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I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to discover what patterns were followed by great sales professionals. I had an inkling they were doing a lot of the same things no matter what they were selling. But, I struggled with the how, how would my curiosity lead me to results?
There have been countless surveys and models based on sales. In fact, I had been part of many teams for many companies looking at their sales processes with the goal of making them better. I had seen numeric surveys galore that simply took the scales of 1-10, accumulated the answers, divided by the participants to tell you some number is significant because it appeared in the data. I was not interested in that.
I wanted to talk to successful sales people. I wanted them to tell me what is important and I wanted them to use a 40,000-year-old tool, the story. I wanted their stories. I wanted their emotional context. I believed that in the tales they would tell, there would be truly significant patterns of behavior.
As a scientist by education, I always fall back to a simple problem-solving tool, the scientific method (with a few Creative Ventures adjustments).
Observe: I had worked on sales projects for Fortune 500 companies for 30 years. I had a boat load of observing under my belt.
Question: I wanted their stories, but I needed a framework for their narratives to follow or you would get an endless rambling of stuff. Sales people love to talk.
Hypothesis: I believed that all successful sales people did many of the same things. I believed that their successful behaviors crossed products, markets, and businesses.
Gather Data: I was willing to take a long time to find the information and a long time it would be.
Test: I had the opportunity to see it in action.
So armed with that, I created my HOW framework.
Normally this process comes up with a very OBJECTIVE methodology. I was not interested in that. I came up with an insanely subjective approach; ask them questions and let them tell me stories about that subject. In these stories would be the real ways they FEEL, they THINK and they BEHAVE. I don't believe you can find that in any scaled answer. Not very scientific.
I spent a long time storyboarding the questions that would serve as the foundation for the project (all of which are in the book). I used my knowledge of story as a strategy to create a framework.
Each question would create a sort of subplot to the overall information I was looking for.
Each question would create independent stories.
In their response would be everything I need to find a pattern.
This brings me to the key to this type of creative procedure: CONTROLLED STORYTELLING. This simple sketch below, which drew hundreds of times for the sales people I interviewed, showed the idea. You can tell me as many stories as you want. You can pontificate and explore within your response, you simply CAN NOT GO OUTSIDE THE PARAMETERS OF THE QUESTION. This is controlled storytelling and we became experts at it.
We used this same systemic approach to the application of story patterns for all of our clients that want an internal version of The 21 Secrets.
I agree, not the most scientific approach. In fact, I recognize that the results and the interpretation of such a bulk of personal data filled with idiosyncrasies and probably biased stories might not fit with any statistician's view of "real "results. But, it yielded me and my Creative Ventures team the most significant strategy in the 31 years of our practice.
My HOW has become a foundational aspect of our consulting services.
Funny how curiosity and discovery can yield something of such great significance!
For more about our methods and results, check out our book.
Today the nominations for the 2014 television Emmy Awards were announced. What do think the following categories have in common?
Not ONE nominee from the Big 4 TV networks. Not ONE!
The quality bar has been raised so high by the original programming coming out of HBO, Netflix, FX and other content providers that network TV simply has not been able to keep up.
Sure, there are lots of factors in this viewing and nominating formula. We have radically changed how we consume content. From binge watching via streaming services to mobile technologies, but at the end of the day it's really not about delivery strategies, it's about the quality of the crafting and delivery of story. It's always about STORY.
The writing and idea development for TV is raising the entertainment and educational bar (think Cosmos) to new and challenging heights. Couple that story crafting with high dollar production, effects, acting and direction and you will see the true POWER that exists in the two core aspects of story – CRAFTING and TELLING.
In our THE ONCE UPON A TIME PROJECT we bring these very aspects to every part of an organization and its individuals power to leverage story as a core business development strategy.
The future holds nothing but challenges for the television entertainment industry with barriers being pushed and new ideas creating new levels of risk. Staying put is the same as staying behind. It's simple, craft and tell a better story and watch the business flock your way.


Driving is key to freedom, and giving up that freedom is something really hard to do, especially when one's getting older and wants to remain independent.
But when dementia looms on the horizon, mobility issues arise and fears kick in - you may feel like you have no other choice.
On this episode, Lori and Gail share their experiences helping families deal with this matter, and guide you through some really key strategies to helping you drive this conversation home safely.


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Q: I need to modify my jquery scroll-to-anchor code so it will scroll to an achnor on a new page as well I am new to jQuery I have a snippet of code that works great to smooth scroll to a page anchor. But I need to make this work from another page as well. Is there anything I can do to the code below?
Example: From pg 1, click on a link to an anchor half way down page 2. I wanted the browser to jump to the top of page 2 and then scroll down to the anchor. I cant figure out how to do that with this code.
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.easing.1.3.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
                $('ul.nav a').bind('click',function(event){
                    var $anchor = $(this);
                    $('html, body').stop().animate({
                        scrollTop: $($anchor.attr('href')).offset().top
                    }, 2400,'easeInOutExpo');

                    event.preventDefault();
                });
            });

            $(document).scroll(function(){
        t = (100 - $(this).scrollTop())/100;
        if(t<0)t=0;
        $('.skyB').css({opacity: t})
    })

</script>

Revised code does not seem to work either
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.easing.1.3.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  $(function() {
      var id = location.hash; // includes the leading #
      $('ul.nav a[href$="'+id+'"]').click();

            $('ul.nav a').bind('click',function(event){
                var $anchor = $(this);
                $('html, body').stop().animate({
                    scrollTop: $($anchor.attr('href')).offset().top
                }, 2400,'easeInOutExpo');

                event.preventDefault();
            });
        });

        $(document).scroll(function(){
    t = (100 - $(this).scrollTop())/100;
    if(t<0)t=0;
    $('.skyB').css({opacity: t})
})

A: Extract the hash ID with location.hash and re-use your event handler.
$(function() {
    var id = location.hash; // includes the leading #
    $('ul.nav a[href$="'+id+'"]').click();
    // continue as before

