A revisit to the Chinese/Latino restaurant, La Nueva Rampa. This time I dined-in and was able to get a wonton soup with my lunch special. It's not available with take-out. Much better than the last few wonton soups I've had elsewhere. I ordered the big fried pork chop lunch special with plantains after looking at another guy eating it. It's huge, tough (not tender) to eat, but tasted alright. A pretty good value for all that food at $7.08, plus tip. I like the oxtail stew better from my last visit a year ago.
There was a Chinese waiter speaking in Spanish to a customer. The old manager yelling an order into a mic/intercom at the front to the kitchen. The radio playing Tracy Morgan standup …that is until I realized there were two radio stations going on, the other playing Enrique Iglesias. And then I realized all that Tracy Morgan I heard throughout my meal was a guy eating at the counter. It could've been Tracy. He was wearing a hood.
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I was driving through eastern Utah earlier this month. The enormity of the landscape is breath-taking!
The drive was made even more impactful realizing that this is where dinosaurs walked millions of years ago. I could close my eyes and "see" them roaming the plains with the mountains as their backdrop. Then I realized I was driving and opened my eyes; relying on my driver's training to avoid joining the dinosaurs!
At that moment, two Air Force jets roared by. Hill Air Force Base is a major military installation in Utah. Seems that our most modern military warfare technology trains over the same space previous dominated by ancient dinosaurs. A striking contrast.
There I was in dinosaur country, with modern jets roaring by – what better place than to contemplate the nature of my profession and the views I have about what it takes to succeed in sales in the 21st century? Weird you say? Welcome to my Jurassic Park LoL!
It's not enough that we win; our enemies must lose.
In the military you don't learn you are trained. In combat you rely on your training to get you through.
Then it hit me – when I offer "sales enablement" to my clients they aren't actually learning how to sell. I'm not trying to "teach" them; I'm trying to "train" them. Actually, it's worse than that – I'm trying to "re-train" them. I believe, without such re-training they will continue to use sales tools, tactics and techniques that have gone the way of the dinosaurs.
And as stated above, in a sales cycle we rely on our training to get us through. I know it's not a life-or-death challenge. But it is job and/or career threatening, yes?
Deutschman concludes that although we all have the ability to change our behavior, we rarely ever do.
I often profess, "The market has shifted…" My clients assume the context of my statement is technology; technology in the market has shifted (from traditional, client-server oriented software to Cloud Computing). And just like our military, we must equip ourselves with new technology or risk being surpassed by our competition (in the military context, our enemies!).
But in the context of selling to a modern buyer, that element of the market has shifted too. If we don't re-train ourselves to sell the way the modern buyer buys, we risk becoming obsolete; replaced by eCommerce, an iPhone App, or some other "serve-yourself" option buyers have available to them to bypass we sales dinosaurs altogether.
Rare maybe, but I know my clients have the ability to change their behavior. Yet, I left the eastern plains of Utah wondering, who is the dinosaur? Them – resistant to re-training? Or me – thinking I actually can enable them to change their behavior?
May I ask you to change the way you always have been doing it, please? Yeah – right!
"Change", now there's a provocative word in our vocabulary. And just when we get comfortable with how things are working. Hey everyone, Windows 11 is on the way – great!
We've all worked with members of this org chart before, yes? Truth be told, I have served in one or more of those capacities myself when I have been on the "change" side of the equation.
…While eating lunch together with colleagues one of his friends was attempting to peel a banana. As often happens the stem was not cooperating and a struggle with the banana ensued. Another friend observing the struggle said "you know you are doing that wrong". Everyone at the table turned to hear the revelation on proper banana peeling technique.
The observer explained that if you watch monkeys, who clearly have been dealing with bananas much longer than we humans, they peel bananas by pinching the opposite end and gently pulling the peel away from both sides of the banana.
What followed at the lunch table was a mass return to the lunch counter for bananas and a series of very successful tests of the monkey banana peeling technique. The author observed how often we use the phrase "This is how we've always done it" and how inhibiting that is to even looking for new techniques. Secondly he observed how incredibly valuable firsthand experience or "seeing is believing" is when it comes to learning and embracing change.
As I read the post and spent time pondering the appeal of his story I started thinking of innovation and change working together. Not all change is innovative but all innovation implies change. Like the banana story if we are so comfortable or set in our ways even when they are only marginally effective we miss the opportunity to monkey around with more effective techniques. Innovative ideas for more effective and efficient ways to work are all around us.
What's good for me isn't always good for you, and visa versa – don't you agree? The phrase, "not in my back yard" is very Americana, isn't it? Yet change is inevitable and more than that, often needed.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all whoever have.
So come-on fellow members of the Chief Indecision Officer's org chart – let's get over the worries and get into the fun of making positive change in our lives and those of others.
That's my call-to-action. What's yours?
So I was walking through the office before sunrise the other day. Heading to the coffee machine – you know – the usual ritual. My colleague Craig was already strapped in and online in a meeting at his cubical. His phone was set to mute (demo account set to stun!).
That's right – two Old Guys starting their day early.
Much is being said and even more is being written about the generational make-up of our workforce these days. With so much chatter going on – I can't help myself – I'm weighing in.
How about you? Which generation are you part of? And which generation of employees do you think is the most productive; the most valuable; the most important generation for today's business setting; and into the future?
So, with this mixture of old and young; experienced and naïve – my bad – I meant inexperienced; hard workers and smart workers; I ask again, which generation provides the most business value contribution?
Work smarter, and as hard as you can.
Studies of millennials by the Intelligence Group, a youth-focused research company, have revealed that 74 percent of them want flexible work schedules.
Really, Captain Obvious? In fact, when you read her full article (see Welcoming Millennials to the Workforce ) is there anything she suggests for Millennials that Baby Boomers would not appreciate too?
Look at Frederick Herzberg's summary published in the Harvard Business Review. And his research was from the 1950's and 1960's – aka "Traditionalists". The more things change, the more they stay the same I guess.
Marty Birk, a Division Vice President of Sales I worked under "back in the day", used to ask, "Gary, if you were going into a selling war would you take So-and-So with you?" Well, in 2015 I don't care what generation my colleagues are from. If they can get the job done – harder or smarter – that's good 'nuff for me. How about you?
I attended my company's annual sales "kick-off" meeting recently. It was a terrific event! Recognition of the outstanding; celebration of our 2014 accomplishments; preparation to execute our 2015 assignments; motivational speeches; the works! Our sales force left totally fired up to dominate in 2015!
They proclaimed 2015 as the year of out-bound prospecting (aka "hunting"). Everyone's competitive juices were flowing!
Outside experts presenting their automated approach to appointment setting with prospects. It was not a new message. We have all heard that, "cold-calling is dead", haven't we? We all use tools that come with claims about the wonderfulness of automating human-to-human interactions. Just link with them on LinkedIn! Hmmm, is it really that automatic? Sorry – as my Grandmother used to say, "I'm no believe".
"Spend less time on the right deals!" "Sell more efficiently!" "Using predictive analytics, we can selectively invest our time with prospects that are ready for us!" Predictive analytics that "time the prospect"? Hmmm, "time the prospect"… Didn't I lose a boatload in my investment account when I used automation to try to "time the market"?
Just what the Romans had in mind.
As Joan Rivers coined, "Can we talk?" Not to peddle our products – but can sales professionals talk with a prospect about their business goals; their business plans; their business future? Hmmm, actually talking with prospects about their aspirations vs. our products? That'll never work.
Not sure how to "talk with a prospect"? No worries. The machinists have the remedy. Machine-based learning to help sales people talk with their prospects. Machine-based learning – for human interaction? Just shoot me! With an automatic!
I mean, don't you think if it was that simple to become that efficient by becoming that automated, that the market would transact with statisticians and copy writers – not business people who sell? It would be M2H (machine-to-human interactions) not B2B, true? Are we automating the obliteration of our sales profession?
Now, I may not be able to avoid such obliteration by such automation by the masses of mathematicians and machinists. But I refuse to condone self-obliteration.
How do you know who wrote this little ditty? Was it me? Am I re-posting someone else's work? Am I human? Or are The Quote Guys a computer program? Hmmm.
Well, if you will indulge me for a bit I'll share a few experiences, questions and opinions and then you decide if this is human or machine generated, OK?
I attended a webinar recently sponsored by InsideView; "31 Must Have Sales Tools in 2013". It was delivered "lightning round" style by six sales subject matter experts, each offering a 90-second overview of five social selling products. Sort of a verbal Tweet – although I didn't count to see if they stayed within 144 characters. Hmmm. They actually highlighted 32 Sales Tools; I guess I'm not sure how "social math" works these days. Hmmm.
