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Prayer of Saint John Bosco to Mary
Prayer of Saint John Bosco to Mary, and every sorrow, and especially in all my temptations. I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering. Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sinners. Grant through your intersessions many vocations the religious life. Obtain for us, oh Mary, help of Christians, that having invoked you on earth we may love and eternally thank you in heaven. Amen.
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May 8, 2018: Spring passed quickly in 2018.
Spring brought us back to New Orleans. Surprise! But we had some other adventures before we got there.
While spending some spring in South Texas, before temps hit the 90s, we visited the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Located on the Gulf Coast about 165 miles southwest of Houston, the refuge harbors sea turtles, a plethora of migratory birds, and plenty of alligators.
In addition to the native wildlife, there is an unfortunate infestation of wild pigs, as is the case in much of Texas.
Various plants were in full bloom for our visit. Some, like this one were just a few feet tall.
Others towered well overhead.
Birds, birds and more birds. The sign below does a nice job of showing the birds you might see, in relative sizes.
And of course, we saw some actual birds.
Wait, is that submerged log moving?
The refuge’s claim to fame is North America’s tallest bird, the whooping crane. These birds stand 5′ tall with a 7′ wingspan. They live up to 25 years in the wild and 35-40 years in captivity. At the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, the only natural wild flock of these birds in the world spends their winters, migrating south from the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Whooping cranes were pushed to the brink of extinction during the first half of the 20th century. In 1941, there were believed to be just 15 in existence. The surveys aren’t in for the most recent winter but over the 2016-17 winter, surveys counted 431 cranes wintering at the refuge.
They are very shy and there’s no guarantee that you’ll see any. The volunteers at the visitor center (the temporary visitor center, as the permanent one was damaged by Harvey and is not yet up and running) told us where we might see a pair. Indeed, we got lucky and saw (kinda) a couple of pairs, one with a juvenile.
See the three white blobs near the center? Those are cranes.
Not a bad view, considering that the cranes were approx 0.7 miles (1.1 KM) from the observation platform.
The second pair was a surprise and a little closer to us. Not close, but at least it’s obvious that this is a bird.
We also made a springtime visit to Matagorda, Texas, where the Colorado River meets the Gulf of Mexico.
On the day of our visit, the town was hosting its annual Matagorda Seafood Fest. We had oysters, raw and fried, and some fried gulf shrimp. There were bands, vendors and all the trappings of a small town festival.
The town of Matagorda sits inside a barrier island. While in the area we drove out to the beach, one of the nicest on this part of the Gulf Coast. It’s also the closest beach to Blessing.
As we headed into April, New Orleans was again calling. Driving across Louisiana, we hit a couple of our favorite breweries.
First we stopped at Parish Brewing Co. in Broussard.
Parish makes some amazing brews. But frankly their taproom is pretty boring. They could learn a thing or two from the guys at our next stop.
Next we hit Bayou Teche Brewing, which we have written about before. In fact, it was just about a year ago that we first discovered the place. They have the taproom culture down. There was a great band, some people dressed as pirates (we don’t know why) and we even met a guy who had kayaked to the brewery (yes, it’s on a bayou). We also played their weekly music trivia and won free beer. But wait, there’s more…they also let us camp overnight (again), thanks to the Harvest Hosts program. What’s not to love?
The next day we checked out an area that’s new to us, the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain. We stopped for lunch in Abita Springs. It was Easter, so some things were closed, but there’s a nice park in the center of this very cute little town.
The park is home to the Abita Springs Trailhead Museum (alas it was closed for the holiday) and sits alongside a nice paved trail. We had lunch at the Abita Brew Pub, just off the trail, and learned that this trail connects several of the towns on the North Shore.
One of those nearby towns is Mandeville, our next stop. This is a lovely little spot right on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, filled with historic homes like this one.
There’s a lakeside park with a path for strolling and taking in the views.
And there’s even a bit of beach.
There are also lots of places to explore by water.
We decided to spend the night at Fontainebleau State Park, just outside of Mandeville. It was Easter weekend and we weren’t the only people with that idea.
Also sitting on the shore of the lake, the park has lots of facilities and its own piece of beach.
The real motivator for this visit to Louisiana was family. We met our little sis Erika and her husband Chad for their first time in New Orleans. Technically Erika is Michael’s little sister, but we dispensed with such distinctions long ago. You might recall that they visited us when we were housesitting in Calderitas, Mexico.
While we tried to mix in some culture, this trip was largely about eating. We had breakfast at Stein’s Deli.
We had oysters and crawfish and po-boys at Acme, an obligatory stop.
We had wine and cheese (and some . . . interesting jazz) at Bacchanal, in the city’s Bywater neighborhood.
And of course we had beignets at Cafe du Monde, lots of other oysters, and the eating (and drinking) goes on and on.
As proof of at least one historic activity, on a stroll through the Garden District we visited Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. In historic cemeteries like this one, New Orleans folk are buried in elevated tombs. Most of these are family tombs, but some are tombs of organizations, like the Jefferson Fire Company tomb below. [click to enlarge]
We also strolled the French Quarter, rode the streetcar, visited City Park and Audubon Park, and heard music on Frenchman Street. It was fun to experience one of our favorite places with newbies. Hopefully we’ll do it again sometime.
From New Orleans, we drove to Pensacola, Florida. Our college friend Trent, who was in Alabama last year, is there now in Pensacola with his fiance Tracy. Before getting to their house, we decided to take a walk around the old part of Pensacola. Surprise! We found a brewery.
Following what seems to be a pattern for us, we also stumbled onto the Pensacola Jazz Festival. (Other festivals we have recently stumbled into, besides the Matagorda Seafood Festival above, include Mardi Gras in Playa del Carmen, Northwoods Music Festival, Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival, World Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook Off, French Quarter Fest, Gulf Coast Oyster Cook-off & Festival, and Loveland Fire and Ice Festival.)
Turnout looked decent in spite of an overcast day with intermittent rain.
We didn’t take any pix of Trent and Tracy. We had an awesome night with them stuffing our faces with way too much sushi. Hopefully we’ll see them again soon.
From Pensacola, we made the short drive to Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. In what could turn into an annual tradition, we connected with Terry and Michelle, who we’ve told you about in a couple of previous posts. The weather continued to be cool and overcast, but the beach was still beautiful.
Terry and Michelle were spending a month getting away from life as usual and the harsh winter in Northern Wisconsin. They had a travel companion along. Meet Bailey, possibly the world’s cuddliest Rottweiler.
Our adventures with Terry and Michelle continued beyond the Emerald Coast a/k/a Redneck Riviera. We’ll tell you about that next time.
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By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal
This article is the first in Chesapeake Bay Journal 4-part special report, The Bay's Pollution Diet: Is it Working?. In fact, updated pollution control targets approved by the state-federal Bay Program in July show that the shortfall is greater than previously thought..
“It didn’t create this monumental acceleration in implementation that we would have liked to have seen,” said Beth McGee, senior water quality scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, though she added that progress would likely have been even less without the new cleanup plan.
The vast majority of nitrogen reductions have come from sources that are the easiest to control: wastewater treatment plants. Those plants have nearly all been upgraded, though, so most of the remaining nutrient reductions will have to come from the agricultural and stormwater sectors, where getting significant reductions has been difficult.
“In the next couple of years, progress is really going to start to slip unless there are some big changes in funding levels and improvements in programs,” said Jeff Corbin, the EPA’s former “Bay czar” who is now with an environmental restoration firm. “It gets harder and harder every day that we get closer to 2025.”
Some, including Corbin, even worry that the 35-year-old state-federal Bay Program partnership could disintegrate into lawsuits that pit states against one another if progress continues to falter.
So as the region reaches what was supposed to be the halfway point to its ultimate cleanup goal, has the latest cleanup plan — the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load — worked?
A Historic Moment
In December 2010, the EPA called it a “historic moment” as it unveiled the Bay TMDL, which it had spent years crafting in collaboration with states in the watershed. Unlike earlier voluntary commitments that failed to meet goals, the “pollution diet,” as it became known, required states to write more detailed plans than ever before and to face potential consequences if they fell short.
Then-EPA Regional Administrator Shawn Garvin called it “by far the most comprehensive and rigorous road map to restoration we’ve ever had. Not just in the Chesapeake Bay, but nationally.”
In fact, fearing the Bay TMDL would force more action by agricultural interests — and inspire similar plans elsewhere — the American Farm Bureau Federation immediately sued to block it, an effort that failed in federal court.
The TMDL is not unique to the Bay. It is a federal requirement for any waterbody that falls short of water quality standards and is aimed at making rivers, lakes, streams and coastal waters fishable and swimmable. A TMDL sets the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterway can receive and still meet those standards.
But the Bay TMDL was by far the largest — covering a 64,000-square-mile watershed — and the most complex ever written. It defined the maximum amount of water-fouling nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment that the Chesapeake could handle while meeting measurable goals to improve water clarity and largely eliminate oxygen-starved summertime dead zones.
Those “maximum loads” were then allocated to states and major rivers. Mindful that past Bay cleanup efforts had missed earlier goals set for 2000 and 2010, the EPA required states to write detailed plans showing how their portion of the goals would be met.
The state plans also set reduction goals for different sources of pollution, called sectors, such as wastewater, developed lands and agriculture, to provide better accountability.
To keep efforts on track, the EPA also required states to set interim two-year cleanup goals, which are evaluated by the agency. Collectively, the states were charged with implementing 60 percent of the needed cleanup actions by the end of 2017, roughly halfway to the ultimate 2025 cleanup goal.
If states fell short, the agency could take a variety of actions, such as forcing even greater — and more costly — reductions from wastewater plants than states had planned; regulating smaller animal operations than normally covered by federal programs; withholding water grants; or other actions.
In theory, the threat of those consequences would spur states to create new programs, provide more funding or establish new regulations to rein in pollution. That was particularly important for agriculture, an area over which the EPA has limited regulatory oversight.
“This was markedly different from the majority of other TMDLs,” said Jon Capacasa, who is now retired but oversaw the development of the TMDL as the former head of EPA Region III’s water protection division. “We gave it a running chance at success by paying attention to detailed implementation strategies and the accountability framework that became part and parcel of the TMDL package.”
Uneven Progress
Questions remain about the ability of the TMDL to push the region to the finish line, though, as well as its effectiveness at getting needed pollution reductions from hard-to-control sources.
Since the pollution diet was adopted, Bay Program figures show that 87 percent of the nitrogen reductions have come from upgrading wastewater treatment plants, which are subject to strict regulatory oversight, although they are not the largest source of nitrogen pollution.
Chris Pomeroy, an attorney with the firm AquaLaw, which has represented wastewater treatment plants on Bay issues over the years, said it’s not surprising that entities with permits would bear the brunt of the cleanup effort early on.
“Generally speaking, it probably is working about the way you would expect,” he said. Pomeroy added that the long-term regulatory certainty provided for dischargers by the TMDL fended off any potential litigation by wastewater treatment plant operators against the cleanup plan.
In fact, wastewater treatment plant operators in Virginia and Maryland even joined the EPA in defense of the TMDL when it was unsuccessfully challenged by farming interests and homebuilders.
Wastewater plant operators, in their filings, said the cleanup plan provided a “holistic watershed approach” that was needed to prevent excessive reliance on dischargers that would be “inequitable and insufficient” to restore water quality.
But their support could change, Pomeroy said, if other sectors don’t do their share, and states seek another round of costly wastewater plant upgrades.
“I can assure you there would be no patience in the wastewater sector for any sort of, ‘What have you done for us lately’ approach,” Pomeroy said. “We are looking for a stable regulatory climate extending well into the future now that we have done our part.”
Taken as a whole, the wastewater sector has already reached its 2025 goal, and their discharges will further decline in the next few years as upgrades at a handful of additional plants come online. Their overachievement will help cover some of the shortfalls in other sectors. But that benefit will only be temporary as the population they serve increases.
Virginia, for instance, overachieved its 2017 goals largely because discharges from its wastewater treatment plants were nearly cut in half. But, cautioned James Davis-Martin, Chesapeake Bay program manager with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality,
“Those loads are going to start climbing back up with continued growth through 2025.”
Meanwhile, stormwater runoff in the state has increased, and the nitrogen load from agriculture has decreased only about 3.5 percent since the TMDL took effect. “This next period, even though we hit those 60 percent targets, is going to be very difficult for us,” Davis-Martin said.
Difficulties Ahead
Controlling nutrients from stormwater is a costly and evolving challenge, especially for older urban areas that were developed before stormwater controls became required in recent decades.
Under the TMDL, permits for stormwater systems — which historically had been more focused on managing water flows — are starting to include quantifiable nitrogen and phosphorus reduction goals. But meeting nutrient reduction goals — especially as the acreage of developed lands continues to increase — will be difficult.
Among the jurisdictions affected by the TMDL, only the District of Columbia, where a huge underground tunnel is now capturing and storing much of its stormwater, has seen a decrease in the amount of nitrogen runoff from developed lands.
Rich Batiuk, the recently retired associate director for science with the EPA Bay Program Office, said states are starting to make progress with stormwater, but “they are probably going to need another five to 10 years beyond 2025 to fully put their programs in place.”
Even that may not fully meet water quality goals for the stormwater sector. About 40 percent of developed lands in the Bay watershed lie outside areas covered by stormwater permits and their regulatory requirements. “That is something that states have no idea how to get their hands around,” Batiuk said.
Across the Bay watershed, agriculture remains the largest source of nutrients and is responsible for about 48 percent of the nitrogen reaching the Bay. Since the TMDL was established, many states have ramped up their oversight of agricultural programs and even provided additional funding.
At the same time, though, federal assistance for agricultural conservation practices has decreased after a Bay-specific funding program in the federal Farm Bill ended in 2014.
The net result is that nitrogen from agriculture has decreased 2.5 million pounds since 2009 — the baseline for measuring TMDL progress. That’s about a quarter of one percent per year. And that reduction was driven in large part by the loss of farmland across the region.
In parts of the watershed, farm operations have intensified in recent years. Crop production is increasing and, in some cases, low-intensity lands, such as pastures, were converted to crop lands.
Also, data collected by the Bay Program show that more fertilizer is going onto more fields than previously thought. In some areas, a growth in farm animal populations is generating more manure.
Put another way: In many areas of the watershed, nutrient control best management practices — or BMPs — have done little more than hold the line on active farmland since the TMDL was enacted. Existing programs would need to be greatly ramped up to achieve the needed goals of the pollution diet.
“It has not conquered the agricultural problem,” said Roy Hoagland, who was a vice president at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation when the TMDL was being written. “And I don’t think the TMDL alone ever could conquer the agricultural problem. I think we have an overall flaw in the Clean Water Act when it comes to agriculture.”
A Boost For Programs
Nonetheless, Hoagland and many others involved with the cleanup effort say that the TMDL has not failed, even as they acknowledge that it is unlikely to achieve its goal on schedule. Without it, they say, the Bay’s restoration would be even further off track.
Leaders and advocates for the cleanup effort said the TMDL deserves credit for prompting policy changes throughout the region that could produce improved results in coming years. Many states, for instance, have ramped up their support for farmers and launched new programs, such as a state-funded stream bank fencing initiative in Virginia.
Some have enacted new rules or regulations. Maryland, for instance, has taken action to prevent farm animals from entering streams and enacted new rules to limit phosphorus applications on farmland.
Recognizing that agricultural efforts need to be ramped up, the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council — a panel that includes state governors and the EPA administrator — in August pledged to increase the amount of technical support available to help farmers install nutrient control practices.
Under the TMDL, states for the first time are starting to incorporate nutrient reduction goals into stormwater permits. As a result, many local governments are starting to charge stormwater fees to help meet Bay goals. And many places are testing new “green infrastructure” techniques to treat urban runoff that they hope will become more widely adopted in coming years.
In Pennsylvania, which has the greatest shortfall in nutrient reductions, the General Assembly is debating legislation that could charge large water uses a fee that would be used to help fund the state’s faltering cleanup efforts.
“People are no longer debating the need for reducing nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment,” Hoagland said. “One of the strongest things [the TMDL] has done is it has made water quality improvement in the Bay watershed, and the needs for these reductions, a routine consideration. It has helped drive conversations. It has helped drive changes.”
Now that the region has reached the midpoint to its 2025 goal, states are required to update their cleanup plans and describe how they intend to reach the remaining portion of their nutrient reduction obligations.
As part of that process, the EPA is requiring states to develop more localized subgoals and better incorporate local officials in the planning process to help drive further progress.
“We are poised to do the right things if we go to the local scale,” Batiuk said.
More Oversight Needed?
At the same time, there is growing pressure for the EPA to more aggressively use its oversight to accelerate progress than it has thus far.
Most point their fingers to Pennsylvania as the biggest laggard — measured in sheer pounds, it accounts for about half of the region’s shortfall in nitrogen reductions, and was the only state to miss goals for phosphorus and sediment.
Like the region as a whole, Pennsylania’s nitrogen reductions have come almost entirely from wastewater treatment plant upgrades. Runoff from developed lands and 33,000 farms in its portion of the Bay watershed have both increased since the TMDL was enacted.
Past reports lay out a host of woes facing the state. It lacks the staffing to oversee its programs or enforce regulations, faces an overall shortage of funding for conservation programs, and has done a poor job of managing the federal grants it received to help the state address its problems.
But there are other problems as well. New York has also shown little overall progress with nitrogen and is the one place where wastewater discharges are increasing. Nor did Delaware or Maryland meet nitrogen goals. Stormwater runoff is increasing everywhere except the District of Columbia.
When the TMDL was enacted, the EPA had insisted that it would use its oversight to keep states — and sectors — on track. It reiterated that pledge in a June letter to the states, saying it would take “appropriate federal actions … if there is a lack of adequate progress” toward meeting 2025 goals.
So far, the agency has been reluctant to impose the consequences it had originally outlined in 2009, although it twice temporarily withheld grant funding from Pennsylvania to force it to take certain steps.
“EPA has a role under the TMDL now to take backstop actions, and it is going to get harder and harder and harder to not take some sort of action unless some of the states that are lagging make progress, and some of the sectors that are lagging make progress,” said Corbin, the EPA’s former Bay czar.
If that doesn’t happen, he said, “my nightmare scenario is that states are going to end up challenging, legally or otherwise, the ones that aren’t making progress.”
Earlier this year, some Maryland lawmakers already engaged in saber-rattling about taking Pennsylvania to court for lack of adequate progress. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has been increasingly critical in his comments about his state’s northern neighbor.
Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles, who chairs a Bay Program committee of senior state and federal agency officials, cautioned that “adding courts and litigation into the mix can be a challenge” but added that “the patience grows thinner as 2025 gets nearer. So there is a sense of urgency.”
“There is a point where the EPA has to provide less discretion and more backstop authority and accountability and step in and impose different types of consequences,” he said. “We need a strong and fair EPA to hold each state accountable — and keep our feet to the fire.”
Slow, but steady, progress
Ultimately, the success of the TMDL may be determined by patience. Reaching the 2025 goals is unlikely and would require a level of implementation — and funding — significantly beyond what is occurring, or has ever occurred, in the stormwater and agricultural sectors.
Reaching those goals got even harder in recent months, when the Bay Program updated its computer models to incorporate new science and better data and found that there was even less progress in those sectors than previously thought.
Older models estimated that the region had achieved 36 percent of its nitrogen goal; the new models revised that down to 30 percent.
And those figures do not factor in the substantial reductions that will be needed to offset the impacts of climate change and the filling of the Conowingo Dam reservoir.
Climate change is projected to increase precipitation to the region and supercharge the impact of stormwater and agricultural runoff.
The Conowingo reservoir, now filled to capacity with a backlog of sediment, is sending more nutrients and sediments downstream instead of trapping them in the Susquehanna River. At recent rates of progress, it would take six years of work just to offset those factors.
That said, nitrogen pollution does continue to be on a downward trend — at least for the moment — despite increased development and a growing population. Phosphorus reductions are on track — though the Bay will never meet its water quality goals without dealing with nitrogen.
“Overall, the TMDL has done, and continues to do the job of driving progress forward,” Hoagland said. “It is a question of how fast it will move forward.”
“It’s easy for us to say we haven’t made our goals and we haven’t achieved the reductions that we committed to,” he added. “On the other hand, you’ve made the reductions in spite of continuing healthy economic progress and the unavoidable increases in pollution that comes with that.”
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A must to visit place in the Kaghan valley, the Lalazar plateau is an outstanding landscape. Situated at a distance of 21 KM from Naran, this heavenly land is famous for its grass carpeted floors and thick pine forests. The altitude of Lalazar is 3,200 meters, making it one of the most pleasant summer spots in Pakistan.