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Countdown clocks coming to East Side bus stops
Council Member Dan Garodnick (right) stands by a new countdown clock at a bus stop for the M66. (Photo by Sabina Mollot)
In an effort to help straphangers get a more reliable idea of when their next bus is coming, the city is installing 48 new countdown clocks at bus stops around Council District 4. The project is being funded with nearly $1 million allocated by Council Member Dan Garodnick, who admitted that there's still plenty of work to be done in making buses more reliable.
Similar countdown displays are already in place in local routes where Select Bus Service is offered, like the M23, although other SBS routes, including the M15, will be getting new countdown clocks in stops that don't have them already.
The announcement was made last Tuesday at a bus stop at 68th Street and Lexington, which is one of four where a new countdown clock has already been installed. The other three are in midtown and the other 44 will be installed by the end of the year.
Garodnick, who was joined by Manhattan Borough Department of Transportation Commissioner Luis Sanchez and John Raskin of the Riders Alliance, discussed how unlike other methods of mass transit, bus usage is actually on the decline.
While noting that it's sometimes the only option for the mobility impaired or New Yorkers who don't live close to a subway, the speed or rather lack of it at which buses travel, has made above ground mass transit too slow and unreliable for a growing number of people.
"Bus service has declined by 16 percent in the last decade," said Raskin. "People are voting with their MetroCards. People are starting to abandon the bus."
Garodnick gave the bus stopping on that block, the M66, as an example of why.
"It's the 17th busiest out of 40 routes, but it moves at 4.1 miles per hour," he said. "I can jog backwards carrying my six-year-old son faster than the M66 goes to the West Side."
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Tagged City Council, Council Member Dan Garodnick, countdown clocks, department of transportation, MTA, straphanger's campaign, traffic
Select Bus Service arrives along M23 route
Workers stand by a newly built bus stop for the M23, which now has Select Bus Service, at 23rd Street and Broadway. (Photo by Sabina Mollot)
After months of planning — and a canceled plan to remove a Stuyvesant Town bus stop — Select Bus Service has come to 23rd Street.
SBS buses have sped up service by 10-30 percent, according to the mayor who made the announcement via a press release on Monday. The news was cheered by local elected officials, who pointed out that the M23 has been one of the city's slowest buses, even twice winning the annual Straphangers Campaign's Pokey Award for the slowest route.
"My constituents agree: the M23 is one of the slowest bus routes in the city and it's often faster to walk than take the bus," said State Senator Brad Hoylman.
State Senator Liz Krueger said the SBS couldn't come at a more needed time: ahead of the dreaded L-pocalypse.
Tagged Council Member Dan Garodnick, M23, MTA, Pokey Award, select bus service, State Senator Liz Krueger, straphanger's campaign
How straphangers can save hundreds of dollars a year, starting in January
Council Member Dan Garodnick speaks at an event in Union Square to promote the Community Benefits Law, which will save commuters an average of $443 a year in monthly MetroCards. (Photo courtesy of Riders Alliance)
To help commuters estimate how much they could save on transit as a result of the new Commuter Benefits Law, City Council Member Dan Garodnick joined representatives from the Rider's Alliance, Straphangers Campaign and the Department of Consumer Affairs in the Union Square subway station on Sunday with a giant calculator and an oversized tax chart.
Garodnick had originally proposed the legislation in the spring of 2014 and Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the legislation that October, but the councilmember held the event in Union Square last weekend as a reminder that commuters should take advantage of the benefits because the law officially goes into effect on January 1, 2016.
The new law will require businesses with 20 or more employees to offer workers the opportunity to use pre-tax dollars toward transit. Garodnick said that there was previously no requirement for employers and once the law goes into effect, the Department of Consumer Affairs will have the power to enforce it. But he emphasized that he wants to let both employers and employees know about the program's advantages rather than worry about consequences of non-compliance.
"At this moment we're really trying to educate," he said. "We want people to know it's a benefit that will be available and encourage employers to set it up."
Tagged commuter benefits, Department of Consumer Affairs, MTA, Riders Alliance, straphanger's campaign, Union Square
M15 voted city's most unreliable bus
Three M15 buses line up alongside a bus stop in front of Stuyvesant Town on First Avenue. (Photo by Sabina Mollot)
Last Thursday, NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives bestowed their annual dubious award of "Schleppie" for the most unreliable bus line in the city to the M15, including its Select Bus Service (SBS) option.
The Schleppie, which is represented by two lumbering elephants on a pedestal, was given to the First and Second Avenue Manhattan line because of its tendency towards bus bunching as well as major gaps in service.
The award, which has been given since 2006, goes to any route with an average "wait assessment" greater than 20 percent. This determination is based on official "wait assessments" for "42 high-volume routes," chosen by Transit. Wait assessment measures how closely a line sticks to scheduled intervals for arrival. Wait assessment becomes poorer the more buses arrive in bunches or with major gaps in service.
Still, the NYPIRG had some words of encouragement for the route, acknowledging that in 2013, the M15 was the most utilized route out of nearly 200 local routes in the entire city. The local and SBS together move 54,310 riders on an average weekday. The report also said Transportation Alternatives was optimistic things would improve once the city implements SBS routes.
"New Yorkers know from bitter daily experience that bus service is slow and unreliable," said Paul Steely White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives. "But there is real hope for dramatic improvement in Mayor de Blasio's plan to build a rapid network of 20 'Select Bus Service/Bus Rapid Transit' routes."
The report also went on to say that based on its findings, SBS routes were living up to the expectation of being speedier than locals, while also performing "modestly" better in terms of reliability.
Tagged M15, MTA, NYPIRG, schleppie, select bus service, straphanger's campaign, Stuyvesant Town, transportation alternatives

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World Wide Web Turns 19 Today
April 30, 2012 news, Web Browsersbrowser, W3, World Wide WebAlan
Okay, that headline is a bit misleading because World Wide Web, or W3, is actually older than 19, but on April 30, 1993 it officially entered open-source. That was probably the biggest open source project in history and it was instituted by the "father of the internet", Tim Berners-Lee while working at CERN in Switzerland.
Berners-Lee, in 1989, wrote the original proposal to use hypertext to "link and access information of various kinds as a web of nodes in which the user can browse at will". When the project was released to the public domain on this day in 1993 the official document announcing it referred to it as "a global computer networked information system" It went on to state that "CERN's intention in this is to further compatibility, common practices, and standards in networking and computer supported collaboration".
The original browser, simply called "World Wide Web" is still available for download today. The file size is measured in kilobytes, as opposed to today's browsers which are many times that size.
Military Internet for Battle Management
November 14, 2004 Dave's Muse, Information, Politics, Science, Security, Services, Software, TechnicalBattle, Battlefield, Computer, internet, Military, Network, Web, World Wide Webgeeknews
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is developing its own, private, computer network and web, a la the Internet and World Wide Web. The new computer network web, called the Global Information Grid (GIG) will provide military commanders a "God's-eye view" of the battle. The GIG will enable real-time digital communication and data dissemination through a familiar technology, similar to the World Wide Web, anytime and anyplace, under any conditions, with requisite security.
Amplifying the GIG's capabilities is the initiative the DoD's communications transformation is Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE). According to the Defense Information Systems Agency website, the GIG-BE will create a ubiquitous bandwidth-available environment to improve national security intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and command and control information-sharing. To implement GIG-BE, The program will provide increased bandwidth and diverse physical access to approximately 100 critical sites in the continental United States and in the Pacific and European theaters. These locations will be interconnected via an expanded GIG core. Specifically, GIG-BE will connect key intelligence, command, and operational locations with high bandwidth capability over physically diverse routes, and the vast majority of these locations will be connected by a state-of-the-art optical mesh network design.
Dave's Opinion
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the U.S. government would be designing its own secure, stable, and reliable web. What surprised me, once I started researching this topic, is how much detailed data is available on the public web. Maybe I should come out from under my shell more often.
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I'm something of a science fiction fan, so the subject of time travel comes up from time to time. Movies, books, and short stories usually talk about big things like going to Germany and killing Hitler as a baby, but since the butterfly effect would be too strong there, I decided to address the smaller things, and just send myself a message with some tips on how to make my military career and life in general just a little better. Here's the letter, I'd wish my pre-military self had received in 1991.


