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Biz Break: Pandora plunges, Twitter and…
Biz Break: Pandora plunges, Twitter and LinkedIn soar on busy earnings day
A woman walks by the front desk of the Pandora Internet radio company on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 in Oakland, Calif. Pandora jumped 40% on its first day of trading and now has market value of $3 billion. (Deeba Yavrom/Staff)
By Jeremy C. Owens | Mercury News, Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: February 5, 2015 at 5:28 pm | UPDATED: August 17, 2016 at 4:56 am
Today: Pandora falls to a 52-week low after struggling with holiday advertising, and LinkedIn jumps near record highs in busy earnings day that also includes Twitter, GoPro, Yelp and Symantec.
The Lead: Pandora misses revenue projections, stock tanks
Pandora stock plunged to its lowest levels in more than a year Thursday after the Internet radio company showed that it is struggling to grow its advertising revenues as much as Wall Street expects.
The Oakland company reported fourth-quarter profits of $12.3 million, or 6 cents a share, on sales of $268 million; after adjusting for stock-based compensation and other factors, Pandora claimed profits of 18 cents a share. Analysts on average expected adjusted profits of 18 cents a share on sales of $276.5 million, and Pandora also missed its stated internal projections for sales.
CEO Brian McAndrews said that the revenue shortfall was entirely created by "isolated holiday weakness," with three sectors — including retail — spending less on national ads in the holiday season, most notably around Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
"It does not change our conviction regarding our long-term revenue growth opportunity," McAndrews forcefully said on Thursday's conference call, later proclaiming, "We're entering 2015 from a position of strength."
Pandora's forecast for 2015 also came in short of analyst expectations, however. The company predicted first-quarter revenues of $220 million to $225 million, while analysts expected $243.6 million, and full-year sales of $1.15 billion to $1.17 billion, short of projections of $1.21 billion.
McAndrews focused more on Pandora's listening metrics, pointing out that the service served 1 billion songs in a single day for the first time in December, topping that mark six times as users tuned in for holiday music. While active Pandora listeners grew only 7 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter, the hours users spent listening to Pandora gained 15 percent in the quarter and 20 percent, to more than 20 billion, for the year.
"Our active users are increasingly loyal and engaged," McAndrews said.
Some analysts doubt the company will be able to keep growing with competition from Apple, Google and other tech giants increasing while many music fans turn toward on-demand streaming services.
"While Pandora was very early to music and has built a great brand, it is increasingly being attacked by a wide array of large tech companies (where making money on music is not their primary goal) and well-financed new technology-based players, such as Spotify," BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield wrote about the company last year; he has a "Sell" rating and $10 price target for the firm.
Pandora made big strides in driving down the amount of its revenues it pays back out to musicians, a topic that is playing out in the legal arena. Pandora said it paid out 43 percent of revenues to artists in the fourth quarter, a record low, and 49 percent for the year, the first time the company has pushed its royalty payments to less than 50 percent of revenues for a full year.
Pandora shares dropped 0.6 percent to $18.41 in Thursday's trading session, then plunged more than 20 percent in after-hours action following the earnings release, pushing prices well below the company's 52-week low of $15.26.
Pandora was one of several prominent Silicon Valley companies to release earnings Thursday. Among other results:
— Twitter shares fluctuated wildly after the San Francisco social-networking company beat financial projections but again struggled to boost users. Twitter reported a loss of $125 million, or 20 cents a share, on sales of $479 million in the fourth quarter, while active users increased about 1.4 percent from the previous quarter to 288 million. CEO Dick Costolo played off the user-growth struggles in Thursday's conference call, saying that they're already seeing a pick up in the current quarter and a bug in Apple's mobile operating system accounted for a lot of the weakness. Twitter closed trading with a 1.3 percent gain at $41.26, and initially dove as low as $37 in late trading, but shares recovered and ended up moving as high as $46.45 in the first two hours of late trading.
— LinkedIn once again trounced analyst expectations for the financial performance of its professional-networking service, and shares neared all-time highs. The Mountain View company collected $3 million in profits, or 2 cents a share, on revenues of $643.4 million, with sales topping estimates by about $25 million. Shares roared to nearly $258 in late trading after closing with a 2.6 percent increase at $237.97, taking LinkedIn stock near record highs set in fall of 2013.
— GoPro beat expectations with its earnings report Thursday, but shares plunged in late trading after the San Mateo company projected first-quarter profits lower than expected and announced a high-ranking executive will leave. The action-camera company reported profits of $122.1 million, or 83 cents a share, on sales of $633.9 million, with CEO Nick Woodman saying that the company averaged 1,000 cameras sold per hour in the holiday season. After projecting profits lower than expected and announcing the departure of Chief Operating Officer Nina Richardson, though, shares plummeted to less than $46 after closing at $54.37.
— Yelp shares also fell sharply in late trading despite financial results that slightly beat expectations. The San Francisco company earned $32.7 million, or 42 cents a share, on sales of $109.9 million, leading to a healthy 2014 net income of $36.5 million, the company's first annual profit. The rate of user growth and business account additions slowed, though, and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said the company had reached a point of "peak desktop users," and shares plunged more than 11 percent after closing with a 1.3 percent gain at $57.49.
— Symantec, which is planning to split off its storage business into a separate company, reported profits of $222 million, or 32 cents a share, on sales of $1.64 billion and announced a $1 billion share-repurchase program. FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives called it "a sluggish quarter" in an email, and shares declined nearly 2 percent after closing at $25.97.
— NetGear suffered a horrible holiday quarter and appears to be planning layoffs in its service-provider unit as part of a drawdown in the underperforming business, beginning with the dismissal of the head of that unit. The San Jose networking company lost $40.4 million, or $1.16 a share, on sales of $353.2 million and shares dove more than 13 percent from a closing price of $34.69.
— Ubiquiti earned $46.3 million, or 52 cents a share, on sales of $153.1 million, sending shares in the San Jose networking company up more than 10 percent from a closing price of $26.23.
— Imperva lost $12.5 million, or 48 cents a share, on sales of $51.4 million, and shares fell more than 7 percent.
— Ultratech lost $1.6 million, or 6 cents a share, on sales of $48.3 million.
SV150 market report
Up: AMD, GoPro, SolarCity, Workday, LinkedIn, Zynga, Juniper, Cisco
Down: VMware, Yahoo, Pandora, Facebook
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Up 14.67, or 0.87 percent, to 1,693.48
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 48.39, or 1.03 percent, to 4,765.1
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 211.86, or 1.2 percent, to 17,884.88
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 21.01, or 1.03 percent, to 2,062.52
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Is Orlando Bloom secretly dating Liv Tyler?!?
Legolas and Arwen sitting in a large meandering tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. And maybe talking a bit dirty in Elvish.
The pair - who obviously worked together on the Lord of the Rings trilogy - were supposedly spotted getting cosy in New York City at the opening night of Broadway play Waiting for Godot, starring Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, before heading to the after-party at Bryant Park Grill in New York City.
A source told the new issue of America's (the highly reputable) Star magazine: "When they got behind closed doors, they were playfully tickling, gazing into each other's eyes and holding hands."
Orlando split from his wife Miranda Kerr - with whom he has two-year-old son Flynn with - in October and he is allegedly trying to keep the budding romance secret out of "respect" for the model. Which is fair enough given most folk reckon they're back together.
36-year-old Orlando said of his relationship with Kerr: "We're a family and we'll always love each other and we're going to be in each other's lives."
Miranda has been romantically linked to her long-time friend, Australian billionaire James Packer, in the last few weeks. James, 46, split from his wife, Erica Baxter (also a model, as it happens), three months ago.
So it's all turned out nice again.
Lewis Hamilton to propose to Nicole Scherzinger?


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It will plot statistics for the lifetimes of pull requests (or issues) for various users and as a function of commits, changes etc...

## Purpose
Pull requests live whilst they are reviewed, but what defines their lifetime.
I've presumed it is either a property of the reviewer, the author, or the pull request itself.
The project collates pull request data for a repository and displays the lifetimes.
The lifetimes are also shown as a function of the author, the reviewer, commits, changes, comments and github number (project lifetime).
What causes your pull requests to live for a long time, is it any of these?
For me... I seem to be the problem, the median lifetime is 1 week on average and 1 month for my pull requests :(.