The crux of all the subject matter experts' presentations was how to leverage technology to automate our social media selling efforts. There were tools to automate Internet searches for prospective companies; for targeted contacts; automated searches to find someone else's content to re-post; automated email "pings"; automated email signature line commercials; automated everything!
Is automation of social selling counter-intuitive?
"Social" according to Wikipedia: Attitudes, orientations, or behaviors which take the interests, intentions, or needs of other people into account. "Interests, intentions, or needs of other people". Hmmm.
Do other people typically look forward to automated "pings" from sales reps' social selling applications?
"Social Media"? According to Jan H. Kietzmann, social media employ mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms via which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content. "Highly interactive platforms via which individuals and communities share". Hmmm.
What does an individual share with an auto-generated, re-post, from some sales stranger's computer program?
"Social Media Marketing"? According to Wikipedia: Social media marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social networks. A corporate message spreads from user to user and presumably resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand or company itself. "Presumably resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source". Hmmm.
Exactly which automated, computer programs are our "trusted, third-party source" these days?
Wikipedia does not contain a definition for "Social Media Selling"; yet I'm inundated with invitations to social media selling events literally ever day. I suspect I'm just in a plethora of Internet databases, and these invitations are not actually coming from people, but rather some number of automated, "Must Have Sales Tools" programs.
70% of the Internet traffic does not involve a person; it's machine-to-machine communications (often posing as human beings).
"Machine-to-machine communications (often posing as human beings)". Hmmm.
Well, I guess you will have to decide for yourself whether this little ditty came from "me" or from my automated, technology surrogate. Of course, I am equally unsure if you are really reading this; or if "you" are one of those automated, "31 Must Have Sales Tools" trolling the Internet for re-postable content.
If we are automated at both ends; I hope our machines are keeping themselves amused.
Recruit good people; enjoy them while you can; promote them; and go find some more.
I think it was Tom's way of teaching me not to take good people for granted.
At the same time Lew and Shayne, my friends and former teammates, recently changed jobs. The companies they're going to are getting two stellar performers – in this case, take my word for it! Not surprisingly, both implied their frustration with their now former companies (and former managers). I suspect they felt they were being taken for granted.
"Gary", you might ask, "how do you know they were stellar performers?" Fair question. It suggests you won't just take my word for it. BTW – a key perspective when you're recruiting sales people – don't simply take their word for it.
How you do one thing is how you do everything – don't kid yourself.
Just because someone was successful in one role with one company at one point in time, does not mean they will be successful in their new role, with your company, at this point in time. In fact, if they have had prior success we should wonder – why are they interviewing now? Unless we can uncover justified frustration with their soon-to-be-previous manager, or some other legitimate reason for their departure, beware. Don't take their word for their prior performance.
That's an example of what a stellar attitude looks like, yes?
The teacher and the taught create the teaching.
I'll share some of Shayne's teachings in an upcoming post. It is stellar, too – but don't take my word for it.
I attended a McGladrey Emerging Technology conference recently, aptly entitled "Innovation Overload" ( http://mcgladrey.com/Search-Results?q=emerging+technology&sp_cs=UTF-8 ). The keynote speaker was David Smith, a technologist and a futurist. Coincidently, I heard another futurist and engineer present just four months ago.
With today's technology, we can record everything – and everything is a lot!
Among the 5 most appreciated technologies of the past 100 years – the microwave oven topped the list (followed very closely by – the garage door opener).
70% of the Internet traffic does not involve a person; it's machine-to-machine communications (often posing as human beings). So how do we know if those Tweets are coming from a person or that toaster-oven with all the computer chips on your kitchen countertop?
David went on to complete his "shock and awe" presentation about what the technology future has is store for us. Very provocative.
Some of his statements I took issue with. For instance, he warned of possible disaster if businesses put their business applications in "the Cloud". He said, "The Internet might go down" and then your business couldn't operate.
During break, I sought David out to express an opposing view (i.e. "argue"). You see, the Internet never goes down. Perhaps your connection goes down, but not the Internet. Still a problem, no doubt; but if your Internet connection goes down at the office, according to his futuristic presentation, you could simply go home and plug-in from your toaster-oven, yes?
He didn't have the same sense of humor when it comes to the hype over futuristic technology as I do. He gets paid to prognosticate about what will happen "someday" (with a fair bit of vagueness on the "when", I might add); I actually have to make a living selling this stuff; yet he's the serious one.
Reminds me of our weathermen and their "pinpoint" radar, technology, and forecasts. (Which reminds me of those times I'm digging out of the snow storm that was supposed to miss us.) But, we can't argue with the weatherman, either.
Have to go now – my refrigerator just texted me.
OMG! Just when we thought we had all of the typical acronyms in the technology business figured out.
Using techno-speak, acronyms and other, made-up stuff is unfair, don't you think? I mean the English language is complicated enough. Add in txting (which I thought was a universally accepted, misspelled shorthand; but come to find out it's just me who is misspelling it universally); or SMS – Social Media Shorthand (OK, I made that one up; LOL!); and how can one be expected to communicate clearly today?
E-mail and voice-mail have, of course, exacerbated the problem in the last ten years. Unfortunately, for all their convenience, these innovations have made it much easier to believe we are communicating when we are merely informing; if I have e-mailed you, you know it. This presumption frequently escalates from knowledge to understanding, then to consent, and finally to the delusion of wisdom.
Ah yes- if I have e-mailed you, you consent. How many times have we made that erroneous assumption? Here are a few others.
BAM – I assumed this was a word (silly me). You know, like, "I was driving to work and BAM I realized today is our wedding anniversary and I haven't bought a card or a present for my wife yet. But no; as it turns out, BAM actually stands for Business Activity Management.
Masquerading as a better way to put everyone in touch, e-mail (and voice-mail) have become incessant distractions, a nonstop obligation and a sure source of stress and anxiety. I expect that a public statement by the Surgeon General is in the offering.
I also became acquainted with CAO, not to be confused with Ciao, which of course is Italian for both "Hello" and "Goodbye" (nice to see confusion is an international pastime). CAO refers to the Chief Accelerator Officer. And if your CAO is Italian, that means he is capable of doing business, as well as saying "Hello" and "Goodbye", very fast!
Maybe the thinking behind the creation of these terms originates from those childhood years where every kid received a ribbon – whether they finished first, or last – everyone was "special". Is it those same kids, now adults, who have created their own business role with its own acronym? Is everyone "special" again?
Call me kooky, but BAM sounds a lot like my manager; I think I spoke to BOOM the other day when I was ordering a pizza and being up-sold extra toppings and side dishes; and this morning I'm with a CAO – there are hundreds of them – they work at Starbucks.
Do you remember your high school or college commencement speeches? Did you attend a friend or relative's graduation this spring? I always enjoy the unbridled hope and enthusiasm that comes from the speakers. Have you kept up that spirit of "we can accomplish anything" at your company? Yes? Good for you – keep it going! Sometimes a job can dampen our enthusiasm if we're not careful.
A key part of our enablement responsibility is to remove internal impediments that have built up over the years and eroded productivity levels of our sales force and our partners. Our eradication assignment may sound familiar to you at your company. We need to address outdated reference materials; incomplete onboarding processes; absence of tactical planning; avoidance of accountability; lack of vision; you know – the usual stuff.
Are we up to the task? Will our company remain committed to this initiative? Why not?
Our internal, executive sponsor (along with the senior member of our team) has named us DFoA, the Delta Fore of Awesomeness! Truly, with a moniker like that – why not?
OK, my college experience was a bit different than Abraham Lincoln's. But if he was here today and looking at our enablement assignment as compared to the challenges he faced during his presidency, he might offer us these words of wisdom – Why not?
"So Gary, we're making some changes this year…" "Gary, here's your new compensation plan…" "Gary, I love you but I think we need a change in our relationship…" "Dad, I'm changing my major at school…" One, simple word – "Change"; gets the adrenaline flowing, yes?
One of my changes for the positive in 2011 is my goal to be an adult while remembering the child that's still inside of me. I want to accept changes that are inevitable and seek new comfort zones. I still have lots of growth opportunities (except my waste line – that needs to shrink!). Change; positive change; making the world a better place, one day at a time. Moving towards that man my dog already thinks I am. Not day dreaming; not fantasizing; not blind optimism without any semblance of reality. No, I am focusing on the specific things I can do; methodically; realistically; daily; that will move me into my next new and improved comfort zone. It will be fun and I'll enjoy the journey; just like when I was a child of five.
I plan to adjust a few of my sails in 2011. How about you?


