text:
Restoring an ecosystem service to degraded landscapes: Native bees and crop pollination
Principal Investigators:Claire Kremen, and Neal M. Williams
Ecosystem services are critical to human survival; managing ecosystems for services could also provide important benefits for biodiversity. Unfortunately, we seldom understand the ecology of these services well enough to manage them. Pollination services are necessary for 15-30% of our food supply, and are comparatively well-understood relative to other ecosystem services. We propose to synthesize data on bee populations, pollinator communities and pollination services across agro-natural landscapes, in order to: (1) develop models of the persistence... more
Ecosystem services are critical to human survival; managing ecosystems for services could also provide important benefits for biodiversity. Unfortunately, we seldom understand the ecology of these services well enough to manage them. Pollination services are necessary for 15-30% of our food supply, and are comparatively well-understood relative to other ecosystem services. We propose to synthesize data on bee populations, pollinator communities and pollination services across agro-natural landscapes, in order to: (1) develop models of the persistence of populations, communities and pollination function at the landscape scale; (2) design an experiment to restore and monitor pollination function in agro-natural landscapes, replicated across sites, landscapes and regions; and (3) extend this example to create a general, conceptual framework for analyzing and managing ecosystem services. This work will improve our ability to manage agricultural lands, which occupy 38% of terrestrial area, with benefits for food security, human health and biodiversity. collapse
Participants and Meetings
|Further Information
|Working Group
|20th—24th June 2005
|Participant List
|Working Group
|9th—13th January 2006
|Participant List
|Working Group
|12th—15th January 2010
|Participant List
Participant Contact Information
|Laurie Adams
|lda [at] coevolution.org
|Coevolution Institute
|Marcelo A. Aizen
|marcito [at] crub.uncoma.edu.ar
|Universidad Nacional del Comahue
|James H. Cane
|jcane [at] biology.usu.edu
|Utah State University
|Elizabeth E. Crone
|elizabeth.crone [at] tufts.edu
|University of Montana
|Sarah S. Greenleaf
|sarahs [at] princeton.edu
|Princeton University
|Timothy H. Keitt
|tkeitt [at] mail.utexas.edu
|University of Texas, Austin
|Alexandra-Maria Klein
|aklein2 [at] gwdg.de
|University of Göttingen
|Claire Kremen
|ckremen [at] nature.berkeley.edu
|Princeton University
|Gretchen LeBuhn
|lebuhn [at] sfsu.edu
|San Francisco State University
|Robert Minckley
|rminckle [at] mail.rochester.edu
|University of Utah
|Laurence Packer
|laurencepacker [at] yahoo.com
|York University
|Simon G. Potts
|s.g.potts [at] reading.ac.uk
|University of Reading
|Jim Regetz
|regetz [at] gmail.com
|Princeton University
|Taylor Ricketts
|Taylor.Ricketts [at] uvm.edu
|World Wildlife Fund
|T'ai Roulston
|tai.roulston [at] virginia.edu
|University of Virginia
|Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
|ingolf.steffan [at] uni-bayreuth.de
|University of Göttingen
|Diego P. Vazquez
|dvazquez [at] lab.cricyt.edu.ar
|University of California, Santa Barbara
|Neal M. Williams
|nmwilliams [at] ucdavis.edu
|Bryn Mawr College
|Rachael Winfree
|rwinfree [at] rutgers.edu
|Princeton University
|Ramiro Aguilar
|raguilar [at] oikos.unam.mx
|Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Morelia
|Saul Cunningham
|saul.cunningham [at] csiro.au
|CSIRO Entomology
|Barbara Gemmill-Herron
|barbara.herren [at] fao.org
|Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
|Daniel Cariveau
|cariveau [at] rci.rutgers.edu
|State University of New Jersey, Rutgers
|Luisa Carvalheiro
|carvalheiro [at] sanbi.org
|South African National Biodiversity Institute
|Natacha Chacoff
|nchacoff [at] mendoza-conicet.gov.ar
|Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas
|Rufus Isaacs
|isaacsr [at] msu.edu
|Michigan State University
|Steve Javorek
|javoreks [at] agr.gc.ca
|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
|Christina M. Kennedy
|ckennedy [at] tnc.org
|University of Maryland
|Eric Lonsdorf
|ericlonsdorf [at] lpzoo.org
|Lincoln Park Zoo
|Yael Mandelik
|mandelik [at] agri.huji.ac.il
|Hebrew University of Jerusalem
|Lora A. Morandin
|lora_morandin [at] berkeley.edu
|University of California, Berkeley
|Julianna K. Tuell
|tuelljul [at] msu.edu
|Michigan State University
|Blandina F. Viana
|blande.viana [at] gmail.com
|Universidade Federal da Bahia , Campus de Ondina
Products: Publications, Reports, Datasets, Presentations, Visualizations
|Products of NCEAS Research
|Journal Article
|Aizen, Marcelo A.; Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Cunningham, Saul; Klein, Alexandra-Maria. 2008. Long-term global trends in crop yield and production reveal no current pollination shortage but increasing pollinator dependency. Current Biology . Vol: 18. Pages 1572-1575. (Online version)
|Journal Article
|Aizen, Marcelo A.; Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Cunningham, Saul; Klein, Alexandra-Maria. 2009. How much does agriculture depend on pollinators? Lessons from long-term trends in crop production. Annals of Botany. Vol: 103. Pages 1579-1588. (Online version)
|Journal Article
|Eilers, Elizabeth J.; Kremen, Claire; Greenleaf, Sarah S.; Garber, Andrea K.; Klein, Alexandra-Maria. 2011. Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply. PLoS ONE. Vol: 6(6). Pages e21363. (Online version)
|Journal Article
|Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Kreman, Claire; Morales, Juan M.; Bommarco, Riccardo; Cunningham, Saul; Carvalheiro, Luisa; Chacoff, Natacha; Dudenhöffer, Jan H.; Greenleaf, Sarah S.; Holzschuh, Andrea; Isaacs, Rufus; Krewenka, Kristin; Mandelik, Yael; Mayfield, Margaret M.; Morandin, Lora A.; Potts, Simon G.; Ricketts, Taylor; Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka; Viana, Blandina F.; Westphal, Catrin; Winfree, Rachael; Klein, Alexandra-Maria. 2011. Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits. Ecology Letters. Vol: 14. Pages 1062-1072. (Online version)
|Journal Article
|Keitt, Timothy H. 2009. Habitat conversion, extinction thresholds, and pollination services in agroecosystems. Ecological Applications. Vol: 19. Pages 1561-1573.
|Data Set
|Kennedy, Christina M. 2012. Local farm management and landscape effects on native bee pollinators in agroecosystems. (Online version)
|Journal Article
|Klein, Alexandra-Maria; Vaissiere, Bernard E.; Cane, James H.; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Cunningham, Saul; Kremen, Claire; Tscharntke, Teja. 2007. Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. Vol: 274. Pages 303-313.
|Kremen, Claire. 2007. From science to action. Iowa Conservation Biology Conference February 2007. Iowa.
|Journal Article
|Kremen, Claire; Williams, Neal M.; Gemmill-Herron, Barbara; LeBuhn, Gretchen; Minckley, Robert; Packer, Laurence; Potts, Simon G.; Roulston, T'ai; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Vazquez, Diego P.; Winfree, Rachael; Adams, Laurie; Crone, Elizabeth E.; Greenleaf, Sarah S.; Keitt, Timothy H.; Klein, Alexandra-Maria; Regetz, Jim; Ricketts, Taylor; Aizen, Marcelo A. 2007. Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: A conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change. Ecology Letters. Vol: 10. Pages 299-314.
|Journal Article
|Lonsdorf, Eric; Kremen, Claire; Ricketts, Taylor; Winfree, Rachael; Williams, Neal M.; Greenleaf, Sarah S. 2009. Modelling pollination services across agricultural landscapes. Annals of Botany.