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Q&A with Kelly Nelson, senior program manager at the American Public Health Association's Center for School, Health and Education
Kelly Nelson is a senior program manager at the American Public Health Association's (APHA) Center for School, Health and Education (CSHE). Nelson spoke with Interact for Health about the center's work with school-based health centers and health equity.
Interact for Health: Could you explain more about APHA's Center for School, Health and Education and its goals?
Kelly Nelson: Terri Wright founded CSHE in 2010 to elevate high school dropouts as a public health priority. Before the center opened, education didn't necessarily have a place in public health, but the literature shows healthy children are better learners and education is important to attain better health. Our center partners with schools, school-based health centers, health departments, community organizations and other agencies to increase their capacity to respond to all students' needs. We do this by implementing policy and practice changes that prevent and reduce the impact of social barriers to health and learning.
Interact for Health: Could you tell me a brief story that illustrates the effect of your work in the local community?
Nelson: Since 2013, CSHE's professional development program has reached over 600 youth-serving professionals who oversee more than 15,000 students in urban schools. One particular school represents a promising example of CSHE's work. Before CSHE's program, the school was not routinely assessing the effects of health, social, behavioral and academic risk factors on its student body. Our program provided a structure for the school to develop strategies to address food insecurity, substandard living conditions and other root causes of unhealthy behaviors and high dropout rates among students. With universally accessible and youth-inviting spaces, including laundry facilities, showers and food pantries, the school has made a significant turnaround from being a place where teen pregnancy rates were high and morale was low to a place where attendance rates are high and pregnancy rates are lower.
Interact for Health: What accomplishments of APHA's CSHE are you most proud of?
Nelson: For me, it's the innovation and peer learning that this work has brought to the fields of public health, education, and youth development. It's also the value our work has added to APHA's capacity to directly impact school health outcomes for youth in vulnerable communities. We've seen the schools we work with reduce disciplinary referrals and address anger and aggression, which is monumental because this drives down dropout rates and improves health outcomes.
Interact for Health: What lessons have you learned through your work?
Nelson: We've learned traditionally trained school-based health care professionals and educators do not have the capacity to actualize prevention-focused strategies to improve school-wide health without support. We've also learned it takes time to actualize longer-term impacts and sustained investment. Change, particularly at the policy and systems levels, is incremental, and schools cannot and should not have to do it alone.
Interact for Health: What about your work excites you most?
Nelson: For me, it's liaising with communities and peers who believe in building capacity within marginalized populations for them to lead transformative changes that disrupt structures that perpetuate inequities. I believe the potential is already there—in communities and youth—and it is my role as a public health professional to help them actualize whatever it is that they want to achieve. Given my professional background, there are so many different roles that I can take on to facilitate cause-driven work—and that's exciting!
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Our Health in Action stories highlight the innovative work our grantees are doing to help reduce tobacco use, address the opioid epidemic and ensure that children can access health care through school-based health centers. We also interview people working on those issues at other organizations across the country to learn what works for them.
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Unbeaten run ends with a whimper
Manchester United's 29-match Premier League unbeaten run came to an abrupt end in the limpest fashion at Molineux, losing to Wolverhampton Wanderers with uncharacteristic timidity. Sir Alex Ferguson's men, one up within three minutes, conspired to lose against relegation bound Wolves as United once against suffered away from home. It is the pattern of a campaign.
Yet, there was a certain sense of inevitability about the loss, as United huffed with so little force during a laboured second half. After all, the warning signs have been flagged all season. Three victories away from Old Trafford had come with late and – frankly – unlikely goals.
Not so against Mick McCarthey's battling Midlanders as United failed to take advantage of Arsenal's draw with Newcastle earlier in the day. In truth, despite dominating possession in the second half, United looked unlikely scorers.
Ferguson's men must now regroup ahead of the Manchester derby next weekend, safe in the knowledge that further defeat, this time against direct title rivals, could prove cataclysmic for the side's ambitions this season.
"It was an opportunity," Ferguson told MUTV, with uncanny honesty.
"I said before the game, I do think Wolves are in a false position. But we had a great start. We made a lot of chances, particularly in the first half.
"Then in the second we were not at the races. Their keeper did not have many saves to make. The pitch was not very good but we didn't make anything."
Perhaps Rio Ferdinand's injury in the warm-up was a forebare of the game to come. The 32-year-old defender pulled out of the match at the last possible moment, with Chris Smalling unable to take part because he had not yet completed the warm-up himself. Ferdinand will miss the next fortnight with a calf injury.
"It was a blow," said Ferguson, "because the experience Rio has got is always vital in games like that."
Indeed, the insecure nature of United's defence told inside 10 minutes when George Elokobi head home Matt Jarvis' inventive short corner routine for Wolves' equaliser. It was some sense of revenge for the Cameroonian who was completely flummoxed by Nani as the Portuguese scored, quite superbly, within three minutes of the start.
If the early United goal portended a fourth away Premier League victory of the season, it proved an entirely false dawn. And a hugely underwhelming one at that.
Yet, United could have added a second within minutes of taking the lead. Wayne Rooney shot straight at Wolves's 'keeper Wayne Hennessey after Dimitar Berbatov found the England striker in space, before the Bulgarian again found the opposition stopper after some brilliant footwork inside the box.
Instead, Elokobi headed home and handed the hosts the initiative.
Not that United failed to create chances. Nani went close with a free-kick on the half-hour before on-loan midfielder Jamie O'Hara and then Nenad Milijas both went close for the hosts in a game increasing affected by the driving wind.
But the Serbian was even more influential minutes later as Wolves scored what proved the winner on the stroke of half-time. Milijas' free-kick was headed home by striker Kevin Doyle, although Elokobi was competing with his own teammate for the glory.
That – for United – was that with the second period offering little in the way of quality in the final third, despite the introduction of Paul Scholes at half-time and Javier Hernández with 25 minutes to go.
True, O'Hara should have seen red for a crude foul on Darren Fletcher that would normally have brought a second yellow card and Elokobi's hand-ball could have brought United a second-half penalty. But to point fingers at the referee would do little more than paper over the gaping chasms in United's performance.
Surely, Ferguson's outfit cannot be as poor at Old Trafford next week, when City visit for the 158th Manchester derby.
"It is a terrific game to recover from," admitted the Scot.
"It is a massive game for us and something to look forward to. Unfortunately, we have internationals in midweek. To my mind that is crazy but we have to get on with it.
"We have plenty of players who are not involved in international games and they will all play next week."
Freshness may indeed play a part against City; quality will be even more important. United was desperately short of it at Molineux.
There is no little coincidence in United having lost at Wolves seven years ago when Ferguson's side was top, and the Midlanders last.
Come May 2004, United lay third behind both Arsenal and Chelsea, while Wolves finished last. For both sides a similar outcome would represent nothing short of disaster from this point.
Match Facts
Wolves – 451 – Hennessey; Elokobi, Berra, Stearman, Zubar; Jarvis, Henry, Milijas (Ebanks-Blake 88), O'Hara (Foley 59) Hammill (Ward 64); Doyle.
United – 442 – Van der Sar; Rafael, Evans (Smalling 65), Vidic, Evra; Nani, Carrick (Scholes 46), Fletcher, Giggs; Berbatov (Hernandez 65), Rooney.
Attendance – 28,811
Man of the Match – Fletcher
Possession: Wolves 51% – 49% United
Attempts: 6 – 14
On Target: 2 – 4
Corners: 4 – 6
Fouls: 6 – 11
28 thoughts on "Unbeaten run ends with a whimper"
now explain fletcher being our man of the match
Couldn't think of anybody else. He was dreadfull, others were worse. It's United MotM – not including opposition.
hence 'our'
Zabberdast says:
To be fair, Fletcher played reasonably well, some great long passing out to Nani on the right in particular. No-one else seemed to have any fight in them…
Prakash says:
Our main problem – and many of you may think I'm crazy for saying this – is Nani. For every goal he scores, he infuriatingly misses at least 2-3 good opportunities to PASS the ball to Bebatov and Rooney in each game – which would result in more goals to finish off opponents. Nani talks too much off the pitch and is a selfish, self-centred player. It's all about him and his glory as far as he's concerned – not about Manchester United. Ronaldo was similar but the difference was that he could single handedly demolish teams.
The way we're playing, I fear the likes Tevez and Liverpool (wouldnt the both just love it?) will ruin our bid for no. 19. Also, I have a sneaking suspicion (I've said this to my friends all season) that it's Arsenal's year – just so Wenger/Whinger can finally say that his boys have come of age.
United lacks a creative midfielder to open up defences and we need to find world class replacements for Carrick + Evans.
The reason why SAF did not buy a creative world class midfielder because he feels there is nothing wrong with the midfield players he has now. Do you read his comments after matches and how he praises his team? For some reason, he feels the midfield is great! I don't know what he is smoking but whatever it is , he better give me some.
He keeps saying he does not need to buy players. He goes on to to say that the reason he will be buying players this summer is ONLY because there are players that are retiring from the game. Liverpool,Man City, Chelsea, Aston Villa and others all bought players in January because their managers recognised the weaknesses in their teams and they set out to fix the problems by bringing in new players. Liverpool now are just outside of the top 4. The new players are settling in and the team is winning. I don't think SAF has any money to buy world class players but instead will buy cheap untried youngsters for replacements. Its sad, really sad. Iam sure that Arsenal will beat Wolves on Saturday at least 5-0 but United vs Man. City, I would not bet on a United victory. A draw seems more realistic.
I don't disagree Herbie. But I do feel SAF is right when he says there's no value in the market. Look at Bent and Carroll. Who was available at a realistic price? It's a tough one.
Charlie Adam to us come June for £10m, right? I can't be the only one thinking this is already a done deal?