I had to leave before they sang "Happy Birthday" last night. My mom's birthday is tomorrow. My father, twin brothers, sister-in-laws, cousin, and daughter brought out the cake and lit the candles after I left for my graduation from Improv. I left both excited and nervous that I would, or scratch that, that we would, bomb.
What a treat to wake up this morning, still coming down from the adrenaline rush of last night, to open the refrigerator and peel back the tinfoil to unveil a huge chunk of an Atomic Bomb cake from Wolf's bakery in Evergreen Park. The bananas, strawberries, and chocolate fudge sandwiched between layers of white and devils food spongy cake and whipped cream is pure heaven.
I haven't had a slice of cake for breakfast since I was a kid. What a treat it was to wake up on a Sunday morning, my parents still in bed, to find five pieces of cake carefully wrapped in wax paper, one for each child, gently placed on the kitchen table the night before, or early morning. Who cared when it arrived? It was there. It was someone's wedding cake the night before, and that morning it became our breakfast of champions.
Cheers to Westside Improv, to Jeff Ash, our teacher and director, to my fellow players, and those who came before us, to Buzz's Girlfriend, especially Sophia Clinton, without whose example I would have never taken the class, to Rad Uncle, and to every friend, family, and stranger who laughed and applauded us last night. Thank you for helping us overcome our fears to be courageous and live in the moment.
From a stuffed snake to bowel movements, to rude bosses, a baking soda addicted mother, and deadbeat kids, this morning I struggle to recall what I did when and why with my fellow players last night. The specifics are unimportant because all that matters is we rocked, we said yes, and we had fun. And, champions get to eat birthday cake for breakfast.
Being of Cuban descent, I'm quite familiar with cake for breakfast. It's a thing, lol.


