том числе 12 монографий.

Биография
Родился 5 июня 1945 года в селе Клекотки Рязанской области в семье кадрового офицера, родители участники Великой Отечественной войны. Школьные годы были типичными для детей военнослужащих: он учился в нескольких школах в местах службы отца – на Украине, в Германии, затем в г. Кемерове.

В 1966 г. окончил Кемеровский педагогический институт (ныне Кемеровский государственный университет, КемГУ) и был приглашен на кафедру всеобщей истории. Он был одним из лучших выпускников, что отразилось в характеристике: «учился на отлично и хорошо. Участвовал в общественной жизни института, руководил одной из групп студентов, читал лекции в школе юных дарований, правдивый и честный. Педагогическую практику провел отлично». В студенческие годы В.В. Бобров также участвовал в полевых исследованиях других экспедиций, работавших в Сибири и на Дальнем Востоке. Особенно много, по воспоминаниям самого Владимира Васильевича, дало ему участие в экспедиции, руководимой А.П. Окладниковым, на Амуре. Алексей Павлович стал его научным руководителем в аспирантуре.

Отслужив срочную службы в рядах Советской Армии В. В. Бобров вновь вернулся на кафедру в январе 1969 года. Объектом научного исследования Владимира Васильевича стали оленные бляшки тагарской культуры, он занимался их систематизацией, выявлением особенностей изображений в тагарской культуре, а также определением заимствований деталей, форм и приемов изображений тагарских оленей в искусстве кочевых и полукочевых племен Евразии. Итогом исследований стала защита кандидатской диссертации в 1973 г. «Олень в скифо-сибирском искусстве (тагарская культура)» .

В 1975 г. был одним из сотрудником созданной кафедры археологии (до 1988 г. являлась единственной кафедрой этого профиля в азиатской части России).

После защиты кандидатской В.В. Бобров занимается разработкой концепции развития историко-культурных процессов в эпохи неолита и бронзы в Кузнецко-Салаирской горной области. Она представлена в докторской диссертации «Кузнецко-Салаирская горная область в эпоху бронзы», которая была успешно защищена в форме научного доклада в 1992 г. .

С 1994 г. профессор, заведующий кафедрой археологии с 1998 по 2022 г.. Владимир Васильевич стал руководителем археологической научной школы «Исследование культуры и искусства древних обществ на стыке Северной и Центральной Азии (традиции и инновации)», статус которой был утвержден Ученым Советом КемГУ в 2009 г. В настоящее время по результатам рейтинга кафедра под руководством В.В. Боброва занимает одно из ведущих мест в КемГУ среди подразделений гуманитарного профиля.Профессор В.В. Бобров читает курсы лекций студентам бакалавриата, магистратуры и аспирантам. Им подготовлено 16 кандидатов наук.

После защиты докторской диссертации все большее значение в деятельности В.В. Боброва стала занимать работа по организации гуманитарной науки в Кузбассе. Особенно значимым является налаживание тесных творческих контактов с академическими структурами Сибирского отделения РАН. В 1995 г. под руководством В.В. Боброва была создана совместная с Институтом археологии и этнографии СО РАН Кузбасская лаборатория археологии и этнографии. Она стала первой академической структурой гуманитарного профиля в Кемеровской области.

Активное участие принимал Владимир Васильевич в создании нового академического учреждения в составе Кемеровского научного центра СО РАН – Института экологии человека (2004 г.). В 2016 г. был образован Федеральный исследовательский центр угля и углехимии СО РАН (ФИЦ УУХ СО РАН), в состав которого вошёл Институт экологии человека. Сегодня В.В. Бобров является главным научным сотрудником, заведующим отдела гуманитарных исследований ФИЦ УУХ СО РАН.

Самостоятельные полевые исследования Владимир Васильевич проводит с 1973 г. Экспедиции В.В. Боброва связаны преимущественно с Кузбассом, однако ему приходилось работать и в Красноярском крае, Томской области, Новосибирской области. Спектр научных интересов ученого чрезвычайно широк (от неолита до Средневековья), но излюбленными темами становятся эпохи неолита и бронзы. Не случайно, что, пожалуй, наиболее значительными результатами его полевых изысканий явилось фундаментальное изучение Танайского археологического микрорайона (оз. Танай на границе Новосибирской и Кемеровской областей), продолжавшееся на протяжении 20 лет (1986–2006 гг.). Эти работы не только обогатили науку качественно новыми источниками, но и позволили сформулировать и обосновать оригинальные научные теории, касающиеся различных этапов эпохи бронзы большого района Западной Сибири.Начиная с 2004 г. В.В. Бобров исследует памятники эпохи неолита и бронзы в Барабинской лесостепи.