The ideal season for this amazing visit starts from mid June. Unlike other spectacular but remote hill stations, Lalazar is comfortably accessible through a well built road from Naran. Battakundi is the base for Lalazar. It can be a fruitful hike or a jeep ride which can take you to this picturesque highland from Battakundi.
Lalazar is an ideal camping spot too. A possible trekking adventure from Lalazar to Saif ul Maluk.
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MasterChef Junior's Roen: Don't Be Scared to Try 'Ugly' Foods!
MasterChef Junior may be a kids’ cooking competition, but it’s definitely not child’s play. The contestants, ages 8 to 13, create gourmet dishes most adults would be lucky to master, from filet mignon and ginger carrots to Korean kimchi burgers and fried kale.
One contestant, Roen, has been cooking since he was a toddler, and at age 12, he’s already a sushi aficionado. He loves trying new complicated recipes (right now he’s learning how to make hard sugar candy) and he dreams of one day opening his own Asian-American fusion restaurant. Roen made it to the top 10 last week, and while the pressure is on for him and his fellow young chefs to wow the judges with restaurant-quality dishes, he seems calm, collected, and ready for the challenge.
Roen chatted with Parade.com about how he got into cooking at such a young age, what his friends think of him being on TV, and his advice for picky eaters. He also admitted how fun it was to pour whipped cream all over the judges’ heads in this week’s episode, which airs tonight at 8 p.m. on Fox. Also, check out Roen’s recipe for the perfect pork burger with sweet potato fries!
On his favorite ingredient.
“I really like to use any kind of fish, because you can really make tons of different stuff with it.”
On how he got into sushi.
“When I was little, my family went out for sushi and I ordered the octopus, because octopus is a pretty cool fish. That was the first kind of sushi I’d really had, and I thought it was really, really good and really cool. Eventually, I kept trying different stuff and that’s how I got into it!”
On cooking with his family.
“My mom cooks a lot and I usually cook with her. We like making pasta, and we cook all the time together. It’s really fun! Also, pretty much my whole family is all very into cooking. My uncle is from Spain and he makes a lot of shrimp and a lot of good seafood in his Spanish dishes. My other uncle is from Jamaica and he makes a lot of jerk chicken and spicy food.”
On his very grown-up taste.
“When I was 4 or 5, the first time I went to France we went out to get escargot and steak tartar. I loved it so much! A few years later when we went back to France, I went to a restaurant to get the same meal, but they didn’t have it. I got super upset because they didn’t have snails and raw steak!”
On the one food he doesn’t like.
“Pretty much only beets. I just don’t like beets.”
On his advice for picky eaters.
“I never look at food and say ‘Gross!’ Basically, my favorite foods are the most ugly-looking foods, like eel. Eel’s probably my favorite fish, and it’s this kind of brown, weird-looking thing. But I don’t really care what stuff looks like; what matters is the taste. So don’t be scared, and don’t judge food just by its outside!”
On meeting other kids who are just as passionate about cooking.
“It’s really, really interesting. I knew I wasn’t the only one that was into cooking; I know there are tons of kids out there that are really into it. But I was surprised there were so many that were as into it as me, that were really passionate about it.”
On what his friends think about his being on TV.
“A lot of them are like, ‘Oh, you’ve gotta get me on the show!’ A lot of them really think it’s cool. And actually, a lot of my friends like to cook, so we cook together.”
On his cooking hero.
“Jiro Ono. He’s supposed to be the number one sushi chef in Japan and he’s been cooking for like 80 years—he’s my biggest food hero!”
On his advice to kids who want to get into cooking.
“Kids should start by making stuff they like to eat, like burgers and pasta or just a steak. You don’t want to start out with something that don’t really like because you’re just not going to be that into it.”
On this week’s episode of MasterChef Junior.
“It’s so funny. Three kids all have to make whipped cream really fast and then they pour it on the judges’ heads! Alexander, Kaylen, and Gavin had a contest to see who could whip cream fastest. Kaylen’s was completely liquid, Gavin’s was kind of like goopy lava, and Alexander’s was totally stiff. And then all of the judges get whipped cream poured on their heads. It was funny because Joe [Bastianich] doesn’t have any hair and the whipped cream was half on his face! It was really funny. And then there was a tag-team challenge.”
On his hidden language talents.
“I speak French because my mom was born in America and moved to Italy very young and went to a French school in Italy. I learned French at a very young age, and English at the same time. Now, I’m taking French because I’m not very good at reading or writing, and I’m also taking Chinese. Knowing French comes in handy with cooking because it’s really easy to memorize tons of French dishes. The names just ring a bell.”
On his dream restaurant.
“I would love to open an Asian-American fusion restaurant, since I love Japanese and Chinese foods, and American food is kind of like the base. Like, if you combine Asian food with an American burger, that’s a really cool burger.” | https://parade.com/211271/linzlowe/masterchef-juniors-roen-dont-be-scared-to-try-ugly-foods/ | 2018-10-15T18:16:11 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
FREE come because we are expecting over 1000 visitors, 50 interactive booths (including Park Power’s booth); 8 workshops from top industry professionals, technical solar equipment workshops and lots of activities for children.
The Solar Trade Show is taking place Saturday March 3rd, from 10am – 6pm, at the beautiful new Centre for Applied Technology (CAT) building on NAIT’s campus in Edmonton, Alberta.
We have brought together 8 amazing industry leaders to provide free presentations.Click here to learn more!
Our keynote speaker David Miller, is the former mayor of Toronto, the head of C40 North America, and the MC for the world’s first UN Cities & Climate Change Science Conference taking place in Edmonton from March 5 – 7.
We will have family friendly workshops, where kids can make their very own solar car and solar oven (Space is limited please register before the event), and more family friendly activities.
Get the insights you need to transform your home or business into the eco-friendly, energy efficient, solar powered building of your dreams. With 50 exhibits we are sure you will meet the people who will make it happen.
Join us Saturday, March 3rd, and Seize the Solar Opportunity. | https://parkpower.ca/free-solar-trade-show-in-edmonton/ | 2018-10-15T17:08:06 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
High End 2015: Audiodata
This was probably the most pleasant surprise Munich offered this year, and yes, I’m aware that this is quite a statement. Audiodata is by no mean a new comer. Actually the company is quite old, going some 30 years back when Peter Schippers founded it, but we could also consider it as a new company, since from year 2014 Hannes Palfinger and Franz Stoger came in bringing fresh ideas for an entire new series of products. The first of which — a gorgeous speaker named Master One.. | https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2015/06/10/high-end-2015-audiodata/ | 2018-10-15T17:29:00 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
US2145535A - Filter - Google PatentsFilter Download PDF
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c. G. V-OKES Jan. 31, 1939.
FILTER Filed Jan; 25, 1957 Patented Jan. 31, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE? Application January 25, 1937, Serial No. 122,273
In Great Britain August 18, 1936 2 Claims.
The invention relates to filters.
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved filter in which undue rise in the pressure of fluid supplied to the filter, due, for example, to clogging of the filter medium, is able to open up an alternative path whereby the fluid may by-pass the filter element.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a filter having a filter unit comprising filtering medium confined within a casing, the unit being movable as a whole under the pressure of fiuid supplied to the filter, against the action of a spring, to enable the fluid to by-pass the unit.
A further object of the invention is to provide a filter unit comprising filtering medium confined within a casing having a reticulated wall, the filtering medium being interposed between the reticulated wall and an inlet opening which communicates with a reticulated tube which projects outwardly from the unit.
A still further object of the invention is to provide a casing for a filter having two similar open-ended portions which are urged toward each other, with the interposition of a ring which has in its opposite faces grooves which are substantially complementary to the edges of the similar portions at the adjacent open ends thereof.
With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the improved combinations and arrangements contained in the embodiments now to be described in detail, novel features of which are set out in the claims which follow.
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Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the filter, and
Figure 2 is a section on the line IIII of Figure 1.
The filter comprises a filter unit I mounted within a metal casing which consists of two similar parts 2 and 3 detachably secured together and has coaxial inlet and outlet passages formed in nipples l and 5 respectively. The nipples are threaded as shown and may be used to connect the filter in a fiuid lead in any position.
The parts 2 and 3 have each a cylindrical portion and a closed end of domed form, the other ends being open. The domed ends are bored axially to receive the nipples 4 and 5.
At its open end, each of the parts 2 and 3 is formed to present, in the axial direction, a rounded edge 6 of circular form and radially projecting lugs l are provided on the outer surface of each part adjacent to the opanj end. The lugs on each part are bored to receive bolts 8 by means of which the two parts are drawn towards each other axially in assembly.
The casing assembly is completed by a metal ring 9 which has on each of its opposing faces a groove of mean diameter equal to that of the rounded edges 6, 6, the grooves being substantially complementary to those edges. This ring is positioned between the open ends of the two parts 2 and 3, with the intervention of thin cork washers l0, ill which are pressed into the grooves by the rounded edges of the open ends of the two parts when nuts on the bolts 8 are tightened up against the lugs.
In this manner, the two parts of the casing are rigidly secured together with a liquid-tight joint.
The filter unit l comprises a star-shaped filtering wall 20 of a porous material, such as felt, with or without one or more layers of wire gauze, and a casing confining it the casing having a cylindrical wall ll of perforated metal and a pair of metal end caps I2 and H. The end caps are secured in position by means of strips M which are passed through'apertures in the respective caps and bent over at the ends as shown.
The end cap i3 completely closes its end of the casing of the filter unit whilst the end cap 82 carries a short coaxial outwardly projecting inlet tube l4, which has a reticulated wall and communicates with the interior of the space defined by the star-shaped filtering wall. A cork washer l5 surrounds the base of the tube l4 and is partly received within a concentric recess provided in the cap.
As will be seen from the drawing, the filter unit is of less length than' the outer .casing of the filter and is of such diameter as to fit therein with considerable clearance.
The inlet passage of the casing communicates, on the inside, with a short coaxial tubular member l6, rigidly carried by the part 2 of the casing. This member I6 receives, with but little clearance, the short tube It. A coil spring ll! confined between the end cap l3 and the domed outlet end of the casing, is provided to urge the filter unit towardsthe inlet end of the filter, the cork washer l5 being pressed into contact with the edge of the free end of the tubular member it.
In use,oil enters the filter by the inlet passage, normally passing to the interior of the filter unit and through the filtering wall to the space between the unit and the outer casing, whence it may escape by way of the outlet passage.
Should the pressure of the oil on the inlet side The above specific form of filter is described by way of example, and various modifications may be made without departing from the invention.
I claim:
1. A filter comprising a casing formed with inlet and outlet passages, a filter unit movable longitudinally of the casing, cooperating tubular inlet elements carried one by the casing and the other by the filter unit, the latter establishing communication between the inlet passage of the casing and the interior of the filter unit, and yielding means for normally holding the filter unit in sealing cooperation with the inlet element carried by the casing, the tubular inlet element carried by the filter unit having its wall formed with openings which, in the movement of the filter unit to interrupt the sealing cooperation between the tubular element carried by the casing and said filter unit, permits said openings to establish communication between the inlet passage and the interior of the casing beyond the filter unit to thereby serve as a by-pass.
2. A filter having an outer casing with inlet and outlet passages, a tubular element forming part of the inlet element of the outer casing, a filter unit.comprising a filter medium confined within a Shi i1 loosely fitted within the outer casing, said shell including a perforated wall and a pair of end plates, one of said end plates being arranged to provide a sealing cooperation with the tubular element when the filter unit is at the limit of movement'in one direction within the casing, the end plate designed for sealing cooperation with the tubular element being formed with a tube to establish communication between the inlet passage of the casing and the interior of the filter unit, with such tube formed with openings sealed against the casing when the filter unit is in sealing cooperation with the tubular element, and means to permit a yielding movement of the filter unit to interrupt said sealing cooperation with the tubular element and at the I same time establish communication through said openings in the tubular element between the inlet passage of the casing and the interior of the casing exteriorly of the filter unit.
CECIL GORDON VOHS. | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2145535A/en | 2018-10-15T18:14:38 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
US6866512B2 - Ruggedized instrumented firefighter's vari-nozzle - Google PatentsRuggedized instrumented firefighter's vari-nozzle Download PDF
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This application is a Continuation in Part of “Augmented Reality Based Firefighter Training System” PTO Ser. No. 09/525,983 filed Mar. 15, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,500,008, and of “Instrumented Firefighter's Nozzle and Method” PTO Ser. No. 09/826,993 filed Apr. 5, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,607,038.
This invention was made with Government support under Contract Number N61339-01-C1008 awarded by the Department of the Navy. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
This invention relates to protection of equipment for real-time data acquisition for purposes of measuring the operation of a fire hose nozzle..
Information establishing the real-time position and orientation of a nozzle (e.g., a firefighter's nozzle) is useful in AR and VR, as is information establishing the settings of the nozzle bail handle and pattern selector. This information can be gathered by instrumenting a firefighter's fire hose nozzle. This instrumentation will not work effectively, however, if it is subjected to severe shock or other undesirable environmental hazards, such as penetration by water. The undesirable presence of shock or pollutants can result in negative effects ranging from poor calibration of equipment all the way to equipment failure or equipment destruction. Therefore, it is very desirable to protect the nozzle instrumentation being used for AR and VR.
Mechanical and electronic components have been incorporated into the fire hose nozzle and must be protected from shock and penetration by undesirable materials. The field in which the invention is currently used is that of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The invention is used to protect equipment which is used as an input device to control a computer-generated water stream and align the graphical appearance of that stream with the actual nozzle in a manner consistent with its operation. A purpose of the invention is to protect an instrumented firefighter's fire hose nozzle from shock and undesirable environmental pollutant penetration. The invention provides a means for doing this through the use of a rugged cover on the equipment as well as soft equipment mounts. The cover provides the instrumentation with protection from impact as well as protection from contamination by environmental pollutants. On the inside of the cover, the shock sensitive equipment is seated on an island that is mounted by a soft vertical post. This protects this equipment from shock.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the nozzle to be used is an Elkhart vari-nozzle. The instrumentation for the nozzle consists of (1) a potentiometer used to measure the nozzle fog pattern; (2) a potentiometer used to measure the nozzle bail angle; (3) an INTERSENSE (Burlington, Mass.) InertiaCube used to measure the nozzle orientation; and (4) two INTERSENSE (Burlington, Mass.) SoniDiscs used to measure the nozzle position. All of this equipment is connected by wiring that carries message signals through a tether to a computer and associated equipment, which receives and processes these signals. The InertiaCube and SoniDiscs are equipment from the InterSense IS-600 line of tracking equipment. If the end use of the nozzle calls for the use of tracking equipment other than the IS-600 line, the invention could readily be adapted to protect equipment from the IS-900 line from InterSense, and 3rd Tech's optical tracking equipment. The shell and island described below would need to be modified slightly to hold the different tracking equipment in place.
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The equipment is protected by a plastic cover 14, which protects the overall assembly from both shock and penetration by foreign agents, such as water and dirt. The INTERSENSE (Burlington, Mass.) InertiaCube is sensitive to shock, especially the action of the metal bail handle 11 hitting the metal stops at either extreme of its range of motion. The InertiaCube and SoniDiscs are mounted on an island which is held up by two soft polymeric pillars. This provides a great deal of protection against shock from slamming the bail handle all the way forward very quickly. This island is also surrounded by a thin layer of padding 21 (shown in part in
To prevent the user from accidentally using the device to spray water as in a real fire emergency, the protective design uses an alternating yellow and black color scheme (not shown) to get the user's attention that this is not a standard part. Additionally, a sign attached to the cover (not shown) is used which indicates that the device is to be used for training purposes only.
The described invention may be implemented with other variations. For example, the island of electronics need not be supported by two soft posts. One larger post or many smaller posts could also be used. The wires connecting the common mounting block to the computer need not be continuous. Instead, a wireless system may be used in which the common mounting block connects to the transmitter, which may be located inside the instrumentation cover, which transmits signals to the computer receiver. The color scheme of the invention need not be alternating black and yellow. The connectors on the common mounting block need not be screw-down or soldering posts for soldering the wires to, they can also be quick release connectors. | https://patents.google.com/patent/US6866512B2/en | 2018-10-15T18:29:55 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
US9570108B2 - Mapping pixels to underlying assets in computer graphics - Google PatentsMapping pixels to underlying assets in computer graphics Download PDF
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Aspects of the present invention relate generally to the field of video production, and more specifically to the creation of computer generated images.
In the field of computer graphics and animation for film and television production thousands of individual elements of data contribute to producing the imagery seen in the final product. For example, to produce a scene, several objects may have been rendered using multiple processes and each object may have been created using several assets. For example, an object in a scene may have associated geometries and curves. To create the object, multiple geometries and assets may have been utilized, and to illustrate motion, an object may be associated with a curve, along which the motion of the object will be animated. For example, a tree in a forest consisting of hundreds of trees will have several assets including leaf objects, each having an associated geometry, and assets, including randomization algorithms for the patterns of the leaves on the tree, and curves representing motion of the tree due to wind.
A media file for storing the scene may include a series of frames, each frame having a grid of pixels. Each pixel will have an associated value usually meant for the sole presentation of an image. However, the process of creating that pixel may have been the result of a very complex hierarchy of data that may include modeling, rigging, animation, lighting and rendering of objects in a scene. Additionally, this hierarchy may have been created and modified by multiple users along the production pipeline. Therefore, when accessing the final product, generally an image file, there is no sure way to know which assets were utilized to create the objects in the image. In order to adjust an object in the scene, a user would need to identify which object needs adjustment and all the assets used to make up that object. Such identification is conventionally done manually, is difficult to predict, and often takes a significant amount of time. In some cases it is impossible, for example, functions that produce a random, non-repeatable output often contribute to the final product.
Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a system that provides direct access to the assets that make up a scene such that access to the assets is straightforward and predictable.
The foregoing and other aspects of various embodiments of the present invention will be apparent through examination of the following detailed description thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawing figures in which similar reference numbers are used to indicate functionally similar elements.
A system for tracking and presenting graphics data and methods used for manipulating and delivering the final product of a production are presented. An interface may be implemented to access data related to the creation and animation of the video data, the reference stored with the video data for easy and efficient access. A user may select a portion of the video data, and using the reference(s) stored with the video data, the tools needed to edit the selected portion of the video data may be presented. Upon completion of the edit, the revised video data may be stored.
During the creation and editing of a video scene, the objects that comprise the scene, and the illustration and other programming assets utilized to animate the scene may each be stored in a memory device such that the records for each of the objects and assets may be retrieved using a hierarchy of references. The hierarchy may initially be accessed via an object reference stored with the selected portion of the video data. According to an aspect of the embodiment, the selected portion may be a frame and the reference stored as part of the file's metadata. According to an aspect of the embodiment, the selected portion may be a pixel and a reference stored that relates each pixel's coordinate in the image file with metadata that aids in locating and/or recreating or re-assembling the underlying assets. Thus an entire object or scene may be recreated from a selected pixel and the associated reference(s).
The interface utilized to access the data hierarchy may be node based and represents graphically, both spatially and temporally, the video production data. Using the interface, nodes may be reorganized, outputs can be tied to different inputs in real time and the data attributes making up the node itself changed such that the effects of the changes can seen in real time. The data displayed and manipulated in this interface is made possible by an underlying database, which then in turn may enable third party software packages to read the records from the database. The interface may restore the state of the instance objects at any point in time and package it in a way that allows an edit to be made to the animation, rigging, lighting, etc. without requiring knowledge of the underlying processes utilized to render the object.
Traversal of the records and references associated with an object may identify a plurality of records that were created or otherwise utilized during object generation and animation. For example, upon selection of an object, the system may collect the records related to the animation curves for the object, the simulation of a physical force on the object, other objects that are part of or otherwise are related to or interact with the selected object, or other related assets. The type of objects collected by the system to complete the related object hierarchy can be as fine-grained as desired, for example the hierarchy can include objects at the granularity of a forest, a single tree in the forest, or a single leaf. Once all of the related are collected and any changes or edits made, the object may be rebuilt using all of the associated references. In this manner, the video presentation system may maintain references to otherwise difficult to identify information.
A user may access image objects or elements 125 stored in the video presentation system 120 with the client 110 via a user interface 111 capable of accessing the video presentation system 120 and the image objects stored therein and delivering to the user or otherwise displaying the information retrieved therefrom. The user interface 111 may be a program or application, may comprise middleware, or may run on a computing device accessible to the user, that acts as a front end to and facilitates access to the video presentation system 120. The user may interact with the user interface 111 through an input device, such as by inputting a selection as with a mouse or a keyboard. The user may observe the response to the access request on an output device or display. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, the user interface 111 may run in a browser or application window controlled by the user.