Eurotrees delivers high-quality Christmas trees and greeneries according to our traditional practice. We are happy to announce the launching of Nordmann Selected, which is the perfect solution for you, if you want to take your business a bit further.
Nordmann Selected is a special high-quality category of trees from Eurotrees, because we use more time and resources on Nordmann Selected. The trees are carefully processing and well-cared for throughout growth and the precise timing in terms of felling is another significant feature.
This results in fresher trees. Because we cut them as close as possible to the time of delivery, meaning that the trees last longer in the living rooms of the consumers. Your customers will be more satisfied. And how exactly does it affect your business? Well, you can charge higher prices and your customers are increasingly loyal.
Logistics is also part of the Nordmann Selected concept. Delivery is more precise and better for the tree. Thus, better for you and your customers. Does it sound like a Christmas fairytale? It gets even better – it is pure quality, and that's only available at Eurotrees.
Eurotrees is one of the leading manufacturers and retailers of Christmas trees and greeneries. That's old news. But we have long-standing experience and knowledge about Christmas traditions around the world. And you can take it from us – they vary quite a bit.
Thus, Nordmann Selected are selected trees for the exact market, where the shape and structure of the tree fits – and is expected. The customers get what they want. After all – that is what Christmas is all about, right?
All trees in the Nordmann Selected category have an identification number. This makes us – meaning you and us – able to retrace the exact origin of the tree. In other words, we regard every tree to be a unique nature product, and we accept this obligation. To you – it means good quality. Again.
Please feel free to call Peter on tel. 22 80 44 04, and get a great offer for Nordmann Selected for your customers. Or send an email to pj@eurotrees.dk right now – and Peter will get back to you.


"I Am Not I," by G.V. Anderson [bio] (edited by C.C. Finlay), appeared in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction issue 07-08|17, published on July 1, 2017 by Spilogale Inc.
Pro: The setting is great. Details of Madame Qlym's shop and her business, the unsettling description of the Bee Man, and the narrator's own history work together to form a clear, if slightly disgusting, picture of this world.
The narrator wants to assure her own safety, and she more or less accomplishes that by the end, even if her original plan didn't work out.
It was touching that her mother helped her out, despite everything.
Con: It's impossible to like any of these characters. The narrator has minor qualms about killing the human girl, but that doesn't stop her from selling the body. She has no hesitation to tell lies, to cheat, and even to kill. She doesn't really deserve a happy ending.
I really liked this one. I did feel for the narrator's situation, and I found the possibility that the honey man was human intriguing. I thought Madame Qlym was fun to hate. As you said, great setting! I hope we see more.