Бобров В.В. – член редколлегии и редсоветов журналов "Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета", "Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии", "Известия Иркутского государственного университета", Объединенного ученого совета СО РАН по гуманитарным наукам, заместитель председателя регионального отделения РФФИ.

За весомый вклад в развитие науки и образования профессор В.В. Бобров удостоен звания Заслуженный работник высшей школы Российской Федерации (2002 г.), знака «Почетный профессор Кузбасса», других региональных и ведомственных наград.8 июня 2020 года в Кемеровском государственном университете состоялось чествование Владимира Васильевича Боброва, отметившего 75-летний юбилей. Он был награждён медалью А.А. Леонова за достижения мирового уровня и серьёзные инновационные проекты, которую ему вручила заместитель губернатора Кузбасса Е.А. Пахомова.

Научная деятельность
Основные научные направления его исследований: изучение исторических, этнических, и культурногенетических процессов в горной экосистеме, первобытного искусства и сохранение его недвижимых памятников; изучение малоисследованных историко-хронологических периодов на территории Сибири и Центральной Азии. Основные научные результаты Боброва В. В.: разработана концепция историко-культурного развития маргинальных территорий на примере Кузнецко-Салаирской горной области; выявлены закономерности поликультурного и полиэтнического развития в условиях горных экосистем Южной Сибири; выявлены тенденции и особенности взаимодействия населения Западной Сибири в течение пяти-шести тысячелетий (VII – начало I тыс. до н.э.); разработаны новые и внесены коррективы в принятые периодизации развития культур эпохи камня и бронзы Барабинской лесостепи, Среднего Прииртышья, лесостепного Приобья, Среднего Енисея; выделены новые археологические культуры. В области теории и методологии археологии Бобровым В. В.: обоснованы критерии выделения культуры, исходя из специфики источников трех крупных хронологических периодов; предложено понятие, отвечающее разнообразию содержания в период смены эпохи камня в условиях Западной Сибири; предложен метод социальной реконструкции обществ эпохи поздней бронзы; предложен метод хроностратиграфии для изучения петроглифов, как святилищ.

Выдвинул концепцию полиэтнокультурного развития в условиях горных экосистем Южной Сибири в эпоху бронзы.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Бобров Владимир Васильевич
 arheologija.ru/vladimir-bobrov-issledovatel-sibirskih-drevnostey/ Владимир Бобров — исследователь сибирских древностей
Владимир Васильевич Бобров: Библиография.–Новосибирск: Издательство Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН, 2005. – 80 с. ISBN 5-7803-0133-6