fergie pls get us a world class midfielder to replace carrick and throw evans away.
Watching Evans defend anything at the minute makes me sad. He, for whatever reason, seems to have forgotten that defensive positioning is hugely important and he needs to fucking sort himself out ASAP.
Gibson. I don't need to say anything whatsoever.
Hope Tony V is ready to come back and really show his stuff virtually immediately. We need him
Geno says:
Personally I find Fergie's talk about "no value in the market" to be, shall we say, very convenient at a time when many United fans question Gill's insistence that the Glazers are not in fact draining the club dry.
Fergie reminds me of some old bugger complaining about how cars today are more expensive than they were when he last bought one circa 1998, and how there's a housing bubble that will burst any day now, mark my words. And so he drives a 13 year old car that's not fuel efficient and is about to pack up, and lives in a crappy old house that is barely holding its value, while the "noisy neighbours" have just bought a nice new house in a growing suburb that will appreciate in value over the next decade.
As a fellow United supporter was saying to me earlier today, if Fergie retires having failed to secure the 19th league title and without any more Champions League winners medals, when he's on his death bed does anyone really think he's going to take comfort from the fact that he saved his masters in Florida a few quid to help them pay off their debts? I doubt it, personally.
So you think Bent and Carroll were worth the money then?
Rio is injured and out for 2 weeks
So there's a chance Evans might be let near the squad for the City game
We are nowhere near as good as Barca, that's bloody obvious, & would struggle against Real -both have much better midfielders. But surely the bloody magician can learn a trick from them. Both teams play the same team & the same system week in week out & their players look the opposite of jaded. OK forget about the scouser & the bulgarian, we're stuck with them, at least for this season. Nani might be infuriating at times but he is quality & does score goals, so we have 11- yes 11- midfielders competing for three positions, only two if Antonio returns fit & well. Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Scholes, Giggs, Park, the realistic choices, then G*b*n, God forbid, Hargreaves, you can't be serious, Bebe, what a bad joke, Owen, do I really mean that? & Obertan & he might really give us a pleasant surprise & play JOS. Some would argue you can add the scouser to that list. If he the nouce he could even play wide left like Villa, having more space, & still score goals, but he doesn't. It's bloody elementary really. SAF has to decide which are the best three -in his opinion- & PLAY THEM. He has become too bloody clever by half thinking, I will keep the fans & opposition on the hop by never picking the same team & has confused everybody, players, fans & especially himself. I know this will not happen but he should also decide which of that lot have not/will not make the grade & get rid. He has been fooled since Robson, Keane & Eric were great footballers & could make decisions on the field. None of that lot can. All of them need to be told exactly what they need to do. Please come back Brian Clough.
Alf agrees with this… but I wouldn't say it's our MAIN problem… just an infuriating one.
I think everyone is beginning to find United out.
The lack of quality in midfield means that you simply need to pack it out and then hound it out.
Fletcher, Carrick, Gibson and Anderson are somewhat prone to giving the ball away under severe and sustained pressure. That makes life extremely simple for the opposition.
Further to that, playing with only one proper winger – Nani – reduces the width we have to stretch games. Having an aggressive 4 – 4 – 2, with fullbacks racing on and Nani / AV in the line up, suddenly the opposition can't afford to pack the middle and need to double up down the flanks. That leaves the centre exposed, allowing the likes of Carrick to work the ball through the middle, out to the sides, or simply retain possession and recycle it.
This is the start of a slump.
I don't know, I find it hard to criticise Nani when he's scored so many goals and had so many assists so far this season, he's certainly been our most potent attacking and creative player. Perhaps he's reverting to selfish play and poor decision making recently because he sees everybody else playing like shite around him, and is doing it in a desperate effort to grab the game by the scruff of the neck.
I know I wish the likes of Carrick would show as much hunger for the ball and glory.
Honestly though, I don't understand why we are so shite away this season. Can it really be all that different from playing at home?
A lot of it comes down to players trusting each other. There is obviously some uncertainty in the team on who can handle it and who does'nt really want it. That was blatantly obvious against Wolves when Berbatov was subbed. Rooney ordered to drop deeper to yet again accomodate a seriously lightweight midfield, left us with Hernandez stranded up there on his todd…….."game over". Giggs and Scholes not being able to look to Berba to hold it up top meant they had to keep hold of the ball longer, which is fatal in the prem, your just not going to get that luxury particularly away from home. Nani's piss poor crossing and selfishness in front of goal at crucial times clearly is infuriating his team mates. And all this boils down to the fact that our midfield is woefully short of bite and positivity. Fungus is for ever fucking about with formations and tactics to paper over the cracks he has refused to fill there. Unitil Carrick, Fletcher and Anderson are replaced with quality, we will continue to look a bag 'o' nerves away from home. Berbs going off was a massive, massive mistake.
apparently our back four and midfield pair are set up twenty yards deeper away from home, meaaning there's a fuckoff big gap between the back six and front four makingit easy for the oppo to keep picking up loose balls and charging at us, not helped by the fact our midfielders are completely unable to protect the defence so the oppo are basically getting a free reign to run from midfield at our defence,
we play higher up at home, less gaps for the oppo to destroy us with,
that plus teams still cack themselves at ot
Aye, we can defend higher up at home because the opposition are less inclined to attack balls over the top, into space etc. while they are shitting patties
And a higher line makes us more compact and means we can turn over the ball easier
Away from home is a completely different story, though
Are we really playing worse than last year?
Performance wise…
VDS – same as last year
Rafael – improved
Rio – same fitness and form
Vidic – even better
Evra – was slightly worse, but more or less the same.
Nani – massive improvement
Giggs/Park – same
Fletcher – gone down
Carrick – same
Rooney – playing for City
Berbatov – Massive improvement.
We're missing Valencia, but we have Hernandez who's really clicked this season. Most of his goals have been match winners no? And Smalling has been a plus. This is perhaps our top gear, but some of us do not want to see Manchester United in top gear, do we? It's Rooney FC who's not and we're playing 'badly'.
Dozer you have answered your own question. How many goals has Rooney scored this season compared with last; what has his contribution been like compared with last? Last year he was world class; this often not worth his place in the side. I am a massive fan of Valencia, he could make a big differnce still. I think unless we get him back soon -fit again- we are sunk. I also think your "Fletcher -gone down" is bloody crucial.
There must be a way to get rid of the Glazers. I hope they are long gone before the start of the next season.
I hated the way Qatar bought the right to host the World Cup, but if the Qataris would buy out the Glazers and inject half a billion pounds into the club to allow Fergie to buy a new midfield plus a decent centre-half to stand in for Rio when his back is playing up, I would welcome them with open arms!
Gill professes to be a fan of the club as well as its chief executive – if he really cared about the club, he would tell the Glazers the reality of the situation…their inflated valuation of the club (allegedly well north of 1.5bn pounds if media reports of a failed bid by Qatar are to be believed) is based on the notion that the club can continue to succeed despite the lack of investment in new players. Presumably the Glazers believe that Fergie, his scouts and his coaching staff between them can continue to identify cheap young talent and develop them into top class players who will end up in the first team, or alternatively into decent players who like Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson etc can be sold to smaller sides for a couple of million quid, still representing a good return on the time and money invested in them. Well, someone needs to ask Gill if he thinks that the golden generation of Scholes, Giggs, Becks and the Nevilles will be repeated in his lifetime – I doubt even he believes that.
Gill needs to tell the Glazers the truth – that if they don't invest in the club, it will decline and fan interest outside of the UK will decline as the club fails to win silverware. Gill and the Glazers value revenues from foreign markets like the Far East, but the Asian fans are fickle – you can bet that there were a hell of a lot more Liverpool fans in places like HK and Singapore 25 years ago, when they were actually winning things, than there are now. United probably has more fans than any other side, English or otherwise, in Asia right now, but that's because of the years of success and attractive football. If the future is Darron Gibson and Gabriel Obertan, then in 5 years time the Glazers would be lucky to get a billion quid, let alone 1.5 or 2. But the fat Floridians don't know jack about football – they don't even know how to run their NFL franchise, let alone United – so their valuation and future revenue projections HAVE to be based on the crap they are being fed by Gill, and to a lesser extent Fergie who would likely have nothing to say about the finances but who would presumably be telling both Gill and the Glazers that the youth development system at United is working fine such that they don't need to bring in expensive but proven talent.
Gill isn't just cheating the fans – he's actually cheating his won employers.
We're Doomed, Doomed I say
David Gill is very soft and Iam very irrated by his comments. He needs to go also. No, I don't think Carroll and Bent are worth all that money but the managers of those clubs realised they needed to strengten their teams in positions were they are weak and I respect them for that. But SAF has had a midfield problem for quite sometime now and he refused to solve that problem. He does not have to spend 35 million on quality midfielders.
Tottenham spent 7 million for Van de Vaart and he is having a terrific season. Our strikers are not getting the service so therein lies the problem. I read a comment from Gill were was is saying SAF has about 100 million to buy players. I believe this is a lot of B.S. Thats the Glazers money. But in spite of the way the team is playing, I still feel United will win the premier division and SAF will retire on a high. Could be the reason why he is not buying players at this time because money will be needed for a new manager coming in to buy the players of his choice.
Seeing Gibson's goal last night you can see why Fergie has taken a punt with him. Might be better as an impact sub though.
odbpowell says:
One defeat and all this vitriolic abuse and the same old moaning about not spending any money?
Its not a lot of moaning, just the facts in reference to the midfield situation. Its a serious matter that should have been fixed a longtime ago. 15 million out of the 100 million SAF claims he has on hand to spend could have solved this problem during the January transfer window.
Case closed.