|Book Chapter
|Lonsdorf, Eric; Ricketts, Taylor; Kremen, Claire; Winfree, Rachael; Greenleaf, Sarah S.; Williams, Neal M. 2011. Crop pollination services. Edited by Kareiva, P.; Daily, G.; Ricketts, T. H.; Tallis, H.; Polasky, S. Theory & Practice of Ecosystem Service Valuation in Conservation. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
|Journal Article
|Potts, Simon G.; Biesmeijer, Jacobus C.; Kreman, Claire; Neumann, Peter; Schweiger, Oliver; Kunin, William E. 2010. Global pollinator declines: Trends, impacts and drivers. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Vol: 25. Pages 345-353. (Online version)
|Data Set
|Ricketts, Taylor. 2008. Crop pollination services at varying proximity to natural habitat. (Online version)
|Journal Article
|Ricketts, Taylor; Regetz, Jim; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf; Cunningham, Saul; Kremen, Claire; Bogdanski, Anne; Gemmill-Herron, Barbara; Greenleaf, Sarah S.; Klein, Alexandra-Maria; Mayfield, Margaret M.; Morandin, Lora A.; Ochieng, Alfred; Viana, Blandina F. 2008. Landscape effects on crop pollination services: Are there general patterns?. Ecology Letters. Vol: 11(5). Pages 499-515.
|Journal Article
|Ricketts, Taylor; Lonsdorf, Eric. 2013. Mapping the margin: Comparing marginal values of tropical forest remnants for pollination services. Ecological Applications. Vol: 23. Pages 1113-1123. (Online version)
|Journal Article
|Williams, Neal M.; Crone, Elizabeth E.; Roulston, T'ai; Minckley, Robert; Packer, Laurence; Potts, Simon G. 2010. Ecological and life history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances. Biological Conservation. Vol: 143(10). Pages 2280-2291.
|Winfree, Rachael. 2008. A meta-analysis of bees response to disturbance. Ecological Society of America.
|Journal Article
|Winfree, Rachael; Aguilar, Ramiro; Vazquez, Diego P.; LeBuhn, Gretchen; Aizen, Marcelo A. 2009. A meta-analysis of bees' responses to anthropogenic disturbance. Ecology. Vol: 90(8). Pages 2068-2076.
"Restoring an ecosystem service to degraded landscapes: Native bees and crop pollination" is project ID: 9381


text:
We are the source for the best buy in your optics need. We recommend Leupold and Sightron for top value in rifle scopes and THERON optics for binoculars and spotting scopes. To see a line of THERON products available
In order to help preserve our enviroment, Predator Optics will at times re-use boxes and packaging materials. The less in the dumpster the better for our environment!
You've been training all summer, your boots are laced tight and your pack is ready for long adventure. You don't skimp on gear, but you still want to shop wisely so you have money for more trips to come.
Welcome to PREDATOR OPTICS! We carry brands including THERON, LEUPOLD, SIGHTRON, SIMMONS, REDFIELD, TC, CVA, GPO, and many more. we are not just optics, but a full range of gear for your trip.
We will do our best to meet or beat any online price, so please call us for a price quote at 262-349-2889. Many manufactures have a strict minimum advertised price but we can sell for less if you call us! We offer discount prices for payment with check or money order up to 4% and discounts to Hunting Forum members by offering special coupon codes. CURRENTLY USE THE COUPON CODE OYOALEUP at checkout for a 10%discount off any LEUPOLD scope over $199.00 and if you are looking for an optic over $500.00 please call us for further special pricing!
Copyright Predator Optics llc All rights reserved.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Skip to Content
We provide careers advice, guidance and information to Massey students and recent Massey graduates. Coupled with this, we offer recruitment assistance to employers and support Massey staff in their work with students on employability strategies. Whether you are a student or graduate, an employer or a parent if you have a careers query check out our frequently asked questions or email us at email@example.com
It is never too early to give thought to "How am I going to find a job when I leave University?" Massey has developed FIVE Employability Characteristics which we believe that students and graduates need. We believe that it is critical that you work towards developing, and strengthening, these Employability Characteristics whilst at university.
Find out more about this here.
Explore resources and tools for choosing a career.
Explore how to find work of any type. International and doctoral student advice too.
Explore C.V.s, cover letters, interviews and other selection methods.
Career expos and events coming up and how to prepare for them.
How to contact a careers adviser and details of the help offered.
Access and download resources on a range of career topics.
Page authorised by Web Content Manager
Last updated on Tuesday 27 February 2018
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 11:00:00 Z
Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:00:00 Z
Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:00:00 Z
Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:00:00 Z
Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:00:00 Z
To view all CareerHub job and career events listings go to Massey CareerHub.
Explore some of the many ways in which you can make the most of your time at Massey by accessing our careers timeline.
Massey Contact Centre Mon - Fri 8:30am to 5:00pm 0800 MASSEY (+64 6 350 5701) TXT 5222 firstname.lastname@example.com Web chat Staff Alumni News Māori @ Massey


text: Bronson O'Dell "Pop" Wright, a resident of Joshua Tree and Pioneertown since the 1970s, died September 19. He was 81 years old. "Pop" Wright is survived by his wife, Vicki Wright, of Pioneertown; his daughters, Linda Theriault of Joshua Tree, Leila Huber of Twentynine Palms, Tanya Wilson and Michele Wilson, of Yucca Valley; his sons Mike Wright of Yucca Valley; Mitch Wright and Mark Wright of Joshua Tree, and Matt Wright of Pennsylvania; 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. "Pop" Wright retired as a superintendent with the Joshua Basin Water District. A service will be held at the Joshua Tree Memorial Park at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 28, with Pastor Bruce and Pastor Bill of Pioneertown Church officiating. A graveside service will be held immediately following the service. Bronson "Pop" O'Dell Wright was a loving husband, father, uncle, brother, grandfather, and friend. He was an artist, jewelry maker, wood-working hobbyist, race car enthusiast and former driver of race cars and motorcycles.


text:
Out of Lehman's Ashes Wall Street Gets Most of What It WantsChristine Harper
Wall Street's biggest banks, whose missteps caused a global financial crisis and economic slowdown two years ago, were more agile when it came to countering the political and regulatory response.
The U.S. government, promising to make the system safer, buckled under many of the financial industry's protests. Lawmakers spurned changes that would wall off deposit-taking banks from riskier trading. They declined to limit the size of lenders or ban any form of derivatives. Higher capital and liquidity requirements agreed to by regulators worldwide have been delayed for years to aid economic recovery.
"We continue to listen to the same people whose errors in judgment were central to the problem," said John Reed, 71, a former co-chief executive officer of Citigroup Inc., who estimated only 25 percent of needed changes have been enacted. "I'm astounded because we basically dropped the world's biggest economy because of an error in bank management."
The last two years have been the best ever for combined investment-banking and trading revenue at Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, 56, and his top deputies are in line to collect more than $100 million in delayed 2007 bonuses -- six months after paying $550 million to settle a fraud lawsuit related to the firm's behavior that year. Citigroup, the bank that needed more taxpayer support than any other, has a balance sheet 14 percent bigger than it was four years ago.
Army of Lobbyists
Wall Street's army of lobbyists and its history of contributions to politicians weren't the only keys to success, lawmakers, academics and industry executives said. The financial system's complexity gave bankers an advantage in controlling the narrative and dismissing the ideas of would-be reformers as infeasible or dangerous. A revolving door between government and banking offices contributed to a mind-set that what's good for Wall Street is good for Main Street.
To make their case, bankers and lobbyists characterized proposed regulations as stifling innovation, competitiveness and economic growth. They said the industry had learned its lessons and that firms were adopting changes voluntarily to be more transparent and accountable. Successful companies shouldn't be punished for the sins of those that failed, they said.
"It is important to look beyond the rhetoric and ask the tough questions about underlying structural changes that promote responsible reforms and stability to our financial system, yet support the ability of financial firms to innovate and serve the needs of families and employers," Timothy Ryan, CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, an industry lobbying group, wrote in a Feb. 5 op-ed piece for the Washington Post.
'Culture of Greed'
That argument resonated with lawmakers under pressure to boost a fragile economy and bring down an unemployment rate that has hovered near 10 percent since August 2009, its highest level in more than a quarter of a century.
"The big financial industry has convinced a lot of people, particularly in Congress and on the regulatory side, that they bring value to the economy with new instruments and new approaches," said Byron Dorgan, a Democratic senator from North Dakota who is retiring this year. "Anybody who wants to do things that seem aggressive is called a radical populist."
U.S. President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, weeks after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed in the largest bankruptcy and the Federal Reserve and government provided unprecedented support to insurance company American International Group Inc. as well as nine of the largest banks. Obama, who raised $15 million on Wall Street, promised that his administration would "crack down on the culture of greed and scheming" that he said led to the financial crisis.