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Slowly, and by hand: Two artists at Abel Contemporary Gallery explore timeless concepts
January 24, 2019 in outside press
From January 17th issue of Isthmus
By John McLaughlin
Technology in all of its wonderful and confusing forms has entered every facet of our lives, hovering over us as an invisible, ubiquitous presence.
But two artists at Paoli's Abel Contemporary Gallery are harking back to a pre-digital world, exploring the idea of artists as craftspersons and working with their hands to create singular objects.
New Works, open until March 3, is an exhibit from potter and educator Joanne Kirkland and printmaker Nick Wroblewski.
Kirkland, a longtime ceramic artist and instructor of 13 years at Madison College, displays an array of functional pottery in the form of mugs, pitchers and other housewares. Many of her ceramic pieces are stark and geometric, repeating and replicating lines that eventually fan out or fold into themselves. The result is a quiet and almost mystical aesthetic.
"There's a part of me that loves these simple geometric designs," Kirkland says. "There are certain images that show up that were being done on clay work and cave paintings 8,000 year ago, on every continent."
Other examples of Kirkland's work maintain the same ageless simplicity while weaving in small amounts of personal narrative. On one piece, a flock of dark chickens is pecking in the foreground while foxes appear in the background. Kirkland once saw one of her backyard chickens carried away by a fox.
Wroblewski's woodblock prints make an excellent pairing with Kirkland's ceramics. A longtime printmaker, Wroblewski attended Bennington College in Vermont and has been honing his craft for 20 years. His pieces in New Works actually double as illustrations for a children's book called Hush, Hush Forest, inspired by the Minnesota wilderness that Nick knows intimately. "That's the original reason the publisher approached me, because they saw the relationship between what I was trying to capture, very local landscapes, and the author [Mary Casanova], who's from northern Minnesota," he says.
Wroblewski's prints are relatively small, at 11 inches by 14 inches, but their size still allows the viewer to inhabit the rich Minnesota dreamland he has so carefully crafted.
One print contains a hunched-over black bear walking across a fallen birch trunk. The creature's lush, textured fur dominates the frame and clashes with the smooth, almost empty surface of the night sky. In another, a stand of barren trees surrounds a tiny cabin in the distant forest, as their shadows are thrown like skeletons across the frame.
In a third, echoing Kirkland, a fox creeps down a snowy hill that's beginning to show the first signs of spring. The trees are white, and the orange light of a sunrise bathes the scene. It could have taken place 100 years ago, or yesterday. According to Wroblewski, creating these pieces was time-consuming, but that's something he hopes viewers can take away.
Wroblewski wants viewers to gain an understanding of the slow process he undertook to illustrate the book. "I hope it reminds people that there are slower, more hand-carved approaches," he says.
In its penultimate show before moving to a new location in Stoughton, the gallery is debuting two other shows alongside New Works. Nocturne features the work of nine different artists in a variety of mediums as they address the theme of night, both figuratively and literally. From cryptic ink prints of vessels in the inky blackness of space, to a subdued low light screen print of a forest caught in the gloaming, to strange pieces of sleek, darkly earth-colored ceramic work, Nocturne is a beautiful and quietly unsettling group effort.
Abel Contemporary Gallery has a tradition of featuring more experimental works in the gallery's Cooler space. The former creamery building includes a strange, close-corners space previously used for cold storage, perfect for the single installation of a small solo show. Chelsea Thompto, a master of fine arts student at UW-Madison, utilizes the Cooler for her visually arresting commentary on transgender issues and politics, Productive Bodies. Thompto's multimedia work features a video where jagged, punctured geometric shapes shift seamlessly between forms, often depicting violence to human bodies. Thompto is comparing trans bodies with the Mississippi River, attempting to connect how both types of bodies face violence.
Click here to view the original article on the Isthmus website
Source: https://isthmus.com/arts/visual-arts/abel-contemporary-gallery-wroblewski-kirkland/
Charles Munch: Between the Lines at the Museum of Wisconsin Art
January 19, 2019 in Charles Munch, outside press
For almost forty years, Charles Munch has lived on 220 acres of pristine forest and grassland close to Lone Rock in Wisconsin's Driftless region. Drawing inspiration from his untamed surroundings, Munch has established himself as one of the most insightful artists working today on environmental issues in Wisconsin.
Between the Lines will feature thirty paintings from four decades that trace Munch's evolution from pure landscapes to vividly imagined narratives that explore the often complex relationships between humans, animals, and their interactions with the natural world. It is, in fact, the presence—and interaction—of humans and animals that take center stage in his dramatic vignettes. Although sometimes serene and in harmony, often his forest actors are threatened or confrontational and the outcome is uncertain. The paintings are frequently deliberately ambiguous or open-ended as Munch acknowledges that there are opinions besides his own and that some of the issues he addresses will remain unresolved. He avoids moral dictums: "I want my works to stimulate conversation and to encourage a variety of viewpoints."
Munch's paintings are deceptively simple. Since the early 1990s, he has shifted from a traditional realism to a linear, graphic style informed by comic books and commercial advertising. Bright colors, clearly defined lines, and bold, readable subjects are hallmarks of his current work. He eliminates unnecessary details and carefully composes each painting with the landscape as the principal backdrop for an unfolding narrative that often packs the visual punch of a graphic cartoon though with none of the inherent humor.