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module Raaz.V1.AuthEncrypt.Unsafe
       ( Locked
       , unsafeLock, unsafeLockWith
       , Cipher, AuthTag
       , unsafeToNounce, unsafeToCipherText, unsafeToAuthTag
       , unsafeLocked
       ) where

import           Data.ByteString
import           Raaz.Core
import qualified Raaz.AuthEncrypt.Unsafe.XChaCha20Poly1305 as AE
import           Raaz.AuthEncrypt.Unsafe.XChaCha20Poly1305 ( Locked, Cipher, AuthTag
                                                           )

-- | Similar to `lockWith` but an explicit nounce is taken as
-- input. Reusing the key-nounce pair will compromise the security and
-- hence using this function is unsafe. The user needs to ensure the
-- freshness of the key, nounce pair through some other means.
--
-- Some protocols have a predefined way to pick nounces and this is
-- the reason, we provide such an interface. If that is not a concern,
-- we recommend the use of `lockWith` instead.
unsafeLockWith :: ( Encodable plain, Encodable aad)
               => aad
               -> Key Cipher
               -> Nounce Cipher
               -> plain
               -> Locked
unsafeLockWith = AE.unsafeLockWith

-- | Locks a given message but needs an explicit nounce. Reusing the
-- key-nounce pair will compromise the security and hence using this
-- function is unsafe. The user needs to ensure the freshness of the
-- key, nounce pair through some other means.
--
-- Some protocols have a predefined way to pick nounces and this is
-- the reason we provide such an interface. If that is not a concern,
-- we recommend the use of `lock` instead.
unsafeLock :: Encodable plain
           => Key Cipher        -- ^ The key
           -> Nounce Cipher     -- ^ The nounce
           -> plain             -- ^ The object to be locked.
           -> Locked
unsafeLock = AE.unsafeLock

-- | Get the cipher text part of the Locked message.
unsafeToCipherText :: Locked
                   -> ByteString
unsafeToCipherText = AE.unsafeToCipherText

-- | Get the authentication token of the Locked message.
unsafeToAuthTag :: Locked -> AE.AuthTag
unsafeToAuthTag = AE.unsafeToAuthTag

-- | Get the nounce used for authenticating the token.
unsafeToNounce :: Locked -> Nounce Cipher
unsafeToNounce = AE.unsafeToNounce

-- | Construct the locked message out of the nounce, cipher text, and the
-- authentication tag.
unsafeLocked :: Nounce Cipher  -- ^ The nounce used for locking this message
             -> ByteString     -- ^ The cipher text
             -> AE.AuthTag     -- ^ the Authentication tag
             -> Locked
unsafeLocked = AE.unsafeLocked


The APF51 is a reduced size processor board benefiting from a highly competitive price/performance ratio.
Fitted with a 800 MHz i.MX51x processor, 64 MB to 512 MB LPDDR RAM, 256 MB to 32 GB SLC FLASH, a 10/100Mbits Ethernet port, 2 USB 2.0 high speed ports, and one USB OTG port, it is easily integrated into an embedded system thanks notably to its regulators and on board PHYs (Ethernet & USB).
As usual at Armadeus systems, this board is equipped with a FPGA, here a Spartan 6A XC6SLX9, which increases considerably the hardware fonctionalities of the module.
Note: no external debugger (BDI, JTAG) is required. A simple RS232 connection is enough for "low-cost" development. A Linux debugger is available (GDB).
Cooling: None for temperature below 60°C*.
* FPGA not taken into account. Depending on IP used, cooling can be required and max temperature can be decreased.
Connectors: 2 x Hirose 140 pins fine pitch (0.5mm). Ref: FX8-140P-SV1(91).


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India aims to break into Ease of Doing Business Index Top 50
Recognising that India is a very complex and large country, where change on the ground is very crucial to attract investors and international businesses in greater numbers, India worked on improving its ranking in 6 out of 10 indicators, and in distance to the frontier, it improved in 9 out of 10 indicators.
French Aerospace Companies in India: Airbus, A Snapshot
0 comments Aerospace and Defence, Market Entry Strategy
India is the world's third-largest and fastest growing major air-travel market. In 2016-17, domestic passenger departures grew by 23.5% in India, outpacing both China (10.7%) and the US (3.3 %.) Owing to rising affordability amongst Indians, more and more travellers are willing and able to fly.
Union Budget 2018: Six key insights for India's defence and manufacturing sectors
The Modi government in India recently went public with its latest Union Budget. Here are some implications for the defence sector, based on the address of the Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley.
Cracking the Indian aviation market – be in the right place, at the right time
0 comments Aerospace and Defence, Market Entry Strategy, Setting up operations in India
Highlighting the opportunities the Indian aviation sector presently offers and laying the groundwork to answer the following question: How can French-speaking businesses, including SMEs, take advantage of this highly promising environment?
IKEA's Custom Retail Strategy for India - Part 2
This is the concluding part of a two-part story on how IKEA is armed with knowledge designed to woo the Indian customer, as it readies to open the first of its megastores in Hyderabad.
How IKEA is Customising its Retail Strategy to Appeal to Indian Customers - Part 1
Taking a look at how IKEA is armed with knowledge designed to woo the Indian customer, as it readies to open the first of its megastores in Hyderabad.
Helicopters for Civilian Use in India
If India hopes to keep up with increasing passenger demand and tap into the huge potential on offer, it will have to deploy helicopters for various uses, including medical services, to put out forest fires, during flood relief, disaster management and for law enforcement. However, the most promising and immediate use of helicopters could be to help business travellers hop to meetings in and around congested urban hubs like Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore, and improve regional connectivity, in the relatively remote Northeast.
The Trouble With MRP Labelling in India
Global single-brand manufacturers who sell products sourced directly from suppliers around the world, can no longer manipulate prices. In this context, MRP has become an unnecessary obligation that makes it difficult to do business in India.
A Look at India's New and Improved Defence Procurement Policy: Part 2
Part 2 of our two-part series, which highlights some of the more significant changes to India's Defence Procurement Policy (2016), and seeks to identify clauses of particular interest to foreign OEMs, who are interested in taking advantage of opportunities presented by India's rapidly modernising defence sector.
A Look at India's New and Improved Defence Procurement Policy - Part 1
India released a long-awaited, modified Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) in 2016 which includes several new measures that are likely to improve the ease of doing business here. The document outlines a roadmap for how India will go about acquiring new defence equipment, with a promise to review it on an ongoing basis.


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Q: The upload part of jbimages works but the image does't appear I use jbimages with tinymce. I can select an image,it uploads to the correct folder, but the path looks like this: src="/uploads/asd.jpg"
When I open it in a new tab, the URL is http://users.asd.com/uploads/asd.jpg and it should look like this: http://users.asd.com/mysite/uploads/asd.jpg
When I delete the first / with web developer, it works (src="uploads/asd.jpg")
The folder structure is:
admin
   -tinymce
   -js
     ~tinymceconfig.js
   -index.php
plugins
css
uploads
index.php
I really don't understand it.
Jbimages config:
['img_path'] = '/uploads';
It works on localhost and worked 3 weeks ago on the server too, but I had to delete everything and I didn't save it.

A: Try moving your target folder to the root of your website and add the parameter document_base_url : "http://" in your tinymce code.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Palisades Park, New Jersey, June 9, 2012 Overpeck Park Twelve-year-old Matias Pellegrino of Denville, New Jersey won 1st place in the Midget Boys Long Jump with a record jump of 5.18 meters (17 feet) at the 2012 United States Track and Field NJ Junior Olympic T&F Championships. The previous record of 5.03 was set in 2007. Pellegrino also took second place in the 200 meter dash with a time of 27.01) and fifth place in the 100 meter dash posting time of 13.49. Matias advances to the USATF Region 2 Junior Olympic Outdoor Track And Field Championships competing in the Long Jump, 100 and 200 meter Dash.


Here it is – the focaccia recipe that was featured on The Seattle Globalist! Seriously a recipe to die for. Or I mean, it's next to impossible to go wrong with kalamata olives, red onion, sundried tomatoes and Italian herbs. But still. If the smell of this doesn't make your mouth water, then you should see a nose doctor.
As crazy as it may sound, I try to make this recipe as rarely as I possibly can. And when I make it, it's only for special occasions. Like for the live variety show (2 hours 45 minutes, hint hint) that the Globalist was hosting. It's not because it's a hassle to make (it's actually super easy, just takes a bit of waiting). It's only because I don't like eating only bread for dinner. And when I make this bread, that's what my dinner is. I may or may not have eaten two or three pieces even before I was ready to shoot the pictures. You can imagine how much was left by the time I was done with the photos.
Heaven on a plate, that's exactly what it is.
Still, I'd encourage you to make this. If not only because everyone should have tried a really (really, really, really) good focaccia at least ones in their lives. See this recipe as an early birthday present from me!
Total time: 2-4 days to prepare the dough. Then another 4-5 hours to let the dough rise and baking the focaccias. Makes 2 focaccias. Recipe for the dough adapted from Karen's Kitchen Stories.
See the blistered crust? If I can do it then so can you!
Mix some of the warm water with the active dry yeast to let it foam up and get active. Mix in the remaining water, sea salt and bread flour. Let the dough rest in the bowl for 5 minutes, then add the olive oil and mix further for about 1 minute. Put the dough in a new, lightly oiled bowl and let it rest 10 minutes. Take out the dough on an oiled surface. Stretch it out and fold it over itself from all four sides, using your hands or a scraper. Turn the dough upside down and put it back in the bowl. Let it rest 10 minutes. Repeat the stretch-and-fold method three more times, and let the dough rest in the bowl for ten minutes after each stretch-and-fold treatment. After the final stretch-and-fold (four total), cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let ferment in your fridge for 2-4 days.
I took out my dough from the fridge on the third day. When you take it out, let it first sit in room temperature for three hours. You can leave the plastic wrap on. Prepare the topping by slicing the red onion and olives in thin slices. Chop the sundried tomatoes and mix everything together with the Italian herbs.
When three hours have passed, carefully take out the dough on an oiled work bench. Stretch out the dough to a 9″x9″ square. Cut the dough in half. Spread out a third of your toppings on top of the focaccias. Fold each piece in thirds. Place the pieces on a lightly oiled parchment paper or a baking sheet, seamside down. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest 1 hour.
After one hour, carefully stretch out the focaccias. Try not to punctuate any of the air bubbles that have formed. Spread out a second third of your toppings on top of the focaccias. Fold in thirds, flip upside down and put them back on the parchment paper. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest another hour.
…then fold the dough in thirds, like this. Place seamside down on a parchment paper.
Preheat the oven to 500°F. As quick, and as painless as you can, transfer the focaccias from the baking sheet to a greased oven tray (this is hard, I know! But as long as you do your best, you'll be just fine, and the focaccias will turn out great). Spread the last third of your toppings on top of the focaccias. Press your fingertips down on the focaccias, to create little dents in the dough. Bake at 500°F for ten minutes, then turn down the temperature to 450F and bake another 20 minutes. If the focaccias have plenty of color, but don't sound hollow when you knock on the bottom, flip them upside down and bake for another 5-10 minutes.
Serve with a light and fresh salad, to compensate for the focaccia's slight greasiness..