Geithner, Summers
While Obama vowed to change the system, he filled his economic team with people who helped create it.
Timothy F. Geithner, 49, who had been responsible for overseeing banks including Citigroup while president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, became Treasury secretary and named a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist as his chief of staff. Lawrence H. Summers, 56, who is stepping down as Obama's National Economic Council director, opposed derivatives regulation and supported the 1999 repeal of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial and investment banking, when he served as deputy Treasury secretary and Treasury secretary in President Bill Clinton's administration.
'Free Pass'
"It was very clear by February 2009 that the banks were going to get a free pass," said Simon Johnson, a former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund who is now a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. "You could see from the hiring of Tim Geithner and from the messages that he and his team were putting out that this was going to go very badly."
Even when changes were advocated by people who couldn't be characterized as radical populists, their ideas were dismissed as unrealistic, misinformed, advancing ulterior motives or damaging to U.S. competitiveness.
Such tactics helped bat back suggestions from billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Vice Chairman Charles Munger that regulators ban purchases of so-called naked credit-default swaps -- contracts that allow speculators to profit if a debt issuer defaults.
Geithner was an early opponent of any such ban, arguing at a March 2009 House Financial Services Committee hearing that it wasn't necessary and wouldn't help.
"It's too hard to distinguish what's a legitimate hedge that has some economic value from what people might just feel is a speculative bet on some future outcome," he said.
'Unbelievably Complicated'
Dorgan, 68, who offered an amendment to the Dodd-Frank bill that would have banned such swaps and who wrote a 1994 article for Washington Monthly warning about the dangers posed by over-the-counter derivatives, said supporters in Congress backed down because they didn't get pressure from their constituents.
"The debate that's necessary on these subjects is a debate that is so unbelievably complicated that the larger financial institutions have always controlled the narrative," Dorgan said. "Even things that were fairly mild were contested as anti-business and going to injure and ruin the economy."
Instead Dodd-Frank gave regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission the responsibility of writing rules governing the $583 trillion market in over-the-counter derivatives. The law, named after Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd and Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, requires that most derivatives be traded on third-party clearinghouses and regulated exchanges.
Private Swaps
The CFTC withdrew a proposed rule on Dec. 9 after at least one commissioner, Scott O'Malia, a former aide to Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, objected. The rule would have required dealers of private swaps to quote prices to all market users before trades could be executed on an electronic system. A new version, approved Dec. 16, will save dealers billions of dollars, according to Moody's Investors Service, because they will be able to limit price information to select participants.
An amendment requiring banks to spin out their swaps-dealing operations into separately capitalized units, so they wouldn't have access to government backstops, made it into the Dodd-Frank bill. It was diluted at the end to exempt interest-rate and foreign-exchange contracts that make up more than 90 percent of the derivatives held by U.S. banks.
Banks were also allowed to trade derivatives used to hedge their own risks and given up to two years to trade other types of derivatives, such as credit-default swaps that aren't standard enough to be cleared through a central counterparty.
Too Big
A suggestion that banks deemed too big to fail should be broken up or made small enough to fail -- an idea backed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and hedge-fund manager David Einhorn -- also failed to win support from U.S. policy makers, as bank executives argued that size alone didn't make a company risky and that it could be essential for banks to compete.
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan's CEO, said in a January 2010 interview that most of the financial firms that collapsed during the crisis were narrowly focused investment banks, insurers, mortgage brokers or thrifts, not big integrated conglomerates.
"A lot of companies are big because they're required to be big because of economies of scale," he said.
The closest the Obama administration came to trying to limit the size of banks was in January, when the president proposed levying a fee on financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion. The idea was never adopted by Congress. Instead, it supported Geithner's plan for a so-called resolution authority that would give regulators the ability to manage an orderly wind-down of a large financial company. Critics say the authority is unlikely to work in practice because regulators won't have power over a bank's international operations.
"The resolution authority as drawn up by Dodd-Frank does not apply to the megabanks and doesn't apply to JPMorgan Chase, nor can it because that authority only applies to U.S. domestic financial entities," said MIT's Johnson, a Bloomberg contributor. "If anything, it's gotten worse because we have fewer big banks. The ones that remain are undoubtedly too big to fail."
Even before Obama took office in January 2009, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker, an economic adviser to the president-elect, was calling for clear distinctions between banks that take deposits and make loans and those that engage in riskier capital markets businesses. The recommendation, a modern version of Glass-Steagall, was put forward in a report by the Group of 30, an organization of current and former central bankers, financial ministers, economists and financiers whose board Volcker chairs.
Volcker Rule
Reed, the former Citigroup co-CEO, and David Komansky, a former CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co., were among those who said publicly that they regretted having played a role in overturning Glass-Steagall. Both of their former companies were crippled by investments in mortgage-linked securities during the crisis, and Merrill was sold to Bank of America in a hastily reached agreement the same weekend Lehman Brothers went bankrupt.
"We have to think of the original reasons why Glass-Steagall was brought down in the first place, and that is the U.S. banks were competing with large, universal banks around the world," Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein said in a March 2009 interview with Bloomberg Television. "So I don't think we'd turn the clock back."
The idea was left out of Geithner's original financial regulation proposals and didn't gain much support until January, after a Republican upset a Democrat in a Massachusetts senate race. Obama and his economic team, including Volcker, then announced they were supporting a so-called Volcker rule that would ban proprietary trading at regulated banks and prohibit them from owning hedge funds and private equity funds.
Proprietary Trading
E. Gerald Corrigan, a former New York Fed president who worked under Volcker at the Fed and is now a managing director at Goldman Sachs, told a Senate hearing that banks shouldn't be prevented from owning and sponsoring hedge funds or private equity funds because they promote "best industry practice." He urged a distinction between proprietary trading and "market making" for clients or hedging related to such market making.
In the final version of Dodd-Frank, the Volcker rule ended up looking much more like the Corrigan rule. Banks were allowed to own or sponsor hedge funds and private equity funds and even to invest in them as long as their holdings didn't account for more than 3 percent of the bank's capital or 3 percent of the fund's capital.
The ban on proprietary trading exempted dealing in government and agency securities. Regulators were charged with deciding what other types of trading would be considered proprietary and which would be deemed market-making.
Volcker was disappointed with the final version, according to a person with knowledge of his views.
Goldman Sachs Chief Financial Officer David Viniar, who told analysts in January that "pure walled-off proprietary trading" accounted for about 10 percent of the firm's revenue, said in October that the company had closed one such business and was waiting to see if the rules would require other changes.
While the Dodd-Frank Act is the most sweeping financial legislation in decades, creating a consumer-protection office for financial products and a council of regulators charged with monitoring systemic risk, it won't fundamentally change a U.S. banking system dominated by six companies with a combined $9.4 trillion of assets, MIT's Johnson said.
'Falls Short'
The law won't prevent lenders with federally guaranteed deposits from gambling in the derivatives markets, though it will place restrictions on some types of contracts and require more transparent trading and central clearing. It does little to solve the danger posed by leveraged firms reliant on fickle markets for funding.
"It's not my point to say that the legislation enacted is worthless," said Dorgan. "It requires more transparency and disclosure and a series of things that are useful, even though it falls short of what I think should have been done."
The Treasury Department takes a more positive view. The law "fundamentally changes the landscape of our financial regulatory system for the better," said Steven Adamske, a Treasury spokesman, in an e-mailed statement.
"The Obama administration and Secretary Geithner fought hard to enact a tough set of reforms that reins in excessive risk on Wall Street, protects the economic security of American families on Main Street, and makes certain taxpayers are never again put on the hook for the reckless acts of a few irresponsible firms," Adamske said. "It also creates a safer, more transparent derivatives market through comprehensive reform, bans risky pay practices, and it puts in place the strongest consumer protections in history."
2,300 Reasons
The biggest financial companies increased their spending on lobbying in the first nine months of 2010 as they sought to influence the legislative outcome, according to Senate records. JPMorgan's advocacy spending grew 35 percent, to $5.8 million from $4.3 million, while Goldman Sachs's jumped 71 percent to $3.6 million.