The exhibition will include seminal early works such as Blood Rain (1987), which deals with the effect of acid rain on the landscape, and Boundary Issues (2003), which crystallizes the relationship between man and nature, symbolizing the conflict that can arise when the lines between their domains become blurred. Hush (featured on the cover) acknowledges the common ground between humans and animals while also invoking the viewer to quiet attention. Munch's largest and most recent work to date, Family Vigil (2018), finds the artist taking an extraordinarily optimistic and conciliatory approach to nature that suggests a Garden of Eden. Is this a vision of a lost past or a desired future? Viewers must decide for themselves
-from MOWA, link to the webpage
images courtesy of Abel Contemporary Gallery
Munch's exhibition at MOWA has already generated some great press:
Source: http://wisconsinart.org/exhibitions/charles-munch-between-the-lines.aspx
December 16, 2018 in Karl Borgeson, outside press
"I think it was because of all these new, young teachers who had just gotten their MFAs and were coming to teach where I was going to school. They were all, you know, totally into their own work and teaching. They were young and vibrant, and I thought 'Wow, I want to be one of them.' The fire in them impressed me."
Karl Borgeson spent the entirety of his artistic career teaching. In a house he built with his students, mirroring the endeavor his father undertook before him, Karl shares that as long as he had wanted to practice art, he had wanted to teach. Hearing his stories, it makes sense. Karl's life has been shaped and crafted by his teachers and students.
Karl began as an undergraduate business major at the University of Minnesota. "All my life I had been involved in artistic pursuits in terms of drawing and painting and making things, but it didn't occur to me that I could study art as a career. My first year [as a business major] was just horrible. I hated it." Karl's advisor noticed his dejectedness and invited him to complete career placement tests. She evaluated his results and, seeing "aesthetics," pushed him towards his artistic tendencies. "I went back to school as an art major, and during my very first semester at this school, St. Cloud State University, there were five brand-new teachers. One was a pottery teacher, and a ceramics course was required for all art majors, so I signed up for that. And that was it. That was the turning point. I took that class and I decided right then and there that I wanted to work in clay and teach, so that's what I did."
While earning his Bachelor's in Fine Arts, Karl got married and had a child. Afterward, he worked for a moment as an assistant professor at Humboldt State University in California. Two years after earning his BFA, Karl returned to the University of Minnesota to earn his Masters in Fine Arts in ceramics and sculpture. "I was there for two years and went on from there."
To talk about Karl's postgraduate move is to talk about him as a professional and artist in his prime; he landed where he would spend the duration of his career. After finishing at the University of Minnesota in 1970, Karl began teaching ceramics at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. He retired from the university 32 years later and is now a professor emeritus. His time spent teaching was undeniably fundamental to his creative process. "You learn probably as much from your students as you teach them," Karl laughs. "It's kind of amazing. There's a lot of subtle things you can gain, especially from college-level students. I was 30 when I started at Whitewater, but my students were basically between 18 and 22. I felt really in sync with them. And I was fortunate, I think, to have had a lot of really good students—really dedicated people that would be in the studio working any time they could."
In learning about Karl's dynamic with his pupils, it's clear the relationship was always mutually beneficial. As his students brought their creative energy to the wheelhouse, he invested in them more and more. Their art enabled his own to develop. For instance, Karl had focused his body of work on a firing process called raku for approximately 20 years when he found himself creatively bereft. "I felt I was sort of run out of fresh ideas. I was just repeating myself. I took some of my students down to a wood-fire conference at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. I really got turned on to the idea of wood firing."
Prior to his time in Iowa, Karl was cultivating a body of work that was "purely more art related, more art influenced." The bowls, teapots, and platters he was fashioning were not usable. At this conference, Karl decided to build a wood-fire kiln upon his return home and switch his priority from form to function. The shift back toward objectively functional work harkened back to his time in undergraduate and graduate school focusing on usable pottery. The difference in that moment and onward, however, would be the manual energy Karl would invest. "Of course it required a lot of physical labor. Gathering the firewood, for one, and then the firings themselves were super labor intensive. I was firing the kiln by myself."
Venturing into his retirement, managing the arduous endeavor on his own eventually became too much. Halfway through his retirement, Karl deconstructed his kiln and rebuilt it as a gas fire kiln. Abandoning his prior technical mechanism while still keeping his new stylistic priority, Karl ventured into the second half of his retirement with an adamance toward the functional and an open mind to new style.
Not looking for it, Karl found a new appreciation for aesthetic when he and his wife visited Mali, West Africa. "The influences are a combination of architecture, of basketry, textiles, even the clothing people wore—all of this. We were there for a month. The whole time we were there we were driving from village to village, and I'm thinking about all the work I want to make when I get home."
Though his work is untitled, it's easy to identify which of his pieces bear the Mali influence. One of his objects features bent metal studs and a smooth rabbit-shaped metal-coated top, mirroring both the art and architecture Karl witnessed in Mali. While the studs reflect those placed in the local mud huts to allow people to ascend them and replaster their outside surfaces, the horns parallel "an amazing sculpture I saw in a museum in Mali. It was a carved wood sculpture, not a mask, but a kind of head form. It had these horns poking out, and I was just totally enthralled with it. That's what you see in there. That's my interpretation of these horn shapes on the sculpture I saw."