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Another gorgeous momma expecting her second son. Balloons and bellies, what a prefect combination! Namely, one beautiful belly and a dozen white and Tiffany blue balloons (a couple escaped) to celebrate this precious moment.


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AC36: 'If you're going to do it, do it properly' – CNN Sport profiles Sir Ben's new
COWES, IOW (#1098) – Over drinks, [Sir Ben] Ainslie told him of his "gut-wrenching" disappointment of the Bermuda 2017 America's Cup. Ainslie's fledgling team reached the semifinals of the challenger series, only to lose heavily to eventual winner Team New Zealand. He describes the whole experience as "massively frustrating," knowing from a long way out they didn't have the firepower, in terms of boat speed, to contend. [James] Ratcliffe chides his new friend: "He's not been very good at not winning, have you?" Ainslie told Ratcliffe his LandRover BAR team, as it was then known, was "realistically, up against it," saying he would need a far bigger budget -- up to 30% more -- to fund the two radical new 75-foot foiling monohull boats that will be the weapons of choice in Auckland. Ratcliffe was keen, but only if Ineos could be the sole sponsor, instead of relying on a coterie of backers. Joint ventures, he says, "just make life more complicated." "Then it's down to Ben and his team to design a fast boat so you get to the start line with a boat that's competitive and then you've got the race, you've got the sport," he says."If you're going to do it, do it properly." Ainslie had come to the same conclusion and agreed a "gracious parting" with title sponsor Land Rover, as well as backers such as BT, Charles Dunstone of Carphone Warehouse and air miles entrepreneur Keith Mills. He took up with Ineos within "weeks." –Excerpt from an excellent article by Rob Hodgetts on the CNN website posted Wednesday, from an interview with Mr Ratcliffe and Sir Ben during last week's Prada-sponsored AC "Overture" and Hall of Fame induction at Cowes.
Read Mr Hodgetts' full story headlined "Jim Ratcliffe: Britain's richest man plots America's Cup coup," with some good images and graphics, here.
More on Sailing Illustrated's "TGIF with TFE" live webcast today at 1300 PDT / 1600 EDT / 2200 CET / 0800+1 NZT on our SI Facebook page.
Plotting an America's Cup coup: Britain's richest person, James Ratcliffe (GBR, left) and Sir Ben Ainslie, head of the INEOS Team UK challenge for the 2021 America' Cup presented by Prada, were interviewed by CNN at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes last Friday. Mr Ratcliffe is investing US$141 into Sir Ben's quest to win the 36th America's Cup. The UK has tried unsuccessfully multiple times to win the Auld Mug since the inaugural race hosted by the RYS in 1851. Photo by Harry KH for CNN.com/sailing
Sir Ben Ainslie


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use FSi\Bundle\AdminBundle\Admin\AbstractElement;
use FSi\Bundle\AdminBundle\Exception\RuntimeException;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactoryInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;

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    public function getRoute(): string
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The "Green New Deal" introduced by Democrats last week seeks to work with farmers and ranchers to achieve "net zero greenhouse gas emissions." The resolution is nonbinding, which means it would create no new programs if it did pass Congress, according to the Hagstrom Report, but it is a framework for discussion, especially in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Food & Environment Reporting Network says one section of the resolution addresses agricultural production, calling for collaborative work with U.S. farmers and ranchers "to eliminate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector as much as is technologically feasible," including by supporting family farming, investing in sustainable farming and land use practices that increase soil health, and "building a more sustainable food system that ensures universal access to healthy food." Rob Larew, senior vice president of public policy and communications for the National Farmers Union, says the organization understands "the need for action on climate change," adding "NFU stands ready to work with Congress" to ensure that any federal legislation recognizes "what's at stake for farm families and rural communities." The Green New Deal, however, isn't expected to gain any approval from Republicans.
The Department of Agriculture will release data for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report. The data tables, due out Thursday, will include projections for farm income, U.S. fruits, nuts and vegetables supply and use, and global commodity trade. Data tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2028 for major U.S. crops and livestock products as well as supporting U.S. and international macroeconomic assumptions were released in November of last year. USDA Chief Economist Rob Johansson says the complete USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report will be released on March 13, 2019, and will include a full discussion of the projections for U.S. commodity supply and use, farm income, and global commodity trade. USDA's long-term agricultural projections represent a departmental consensus on a ten-year representative scenario for the agricultural sector. The projections do not represent USDA forecasts, but rather reflect a conditional long-run scenario based on specific assumptions about macroeconomic conditions, policy, weather and international developments, with no domestic or external shocks to global agricultural markets.
Since the arrest of a Huawei official in Canada, commodity flows between Canada and China have slowed. Reuters reports that the political dispute between China and Canada over the arrest of a Huawei executive is slowing canola shipments through Chinese ports and causing some importers to hesitate to buy from their biggest supplier. Cargoes of Canadian canola in the time since the arrest have taken longer to clear Chinese customs and GMO permits. Canola stocks in Canada have reached record-high year-end levels and trade analysts call the delays by China in approving the shipments unusual. Normally, China buys some $2.5 billion of Canadian canola each year. Trade officials suspect that China is likely carrying out the heightened checks to "pressure Canada" amid the current diplomatic tensions. A dozen traders, some with direct knowledge of sales in Canada and China, and others in the U.S. who monitor sales, told Reuters the shipping pace has noticeably slowed since the political dispute began.
U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 14.5 million cotton acres this spring, up 2.9 percent from 2018, according to the National Cotton Council's 38th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey. Upland cotton intentions are 14.2 million acres, up 2.8 percent from 2018, while extra-long staple intentions of 264,000 acres represent a 6.3 percent increase. The survey results were announced over the weekend at the NCC's 2019 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. NCC's Dr. Jody Campiche (CAM-pea-CHEE) says history shows that "U.S. farmers respond to relative prices when making planting decisions." For the 2019 crop year, many producers have indicated a desire to reduce soybean acres due to low returns in 2018. As a result, corn is expected to provide the strongest competition for cotton acres in 2019, according to Campiche. The NCC questionnaire, mailed in mid-December 2018 to producers across the 17-state Cotton Belt, asked producers for the number of acres devoted to cotton and other crops in 2018 and the acres planned for the coming season. Survey responses were collected through mid-January.
A new bill in the Montana legislature seeks country-of-origin labeling on meat products. Senate Bill 206 would restore COOL for beef and pork sold in Montana. Supported by the Northern Plains Resource Council, the council says the bill would require that placards be placed in meat counters to inform consumers about where the meat was born, raised, harvested and processed. Northern Plains is working with the Montana Cattlemen's Association and Montana Farmers Union to reinstate COOL during the 2019 legislative session, according to AgWeek. The Council helped pass a similar bill in 2005 with a sunset if a federal law was enacted. While a federal COOL measure was approved in 2009, it was repealed in 2015. If passed, the law would be implemented by Montana's Department of Labor and Industry. The bill was introduced last week and was referred to the Montana Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Committee.
Coors is brewing up a national toast to farmers this Friday, promising "more details to come" on Twitter. So far, little information has emerged, but in the Tweet Sunday, Coors says "Let's all raise a cold one to the hard working American farmers." The upcoming national toast to farmers Friday stems from the spat that started with a Bud Light Superbowl commercial, blasting Miller Lite and Coors Light for including corn syrup in their ingredients. Corn syrup is used in the brewing process by Coors, and while the ingredient doesn't end up in the final product, the company says Bud Light attacked "hard-working American farmers who grow our great ingredients." In a reported statement to distributors, Coors says the brand is "standing up for our beers, our ingredients, and the farmers who grow them." Meanwhile, just last week, Pete Coors joined members of the National Corn Growers Association during action team meetings in Denver.