Banks had "2,300 pages worth of reasons" for spending, said Scott Talbott, a lobbyist at the Financial Services Roundtable, which represents the largest lenders and insurance firms, referring to the size of the Dodd-Frank bill. "The issues on Capitol Hill required more attention."
'Always There'
Spending during 2010 probably played only a small role in the ability of financial companies and trade groups to influence legislators, according to Anthony J. Nownes, a political science professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville whose books on the role of lobbyists include "Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It)" (Cambridge University Press).
"The idea that they stepped up their activity has some truth, but the larger truth is that they always spend a lot of money and this was no exception," Nownes said. "They're always there, their viewpoints are always heard and it is a cumulative effect -- they've been saying the same things for years and years and years."
Even as they were spending more on lobbying, the largest U.S. banks cut their political giving for the 2010 elections. Of the 10 biggest financial firms, only Goldman Sachs, MetLife Inc. and the U.S. subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG spent more from their political action committees during the 2009-2010 election cycle than they did in 2007-2008, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Talbott said the decrease was partly because of the economic slump, and also because some members of Congress refused to take donations from banks that received federal funds during the crisis.
Orszag, Lubke
The financial industry is adept at hiring people with experience in Congress and government, which gives it an edge in understanding the best tactics to use, Nownes said. This month Citigroup recruited former Obama administration budget director Peter Orszag as a vice chairman in its global banking business, and Goldman Sachs hired Theo Lubke from the New York Fed, where he oversaw efforts to make the derivatives market safer.
Research shows that lawmakers are more susceptible to lobbying on issues that are complex, technical or economic, which benefits the banks, Nownes said.
"This certainly was a huge advantage for them, especially in designing some of the more intricate details of this piece of legislation," he said. "The more technical and complex, the bigger the informational advantage they have."
Tax on Bonuses
Even in areas that weren't technical, such as bonuses, the financial industry was able to resist tough regulation.
With polls showing strong popular support for limits on pay, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pressed for a tax on banker bonuses and one on financial transactions to deter speculative trading.
Obama didn't go that far. Instead, the administration appointed Washington lawyer Kenneth Feinberg to review pay for the 100 top executives at firms receiving "exceptional assistance" from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Feinberg ordered cuts at Bank of America, Citigroup and AIG, as well as at two bankrupt car companies and their finance divisions.
The administration, while opposing any pay caps, urged regulators to require changes that would better align compensation with risk, such as paying bonuses in restricted stock. Several banks responded by raising bankers' salaries. So far this year, five Wall Street banks -- Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley -- have set aside more than $91 billion for salaries and bonuses.
Money 'Paralyzes'
In early 2010, Virginia Senator James Webb and California Senator Barbara Boxer, both Democrats, proposed an amendment to a jobs bill that would have imposed a 50 percent tax on any bonuses above $400,000 collected in 2009 by executives at banks that received at least $5 billion in TARP funds.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which opposed the tax, urged senators to reject the idea because it "would likely hamper efforts to resolve the ongoing financial crisis, restore economic growth, spur job creation and is likely unconstitutional." The bill never made it to a vote.
"Neither party wanted to touch that issue," Webb said at the Washington Ideas Forum on Oct. 1. "Quite frankly, the way that money affects the political process sometimes paralyzes us from doing what we should do."
In a Bloomberg News National Poll conducted Dec. 4 through Dec. 7, 71 percent of Americans said big bonuses should be banned this year at Wall Street firms that took taxpayer bailouts, and 17 percent said bonuses above $400,000 should be subject to a one-time 50 percent tax. Only 7 percent of the respondents said they consider bonuses a reflection of Wall Street's return to health and an appropriate incentive.
Protecting Stockholders
Reed, the former Citigroup executive, said he didn't understand why lawmakers gave so much credit to arguments made by financial-industry participants whose job it is to put the interests of their shareholders above any concern for the safety of the financial system.
"I'm surprised that the people in Washington think that the stockholders are the people that they should protect," Reed said. "It would seem to me that the people who should be protected are the overall banking system and the many, many, many companies that depend on it."
To continue reading this article you must be a Bloomberg Professional Service Subscriber.
Read this article on the Terminal Request a demo to learn more
If you believe that you may have received this message in error please let us know.
- Uber Victim Stepped Suddenly in Front of Self-Driving Car
- Apple Is Secretly Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time
- How Facebook Made Its Cambridge Analytica Data Crisis Even Worse
- Stocks Slump as Facebook Hits Tech; Bonds Recover: Markets Wrap
- From a $126 Million Bonus to Jail: The Fall of a Star Trader


text:
Contact Us
Browse by:
Patent Drawings:
(2 images)
Date Issued:
April 16, 1991
October 19, 1988
Hochberg; Nelson
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Primary Examiner:
Mancene; Gene
Assistant Examiner:
Lynch; Michael
Attorney Or Agent:
Cahill, Sutton & Thomas
U.S. Class:
Field Of Search:
International Class:
U.S Patent Documents:
Foreign Patent Documents:
Other References:
An improved navigation lapboard having two clear sheets clamping sheets of paper between them which allows viewing of the paper and writing on the acrylic sheets without writing directly on the paper. The lapboard is sized to hold an aviation chart and a flight plan side by side and also has holders for writing instruments and clips to compress the plastic sheets together. The lapboard also holds additional writing and reading material on top of the plastic sheets.
I claim:
1. A navigation lapboard for holding aviation charts, flight logs, or the like, comprising in combination:
(a) a clear base sheet for supporting two or more charts or the like, and having first and second opposing edges;
(b) a hinged spring clip secured to said clear base sheet between the first and second opposing edges thereof; and
(c) first and second clear cover sheets for covering two or more charts or the like, each of said first and second clear cover sheets being attached to said hinged spring clip and generally overlying said clear base sheet;
whereby each of said first and second clear cover sheets can hinge out to permit a chart or the like to be inserted between each of said clear cover sheets and said clear base sheet.
2. A navigation lapboard as recited by claim 11 wherein each of said first and second clear cover sheets includes a side edge, said lapboard further including at least one spring clip secured to the side edge of one of said clear cover sheets tohold approach plates or the like.
This invention relates to lapboards and specifically to an improved pilots navigation lapboard.
The applicant submitted with the present patent application a copy of pages from a pilot's supplies catalog showing several kneeboards, clipboards and other pilot's lapboards. These represent all of the variations of lapboards that the inventoris aware of. Most lapboards have been small, capable only of holding a small scratch pad or a few sheets from a flight log. Some of these lapboards have clips to hold the logs and some have straps which permit the lapboards to be strapped to a leg. Because of the small size of such lapboard, the strap is necessary to keep the board from falling off the lap. One lapboard, the "Navboard" is made from clear acrylic, designed specifically for placing a chart between the acrylic sheets, but it is smalland capable of only holding one folded up aviation chart and does not have holders for pencils or spring clips for approach plates, etc. The "Wild Willie's" kneeboard has a clip and a clear acrylic cover but it is designed only to hold an NOS approachplate. The "tri-fold" kneeboard has a clear vinyl pocket for an aviation chart but it is sized to only store the chart and not display it for reference.
Summary of the Invention
Accordingly several objects of my invention are: it is sized specifically to allow an aviation chart and a flight log to be placed side by side. It can hold several aviation charts and logs stacked at the same time. On the reverse side, anotheraviation chart and a weather log can be placed side by side. It has large capacity clips allowing approach plates, airport diagrams and other information to be clipped in place. It has holders for two marking pencils, and the plastic allows for writingon it instead of the logs and charts under it. This makes the logs and charts reuseable. It is designed to accommodate varied thicknesses of material within the acrylic sheets and its size allows a stable platform so it doesn't have to be strapped to aleg. Furthermore, other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the drawings and ensuing descriptions thereof.
FIG. 1 shows an isometric exploded view of a first embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 shows an isometric view of a second embodiment of the invention wherein the cover sheet is split vertically into two separate sheets.
Within FIG. 1, item 1 to a base sheet that is clear, typically made of acrylic. Item 2 is an end piece typically made of acrylic; there are two ends pieces cemented or mechanically bonded to the base sheet to act as spacers. Item 3 is a springclip, typically made of metal; two are attached to the end pieces with rivets item 4 or other fastening devices. Item 5 is a cover sheet made of clear, material, typically acrylic. Item 6 is a marking pencil (ie: grease pencil or overhead projectormarker) held in place in one or two places to the end piece with fabric loop fasteners, spring clips or another holding device items 7 and 8.