An image object 125, may be a representation of a scene, an object, an asset, or any other element used in generating the scene that may be represented with an object software model. A plurality of image objects 125 may be stored at the video presentation system 120 in the memory storage device 123. According to an embodiment, the image objects 125 are serialized objects and the memory storage device 123 is a database. Then information about each image object 125 may be stored in a record for each object instance. The image object information may then be retrieved by querying the database.
According to an aspect of an embodiment, the objects may be stored in a database that facilitates mapping each pixel of a scene to the data hierarchy that produced it. Then the media data may be pulled from the database into standard files that may be accessed by conventional third party media editing software.
The interface 111 may enable the user to select a portion of a scene in order to obtain a reference to the assets and objects that were used to create the part of the scene or that otherwise contributed to the final image. The reference may be a unique identifier, an object, or other manner of identification as is known in the art. The reference may then be used to query the database and identify the associated object and asset records.
References may be imbedded in the image file, as references for each pixel associated to an object in the image. For example, if the animation of an object is to be adjusted, the interface may step through the pixel references to build an editing platform that enables the user to make the required changes without any knowledge of the original creation pipeline or even how the associated assets are incorporated into the scene to obtain the revised image. A referenced object may include one or more references to other objects or assets that comprise or were otherwise utilized in the creation of the object. For example, each element in a scene may be modeled by an object such that each character, set piece, environment, landscape, or natural phenomena may be represented by a serialized object. Then each object may reference other objects or assets, including, for example, a model of the cloth that makes up the character's clothing, the simulation engine that simulates an event involving the element object, and other individual elements that comprise the larger element. Thus the hierarchy of such references may be complex and include many references and cross-references.
The network 230 connecting the client 210 and the server 240 may be a wired or wireless network that may include a local area network (LAN), a wireless area network (WAN), the Internet, or any other network available for accessing the video presentation application 241 with the client 210. The client 210 may request access to the application 241 and to the stored image objects 225 via a network connection.
Utilizing the described object hierarchy, the video presentation system may enable a user to analyze a complex object and identify the individual elements of that object. For example, a system user may analyze a bumpy road and identify what part of the bumpiness is based on a model or what part has been displaced by the rendering engine.
According to an aspect of an embodiment, each node in the hierarchy may be represented as a serialized object. The variables for each object instance may include data for each object instance, for example calibration data of the motion capture sensors, the name of the character, the lighting model that describes the reflectance of the fabric the character is wearing, depth of a 3D scene, etc.
Additionally, object based functions may be utilized to process the data stored in the database and to deliver it to the interface as necessary. Thus each object instance may further include various functions to facilitate access to the hierarchy including, for example, exporters to various data formats. Then, via the video presentation system, a media file may be created that includes records for each of the necessary objects and assets utilized to create the scene. The data can then be exported and transferred to other systems or software via a universally recognized file format such as XML. Using XML, the mapping data between each pixel and the associated object record may be encoded into the metadata headers of the binary images.
During the creation of the frames, or upon the completion of the editing and when saving the scene to a media file, each pixel of the frames may be saved so as to create a reference to the object record for the object associated with the pixel. To create the reference, the system may first determine whether an instance of the object exists as an object record in the database (block 425). If the object record already exists, a reference may created to the object record and the reference may be saved with the pixel data (block 435). As previously noted, each object record may additionally contain references to additional objects and assets used in creating or editing the object. Thus each object record may contain references to other records. Similar to the original object record, the references to records may be created during the course of creating and editing the object or otherwise at the time the object is saved to the object database. However, if the object record has not yet been created, a new instance of the object may be created and stored in the object database (block 430). Then a reference to the new object record may be saved with the pixel data of the scene (block 435).
As shown in
According to an aspect of an embodiment, once the assets and objects associated with a selected object have been collected, an API may provide access to the records. Then a rendering application may access the records so that the user can utilize and/or change the records to adjust the animation of the object. According to an aspect of the embodiment, existing rendering packages, such as Maya™ or Houdini™, may access and edit the records stored in the video presentation system via such an API.
As shown in
Once an object associated with a selected pixel is identified, the assets and objects of the object hierarchy utilized to create that pixel may be identified by retrieving the references associated with the object record and the references associated with references as necessary, traversing the hierarchy until all the necessary objects and assets have been retrieved to edit the scene as desired (block 525). For example, if the desired adjustment requires editing the animation curve associated with the tree, the curve may be retrieved by a reference in the tree record. Then the asset may be displayed by the interface (block 530) and edited by the user as desired (block 535). Edits to objects or assets as well as new assets or objects added during the editing process may be saved and stored in the memory as referenced by the originally selected pixel or the appropriate node in the object hierarchy (block 540).
As shown in
As discussed above,
In some applications, the modules described hereinabove may be provided as elements of an integrated software system, in which the blocks may be provided as separate elements of a computer program. Some embodiments may be implemented, for example, using a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or article which may store an instruction or a set of instructions that, if executed by a processor, may cause the processor to perform a method in accordance with the disclosed embodiments. Other applications of the present invention may be embodied as a hybrid system of dedicated hardware and software components.
The exemplary methods and computer program instructions may be embodied on a non-transitory machine readable storage medium... | https://patents.google.com/patent/US9570108B2/en | 2018-10-15T18:25:09 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Thursday Top Headlines
U.S. oil production soars, Common Core is dead, earmarks may return, and more.
Trump effect: It looks like Apple is bringing back home nearly all of its $250 billion in foreign cash (CNBC)
U.S. poised to shatter records for oil production, gas exports (The Daily Signal)
Trump’s highly anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards (GOP.com)
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GlobalPlatform, the international smart card specification organisation, has finalised its Device Application Security Management (DASM) Specification for terminals, including mobile phone handsets and EFT-POS devices, based on GlobalPlatform device technology. This specification defines how multiple actors within a device environment – such as issuers and third party application providers – can safely and confidentially exchange [...]
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This game’s objective is simple: You have to count all the cars that pass. If you manage to count them all you will pass level, and if not you’ll have to re-start the level.
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Recently the Penn FTD Center’s own Dr. David Irwin was invited to Capitol Hill to talk to congressional staff members and the public about his work and advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of age-related neurodegenerative disease. It was an honor for the FTD Center to receive this opportunity for Dr. Irwin to discuss the critical importance of continued funding for dementia-related research.
Dr. David Irwin traveled to Washington D.C. to present his latest research to congressional staff members and interested members of the public. The goal of his work is to improve the specificity of diagnoses for patients with dementia. Different neurodegenerative diseases are associated with different protein aggregates, but a patient’s symptoms are not enough to tell us about the specific protein pathology in the brain. For example, an individual can show symptoms consistent with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but an after-life examination could reveal pathology consistent with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Dr. Irwin’s research uses biomarkers that can be observed during life to identify what pathologies underlie a patient’s symptoms.
Improving diagnostic accuracy of pathology is the missing piece to the development of drug therapies. Different proteins have specific roles that are important for healthy brain cell function. When proteins become misfolded, they can clump together into aggregates and disrupt brain cell function. Drug treatments have to be specific enough to target the type of protein that has become aggregated, while also leaving healthy protein intact. This need for specificity means that accurate diagnoses are essential for research in developing effective drug treatments. Dr. Irwin’s work to identify biomarkers of disease is the next step in clinicians being able to make more accurate predictions about underlying pathology, and for researchers to develop appropriate drug treatments.
This research and other scientific advancements rely on public funds, and researchers have a responsibility to discuss the importance of their research and to share what they are learning with the public. Dr. Irwin is honored to share his findings with the public and to advocate for future research: “Our understanding of the genetics and pathophysiology of FTD, AD, and related conditions would not be possible without publicly-funded programs through the National Institutes of Health. I am very enthusiastic and thankful to have the opportunity to help advocate for the mission of the National Institute of Aging, as this directly leads to the improvement in the care of patients I treat with FTD, AD and related disorders.”
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Move over metal fans—there's a new head-banging king in town.
As part of an investigation into how bees native to Australia pollinate tomato plants, Callin Switzer and colleagues stumbled onto a surprising find—to shake pollen out of the cone-shaped flowers, blue-banded bees bang their heads against them at a rate of 350 times per second.
"It was pretty unexpected—it just made me think of heavy-metal bands," said Switzer, a Harvard graduate student in the lab of Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Robin Hopkins. "I had shot some video of bees at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, and when a colleague and I watched it, we said to each other, 'Is it doing what I think it's doing?'"
Uncovering unusual behavior wasn't Switzer's initial aim.
"Most of my work is on pollination and native bees like bumblebees," he said. "When farmers bring in bees to pollinate their crops it's most often honeybees, but certain plants—including tomatoes—can't be pollinated by honeybees because of the way the plants release pollen."
Some flowers, Switzer said, are distinguished by a central, cone-shaped group of anthers, known as the anther cone, which releases pollen only through small pores.
In most of the world, the job of shaking the pollen free falls to bumblebees.
Studies have shown that the bees, which can be found in virtually every corner of the globe, pollinate the flowers by gripping the anthers with their mandibles, then using their powerful flight muscles to vibrate their entire body and shake the pollen from the plant.
One of the few areas where bumblebees aren't native, however, is Australia.
That doesn't mean tomato growers down under are out of luck. Local species—particularly the blue-banded bee—have taken up the tomato-pollinating mantle.
The question Switzer and colleagues first set out to answer was whether Australian bees behaved similarly to bumblebees when pollinating flowers.
"I was mostly interested to see if they were vibrating at the same frequency … and the amount of time they spend on each flower," Switzer said. "There are some people who believe [those factors] may play an important role in how good bees are at pollinating, because if bees are visiting a greater number of flowers they're probably more successful at pollinating."
To get definitive answers on exactly how blue-banded bees were pollinating the flowers, Switzer spent several days at the Adelaide Botanic Garden with a high-speed camera.
"I started off getting videos that were zoomed out, because we can get good info from those, but when we looked at the video, it wasn't clear if the bees were grabbing the anther with their mandibles," Switzer said. "I went back the next day and zoomed it as close as I could get, and got videos of the bees banging against the flowers."
While Switzer and colleagues did find that blue-banded bees spend less time on each flower than bumblebees, it remains an open question whether one strategy is better than the other. The answer is much more than an academic matter.
Approximately 8 percent of flowering plants ― an estimated 20,000 different species—are pollinated in the same way, Switzer said, so understanding the process could have effects beyond the farm and greenhouse.
"We wanted to get more information about bees in Australia because there is still an ongoing debate about whether people should import bumblebees to pollinate tomatoes," he said. "We didn't answer the question of whether blue-banded bees are equally good or better than bumblebees … but there are studies that show blue-banded bees could be a viable alternative to bumblebees in greenhouses, and our data shows they're spending less time on flowers and buzzing at a higher frequency, and those seem like good things."
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In a play that is nothing short of taking advantage of soon to be passed copyright laws in Australia, Steve Jobs, CEO Apple, has openly announced that Apple will be accepting a $1 per month ‘Appletax’ for the use of the word ‘Podcast’.
In light of recent revelations in the Australian parliament that legislation set to pass there will see the reasonable use of copyrighted material a punishable offence, Jobs has come out swinging.
“Why should the record companies and media networks get a free hand out from the government in terms of protectionism. We invented the whole platform that steals this content – we should also be able to make money from this new legislation’” Jobs said.
“So we’ve extended the recently introduced ‘Appletax’ that we put on to manufacturers making anything to do with an ipod to incorporate any one or thing that uses the word ‘pod’” Jobs added.
What started out initially as Apple’s request for all people using the word ‘podcast’ to cease and desist, claiming copyright and trademark infringement, has now escalated well beyond.
While some people within the industry believing that this is a bizarre move that would only serve to alienate those millions of people listening to podcasts, but could also ruin the industry of podcasting itself.
This action could trigger a wave of hatred for ipod itself.
“We don’t think so”, Jobs stated defiantly.
“All the money that we are raising from the ‘Appletax’ program on the use of the word ‘podcast’ will be reinvested into a new program at Apple aimed purely at developing new words for the internet that we can tax. The ipod can’t last forever – we must come up with new and innovate revenue streams for our shareholders.”
Cameron Reilly, one of the key players in podcasting industry with his own group, The Podcast Network, has singled Jobs out today with one statement – “he can lick my balls”.
Other opponents to the ‘Appletax’ have also come out in resistance stating that they will not pay. “He can suck my balls for all I care”, stated a jovial Dave Gray from the Global Geek Podcast.
Some of the larger US religious right media players are also getting on board with the resilience to Job’s tax. Hank Wamsteker from the North Dakota Christian Podcasting Centre was offended by the news.
Seemingly angry and agitated at the news, Wamsteker said “as far as we can see, this is a great ruin to our newly formed industry. One that can help our fellow man spreading the good work of the Lord through the good use of technology. For all I care, he can suck his own balls!”
Jobs iterated that Apple was hoping to win over support for the new tax, with a range of new YouTube videos featuring Will Ferrell selling the new tax to podcasters. “We’re making it easy for the podcasters with a prepaid credit card in $50 denominations – just like an iTunes card. It’ll be out next month”.
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The Pool
i kinda lied to y’all about something. i’m sorry. please accept this beautiful photo i took as a gesture of my remorse:
like it? forgive me? well, even if you don’t, the flower-in-the-pool shot still acts as a nice segue to what i lied about. see, it’s like this: i CAN swim. it’s true. i am indeed CAPABLE of swimming. if you threw me into the ocean or a pool, though i would rightfully despise you for the rest of eternity (unless you later proved useful at dispatching unwelcome home pests), i wouldn’t just sink to the bottom. the fact is, i’m just not real keen on The Water. i don’t like it in my eyes. i don’t like it in my ears. and most of all, i don’t like it up my nose. so the only way i can make myself swim, outside of a life-or-death situation, is if my nose is clamped and my eyes are protected. granted, this is still a bit of a theory based on one day when i had a swimming pool all to myself. i pinched my nose closed with one hand, squeezed my eyes shut, and attempted to propel myself through the water using my one free arm. believe it or not, it worked, proving not only that the loss of an arm shouldn’t hinder anyone’s dreams of a career involving swimming but also that i CAN swim. sort of.
now, this only became true of me as an adult. as a child, my parents sent me and my sister to the Y for swim lessons. my sister had her success chart checked off all the way from “puts face in the water” to “swims the length of the pool” or whatever. my chart was checked off through “puts face in the water.” when i think back on the beach vacations we took as a child and how my parents let me go out into the ocean with nothing but an inflatable drugstore raft standing between me and death, i am appalled. what were they thinking? granted, one bad flip-over off that raft—you know the kind: the sudden loss of above-water sounds, the powerful ocean tossing and dragging you, rough sand pelting you from all sides, no concept of which way is up because your eyes are squeezed shut so tight, A SUDDEN, EARLY AWARENESS OF YOUR OWN MORTALITY…well, maybe you don’t know the kind. but anyway, let me get flipped like that once, and i was content to spend the rest of the afternoon sitting with the adults. maybe that was what my parents were counting on. a “she won’t be at that for long” approach. but just imagine if i had drowned! they’d have been sorry then!
soooooo yeah. point is this: i went back to long’s and bought myself a nose clip and some goggles. hey, you know what would make my ensemble complete? a rubber-flowered swim cap. just thought i’d say that before anyone else did. scoff if you will, yo—I’M GETTIN’ IN THE POOL!!!
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Funding Opportunity: DOE Releases Solicitation Environmental Systems Research
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC – November 21, 2017
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) soliciting proposals from single investigators or multi-investigator teams to conduct research on environmental systems science. This program is managed by BER’s Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD), which supports research aimed at advancing DOE’s Earth system predictive capabilities.
The Office of Science has been slow to issue funding solicitations over the last year, but the release of this and another FOAs indicates that DOE is working through the backlog of pending FOA approvals. These approvals have been delayed by the extra layer of review imposed by the Administration on new FOAs and the lack of high-level political appointees at DOE to oversee the process. However, the Senate’s recent confirmation of Paul Dabbar to be Under Secretary for Science should help to relieve the backlog, and it is expected that additional FOAs from BER and other offices within the Office of Science will be released over the coming months.
BER’s Environmental System Science (ESS) program focuses on improving DOE’s ability to predict fluctuations in terrestrial and subsurface ecosystems. This FOA is specifically centered on ESS’ Terrestrial Ecosystem Science activity, which seeks to advance modelling capabilities for terrestrial systems.
Through this FOA, BER is soliciting proposals that improve DOE’s quantitative and predictive understanding of terrestrial ecosystems across both high-latitude and coastal areas. Proposed projects should employ a systems-level approach to analyzing terrestrial ecosystems at multiple temporal and spatial scales. Priority consideration will be given to proposals that incorporate and combine measurement, experimentation, modeling, and/or synthesis to improve “quantitative and predictive understanding of terrestrial ecosystems spanning a continuum from the bedrock through vegetation to the atmospheric interface.” Particular emphasis should be placed on the following three science areas: interactions between above- and below-ground processes and traits; terrestrial-aquatic interfaces; and natural disturbance.
Utilization of or collaboration with relevant user facilities is encouraged. If appropriate, applicants should also connect their proposals to the Energy Exascale Earth System Model and the Community Land Model being developed by DOE.
Total Funding and Award Size: DOE expects to allocate a total of $5 million for 5-10 awards. “Full-size” projects will receive $100,000-$1 million over three years while “high-risk”, exploratory projects will receive $100,000-$300,000 over one or two years.
Performance Period: DOE intends for awards to be made for one-three years.
Eligibility: This FOA is open to all categories of institutions except for Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). National Laboratories may submit as project team members as long as their portion of the project does not exceed 10 percent of the proposed project budget.
Cost Sharing: No cost sharing is required.
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- Pre-applications due – December 20, 2017
Encourage/Discourage Notification – January 5, 2018
- Full Applications due – March 1, 2018
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Tearing at the Seams (Deluxe Edition)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
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Everthing these guys put out is solid gold. Nothing better than kicking back, having a glass of wine and listening to this music. Takes me to another place!
Listening to this album is like teleporting to a place you've never been before, but feeling completely at home. This is everything.
Sitting on the back deck with low lights swinging in the breeze cool drink in hand just soaking it in kinda album, well done yall well done!
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Bilateral ruptures of the extensor mechanism of the knee: A systematic review.
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This live music festival is getting bigger and more fun every year. 2015 saw Saturday headliners Nazareth, Y&T (Yesterday and Today) and UFO thrilling the crowds on top of a mountain, near Ebbw Vale in South Wales.
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Powder Ridge By Pinnacle Lodging is 1100 meters away from Snowflake Chair.
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Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24; (or Genesis 15:1-6; Psalm 33:12-22); Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” – Joseph Campbell
What do we carry in our purses? A little prestige? A yearning for wealth? Perhaps some resentment or envy or even hatred? A pride that excludes others? A couple fences to keep the wrong people out? The things we carry in our emotional purses are what we treasure. What are these purses? Our purses are our hearts (Luke 12:33-34). Sometimes the things we treasure tear apart our hearts, our fragile purses. How could we possibly guard all our heavy luggage from an unexpected thief? A healthy heart keeps pulsing out blood away from itself. It can’t hold it all in, or it will burst. If our goal in life is to have a big cache for ourselves, our hearts will wear out. The paradox of wisdom is the more we give to others, the more we have of something more precious. Maybe our hearts need to be broken to find out what is really worth valuing. When we stumble into an abyss, by our own fault or not, we are finally empty of the garbage we thought we would rather hoard. This is what Alcoholics Anonymous refers to as hitting bottom. Then we can pray with no agenda. When we pray long enough something will change. We will be the richest people in the world, rich because God is pleased to give us the kingdom (Luke 12:32). This is the unexpected hour (Luke 12:40) that God comes to us, in the midnight of our lives (Luke 12:38).
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Luke 12:35 says “be dressed for action.” The Greek actually says “let your loins be girded.” In other words, cover your reproductive organs so you are ready to act. You can’t go out naked. Jesus wanted us dressed for action, yet the paradox is that each of us must stand naked before God.
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Tale of a Public Hearing on Wildlife Planning
DEC'S REAL PRIORITY: RESTORATION OF LARGE PREDATORS
Wolves and Cougars are the Secret Heart of the State's Wildlife Plan
By Carol W. LaGrasse
A routine announcement of an official hearing about the state's wildlife plan caught my eye. This was new and compelled my attention. However, I never expected to discover that a concealed plot was at the heart of the plan.