Through an in-license agreement with the University of Virginia Patent Foundation, ATL was granted exclusive, worldwide rights to the University's adenosine-related patent portfolio, including apadenoson, developed as Stedivaze, a cardiac stress agent for use in diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Stedivaze was shepherded by ATL to the end of Phase II development before ATL sold substantially all its assets to Clinical Data, Inc. (CLDA) in 2008. CLDA and its successors carried on development into late Phase III.
At the end of 2012, ATL reacquired many of its programs, including Stedivaze. Stedivaze is now more than half way through Phase III trials.
© 2013 Adenosine Therapeutics, LLC. All rights reserved.


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State Rep. Kyle Kacal
House District 12 - College Station
Facebook: KyleKacalTX
Twitter: @KyleKacal
About State Rep. Kyle Kacal
Kyle Kacal was raised in Pearland and spent most of his life on his family's East Texas ranch. He received his BA in Political Science from Texas A&M University, before going on to receive his Certificate of Ranch Management from Texas Christian University. He works on his ranch in College Station which works as a cattle business and hunting business. He, his wife Marci and their two children also live on the 2,400 acre ranch.
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Q: Preventing hardware backbutton to goback previous page This question was asked before in this
However, componentDidMound() method prevents rendering page.
I have already changed BackAndroid to BackHandler but I couldn't manage it.
Also, what is ToastAndroid?
EDIT:
 I have used
componentWillUnmount(){
        BackHandler.removeEventListener('hardwareBackPress', function() { preventClose(); });
    }

componentDidMount() {
            BackHandler.addEventListener('hardwareBackPress', function() { preventClose(); });
      }
preventClose(){
    BackHandler.exitApp();
}

But it has bugs. When I move from my page to another page, if I press back button I immediately close the app. (I don't want this to happen. I just want to prevent the user from going back from my main screen, not other stack screens.)

A: That should be very basic. In you activity you just need to override the onBackPressed() method.
@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    // super.onBackPressed(); <- this line of code will make you go back to the previous "page"

    // now you can insert additional code, if you want to do it.
}

As long as you don't add super.onBackPressed(); this will prevent from going back to previous page.

A: You can simply override onBackPressed() and comment super method.
@Override
public void onBackPressed() {

    // super.onBackPressed(); -> Just comment that line this will prevent device back button action.
}

Thanks.

A: As the others mentioned you can override the onBackPressed() method and just let it empty. Then the back button has no functionality.
If you are switching between two activities and the user should not go back to the first activity you can also finish the first activity and then you do not need to override onBackPressed.
You can finish an activity by just calling finish() method after starting the new activity.

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"The Collegiate Academy is an innovative pilot program being offered at Gainesville, Lake Dallas, and Steele Accelerated High Schools. The Academy allows 9th-grade students with demonstrated outstanding academic performance and capability to enroll in specific Dual Credit courses designated by their high schools. Students are screened and recommended by middle school and high school counselors with final approval being given by NCTC Vice President of Instruction" (NCTC.edu).
To be a member of the Collegiate Academy a student must be accepted into the program as a 9th grader and stay on track to complete the requirements for the Collegiate Academy Honor Cord.
A student may begin taking dual credit courses at any grade-level without being a member of the Collegiate Academy if the student meets the academic and disciplinary requirements for dual credit.
Students in the Collegiate Academy will be given priority registration.
Collegiate Academy students will receive "face to face" instructional delivery for grades 9 and 10 with adjunct availability.


At Ashridge we do everything we can to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we support, including those with learning disabilities. As a team we are focused on building positive outcomes for everyone that uses our services.
The work is both interesting and varied. Your main role will be to support the Clinical Teams who deliver specialist care to our residents, of course. But you will also play a major role in making the lives of our residents as happy and fulfilling as possible – not just by showing real warmth to them and their families, but by continuously looking for ways to engage their interest and enhance their experience every day.
Process expenses, orders, raise cheques, deal with suppliers on a regular basis.
Support the Service Manager and wider Service with Administration such as letters, memos, email communications.
As site administrator you will provides efficient and effective administrative and secretarial support to the home, including document and report production, telephone enquiries, diary management, payroll input meeting and greeting visitors and other administrative tasks as appropriate.


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Helenium és un gènere de plantes asteràcies. Són plantes natives d'Amèrica.

Tenen flors compostes de color groc o taronja del tipus de la margarita. En anglès algunes de les espècies d'aquest gènere, (particularment Helenium autumnale) reben el nom de sneezeweed, nom que està basat en el fet que antigament havien estat utilitzades per a fer  snuff que s'inhalava per treure els mals esperits del cos. Les espècies més grosses d'aquest gènere poden arribar a fer 2 metres d'alt.

El nom del gènere prové d'Helena de Troia, filla de Zeus i de Leda.

També Helenium, es fa servir com a epítet específic (per exemple en Inula helenium)

`De les espècies d'Helenium se n'alimenten els lepidòpters com Phymatopus behrensii.

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S'han desenvolupat nombrosos cultivars per a planta ornamental, principalment a partir de les espècies H. autumnale i H. bigelovii. Floreixen a finals d'estiu i a la tardor. Les espècies anuals es cultiven fàcilment a partir de les llavors i les perennes han de ser dividides cada any per tal que mantinguin el vigor. Toleren la secada. Els següents cultivars han guanyat el premi de Royal Horticultural Society, Award of Garden Merit:-

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High street shops to open until 10pm in England so people can "go have fun"
27 March 2021 News Business Matters
High street shops will be allowed to stay open until 10pm when the lockdown restrictions are eased and Rishi Sunak is urging people to "go have fun" and spend money.
Robert Jenrick, the communities secretary, announced that to help the economic recovery there would be no requirement for shops to fill out extra paperwork. Retailers usually need council permission to open after 7pm.
Sunak urged people to "get out there" and spend their money when shops, pubs and restaurants reopened on April 12. The extended shop opening hours will apply in England from Monday to Saturday. The chancellor said that people could "do their bit" by spending savings that they had built up during the lockdown on businesses in their local high streets.
The government will begin the first phase of easing lockdown restrictions on Monday, when people in England will be able to gather outside in groups of six and outdoor sports venues open.
Britain's record March temperature of 25.6C could be broken next week as the country enjoys a mini-heatwave but the public are being warned not to behave as if everything is back to normal. Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs Council, urged people to abide by the staged process of easing the lockdown and "not to try and pre-empt it".
Hewitt said that the changes on Monday were not a return to normal life and that there would be a "real danger" of increased infection if the public ignored the restrictions.
He said he was "desperate to get back to a life where we have all of our freedoms", but that point had not been reached. People were also warned against taking the approach that "I'm only breaching it a little bit". Police will continue to hand out fines where they are necessary.
Restaurants, pubs and cafés in England can reopen for outdoor service from April 12 and outdoor holidays in self-catered accommodation will also be allowed.
Sunak said that wealthier people who had saved money were ready to go out and spend. "We know both from our experience and looking around the world that actually, once you reopen things, people will get out there and do what they do best, which is go have fun," he told the Conservative spring forum.
"There is a lot of excess savings and if some of that gets spent that would be great to help drive growth. But also just people getting back to normal will be very beneficial. We are ultimately a consumption-led economy . . . driven by people going out and shopping and seeing their friends and going out to theatres and things. So it's important for us to get back to that."
Sunak said that lockdown had increased the public's connection to their local communities. "People will feel that, when they can, they will want to do their bit to go and support the businesses they love in their towns and villages," he said.
The Office for Budget Responsibility said last month that households had accumulated £180 billion in savings in the past year and suggested that there could be a "degree of euphoria" as lockdown was eased.
The government announced in November that shops would be allowed to open until 10pm, only to abandon the plans for the third lockdown. The new extension will apply until June 21, when social distancing restrictions are due to be lifted. Jenrick said: "This will provide a much-needed boost for many businesses — protecting jobs, reducing pressure on public transport and supporting people to continue to visit their high streets safely."
A Trends Research survey for Business Matters found that seven in ten people would be willing to sacrifice foreign holidays if it meant that the lockdown could be eased as planned this summer.
Pessimism is growing within government about the prospect of foreign holidays as the third wave of coronavirus grips Europe. Ministers will discuss foreign travel and social distancing restrictions at a meeting of the Covid operations committee on Tuesday, but government sources said it was unlikely to include definite dates for holidays.
The survey also suggested that 66 per cent of people would be comfortable with pubs requiring them to produce evidence that they had been vaccinated or had a negative test for coronavirus before they were allowed entry.
Boris Johnson confirmed this week that venues could be allowed to dispense with social distancing rules if they limited entry to those who had had the virus, been vaccinated or could produce evidence of a recent negative test.
Some ministers are concerned that there may be permanent changes to society. Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, told the party forum that there would be "patterns in society that are changed for ever".
Andrew Goodacre, chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association, welcomed the change to opening hours and called on shoppers to return to the high street. He said: "Our message is clear — abandon the boring, two-dimensional experience of online shopping, and shop with independent retailers after April 12."
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I noticed some years ago that extremists, far left and far right, can sound similar – bully tactics, exaggerations that make the "other side" sound monstrous, not real. Sometimes I get fundraising letters from far left groups filled with these over-the top-rants. They go in my shredder along with the ads.