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Greece's Anti-Austerity Platform Reimagined
What happens if Greece exits the eurozone? We'll have to wait until the end of June to find out. Or at least be subject to four more months of pundits explaining what could happen. That's because Greece's creditors, the "Troika" (the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund), agreed to a four-month extension on Friday, February 20. With an extension until the end of June in place, Greece has some much-needed breathing room. Now it just needs to hand over a list of reforms it plans to tackle over the ensuing months. The list was supposed to be handed over on Monday, but its delivery was postponed until Tuesday (February 17). Some of the Greek proposals included
Combatting tax evasion;
Tackling corruption;
Introducing collective bargaining, but stopping short of raising the minimum wage;
Reforming public sector wages to avoid further wage cuts;
Achieving pension savings by consolidating funds and eliminating incentives for early retirement; and
Reducing the number of ministries from 16 to 10, while cutting special advisers and fringe benefits for officials. (Source: Financial Times, February 24, 2015.)
Regardless, the concessions ran counter to what newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised in the lead-up to his ascension to power in January. His anti-austerity platform included raising the minimum wage, paying a pension bonus, and rehiring public workers. This is in addition to his initial line-must-not-be-crossed declaration that Greece's debt be reduced and the terms of its original agreement renegotiated. Naturally, he had to temper his demands. He has also had to rethink the list of economic reforms, because if it's not accepted, the deal to extend Greece's loan will probably collapse. But I don't believe that will happen. There will be some negotiating and in the end, the Troika will be happy, and Greece will get its short-term extension. This despite Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis saying the bailout agreement will be "dead" if the list of reforms is not approved. A push and a pull.
The "Grexit" Imagined
What would happen though if Greece were forced to exit the eurozone? That depends on whom you ask. Admittedly, most think a Greek exit, or "Grexit," would be pretty dire for both the country and the region. But not everyone thinks so… Christian Schulz, a senior economist at Berenberg Bank, maintains with pragmatic enthusiasm that Greece, which is responsible for just two percent of the entire EU's gross domestic product (GDP), is too small to be of any serious economic consequence: "For no country in the European [sic] is Greece a major export partner," he said. (Source: Financial Post, February 19, 2015.) That doesn't actually take into consideration what would happen to Greece itself. After all, unemployment in Greece stands at an eye-watering 25%, with youth unemployment at roughly 50%. The corresponding average eurozone rates are 11.4% and 23%. Greece's economy has shrunk by 25% since the eurozone crisis began. The country's debt is 175% of its GDP, and it has borrowed 240 billion euros (US$272 billion) from the Troika. Greece's total debt stands at 323 billion euros (US$366 billion). Antonis Samaras, Greece's most recent former prime minister from 2012 to 2015, cautioned that living standards could fall by 80% within a few weeks of an exit. Most economists believe the currency devaluation would be more "mild"—in the 20%–30% range. Regardless, the Greek government would be unable to borrow from anyone, and the country would eventually run out of euros. (Source: BBC, February 18, 2015.) Until a new currency could be introduced, the country would have to pay government employees and social benefits with something akin to an "IOU." And we all know how often those get paid back. An exit from the eurozone would lead to a run on bank withdrawals before the money could be converted from safe-haven euros to a new devalued currency. The Greek government, sensing a lack of faith from its people, would likely impose a freeze on withdrawals and people sending money out of the country. Greece would introduce a new currency. The old drachma might take on a new name, but it's the same thing. The new currency would tumble in value as soon as it was issued. Greece, seeing how successful quantitative easing (QE) has been in Japan and the U.S., would kick-start the economy with a similar program. With bailout rules in the dust, the country could start running deficits again. Aside from being a boon for forex (foreign exchange) traders, Greece's economy would probably benefit from having a much more competitive exchange rate. That doesn't solve the country's underlying economic troubles. In the short run, Greece's exit from the eurozone would be painful. Inflation could kick in, meaning imports would be more expensive. But with unemployment rampant, the country does have an available workforce to produce more of everything.
Agreement Leads to Stock Market Highs
Fortunately, Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), warmed to the proposals and called them "sufficiently comprehensive to be a valid starting point." Eurozone finance ministers also approved the Greek proposals, extending the program by four more months. (Source: European Commission, February 24, 2015.) The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) response was more reserved, saying the measures were "generally not very specific" and suffered a lack of "clear assurances." That said, the IMF seemed to give the country the benefit of the doubt and now looks "forward to learn[ing] more about their plans." (Source: International Monetary Fund, February 23, 2015.) That was enough to bolster the stock market. Greek stocks soared to new 2015 highs, broaching the 900-point level to reach 937.96, for a one-day increase of 9.81%. Year-to-date, the Athens Stock Exchange is up 13.53%. Britain's FTSE 100 index of blue-chip stocks hit an all-time high of 6,958.89. The previous high of 6,950 was hit in the dying days of the dot-com frenzy in late 1999. The S&P 500 hit fresh highs, closing at 2,115.49. The Dow Jones Industrial Average celebrated a new all-time high as well, closing at 18,213.18. With the bailout plan approved, Greece still faces a tough road ahead. Four months isn't a long period of time. It may be long enough to show its creditors it's serious about making reforms while still addressing humanitarian and social issues, though. We'll know the closer we get to the end of June.
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What Happens If Greece Exits the Eurozone?
By John Whitefoot, BA Published : February 26, 2015
What happens if Greece exits the eurozone? We'll have to wait until the end of June to find out. Or at least be subject to four more months of pundits explaining what could happen.
That's because Greece's creditors, the "Troika" (the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund), agreed to a four-month extension on Friday, February 20. With an extension until the end of June in place, Greece has some much-needed breathing room.
Now it just needs to hand over a list of reforms it plans to tackle over the ensuing months. The list was supposed to be handed over on Monday, but its delivery was postponed until Tuesday (February 17).
Some of the Greek proposals included
Regardless, the concessions ran counter to what newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised in the lead-up to his ascension to power in January. His anti-austerity platform included raising the minimum wage, paying a pension bonus, and rehiring public workers. This is in addition to his initial line-must-not-be-crossed declaration that Greece's debt be reduced and the terms of its original agreement renegotiated.
Naturally, he had to temper his demands. He has also had to rethink the list of economic reforms, because if it's not accepted, the deal to extend Greece's loan will probably collapse.
But I don't believe that will happen. There will be some negotiating and in the end, the Troika will be happy, and Greece will get its short-term extension. This despite Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis saying the bailout agreement will be "dead" if the list of reforms is not approved.
A push and a pull.
What would happen though if Greece were forced to exit the eurozone? That depends on whom you ask. Admittedly, most think a Greek exit, or "Grexit," would be pretty dire for both the country and the region.
But not everyone thinks so…
Christian Schulz, a senior economist at Berenberg Bank, maintains with pragmatic enthusiasm that Greece, which is responsible for just two percent of the entire EU's gross domestic product (GDP), is too small to be of any serious economic consequence: "For no country in the European [sic] is Greece a major export partner," he said. (Source: Financial Post, February 19, 2015.)
That doesn't actually take into consideration what would happen to Greece itself. After all, unemployment in Greece stands at an eye-watering 25%, with youth unemployment at roughly 50%. The corresponding average eurozone rates are 11.4% and 23%.
Greece's economy has shrunk by 25% since the eurozone crisis began. The country's debt is 175% of its GDP, and it has borrowed 240 billion euros (US$272 billion) from the Troika. Greece's total debt stands at 323 billion euros (US$366 billion).
Antonis Samaras, Greece's most recent former prime minister from 2012 to 2015, cautioned that living standards could fall by 80% within a few weeks of an exit. Most economists believe the currency devaluation would be more "mild"—in the 20%–30% range. Regardless, the Greek government would be unable to borrow from anyone, and the country would eventually run out of euros. (Source: BBC, February 18, 2015.)
Until a new currency could be introduced, the country would have to pay government employees and social benefits with something akin to an "IOU." And we all know how often those get paid back.
An exit from the eurozone would lead to a run on bank withdrawals before the money could be converted from safe-haven euros to a new devalued currency. The Greek government, sensing a lack of faith from its people, would likely impose a freeze on withdrawals and people sending money out of the country.
Greece would introduce a new currency. The old drachma might take on a new name, but it's the same thing. The new currency would tumble in value as soon as it was issued. Greece, seeing how successful quantitative easing (QE) has been in Japan and the U.S., would kick-start the economy with a similar program. With bailout rules in the dust, the country could start running deficits again.
Aside from being a boon for forex (foreign exchange) traders, Greece's economy would probably benefit from having a much more competitive exchange rate. That doesn't solve the country's underlying economic troubles.
In the short run, Greece's exit from the eurozone would be painful. Inflation could kick in, meaning imports would be more expensive. But with unemployment rampant, the country does have an available workforce to produce more of everything.
Fortunately, Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), warmed to the proposals and called them "sufficiently comprehensive to be a valid starting point." Eurozone finance ministers also approved the Greek proposals, extending the program by four more months. (Source: European Commission, February 24, 2015.)
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) response was more reserved, saying the measures were "generally not very specific" and suffered a lack of "clear assurances." That said, the IMF seemed to give the country the benefit of the doubt and now looks "forward to learn[ing] more about their plans." (Source: International Monetary Fund, February 23, 2015.)
That was enough to bolster the stock market. Greek stocks soared to new 2015 highs, broaching the 900-point level to reach 937.96, for a one-day increase of 9.81%. Year-to-date, the Athens Stock Exchange is up 13.53%.
Britain's FTSE 100 index of blue-chip stocks hit an all-time high of 6,958.89. The previous high of 6,950 was hit in the dying days of the dot-com frenzy in late 1999. The S&P 500 hit fresh highs, closing at 2,115.49. The Dow Jones Industrial Average celebrated a new all-time high as well, closing at 18,213.18.
With the bailout plan approved, Greece still faces a tough road ahead. Four months isn't a long period of time. It may be long enough to show its creditors it's serious about making reforms while still addressing humanitarian and social issues, though.
We'll know the closer we get to the end of June.
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Prestbury Park is the home of National Hunt racing in Britain, the famous Cotswolds amphitheatre playing host to four days of fantastic jumps action in March each year as the Cheltenham Festival takes centre stage.
This historic plot of Gloucestershire countryside comprises one racecourse, but within Cheltenham there are three different courses that are used for racing during The Festival – The Old Course, The New Course and The Cross Country Course.
The Old Course
The Old Course plays host to all of the action (excluding the Cross Country race) on the Tuesday and Wednesday of the Cheltenham Festival – the first two days.
Both of Cheltenham's traditional courses are left-handed and very undulating, while the notoriously stiff fences place a premium on sound and accurate jumping.
The Old Course is slightly sharper than the New Course, while it boasts a fence in front of the grandstands before turning left-handed and veering out into the countryside.
The last half-mile on both courses climbs up the famous Cheltenham Hill, one of the most daunting and demanding finishes in racing and a challenge that examines the stamina and desire of any horse to succeed at this iconic meeting.
In its nature the Old Course is considered to be more of a speed test, hence the two-mile Championship races – the Champion Hurdle and the Queen Mother Champion Chase – are the features races on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Cheltenham Festival on the Old Course.
The experts will suggest that strong-travelling horses do best on the Old Course, as it becomes vital to hold position in a race and not be forced to make up too much ground whilst expending vital energy.
The New Course
Widely regarded as a more severe test of stamina, the New Course is used for all races on the Thursday and Friday of the Cheltenham Festival, the feature contests being the Stayers' Hurdle (three-miles) on day three and, of course, the Gold Cup itself (three-miles-and-two-furlongs) on the concluding afternoon of Cheltenham.
This tough challenge will reveal any shortcomings, especially with that brutal uphill finish looming before victory is assured. Many horses have found their dreams shattered after setting off up that hill in full flow.
On the New Course, the hurdles track has just two flights in the last six furlongs, ensuring jockeys must judge when to fully commit for home as going too early has often proved to be the undoing of their hopes and dreams.
The fourth-last fence on the New Course comes up very soon after a turn at the top of the hill in the countryside and has caught many out over the years.
The New Course tends to lend itself more to hold-up performers, with both the tendency to commit for home too soon and the long run-in allowing plenty ground to be made up in the closing stages of races – comparable to the Old Course.
The Cross Country Course
The Cross Country Steeplechase Course is a very unique and demanding examination of horses and riders and is used but once at The Festival – for The Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase on the second afternoon of the meeting.
The Cross Country is run over a journey of three-miles-and-six-furlongs and it meanders through the Cheltenham countryside taking in a whopping 32 obstacles long the way. The unique challenge almost encompasses a 'figure of eight' through Prestbury Park and, for jockeys, this is an exacting test, unmatched at The Festival.
Amongst the unique jumping challenges it features cheese-wedges, banks, hedgerows, whiskey barrels and a replica of Aintree's famous Canal Turn.
The Cross Country race was once viewed as something of a novelty at the Cheltenham Festival, but it has secured its own special place in modern times, not least as racegoers can take up viewing points 'in the middle' of the course for this contest – allowing them close-up viewing of the action that is unrivalled.
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Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Veloz (Santa Marta, 1830-Willemstad, 14 de agosto de 1868) fue un militar adscrito a las ideas liberales quien desempeñó el cargo de Ministro de Guerra y Marina durante el año 1864 y posteriormente, en el 1868 fue Presidente de Venezuela de forma provisional. Fue conocido con el sobrenombre de 'El soldado sin miedo'.