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Tech Startup Lands Angel Investors Thanks to Bixel Exchange
www.frenzyy.com
As a leather goods merchandiser for Louis Vuitton, James Chang saw something missing in the world of fashion. "Clients would come in with clippings from magazines or pictures on their phone and want to buy the item, but didn't know where to get it," explains Chang. So Chang and business partner Chirag Shah, who met in business school, came up with the idea for Frenzy, a website that compiles content from popular fashion magazines, blogs and websites. More than that, however, Frenzy is a "Shazam for fashion" where users can search for products using words or images, find them and buy them instantly.
Chang and Shah had commitments from blogs and magazines including Fashionista.com and The Sartorialist, but needed financing to cover overhead startup costs. In September 2014, Chang visited the Bixel Exchange, a part of the Los Angeles Small Business Development Center Network.
Bixel Exchange Business Advisor Craig Wilson helped Chang develop a compelling pitch deck, create a realistic four-year financial projection for sales and operations, figure out how much money he needed to get in his first round of financing and plan for future rounds.
"I'm a first-time tech startup founder," Chang explains. "I've run little businesses in the past, but nothing with this sort of potential. We're bootstrapping it and seeking a minimum amount [of funding], but it's still quite challenging getting financing as first-time founders in the pre-launch, pre-seed, pre-angel stage when you don't have a product yet."
It didn't help that Chang's financials were rusty. "I had taken some finance and budget evaluation classes in college, but I don't spend my days working on Excel," he admits.
That's where Wilson came in. "Craig has a very good idea of what angels expect to see in your business plan, your projections and how it ties in to your overall story," Chang says. "He also helped us show that we have researched our market and articulate our understanding of the competition in our business plan. Now our plan shows investors why we are positioned to merge content with commerce better than anyone else."
Know What You Need
Even though Frenzy is still completing its initial round of financing, Wilson is already helping the partners prepare for the next phase. "Within the first year, if we get the kind of traction expected with the blogs and magazines we have on board, I expect to make a splash and possibly need to keep pursuing angel rounds of funding or jump into a seed round [of venture capital]," Chang says.
Wilson has helped the partners determine what they can expect to give away in equity, as well as how much money they need to hire necessary team members and scale Frenzy's infrastructure. "He's given us a long-term view, both for ourselves and for the investors we'll approach at a later date," says Chang.
You've Got to Sell It
The partners had raised some financing from friends and family, but approaching angel investors was a whole different ballgame. "Friends and family were more interested in the concept and product. [Angels] are more sophisticated and focus on the future [returns]," Chang explains.
To convince angels to invest, Frenzy's PowerPoint pitch deck was crucial. "Craig was instrumental in helping us take something that was 'cruddy' in the beginning and communicate it very well," Chang says. Wilson helped the partners organize the slides within the pitch deck and use graphs to convey market research and technical details.
Beyond the presentation, Wilson helped the partners zero in on their value proposition and how to present it to both customers and investors. "I had been promoting Frenzy as a dynamic fashion site that compiles articles from your favorite fashion magazines," Chang explains. "That got us by in the beginning and helped us get commitments from publishers. But Craig spent the time with us to understand the nuts and bolts of our business and our product, then helped us craft the message toward investors and what they want to hear."
Client Impact
Just six weeks into working with Bixel Exchange, Frenzy had raised $60,000 in financing. Now Chang and Wilson are exploring additional introductions within Wilson's network of financing sources.
Chang will also continue working with Bixel Exchange to make new connections with brands, publishers, investors, advisors and mentors. "L.A. is a small community when it comes to digital media," he says. "We're looking forward to seeing how extensive the Bixel Exchange network is."
Shah, who handles server-side technology, is hard at work developing the website with help from a team of independent contractors. The partners' goal is to have the site up and running before Fashion Week in February 2015.
Bixel Exchange will be instrumental in helping Frenzy reach that deadline. "Craig is constantly checking on our progress and sending us emails," Chang says. "Craig is a veteran of Microsoft and has a great background in product development; he reviews our site designs and helps with the user experience. It's been really awesome bouncing ideas back and forth."
"Our Bixel Exchange advisor spent the time with us to understand the nuts and bolts of our business and our product, then helped us craft the message toward investors and what they want to hear."-James Chang, Co-Founder, Frenzy
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Your refrigerator is where you keep your food, so if it has a yucky odor when you pull it out of storage, that's pretty bad news. By following these steps to prepare your fridge properly for storage, you can ensure that it emerges smelling clean and fresh.
If your refrigerator is a model that requires defrosting, plan ahead and unplug it to defrost at least a week prior to the day you plan on placing it in storage. Follow the defrosting instructions that came with your fridge for best results.
Forgetting to empty the defrosting pan is a common mistake, and almost guarantees that your fridge will get stinky in storage due to the presence of dirty water in this lower compartment. Remove the defrosting pan and give it a thorough bath in a mixture of 1 part bleach to 20 parts water. Let it dry completely before placing it back in the fridge.
Step #3: Clean and disinfect the fridge's interior.
Use the same bleach solution to clean and disinfect your fridge's interior. Remove all of the shelves and drawers and clean them separately. Make sure you completely scrub away any spills or debris.
Step #4: Clean the rubber seals and gaskets.
Use your bleach and water mixture to clean the rubber gaskets and seals around your refrigerator's doors. These are a common hiding place for mold, which may multiply and cause odors while your fridge is in storage. Use a cotton swab dipped in bleach water to clean in any grooves and creases.
Step #5: Let the fridge dry completely.
Any lingering moisture can cause mold and mildew to form. Leave your fridge open, and let it air out for at least one day before moving it to the storage unit.
Step #6: Prop the door open during storage.
Place a plastic object, such as an old milk crate or a plastic bucket, between the fridge and the door so that it does not accidentally swing shut. If your fridge sits in storage the with door closed, it's almost guaranteed to be stinky when you remove it.
Step #7: Place a large box of baking soda inside.
If there are any lingering moisture or odors in your fridge, the baking soda will catch them. It will also absorb moisture from the air while your fridge remains in the storage unit, making your fridge less likely to develop mold. The bigger the box of baking soda you can find, the better.
Refrigerators are not cheap. Following these instructions may be time-consuming, but it will save you the expense of having to replace your refrigerator after it spends time in storage. For more advice on storing refrigerators, contact a local storage facility like Storage Niagara.


Fed. R. Crim. P. 32 asserts that the presentence report shall not be submitted to the court unless the defendant has pleaded guilty or has been found guilty. This language clearly permits the preparation of a presentence report before guilty plea or conviction, but it is equally clear that the report must not, under any circumstances, be submitted to the court before the defendant pleads guilty or is convicted. Submission of the report to the court before that point constitutes error of the clearest kind.
Defendant was convicted of attempting to bring valium tablets that were concealed in a vaseline-coated balloon into a federal prison in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 1791. On review, defendant argued that § 1791 was unconstitutional and that Fed. R. Crim. P. 32 was violated because the trial judge read the presentence report before announcing his verdict.
Did the trial judge commit an error by reviewing the presentence report before announcing a verdict?
The court held that reversal was mandated by the clear Rule 32 violation and ordered a new trial. To guide the district court on remand, the court also held that § 1791 was not unconstitutional. Defendant's conviction for attempting to bring valium onto the grounds of a federal prison was reversed as the trial judge's premature review of the presentence report was clear error. The statute defendant violated was not unconstitutional because it specifically notified prison visitors of conduct that was required and prohibited and served the legitimate government interest of prohibiting drugs from being brought onto prison grounds.


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How to apply for the return of a child
Applications for access
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If you are concerned the child's other parent may abduct your child, you should ensure that the custody/parenting arrangements in the court order or written agreement are clear. For example, clearly state the start and end dates of access or parenting time. This will assist in establishing relatively quickly that there has been a breach of custody rights. If you don't use the term "custody" in the order agreement, you should clarify who has the right to determine where your child will live.
You may also want to go to court and ask the judge to order that the child is not to be removed from Saskatchewan without both parent's consent or court authorization. Parents may be asked at international borders to show consent from both parents or at least from the custodial parent before being allowed to enter a country with a child. Airlines may also request this consent. However, border officials in many countries do not ask for written consents so the lack of written consent to travel is not a guarantee that the other parent will be prevented from entering another country with the child. For further information, refer to the Government of Canada: Recommended consent letter for children travelling abroad.
Foreign Affairs Canada has produced two publications for parents to assist them in preventing abductions. The pamphlets, International Child Abduction, and Preventing International Child Abduction, are available online at: International Child Abduction: A Guidebook for Left-Behind Parents.
If the child does not have a passport and you suspect the other parent will leave with the child, contact Passport Canada and ask that the child's name be placed on the Passport System Lookout List. For more information, refer to the Government of Canada: Child safety – extra precautions for passports issued to children under 16 years of age.
If a child already has a passport, ask the court to order the parent to surrender the child's passport to the court. However, be aware that when a child is a dual citizen it may be more problematic having a foreign passport surrendered to a Canadian court.