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It's My Tenth Birthday!
Obviously not my actual tenth birthday. I'd have extremely good syntax for that age, apart from anything else. Today is my tenth birthday as a writer and reader of fanfiction. It was on this day that I got my account on fanfiction.net and tumbled down the rabbithole. You do a lot of growing up in ten years. To celebrate that milestones, I thought it'd be appropriate to make a list of my top ten favourite things about fanfiction, and what's kept me coming back year after year after year.
10. New fandoms.
Apparently fanfiction is terrible because it's copyright theft and reduces the income of the creators. That's not remotely true. Most fanfiction writers and readers are also the sort of fans who go to conventions, who buy memorabilia and the official fanfictions. What we also do is smash our favourite things together, gleefully and with abandon. Fanfiction brought me back to CSI, introduced me to the Sandman series and, through my ex, got me into the whole marvellous world that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Most of the things I've picked up on recommendation have actually been things that featured in crossover fanfiction.
There's a very, very long list of things I want to get my hands on because some talented writer threw my favourite characters into that world.
9. Really weird information.
This is what Cardiff looks like too early in the morning after an entire bottle of pink bubbly drunk in memory of your favourite TV character
I love to learn new things. I even went on an NVQ level 1 qualification the month before I collected my degree because it was free and LEARNING IS AWESOME. So the amount of random stuff I've learned through fanfiction is just brilliant. In particular, I've learned a lot about Wales (like seriously, masses), especially because I managed to combine my degree with my fannish passions.
My final year dissertation was a research project on the motivations behind Torchwood-induced tourism in Cardiff. I got to go to Cardiff and sit in pubs and talk to my friends about why we liked going to Cardiff, and the previous year I did an article on what Cardiff to has offer to tourists – for which I did a specialised report on Doctor Who tourism, did the location tour, went around the castle, stayed at the St David's Hotel and Spa and got drunk.
Okay, so the awesome holidays have been part of that, but I love my subject so much that I fully intend to return to university to continue my research and get my PhD.
8. Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones
Broken. Co-dependant. Sexy when dangerous. Utterly efficient. Sarcastic. If that's my list of qualities I like in a man, it's a good job I'm gay.
Torchwood logo temporary tattoo
Jack and Ianto, though, just had something. All of the above, really. I followed Jack from Doctor Who, where he burst into my teenage angst by being queer and not being bothered by it. No one else was bothered about it either, it was amazing! So I followed him like a puppy to Torchwood, where everyone was at least a little bit gay, and there was this beautiful, broken idiot and they fell in love and so did I.
Most of the stories I've written have been about them. No other couple in a show or book has captured my attention in quite the same way. Whether I'm driving Ianto even further into darkness to see what he does when the shit hits the fan or sending them on romantic holidays across the stars, I can't leave them alone. I don't want to. If I have a muse, it's them.
This explains a lot…
7. Writing Apprenticeship
Some 800000 words of Torchwood fanfiction published. I've learned a lot in those words. Well, you'd hope so, wouldn't you?
Writing is the only way to learn to write. Playing in a world I knew, where there was a community of people who could tell me what I was doing wrong and what I was doing right, was the best training scheme I could have had. I've learned how to research, how to construct and write a story, how to build a world and characters, and how to persevere when I really don't want to to meet a deadline. I've even learned how to work together with other people on a single project. It's not a recognised course and isn't going on my CV, but the stuff it's taught me is really special.
6. Hope and Dreams
Writing teaches you to dream big. It also teaches you to plan for the future, whether that's just putting together a plot or designing a jewel heist. In your story, anything is possible.
It's a bit harder in the real world, but all I have to do is write myself into a story and I can figure out how to get there. I have a plan for world domination and a plan for living quietly in the country with many cats, a cider orchard and a B&B for writers and artists. Admittedly, the one for world domination involves aliens, but the cider orchard sounds nice enough anyway.
5. Escapism
I think it's a universal constant that being 16 sucks when it's happening, proportional to the rest of your life. When I was 16 I was too busy imagining being a secret agent hunting aliens in Cardiff to bother with being 16. I didn't get pregnant or smoke. I played the lottery once. That was exciting.
My teenage years weren't great, if memory serves me right. I was bullied, struggling with high expectations in school, had the usual self-image problems that all teenagers are inflicted with, and I can't remember any of that over the sound of how awesome fanfiction was.
The things that have stuck with me, partly through relentless cheerfulness and partly through selective forgetfulness, are discovering NaNoWriMo, buying a decrepit ex-school laptop for £15 and dragging it everywhere with me, writing every second I had, and meeting my best friends over the internet.
4. Experimenting and exploring
You can even go out dressed like this.
You can do anything in a fanfiction. There's a rule out there of "if it exists, there is porn of it". There's a clause of that rule of "if it exist, there is porn of it with Jack Harkness". That applies to everything, not just the NSFW stuff. You want to write Dracula as a Hogwarts student? Go ahead. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli in an America high school? If you must. Jasper Fforde/Doctor Who crossovers? He name-dropped that.
Whatever you want to write, you can borrow some pre-made characters or a setting you already know and set off on your adventure. Or you can just push the boundaries of the familiar sand-box. It's already big enough for everyone, but a bit more space, a bit more colour or scenery, never hurt.
Yeah, it's pretty awesome. This month, despite the fact that I've not updated my stories in years, I've had readers from 22 countries. I can count the friends I have at home on one hand and probably not run out of fingers, but I'd need to duplicate myself and take off all of our shoes and socks to count up all the people I'm that close to around the world. I had mentors and was a mentor at the same time, which is a bit weird.
When I go into action on operation "acquire a cider farm", several steps along the way will be "visit X person in Y place", and once I have my cider farm I hope many of them (and you) will visit me.
Among that community I've found some of my best friends. We've been scattered across the world, even more so when I went to Oz, but I've actually managed to meet them all. One turned up on my doorstep, despite living in the USA, the day after I got worried about her being out of contact for a few days. We have had some absolutely ridiculous conversations, some absurd adventures, and I love them all to bits.
1. Confidence
I am not short on words. Sorry about that. I'm extroverted, bubbly, loquacious. I was also extremely shy. Note the 'was'.
Fanfiction, and the wider fandom, has broken down some of the barriers I'd built. It gave me the push I needed to sit in a shopping centre in Brisbane wearing a bright yellow bandana so a complete stranger could give me a place for the night (note, this is not advisable, except when it is). It taught me to share my work with other people and lick my wounds when they didn't like it, and then get back up and give them something else. It showed me that I do actually have something to offer.
A lot of fans are introverts, because it's an activity that doesn't force social interaction with people like me. I'm a fan because I like connecting with people who share my passions. They put up with me anyway. The most awesome people I know are weird and dorky, like board games and dressing up as fictional characters, and would rather spend a night with a book than a night in a pub.
So, you know, maybe I can be awesome too. Purple top hat and all.
All things considered, I hope there'll be another ten years of fanfiction and fandom. I couldn't ask for a better hobby.
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Chris Musgrave on 03/02/2014 at 22:07 said:
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and fanfiction is no less so. It demonstrates that the characters are so memorable, so realistic, that people want to know more about them. Every new writer needs a way of cutting their teeth before taking the plunge and investing time in their own characters and fanfiction (official stuff) has never hurt the establish authors. Neil Gaiman often writes for Doctor Who and, without fanfiction authors, James Bond would have ceased to exist after only 14 of his 45 adventures.
Doctor Who is a really good example. It was revived by fans who started out writing fanfiction for zines and then discovered that they could write for the licensed book series or for the Big Finish audio dramas. Russel T Davies, Mark Gatiss, Stephen Moffat and even Peter Capaldi were Doctor Who fanfiction writers before it came back.