Days later, we admired exquisitely projected photographs and graphic illustrations of population trends and the influences of factors from climate change to human interaction on fragile birds, wetland habitats, boreal habitats, wildlife linkages from New York to Nova Scotia. But, in spite of the sheer beauty and detail that we viewed, some of the trends seemed inconclusive.
This was the Department of Environmental Conservation's second of two official public hearings on its ten-year New York State Wildlife Action Plan (known as SWAP). It was held on June 29 at the agency's far northern Adirondack headquarters in Ray Brook, near Lake Placid. But where was the public? What was the plan?
When my husband Peter and I arrived at the DEC Region 5 office, the receptionist told us that the meeting was not open to the public. However, at my lengthy insistence that the meeting was a public hearing, she opened the door to the meeting room and went inside. When she came out, she told us that the meeting would not begin until we took two seats that they now had waiting for us.
We were obviously loners among the thirty-odd government officials and leaders of environmental organizations in attendance. If it weren't for Dick Nelson's sports column in the weekly Hamilton County Express, I'd never have heard of the hearing.
As usual for DEC hearings, the ever-courteous official David Winchell introduced the meeting. But it was another high-level DEC official, Joe Racette, who headed production of the Ten Year Wildlife Action Plan and chaired the meeting. The presentations related to 167 species the DEC identified as high priority from the full list of 366 "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) in New York.
The star was Machele Glennon, the daughter of Robert Glennon, the cutting edge environmentalist who was the Adirondack Park Agency's executive director during the contentious early 1990s. Her report about the Wildlife Conservation Society's Boreal Bog and Loon Monitoring Project discussed bird counts and habitats for the selected species. She illustrated references to factors such as area, connectivity, climate change, and human impact with photography and vivid, easily understood charts.
Her agenda was to provide information to protect the beautiful birds and aquatic species in her report, but she buffered this theme with remarks to the effect that particular species were at the edge of their range or that the Adirondack region was between two areas where the species flourished, but that the species were historically unsuited to the conditions here. Her report drew no significant questions.
Audience Participation Squelched
But, when Mr. Racette, who was the third and final speaker, presented his report, a question from me was not well-received. Amid the great concern that was expressed about habitat and wetland loss, I suggested to him that DEC use a more respectful approach toward landowners. I remarked that DEC is mixing wetlands jurisdiction with habitat protection, to the landowner's confusion. Last year, the DEC remapped wetlands in Wilton without the owners' participation, to preserve Blanding's Turtle habitat. The landowners were environmentally conscious people, I pointed out, who had chosen to purchase new homes adjacent to a preserve. However, at a packed meeting on September 3, 2014, Tim Post, the DEC official leading the meeting, simply told the property owners that the agency can legally remap wetland boundaries at its discretion.
I asked Mr. Racette, wouldn't it be better to separate the designation of wetlands from habitat preservation so that the property owners could have a clearer set of rules to deal with, and, also, for DEC to work with the landowners rather than just hand down new wetland maps?
His response was forceful: "You forget that DEC is both a rule-making and regulatory agency!" The wetland remapping and the habitat protection on private property are well within the DEC's power, he said.
I mused silently: DEC does the studies to develop the rules, they make the rules, and then they enforce the rules. And, what kind of a hearing is this, where I get smacked down for making a courteous suggestion for a change of policy?
Mr. Racette added, "You can go to the legislature if you want to change the law." I felt obligated to reply, and said that it is very difficult to counter the influence of DEC's years of lobbying, which it has used successfully to change the law on remapping wetlands. (The legislature eliminated the original procedure to revise wetlands maps, which mandated that new maps be formally promulgated through the rule-making process.)
He was totally certain of this thinking. This contrasted with Ms. Glennon, who, in spite of all her valuable data and conclusions, had pointed out areas requiring more study, and areas where study yielded inclusive or surprise results, such as where the influence of human interaction on particular species did not cause negative effects.
Surprise Ending
When the official presentations were over, Mr. Racette brought the wildlife plan meeting to a close. However, the most interesting incident came at the very end.
There had been almost zero audience participation. Mr. Winchell spoke from where he sat. He asked Mr. Racette to pose questions to the audience.
Instead, rather than asking for participation from the audience, Mr. Racette directed his attention again to the audience to express himself with conviction: His statement came completely by surprise.
"In the Department, our priority is restoration of large carnivores," he pronounced. "But this quest is not socially acceptable."
To accomplish this goal, we are able "to instead work on habitat connectivity," he said. "Restoration of corridors is connected, also."
"Climate change is connected," he added, emphasizing that when the DEC works on issues related to climate change, they are also supporting restoration of large carnivores.
So, we had already driven more than two hours, and sat in the room for another two hours, to hear a top secret official revelation that we never would have known otherwise. This made our time, travel and frustration worthwhile. I had not imagined that the DEC's work for restoration of wolves, about which I have been writing, was the department's singular priority, along with cougars.
Furthermore, the priority was disjointed from the formal ten-year plan. After enduring the entire so-called hearing, we had mainly witnessed discussion and visuals of birds and aquatic species, followed by some ideas on how to protect habitat, but not one mention of the elements of the ten-year wildlife plan for the "large carnivores," except for that final pronouncement.
I doubt that there was information presented that was too subtle for a non-specialist to sift out from the information conveyed in the room. Why was the central goal of "restoration of large carnivores" left hanging until the end? How can the lack of social acceptance of the singular priority goal be an acceptable reason for concealing that goal?
The occasion was a supposed hearing on the ten-year wildlife plan. And the most important goal, the priority, was not explained! Yet, DEC was indeed taking specific action to accomplish that priority, but keeping it from the public.
DEC's Hidden Agenda
The Property Rights Foundation of America has deciphered certain unnoticed DEC publications and actions that clearly present the agency's work for the restoration of large carnivores, namely wolves.
The most important concealed element that PRFA uncovered is former Assistant Commissioner Christopher A. Amato's lengthy June 30, 2011 letter with over 100 pages of attachments to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to try to persuade the agency to declare the wolves that slip into New York as a federally protected species. (1) This letter was brought to public attention three years ago in PRFA's New York Property Rights Clearinghouse. (2)
"Chris" Amato, as he was identified a few weeks after he had stepped down from his DEC position, continued his theme of wolf restoration, as reported in an Associated Press article on New Year's Eve 2011. Sympathetic journalists John Flesher and Matthew Brown wrote, "Vast new territories in the southern Rockies and Northeast are ripe for wolves but unoccupied."
They then quoted Mr. Amato, who had taken a hardline green, anti-access position at DEC: "The habitat is there. The prey is there. Why not give them the chance?" (3)
The next year, PRFA devoted an entire issue of the New York Property Rights Clearinghouse to the significance of "enormous wilderness corridors masquerading as land management" (4) to explain key parts of DEC's forest connectivity analysis in their August 2010 400-plus-page draft "Strategic Plan for State Forest Management" (available only on the DEC web site) (5) (6) (7), and how this plan relates to the perverse vision of wolf migration across the St Lawrence Valley from Canada, over the Adirondacks, and finally down to Georgia.
I've written that connectivity, the establishment of wildlife corridors between deep forest areas, is considered by the environmentalists, including those at DEC, essential to migration of large predators to survive climate change. Furthermore, the environmental literature widely advocates wildlife corridors in their own right, for restored landscape grids as a precursor to widespread reversion of vast land masses to wilderness without human habitation. This is sometimes spoken of as establishing a grid to lead to broader "landscape restoration." It is important to understand the extent of these goals to fathom the necessity for such micromanaging of the protection of habitats and species.
For the purpose of complying with state environmental law, Joe Racette's statement in his official position heading the ten-year wildlife plan, that "The Department's priority is restoration of large carnivores" is a formal announcement representing top policy makers at DEC.
For major DEC actions, such as the ten-year Wildlife Action Plan, the state law requires an environmental impact statement. This requires social and economic analysis and more extensive public participation than DEC structured. Yet no environmental analysis was available. Furthermore, DEC did not provide an analysis to determine whether it could even be possible to restore wolves in New York State. The question arises as to whether DEC intends to restore a hybridized "wolf"a mix of wolf, coyote and dog, considering that the state's environment has so fundamentally changed since a century ago that it may now be impossible to restore the wolf. (8)
General Lack in Clarity of DEC's Ten-year Goals and How They Would be Accomplished
The issue of restoration of large predators was not the only weak area of the June 29 presentations. It was indeed a peculiar "hearing," if, indeed that Ray Brook session could qualify as a hearing.
First of all, the rules, or goals, on Mr. Racette's pertinent powerpoint that were apparently the overall subject of the hearing were overly broad, therefore unclear.
Secondly, the meeting, or "hearing," was a combination of two types of statements: studies and discussion mixed with planning or rule-making. Mr. Racette seemed to speak of rules and discuss them to a certain extent, but mainly he discoursed philosophically on the importance of habitat research and protection. He and the second speaker Dick Bryant, Director of Conservation Programs of The Nature Conservancy, were apparently, in part, discussing the Natural Heritage Program, a two-decades-long Nature Conservancy habitat study program, located within a DEC office and under a continually renewed contract with DEC.
An observer could see where the speakers' interests lie, but, for two speakers of the three, an observer could not discern how they planned to expend DEC's resources to get to whatever goals they had, which were so broad and so extensive as to leave a listener confused. One powerpoint showed "conservation actions" as one of eight required elements of the SWAP, but the actions are not listed. Mr. Racette's overly broad SWAP goals on his powerpoint ranged from "Protect adequate and viable habitats for SGCN" to "Effectively communicate with all audiences regarding conservation of SGCN." When he discussed the need for timely intervention to save the 167 High Priority species, he made a remark similar to a few of Ms. Glennon's, "Some may just be hard to find."
He felt that the process of analyzing habitats was most important, and spoke of fresh water habitats, stream classification and lake classification, and the use of GIS mapping of New York State freshwater habitats. His discussion of habitat analysis seemed more practical and of more interest to him than the listing of the ten-year goals he announced initially. His remarks generated discussion of sources of funds for habitat protection with a couple of environmental leaders in the audience.
The Nature Conservancy's Mr. Bryant, spoke about terrestrial and aquatic habitat connectivity. He was rather specific in discussing his goals and tactics. However, he did not discernibly address the DEC ten-year plan, but discussed some of the Conservancy's expertise and work, beginning with habitat connectivity related to Tug Hill. He spoke of tactics that would be effective, such as "habitat stepping stones." He advocated land use planning and county engagement for good "return on investment." Examples he gave included helping local county highway superintendents with information about effective construction to preserve wildlife and making available the latest 25-year maximum storm surge information for any stream in the state.
In addition, DEC's publication on forest connectivity as part of the "New York State Strategic Plan for State Forest Management" referred to above already exists since 2010, albeit so broad and far-reaching as to be less than fully informative in the context of ten years. But it should be considered a general guide and explanation for some of the goals Mr. Bryant could be working toward.
Missing Elements of the "SWAP"
In addition, the chart of "elements" of the SWAP fails to list the regulatory and legislative approaches, and various efforts that may be coordinated with environmental groups to reach out to the public:
Regulatory approach. One recent DEC regulatory approach was the remapping of wetlands in the town of Wilton in 2014 to protect the habitat of Blandings's Turtle. This regulatory approach has impact similar to eminent domain being imposed on private property owners, but, because it is considered a "partial taking" or "regulatory taking," compensation is routinely denied.
Contacting federal enforcement agencies as did Assistant Commissioner Amato, as explained above in contacting the US. Fish and Wildlife Service, with the goal of restoration of wolves.
Making backhanded appeals to the public (as did just-retired Assistant Commissioner Amato to perhaps generate outside pressure on DEC by giving an interview that touted wolf restoration). At present, environmental groups are exerting pressure on DEC through the press to restore large carnivores (wolves), as did "Protect" quoted in a recent Associated Press article in the Glens Falls Post-Star (9) The sympathetic newspaper printed an editorial in favor of considering the restoration of wolves shortly afterwards. (10)
Confusing Commingling of Speeches
It was actually impossible to concoct a fair or clear public hearing about DEC's Wildlife Action Plan out of the disparate presentations: One style of presentation was roughly in the mode of delivering a scientific study (Ms. Glennon), another in the mode of a loose study paper involving personal observations (Mr. Bryant). The other style of presentation was in a disjointed mode of presenting rules, observations, and goals (Mr. Racette).
Because the technical observations and theories were unexamined in the context of a technical symposium, these presentations cannot pass as scientific presentations, and therefore must be questioned as unsound. Because the "elements" or goals that must have been the ultimate subject of the hearing are overly broad, they do not pass either to be material subject to the public's evaluation at a hearing. Not even one species of SGCN was explained and evaluated through all of the elements of the SWAP and SWAP goals.
Thus there was a complete break, a blank area of missing information which needed to be filled in to complete various of the "elements" between Ms. Glennon's fascinating quasi-scientific study and Mr. Racette's speech theoretically dealing with the State Wildlife Action Plan, while Mr. Bryant's talk shared valuable information from here and there that was of use in various applications to protect wildlife.
The commingling of the two speeches that were technical in nature, but misplaced in the context of the SWAP with the presentation of its overly broad elements and goals resulted in the so-called "hearing" for theoretical planning purposes on New York State's Ten-Year Wildlife Action Plan being utter confusion.
Disciple of Large Predator Restoration Promoted
The deception and camouflage continues.
On October 21, 2015, Patricia Riexinger, Director of DEC's Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources, announced the promotion of Joe Racette to become chief of the Bureau of Wildlife. She cited his diverse background working with sportsmen, game species, wildlife diversity, endangered species, and habitat protection, as well as his wide experience from Alaska to Kenya.
Most of all, she emphasized his accomplishments with the State Wildlife Action Plan (without saying what they were). She failed to mentioned that he must have faced challenges in attempting to accomplish the DEC's singular priority of "restoration of large carnivores" in the context of it being "socially unacceptable."
It is a pity that the agenda-driven experts that delivered their addresses at the June 29 "hearing" and their environmental organization cohorts in the audience cannot drop their fixation on restoring wolves and work on habitat protection and restoration of the many species that are of concern and could prosper in various degrees of proximity to people and a range of other wildlife. The inescapable conclusion is that habitat protection is not the real goal, but that, instead, like the radical leadership of today's environmental movement, they yearn to turn over vast additional expanses of rural land to wilderness dominated by large predators.
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Notes:
(1) Christopher A. Amato, Assistant Commissioner, DEC, to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, June 20, 2011, "Re: Proposed Rule to Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife for the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in the Eastern United States, Initiation of Status Reviews for the Gray Wolf and Eastern Wolf (Canis lycuon)," 8-page letter, attaching a 100-plus page specialized paper written to accompany the letter, including appendices.
(2) "DEC's Wolf Scheming" by Carol W. LaGrasse, New York Property Rights Clearinghouse (Vol. 16, No. 1, Winter 2012, p. 7), Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
(3) "US Gray Wolves Rebound but Face Uncertain Future" by John Flesher and Matthew Brown, Associated Press, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 31, 2011, p. A44.
(4) "Enormous Wilderness Corridors Masquerading as Land Management Refinements," by Carol W. LaGrasse, New York Property Rights Clearinghouse (Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring 2011, p. 1ff).
(5) "Executive Summary: New York State Strategic Plan for State Forest Management," New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Lands and Forests, Bureau of State Land Management (11 pp.):
(6) "New York State Forest Matrix Blocks and State Forest Connectivity," New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, August 2010 (1 page colored map):
(7) See the 400-plus page full final plan (2010) for the full discussion of the matrix system of forest connectivity and all other aspects of the plan (PDF 14.4 MB):
"New York State Strategic Plan for State Forest Management":
(8) "New York State Museum Scientist Co-Authors Study on Wolves, Coyotes" Albany, New York, May 20, 2011, New York State Museum, web press release.
"A State Museum scientist has co-authored a new research article, representing the first detailed genomic study of its kind, which shows that wolves and coyotes in the eastern United States are hybrids between gray wolves, coyotes and domestic dogs.
"Dr. Roland Kays, the Museum's curator of mammals, one of 15 other and international scientists who collaborated in the study that used unprecedented technology, developed from the dog genome, to survey the global genetic diversity of wolves and coyotes. The study used over 48,000 genetic markers, making it the first detailed genomic study of any wild vertebrate species."
(9) "Group: Consider wolves, cougars," Mary Esch, Associated Press, The Post-Star, Glens Falls, New York, July 16, 2015, p. 1. "The group Protect the Adirondacks says the state's updated Wildlife Action Plan contains no mention of possible reintroduction of the big predators."
(10) "Times are changing in Adirondacks," Editorial, The Post-Star, Glens Falls, New York, July 16, 2015, p. A4 | https://prfamerica.org/2016/DECsRealPriority.html | 2018-10-15T17:10:26 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, “There are no second acts in American lives,” but Hamilton resident Howard Michaels is proving otherwise.
Since he retired in June from Lawrence Intermediate School, where he taught art for some 17 years, Michaels is launching what might be the fourth act of his life.
Just in the past couple of years, Michaels has found an artistic niche with his one-of-a-kind graphic portraits of rock music icons like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, George Harrison, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Bob Marley, Prince, and Amy Winehouse.
The Harrison piece, “When He Was Fab,” was created using hand-cut stencils and spray paint on a wood panel, and depicts a serene, somewhat mystical, young George Harrison.
The Winehouse work, “Body and Soul,” was crafted with hand-cut stencils, spray paint, and traditional acrylic paint and brush work on canvas.
These are just two examples of the art forms that had been percolating in Michaels’ imagination as he closed in on his retirement from LIS. He says if he’s not making something, he’s thinking about making something.
As the end of his teaching career approached, he also met and was encouraged by friends and connections he made within the Trenton mural arts/graffiti/activism community, folks such as Will “Kasso” Condry, Leon Rainbow, Dean “Ras” Innocenzi, and Jon “Lank” Conner. But more about those relationships later.
Michaels has gone from teaching to joining a handful of gifted local/regional artists who operate and exhibit at the Visual Stream Gallery Collective on North Main Street in Lambertville — where his portraits of music legends, as well as museum quality, giclee prints of his hand-tinted vintage Cape May beach scene, are currently on view.
Other gallery partners — connected through Trenton’s creative community — include Trenton-based sculptor Bruce Lindsay, artist and West Windsor Arts Council executive director Aylin Green, artist/jewelry maker Alia Benslimane, and mixed-media artist Kathleen Liao.
There is also the gallery’s first guest artist, Abelardo Montano, a Trenton resident whose digitally enhanced drawings and photography will be on exhibit through Friday, September 28.
Michaels says it was through Benslimane that he first heard about and got connected with Visual Stream.
“I went to an exhibit by women artists at a new gallery at the old Broad Street Bank (The BSB Gallery),” he says. “I heard some people, including Alia, talking about a co-op that was in the works, so I asked about it, asked them to keep me posted, and possibly included. Visual Stream opened during the Shad Fest in April.”
Michael was born in Paterson in 1951. His father owned the kind of urban general store you rarely see anymore.
“My dad had a 5 & 10 called Michaels Variety, and it was a real community store,” he says. “He had everything from toys to sewing and school supplies, and even a special Italian section with espresso cups and whatnot.”
“I used to work there, especially around Christmas time, up until my teens,” Michaels says, adding that his mom was a homemaker, but later worked in retail.
In addition, Michaels’ uncles in nearby Totowa had a drug store/consumer items store that was transformed into an art gallery in the late 1990s. Michaels eventually was invited to a show there and was surprised, “The gallery was in my uncles’ old pharmacy. I walked in, and I couldn’t believe it.”
Michaels says he didn’t come from an artistic family, but he always seemed to be drawing anyway and had a knack for it.
“Everyone knew I could draw, but I didn’t take extra classes or anything. I was actually more into sports,” he says, recalling games of stickball, softball, and basketball staged on the concrete playgrounds of Paterson.
To prove his point he shows a couple of drawings he did as a pre-teen, reflecting pop and sports culture of the early 1960s, as well as history.
In his collection there are drawings of Paul McCartney and the other Beatles, a dead-on depiction of his hero Mickey Mantle, and a thoughtful portrait of John F. Kennedy, which Michaels drew when he was in eighth grade, in 1964.
“I just had a knack for looking at photographs and drawing them, but Mickey Mantle really shows my passion,” Michaels says. He then tells a tale of childhood obsession with the Yankees.
“In the early 1960s it was the New York Yankees and Mantle that became my baseball passion,” he says. “I still remember 1961, when Rodger Maris and Mantle had one of the greatest historic seasons for hitting home runs.”