Primeros años
Nacido en Santa Marta (Colombia) -hijo de padres venezolanos en el exilio- realizó estudios náuticos e ingresó en la Marina de Guerra venezolana durante el inicio de la administración del presidente José Tadeo Monagas. Joven fogoso de ideas liberales, con el grado de Capitán se incorporó al ejército del general Juan Crisóstomo Falcón desde el famoso desembarco en Palma Sola, el 24 de julio de 1859.

Guerra Federal
Como militar adscrito a las ideas liberales, participa activamente en la Guerra Federal y combate en Santa Inés, Purereche, Buchivacoa, Barquisimeto y Portuguesa. En la batalla de Santa Inés (1859) es ascendido a general. Tras la muerte del general Ezequiel Zamora en el asedio de San Carlos asume la dirección militar de la Revolución Federal, convirtiéndose en Jefe de los Ejércitos del general Falcón, sustituyendo al general Zamora tanto en el mando oficial como en la relación afectiva con la tropa. Compartió el mando en la batalla de Buchivacoa el 26 de diciembre de 1862. Su valentía en el campo de batalla le ganó el apodo del "Soldado sin Miedo".

Gobierno federalista

Finalizada la Guerra Federal ascendió a Mayor General. Una vez instaurado el Gobierno Federalista presidido por el Mariscal Falcón es nombrado (en 1864) Ministro de Guerra y Marina, cargo al cual renuncia poco después, al enfrentarse a Falcón para rescatar la memoria del general Zamora. Dos años más tarde es sacado de la cárcel donde lo había confinado el mismo Falcón y es designado Jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército. El 6 de abril de 1868 se entrevista en Güigüe con el general Miguel Antonio Rojas, Jefe del Ejército del Pabellón Azul alzado en armas, y se conviene la suspensión de las hostilidades por el lapso de 15 días a fin de discutir un Tratado de Paz, el cual se firma, efectivamente, el 11 de mayo en Antímano. En el ínterin, y como parte de los acuerdos de paz, renuncia el Mariscal Falcón y Bruzual se encarga interinamente de la Presidencia de la República el 25 de abril de 1868. Más tarde, el 19 de junio, se encuentra con el general José Tadeo Monagas, nuevo Jefe de la Revolución azul, pero no logra un acuerdo con este y las fuerzas del gobierno son derrotadas el 28 de junio de 1868: triunfa la Revolución Azul.

Muerte
El presidente no pudo defender Caracas y perdiendo el poder, huyó con 300 hombres hacia Puerto Cabello donde buscó proseguir con la contienda. Allí se proclama en ejercicio de la Presidencia de la República y alista tropas para enfrentar el ejército enviado desde Caracas. José Ruperto Monagas inició el asedio a la ciudad el 6 de agosto de 1868 y, el 12, Bruzual fue herido gravemente por un francotirador enemigo. Derrotado logra huir a Curazao donde muere el 14 de agosto después de agonizar a causa de una gangrena. En Willemstad es mandado a ser enterrado por Falcón en una fosa común sin honores, acompañado por un hermano masón.

Honores
En 1876 el general Antonio Guzmán Blanco ordena el traslado de sus restos a Venezuela para ser enterrados en el Panteón Nacional, nombrando una comisión presidida por su pariente Blas Bruzual. Un municipio del estado Anzoátegui y otro del estado Yaracuy llevan su nombre, así como un pueblo del estado Apure (Bruzual) y una villa en el estado Portuguesa (Villa Bruzual).

Véase también

 Presidente de Venezuela

Referencias

2. Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual - Diccionario Polar

Enlaces externos

Nacidos en Santa Marta

Liberales de Venezuela
Venezolanos nacidos en el exterior
Ministros de Defensa de Venezuela