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Unilever's innovation platform, Unilever Foundry, has launched a new global crowdsourcing community to find new ways to tackle global sustainability problems.
Announced at Lions Innovation in Cannes by Unilever senior vice president of global media Luis di Comolast week, Foundry IDEAS will enable collaboration between consumers and innovators to look for solutions to sustainability challenges.
The platform is designed to support the delivery of Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan, inviting users to develop ideas and solutions to contribute to Unilever's sustainability initiatives.
'Grand challenges' will be regularly uploaded to the platform where community members can submit ideas and comment on other peoples using collaboration and up-voting. Solutions will then be rewarded with opportunities to pilot ideas and implementations, including mentoring with Unilever experts and experiences and trips which will allow the winners to see the impact of sustainability projects.
Unilever senior vice president of sustainable business development Sue Garrard said: "We're five years into our ten year Unilever Sustainable Living Plan to make our operations and brands more sustainable. We have made huge strides in our factories and with our suppliers.
Current 'grand challenges' on the Foundry IDEAS platform include three tasks to develop sustainability ideas in the areas of sanitation, hygiene and nutrition.
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Celtic Could Sell Moussa Dembele In January – Ian McGarry
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Transfer Window Podcast guest Ian McGarry feels Celtic could considering selling Moussa Dembele during the winter transfer window. The France Under-21 international has been a huge success for the Scottish champions since joining them on a free transfer from Fulham last year.
In a report covered by The Star, McGarry admits that the Hoops could consider Dembele's sale in the New Year with the Frenchman not having the best of seasons in the Scottish Premiership. Dembele has struggled with niggles since the start of the campaign, and he has managed just 18 appearances, approaching the halfway stage of the campaign.
A number of clubs including West Ham United and Everton were seemingly prepared to offer £20m for Dembele in the summer, but McGarry feels they could now be put off with the Hoops said to demand a fee of at least £27-28m for his proposed sale. He said: "Moussa Dembele – I know from information and is convinced Celtic will sell in January if they can. The reason for that is Dembele is not the same hot property he was this time last year or indeed six months ago when clubs were offering in excess of £20m and there was a queue.
"I think that's because the player himself has suffered some minor injuries and his form and goals have tailed off a bit and I think Celtic are making a business decision to market the player in this January window in the hope they can get around the £26-£27m I'm told they are asking for. I don't think there will be any takers at that cost yet."
Despite the speculation, Dembele has remained relatively mum over the situation, and he will be setting his sights on a European challenge next year, with the Hoops facing a stiff challenge against Zenit St Petersburg in the Europa League round of 32. Brendan Rodgers' side reached the stage via a third-place finish in the Champions League, and they will be determined to make some progress in the competition with the first-leg due to be played at Parkhead in mid-February.
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Flora: Baby Name of the Day
September 23, 2013 By appellationmountain 18 Comments
Editor's note: This post was originally published on October 9, 2008. It was substantially revised and re-published on September 23, 2013.
It's a garden of girls out there. Lily ranks in the Top 20, with Jasmine and Violet not far behind. Toss in variant spellings and elaborations, plus other botanical possibilities like Hazel and Ivy, Poppy and Willow, and it's easy to wonder if you're at the playground or the greenhouse.
With flowers names in full bloom, why is this pan-botanical so neglected? Our Baby Name of the Day is Flora.
Flora was a nineteenth century favorite, ranking in the US Top 100 in the 1880s and 1890s. Despite our affection for vintage gems, she hasn't made much of a comeback in recent years. 124 girls received the name in 2012. That's up a smidge from the 1980s and 90s, but compared to the similar-sounding, equally antique Cora and Nora, Flora is languishing.
She's the goddess of flowers in Roman mythology – a relatively minor figure associated with spring.
Her heyday was the Renaissance, when artists like Titian, Rembrandt, and Boticelli embraced the goddess and depicted her in their works.
It was Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus who first used flora to describe plant life. Out of the pantheon and portrait, into the realm of science. Linnaeus' master work was called Flora Suecica, and was published in the eighteenth century.
Flora ultimately comes from the Latin flos – flower.
As a given name, Flora has a long history of use:
In the ninth century, one of the martyrs of Cordoba answered to the name.
A fourteenth century French saint was called Flora. A fascinating bit of trivia: she's the patron saint of victims of betrayal.
In the 1700s, Flora McDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape capture. A statue commemorating her bravery stands in Inverness, Scotland today.
Early French feminist thinker Flora Tristan was well known in the socialist movement of the 1830s and 1840s.
English painter Flora Twort was active in the early 20th century.
Flora Robson was a celebrated English actress, best known for her work in the theater, but with many a film credit over five decades. (If you've seen the original Clash of the Titans, then you've seen her in one of her final roles – she's one of the three witches!)
She's also used in Poland, Sweden, and Belgium. Fiction gives us Floras in Disney's Sleeping Beauty and Henry James' spooky The Turn of the Screw.
The similar sounding – but etymologically unrelated – Florence is having a revival in the UK. In the 1880s and 90s, Florence was a Top Ten pick in the US, but today she's the sassy housekeeper on The Jeffersons – and probably not quite ready for revival. The again, my first thought isn't the sitcom. It's Florence and the Machine – a whole other, far cooler vibe.
Harry Potter heroine Fleur brought the French version of the name to many parents' attention. I'd love to hear Fleur, and yet I wonder if it would be a pronunciation headache.
Flora carries no such baggage. She's easily spelled and pronounced. And yet she's incredibly rare. The odds of your child sharing her name are minimal – just 124 girls received the name in 2012. (There were also 92 baby Florences and eleven Fleurs – you're much more likely to meet a Lily!)
Overall, I think Flora deserves a second look. Her -ora sound is on the rise, and a two-syllable, ends-with-a girls' name is almost always a winning choice.
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Jessica Flora says
I have been looking up the origins of my last name and I came upon this….. .
I'm liking Flora more and mora!! I have a baby girl on the way after two older brothers so I'm in the market for a feminine name. I like names that are uncommon, but vaguely familiar, and this fits the bill. Sweet baby Flora, I can just see her now 🙂
I love, love, love Flora. I think it's sweet and simple and vintage and perfect. I live in the US so I don't have the margarine association. I'd use it, definitely!
I like but don't love Flora. Maybe it's the association with florid?
Vicki says
I think it's beautiful, and sweetly vintage, but the margarine connection is off-putting. It's probably the most well-known non butter spread in the UK so it would be liable to 'spread' related jokes, which could get nasty. It is still ranked about #400 over here though so a fair few uses.
I can see that. So … no to Flora in the UK, but elsewhere in the English-speaking world, I think she works. Wait … until they have the margarine in Canada and Australia?
Josie says
They do, in Australia, but I'm not sure I care.
I wouldn't recommend using Fairy or Nuttelex though. Nuttelex would have a hard time in primary school.
I like Flora a lot. I don't like Cora or Dora at all.
I like a lot of specific plant names though and they might be weird together. Like you tried to find more flower names but then were like "eff it, I'll just name her Flora."
I like the more-obscure Greek mythical names the best. It limits the number of wonderfully eccentric graphic myths about them. I can only deal with so much mythical violence and incest before it starts to get weird. And the more obscure the reference the fewer people will be all HAW HAW A THEME I GEDDIT if you do it twice.
Flora is such a gorgeous name, at first I felt it was slightly frilly and silly but now I've come to love it.
It's kind of pretty but I don't think I'd use it. Reminds me of the little girl in the movie The Piano, and one of the triplet baby elephants of King Babar and Queen Celeste… anyone read the Babar books? Housekeeper on the Brady Bunch was Alice, by the way.
I should love Flora. I'm crazy about flower names (Lily, Violet, and Susanna are my top choices, though Lily's far too common now). I love the two-syllable ends-in-A names (Clara, Sonia, and Elsa are the current favorites). And, to top it all off, my husband's favorite grandmother is named Floris.
There's something about it, though, that I just don't love. Maybe it sounds too hippie-fairy to me. Or maybe the "floor" sound isn't very pleasing to my ears. Hmmm…I'll have to think about this one.
8dana8 says
Flora isn't all that uncommon down here. I know at least four Flora's ranging in age from three to early forties, all of Hispanic descent. I much prefer Violet, Ivy, and especially Hazel to Flora, but using her as a nickname for Florence is appealing.
Katharine says
Flora is a kickass flower power name and so much more refreshing than the likes of Daisy, Poppy and Lily that I'm so tired of hearing. Shes a little lightweight for me though and has a distictly nicknamey feel, thus like Lola – I'd prefer to use her as a nickname for Florence.
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Florence was not on The Brady Bunch. She was the bad natured housekeeper on The Jeffersons. Florence Henderson played the good natured mom, Carol on The Brady Bunch. Sorry, had to clear that up.
I thoroughly dislike Flora. It gives me nasty little creepy crawlies under my skin. I'd prefer Daisy any day.
I thoroughly adore Flora. If I didn't think she'd be horribly lightweight next to sister Josephine, I'd use her in full. As is, I've got her on my lists as a nickname for Florence (which was the name of yet another of my Aunts). I think Flora's light, sweet and far more versatile a "flower" name than Lily, Violet, etc.
I am afraid of Disney. Flora, after the re-release of my favorite Disney Princess flick (Yep, She's got a Mother [How many other Disney Princesses do? Think about it.], a real name [stinky Aurora but still…] and her Prince has a name too [Phillip, not Charming! :D]. Flora may get "Where's Fauna & Merryweather"? a fair bit, which is reason #2 I have her as a nickname. Disney ruins a lot of things for me, sadly. Not that I think that bit of teasing possibly could ruin it completley, it's more "I thought about it, someone else might too" sort of thought.
But Flora, *sigh* I just ADORE Flora! Light, sweet and oh so feminine. Delicate too, but don't mess with her, she bites! 😀
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Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
The Old Paris Cab Stand
signed and dated 'Childe Hassam. 1889.' with crescent device and inscribed 'à Madame Howe' (lower right)
13¾ x 10½ in. (35 x 26.7 cm.)
Mr. William H. Howe, by 1928.
Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1928.
Julia E. Peck, New York and Detroit, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1929.
Mr. Richard Andrea, acquired from the above.
DuMouchelle Art Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 22 October 1971, lot 23.
Charles Lock, New York, acquired from the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York and A.M. Adler Fine Arts, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1973.
[With]Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
William A. Findlay, Jr., North Palm Beach, Florida.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1975.
By descent to the present owner.
The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Catalog of a Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings Representative of the Life Work of Childe Hassam, N.A., exhibition catalogue, Buffalo, New York, 1929, p. 17, no. 115.
Palm Beach Galleries, 19th and 20th Century French and American Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Palm Beach, Florida, 1974, n.p., no. 22, illustrated (as The Cab Stand, Paris).
New York, William Macbeth, Inc., n.d.
Buffalo, New York, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings Representative of the Life Work of Childe Hassam, N.A., March 9-April 8, 1929, no. 115.
Palm Beach, Florida, Palm Beach Galleries, 19th and 20th Century French and American Paintings, January 16-February 2, 1974, no. 22 (as The Cab Stand, Paris).
Lot Essay
In the spring of 1886, Childe Hassam left his studio in Boston to spend three years in Paris. Like several other American artists, including John Twachtman, Thomas Dewing and Gari Melchers, Hassam was attracted by the excitement surrounding the French Impressionists and decided to enroll in the famous Académie Julian to sharpen his skills. While he soon discovered that the routine of school was stifling to his own creativity, the move to Paris was nonetheless a transformative experience in Hassam's career, during which the Impressionist atmosphere, as well as the personality of the streets inspired some of his greatest works. With broken yet controlled brushstrokes and a sophisticated command of atmosphere and light, The Old Paris Cab Stand represents one of Hassam's earliest creations in his signature style of Impressionism.
While Hassam was living in Boston for his early career, he subscribed to the principles of tonalism. Concentrating on painting the effects of atmosphere, he created realistic, low-keyed images of Boston streets in twilight, on a rainy day or illuminated by artificial light. Hassam recalled, "In Boston, among [my] earliest subjects were the city streets...scenes with wet pavements, which they say I invented. Nobody had ever done that before. [The reflections on] the asphalt appealed to me." (as quoted in D.F. Hoopes, Childe Hassam, New York, 1982, p. 22) Although French artists such as Claude Monet had focused on this effect for years before, the American art scene Hassam knew at the time had not exposed him to this conceit.
During his time in Paris, Hassam's style absorbed various tenets of Impressionism and shifted away from the more static approach evident in the earlier Boston works. For example, in The Old Paris Cab Stand, Hassam transforms a common scene on the street into an energetic image displaying dynamic brushstrokes highlighted with pops of orange, red and green and dashes of strong white. The broken brushstrokes infuse the work with a sense of movement, almost as if the viewer is riding by the blurred scene in a carriage of their own. This feeling is compounded by the cropped snapshot perspective, likely inspired by photography and the work of French Impressionists, such as Edgar Degas.
Yet, as evident in The Old Paris Cab Stand, Hassam did not completely abandon his prior aesthetic, including his fascination with reflection, use of subtle variations in tone and dedication to preserving a sense of realism. Donelson F. Hoopes explains, "Like his fellow American Impressionists, Hassam tended to retain the identity of the subject he painted, instead of dissolving it in an envelope of color in the way of some of the French painters...In this, he was following a very strong American tradition to particularize and to heighten the reality of the physical world thought the painted image." (Childe Hassam, p. 9)
In an interview with A.E. Ives reflecting on his style, Hassam summarized, "Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'impression' as applied to art has been used, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. It really means the only truth because it means going straight to nature for inspiration, and not allowing tradition to dictate to your brush, or to put brown, green or some other colored spectacles between you and nature as it really exists. The true impressionism is realism." (as quoted in "Talks with Artists: Childe Hassam on Painting Street Scenes," Art Amateur, vol. 27, October 1892, p. 117) This melding of styles, as exemplified by The Old Paris Cab Stand, would come to define the power and creativity of Hassam's art.
We would like to thank the Hassam catalogue raisonné committee for their assistance with cataloguing this work.
This painting will be included in Stuart P. Feld and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.


