Business Advice From Van Halen | Fast Company

In other words, Roth was no diva. He was an operations expert. He couldn't spend hours every night checking the amperage of each socket. He needed a way to assess quickly whether the stagehands at each venue were paying attention -- whether they had read every word of the contract and taken it seriously. In Roth's world, a brown M&M was the canary in the coal mine.
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Forget snowmageddon , A Snowacane is on its way...

Local Severe Weather Alert for Trenton, NJ (08610)

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST
FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO NOON EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST
WILL INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD
THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REACHES ITS STRONGEST
POINT, IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD AND BACK ONTO LAND NEAR LONG
ISLAND, NEW YORK ON THURSDAY, AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING, AND
COULD START OUT AS EITHER RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. HOWEVER,
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST
THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING
FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE
STORM WILL BE AT ITS STRONGEST AS WELL, WHICH WILL LEAD TO STRONG
WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW, AS WELL AS SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE SNOW COULD BE A
HEAVY, WET SNOW, SIMILAR TO THE LAST STORM, WHICH MAY HAVE AN EFFECT
OF TREES AND BUILDING OVERHANGS. SHOVELING SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH
THIS STORM. ANYONE VENTURING OUT TO SHOVEL SNOW IS ADVISED TO USE
CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS. A WINTER STORM
WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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