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Quest, Shackleton's Final Expedition
On 4 January 1922, the Quest came within view of South Georgia. 'Like a pair of excitable kids', said Worsley, he and Shackleton 'were rushing around showing everyone where we first came over the mountains on our 1916 tramp across S.G. from King Haakon (Bay) to Stromness Bay after our boat journey from Elephant Island. Finally the 'Boss' called me when I was on the bridge to come & show some of the others a point he wasn't quite sure of, but I couldn't leave here at the time & came down later, but the dear old 'Boss' was quite prepared for me to let the ship wander along on her own'. The Quest anchored outside the whaling station of Grytviken; it had been eight years since Shackleton had sailed up the same fjord in Endurance on his way to the Weddell Sea. Surprisingly, many of the same old faces were there. Fridthjof Jacobsen was still station manager. He came out in a boat and took Shackleton ashore. Macklin was not surprised when in the early hours he was called to Shackleton and found him in the midst of another heart attack. Macklin, as many times before, told him he would have to change his style of life. Macklin said that Shackleton replied, 'You're always wanting me to give up things. What is it I ought to give up?'
A few minutes later, in the wee hours of 5 January 1922, Shackleton was dead.
Shackleton's body was originally to be sent back to England for burial. With it went Hussey, who had no heart for the expedition now that his leader was dead. When Emily heard what had happened, she decided that her husband should be buried on South Georgia. His spirit had no place in England…if he had a home on earth, it must be among the mystic crags and glaciers of the island in the Southern Ocean which had meant so much to him.
Hussey reached Montevideo where Shackleton's body was given a remarkable reception by the people of Uruguay. The President issued a special decree:
'Sir Ernest Shackleton synthesised every splendid quality; courage, always quiet and modest; limitless abnegation; fine tenacity … all applied to the conquest of universal science, with a life-long devotion… In an age of war-like heroism, he was the hero, calm and strong, who, who left behind him neither death nor grief.'
Then on 15 February 1922 – the 48th anniversary of his birth – with state ceremonial, the body was conveyed through the streets of Montevideo and placed on the British whaler Woodville, which took Shackleton, accompanied once more by Hussey, on his last voyage south.
The burial took place on 1 March at Grytviken, South Georgia, 'the gate of the Antarctic.' Shackleton was laid to rest in the Norwegian cemetery, along with the whalers amongst whom he had felt at home. The original cross was replaced in 1928 by a formal granite headstone bearing this simple inscription:
Ernest Henry Shackleton
Born 15th February 1874
Entered Life Eternal
On the headland above the little whaling town a large cross has since been erected in his memory.
On 2 March 1922 a memorial service was held in St Paul's Cathedral, attended by representatives of the King, the Dowager Queen Alexandra, Shackleton's family and the Alleyn Club (the organisation for old boys of Shackleton's former school, Dulwich College).
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Danish Army Specific: Received along with the WC 51 as part of the American MDAP short after WW II. A small amount of the delivered vehicles was the Canadian build T236 which were produced in 1944 to 1945. Apart from the slightly larger engine (3.868 cm3 (236 cubic inches)) it only differs from the WC 51 in detail.
Typical role was Command and Control, Cargo Carrier and tractor for a 120 mm mortar.
Historical: The T214 series, which the WC 52 3/4-ton truck is part of, was Dodge´s successor to the 1/2-ton models with whom it shared a 80 % parts interchangeability.
Prototypes of this new series were produced by both Chrysler Corporation and Ford in late 1941, but it was Chrysler´s Dodge Division which were awarded the contract, producing the trucks at the Mound Road plant in Detroit.
It was the first Dodge truck to be designed from scratch for military purposes.
Almost 34.000 WC 51 & WC 52 were produced between 1942 and 1945. Total production figures of the complete T214 range exceeds 250.000.
Length: 4.47 m (176 inches).
Width: 2.10 m (83 inches).
Height: 2.15 m (85 inches).
Weight: 3.307 kg (7.350 lb.).
Engine: Dodge T214 6-cylinder, 3.772 cm3 (230 cubic inches) displacement, liquid cooled, carburettor.
Horsepower: 92 at 3.200 rpm.
Transmission: 4-speed, type New Process.
Transfer case: Single-speed, type New Process.
Electrical system: 6 or 12 volt, negative ground.
without preparation: 0.8 m (34 inches).
Fuel capacity: 136 liter (30 gallons).
Range: 384 km (240 miles).
Additional: 2.5 ton Braden winch, type MU2.
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To our ancestors the Milky Way was the dividing line, which separated day above and night below in the firmament of the heavens. Their separation of cosmic dreams into a Land Above and a Land Below, is joined at the Land Between, which is the scientific reality we are seeking. We deny the ancient science as mythology, as our own science strives to prevent the cosmos from communicating the story it holds. The gateways to the resting place of our ancestors can be visited when we stop to realize, "where they have gone, we will also go." The mystery to unfold is whether the science of the living can successfully reveal the science of the dead.
Many of the essays are in process, for SiLoam.Net is a living research site. The celestial stories are all where they were in the beginning. Our goal is to retrieve the ancient dream and the ancient science of cosmogenesis, which gave birth to the ancient siloam. We know it as the Milky Way, but in truth, the souls of our ancestors are written into its asterisms. The bottom of the cosmic pool is at the staff of the Sculptor, and the top of the cosmic pasture is the wheat in the hand of the Virgin. When each story is understood, it will enrich the living with a vision of a lifetime.
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Q: How do I include a commit in a ruby library that hasn't been added to the gem yet? Specifically, this commit has been merged into mongomapper master to fix a bug that is causing my application to crash:
https://github.com/mongomapper/mongomapper/pull/572
However, it hasn't been released in a new gem. Is it possible to include it prematurely or do I have to wait until it's released? I'm on heroku with a Gemfile.lock that specifies version.
My gemfile.lock currently reads:
mongo_mapper (0.13.0)
  activemodel (>= 3.0.0)
  activesupport (>= 3.0)
  mongo (~> 1.8)
  plucky (~> 0.6.5)

A: I don't know about Heroku, but if you want to use a git version of a gem that is not on Rubygems yet, you must add the git path to your Gemfile.
In your Gemfile change:
gem 'mongomapper'

To:
gem 'mongomapper', :git => 'https://github.com/mongomapper/mongomapper.git'

Or if you're on a more modern ruby, you can also use:
gem 'mongomapper', github: 'mongomapper/mongomapper'

And of course after that you must run bundle install or bundle update mongomapper.

A: Since the Ruby code isn't compiled, if you have the notes for that patch you can always manually add those changes to the lib directory of the mongomapper gem, although I can't advise against this enough - it's undesirable to change the source code, especially underneath an installed gem.
Once you go down this road you can't really count on any support for related issues until you are updated to a newer version or reverted to the original files.


My mother accompanied me to a doll lecture several years ago to help set up the exhibit dolls. As a result of her "oohing and ahhing" over one of the reborn dolls included in the exhibit, I had an identical doll made for her. It was part of her birthday gift from me that year, which was 2004.
Reborn dolls have come a long way since then, but these two were nicely done, and my mother does not realize the progression of this doll art form.
With Mother's Day 2010 right around the corner, why not buy your mom, or someone else you hold near and dear, a doll for Mother's Day? It does not have to be a reborn doll or an expensive doll, but lifesize baby dolls work best for those with maternal instincts whose nests have been empty for a while.
Being a collector is not a prerequisite for the recipient to receive a doll as a gift (anytime of the year). My mother certainly is not a collector and, until now, never displayed any interest in dolls except those purchased for me and my younger sister when we were children. She loves Amberlynn as much as the collector in me loves Emberlynn. She enjoys changing Amberlynn's outfits on a seasonal basis, too… so think doll, and think extra outfit for it as well.
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Q: Logging into Facebook with requests Python 2020 Hello I would like to make a bot that automatically logs into facebook and makes a post on a specific group.I think I will use selenium to make a post, which will be easy so I am just asking for help with the first part. I have problems because some form data from network developer tool tab is hidden and not displayed in websites html and I don't know how to find it. Here is my code so far:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

headers = {
    'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.132 Safari/537.36'
}
data = {
    'email': '----------',
    'pass': '---------',
    'timezone': '-60',
    'locale': 'pl_PL',
    'next': 'https://www.facebook.com/',
    'login_source': 'login_bluebar',
    'prefill_contact_point': '512250794',
    'prefill_source': 'browser_onload',
    'prefill_type': 'password',
    'skstamp': 'eyJoYXNoIjoiYThiN2EyOTMwNTJhZTUzODg0YjZiNWNlOWQ1NzZjZjUiLCJoYXNoMiI6IjQ3ZWI4M2U1ZjVmYTQxMTQ4MDIxYWVlZTgzNTk3ZWJmIiwicm91bmRzIjo1LCJzZWVkIjoiYjU0NWE4MzczOTgwYTZhODViZjUzYmE3ZmM0OWIyOWYiLCJzZWVkMiI6IjdiNTU0NzBjM2M5NjlhMTY3YmZkZmIwZjE5ODlmNDdhIiwidGltZV90YWtlbiI6ODA3OTAsInN1cmZhY2UiOiJsb2dpbiJ9'
}
with requests.Session () as s:
    url = 'https://www.facebook.com/'
    r = s.get(url, headers=headers)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content, 'lxml')
    data['jazoest'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'jazoest'})['value']
    data['lsd'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'lsd'})['value']
    data['lgnrnd'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'lgnrnd'})['value']
    data['lgndim'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'lgndim'})['value']
    data['ab_test_data'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'ab_test_data'})['value']
    data['lgnjs'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'lgnjs'})['value']
    data['guid'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'guid'})['value']
    data['lgndim'] = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'lgndim'})['value']

    r = s.post(url, data=data, headers=headers)

    print(r.content)

I would be very happy if someone could help me with it. Is there a better way to do such things in 2020? Yes I know that there were made some posts about logging into facebook with requests with bs4 but they are from 2018 and I think that facebook changed a lot, like some headers disappear or change their name after each time I log in.

A: You can use the Facebook API, which is available at developers.facebook.com
Rather than using a third-party library, you could post directly to the group using the API(see here for more details)


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Q: Recursive generator in javascript I am trying to create a recursive generator that generates the elements of the cartesian product of an array of arrays
E.g. [[1,2,3], [a,b,c]] : [1,a] -> [1,b] -> [1,c] -> [2,a] ..
This python code works:
def gen(l):
    if not l:
        yield ()
    else:
        for _ in l[0]:
            for __ in gen(l[1:]):
                yield (_,) + __

Why doesn't this Javascript code?
function* cartesianProduct(arrayOfArrays){
    if (arrayOfArrays.length === 0){
        yield []
    }else{
        for(_ of arrayOfArrays[0]){
            for(__ of cartesianProduct(arrayOfArrays.slice(1))){
                yield __.concat([_])
            }
        }
    }
}

I don't know how yield* fits into this. I've tried every permutation, but it's still not working. Array.from() reveals it has the right number of iterations, just returning the wrong thing. I think it's more a problem with array handling...