Operation: An aviation chart is folded to 10 inch .times.10 inch size (a standard folding size for aviation charts) and placed on the left side of the base sheet. A flight log of 61/2 inch .times.91/2 inch size is placed to the right of thechart on the base sheet. optionally, another aviation chart can be placed under the first aviation chart to be viewed on the bottom by flipping the lapboard over. The back side of the flight log or other material placed under the flight log can beviewed when the lapboard is turned over. The cover sheet is then slid over on top of the chart and the log and the spring clips are compressed to hold the cover sheet down. Optionally, a paper or cloth tissue can be placed under one of the clips to beused for erasing marks on the acrylic. Marking pencils are clipped to the appropriate locations on the board. Any semipermanent markings or permanent markings that the pilot wishes to make on the map or log can be done before being placed inside theacrylic sheets. In flight, routings, time information, clearances or any other information the pilot might want to jot down can be written on top of the acrylic sheets using the marking pencil. If necessary, the tissue can be used to erase any of themarkings. Departure plates, approach plates and other information, can be clipped under the spring clips. The spring clips are large enough to handle a book up to an inch or more in thickness. With the two spring clips provided, the approach platescan be used on either side pending on whether the pilot wishes to look at the log or the chart. Two books can also be held in pace, one under each clip. Upon preparation for landing, the pilot can quickly put the entire board with all of his navigationinformation held in place in the back or between the seats out of his way, eliminating clutter in the cockpit. Optionally, lights for viewing at night and a time distance computer, may be attached to the board on the end pieces.
In another embodiment of the lapboard, shown in FIG. 2 the cover sheet is split vertically into two separate sheets, 10 and 11 attached to a hinged spring clip 12 which, in turn, is attached to the base sheet 13. The two cover sheets 10 and 11each hinge out to place maps or logs in place. Another two spring clips 14 and 15 are then attached to the side edges 16 and 17 of the cover sheet to hold approach plates and other materials.
Although, the above description contains specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as an exemplification of two preferred embodiments thereof. Many other variations are possible. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not by the embodiment illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
* * * * *
Recently Added Patents
Lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
Critical word forwarding with adaptive prediction
Micromachined devices and fabricating the same
Produce container and lid assembly
Fuel cell module, manufacturing method thereof and unit containing several of the latter
Method of isolating human neuroepithelial precursor cells from human fetal tissue
Image processing apparatus, image printing apparatus and printing data generation method
Randomly Featured Patents
Audio signal recording apparatus with recording of different amounts of audio and video signal information in different modes
Process for consolidation of porous preform for optical fiber
Antennas for electronic devices
Clock distribution network for reducing clock skew
Hose clip
System and method of package creation that includes audio content and audio advertising
Method of molding a bottle-shaped container of synthetic resin
Process for buspirone hydrochloride polymorphic crystalline form conversion
Contamination control mats and methods and apparatus for removing sheets therefrom
© 2006-2011. PatentGenius.com All Rights Reserved.


text:
Calvin Men Take Second in 800 Free Relay/Calvin Women Fourth in 800 Free Relay at MIAA Championships
Thursday, February 16, 2012Results
HOLLAND The first night of the four-day MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships took place Wednesday night at the Holland Aquatic Center. After one day of competition, the Calvin men are in second place with 34 points while the Calvin women are in fourth place with 30 points. The only finals events that took place on Wednesday were the mens and womens 800 freestyle relays.In the mens 800 freestyle relay, the Calvin team of senior Ross Battoclette, freshman Alex Baumann, sophomore Andrew Mitchell and freshman Travis Vincent had a season-best time of 6:54.12 that was good for second place, just .54 of a second behind Kalamazoos winning relay team. On the womens side, the Calvin team of junior Elizabeth Counsell, junior Stephanie Fox, freshman Kathryn Wrobel and junior Shelby Cloyd took fourth in a time of 8:05.48.
Women's Basketball Captures Outright MIAA Regular Season Title & Top Seed for MIAA Tourney
Thursday, February 16, 2012Box Score
By Mark DeHaan
Calvin College was able to send its seniors off with the outright MIAA regular season championship as the Knights defeated the Saint Mary's College Belles 73-52 in their final home game of the regular season on Wednesday night. Playing in pink, breast cancer awareness jerseys, Calvin was able to fend off a pesky Belles team on Senior Night. Playing in their final regular season home games on Wednesday were Calvin seniors Jill Thomas, Leah Mattson and Courtney Kurncz. Junior Carissa Verkaik had 21 points and nine rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season and 34th of her career. She also moved past Marcia Harris and into second place on the Calvin career scoring list, boosting her career total to 1,564 points. The MIAA title is Calvin's 13th overall and fourth under current head coach John Ross. Calvin gains the top seed for the four-team MIAA Tournament and will host Saint Mary's in a rematch next Thursday night in the MIAA Tournament semifinals at 7:30 p.m. at Van Noord Arena.
John Ross Postgame Audio Interview
Flashback: Bryan Powell Steal-And-Dunk In Calvin-Hope Game Now Online
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
With Calvin trailing late in the first half of its February 11 rivalry game with Hope at Van Noord Arena, Calvin junior Bryan Powell electrified the Calvin crowd with a steal and powerful one-hand dunk. Powell went on to score 16 points in the game. Calvin student videographer Mike Zaagman caught the Powell dunk and has posted the following video clip online:
Bryan Powell Dunk vs. Hope from Calvin College on Vimeo.
Baseball Team Picked to Finish Third in MIAA Preseason Poll
Monday, February 13, 20122012 Calvin Baseball Schedule
The Calvin baseball team has been picked to finish third in the MIAA preseason coaches poll. A year ago, Calvin finished third in the final MIAA regular season standings with a 15-13 conference record. The Knights posted an overall record of 20-20. Defending MIAA champion Adrian has been picked as the preseason favorite. The Bulldogs received five of a possible eight first place votes while Hope has been picked to finish second. The Flying Dutchmen received the other three first place votes. Calvin is scheduled to open its season on March 2 against Defiance College in Danville, Kentucky. Calvin will open its MIAA season on March 23 when it travels to Trine for a conference doubleheader. This year also marks the first time the MIAA will hold a postseason conference tournament. The four-team tournament will take place May 9-11.
Poll Results: 1. Adrian (5) 9 pts. 2. Hope (3) 11. 3. Calvin 23. 4. Albion 24. 5. Trine 33. 6. Alma 39. 6. Kalamazoo 39. 8. Olivet 46.
Brian Haverdink Reflects on Last Regular Season Home Game At Van Noord Arena
Sunday, February 12, 2012Calvin/Hope Men's Basketball Photo Gallery
By Mark DeHaan
Playing in his final regular season home game as a Calvin College Knight, senior Brian Haverdink could not have asked for a better atmosphere than was present against Hope. Although the Knights could not dismantle the Dutch, Haverdink was grateful just the same. Haverdink's last regular season game in Van Noord Arena was marked with an 11-point, six-rebound performance by Calvin's lone senior against the team ranked number one in the nation in Division III.
Track and Field Action Continues at GVSU Big Meet
Saturday, February 11, 2012Box Score
ALLENDALE Action continued at the Grand Valley State big meet on Saturday. Notable performances for the Calvin mens team included sophomore Sam Kerk placing fifth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:39.93.In the mens shot put, junior Aaron Meckes produced a season-best throw of 53-3 that places him ninth on the NCAA III qualifying list. On the womens side, sophomore Stephanie Bennett had a solid day, posting a time of 8.20 in the 60 meter dash and a time of 26.70 in the 200 meter dash. Freshman Kate Ardinger also had a strong time of 5:10.97 that was good for 10th place in the mile run.
Women's Basketball Claims Share of MIAA Regular Season Title With 67-44 Win at Olivet
Saturday, February 11, 2012Box Score
(Photo by Sandy Palmatter)
OLIVET Calvin clinched a share of the MIAA regular season title with a 67-44 victory at Olivet Saturday afternoon. Ranked fifth nationally, Calvin improves to 22-1 overall and to 14-1 in the MIAA. The Knights can claim an outright title with a win over Saint Marys next Wednesday. The league title is Calvins 13th overall in womens basketball which leads all MIAA schools. Calvins inside tandem of juniors Carissa Verkaik and Julia Hilbrands powered the Knights to the win as Verkaik had 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting while Hillbrands was 6-of-10 from the floor and 4-of-4 at the free throw line for 16 points.