“I played all the sports but baseball was my favorite, from Little League through high school,” Michaels continues. “As a youngster I had many positions on the field: I pitched, played infield, and even caught as a (boy), then later in high school. Through all this, I always stayed creative, drawing and painting at home and school.”
Michaels’ skills and interest in art blossomed at William Paterson College, where he earned a BA in fine arts with a minor in art education in 1975.
After graduation, Michaels found himself Down Under, recruited to teach in a remote town in New South Wales, Australia, for two years.
He recalls having only about 10 students in a small classroom where, outside the windows, a herd of sheep might pass by at any time. He says some of his kids were partly Australian Aborigine in ethnicity, and he has maintained an interest in Aboriginal art and culture.
Sometimes he also uses Aboriginal design elements to accent his rock musician portraits, such as in his likeness of Prince.
On a hiatus from the classroom in the early 1980s, he and good friend Marsha Cudworth saw that Cape May was becoming a mecca for foodies and lovers of Victorian architecture, and the two artist/authors self-published two fully illustrated books about the town.
Then Michaels’ interest in historical scenes from the Garden State led him to develop a collection of original vintage Jersey Shore photographs, which he individually hand-tinted, using photo oils.
The hand-tinting work kept him quite busy for some time — with Michaels providing a 1991 cover for the Princeton Alumni Weekly commemorating the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Michaels’ art has also appeared on the cover and inside “Scholastic” magazine, “New Jersey Outdoors,” and “Victorian Homes.” A full-page example of his work was featured in the textbook, “The Marshall’s Hand Coloring Guide and Gallery Book” (Grace and George Schaub, 1995).
In addition to publications, Michaels has exhibited his hand-tinted works at locations such as the Noyes Museum at its former location in Oceanville, and elsewhere on the Jersey shore. And besides Visual Stream, Michaels also shows his hand-tinted pieces at venues in central Jersey, including the Brookwood Cafe in Hamilton.
He returned to the classroom in the 1990s, teaching art in the Ocean County school district, and was then hired by the Lawrence School District in 2001.
At LIS he discovered that cartooning (especially Sponge Bob) was an excellent way to relate with the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade art students.
Another venture into pop art he shared with his LIS students was “King Tut.” This dazzling and realistic sarcophagus began as a cardboard box and, through Michaels’ imagination and skill, grew to become a labor of love.
Then there was Michaels’ more recent “Funky Tut,” a custom x-ray (done by Michaels’ chiropractor) of the interior armature of Tut’s torso — the chicken wire, aluminum foil, screws, etc., that hold the thing together. Lit up with LED lights, it graced the window of Trenton Social bar and restaurant for a while. The multi-media construction is now on view at Visual Stream.
Returning to talk regarding Trenton, Michaels says there was something about the Trenton art scene that felt like home.
His connections with the Trenton art crowd began several years ago when he got involved with Artworks. There he met DJ/promoter/activist Jacque Howard, who drove him around the East Hanover neighborhood and brought him to the SAGE Coalition, just at the start of the Gandhi Garden.
“I met Kasso there when he was painting the Gandhi mural,” Michaels says. “That was when I recognized that the man in the SAGE logo was an Aborigine, and we connected over that.”
“That was the beginning of me hanging out in Trenton,” he says. “I met all the guys, but it was Jon Conner who really influenced me, his involvement with community activism and the ‘Windows of Soul’ project, I was part of that too.”
“I liked the young, energetic type of people I was meeting, and they didn’t judge me – I was their contemporary,” Michaels says. “All this energized me, helped me to focus on helping out as well as being part of the art scene, but I hadn’t started my own brand of art yet. I was more of an observer.”
Little by little, he experimented with painting on photography, showing some of this work at the Trenton Downtown Association’s now inactive Gallery 219 on East Hanover Street. Michaels also played with retro images of Twiggy and other fashion models from the 1960s, doing a combination of painting, photography and montage.
Michaels’ focus on musical superstars began after Prince died in 2016 and SAGE artists created a giant mural in tribute. Michaels was inspired to try and create a stencil of Prince, but didn’t quite know how it was done.
He says Conner gave him some artistic advice and moral support, telling him, “No matter what you do, it’ll be good.”
Michaels says he then “used the copy machine at school, made really big copies (of a Prince image) and pasted them on cardboard, then started cutting out around the lines. Leon Rainbow suggested I spray paint it. That was the beginning of me doing the music icons, spray painting around stencils.”
The Prince piece is titled “1999” and was crafted from hand-cut stencils, acrylic markers, and spray paint on fiber board. (The story of its creation is more complicated, but stop into Visual Stream and the artist will clue you in.)
Michaels later did an anti-violence poster featuring John Lennon, and followed that with Harrison, then David Bowie, Janis Joplin, etc., and then a self-portrait, showcasing his goatee, sunglasses, and headphones.
The artist has since shown his rock-related work at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, Base Camp Trenton, Common Threads exhibitions at the Hopewell Valley Vineyard, Art All Night, Art All Day, and Verve restaurant in Somerville, among others. And coming up in November, he will exhibit a variety of prints and mixed media works at Sumo Sushi and Teppanyaki in Pennington.
Trenton’s new mayor, Reed Gusciora, is an admirer of Michaels’ work, and the artist’s graphic design/portrait of Jimi Hendrix hangs in a significant spot on the walls of City Hall.
“I had an art show at Base Camp Trenton where one room of the building is the Siegel-LaBate Realty Company (on Front Street),” he says. “The rest of this renovated townhouse is used to rent temporary office space. What I didn’t know was that a few months earlier, it was also the campaign headquarters for Reed Gusciora.”
The mayor, who had previously met Michaels during a Trenton Social bike ride through the city’s historic sites, saw Michaels’ work and was drawn to the Hendrix graphic design with the quote, “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
“While discussing my art work with him, I got a general sense of why this particular piece interested (the mayor),” Michaels says. “Besides liking my nostalgic rock legends series, I think this quote really resonated with the Mayor. It’s a very positive message for a politician and for the city as well.”
Visual Stream Gallery Collective, 7 North Main Street, Lambertville. Guest artist Abelardo Montano on exhibit through Friday, September 28. Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 1 to 7 p.m., and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Michaels’ art will also be exhibited at Sumo Sushi and Teppanyaki, 12 South Main Street, Pennington in November. 609-737-8788..
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When you think about wealth planning, you probably think about the financial aspects—discussions about assets, trusts, wills, and property. But did you know that a holistic planning approach can also help improve personal relationships within your family?
"When families communicate regularly and work on financial issues together, they often develop shared goals and a healthy sense of purpose," says Katherine Dean, head of Family Dynamics for Wells Fargo Private Bank. In other words, an effective wealth plan can deal with more than numbers and assets. It can also help deepen family relationships.
Dean and her nationwide group of family dynamics consultants work closely with high-net-worth families of all types and sizes. Here are five key practices Dean and her team suggest for building your family's assets and your personal connections at the same time.
1. Meet regularly, in person. Whether your family consists of just parents and kids or an extended group of relatives, hold ongoing wealth-planning meetings. A good wealth plan is not a static financial or legal document; it's a dynamic thing, achieved through ongoing effort and care. Also, Dean says that videoconferencing is not enough—your family really needs to meet face to face. How often you do so depends on the complexity of your financial situation, though Dean points out that the families who are the most successful with this meet at least once a quarter.
2. Clarify your talking points. Some parents may simply review their estate plans with the adult children. Other families might discuss issues such as:
- Whether to pool their charitable donations for greater impact
- How to share responsibility for family properties
- Which relatives will take over the family business (or if a sale is part of the plan) and how best to prepare them
3. Create a safe place to talk. "Wealth has a tendency to magnify complicated dynamics between family members," notes Dean. For this reason, it's important for your wealth-planning meetings to have clear, respectful rules, including:
- Clearly identify "family." Who should attend family wealth meetings? Spouses? Children of a certain age? Adopted relatives? Selected nonfamily friends?
- Limit interruptions. Consider using a talking tool such as a beanbag or other prop. The person who is in possession of the item has the floor and may talk without interruption.
- Ensure privacy. What confidential family information stays within the room, and what can be shared with others?
4. Identify shared family values. This step may be one of the most important parts of a good family wealth plan, says Dean. Why? "Having shared intentions about money is one of the most effective ways for families to retain their wealth over many generations," she says. Without it, family groups may splinter, fight, and make expensive financial mistakes.
Shared priorities can differ from family to family. For example, does your clan share a commitment to improving education? Preserving the environment? Having a sense of adventure in all that you do? Once you pinpoint common attitudes about the purpose of your wealth, older family members can model those values to younger family members. You may also choose to use your shared wealth to further these shared priorities.
5. Meaningfully include the younger generations. "Young people rarely receive formal financial education these days. However, it's important to prepare them well for the big responsibility of taking over your family's wealth," says Dean. Consider ways to mentor younger family members on financial issues as well as develop skills for working in the family business or on the board of your family foundation.
"By nurturing family communication and trust, preparing heirs, and agreeing on a family mission, families have a strong chance of preserving their legacy over time," Dean reminds. If managing your family's wealth-planning process sounds daunting, talk to your relationship manager about how Wells Fargo Private Bank can help you develop a comprehensive plan backed by a shared family vision. | https://privatebank.wf.com/conversations/article/family_wealth_plan/ | 2018-10-15T17:58:04 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
The Lion and the Tiger
A Variation on an Aesop Fable
By Lynea Bowdish
Story:
Once an old Lion and an old Tiger stood at the edge of the wood. The wood was dark and dangerous.
"I'm old and can't see well," said Lion. "Tiger, help guide me through this wood."
"How can I do that?" said Tiger. "My legs are bad and I can hardly walk. I can't get through the wood myself."
The two sat there for a long time. Lion was afraid he would get lost in the wood because he couldn't see. Tiger was afraid he couldn't drag himself such a long distance.
Finally, Lion spoke.
"Alone, we may not make it through the wood,"
Lion said. "But together we may."
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ProcureCon Indirect East 2019
March 25 - 27, 2019
Omni Amelia Island, FL
2018 Speakers
Chief Procurement Officer
Groupon
John leads Groupon's Global Procurement, Real Estate and Facilities teams and has been a key driving force in helping Groupon simplify its operations and transform the Groupon local sales and service organizations. In 2017, he and the Procurement team launched Coupa globally to improve the P2P process. John is one of Groupon's most tenured Grouponers as employee #163. During that time at Groupon he has held leadership roles in five different departments including Marketing, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Executive.
Prior to Groupon John worked for leading brands such as Sears, United Airlines and Citibank leading Marketing and Strategic Planning programs.
John received his MBA from Vanderbilt University OGSM in 1994.
Director, Category Management
The E. W. Scripps Company
Kevin is a Director – Category Management for The E.W. Scripps Company, which serves audiences and businesses through a growing portfolio of television, radio and digital media brands. He has been with Scripps in various roles for 29 years, first on the journalism, operational and technology categories at a Scripps TV station where his duties included purchasing and vendor management. For the last 12 years, he has been a member of the Scripps Procurement team. Kevin is responsible for enterprise wide vendor relationships in numerous categories including Travel, he is responsible for travel procurement, manages the day to day relationship with their TMC and other travel partners. Kevin is a member of the Business Travel News (BTN) advisory board.
Senior Product Manager, Procure to Pay
Basware
Chief Procurement Officer
Biogen.
Vice President, Procurement
Cross Country Healthcare
President & CEO
Richwell Group
Jamie Crump is President of The Richwell Group, a consulting and coaching company for Fortune 500 and small business in the areas of strategic sourcing and supplier diversity. Jamie has been a thought leader in both areas for over 25 years in a variety of industries including banking, telecommunications, IT, pharmaceutical, welding & medical, and heavy equipment rental. She was most recently Director of Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Diversity for United Rentals, Inc., where she developed the team and strategy for indirect sourcing and an award winning supplier diversity program. Jamie is a frequent speaker at sourcing and diversity events throughout the United States and Canada. She is a charter Advisory Board member for ProcureCon and for Diversity Professional. Jamie lives in Blairsville, GA with her husband Bill Thebert, a retired freelance sports photographer.
Senior Director, Procurement
CF Industries
Kimberly De Witt is Senior Director, Procurement for CF Industries, a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing and distribution. In this capacity, Kimberly and her team are responsible for the procurement of equipment, materials and services utilized to support the manufacturing and distribution operations and she is based in the CF Deerfield, IL office.
Before joining the company in 2015, Kimberly held a variety of leadership roles in procurement at BP, Oldcastle, Disney, Diversey (formerly JohnsonDiversey, part of the SC Johnson family of companies) now Sealed Air and Morton (now part of Dow). In addition to her roles in procurement, Kimberly has worked in finance, engineering and sales for ExxonMobil and AkzoNobel.
Kimberly holds a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She received her MBA in Finance from Columbia University School of Business. Kimberly is a member of Institute for Supply Management and is a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM).
Supply Chain Consultant, Integrated Services
Wolseley Industrial Group
Chief Procurement Officer
Dun & Bradstreet
Kevin Giblin is the Head of Global Sourcing and Procurement at Dun & Bradstreet. In this role, he leads a team that manages all indirect categories, establishing sourcing strategies and SRM to ensure sustainable. His career has included a number of prestigious awards, including: the 2017 EPIC Award for Career Excellence in Indirect Purchasing, a 2012 Green Supply Chain Award from SDCE, the IACCM-sponsored “Collaborate to Innovate Award” in 2011, the 2009 CTB Achievement Award in recognition for his significant contribution towards reducing supply chain costs, and a Corporate Achievement Award in 2006 for his innovative approach to sourcing editorial services spend.
From 2007-2014, he served on the committee for ISM-National’s Supplier Management Group, chartered with developing an industry-wide best practices model for supplier capabilities maturity. From 2011 through 2014, he served as group Chair. He has previously served as curriculum advisor for Folsom College’s Purchasing program, and has written numerous articles that have appeared in industry publications. He currently serves on the ISM NJ Education Committee and is a frequent industry speaker.
Vice President, Purchasing
AmerisourceBergen
With over 25 years ofexperience in the travel industry, Sean has been instrumental in thedevelopment and managing of the travel programs for St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, Guess Inc., Hilton Worldwide, and Corinthian Colleges. Currently he is charged with developing aglobal travel program for Riot Games in Los Angeles. Sean is an advocate for change andimprovement by embracing technology and forward thinking, but always keeping travelersafety & satisfaction at the forefront of his approach followed bycompliance & savings. His areas ofresponsibilities have included travel, meetings, corporate & purchasingcard, fleet, and expense management. Inaddition to his duties at Riot Games, Sean has served on the Board of Directorsof the Los Angeles Business Travel Association for the last 8 years and currentlyholds the position of President-elect and has twice been awarded thePresident’s Choice Award.
Chief Operations Officer, Co-Owner and General Manager
ConnXus
Daryl joined ConnXus as Chief Operations Officer and Co-Owner in early 2014. After retiring from being Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sears Optical, N.A., a licensed brand owned and operated by Luxottica Group, Daryl founded Peabody Executive Coaching and Performance Management Group in 2012. He has over 20 years of experience leading and coaching at the most senior executive levels in Fortune 500, nonprofits, startups, mid and small organizations.
At ConnXus, Daryl manages day-to-day operations by leading a diverse and cross-functional team through record growth, multiple rounds of venture capital funding, and change management through major platform expansions and development.
Daryl earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Alcorn State University. Today, he serves on the March of Dimes Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Board of Directors and is a member of the prestigious Young President’s Organization (YPO), an international group of young CEOs and Presidents.
Director of Strategic Accounts
ConnXus
Carrie joined ConnXus as an Account Executive in May of 2015. Carrie is a proven leader with over 17 years of experience motivating, teaching, and directing students and employees in collegiate athletics, education, and management. As the voice of all ConnXus clients, she has been able to apply her unique leadership background to impact high growth in new business and secure long-term customer relationships. In managing day-to-day client affairs, she ensures the team’s strategic efforts align with customer satisfaction.
Adept at team building, Carrie was honored two times by the University of Cincinnati’s Track and Field program with the “Best Teammate Award.” In 1998, Carrie was honored with an NCAA Leadership Award. Today, as the Director of Strategic Accounts at ConnXus, a software company that is disrupting the way procurement sources and manages suppliers, Carrie prides herself in being a critical player for increased revenue and overall success of the business.
Chief Procurement Officer, Senior Vice President, Head of Strategic Sourcing and Corporate Functions Operations
SunTrust Bank
John Healy is the Head of Strategic Sourcing and Corporate Functions Operations for SunTrust Banks, Inc. He is responsible for leading Human Resources Operations, Accounts Payable Operations and Strategic Sourcing Management.
John has been with SunTrust since 2012 and most recently as managing director and head of Capital Markets Operations for STRH. He has more than seventeen years of business experience, including retail, trading, and operations. He is skilled in creating high-performance teams, developing and maintaining rapport with stakeholders, applying analytical reasoning, and supporting key process enhancements. John is a seasoned operations executive who has proven success in organizational design, execution, and talent management. Prior to joining SunTrust, John was a director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Healy earned a B.A. from Belmont Abbey College and an M.B.A. with a specialization in Finance and Economics from Loyola University Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Director Strategic Sourcing
Carnival Cruise Line
A leader in global supply chain management specializing in strategic sourcing of complex operational spends in direct & indirect materials, services and capital projects • Director of Strategic Sourcing at Carnival Cruise Line, leads a team addressing >$400M of marine & hotel technical spend of a fleet of 25 ships which includes engine, propulsion, auxiliary systems, electrical, HVAC, elevator, navigation and communication systems, lifesaving appliances, fire-fighting equipment, chemicals, MRO, galley and laundry equipment, and related services • over 25 years of experience spanning industries/sectors, including manufacturing, transportation & distribution, maritime, hospitality, oil & gas, management consulting and international business experience in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East • held similar roles at IBM, Amgen, PwC, HD Supply, and Noranda Aluminum • managed annual spends of category management from $200M to $800M with >$80M documented savings in price, process improvement, and demand management In parallel with his civilian career, served over 30 years in the Army Reserve, specializing in military engineering and logistics, commanded at the company and battalion-levels, holds the rank of Colonel, and currently serving on the faculty at the United States Army War College, Carlisle, PA.
Director of Indirect Supply Chain / Factory, Tooling & Production
The Boeing Company
Senior Vice President Procurement and Real Estate
Adecco Group
Mindy Holden recently started as the Senior Vice President of Procurement and Real Estate for The Adecco Group, the world’s leading staffing solutions company. Mindy is based out of the Jacksonville, FL headquarters office. She and her team are responsible for managing the procurement of third party spend as well as the real estate portfolio of 620 offices in North America.
Prior to this role, Mindy was the Chief Procurement Officer and VP Real Estate and Accounts Payable for Direct Energy where she was responsible for procurement, a real estate portfolio of ~100 properties across North America, and Accounts Payable where she was focused on integrating leading practices across this team. Prior to joining Direct Energy, Mindy was responsible for category and supplier management for the Tennessee Valley Authority where she led a team to create a leading practice category management model. Mindy and her team were responsible for developing long-term strategies, management of the supply base including risk mitigation, ongoing improvement in cost, demand management, and supplier management.
Mindy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland where she graduated magna cum laude.
She is also Green Belt and DFSS certified. Mindy is on the Board for the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Conference and served on the Boards for the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas and the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber.
In her spare time, Mindy and her husband enjoy getting to know Jacksonville and the Ponte Vedra Beach areas, spending time with their three children, and are thoroughly enjoying their newest additions to the family - two golden doodle puppies.
Global Supplier Relationship Management and Marketing Procurement Lead
Citrix
Following a career launch in the nonprofit space, Stacy's 15 years of experience in procurement began in e-sourcing, and later developed into procurement consulting work across sectors and categories, and finally into Marketing procurement leadership roles in the pharmaceutical and technology industries. A few of her areas of current focus and interest include supplier-enabled innovation, agency engagement optimization, and procurement approaches for not-for-profit organizations and small businesses.
Stacy currently serves as Global Supplier Value Optimization and Marketing Procurement Lead for Citrix, where she manages the compete profile of marketing and media spend across regions and divisions. Prior to Citrix, Stacy held roles in global Agencies category leadership and Marketing transformation implementation with Novartis.
Stacy holds a BA in English and Spanish from Dickinson College, as well as both an MBA in Marketing and Master of International Business from the University of Pittsburgh.
Senior Director, Client Solutions
PRO Unlimited
Global Head of Procurement Support Services
QBE Insurance
Vice President, Enterprise Strategic Sourcing
Lowes
Procurement Professional with over twenty years of management experience in strategic sourcing functions including implementation of: return on investment (ROI) programs; enterprise wide strategic sourcing initiatives , source to pay leadership; integration of multiple service providers and corporate procurement strategy.