After his initial trip to the country, Karl returned to Mali and visited Burkina Faso and Benin as well. During subsequent travel to Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Mongolia in the years of his retirement, Karl patiently and graciously found new patterns, textures, and colors to embed within his oeuvre.
-Elissa Koppel, Madison Essentials Magazine
Link to Original Article on MadisonEssentials.com
Source: https://madisonessentials.com/Article/2019-01/Karl-Borgeson
Home Elements and Concepts - Creating Art Pt. II
"Meaningful art is an important part of our society. You may purchase art for the joy it brings and to enhance your home's interior, but it also helps support artists so that they can devote themselves to their craft. How does one become an artist and how is art priced? In my last article, I explained how one becomes an artist through formal education and practical experience followed by the challenge to create a professional and consistent body of work. The final steps include getting the work from the studio to exhibition, then hopefully to being purchased. "
-Theresa Abel
Read the rest of the article by following the link below.
Creating Art Part II
Meaningful art is an important part of our society. You may purchase art for the joy it brings and to enhance your home's interior, but it also helps support artists so that they can devote themselves to their craft. How does one become an artist and how is art priced?
Wisconsin State Journal - On View: Karl Borgeson and Zac Spates: 'New Work in Clay'
Thanks to the Wisconsin State Journal for their write-up introducing Karl and Zac!
http://host.madison.com/wsj/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/visual/on-view-karl-borgeson-and-zac-spates-new-work-in/article_f7f0cd3b-c992-54d4-8326-39f87436293c.html
Artist Don Kauss in the Kansas City Star
October 11, 2015 in outside press
Artisan Gallery artist Don Kauss was recently featured in a Kansas City Star Article that interviews Oracle, Fine Curiosities shop owners about their means of decorating at home and collecting taxidermy, skeletal forms, pelts, framed insects, and more. Don Kauss creates sculptures assembled from old skulls, taxidermy animals and found objects. His pieces are both haunting and intriguing.
Photo by Joe Ledford at the Kansas City Star
Read more about the shop here and about Don Kauss here.
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On View 3/15/15: Artisan Gallery in the WSJ
March 15, 2015 in outside press
We are very happy to be featured in this Sunday's Wisconsin State Journal's On View. A big thanks to Jeanne Kolker for writing about us once more. We've had a busy Sunday here are the gallery, the warm weather has been fantastic, and we are looking forward to seeing you all this coming week.
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The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. This current show will run until April 12th. To see what's next head over to our upcoming exhibitions page.
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John S Miller: Flatlands, a Graphic Exploration of Space and Volume is up through August 11th. We are blown away by John's craftsmanship as well as his keen observations of the natural world. #johnsmiller #print #printmaking #screenprinting #digitalprint #birdsinart #wisconsinart #artoninstagram #abelcontemporary #contemporaryart
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Here is a preview of our group show, Gilded, opening tonight, July 5, from 5-9pm. Alsi opening is John S Miller, and Vox Populi Print Collective in No.5. Join us! #abelcontemporary @aoartswarehouse #artistreception #new #gilded #gold @paulnitscheart @studioparan @melanieshermanceramics @jillbakergower @calderwoodjessica #jewelry #blownglass #contemporaryart #artcollector #fineart #finecraft
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In addition to our three new shows, we have new work in the gallery by Minnesota ceramicist, Ernest Miller and Madison painter, Diane Washa. I love the light in this front room! Opening reception Friday July 5th from 5-9pm. @ernestmillerceramics @dianewasha #ceramics #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #pottery #finecraft #fineart #americancraft #oneofakind #contemporaryart #artcollector #wisconsinartist
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Self-noise in interferometers - Radio and infrared
Kulkarni, Shrinivas R. (1989) Self-noise in interferometers - Radio and infrared. Astronomical Journal, 98 (3). pp. 1112-1130. ISSN 0004-6256. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130502-082728815
A complete theory of noise in a synthesis image is proposed for a source of arbitrary strength. In the limit of faint sources, the standard estimates of noise in a synthesis image are recovered, while in the limit of strong sources, the noise in the synthesis image is found to be dominated by either self noise or by the noise generated by the source signal itself. It is found that the best VLBI maps (with noise approaching the thermal noise) may in fact be limited by self noise, and that there is a negligible bias in the standard definitions of the bispectrum phasor and the closure phase. The results suggest that at the low signal levels which are characteristic of infrared interferometers, it is best to fit the model to all the closure phases and fringe amplitudes.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1989AJ.....98.1112K ADS UNSPECIFIED
Kulkarni, Shrinivas R. 0000-0001-5390-8563
© 1989 American Astronomical Society. Provided by the NASA Astrophysics Data System. Received 26 January 1989; revised 11 April 1989. I am most grateful to the W. M. Keck foundation for a grant under which all of the work reported here was performed. I thank A. C. S. Readhead for early discussions which led to this work, and S. Myers for a careful reading of the manuscript and for pointing out a fundamental flaw with the previous version of the paper. Discussions with D. Jones, T. Nakajima, and T. Pearson were very useful and resulted in improvement of the paper. I thank them for this.
W. M. Keck Foundation UNSPECIFIED
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation UNSPECIFIED
Kulkarni, Shrinivas R. (1989) Self-noise in interferometers - Radio and infrared. Astronomical Journal, 98 (3). pp. 1112-1130.