A: This should do the trick : change for(const _ of arrayOfArrays[0])

function* cartesianProduct(arrayOfArrays) {
  if (arrayOfArrays.length === 0) {
    yield [];
  } else {

    for (const _ of arrayOfArrays[0]) {
      for (__ of cartesianProduct(arrayOfArrays.slice(1))) {
        //updated to match your expected order
        yield [_].concat(__)
      }
    }
  }
}

let data = [
  ['1', '2', '3'],
  ['a', 'b', 'c']
];

for (v of cartesianProduct(data)) {
  console.log(v);
}


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Inflation isn't going away. Here's how to make money from it
Nobody in their right mind likes to pay higher prices for stuff. But if you're an investor, there is a way to profit from inflationary trends — and it might be time to start adjusting your portfolio accordingly.
Consumer staples giants like Coca-Cola (KO) and Pepsi (PEP) can benefit from rising prices — as long as they are able to pass on some of those costs to customers. And that's what some companies are doing.
J.M. Smucker, which makes a wide range of products including Jif peanut butter and Folgers coffee, has been raising prices, for example. And that has not appeared to hurt demand, or the stock. Shares of Smucker (SJM) rose more than 5% Tuesday after the company reported earnings and sales that topped forecasts.
Smucker chief financial officer Tucker Marshall noted during a conference call that the company has been able to offset increased costs for coffee and transportation with higher prices.
Even some retailers are finding they can raise prices to offset higher costs and not alienate customers in the process.
Apparel company Guess (GES), which reported strong earnings and sales Tuesday afternoon, said that it is managing rising cotton prices by cutting down on discounts in its stores. Guess shares surged nearly 15% Wednesday on the news.
"We have done a lot to reduce promotional activity," said Guess CEO Carlos Alberini, during a conference call with analysts. "We have also increased prices, and we have done this very strategically."
A higher level of inflation — and the rising long-term interest rates and spiking commodity prices that are accompanying it — are also boosting banks, raw materials companies and energy stocks.
In fact, fund manager Horizon Kinetics launched an Inflation Beneficiaries ETF earlier this year that has big exposure to the financial services and commodities sectors.
Top holdings include private land owner Texas Pacific (TPL), New York Stock Exchange parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and food giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
The fund is up 26% since it began trading in mid-January, better than the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq during the same time frame.
But stocks aren't the only way for investors to profit from inflation.
Analysts at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute pointed out in a report this week that commodities such as gold, oil and agricultural products — considered real assets, or those you can see, touch and taste — have outshone the broader market by a wide margin during periods of high inflation in the 1970s, late 1980s and early 2000s. That could happen again.
"Oftentimes, real asset price increases are what fuels inflation in the first place," the analysts said, "so we believe investing in these assets can work as a natural hedge against rising costs in our everyday lives."
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"Eight Men of Muidart" (also spelled "Mudart" or "Mudwart") is the title of a Scottish reel dance for eight, and the name stems from a legend regarding Bonnie Prince Charlie. Prince Charles Edward Stuart arrived in 1745 in the bay of Loch nan Uagh, along with a handful of followers. At the very moment the famous royal rebel disembarked there happened to be seven fishermen along the shoreline, and upon seeing the prince their joy was overwhelming, causing them to dance on the sands. They performed a dance for eight, but being one diminished they stuck a spade in the sand to represent the missing dancer, and their unknown dance became known as "The Eight Men of Moidart". The spot is today marked by seven great oak trees, the "Seven Men of Moidart", to honor the fishermen.


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Heirloom Master: Executive chef Forrest Parker reworks Southern heritage crops into plates for modern palates.
ART OF THE PLATE: Buttery duck breast is seared on an iron skillet and served with Nostrale rice, foie gras, vegetables, and Bradford watermelon molasses.
canvasses hang throughout the dining room, while a golden tiger commands attention at the bar.
At The Vendue, reimagined as a boutique art hotel in 2014, the current exhibition, "Homage," culls pieces by 30 artists who were asked to pay tribute to past works, people, and places that inspired them.
Similarly, the hotel's restaurant, aptly named Drawing Room, feels at once historical and modern. The dining room itself would be quite at home in Paris's Sixth Arrondissement—which is appropriate, considering The Vendue's roots in downtown Charleston's French Quarter. Tufted chairs and banquettes are juxtaposed with dazzling crystal chandeliers and Halogen lights to establish an intimate and refined space, while the bar offers a cozy spot for signature cocktails.
As traditional art is reimagined for the modern eye here, head chef Forrest Parker likewise reworks classic ingredients into his menu. An Anderson native, Parker was schooled in classical studies of ancient Rome and Greece at College of Charleston. He later bolstered his academic repertoire with classes at Stanford University's business incubator program, Harvard University's Science and Cooking lecture series, and the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. In 2016, he was named a South Carolina Chef Ambassador. Also a licensed tour guide, Parker cheekily refers to himself as the "chief culinary evangelist for the Lowcountry of South Carolina." His mission: to reveal the history of the Holy City through food.
Aligning with the "Homage" exhibit, Parker has been inspired by the Southern cooking traditions of acclaimed regional chefs. While in college, he sought part-time work in the kitchen of Louis's Charleston Grill in the Omni Hotel (now Belmond Charleston Place), where he found a mentor in Louis Osteen. Later, he learned from chefs Elizabeth Terry, Frank Stitt, and Mark Militello (all recipients of the James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Southeast award), as well as Robert Carter of the now-shuttered Barony Tavern.
Parker's penchant for history is evident in his cooking. Something of a modern-day Jefferson, he maps ingredients by genus and species, with help from his "personal Lewis and Clarks," including Dr. David Shields of the University of South Carolina, Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills, and Greg Johnsman of Geechie Boy Mill. He researches rice varieties, ancient grains, and rare crops.
In his own atelier at Drawing Room, Parker demonstrates that eating demands respect for agriculture, both past and present. His menu displays a harvest of Southern heritage, including native chestnut polenta, Seashore black rye, Carolina Gold rice, Nostrale rice, Carolina African runner peanuts, Mepkin Abbey mushrooms, and Sea Island white flint corn. Bradford watermelon rinds punctuate cowpea relish, while "Palmetto" hearts and citrus suprêmes brighten salads.
But the pantry here is global as well, honoring The Vendue's legacy as a wharf and warehouse in the 18th century. Parker piles coastal shrimp, crab, and white grouper atop pirlou laced with squid ink-stained aioli. Smoked onion soubise; tandoori butter; gremolata of Brussels sprouts; and sauces of Bordelaise, Diane, and persillade frame his dishes.
Small plates quell the hunger of arriving guests: a playful twist on a ham on rye sandwich layers Seashore black rye gnocchi on a frico of aged gouda cheese with country ham and a zesty mustard vinaigrette, while the "Just Wicked" cheeseburger simply satisfies. The soup of the day, a refined asparagus bisque sourced from Jules Arthur Harder's 1885 The Physiology of Taste, restores and refreshes.
Entrees are harmonious combinations, colored by vibrant hues of plants and the sheen of freshly caught fish. A crudo of vegetables circle ceviche, while seared scallops glisten on a canvas of nutty fregola pasta and smoked onion soubise. Mahogany-grilled lamb chops, braised pork shank osso buco, and umber-grilled beef tenderloin parlay their mineral natures with the umami tastes of mushrooms, potatoes, and wilted bitter greens.
Savory success aside, if there is a flaw to Parker's culinary chops, it is over-salting. The rice cooking times should also be tamed, so as not to breach the grains' integrity.
Desserts here are steeped with memory. The kitchen serves Southern classics such as Huguenot torte and banana pudding, while buttermilk gelato with toasted popcorn feeds summer whimsy. Classic camping s'mores are elevated with spheres of bittersweet chocolate and marshmallow ice cream, shored on a bed of toasted graham cracker crumbs. The plate is finished with a film of caramelized marshmallow crust.
Or pass on dessert and end your meal with an icy limoncello—a surcee from mixologist Nolan Kennedy, who pairs each dish on the menu with a wine. Sitting at the bar, Picasso's words may come to mind: "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." You can rest assured that Parker and his team are.
The Draw: Heirloom ingredients, carefully purveyed and prepared, focus a culinary lens on Lowcountry foodways.
The Drawback: The check can easily escalate into triple digits for two guests.