Provides strong communication skills with proven success in developing and mentoring a geographically diverse staff including optimizing and organizing operational structures. Result oriented and goal driven leader to meet corporate business strategic plans.
Head of Procurement
Jefferson Science Associates
Lynn McKnight is Head of Procurement at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), a particle physics research facility located in Newport News, Virginia. The facility is one of 17 national laboratories funded by the Department of Energy. Its mission is to conduct nuclear physics research using the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF).
In his present capacity he is responsible for direct and indirect sourcing, procurement, strategic vision, operational planning and execution of Procurement operations. Lynn is a Supply Chain professional, having held global leadership positions in defense and commercial markets.
Prior to joining Jefferson Lab part of his 30 year career was as Director of Supply Chain Management (Ideal Innovations, Inc.), Head of Corporate Compliance and Training (SAIC) and Senior Manager Procurement and Supply Management (Kellogg Brown & Root).
Lynn holds a B.S. in Business Management from Hampton University and is certified Lean Six Sigma.
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Liquidity Services
Chariman
COPC
Cliff Moore is co-founder and chairman of COPC Inc. Based on his extensive experience with performance management systems, including the development of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program (where he served as an Examiner, Senior Examiner, and a member of the panel of judges), Cliff led the research and the working sessions to develop the COPC Customer Service Provider (CSP) Standard in 1996. This industry standard for performance in customer experience operations has become the foundation for the COPC® Family of Standards, which today are known as the most rigorous and prestigious performance management systems in the customer experience industry.
Recognizing the need for guidelines based on best practices in indirect procurement, in late 2015 Cliff began working with industry leaders and academicians from Western Michigan University to develop the industry’s first and only Indirect Procurement Standard.
Cliff works with senior management teams at dozens of Fortune 500 firms, developing and implementing service and performance improvement strategies.
Cliff received his MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia (with Shermet and Faculty Awards) and has a BS in Business Administration (Summa Cum Laude) from Old Dominion University.
Head of Innovation
Allegis Global Solutions
Strategic Sourcing & Procurement – Technology & Business Services
John Wiley & Sons
Procurement Manager
Watermark Retirement Communities
Leader - US Enterprise Sales
Amazon Business Services
Corporate Procurement and Strategic Commodities
WPP Group
Shari Pansuti is the Corporate Procurment Director for North American facility operations for WPP, the world’s leading communications services group with revenues of over $19 billion and billings of $74 billion in 2016. In her role, she oversees WPP’s North American facilities sourcing team and is charged with building and maintaining cross-functional relationships among WPP’s operating companies.
Her responsibilities include strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, managing supplier relationships, developing and executing RFPs, category management, establishing procurment protocol and devloping and overseeing the scope of work for all WPP facilities in North America.
Ms. Pansuti joined WPP in 2004 when Bates Advertising became part of the Group. She worked at Bates for 19 years, ultimately assuming a management role as Procurement Director. A member of ISM Sponsorship Committee, Ms. Pansuti enjoys visiting her two daughters, one a 4th grade Special Ed Teacher in Syracuse and the other a student at Florida International University, when not working at WPP.
Vice President, Strategy & Market Development
Coupa
As General Manager of Power Applications, Gabe Perez has global responsibilities for go-to- market strategies across Coupa's Power Applications (Sourcing, Sourcing Optimization [Formerly known as Trade Extensions], Supplier Information Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, Inventory, Analytics, AI Classify [Formerly known as Spend360] and Coupa Risk Aware)..
Gabe has been at Coupa for more than 6 years. He has held a many roles, from being a project manager to running our presales team globally, prior to that he worked at Ariba where he participated in many global rollouts of their software.
Director of Procurement
Jacksonville Aviation Authority
Devin Reed is the Director of Procurement for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, responsible for ensuring all purchases and contracts are awarded decently and in order; also responsible for inventory functions.
He was previously. Prior to this,, Devin had been appointed by Mayor John Peyton and confirmed by City Council in 2003 to serve as the Director of the City of Jacksonville’s Department of Procurement.
Devin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, as well as his Juris Doctorate degree, from the University of Florida. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since his admission in October 1995.
Vice President, Global Sales
Liquidity Services
Chris Register is a top Sales Leader with over 15 years of experience in Reverse Supply Chain and Surplus Asset Management. Chris has consistently implemented global programs for Fortune 500 companies such Honeywell, Eaton, Schneider Electric, Roche, Abbott and Kimberly Clark.
Chris first developed a passion for surplus asset management with DoveBid in the early 2000’s where he established a keen client needs assessment aptitude. This invaluable experience gave him the opportunity to focus on and expanded his cross functional leadership skills needed to consistently meet and exceed his goals. In only his second year, Chris received a letter from the USPS congratulating him for his company being nominated for the Quality Supplier Award (QSA), a noteworthy achievement.
President &.
Joseph is a visionary who integrates theory and practice in creating and executing innovative approaches and methods to accomplish complex business objectives. He is considered an International Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Supply Chain and Organizational Behavior, and has received numerous awards for his professional services and serves on several Advisory Boards.
Information, Analytics & Systems Director
University of California, Office of the President
Erin is the Director of Information, Analytics & Systems for Procurement Services at the University of California system. Erin has more than 12 years of analytics and systems experience within private and public sector supply chain organizations.
Since joining UC in late 2011, Erin has been designing and delivering systemwide solutions including spend analytics, sourcing technology, eProcurement process and content enhancements, and a robust benefit (savings) program. Erin was a key member of the P200 team, responsible for transforming systemwide Procurement to deliver $298M in benefit (savings) last fiscal year, far surpassing the $200M target
Procurement Manager IT and Marketing
Perdue Farms
Neil Schloss is the Sourcing Manager for Indirect Procurement at Perdue Farms Inc. supporting IT and Marketing sourcing requirements. He holds a BSIE from University of Buffalo and MBA from New York Institute of Technology. He has held leadership roles for Direct and Indirect procurement areas for more than 30 years in a variety of verticals. They would include heavy industrial organizations like Carrier Air Conditioning, Black & Decker – Kwikset Div., Financial, Insurance and most recently CPG - food processing. He has extensive experience with e-Procurement deployment and effective Procurement engagement within early project creation. He enjoys golf, racquetball and family while living in Scottsdale, AZ.
Chief Procurement Officer
Microsoft
As a 20+ year veteran at Microsoft, Mike has served the company in various procurement and outsourcing roles. He currently leads Microsoft Procurement as the company’s Chief
Procurement Officer (CPO), a global organization of 250+, operatio
nal.
Specific Expertise & Accolades:
- Business Transformation
- Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation
- Contact Center Management
- Vendor/Supplier Relationship Management
- Process Improvement
- Quality Management Framework
- Responsible Sourcing (Diversity)
- COPC Standards Committee member since 1999
- BPO Industry “Buyer’s Forum” Founder
Procurement Specialist
CF Industries
Janet Simpson works as a Procurement Specialist at CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) a global leader in nitrogen manufacturing and distribution. Janet’s area of focus is Information Technology, where she collaborates with IT leaders to deliver on strategic initiatives to meet business needs. She is passionate about leveraging cloud technologies to allow business units to transform operations, act with agility and inspire innovation.
Before joining CF in 2014, Janet held a variety of roles at Beam Suntory, Mylan Institutional and CVS Caremark.
Janet holds a B.S. in Marketing from Northern Illinois University and is currently pursuing an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Sourcing Director
DuPont
Jeffery Smith has served as the Global Director of Indirect Materials and Services for the Sourcing and Logistics function in DuPont since July 2012. In this role, Jeff oversees a global staff of 150 employees responsible for approximately $6 billion in spend for good and services that include human resources, information technology, professional services, MRO, fleet, travel and site services. His selection followed more than 36 years of experience with DuPont, including more than 16 years in Sourcing & Logistics and 15 in Sales and Marketing, as well as positions in Information Technology and Applied Technology.
His tenure with DuPont has allowed Jeff to work with multiple industries, including electronics, chemicals, industrial products and agriculture and to travel the world. He is well known for his ability to develop winning global teams with outstanding execution that consistently delivery beyond objectives. He attributes this success to being genuine, transparent, and collaborative, and most importantly, demonstrating servant leadership.
Jeff holds a degree in Management and Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and stressed the importance of being a lifelong learner. He also holds a Certification in Supply Chain Professional – APICS and is very involved in Employee Organizational Development at DuPont.
Motivational/Development Speaker
Bravo CC
Libby works with professionals across a number of industries and professions, teaching them to be game changers in the marketplace by taking their communication skills seriously!
She starts by asking the question "What's YOUR Plan BE?" to get to the heart of who they want to be as a professional. Libby is convinced that, when we take the time to answer this fundamental question, we are more likely to find our own success.
Her Plan Be? Be an educator, Be a liberator, Be an entertainer.
Senior Director Procurement – Strategic Sourcing, P2P Business Integrations, and Systems
Best Buy
Goods and Services Indirect Procurement Director
AGCO Corporation
Béatrice Walker is Director, Global Indirect Purchasing, Goods and Services at AGCO, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural solutions, and is responsible for the transformation of the indirect global operating model.
Béatrice has 15+ years of increased global responsibilities in strategic indirect sourcing, production and inventory control, client management, supply chain transformation and employee engagement. She is also a recognized leader within the contingent workforce space as having led Freescale Semiconductor, her first employer, to be a Staffing Industry Analyst Case Study Contest Finalist in 2012.
Nominated in 2009 for the Austin, Young Women’s Christian Association, Leader of promise Award, she has served in various non-profit leadership roles such as founding member of the Texas Women in Business and Board Member of the Women Chamber of Commerce of Texas.
At work, she was the chair of the Freescale Women Leadership Team employee affinity group, and is currently on the AGCO Global Women Network Group’s leadership team. Native of France, Béatrice moved to the USA after earning a Master in Management, Specialization in Supply Chain from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce De Toulouse. She is certified as Project Management Professional (PMP) and Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP).
VP of Corporate Development
Zycus
Senior Manager of Global Indirect Commodities
Welbilt
Christian Widmann is currently the Senior Manager of Global Indirect Commodities for Welbilt, formally known as Manitowoc Foodservice. Previously he was the Director of Global Indirect Commodities at Manitowoc Cranes where he was responsible for the global spend. Two years ago The Manitowoc Company went through a corporate split and became two distinct entities. Christian's main responsibility was to ensure the separation of all contracts for both companies. His vast experience expands over 30 plus years, covering both direct and indirect procurement, and includes working in a variety of industries: higher education, luxury food and beverage, heavy construction equipment, manufacturing, government, consumer goods, and business process outsourcing to name a few.
In recent years, Christian's main focus has been on indirect procurement, implementing SAP, and assisting with manufacturing operations. His experience includes expertise in the following areas: facilities, operations, marketing, CAPEX, MRO, utilities, human resources, corporate services, professional services, travel, transportation, 3PL, outsourcing services, consultants, telecommunications, BPO, P2P and IT. Christian holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix.
Senior Vice President
Insight Sourcing Group
Vice President, Sales
American Express Global Business Travel
Christina began her career in the hospitality industry in Montreal with Holiday Inn which led to a variety of management positions and culminated with the role of Director of Sales for IHG’s National Sales Office in Canada. In 2000, she left IHG taking a leap into the business travel management arena and has been with American Express since 2003. Over the years, she has held a variety of key business development leadership roles and has had the opportunity to work with customers in the energy sector with global and national programs.
Christina is the Vice President, U.S. Middle Market Sales and leads a client management and business development team across the eastern United States for American Express Global Business Travel. Previously, she was Vice President of Sales for Canada and is familiar with the oil patch in Canada and the unique needs of GBT’s oil and gas customers.
Christina is passionate about the business travel industry and helping her customers navigate the constantly evolving business travel landscape. She has a proven track record of developing strategies to help customers build best-in-class programs that demonstrate value to shareholders and stakeholders including travelers. Over the last 5 years, she has played a key role in the evolution of an efficient travel and accommodation management solution specifically designed to support the requirements of the oil, gas, mining and LNG industries that she will tell you more about today.
Director, Global Indirect Procurement
Densply Sirona
Chief Operating Officer
Net2Source.
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Huawei, regarded as the largest Chinese Android smartphone manufacturer in the world, has a very ambitious plan set in motion. The company is aiming to become the largest smartphone manufacturer in a time span of 5 years and intends on overtaking the likes of both Apple and Samsung. According to the latest report, chairman of Huawei Device and CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group aims to surpass the reigning smartphone giants. and from the looks of its current growth, it looks like it could definitely be possible.
Here is how Huawei could surpass both Apple and Samsung in the next five years
Richard Yu, the chairman of Huawei Device and CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group has stated that the company has been growing since the past five years in order to see its shipments expand over 30 percent in 2016. Apart from China, where mass population has enabled several Chinese smartphone manufacturers to get a head start, the Android smartphone maker has also stated that it is slowly expanding its presence in the United States and will also be looking to seek partnerships with telecom companies to further increase that market share.
Perhaps the biggest game changer for Huawei will be its pricing strategy. Five to seven years ago, flagship smartphones would be priced in such a manner that would make it difficult for the budget crowd to make a purchase but looking at the trend now, several manufacturers have started to price their products extremely competitively, and things are not going to look that easy for the Chinese firm. Yesterday, Xiaomi, which is Huawei’s biggest Android smartphone rival, unveiled its flagship Mi5, and that too at a very affordable price. This shows that companies can roll out the best price/performance smartphones and price them at competitive rates in order to get more traction in the market.
For Huawei, it should not just be about the high-end market, but lower-end markets as well. In Pakistan, where the majority of the consumer base relies on used handsets carrying a smaller price, a firm strategy over a device’s price tag is going to be critically important. Granted, the company does have a presence in Pakistan, but it is only a matter of time before its competitors ranging from ZUK (which has already launched its Z1 in Pakistan), and Xiaomi get an official presence in the region, making things even more complicated for them.
Looking at Mate 8, we have to conclude that Huawei has done quite well in raising the bar for premium handsets, but its focus should also be towards mid-ranged and low-end smartphones, otherwise someone else will take the market from them eventually.
So can Huawei surpass Samsung and Apple in the next five years?
Depending on how they go about according to their strategy, it is highly possible that Huawei becomes the largest smartphone manufacturer on the planet. Looks like time will tell what strategies the company comes up with in the near future.
- Ahmad Khan Sabri
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Had a chat with Alice .
"You run so hard recently. Do you know what will happen?"
This is a sure tricky question, I told myself. I press pause button.
"Do you know the earth will be flattened by you very soon."
"Oh that's funny. I shall create a new flat world."
A nearby mushroom murmured, " You will be as flat as me before anything can happen."
8 comments:
If we have a flat world then we should be careful not to fall off the edge. Flat mushrooms, flat worlds. Both look out of flat computer screens. I'm glad to see your world again.
Hello,
You must love running. The flat mushroom is pretty. Enjoy your day and weekend!
Nice shot.. Happy weekend..
Lovely mushroom. Have a nice weekend
Alice and the mushroom are both very observant.
Beautiful mushroom. Send a regards to Alice from me :)
I worry about the way our earth is changing because of what we're doing to it, but falling off of it when it becomes flat has not been foremost on my mind! Anyway, these changes take time -- Alice, the mushroom, and I will all be gone before that happens. (But maybe not before fires, floods, and earthquakes.)
The flat mushroom is very beautiful.
If the earth were also flat, then I'm afraid we'll fall off.
It's good that Alice is paying attention :-)
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This Taocri petite crescent emerald diamond engagement ring setting is beautifully adorned with .43 carats of round, brilliant diamonds. The ring can be ordered in 18k white, yellow rose gold or platinum. See more Tacori engagement rings here.
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In this article, I examine Wennberg's “practice style” hypothesis and the literature on variations among small areas. According to Wennberg, geographic variations in rates of per capita use for many clinical procedures arise mainly from differences over what constitutes appropriate care. I show, however, that the role of practice style in explaining variations among areas has not been clearly demonstrated. I also argue that the practice style hypothesis can neither be established nor refuted by the methods traditionally used to study small areas and, moreover, that inferences about practice style variations cannot be drawn from differences among areas in their rates of use. I thus conclude that more research at the micro level in the practice patterns of the individual physician is needed before major health care initiatives based on small area methodology are undertaken. | https://read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article-abstract/16/3/573/93002/Further-Issues-in-Small-Area-Variations-Analysis | 2018-10-15T18:05:23 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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- Square Feet: 3,697 sqft
- Year Built: 2013
- Lot Size: 0.4798 acres
- Status: Active
Description plan where everyone is included. Easy working kitchen with custom Alder cabinetry, granite tops, tiled back-splash, pantry closet, and stainless steel appliances. Casual eating area with door to covered deck extends outdoor summer living. Living room is big enough for formal dining; or, add a couple of walls and create a den or music room. Living room has a gas fireplace; so does family room, which is perfect for media and game tables. Large 3 car garage. Fabulous location with quick access to shopping, dining, and entertainment. Easy drive or bus ride to schools. This home is in excellent condition and has hardly been lived in. Available for lease $2900/ month or lease to own.
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Just done some background reading about unusual sightings. A visitor to the centre saw a wryneck and a yellow browed warbler in his garden at Beltinge. This is the best time of year for seeing the rarer birds in gardens. …
Hi everyone. Just got back from birding at Pegwell Bay, which now has the wildlife trust logo on it’s notice board. They have a super new sightings board next to the car park. I was just wondering……. | https://reculver.wordpress.com/2010/09/ | 2018-10-15T16:48:54 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
5 ways Lemons can help us
S.U.P.E.R! fruit
Most people agree that lemons are good for our health. Many of us have heard that adding a dash of lemon juice to water can provide all kinds of body-nurturing benefits.
Lemons are healthy because they’re high in vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E, and B vitamins - they contain an impressive collection of essential minerals. Lemons are alkalizing, detoxifying, and they’re antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory !!
If this isn’t enough to convince every single person who has even the slightest interest in their health to start consuming lemons every day, perhaps these five additional reasons will help:
1. Lemons fight sickness
Lemons bolster the immune system — it’s probably the best-known benefit of lemons but still worth discussing. The high concentration of ascorbic acid, otherwise known as vitamin C, found in lemons is an essential component of a healthy, functioning immune system. Lemons are also high in potassium which protects your brain and nerves from cellular damage. Lemons also contain saponins, which have antimicrobial properties that fight off cold and flu viruses.
The anti-inflammatory properties of the vitamin C in lemon also encourage strong respiratory health and discourage respiratory conditions like asthma.
2. Lemons restore a healthy internal pHising
Free Radicals are arguably one of the greatest causative factors for ageing. The oxidative damage they impose results in cell death and in some cases, the development of cancer.
The high concentration of vitamin C found in lemons is the natural enemy of free radicals. Vitamin C is one of the most powerful antioxidants available to us (anti-oxidant). Vitamin C not only helps our body to heal itself faster and prevent the development of cellular mutation,.
We thought you might like to know these health facts about lemons so we added this page for reference purposes :-).
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Red Satrfish is a nascent Chinese aquairum brand that has been iterating on aquarium designs at a pretty rapid clip. Their newest RSN Plus cone protein skimmers is one of their first which is attempting to improve on the now-standard bubble diffuser plate.
Instead of having a basic bubble diffuser plate, each of the diffuser holes is fitted with a small cone that have a series of holes themselves. This multiplication of holes for the air-water mixture to rise into the body of the protein skimmer is intended to further reduce the turbulence inside the skimmer, also allowing for larger pumps to push more air and water through.
Two other small tricks the RSN Plus skimmers do have is a pipeless outlet design with a gate valve placed very low so it can operate in shallow water levels, and a sort of angled cross in the lid of the cup to encourage skimmate bubbles to pop. Other than that the Red Starfish RSNP Plus protein skimmer is a pretty typical skimmer design with a conical body, controllable DC needle wheel pump and design that can be completely disassembled for cleaning and maintenance.
Red Starfish is making the RSN Plus in three sizes – the RSN130 Plus which is 19 inches tall, drawing 600 liters of air per hour, the RSN170 Plus which is just under 21 inches tall and draws 900 lph and the largest in the line being the RSN230 Plus which is 24 inches tall and injects 1450 liters of air per hour. Pricing of these new slightly tweaked protein skimmer models will depend on your local aquarium market but being made in China, they should be priced competitively. [RedStarfish]
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It cannot be overstated enough that in addition to providing a good physical and chemical environment for our corals, the most important thing we can do to keep healthy corals is properly feeding them. When diving a wild coral reef you often see a super wide range of corals from the depths to the shallows and they’re all there catching light and hoping for food.