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He's Back, say what you want but at the moment there is no other artist like this, no other song like this either and definitely no other video, featuring Cameos from producer Swizz Beats, Mr Carter himself Lil' Wayne and Tyrese.
Here is the official video for the first single to be released off his third album 'Graffiti'.
The track as you already know is good, Swizzy creating what I would like to described as, "'Wall to Wall' on stereroids", Lil' Wayne understands exactly what is needed of him and he brings it in full effect, the most pressure is on Chris Brown and he delivers with ease, he has improved, he has matured and it all shows, he seems determined and confident, which is a good combination. The video is a mix of interests with the fashion, robots, martial arts and dancing, they are all nicely merged together, it has something for everyone, the guys will enjoy watching it, the girls will most likely watch it more than the guys, but over all it is a great way to return.
With the critics and haters working over time on Chris Brown since his situation with Rihanna, there is a lot of pressure on him, however with the help of other artists, the pressure is being eased, this time comes Lil' Wayne is called into action and he delivers like only he can, with two verses, Swizz with a monster beat, a good video and it appears that Chris Brown will be back on top again in no time, R. Kelly went into work mode and locked himself in the studio when his 'video' incident emerged, he was behind every single major hit of that year and you could not criticize the man that was behind all your favourite songs, so Chris can come through, he is mentally stronger and can now concentrate on what he does best and this song will no doubt be another success for him, so the future is once again bright for the man Lil' Wayne refers to as the "New Michael Jackson" (much to Omarion's dismay).
After watching this video, it appears that Chris Brown may return as an even bigger artist than when he left, while there are many who may never forgive him, there are a lot who will and of late he is showing sincerity and the fans take to that, the record is hot, you cannot deny that, it might be his biggest track so far, personally, his private life is his private life, if I was to judge artists on their personal issues then I would stop listening to a lot of your favourite artists, Music remains Music.
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It appears that Chris Brown may return as an even bigger artist than when he left, while there are many who may never forgive him, there are a lot who will and of late he is showing sincerity and the fans take to that, the record is hot, you cannot deny that, it might be his biggest track so far, personally, his private life is his private life, if I was to judge artists on their personal issues then I would stop listening to a lot of your favourite artists, Music remains Music.
The first single to be released off his third album 'Graffiti'.
With the critics and haters working over time on Chris Brown since his situation with Rihanna, there is a lot of pressure on him, however with the help of other artists, the pressure is being eased, this time comes Lil' Wayne is called into action and he delivers like only he can, with two verses, Swizz with a monster beat, expect a good video and Chris Brown will be back on top again in no time, R. Kelly went into work mode and locked himself in the studio when his 'video' incident emerged, he was behind every single major hit of that year and you could not criticize the man that was behind all your favourite songs, so Chris can come through, the Rihanna situation is behind him now, he can now concentrate on what he does best and this song will no doubt be another success for him, so the future is once again bright for the man Lil' Wayne refers to as the New Michael Jackson (much to Omarions dismay).
Since the tracks release, it has shot up the charts, to cement this return, a video has been shot and some images have surfaced, have a look, what do you think?
The apparent first single to be released off his third album 'Graffiti'.
I know there have been a few and will be many more tributes to come, One of the most popular is The one with The Game, Chris Brown, Diddy and BoyzIIMen, there is also an amazing one by UK's own Sway, but the following gives an idea of something I thought of yesterday.
I wondered that rather than refunding the tickets for the 50 shows, would it not be good if the best in the industry performed the classics in tribute, the likes of Ne-Yo, R. Kelly, Usher, Ginuwine, Sisqo, Justin Timberlake, Omarion and even Chris Brown, then i began to think which songs they could cover (Who deserves to perform Billie Jean?), then I came across this clip of Robin Thicke singing to Human Nature in tribute and I guess that is the song he could perform, seeing as he does it so well.
Let me know what you think, would it be a good idea? ..if so, who would you like to see and covering which song?
I have always been one to put Artists' private lives separate from their music, R. Kelly went into overdrive with his music after accusations of him and an underage girl surfaced, I applauded his work, same goes for Akon, Michael Jackson (RIP) and even George Michael, the Music is what matters to me. So, on that note, it is only fair that Chris Brown is given a chance, I don't condone hitting a female at all, however I am in no position to judge, so music it is.
Nothing is concrete apart from the fact that Chris Brown is planning his re-arrival onto the scene.
'Not My Fault' is not a bad way to come back, it will take more but this would serve as a good album track, it would pass off as a prosperous single (if accompanied by a good video). The production aspect of Not My Fault is a typical Neptune's sound in all honesty, similarities to some of the Neptune's previous work with Usher are evident, which is not entirely a bad thing. Use of digital sounds blended with live percussion gives the song an edge, the layers and their varying sounds really give the song its direction which Chris Brown nicely harmonizes with. I'm looking forward to hearing more from Chris Brown as he attempts a return, Not My Fault shows that there is hope for the young star.
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