Hope Defeats Calvin 83-70 in 181st Meeting of The Rivalry
Saturday, February 11, 2012Box Score
Story By Andrew Knot/Photo by Dan Vos
The Knights dropped an 83-70 loss to archrival and top-ranked Hope on Saturday, moving their record to 12-11 overall and 7-5 in conference. Sophomore Tyler Kruis led the Knights in scoring with 17 points. He also contributed 6 rebounds. Junior Bryan Powell was close behind with 16 points and junior Tom Snikkers led the way on the glass with 10 boards. Calvin held a 43-29 rebounding advantage but the Knights shot just 36.9 percent from the floor while Hope connected on 52.8 percent of its attempts. Calvin travels to Angola, IN to square off against Trine on Wednesday. Calvin is currently locked in a three-way tie for second place in the MIAA standings with Adrian and Trine as all three teams are 7-5 in league play. Albion is lurking close behind at 6-6 as four teams are vying for three available spots for the upcoming four-team league tournament. Hope has already clinched the top seed.
Tracksters Post Big Times on First Day at GVSU Big Meet
Friday, February 10, 2012Day One Results
ALLENDALE - The first day of competition of the Grand Valley State Big Meet took place on Friday and a handful of Calvin athletes competed and had big performances. Senior Nick Kramer had an NCAA III qualifying time in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:20.38. Teammates Matt VanderRoest and Dan Kerr also had strong performances with VanderRoest clocking in with a time of 14:49.62 and Kerr a time of 14:51.36.In the men's mile run, junior Greg Whittle had a time of 4:12.40 which ranks him seventh on the NCAA III (indoor) qualifying list. On the women's side, senior Jodi Hoekstra had a big time of 17:21.53 in the 5,000 meters while sophomore Nicole Michmerhuizen broke the 18-minute mark for the first time this winter, clocking in at 17:57.48. Action continues on Saturday at Grand Valley State.
Men's Basketball Holds On for Win in 100-99 Overtime Thriller Over Alma
Thursday, February 09, 2012Box Score
By Andrew Knot/Photo by Sandy Palmatter
Down by seven with three minutes in regulation, the Knights fought back to capture a thrilling 100-99 overtime victory over Alma on Wednesday. Junior Matt DeBoer hit a jumper in the closing seconds of regulation to send the contest into overtime. In the closing seconds of overtime, Alma missed a three-point shot, allowing Calvin to hold on for the win. Four Knights finished in double figures. Snikkers had 26 points and 11 rebounds for his third consecutive double-double. DeBoer had 22 points and seven rebounds. Powell had 21 points and Kruis had 16 points and nine rebounds. Almas Cory Schneider led all scorers with 27 points. With the win, Calvin remains tied for second place in the MIAA standings with Adrian at 7-4 in league play.« First < 2 3 4 5 >


text:
Some customers shocked by UI rate hike proposal
Updated 11:45 pm, Thursday, May 2, 2013
BRIDGEPORT -- United Illuminating wants to increase the average customer's bill about $2 a month.
Lillian Wade does not want to give UI one more penny, period.
"I don't care if it's two cents. It's two cents coming out of my pocket," Wade told members of the state Department of Public Utility Control on Thursday night.
The regulatory agency hosted a sparsely attended public hearing at City Hall on UI's rate request. The $2 increase would go into effect in July 2014.
The utility wants help paying for recent storm repairs, and for strengthening and updating its infrastructure. But in Bridgeport on Thursday, Toni Lawrence said that should not be her problem.
"I lost power for seven days (during Superstorm Sandy in October 2012). I called UI. They came, rolled down the street and kept going," Lawrence testified. "Treat us like human beings and maybe we might agree to a rate increase."
Mayor Bill Finch, a Democrat, said steps must be taken to minimize the impact of natural disasters on utilities.
"However, our residents should not be the ones who have to disproportionately shoulder the cost of these much-needed improvements," Finch told PURA.
"When the population of Connecticut shifted to the suburbs many years ago, it was the urban rate payers who were forced to pay increased rates to help build infrastructure. Now that we need to upgrade ... to be more resilient to the storms, UI is once again asking the urban rate payers to disproportionately shoulder the costs."
The mayor's relationship with UI has run hot and cold.
Finch noted, for example, that UI has supported his administration's clean energy initiatives and provided free energy assessments to Bridgeport businesses.
Not mentioned, however, was UI's donation of $10,000 toward the mayor's unsuccessful campaign last year to get voter approval for a charter change allowing him to appoint the city's traditionally elected school board.
Finch was also angry with UI's response to Superstorm Sandy and the fact it took 10 days to restore power.
"UI did not effectively shift its manpower to help bring Bridgeport -- its largest customer base and home to several regional priorities -- back online," Finch testified. "There were not enough crews and trucks working Bridgeport."
The city is also facing off with UI in a separate case before PURA.
Finch wants the utility and its suburban customers to shoulder the costs of burying utilities at the Steel Point waterfront redevelopment.
UI says its customers should only be responsible for the traditional above-ground infrastructure, and the city and Steel Point developer must bear the cost of burying power lines.
UI spokesman Michael West, who attended Thursday's hearing, said in response to Finch's concerns, "Everybody wants (power) back on faster and so do we. But we have to find the balance that makes it as efficient as possible and do it as safely as possible."
West noted all of UI's municipal customers provide lists of 10 priorities for power restoration, which can slow down work in other neighborhoods.
Final speaker Linda Simard said UI shareholders, not customers, need to "take the hit" for any new financial burdens. Simard also lamented the fact Thursday's hearing was so poorly attended.
"People think it's not going to matter," she said.
Additional testimony on UI's request can be mailed to PURA, 10 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051 or submitted via email to email@example.com.
A final decision on the proposed UI rate hike is expected in August.


text:
Pro Service Landscape
Serving King and Snohomish County
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
We accept all
major credit cards
Your Landscape Professionals
Complete Landscaping Services
Since 1991, Pro Service Landscape has been providing complete landscaping, hardscaping and irrigation services to the residents of King and Snohomish Counties and all the surrounding areas. We have more than 21 years of experience handling all types of landscaping projects. From custom sprinkler systems to the design and installation of new yards, we have the equipment and expertise to get the job done right the first time. All you have to do is sit back and watch it grow. Leave the sweating in the sun to the professionals. Kick back in your lawn chair and call Pro Service Landscape today!
We service a large geographic area including: Seattle, Bellevue, Clyde Hill, Medina, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Issaquah, Redmond, Kirkland, Bothell, Edmonds, Mill Creek, Woodinville, Mukilteo, Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Snohomish, Monroe, Whidbey Island and Arlington. We have recently expanded our services to include the Douglas and Chelan County areas.
Pro Service Landscape
206-409-5716 • 360-668-9219 • 509-387-0178
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Outdoor Living
Along with our design and consultations, we will provide the highest quality materials and craftsmanship for installation of all aspects of outside living including: patios, walkways, masonry fireplaces, retaining walls, decks and trellis's and the latest LED low voltage lighting products.
We specialize in:
• Landscape design
• Sprinkler systems
• Low voltage lighting systems
• Retaining walls
• Paver sidewalks & patios
• Plantings
• Yard & sod lawn renovations
• Grading
• Concrete
• Fencing
• Outside kitchens & fireplaces
• Wetland restoration
Paver and Concrete Patios
Paver Patios and walkways are installed professionally. Preparation is the key and careful planning will provide immediate and overwhelming satisfaction. Choose from multiple colors, rich elegant and practical applications are our specialty. We also install concrete patios and pathways. They can be stamped, acid etched, sand blasted, broomed finished or exposed aggregate.
Water Features
The beauty and sound of our natural water features are a treasure in the entry of any home or living area focal point. Let us design and build a water feature for you that you will cherish and enjoy for years to come.


text:
The Leagues of NH, VT, ME, and RI have worked together for a number of years on regional issues. The Leagues in Massachusetts and Connecticut sometimes join the annual conference.
See the description of this year's conference below.
Weekend of April 7-8, 2018.