We decide it would be very fun to demonstrate various coral feeding techniques on a natural reef where it’s impossible to ‘turn down the flow’ but you also can’t technically overfeed the reef either. Using only Polyp Lab Reef Roids and Two Little Fishies’ Julian’s Thing, we zip tied the whole contraption together in the bush of Papua New Guinea for one heckuva coral feeding video.
The main takeaway is that you should really soak your Reef Roids, and all other coral foods, for some period of time before using. Also, target feeding is a fun, effective way to ensure your corals get as much of the food as possible while minimizing what ends up as nutrients in your aquarium water.
We really hope you enjoyed this video and consider feeding your corals more often, and more deliberately. Make sure and subscribe to our fast-growing YouTube channel if you haven’t already because we’re going to be producing the most original coral reef & aquarium videos in 2018 so you won’t want to miss it. | https://reefbuilders.com/2018/01/02/feeding-wild-corals-on-the-reefs-of-papua-new-guinea/ | 2018-10-15T18:17:44 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Each week the editor chooses a picture captured from a social media platform.
This week it’s taken from a tweet by our RE Troop. A bridge made of paper? The detachment’s caption reads: ‘Tonight was Bridge Building for the cadets, an interesting @STEMLearningUK lesson linking to our Regiments role @Proud_Sappers’ | https://reportinggandl.org/2017/02/24/picture-of-the-week-11/ | 2018-10-15T17:25:43 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Title
Twenty-First-Century German Film Adaptations: Classical Texts And Transnational Media Literacy
Date of Award
2017
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Graduate Group
Germanic Languages and Literature
First Advisor
Timothy Corrigan
Second Advisor
Catriona MacLeod
Abstract
ABSTRACT
TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY GERMAN FILM ADAPTATIONS:
CLASSICAL TEXTS AND TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA LITERACY
Bridget Swanson
Timothy Corrigan
Catriona MacLeod
Between 2005 and 2015, German film studios produced an unprecedented number of contemporary classical literary adaptations, including Leander Haußmann’s Kabale und Liebe (2005), Uwe Janson’s Werther (2008), Rolf Teigler’s Penthesilea-Moabit (2009), Philip Stölzl’s Goethe! (2011), and others. This dissertation explores the aesthetic practices and industrial pressures that resulted in these films’ emergence and argues that – regardless of style and generic conventions – they must be understood as key players in a more overarching genre: contemporary classical adaptations. This category proves essential for mapping contemporary adaptation practices as they interact with national and international concerns. Close film analysis paired with material adaptation studies demonstrates that the recent uptick in contemporary classical adaptations in Germany has emerged through German cinema’s intense dialogical engagement with 1) Hollywood blockbuster adaptations of the 1990s; 2) transnational production and distribution pressures in contemporary Europe; and 3) the vexed heritage of German national cinema. That nearly all of the films in this genre consistently position spectators within the filmic diegesis as self-reflexive viewers of canonical works indicates, however, the importance of a fourth influence that promotes and shapes these films: namely, the nationwide project of Filmbildung in Germany, which since 2003 has been heavily pushed by private and public institutions (such as the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Goethe-Institut, and Warner Bros. Germany). This educational mission offers financial incentives for filmmakers to produce literary adaptations and provides instructors and students with didactic materials for their integration into curricular units and thereby undergirds the creation of, alters the aesthetics of, and influences the reception of contemporary classical adaptations. Ultimately, this investigation reveals the educational apparatus as a historically unrecognized “seventh” branch in what Simone Murray has termed the “six branches of the material adaptation industry” and redirects the field of contemporary German film away from the formal experimentation of modern-day auteurs to foreground the transnational circulation and transmutation of popular content.
Recommended Citation
Swanson, Bridget, "Twenty-First-Century German Film Adaptations: Classical Texts And Transnational Media Literacy" (2017). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 2687.
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The Kalamera 18-Bottle built-in Wine Cooler is a fantastic way to start your own home wine assortment. It is a single zone cooler, so that you may set the temperature that's great for the wines you enjoy. It’s the perfect size for a small set, holding 18 bottles, niched in their own spaces on slipping beechwood racks. You can see them displayed through the darkened glass window set in glossy stainless steel door. It can be installed under a countertop, and only requires 12” of thickness, so that it fits in most homes, and it works in the event you wish to exhibit it in different rooms as a freestanding wine fridge. Temperature memory function may revive the established temperature in the cooler after it is back on from electricity dropped, which keeps your wine collection from going bad with rising temperatures. The low-noise/low-vibration layout keeps the cooler quiet, and your wine tasting and chilled just as it’s meant to, with no disruption of wine sediments to hamper the taste. This cooler is a more cost-effective way to truly have an elegant beginning to your own wine collection. Enjoy!
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“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”
By Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity.
Non-stop Fictions:
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Who benefits from the poisoning of the Skripals? There is no way to hide this continuous rampage against independent nations building gas pipelines to Europe. Trillions of dollars diverting from coal and nuclear generation cannot benefit when the states of Russia, Iran, Qatar, Iraq，team up to supply gas. The western nations are not welcome at their feast. That is one beneficiary of the boycott against Russia etc.
Then there is Christopher Steele, in court this week, he may benefit from the elimination of an underpaid whistleblower that he paid to compile the Trump dossier. Then there is Trump in an act of revenge for same dossier. Then there is May and MI6 caught with their pants down on the dossier supporting Hillary against Trump in the US elections. Then there is the sabotage on NordStream 2 gas pipeline direct fron Russia to Germany. Of course May and UK get a double bonus blocking the NordStream as she can pay backGermany for being mean on Brexit. The latter looks likely to me. | https://riggedgame.blog/2018/03/17/russia-did-it-or-maybe-not/ | 2018-10-15T18:20:47 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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1963 Shelby 289 Cobra
Sold For £459,200Inclusive of applicable buyer's fee.
RM | Sotheby's - LONDON 2016
Documents: UK V5
- An early production 289 Cobra
- Finished in the original colour combination
- Documented in the World Registry of Cobras and GT40s
- Seldom seen in the United Kingdom; popular at Goodwood and other circuits
271 bhp, 289 cu.in. OHV V-8 engine with a four-barrel carburettor, four speed manual transmission, front and rear independent suspension with A-arms, transverse leaf springs and tube shock absorbers, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 2,286 mm
The development of the Shelby Cobra was the result of a great confluence of circumstances, timing, and vision. By 1960 Carroll Shelby was 37 years old, winding up a successful racing career which had peaked in 1959 with his victory at Le Mans with Aston Martin. Shelby was in the process of developing various business ventures, but he still wished to build his own car. Earlier projects with Chevrolet and approaches to Austin-Healey had fallen by the wayside; however, a contact with A.C. Cars Ltd. was to result in the creation of an automotive icon.
AC had already developed a strong reputation on the race track with their Ace, with its simple and sturdy John Tojiero-designed chassis and Bristol-designed inline six. Carroll Shelby was familiar with the design, having raced an Ace early in his career, and had been impressed with its lightweight build and handling.
Shelby put together an agreement with Ford to supply engines, with AC selling the hybrid cars under their own name in the United Kingdom. Shelby American was formed to build and market the Shelby Cobra. The early cars were fitted with a 260-cubic inch Ford V-8, which was later upgraded to a 289 after approximately 75 cars had been produced.
CSX 2082
The Cobra offered here is one of the very earliest examples of the legendary 289-powered model. Chassis number CSX 2082, it was billed to Shelby American on 1 February 1963 and shipped to New York before being invoiced to RRR Motors of Homewood, Illinois, for $4,995, with a heater at $62. The car subsequently returned to Shelby American in March 1964 before being sold to its first owner, Ed Flandro of Ed Flandro Ford in Pocatello, Indiana. It was quickly resold to another private owner before being advertised for sale in February 1974 in its delivery colour combination with only 18,000 miles.
In 1975, John R. Kaltenbach of Akron, Ohio, came across the car at a repair shop in his hometown, following an accident, and soon acquired the Cobra as a restoration project. According to Mr Kaltenbach’s son, whose account is noted in the World Registry of Cobras and GT40s, the car was missing its windscreen, steering wheel, and passenger seat. The body was repaired, and within a couple of years, the car was ready to return to the road, once again finished in its original colour combination.
In 1987, the car was sold again, this time to David Nelson and Brian Hardy, also of Ohio, who kept the car for two years before selling it to Marc Sherman of New York. In 2003 the car made its way to the United Kingdom, when it was acquired by the present private owner, becoming one of very few Cobras to have returned to the United Kingdom. It has been cared for here by a renowned specialist, with recent work including the replacement of its fuel tank.
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BeyHive Is Swarming Snapchat Looking For Beyonce’s Secret Account
The BeyHive is in a frenzy again after video of Queen Bey and Blue Ivy with snapchat filters surfaced earlier today. Many people have believe the superstar had a secret snapchat account for years but no-one has had definitive proof until now. Now social media is going into overdrive trying to find Bey’s username.
Here are a few people going crazy over Beyonce’s secret snapchat:
Click through to see a few more hilarious posts about Bey’s secret account:
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Amyloid β–associated cognitive decline in the absence of clinical disease progression and systemic illness
Authors
Karra Harrington
Yen Lim
David Ames
Jason Hassenstab
Simon Laws, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Ralph Martins, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Stephanie Rainey-Smith, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Joanne Robertson
Christopher Rowe
Olivier Salvado
Vincent Dore
Victor Villemagne
Peter Snyder
Colin Masters
Paul Maruff
AIBL Research Group
Document Type
Article
Publisher
Elsevier Inc
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
25387
Abstract.
DOI
10.1016/j.dadm.2017.05.006
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
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Geriatrics Commons, Neurology Commons
Originally published as : Harrington K.D., Lim Y.Y., Ames D., Hassenstab J., Laws S.M., Martins R.N., Rainey-Smith S., Robertson J., Rowe C.C., Salvado O., Doré V., Villemagne V.L., Snyder P.J., Masters C.L., Maruff P. (2017). Amyloid-β–associated cognitive decline in the absence of clinical disease progression and systemic illness. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 8, 156-164. Article found here | https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/3297/ | 2018-10-15T17:51:59 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Title
Reliability of upper-limb diaphyseal mineral and softtissue measurements using peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT)
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
The Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
ISSN
1108-7161
Publisher
The International Society of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
Place of Publication
Greece
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences/ Exercise Medicine Research Institute
RAS ID
27137
Abstract
Objectives: To quantify between-day reliability of upper-body diaphyseal measurements (radius, ulna, humerus) using peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT).
Methods: Fourteen males (age: 25.8±2.3 years,) underwent repeat pQCT scans (one to two days apart) at mid-shaft ulna (60%), mid-shaft radius (60%) and mid-shaft humerus (50%) cross-sections of the non-dominant limb. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and coefficients of variation (CV) were determined for musculoskeletal morphology variables.
Results: Reliability was excellent (ICC: 0.76–0.99; CV: 1.3– 7.3) at all sites for bone mass, stress-strain index, endocortical and pericortical radius, endocortical volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD), muscle area, total area, non-cortical area, and cortical area. Reliability was good to excellent (ICC: 0.58–0.80; CV: 0.6–3.7) for polar vBMD and mid-cortical vBMD; fair to excellent (ICC: 0.30–0.88; CV: 0.5–8.0) for muscle density and cortical density; and fair to good (ICC: 0.25–0.60; CV: 3.4–7.6) for pericortical vBMD. Average reliability across the three sites was excellent (ICC ≥0.77; CV ≤8.0).
Conclusions: Overall between-day reliability of pQCT was excellent for the mid-shaft ulna, radius and humerus. pQCT provides a reliable and feasible body composition and skeletal morphology assessment tool for upper limb longitudinal investigations in scientific and clinic settings.
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Originally published as: Jenkins,M.A. ,Hart,N.H. ,Rantalainen,T.J. ,Chivers,P. ,Newton,R. ,Nimphius,S. (2018). Reliability of upper-limb diaphyseal mineral and soft-tissue measurements using peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT). The Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions. Advance online publication. Original article available here | https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4683/ | 2018-10-15T17:41:53 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Date of Award
1998
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
School
School of Education
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Professor Nerida F. Ellerton
Abstract thesis related to a specific group of teachers, early childhood teachers, and to a particular curriculum area, mathematics. The research goals were to obtain descriptive data related to teachers' professional development experiences and to explore the relationships between the realities of practice and the rhetoric of the literature on professional development, early childhood education and mathematics education. The data were obtained in the Northern Territory and came principally from questionnaire responses and interviews. The results of this study highlight the complexities of teaching in the 1990s and indicate that early childhood teachers are faced with a number of professional dilemmas, the resolution of which indicates the need for a range of professional development interventions. The recommendations contained in the latter part of the thesis make reference to the need for the provision of a wider range of professional development options and for a greater emphasis to be placed on collegial support. The results of this study suggest that change can occur if teachers are encouraged and supported in their endeavours to improve their practice.
Recommended Citation
Hawthorne, W. (1998). Professional development and practice: A study of early childhood teachers of mathematics. Retrieved from
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Early in filmmaker Steve James’s riveting new documentary, “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” about the overzealous prosecution of the 2,531st largest bank in the United States, local TV reporter Ti-Hua Chang, appears on screen. He compares the five-year legal contest between the founder and principals of Abacus Federal Savings Bank, the Sung family, and the prosecutors working for New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., to the showdown between David and Goliath. “But,” Chang says, “They had a slingshot…the Sungs are a family of lawyers.” Yes, that made it possible for them to understand their fight, but their real weapon was made of up their decency, integrity, belief in honor and justice, responsibility to community, and deep love of family.
After a successful career as a lawyer and real estate developer, Thomas Sung, the family patriarch (born in Shanghai in 1935) founded Abacus in 1984. He was personally aware that while the banks operating in New York City’s Chinatown were eager for deposits, they didn’t understand their customers’ culture and were reluctant even to lend to well-to-do immigrants in the community. The family chose to name their bank after the Chinese “calculator,” a national treasure.
The five-year ordeal began on a Friday in December 2009, when the oldest Sung daughter, Vera, the bank’s Director and Closing Attorney, noticed financial peculiarities during a closing on a residential property. A phone call to the loan officer, Ken Yu, proved unsatisfactory, and the loan didn’t close. On Monday, having discovered a pattern of theft by Yu, Abacus President and CEO Jill Sung fired him and referred the case to her compliance officer. Two other loan officers involved in lesser wrongdoing were also fired. Abacus notified Fannie Mae, which had bought several of its loans.
The potential buyers of the house lost their 10% deposit and demanded reimbursement from Abacus. They were told to file a complaint with the local precinct. Soon the Major Economic Crimes Bureau of the NY County DA’s office requested information from Abacus, which sent binders bursting with records (and, eventually, during the course of the investigation turned over 600,000 pages of documents). The family believed Yu was being investigated, only later realizing that the targets were several other employees and the bank itself.
Indictments, infected with more than a low-level strain of racism, were issued in 2012. The defendants, Abacus employees, were perp walked, handcuffed and chained together, described by “Abacus” interviewee, investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, as a “Stalinist-looking chain gang.” Chanterelle Sung, the youngest daughter, then still working as an ADA, said that she’d “never seen anything like” the treatment of the defendants, as if “it was the case of the century.” Angry at “arrogance and incompetence,” she quit her job to help her family.
James, who was introduced to the Sungs by his producer Mark Mitten (who had known Vera for many years) and “fully let into their lives,” also interviewed Cyrus Vance, Jr., his prosecution team, two conflicted jurors, investigative journalists and the two lawyers who represented the Sung family.
The trial began in January 2015, with Ken Yu as the poorly chosen star witness, who repeatedly perjured himself. Barred from shooting the proceedings, James uses vivid, evocative illustrations by Christine Cornell with reenactments to fascinating effect, transforming accounts of the minutiae of mortgage fraud and banking regulations into the stuff of a thriller.
Spoiler Alert: Trial verdict is in the next paragraph.
Closing arguments were given on day 67 of the trial. On June 4, after four months, Abacus was found not guilty on all 240 counts. Jill said that it was, “a waste, tragedy. (Our) goal (was) not to be vindicated but to serve the community. Tom Sung, with pride, said it made “my daughters stronger.” Vera added, that a friend said that “the verdict ‘made her proud to be Chinese-American,’ which made (our ordeal) worthwhile.”
James, when he initially met the Sungs joked to Mitten, that with three daughters involved in a “kingdom” built by their father, that “we might have a modern-day King Lear story.” But “as we filmed, it became clear that…it’s an inspiration version with a loving and quite hilarious family, united against all the odds…an anti-King Lear story.”
Abacus remains the only United States bank indicted for mortgage fraud related to the 2008 crisis.
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” will open on Friday, May 19 at IFC Center, with a Q&A with Steve James and the Sung family following the 6:20 pm show, moderated by Heidi Ewing, and an intro at the 8:25 pm show. On Saturday, May 20 there will be Q&As with Steve James and the Sung family following both the 6:20 pm and 8:25 pm shows, moderated by Morgan Spurlock and Ursula Liang, respectively. On Sunday, May 21, a Q&A with the Sung family, moderated by Ti-Hua Chang will follow 4:15 pm show. The film will open in Los Angeles on Friday, June 9 at Landmark Nuart.
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“What Should I Do With My Life?”
This can be a hard question for some of us to answer! And it’s probably one we will ask throughout our lives, not just when we’re young or going through transitions. This question can be answered by:
- developing a personal mission statement
- knowing and living by your values
- having a prayer team to meet with
- seeking where to serve in church
- volunteering in the community
- charting the course of a career
- reading inspiring biographies
- engaging in a formal ministry
- planning a personal project
- interviewing other people
- creating a life map or plan
- trying a new hobby
- making decisions
- taking a class
- setting goals
- dreaming!
Seek the Lord’s Guidance
Most importantly, pray. God know’s you best and He has a plan for your life! Ask Him to show you what your gifts are, where He is working, and how you can join Him. Ask Him to bring people and opportunities your way. And then, keep your eyes and heart open!
Get Up and Get Going
If you have a basic idea of what you would like to do, find people who are doing what you’re interested in, and who could mentor you, give you advice, answer questions, or connect you with people and organizations. Or, get started on your quest by asking friends and family to tell you what your strengths and weaknesses are, or where they see you “fitting in” and using your talents.
If you would like to become active in your church but don’t know exactly where to start, talk with your pastor or elder, or a woman in leadership who knows you well. They can probably match you and your interests to an area of need.
If you are interested in ministry or missions, many organizations offer counsel and even placement testing to determine your best fit. But you can also get ideas from a program like the Finishers Project for folks wanting to spend the latter half of their life serving the Lord.
Most importantly, pray about it. God know’s you best and He has a plan for your life! Ask Him to show you what your gifts are, where He is working, and how you can join Him. Ask Him to bring people and opportunities your way. And then, keep your eyes and heart open!
Here are some resources that can help making a decision easier:
Counseling and Coaching
Hire a career counselor or a life coach to help you explore options, get to know yourself and your values, set goals, and make progress. They may be able to provide:
Tests and Assessments
IDAK Group: No One Does Talent Assessment Like IDAK
The Highlands Company: Discover Your Natural Abilities
Spiritual Gifts Tests: Online and paper tests can list different gifts and summarize what they are. But it’s better to jump in, get busy, and use experience and other people’s input to determine your own gifts. Here is an example of a quick test, there are so many online.
Books
So many books, so little time, right? Here are just a few of our favorites. If you have one to recommend, please contact us!
LifeKeys: Discovering Who You Are, Why You’re Here, What You Do Best
By Jane Kise, David Stark, and Sandra Krebs Hirsh
What’s Your Type of Career
By Donna Dunning
Don’t Waste Your Life
By John Piper
Websites
LiveYourCalling.com: Find and Fulfill Your Mission in Life. Book, free newsletter, and other resources.
Finishers.org: The Finishers Project: Helping adult Christians discover short-term, part-time, or second-career ministry opportunities
ChristianCareerCenter.com: Christian jobs, employment, job search help and career testing/counseling, free newsletter with tips and tools
Definition of Calling:.”
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PASTOR’S DESK
Billy Sunday, the Chicago Cub baseball player turned evangelist, made it a practice to pray for specific people in a city where he was going to conduct a campaign. Before going to Columbus, Ohio, he wrote his customary letter to the mayor requesting list of the names of people in that city who were in need of special prayers. The mayor responded by sending him the city telephone book. The mayor perceived rightly that everybody needs prayer.
We know that prayer is important, but many times we go through the motions of praying and nothing important seems to happen. And we tend to get discouraged —or we give up altogether.