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Your ticket-buying strategy now versus previous years
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VCU Finance 2008 said:
VCU fans aren't used to walking up and buying tickets for the past decade. Now that the sellout streak is officially over they really need to get the word out that you can get tickets at the door and head straight into the game. I was surprised the past few years by how many people thought that VCU tickets were just impossible to get because the sellout streak was so well publicized. General admission tickets have been available at the door for many of our games the past few years, but they were considered sellouts anyway. 8 years ago you had to start making ticket plans in June to go to a game in March. Now you can decide at 6:00 that you want to go to a 7:00 game and it's not a problem. They have to make sure that people know that though.
Difficult advertising. Hey, Rams games have decreased in demand, pick up tickets cheap whenever. No need to make a donation! Fortunately COVID provides a good excuse. Say it enough times and it becomes absolute truth, like the streak itself.
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Valley drop step said:
Sadly this is very true. We haven't had a true "sell out" in such a long time. Covid gives the AD an easy excuse to why it ended and no longer have to put up the charade that has been the past few years. I expect that we can get back to where we were but there are quite a few gaps that need to be filled to really attract that fanbase back.
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Reddic-ulous said:
You can call previous sellouts a charade all you want, but the Stu has not been any where as empty as it was Tuesday night in 10+ years. There may have been at best 5,000 - 5,500 there in actual attendance Tuesday night. And using the excuse that it was a 6PM start time is also a joke. It's not the first 6PM weekday game VCU has had in the last ten years. If anything, you would have thought the fan base would have been amped up to finally be able to see a regular season game in person for the first time in two years. Ed has priced a lot of fans out of the market and it really showed Tuesday night. Just wait until VCU plays a team that travels well play in the Stu this year. It's not going to be a good look with 1,500 Dayton fans screaming in the Stu when they play VCU. Ed has totally crapped the bed on this one.
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Who pee'd in your cereal?
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I suppose I am a fool for making a pledge and buying season tickets. I will know better next time. I may lose my standing as a member of the capital campaign.
theyaintwantit said:
Were you at the game? Have you looked at all of the ticket availability for each game on the VCU web site? All four corners of the Stu had plenty of empty seats Tuesday night. And those are the sections that show seat availability for each and every game this year, including the big games against Dayton, fur and St. Bonaventure. It's not a pretty picture.
I was there and I was bummed for sure, but how exactly did Ed screw the pooch?
Dayton, UR, & St Bona are months away, no need to pee your pants over it.
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mike7842 said:
I suppose I am a fool for making a pledge and buying season tickets. I will know better next time.
I don't think you are a fool for making a pledge and buying season tickets. I am in the same boat. You have been around , like me, long enough to know how big the hard core season ticket base actually is. At best, it's about 50% of the Stu's capacity. Those season ticket holders are going to continue to purchase season tickets every year, although some of them may not like what's happening with the pricing. The other 50% are not that dedicated and clearly purchase tickets based on a price point they can afford, or are willing to pay. When season ticket demand goes down and fans start seeing how much cheaper they can purchase single game tickets for, many are going to take that route. And in doing so, the need to contribute to the RAF is also not necessary. Sold out arenas increase revenue for the RAF through season ticket sales. Single game ticket availability does not. It's basic economics.
If the single game tickets for those games are available through VCU now, you don't think those schools aren't grabbing those tickets now? You better believe they are. VCU fans would be doing the same thing.
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I think you confuse me with those who was bothered by it. I didn't feel the need to express my opinion on where I personally stood but since you felt the need to come at me with out the benefit of knowing my position, let me help you . I 100% support what they did because I have personally experienced some of the things raised during the protest. So all those analogies you tried to make would also be things I oppose. Let me suggest that you not try to put a person on a box when you know nothing about them or their experience
Ok, i take it back for you, but will double down on all karens and Ken's who do have a problem with that picture. Apologies.
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Paid attendance may have been 7,017, which I question based on ticket availability yesterday afternoon, but no way there were more than 5,500 at best at the game last night. All four corners had tons of empty seats, and there were empty seats in the sections between the baselines.
Oh, you mean the corners that no fans or students can get, just the "luxury boxes" for corporations?
Natty said:
A quick note...
VCU Siegel Center capacity = 7617
Last night's reported attendance = 7017
At around 10:20 AM I had tallied up 942 seats you could purchase through VCU's ticketing site (hand-counted those tiny green dots...every seat). If VCU's reported attendance is legit (that's questionable...), that would mean from the time I counted remaining purchasable seats until tip, they sold just 342 seats. That feels like a low walkup number to me over a seven-hour period for a home-opener a year when fans can finally watch games in person. Clearly work to do there on a number of levels and I hope VCU is having meetings on how to best attack that, which I don't doubt at all they are.
I'm disappointed in the turnout, but it in a weird way it feels like a refreshing realization of how healthy (no pun intended) the fan base actually is right now and an opportunity to make some overdue needed changes. We could tell two years ago pre-COVID that things weren't the same as the "golden age" (2011-2016 or so), but now there's just no denying it. I get the corporate push strategy a few years ago (because things had to get paid for), but also think maybe we are seeing what happens when those buyers cool off combined with a average Joe fan who feels like they've been ignored/under appreciated the last bunch of years and a student population that seems pretty apathetic about VCU basketball in general. Curious to see how VCU attacks this.
Its all about "does the AD understand, and if he does does he care?" based on every move he has made he is actively hostile to non-corporate donors and fans. He doesn't want them or need them. His vision is 99% corporate owned seats, and a token 100 or so kids let in for "atmosphere", and he is probably considering charging he kids.
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Dude, perhaps you should set up your own thread - "Wolfpack Festivus" where you can air your grievances. You can rant and rave all day.
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I am really saddened that so many of y'all do not want to support our athletic program. I do all I can to encourage people to come to games. How do you think we'll continue to have success with less money in the program? The money is needed to pay for the practice facility, flights to away games, recruiting across the country, paying assistant coaches good salaries and supporting all the non revenue sports. I want VCU to continue its success. In reading the comments here I fear for the future of the program. And I want the players to have the Stu filled with cheering fans. The fan support makes a difference
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I help people by creating personalized sleep plans to correct behavioural sleep problems and support them while they see the changes through. Most people suffer from non-medical sleep problems and by changing a few small things we can make a big difference. The main problem I see in younger children and babies is they lack the ability to self-soothe, therefore, requiring assistance to fall asleep each time they wake. For adults though, it's more about stress management techniques, movement & diet and blue light exposure, among other things.
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Home	Interviews and Insights	Technology And Education Will Be Key In Helping Users With Their Cyber Hygiene
by MaryS April 8, 2020
"The (educational) information delivered to end users needs to be simple and easy to follow without complex language, jargon or acronyms."
At Logmeonce, we're focused on helping protect you against cybersecurity threats. We do this in many ways. First, we provide you with a suite of tools, including a password management tool, to help keep your passwords safe.
However, technology itself can't solve all of our security woes (as we'll soon discuss below). Education plays a big role in staying safe online. For this reason, from time to time, we bring in cybersecurity experts from around the world to help educate you, our blog readers, about the various ways you can protect yourself online.
Today, Logmeonce had the opportunity to chat with Lisa Ventura, an award-winning Cyber Security consultant and is the CEO and Founder of the UK Cyber Security Association (UKCSA), a membership association that is dedicated to individuals and companies who actively work in cyber security in the UK. She has over 10 years' experience in the cyber security industry and is passionate about raising awareness of being more cyber aware in business to help prevent cyber-attacks and cyber fraud.
We have an exciting interview planned for you today, so without further ado, let's jump in!
Hi Lisa and thank you for taking the time to speak with our blog readers today about your experience in the cyber security space. You've been involved in cyber security since 2009. Can you kick off the interview by telling us a little bit more about how you got into the cyber security space? What was it about the industry that pulled you in and never let you go?
In 2009 my ex-husband founded a cyber security software development company called Titania Ltd from our home office. I joined to help him develop it and at the time it was just the two of us from home (although he was still working full-time employed as an ethical hacker when he founded the company). We soon moved into offices and employed our first members of staff, and the company grew quickly.
I loved all aspects of cyber security, especially the psychology of hacking, the mind of a hacker and of raising awareness of the importance of cyber security, especially within businesses of all sizes. When my ex-husband and I separated and divorced in 2012 I knew I wanted to stay in the industry.
After a short contract at a locally based charity to get me back on my feet again I joined BT and worked on their Assure Cyber product. After that I undertook a wide variety of cyber security contracting work and founded the UK Cyber Security Association.