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WINDHOEK – Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) yesterday rewarded 2018 Commonwealth gold medalists Jonas Junias Jonas and Helalia Johannes with N$50,000 each.
The two won gold medals in boxing and women's marathon, respectively, at the Friendly Games held in Australia in April.
Speaking at the opening of the first-ever National Youth Games at the Independence Stadium yesterday, MTC executive Tim Ekandjo said the gesture was meant to inspire young and upcoming Namibian athletes to take sports seriously.
"MTC decided to award these two winners so as to show the young athletes that hard work pays off. Their performance in Australia was not for them as individuals, but for us as a country," he noted.
Jonas beat Thomas Blumenfeld of Canada in the final of the 64 kilogramme category, while Johannes became the first Namibian woman to win gold at the Games after finishing first in a time of two hours, 32 minutes and 40 seconds.
Jonas said receiving the reward from MTC had made him proud, and will push him to work harder.
"This shows that my efforts are being recognised," he beamed.
Johannes said what MTC had done for them would motivate younger athletes.
The government is yet to reward the athletes, because the national rewards policy has not been officially endorsed by the authorities.
Meanwhile, Ekandjo applauded the corporate companies which came on board as sponsors for the Games, saying this will help develop sports in Namibia.
Sponsors include NamPower, Coca-Cola, Namibia Breweries through their Aqua Splash product, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation as a media partner, Meatco and Fishcor Namibia.
He further stated that next year, MTC will "paint the stadium and athletes blue" when it comes on board as the main sponsor of the youth games.
Competitions in athletics, basketball, boxing, football, judo, netball, swimming, tennis and volleyball are taking place at various venues in Windhoek from yesterday to tomorrow. Over 1 800 athletes and officials are taking part in the games, which will see a national team being selected to represent the country at the Region Five Games in Gaborone, Botswana from 7 to 16 December.
–thenamibian.com
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Q: import router from express.Router() I have this on top of my index.js
import express from 'express'
import favicon from 'serve-favicon'
import router from express.Router()

I kept getting
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
[nodemon] restarting due to changes...
[nodemon] starting `babel-node ./index.js`
/Users/bheng/Desktop/express-app/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:590
      throw err;
      ^

SyntaxError: /Users/bheng/Desktop/express-app/index.js: Unexpected token (3:19)
  1 | import express from 'express'
  2 | import favicon from 'serve-favicon'
> 3 | import router from express.Router()
    |                    ^

What is the correct syntax for that ? What did I do wrong ?

A: You already imported express, so to access the Router you don't need to import anymore.
const router = express.Router();

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