Repeatedly in the gospel we find references to the Lord Jesus at prayer. Often, after a long account of something Jesus did or said, the Gospel writer inserts a note about how He withdrew from the crowds so that He might pray. Before He chose the disciples, Jesus needed to be alone at prayer. In the upper-room with His disciples, on the last night of His life, Jesus needed to be at prayer. In the Garden of Gethsemane and on the Cross —from the first day of His ministry to the last —Jesus needed to be at prayer.
I notice when I visit or attend any ministry in the church, whether it’s Knights of Columbus, Eucharistic ministry, pastoral meeting etc., I often ask to pray the start of the meeting, but when the meeting starts and there are big decisions or there is a heated conversation no one pauses to pray for clarification or wisdom. Each of the members tends to solve the issue in his own self-centered way — his own selfish way that would benefit him. And the meeting becomes a whining session. Most of you know this if you have been to any meetings whether in church or civic meetings. What did Jesus do in any situation when there are big issues or clarification needed to be addressed? Yes, he prayed! Why don’t the disciples of Christ in church do that as a habit?
Peace and Blessings!
Fr. Luis
Liturgical Music Corner by our Music Director, Rebecca Brown
Feb. 8, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The book of Job is difficult to get through. After all, I don’t know if I would have the same faith as Job if I were tested in the same way! Still, Job continued to trust in God through it all. In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus healing many people and exorcising possessed people. He shows his power over demons and thus all creation. No matter what happens, let us remember that God is in charge: “In every age, O God, you have been our refuge”; and He will come to our aid with healing, wholeness, joy, and ultimately eternal life, if we only believe in Him!
Songs for the 9 am Mass:
Processional Hymn: All the Ends of the Earth (BB #554)
The new Gloria:
Psalm 147: Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted.
Preparation of the Gifts: In Every Age (BB # 469 )
Communion Song: In This Place (BB # 308 )
Recessional Song: Come Let Us Sing With Joy to the Lord (SS) The Feast of St. Blaise was Feb 3 but we had the ritual today after the 9:00 AM mass.
BB = Breaking Bread SS = Song sheets
Today we are introducing the beautiful song, “In Every Age”, which speaks of the constancy of God and eternal life promised in the Bible.
Ordinary Time continues until Ash Wednesday, which falls on Feb. 18th.
Note from volunteer Irene Deem: The series CATHOLICISM continues at St. Hubert’s Hall on Thursdays at 10:30 AM. Please RSVP at (707) 486-9683. The DVD also has Spanish audio. Episode 4 is about Mary and features extensive coverage of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A light lunch is served.
Thank you to our choir for the beautiful music at 9:00 AM mass today.
For our online visitors, here are the words to “In Every Age” (taken from BREAKING BREAD, #469)
Long before the mountains came to be
and the land and sea and stars of the night
through the endless seasons of all time,
you have always been.
Refrain:
In every age, O God, you have been our refuge.
In every age, O God, you have been our hope.
Destiny is cast, and at your silent word
we return to dust and scatter to the wind.
A thosand years are like single moment gone,
as the light that fades at the end of the day.
(Refrain)
Teach us to make use of the time we have
Teach us to be patient even as we wait.
Teach us to embrace our every joy and pain.
To sleep peacefully, and to rise up strong.
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Former Capital Alex Semin is at another crossroads. After getting bought out by the Carolina Hurricanes and signing a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens during the offseason, the former 40-goal scorer is now on waivers. This news was first reported by Bob McKenzie.
The 31-year-old Russian has just one goal and three assists over 15 games. Coach Michel Therrien has made Semin a healthy scratch much of the season, citing Semin’s supposed lack of defense. For the record, Montreal has dominated puck possession when Semin was on the ice (56.65 score-adjusted shot-attempt percentage).
The Semin contract carried little risk for the Canadiens, and his release doesn’t hurt them much — unless Semin is claimed by one of their rivals. The waiver window closes Tuesday at noon.
Therrien’s problems with Semin began in November.
#Habs Therrien says Semin's areas of improvement have to do with adjusting to the team's system and the pace of his game.
— John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) November 18, 2015
Therrien says he met with Semin this morning, explained to him he won't play tomorrow and what he needs to do to get back in.
— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) November 18, 2015
“We want him to make sure he’s really responsible with and without the puck,” Therrien said to Sportsnet earlier this season. Semin played three more games for Montreal and then returned to the press box.
According to Marc Dumont of Habs Eye On The Prize,
If Semin clears waivers, the Canadiens will be on the hook for $150,000 of his $1.1M contract, seeing as how you can bury up to $950,000 in the AHL. That being said, don’t be surprised if a team picks him up, considering his low cap hit.
Bruce Boudreau’s Ducks, dead last in scoring, might be interested in Semin’s services. The Toronto Maple Leafs’ analytics department might see the upside in him as well, though the front office might be a hard sell there. The Pittsburgh Penguins, struggling to figure out how best to deploy their forwards, could benefit from Semin, though a systems stickler like Mike Johnston might take umbrage at Semin’s play.
One thing we know for sure: The Washington Capitals are not interested.
I'll answer again. There is no scenario in which Semin plays for #Caps. At any price.
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Sampson’s Hollow is located on the Flynn family farm in Walland. It has been owned by generations of the same family since the mid 1800’s. Sampson planted a red maple tree when he was a young man.The tree in our logo is representative of that almost 100 year-old tree.It has weathered many storms over many decades but the roots run deep into the earth. We love it when our couples want to use it for photos. It is our hope that like Sampson’s tree, each couple will work hard to plant deep roots for a long and happy marriage.
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Home Away from Home with Abi Adeboyejo: Now is the time to be happy! [OPINION]
Imagine a world full of sad faces, hungry faces and people who are not happy with their lives. Imagine how they would feel if something happened to make them smile, just a slight lift of the lips at the corners: a crinkling of the eyes as they squeeze together to express some mirth. While some people have no say in whether they are happy or sad, most of us control this powerful tool but we are too busy to use it.
Is there a time to be happy? It would seem that modern society recognises the requirement to show some joy in certain situations. We Africans are perhaps a bit fussier in enforcing an exhibition of jollity. If you were to attend a baby’s naming ceremony, you had to smile and shower the new parents with prayers (and gifts). Any sign of boredom or disinterest in this infant was an obvious indication of your evil intent to maim or kill the child or his parents or even everyone at the event!
We are programmed to look happy at weddings, birthday parties and other public functions because these are events that are regarded as ‘happy events’. The fact that the bride at the wedding wept throughout the ceremony is not regarded as an indication of her reluctance to marry the groom. Our culture tends to interpret a bride’s tears as a show of love for her parents and family.
We are expected to be sad at the passing of loved ones. Thankfully, this is not an emotion anyone needs to fake. It seems we have been designed to love other human beings and parting from each other is a bitter experience that we all have to endure at one time or the other in our lives. Grieving comes naturally in times of loss, but why not happiness in times of joy?
Children spend half of the day laughing, smiling and giggling. They are free from the every day cares of life that may remove laughter from our faces. We have chosen to let events dictate how we feel and when we feel. But isn’t one of the greatest gifts we have all been given, after life and love, is the gift of happiness?
It is so easy to give time-scales for when we will be happy. Some people have turned happiness into the brief intervals between unhappiness. For some people, they believe that they will only be happy when they have a husband (or wife). If only they’d heard the joke that says ‘a man doesn’t know what happiness is until he’s married. By then it’s too late!’ I remember a distant relative who married a new wife after being widowed. He thought he needed a new wife to comfort him after his loss and make him happy, but then his new wife turned out to be such a harridan that he told anyone who would listen that the happiest time of his life was when he didn’t have a wife to nag him!
For some people, happiness will only come from material things – the dream job, the dream house, that dream car. Everyone knows that money does not buy happiness but it gets you discounts. When Nigerians were voted the happiest people on earth some years ago, I guess the researchers could not understand how we could still have parties, wear lavish clothes and sing and dance in spite of the poverty in peoples’ lives. It is because majority of us understand that no condition is permanent and now is the time to be happy.
These days there is no denying that times can be very hard. When we get bills upon bills and there is no money in our bank accounts, it is almost impossible to smile and be happy. When we are ill or a loved one is ill we will find it hard to wake up in the morning with a smile on our faces.
Also, we tend to overestimate the impact of almost every life event. We must be a bit braver and try to avoid worrying about things because the effect will probably not matter as much as we think they will. A friend suffered years of drunken abuse from her husband. She wanted to leave him but was scared of the consequences of becoming a single parent: from the stigma of being ‘husbandless’ to coping with finances and bringing the kids up on her own. She finally took courage and left the man three years ago and now she has got her life back on track. Perhaps not such a good example, because I am not saying leaving a spouse is the way to happiness but in this case it was either she left the house with her boxes or she be taken out in a box. The options were not many.
We can all have a good life. Not necessarily one with all the trappings of wealth and affluence, but one filled with many happy days and fewer sad ones. The good life is a happy life. Many of us will work hard to make a living, work hard at education and work hard at being successful in everything we do. But the one thing that we don’t have to work hard at is being happy. We can be content with what we have. We can strive for more if we can, but still be happy while we strive. We can live everyday as if it is our last and thank God for what we have and who we have. We can love and be loved and waste no time on people who bring a dark cloud with them wherever they go. We can smile and share and love some more.
Let’s try to be happy today and always, because now is the time to be happy. Not yesterday, not tomorrow. Now!
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Happiness is relative, cannot be forced and no one can make you happy except yourself. God help us all | https://scantygela.blogspot.com/2014/11/home-away-from-home-with-abi-adeboyejo.html | 2018-10-15T17:40:52 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Ethiopian research: Smell of chicken could help in fight against malaria”.”Can chickens help deter #mosquitoes? well their smell can - #malaria pic.twitter.com/rQKQGPE2d0— Malaria Journal (@MalariaJournal) July 21, 2016.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, we finally have an answer to the ancient riddle about why the chicken crossed the road. It wanted to save you from a mosquito bite of course. Chicken are heroes like that.
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Come to think of it chickens don't suffer from any ailments from mosquito bites that mean they are immune to it.. Or they have anti bodies that fight against these bite | https://scantygela.blogspot.com/2016/07/ethiopian-research-smell-of-chicken.html | 2018-10-15T16:50:40 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
The mucosal inflammatory response induced by Salmonella serovar Typhimurium creates a favorable niche for this gut pathogen. Conventional wisdom holds that S. Typhimurium undergoes an incomplete tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in the anaerobic mammalian gut. One change during S. Typhimurium-induced inflammation is the production of oxidized compounds by infiltrating neutrophils. We show that inflammation-derived electron acceptors induce a complete, oxidative TCA cycle in S. Typhimurium, allowing the bacteria to compete with the microbiota for colonization. A complete TCA cycle facilitates utilization of the microbiota-derived fermentation product succinate as a carbon source. S. Typhimurium succinate utilization genes contribute to efficient colonization in conventionally raised mice, but provide no growth advantage in germ-free mice. Mono-association of gnotobiotic mice with Bacteroides, a major succinate producer, restores succinate utilization in S. Typhimurium. Thus, oxidative central metabolism enables S. Typhimurium to utilize a variety of carbon sources, including microbiota-derived succinate.
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October 28, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Robin Gras, Canada Research Chair, School of Computer Science,Cross-appointed by the Biology Department, Cross-appointed by the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
Title: How species emerge? An evolving ecosystem simulation approach
Abstract: We have conceived EcoSim, a simulation platform designed to investigate several broad ecological questions, as well as long-term evolutionary patterns and processes such as speciation and macroevolution. EcoSim uses a modified version of the Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) model adapted for behavioral modeling. The FCM is used as the behavioral model of the agents and is coded in their genome and therefore subject to evolution. This approach offers compactness with a very low computational requirement while having the capacity to represent complex high level notions. Therefore, each agent possesses its unique FCM and the system can still manage several hundreds of thousands of agents simultaneously in the world with reasonable computational requirements. In a typical run, more than one billion of agents can be born and several thousands of species can emerge or become extinct. This tool generates a huge amount of data representing all the events, the mental state and action of every agent saved for every time step of every run. This thorough tracking system allows for a deep statistical analysis of the whole system using several dedicated tools to extract, measure and correlate parameters that could be useful to understand the underlying and emerging properties of such a complex system.
This simulation is now the framework for the study of numerous specific ecological questions in collaboration such as the species abundance distribution, patterns and rates of speciation, the evolution of sexual and asexual populations, the interaction and diffusion of an invasive species into an existing ecosystem, etc. One such project concerns speciation mechanisms. The forces promoting and constraining speciation are often studied in theoretical models because the process is hard to observe, replicate, and manipulate in real organisms. In EcoSim, simulations including natural selection led to strong and distinct phenotypic/genotypic clusters between which hybridization was low. leading role of natural selection in speciation by showing its importance even in the absence of pre-defined fitness functions. | https://science.uoit.ca/research/research-seminars/past-seminars/sharcnet-sponsored-scientific/2015/october-28,-2015.php | 2018-10-15T18:25:31 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Synopsis:.
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Find out the answers to these and and an awful lot of other brilliant questions in this funny and informative book.
Glenn Murphy from the Science Museum helps us take a fresh and exciting look at the world (and universe) we live in, with no boring bits and an abundance of fascinating facts.
Published: April 2007 | ISBN-13: 978-0606107303 | Ages: 10-14 years
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The 2016-2017 Trinity debate over the eternal submission of the Son was covered thoroughly by this blog, other blogs, Christianity Today, podcasts, a panel at ETS, and most certainly in every theological group text in evangelicalism. In an attempt to try and boil the debate down for those who want to read up, reflect, or reference the debate, I created a bibliography on all of the published material I could find based on a list I’ve been accruing since late 2016.
That bibliography was 42 pages. Forty-two. 42.
Frankly, many of those sources were unhelpful, repetitive, and/or broken links. So I decided to whittle it down to the bare essentials — posts that defined the debate or appeared to be shared extensively — and it became an 11-page bibliography. That’ll have to do.
Download the bibliography here.*
*A reader brought to my attention the monster list over at Books at a Glance. This list has been updated with additions from their list and a few others I originally did not include from my own notes.
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Thanks for the work putting this together! Just a note that the posts of mine that are referenced in the bibliography are part of a larger series that wasn’t completely published until some time later. The links to the rest of the articles can be found here.
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FYI: A final update (34th rev.) to the bibliography on Books at a Glance is on the way, and will include a link to your post and those of “Latinus Doctor” linked in the pingbacks above. All of Alistair Roberts’ were already included.
Here is the link to the final update (34th rev. ed.) of the bibliography on Books at a Glance that was posted today:. | https://secundumscripturas.com/2018/04/25/the-trinity-debate-2016-2017-a-selected-bibliography/ | 2018-10-15T17:14:38 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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The fast-food market glories in a recession, but the gourmet fast-food market is far too young for any such generalizations. With specialty breadmakers, coffee roasters, and make-your-own gourmet meal kit providers all making markets where none existed before, their behavior in these trying economic time is worth our scrutiny. Let's take a look at these five industry leaders, all of which have a real likelihood of doubling in price within the next year due to their reasonable valuations.
- Caribou Coffee Company (NASDAQ:CBOU): Trading around $13, this microcap had almost doubled in value since its initial public offering in 2005. Its slow gains but steady gains have begun to appeal to institutional investors who now own more than 55% of the company. But is this stock just waiting to jump? Its earnings per share of 1.68 is higher than that of Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) at 1.62; its ten point return on average assets is more than double that of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD) at 4.53 and Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK) at 4.90. Its price to earnings ratio of 8.07 is the lowest in the sector, less than half of McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) at 18.57 and significantly lower than sector loser Einstein Noah Restaurants (NASDAQ:BAGL). With a healthy return on average equity of 16.65, this issue gives all the appearance of being a safe and stable investment in an otherwise struggling economy. Value investors would be well advised to consider this stock as a significant portion of a diversified portfolio.
- Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ:PNRA): With a market capitalization of more than $4 billion dollars, PNRA is one of the largest publicly-traded fast-food providers. Since its initial public offering in 1991, it has increased in value over 2000%. But what has otherwise been a steady and commendable incline has, in the last few years, become a roller-coaster. At the beginning of this year it was trading at $95.96 per share; in June it reached $130.28; in August it was at $96.96; and lately it has been only two points off its 52-week high. No investor should use this issue as a stabilizing force in a diversified portfolio. But a value-investor must learn to ignore the whims of Mr. Market and look at fundamentals. Its price to earnings ratio of 30.60 is higher than Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) at 21.85, Carrols Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:TAST) at 16.58, and AFC Enterprises (AFCE) at 1711. Its return on average assets, however, is more than twice that of BAGL and three times that of Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) or JACK. This is a powerful company with unquestionable earning potential, but compared to its competitors it is overvalued. A wise investor would do well to wait until its stock price falls below 100, which its history suggests it is all but guaranteed to do.
- Starbucks (SBUX): Last week's announcement that Starbucks is to acquire Evolution Fresh did nothing to reduce enthusiasm for its common stock. Trading around $42, it is again within striking distance of its 52-week high. Its after-hours announcement that it would be issuing more than $20 million in loans to smaller coffee producers suggests that prices will be rising even further when trading resumes. But this increase in share price has a great effect on its fundaments. Its price to earnings ratio of 27.39 is dwarfed by CBOU at 8.07 and Tim Hortons USA (THI) at 13.24. Its dividend yield per share of $1.54 is less than that of BAGL at $3.28, MCD at $2.96 and YUM at $2.09. Its return on investment, however, is among the highest in the sector at 25.26, more impressive than Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) at 19.27, Peet's Coffee and Tea (NASDAQ:PEET) at 9.87 and Dunkin Brands (NASDAQ:DNKN) at a pithy .92. With its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 2078 larger than any in the sector besides MCD at 8585, this company is clearly a blue-chip and likely to so remain. Short-term traders would do well to wait for its price to decline, but long-term value investors should know that this is a company which will reward substantive investment.
- Arcos Dorados Holdings (NYSE:ARCO): Closing around $21 per share puts this issue within two points of its 52-week low and nine points off its year high. Such volatility is hard to accept in a stock whose initial public offering occurred within the last calendar year. With a price to earnings ratio of 41.16, a cautious investor might wonder whether they jumped the gun at making the stock public. But the infusion of working capital it received as a result of the sale of stock will surely be put to good use by this $4.47 billion midcap. Having already offerec a $.06 dividend and boasting a 21.19-point return on average equity, it's no surprise that it attracted the attentions of early investors. Competitors like Morgan's Foods (OTCQB:MRFD), Good Times Restaurants (NASDAQ:GTIM) and the Brazil Fast Food Corp (OTCPK:BOBS) cannot hope to match its momentum or market presence; their respective earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 5.05, -.97 and 14.70 are nothing to ARCO at 265.14. An up-and-comer in the industry, six months off its IPO and it's still not too late to get in at the ground floor.
- Yum! Brands (YUM): Trading around $54 per share puts this issue within four points of its 52-week high. This $25 billion company is busily acquiring a greater and greater market share while reducing overhead and operating costs. Its net profit margin of 10.39% is among the best in the sector, with a price to earnings ratio of 21.85 highly competitive to Dominos Pizza (NYSE:DPZ) at 20.48, giant MCD at 18.57, and SBUX at 27.39. A two-point dividend yield adds safety and dependability which is reflected in the 76% institutional ownership of its securities outstanding. With a magnificent earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 2,320 and an 89% return on average equity, this is the unknighted blue-chip of the sector. Even major investors would do well to take full advantage of this unique opportunity.
See Part II of this article »
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. | https://seekingalpha.com/article/308862-10-restaurant-stocks-that-can-make-you-money-part-1 | 2018-10-15T16:54:22 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
FTS International, Inc. Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering
FORT WORTH, Texas--.
Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley are acting as the book-running managers. Wells Fargo Securities; Barclays; Citigroup; and Evercore ISI are also acting as book-runners. Guggenheim Securities; Simmons & Company International, Energy Specialists of Piper Jaffray; Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.; and Cowen are acting as co-managers.
A registration statement relating to the offering was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2018. This offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Credit Suisse Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (telephone: 1 (800) 221-1037 or email: newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse FTS International, Inc.
FTS International, Inc. is one of the largest providers of hydraulic fracturing services in North America. Our services enhance hydrocarbon flow from oil and natural gas wells drilled by exploration and production, or E&P, companies in shale and other unconventional resource formations.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the use of proceeds from the offering, the closing of the public offering, including risks regarding when FTSI can complete the offering, FTSI’s competitive environment and other factors set forth under “Risk Factors” in the registration statement on Form S-1. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. FTSI undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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