Our nearly annual conference for League members from NH, VT, ME, RI, and sometimes MA and CT. The focus this year is on "Making Democracy Work: Learning From Each Other."
Workshops include sharing of ideas on working within the League (local and state and national levels) and also working with the many citizen action groups that have sprung up.
Sunday morning will include a discussion of the national League's "Transformation Journey" hosted by national board member Toni Zimmer. Strongly recommended for anyone planning to go to LWV Convention in June.
Cost for the event is $25, which includes Sat. lunch and snacks. A block of rooms has been reserved for League at a special price, and the LWVNH Education Fund will reimburse each NH member $50 if they stay overnight. Breakfast included with the room rate. Saturday dinner will be in groups at area restaurants.
Optional Sunday morning book discussion over breakfast: Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks, with Barbara Dade facilitating.
For more on the schedule, how to register and pay, click here. (LWV Maine's Education Fund is acting as our treasurer and registrar.)
Make your room reservation by phone and tell them you want the special League of Women Voters rate ($99 plus tax). 207-646-0555
Our keynote speaker was Toni Zimmer, LWV board of directors and our liaison to national League (shown center in this photo of the 5 New England state presidents attending: VT, MA, RI, Toni, ME, NH.)
This is the eleventh year Leagues from New England have organized this conference to educate ourselves and share our ideas for Making Democracy Work, the theme for 2017.
So busy we couldn't get all thirteen LWVNH members to stand still together, but we caught ten of us. Missing are JoAnne E, Sally E, and Sara M.
Click here for conference summary. Thirteen NH members represented our League, and our thanks to the LWVNH Education Fund for helping to make this possible.
Exciting keynote speaker was author and political strategist Celinda Lake. She is the co-author of the book What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live The theme for this year's conference workshops was communications: getting the League's message to the public and to elected officials, as well as improving internal communications at all levels. Our recent Money in Politics study was referred to in examples of possible communications strategies.
Location was the Hampton Inn and Suites, Wells, Maine.
Program: Nellie Gorbea, Rhode Island's Secretary of State, was the keynote speaker at the 9th annual Quad States Leadership Conference. Election Law was the theme of this year's conference, with related issues the focus of workshops to enhance our League leadership skills (focus issues are in parentheses below):
Membership Recruitment: using an issue to recruit members (Redistricting) + Nancy Marashio (NH) was a workshop presenter.
Working With Others, including LWVUS (Money in Politics) + Ann Luther, (ME).
Conducting a Study (Open Primaries) + Kate Rader and Sonja Schuyler (VT).
A panel of women in public life who have used League experience to launch or inform their careers concluded the conference on Sunday.
States participating in 2014 were NH, VT, Maine, RI, and new this year, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
With energy production and distribution currently "hot topics," this year's subject was Energy and Energy Efficiency. The New England Governors in December signed a compact agreeing to work together to solve the region's energy issues. The Governors are committed to working toward a regional goal of lowering electricity and heating costs and expanding their [energy] portfolios. This announcement contributed to our choosing this topic for our 2014 conference.
Our keynote speakers included Jack Cashman, former head of Maine's Public Utilities Commission, who explained how ISO-NE* works in relation to the states' various Public Utilities Commissions. Lea Aeschliman, a past League member and former chair of the NH Public Utilities Commission, helped us understand more about the current status of RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative), a regional initiative by states and provinces in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada regions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Also leading one of our workshops was a Maine League member who serves on LWVUS Climate Change Task Force. Pam Person helped us understand the LWVUS work on climate and energy and how state and local Leagues can take action.
We thank the LWVNH Education Fund for a grant to support NH attendance at the conference this year.
A synopsis of what we learned is posted below.


text:
Practical Theater
In the CenterStage of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, a student actor knelt down by a potted plant and feigns gardening. She turned to another student seated on a wooden stairwell leading to an open bedroom, part of the minimalist set creating the scene of this play. A… Continue reading »


text:
Asian and Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network
The Asian and Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network (APINCSN) is a network of cancer survivors, their family members, health care providers, researchers, health advocates, community members and organizations who are concerned about the issue of cancer and survivorship in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.
Join APINCSN, become a Member!
Learn about the free membership benefits for you and/or your organization.
Dispelling Myths and Providing Hope
APINSCN was founded by Susan M. Shinagawa and the late Reverend Frank Chong to minimize the burden of cancer and improve the quality of life of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders by dispelling myths, reducing disparities and providing hope.
Education and Advocacy
APINCSN links Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders with critical resources, such as contact with other survivors, referrals to cancer support and survivorship services, and access to multi-lingual cancer materials, and also offer supportive and educational networking opportunities. It is also a national advocacy coalition, working to educate and advocate on the issue of cancer through speaking events, online networking, and promoting cancer survivors into national policymaking and research committees.
Videos of Hope
To visit the Videos of Hope page and listen to stories featuring cancer survivors and caregivers who share their experiences with cancer and dealing with diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and other challenges along the way, click here. To share or suggest a story, please contact Marietta Factora at email@example.com and (415) 568-3322.
What's New
Newest Resources
March 28, 2017
Making Cancer Survivorship Care Plans More Inclusive of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities
May 9, 2016
Public-Private Partnerships for Data Equity
April 28, 2016
Obesity and Overweight Among Asian American Children and Adolescents
[Health Brief]
October 28, 2013
Oregon: Cancer and Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
[Health Brief]
October 22, 2013
Hawai`i: Cancer and Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
[Health Brief]
Featured Resources
A Book of Hope: Stories of Healing to Honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors
The Impact of Health Care Reform on the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations
Asian & Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network Newsletter Summer 2011


text:
Do we care who runs this town?
What do we want our capital city to do for us?
Smooth our commuter visit by land and sea?
Give us places to go and things to do, by day and night?
Provide a walkable historic core?
Give us model environmental integrity in lighting, noise control, stormwater and waste management?
Maybe just stay green?
What's not to love about autumn?
Which will it be, regret the past or dive into the future?
Turn to Free Will Astrology on page 20, and you'll read Rob Brezsny's borrowed counsel to "embrace your regrets. Listen to their stories. Hold them to your heart when you want to remember the price you paid to become who you truly are."
Back to work has a whole new meaning in 21st century America
School's back in session, Labor Day's upon us, and we're up for new challenges.
But just how much do we have to give?
I'm already leaning in, as Sheryl Sandberg advises. At Bay Weekly, it's shoulder to the wheel and nose to the grindstone. My job doesn't leave me much time to lollygag on Facebook, where Sandberg made her mark and millions.
Chew on these tales of bad behavior before you add a new member to your family
Through the beveled glass oval of the front door, I could see trouble. My friend and hair-stylist Kathy Burns' brother was not making a social call. His khaki uniform meant he had come on official business. Dogcatcher business.
The dog in question, Slip Mahoney, wasn't home. Wherever he was, he had stirred up enough commotion to bring out the dogcatcher.
A dozen kids add the now to our then
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear … Memory does see the past through rose-colored glasses. Looking down all the years to my own school days, I remember anticipation as it shivered through me before school started.
That's a job for the Green Team
The World Biggest Crab Feast didn't make the world's biggest mess this year.
Some 4,500 pounds of food scraps — about one-quarter of the food waste produced by the massive feast — will turn into compost instead of hogging precious landfill space.
Dee of St. Mary's is your one chance on the Western Shore
Shanghaied into labor, two able-bodied passengers grapple a stout line hand over hand to hoist the 2,000-square-foot Dacron mainsail of the skipjack Dee of St. Mary's up her 72-foot tree-trunk mast. Then First Mate John Fulchiron crawls out on the 19-foot bowsprit to raise the smaller jib. And off Dee goes.
Democratic women wanted to run for office
Blame it on the boys.
In Anne Arundel and Calvert counties, more men than women are making political decisions.
Four men to one woman govern on Calvert County's Board of Commissioners. Anne Arundel got a woman, Laura Neuman, by appointment, but in the last election, not a single woman won a voice in local government.
A sweet ending to Maryland Buy Local
You ate all your locally raised vegetables, fruits, eggs and meat every day during Maryland Buy Local Week.
Now you can have dessert.
Naturally, it's Maryland made, from the farmer to the chef to you.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have their day
A butterfly or two is an everyday pleasure.