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News : Rick Kyrsiak Named Vice President for Facilities Management
Monday September 25, 2017
Service-Oriented Builder
Richard S. Krysiak Jr., a retired Air Force civil engineering officer and facilities management professional with extensive higher education, military and private sector experience, will become the University of Dayton?s new vice president for facilities management and planning. He starts Oct. 9.
A LEED-certified green associate, Krysiak most recently spent a year as vice president and energy consultant for Cenergistic Inc., a Dallas-based company that provides energy conservation programs to facilities across the nation, along with building automation and maintenance training. Before that, he served 10 years as director for facilities management and chief facilities officer at Oklahoma State University plus more than a decade in various positions with the United States Air Force.
"Rick brings tremendous experience to the position," said Andy Horner, vice president for finance and administrative services. "At Oklahoma State, Rick was responsible for more than 10 million square feet of space across 587 buildings on 1,400 acres, so he is exceptionally well prepared to take on the complexities of the facilities management and planning function at the University of Dayton."
He assumes the position previously held by Beth Keyes, who will retire in 2019 after a 30-year career at the University. Although Keyes stepped down during the summer from her role as vice president for facilities management, she continues to manage the $72-million transformation of UD Arena as facilities project management officer and will retire after the project's completion.
"What attracted me to the University of Dayton was its reputation for being a top-tier Catholic research university and the Marianist tradition of educating the whole person to create a better world," Krysiak said. "I'm excited for the opportunity to work with and share my experiences with students, faculty and staff."
At Cenergistic Inc., using his experience in higher education, Krysiak developed connections with the University of Kentucky and Florida State University to implement energy conservation programs.
From 2006 to 2016, Krysiak held strategic leadership responsibility for all operations, engineering, energy services and construction at Oklahoma State University. He led a team of more than 600 staff with a management style that placed a significant emphasis on campus engagement and customer service, and spearheaded a campus-wide energy conservation program that saved the University more than $30 million in energy costs and reduced carbon emissions by more than 40 percent.
In 2012, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin selected Krysiak to develop and roll out a statewide energy conservation program.
Horner noted Krysiak's work with environmental initiatives among his qualifications for the facilities management leadership role at UD. In addition to a LEED green associate credential, representing a core competency in green building principles and practices, Krysiak holds a PE license in environmental engineering.
"His experience and background in energy conservation and cost-effective solutions are highly consistent with our Catholic, Marianist mission and continued drive toward a more sustainable campus environment," Horner said. "Rick has a track record of being highly service-oriented and engaging readily with the entire campus community, most notably with both faculty and students."
Between 1989 and 2000, and from 2004-06, Krysiak held multiple facility engineering, operations, energy and construction positions in the United States Air Force, gaining a wide range of experience in design, construction, facilities maintenance, environmental health and safety, and disaster preparedness and readiness. His positions included chief of engineering, engineering manager, and deputy chief of engineering and environmental at Air Force bases in Colorado, South Carolina and Oklahoma.
Krysiak served a stint in the private sector from 2000 to 2004, working as the plant engineering manager for the manufacturing, production and research facilities for Stryker Medical in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he led preventative maintenance, operations, energy management efforts and $35 million in capital construction projects.
Krysiak earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University in 1988, a master's in public administration from Troy University in Alabama in 1994, and a master's in engineering and environmental management from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1995.


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The Hailey Brouillet Study Abroad Scholarship pays homage to a loving daughter and an adventurist spirit
A picture of Oakland University student Hailey Brouillet, who was killed in a car crash in 2013.
Broadening horizons
By Emell Derra Adolphus
Memorial Scholarships at OU
Memorial scholarships give those who've lost loved ones the opportunity to share their spirit with like-minded students.
"I've been so personally inspired by families like the Brouillets, who are facing the unimaginable," says Kelly Brault, director of Annual Giving. "Yet they find an inner strength to turn tragedy into a legacy."
For more information on memorial scholarships, contact Kelly Brault at (248) 370-4921 or brault@oakland.edu.
When Lori Brouillet's daughter, Hailey, returned from a trip abroad to Amsterdam in 2013, she came back with a new sense of adventure.
"She came back with a passion for travel, and she came back just so much more well-rounded," remembers Brouillet. "She was actually a quiet person in her own way. But she went ahead (to travel) and did it. She met some amazing friends over there and it was the experience of her life."
Hailey, then a junior at Oakland University, was majoring in Health Sciences with plans to focus on physical therapy. But later that year, Hailey was tragically killed in a car accident.
"We were just in so much shock. We didn't know what to do," says Brouillet. "I know that people wanted to donate and do something in her memory."
Brouillet's niece recommended they use the money donated to create a scholarship in OU's study abroad office, where Hailey had worked during the summer. After finding out they could procure a permanent endowment in Hailey's memory if they raised $25,000, Brouillet says it was an easy decision.
"My husband and I looked at each other and said that's a no brainer," she says. "We're going to do that somehow."
But they didn't have to do it alone. In about six months, says Brouillet, they raised the money to start the Hailey Brouillet Study Abroad Scholarship with help from their community in Troy, Michigan.
"There were just thousands of people who were affected (by Hailey's death). We've lived in Troy my daughter's whole life. It's a big city. But it's a tight community where everyone pulls together," says Brouillet about the number of people who wanted to donate to the memorial fund. "I think that in our darkest hours, we've had some pretty special people in our life that have come on board with us and got us through this. So it was a team effort for sure."
Wayne and Lori Brouillet established a scholarship in their daughter Hailey's memory. Photo by Alex Godin.
The scholarship is available to any student who demonstrates Hailey's love of travel and desire to give back to the community. So far, the annual scholarship has been awarded to four people. And Brouillet has made it a point to meet each person after an inspiring meeting with the first recipient, Natasha Holiday.
When Holiday returned from her trip to Nice, France, Brouillet says she saw a familiar face.
"Natasha's excitement and enthusiasm, it was just so familiar.
It was the same excitement, enthusiasm and zest of life that Hailey came back with," says Brouillet. "And so we want to continue to meet (the recipients) because we're inspired by them, too. It just reminds us so much of Hailey's change. So it warmed our hearts."
The memorial scholarship helped Holiday academically by giving her "peace of mind," she says.
"By having the scholarship, I was able to work fewer hours at my job, which allowed me to focus on my schooling. I could pay for my trip and (had) spending money while abroad," says Holiday.
Brouillet's younger daughter, Morgan, plans to travel to Greece this summer and hopes to carry on the adventurist spirit that the scholarship celebrates.
"I think that we made good decisions," says Brouillet about establishing the scholarship in Hailey's memory. "(Hailey) had never talked about a scholarship, but she was so passionate about her experience. She worked in the study abroad office encouraging kids to (travel) when she came back. She would be happy about (the scholarship)."
Establishing a memorial scholarship in Hailey's memory has been a "healing process" for the family, says Brouillet, and a way to permanently support students who share their daughter's spirit.
Learn more about the Hailey Brouillet Study Abroad Scholarship at ShareHerSpirit.com.
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Harvem were asked by their local Scout Group, 1st Keynsham Scouts, to offer members a local outlet for Scout Group Uniform.
Since November 2018 we have been supplying Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers' Uniform to many Scout Groups in and around the Bristol and Bath area.
We have a dedicated stock area of most popular sizes for each section of Scout Uniforms including Beavers Polo Shirts, Beavers Sweatshirts, CUBS Polo Shirts, CUBS Sweatshirts, Scout and Explorer Shirts.
We are Official Scout Uniform Suppliers, helping the Bristol and Bath Scout Community to simply buy local, a Scout Uniform outlet on their doorstep.


A few weeks ago my sister and I went to a Corks and Canvas event for a really fun night of wine and painting. If you haven't heard of the concept, I highly recommend it for a unique night out with friends. For a reasonable fee ($45 in our case) we received a glass of wine, all our paint supplies, and step by step instructions to complete the featured masterpiece of the night.
In case you can't tell....ahem...our featured masterpiece was "Deception Pass at Sunset". Well....it kind of looks like a bridge at sunset. My husband was very complimentary, but let's just say there's a reason I will never be considered "artistic" :).
We arrived at the winery and entered a room full of people who looked like they knew what they were doing. Oh dear. Some were very seriously looking at the sample painting and others were gathering their supplies. My sister and I chose seats next to two other women who looked as clueless as we were and then headed to pick out our wine.
The blank canvas staring back at us from the easel was a bit intimidating. I certainly wasn't expecting paint by numbers, but I had no idea how I was going to create "Deception Pass at Sunset" from this. However, once the class started, it actually wasn't too difficult. The instructor took us through the painting step by step, giving guidance on which colors to use and how to do different techniques.
We had decided that my sister would have my glass of wine as well as hers. I was the designated driver, and I'm such a lightweight, even one glass is too much when I'm responsible for life and limb. This, however, was a mistake. Shortly after she started her second drink, my sister somehow managed to paint what looked like a tiny surfer on the water in her painting. This gave us the giggles. Our instructor was not as amused, and kept throwing irritated glances our way as we tried to get ourselves under control.
After several hours and much merriment, this is what I came up with.
Not exactly a Monet. But trust me, it looks better from farther away. Really, it does. It's been sitting on the floor in my office reminding me what a fun night I had with my sister. I think we need to try "Van Gogh Sunflowers" next. I hope they let us come back :).
That looks like a lot of fun, you did a great job.....I have no creative skills whats so ever and even more so if i have a couple glasses of wine in my system!!! I would love to see what my masterpiece would look like though!!
Well, you are very kind! We really did have a blast - you should try it!
It would be a lot of fun with a large group of friends!
I keep thinking I need to give this a shot! But I absolutely can't paint (can barely draw a stick figure). I think I'd be like you and get the giggles, especially since I always get them at the most inappropriate times, like in the middle of an argument. Yep, gotta give it a shot and see if I can make it through the whole class, haha!
You should definitely give it a try - it was so much fun. Thank you for stopping by!
VERY cool. I like the results!
That looks like fun! If an instructor works at a venue that serves wine they need to be prepared for giggles. That they weren't amused says much about them!
I know, right? I remember thinking the same thing. This particular instructor was kind of stuffy, but I know they rotate, so maybe next time he/she will be more fun. We still had a great time!
She definitely thought the wine helped! Thanks for stopping by.
Love the idea of this night...will have to check to see if there are any in my area. BTW, your painting looks great. I'm so artistically challenged that stick people come out looking bad!
Thank you - you are very kind! If you can find one in your area it's a great night out.