Can you tell us a little bit more about what a typical day looks like for you as a cyber security specialist? I'm sure it always changes, but for those thinking about getting into this field, who might want to learn more about what a typical day looks like, how would you describe that to them?
I am currently undertaking some work for Pinsent Mason's solicitors as a cyber security awareness consultant, as well as running the UK Cyber Security Association. No two days are the same, but some of the tasks that I would undertake in a day includes working on crunching data following phishing email simulation exercises, putting together powerpoint decks on things such as ransomware, phishing, identity badge security for the senior partners at Pinsent Masons, updating the UK Cyber Security Website with the latest data breaches and threat reports and updating the UK Cyber Security Association's social media channels with any cyber security breaking news that would be of interest to our audience. In addition, I will work on sending email bulletins out to our members, organising events, webinars and liaising with our event partners.
You're a leader when it comes to inspiring other women to get involved in the cybersecurity space. You even wrote a book on the topic. On your website you mention "few women pursue careers in cybersecurity, but those who do are shattering the glass ceiling and contributing to the safety and security of the internet, the CNI and our day to day lives." Why do you think it is that few women pursue careers in cyber security?
I think that women today might be interested in cyber security as a career path but might be put off entering it as it is still a male dominated profession. They may also think they lack the relevant skills and qualifications to enter the industry, but transferable experience also counts for a lot. Unfortunately, I have been subjected to bullying in the industry, and interestingly I've been bullied by other women in the industry, not by men. This can be soul destroying but I am determined to not let it affect me and to continue to work towards my goals.
I have also observed that many trade shows and exhibitions are aimed mainly at men and aren't very welcoming to women. For example, I attended Infosec last June for the first time in a few years. When I was walking past the exhibitor booths on the second day, I noticed that some of them were handing out bottles of beer – at 10.00am in the morning! What's more, those serving the beer bottles were only giving them to men who were walking past the stands in question and the staff on the stands were deliberately pulling the men in to talk to them, but not women. I called this #BeerBias. Much more needs to be done to change the perception of cyber security being a male dominated profession.
You have a focus on data/analytics, software, artificial intelligence and machine learning as they relate to cyber security. How are these technologies (for example AI) impacting the password security landscape?
I think these technologies are making an impact but there is still a long way to go before they completely replace traditional password methods. For example, biometrics can't encrypt data successfully, nor can they be updated. Biometrics are also tied to individual devices, and there is also the problem of bias to consider. For example, MIT researchers found facial recognition systems were biased towards white men.
Multi-factor (2FA) still remains a preferred method of additional defence and security along with passwords.
What are some of the biggest advances you've seen in the password security space over the last couple of years?
As previously mentioned, I think biometric security is one of the biggest advances, and I am sure that in a few years once it has overcome many of the issues it currently has, it will become much more mainstream.
Do you believe that users simply have too much security responsibility on their shoulders (i.e. remembering complex passwords, educating themselves on all of the security threats they could face in a day etc). Should more of this responsibility be placed within the technology we use? How do you see personal cyber security responsibility changing in the upcoming years?
Awareness is key, and I believe that password management tools and other software will be imperative in helping others take responsibility for being safe online, but these must be easy to use and implement. I believe it will be a combination of technology and education/awareness for end users that will be key in helping end users with their cyber hygiene, but the information delivered to end users needs to be simple and easy to follow without complex language, jargon or acronyms.
Do you believe that the cyber security industry is doing a good enough job of educating the public about the risks they face each day? If not, what more do you think can be done? In your opinion, how effective has educating the public been when it comes to protecting the public from hacks?
I think there is still a "head in the sand" approach to cyber security not just in business but with the general public as well. Every day there are a myriad of stories in the press about data breaches, but unless it actually happens to them and affects them directly, many people don't feel the need to take cyber security seriously. I put some of this down to Y2Y, a huge hype was created around this and when the year 2000 came nothing really happened! As a result, many are reluctant to take cyber security seriously.
Much is being done to educate the general public about growing cyber threats and what they can do to stay safe online, and I believe the key is to deliver information to the public in an easy to understand way.
If you could give three pieces of advice to a regular user of the internet with respect to protecting themselves online, what would those three pieces of advice be?
Make sure your internet connection is secure by using a secure VPN connection, keep your antivirus program up to date (you would be amazed at how many people don't do this) and practice safe browsing by going incognito when using browsers such as Chrome.
What do you believe will be the biggest cyber security threats we face in 2020?
There are many cyber security threats that we are still facing today, but I believe some of the ones that we need to take more note of is the growing sophistication of email phishing attacks. In addition, we will see more smartphones and devices being used in surveillance attacks, and more hardware and firmware attacks. DNS spoofing is also on the rise, but the industry is moving to take more action on this.Thank you greatly for taking the time to chat with Logmeonce's blog readers today Lisa. It's been an insightful interview. To our cybersecurity blog readers, if you'd like to learn more about Lisa and the work she does, you can follow her on Twitter or head over to her website here.
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The setup was all a bit different. The driver kites had their 2mm spar mast rods removed. They also had a fore ward line added between the backside elastic link and the ring red panel tether. The whole ring setup was this time lifted directly inline with the lift kite so it was under a bit more tension. The back end was held by a mast on a hillock.
Launching the soft kites in the lee of the hillock just didn't seem to work. At least 1 was always collapsed. The ring was also compressing out of shape even after being thrown carefully into clean wind. As a kite collapsed it would often deform the ring.
Re-try. During the initial re-launch there was a moment where the ring collapsed. Braking the wheel and pulling the appropriate driver kite tether out snapped everything back into shape. Launch went well. A thin line dropped from the lift line was paid out fully to raise the ring ~5m above the sands.
Deformations on the ring were now more constant and not causing collapse. Video needs analysis still. To be posted soon.
Not convinced that the "fore ward line added between the backside elastic link and the ring red panel tether" (catchy title) made much positive contribution. It was originally set there for pure soft kite mode.
Convinced myself now that there may be a way to let the kites adjust themselves for rotation flight direction… e.g. so that they always fly near perpendicular to the ring, instead of too far inside (crushing) or outside (inflating) the ring. A possible solution where the kite is not sewn on but set with sweep balancing lines to the ring… Certainly the ability to adjust for sweep would be good. I could sew on a sweep tension strap between the kite cells and the ring. This is where I start to need a sewing team. Any offers?
I have one jumbo power sled 36 joker lift kite and had problems yesterday with it flying erratically in a chaotic wind field.
Attaching to spread anchored tethers and cross linking the bridling to the tether arch allowed me to greatly stabilise flight and maintain good lift.
OK, yesterday got a bit hairy scary. This was Daisy 3's toughest test yet.
The back of my parents house has a terrible wind field for a kite flying. A small patch of grass crowns a small steep hill covered in pine trees and granite.
The wind was super gusty because it rolls off much larger hills close by. The strongest wind I have yet tested in.
Perfect for kite survival testing. Turns out to be a good human survival test site too.
I thought I'd be smart and do the test alone. (?) The test plan was to fly Daisy 3 further downwind, underneath the lifter tether, suspending the Daisy 3 lift line from a point high on the lifter tether. But I was rushing to show off to the ferry passengers who would be going past in 5 minutes.
Things quickly went wrong when I thought I should fly the lifter on a long single tether; to avoid the down draft over the hill… oops! This meant spare tether line loose at the top of the hill at launch time. I imagined a "clean" launch and flight. Wrong! It was far too windy for that! I knew the dangers but stupidity and bravery took over. During launching as I paid out a little tether, the lift kite swung and yanked wildly. Did I have my gloves on? no doh! It was all I could do to wrestle the lift kite back down away from the wee cliff edge.
With a bit of safety in mind. I rigged a wide split dual tether. Lines at about 110 degrees arc. Stability improved a bit but the kite was still surging and swaying ~40 deg from average downwind.
I attached the lift line which gave a further slight steadying influence.
I should have also split the lift line, bridled it onto the two tether lines… but instead I attached directly to the lifer kite bridle point.
I carried on and hoisted the back end of Daisy 3 sufficiently to start spinning… Blimey was it ever going round fast. Good power against the brake. Sometimes with wind shifts it seemed to be pointing near vertically. But it was a short test. Around 5 mins of battling Human VS wind. I had rigged the lift line poorly with no good way of cleating and flying single handedly. I was holding the lift line end in my braking hand.
The wind won in the end. I was quickly knackered. This was a high intensity sport test. An even shorter 2nd test, was followed by the start of a third. When I noticed the same T piece shear fracture as had happened previously had now happened to another old design T piece. Test over pack away. First sensible decision of the day.
I need to move to a more stable lift platform. KPower style.
Possibly going to cooperate with skybums on this.
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