As Dixie Shanahan, central figure in John Ferak's true crime, DIXIE'S LAST STAND: Was in Murder or Self-Defense? anticipates the possibility of being released from prison, John is in Iowa corresponding from Dixie Shanahan's hometown, Defiance, and the prison where she has been held since 2003 for the murder of her husband, Scott Shanahan.
Here John interviews sheriff Gene Cavenaugh about Shanahan's upcoming appeal hearing and what he thinks about this case, which he has been involved with since Scott Shanahan's body was first discovered in his home.


To observe the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the celebration committee will organise programmes to familiarise school children with his ideas and principles.
Kolkata: To observe the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the celebration committee will organise programmes to familiarise school children with his ideas and principles. One of the members of the 'Mahatma Gandhi 150 Celebration Committee, retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly told a press meet here Thursday that this was important as people have started "forgetting" Gandhiji's words and deeds.
"As part of our initiative to introduce the present generation to the thoughts and work of Gandhiji, we will organise year long programmes in schools from October 2, his birthday," he said.
Senior Congress leader and MP Pradip Bhattacharya, who is another committee member, said the committee will hold functions at the Gandhi Ashram in Barrackpore on October 2 to spread the ideals and vision of Bapu.
Bhattacharya also regretted the present day youth have "forgotten" about Gandhiji and his movement of non-violence.
The October 2 programme will be attended by former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and former Governor of West Bengal Justice Shyamal Sen, Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi, Congress leader and opposition leader in West Bengal assembly Abdul Mannan and officiating Vice-Chancellor of Visva Bharati University Sabujkaali Sen among others.


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Sailor Moon Spotlight: Katie Griffin & Linda Ballantyne
Saturday September 7, 2019 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Sailor Moon, known in Japan as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, is a 1992 Japanese anime television series that follows the adventures of the protagonist Usagi Tsukino, a middle school student who is given the power to become the titular Sailor Soldier. Joined by other Sailor Soldiers, they defend Earth against an assortment of evil villains. The anime also parallels the maturation of Usagi from an emotional middle school girl to a responsible young adult.
Katie Griffin is a Canadian actor and singer. She has had roles in several television movies and feature films. In cartoons, her best-known role is as the voice of Sailor Mars in the original English dub of Sailor Moon.
Linda Ballantyne is a Canadian voice actor best known for voicing the title role of Serena Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the second half of the English version of Sailor Moon.
This is a fantastic opportunity for any fan of the Sailor Moon franchise to get to know these two amazing and talented women.
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Apr 09, 2018 02:12 PM EDT By Ashley Rushford
Cardi B Opens Up About Getting Illegal Butt Injections, Gang Affiliation
Before Cardi B became one of the first women to have five Top 10 singles simultaneously on the Billboard charts, she was just a girl from the Bronx wanting to get cosmetic surgery and be around a group of people she could relate to.
In the May issue of GQ Magazine, the breakout rapper recalled her decision to get butt injections at the mere age of 21. The "Be Careful" rapper told the magazine that she went to a basement apartment in Queens, New York, and paid $800 for a woman to inject her bum with fillers.
Cardi further revealed that the woman didn't numb her body prior to the procedure and it was the worst pain she's ever felt.
"It was the craziest pain ever. I felt like I was gonna pass out. I felt a little dizzy. And it leaks for, like, five days," the 25-year-old musician explained.
As for the reason behind her alteration, the Love & Hip Hop alum claimed that her boyfriend at the time cheated on her with a woman who had a bigger butt, which made her consider the injections.
Cardi Doesn't Advise Her Fans To Join A Gang
Opening up about her rear end wasn't the only thing she did as the mother-to-be also explained that she was once in a gang but eventually decided to leave after she realized the lifestyle that came with it.
Cardi stated that once she started stripping, she was too focused on making money to be bothered with the Bloods, the gang she decided to join. The "Motorsport" artist further elaborated that she realized there is no loyalty in a gang and she wouldn't recommend that her fans follow in her footsteps.
"And then you can never leave it. Sometimes these people are gonna expect you to be at meetings when you have a job. You gotta be at work til 9:30 p.m., and you cannot go to a powwow because you at work. How you tell that to people?" Cardi said.
Baby Cardi
Now the "Bodak Yellow" rapper has completely turned her life around. Fans of the songwriter know that she has confirmed that she is expecting her first child with her fiancé, Migos member Offset.
Cardi revealed the news while performing live on Saturday Night Live on Saturday, April 7.
Since disclosing that she is with child, the media personality has received an outpouring of love and support from several celebrities.
Rihanna and 50 Cent were among the celebrities to congratulate Cardi on her pregnancy as well as the success of her debut album, Invasion of Privacy.
Rihanna posted a photo of the breakout star from her Saturday Night Live performance on her Instagram stories.
"Baby Bardi x bomb ass album! Congrats sis!" the R&B songstress wrote.
50 Cent also took to Instagram to share a photo from her performance.
"This is some fly s-, from the bottom to the top. (Only Hip Hop) congratulations Cardi B & Offset," the Power star captioned the photo.
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The Birth of Fresh
Banner pic: Keaton Wolansky
The story of Fresh Skis starts with the man behind it all, Steve Saranchuk, how he fell in love with skiing, and his vision for a different kind of ski shop.
A version of this article appeared in SBC Skier Magazine in 2004. By Kevin Hjertaas
How does a guy from Manitoba who's never skied a day in his life end up owning and operating the most influential freeski shop in Western Canada? A better question might be how it even occurred to a young pension mathematician working in Philadelphia to try skiing in the first place?
Every skier's story has a beginning, and Steve Saranchuk's is classic ski bum material. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Steve played baseball growing up and like many young easterners, he felt the pull of the mountains—or at least the East's large hills.
But skiing is a rich person's sport. It takes hard work or great cunning for poor young men to get started. So Steve leveraged his charm and was able to attract a girlfriend not just willing to take him skiing for the first time, but generous enough to pay for the endeavour. With his girl's money, Steve rented a pair of Salomon 1080s that first day, and the hook was set. When it came time to move back to the Great White North, the mountains pulled him west to Calgary, where he immediately bought a pair of 1080s—this time with his own money—and started skiing any chance he could. It was the birth of not only a lifelong skier but a skier who would give back to the sport and its culture.
In Calgary, Steve and his partner to be, John Sanges, had been toying with the idea of starting a small business. Steve's newfound love for skiing helped crystallize the vision that would become Fresh Skis. A self-proclaimed "big kid", Steve loved checking out new gear, talking to skiers, or just watching ski movies so he figured he'd make a career of it. Steve didn't start skiing until his twenties and never even considered competitive racing or freestyle; freeskiing was the only skiing he knew. In Steve's mind, 80 percent of the skiers out there are freeskiers, so he created a shop that catered exclusively to them.
"Freeride skis are Alberta skis. People here want to be able to ski powder, groomers, and park all in the same day. Race skis just don't let you do that," says Steve. If the shop's instant popularity is any indicator, Steve's absolutely right.
Regardless, starting a successful business is not the part of the story that has made Steve so popular with skiers. Long hours behind a computer or on the phone don't excite most of us. Living in an apartment across the street from the shop displays a work ethic that would make most skibums cringe. What endears Steve and Fresh to local skiers is how he has impacted the Calgary ski culture. The Calgary and Rockies ski scene is thriving, and Steve and his shop are one of the major reasons why. In three short years, Fresh has managed to become a major hub in the otherwise fragmented Alberta ski scene.
This article originally ran in SBC Skier Magazine.
Steve in the shop window.
By connecting organizers, ski resorts, and sponsoring companies, Fresh has encouraged the recent increase in Rockies' freeskiing contests. Steve has also sponsored local movies, skier friendly rail parks, and freeskiing clubs. In fact, Steve and his staff have sponsored, organized, or competed in almost every competition or ski festival in the Rockies in the last two years. The big kid himself even has plans to compete in a contest or two this season.
After helping other events for a few years, Steve decided it was time to have his own. This fall's first annual FRESHtival brought all the major movie companies, their athletes, and the athlete's sponsoring companies together for three days of ski movies, autograph signings, product giveaways, and even a made for spectators rail jam. The goal was to stoke the local audience and point the freeskiing world's spotlight on Calgary for a weekend. On all points, it was a huge success.
Meanwhile, Fresh has amassed a ridiculously talented team of sponsored skiers. Aside from convincing non-Albertan skiers like Mike Douglas and Sarah Burke to be part of the Fresh team, Steve has signed almost every sponsored skier between Calgary and Golden, including Eric Hjorleifson, Rory Bushfield, Jon McMurray, and Colin Puskas. Steve has also taken talented unknowns and connected them with companies willing to become their first sponsors.
Through all his efforts, Steve has turned Fresh into an invaluable triangle connecting the ski companies, the pros and media, and the general buying public. All ski shops work between the consumer and the manufacturers, but few have worked as hard as Fresh to connect top athletes and the companies. To Steve, the ski industry seems to be "fighting itself in a lot of ways." The companies often don't listen to the skiers, and the skiers rarely listen to the companies, which is why Fresh works so hard to mediate and help the two get together.
Steve's next chapter is a relatively predictable one. Like most skiers, he wants to enjoy powder days with friends and improve to the point where he can do a few cool tricks and rip any terrain. On the business side, he's just looking to "keep on rockin'" and growing the Calgary ski scene. Though he was poor back when he started skiing in Philly, Steve, like most ski business owners, could make more money at his old job. But for a big kid, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun as playing with new gear, hanging out with skiers, ripping with friends, and contributing to the sport he loves.
Steve atop Yamnuska with Marty Schaffer and Eric Hjorleifson