A dozen or more, a sign you've planted well, raising a native garden of plants that bloom in sequence so emergent broods find the food they need to survive.
But an atmosphere thick with butterflies, bushes shimmering with butterflies: What is that?
© Copyright 2018, New Bay Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
Italy opened their 2014 World Cup campaign with an entertaining 2-1 win over England. Sam Lewis runs through those who impressed.
Salvatore Sirigu: 8
Faced enormous pressure replacing Gianluigi Buffon and couldn't do a lot about Daniel Sturridge's equaliser. Responsible for several impressive saves.
Matteo Darmian: 7
Was solid, industrious and played with a maturity that belied his years against a talented English front-line. A positive start for the Torino defender.
Andrea Barzagli: 7
Looked panicked at times but was responsible for a goal-saving tackle in the first half. Was Italy's best central defender.
Gabriel Paletta: 6
Looked uncomfortable under considerable England pressure and was often rescued by his counterparts. Gave the ball away in the first half that nearly led to a goal.
Giorgio Chiellini: 5.5
Left huge space behind in him the first half as the Juventus man was often too cavalier going forward. Was lucky at times as the veteran made some poor decisions.
Daniele De Rossi: 6
Was a solid tackler and passer while England dominated possession in the second half, had a largely quiet but effective 90 minutes.
Andrea Pirlo: 7.5
Was typically creative and efficient. Responsible for an excellent Marchisio goal thanks to the midfielder's sublime dummy and nearly scored with a terrific free-kick.
Marco Verratti: 6.5
Was inventive at times in the first half, combining well with Pirlo and Candreva but a quiet second half saw him replaced by Thiago Motta.
Claudio Marchisio: 7
Was largely anonymous in the second half but was responsible for Italy's opening goal with a low, driving strike. An important part of the victory.
Antonio Candreva: 7
Was Italy's brightest player with a few testing shots for Joe Hart in the England goal. Supplied an excellent cross for Balotelli's goal.
Mario Balotelli: 7
Gave Italy the lead after 50 minutes with an imperious header following Antonio Candreva's pinpoint cross. Was occasionally isolated but remained a reference point.
Thiago Motta: 6
Replaced Marco Verratti on 57 minutes. Was a calming defensive presence as Italy held onto their lead.
Ciro Immobile: 6
Replaced Mario Balotelli on 73 minutes. Was a goal-saving Gary Cahill tackle away from scoring the Azzurri's third goal. Was rather lonely in the final minutes.
Marco Parolo: No rating
Replaced Antonio Candreva on 78 minutes. Was largely a defensive player as England dominated possession. A quiet game for the Parma man.
Coach: Cesare Prandelli: 7
Wasn't as aggressive as many Italy fans hoped with defensive substitutions after Balotelli gave his side the lead, but set the team up exceptionally.
Words: Sam Lewis
See the latest Serie A predictions and betting tips with Eurotips.co.uk


text:
Main :: Share Your Settings
by markandrew68 on 2009-04-10 06:15:39.8620
Looking to get an Angus Young tone out of the spider valve, now I know theres alot of AC/DC fans out there. Someone must have an idea
how to get "that sound". I have the guitar now I need the tone without spending thousands on a Marshall and cranking it to 10. Any ideas??
by supertacks on 2009-04-10 07:55:14.0990
The Back in Black and Highway to Hell presets are a good place to start, not perfect but a place to start tweaking. A lot of the AC/DC sound is a tube amp cranked to 10. I think either of the crunch models sound pretty decent when playing big open chords.
by slash102 on 2009-04-10 13:44:29.2820
+1 to supertracks, and i get a perfect angus tone from crunch blue, drive at about 2:30, bass just before half, treble and mid around 1 and your there! i have the svpre and when set on yellow or orange it fattens up the tone even more
by bigfish86 on 2009-05-08 20:25:44.1280
Angus Young's tone actually changed over the history of the band. Early on he used a JTM-45 but as the band progressed he moved to plexi's. Now, its a common misconception that he just cranked the amp to ten. In fact, in the studio, he plays a 50W plexi head through channel 2's high input at 5. i would recommend trying the JTM-45 for a High Voltage era tone and the 50W plexi for all later albums. Try and keep the drive below 8 to keep the bottom end from flabbing out on you. Also, if you turn the noise gate off you can get more harmonic response and better feedback.
The information above may not be current, and you should direct questions to the current forum or review the manual.


text:
It's a vital fixture in your home, but must you look at the thermostat daily? Cover it up with the use of a gallery wall. Hang a picture over the thermostat or simply hang a shelf below it, for easy removal.
Vents are just plain ugly, but they're also incredibly necessary. Revamp your vent space with an elegant-looking register. Find your favorite style at Pacific Register Company.
There is nothing worse than half a wall. Typically found beside the staircase or as a room divider, these walls can be a pain in the bottom. If there's no room for furniture, fancy the space up with decals or a unique wall design.
Maximize a small room by turning your door into storage. With the use of wire racks or shelves, you can create an organized area for cleaning supplies or food storage.
Just because a window is placed in the center of a wall doesn't mean it's nonfunctional. Optimize space with the use of built-in shelves. Great for knickknacks or extra storage, this is a sure-fire way to create more room in an area without any.
Above the kitchen cabinets is a pretty hard space to decorate. If you place accent items up there, you'll need to dust and clean them regularly — which can be both annoying and hazardous. Save your time and health by adding vinyl lettering in the open space. Purchase or learn to DIY your own with the use of a printer and a silhouette machine (Sticky Words Vinyl Lettering, $21+).
If you don't have much room in your kitchen or you simply want to decorate the space between your cabinets and countertops, add a metal rail. Great for hanging sponges, plants or extra kitchen utensils, the FINTORP rail is an inexpensive yet magnificent gadget (Ikea, $10).
Don't be fooled: A built-in step stool is not only an awesome hack for children, but it can be very efficient for ladies who like to clean and perfect for adding that extra few inches of space. You'll wonder how you went so long without a step stool in the bathroom.
One of the most awkward spaces in modern homes is the lonely toilet room, which is meant for only potty purposes. But you can turn yours functional by adding built-in shelves, wire baskets or wooden planks.
12 Ways to dress your windows so you can walk around naked
9 Ways to add style to your coffee table
5 Upcoming wall decor trends
And you'll see personalized content just for you whenever you click the My Feed .
SheKnows is making some changes!
b e h e a r d !
Welcome to the new SheKnows Community,
where you can share your stories, ideas
and CONNECT with millions of women.Get Started


text:
A Memoir
Hardcover, 333 pages, Random House Inc, List Price: $35 |purchase
Buy Featured Book
Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How?
Book Summary
An influential creative director of American Vogue magazine traces her decades in the fashion industry, recounting her early years as a model under the tutelage of Norman Parkinson, unexpected rise to fame and associations with numerous fashion luminaries, including a young Wintour.
NPR stories about Grace
A Model Career: 'Grace' Goes From Runway To 'Vogue'
Note: Book excerpts are provided by the publisher and may contain language some find offensive.
Excerpt: Grace: A Memoir
In which
our heroine
finds fame
on film but, like
Greta Garbo,
just wishes to be
left alone.
The first I heard of The September Issue (the movie that is the only reason anyone has ever heard of me) was when Anna Wintour called me into her office at Vogue to tell me about it and said, "Oh, by the way, I've agreed to a film crew coming in to make a documentary about us." The film was originally supposed to be about organizing the ball at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, but it grew bigger and bigger. Now they would be turning up to film all the discussions, meetings, fights, and frustrations that go into creating the most important issue of the year. They would be in our office, and on our sittings, too. It was just about everything I didn't want to hear. As creative director of the magazine, I have a thousand things to deal with. And it's difficult enough putting a complicated photo session together without having onlookers hanging around! "Don't expect me to be in it," I said, sensing Anna's eyes glaze over as she looked past me out the window. She has a way of blanking people out when they are saying something she doesn't care to hear.
My reaction to this intrusive idea was naturally one of horror, because my feeling has always been that people should concentrate on their jobs and not all this fashionable "I want to be a celebrity" shit. Afterward I found out that it had taken the filmmakers almost a year to persuade Anna to say yes. I'm sure she agreed in the end only because she wanted to show that Vogue is not just a load of airheads spouting rubbish. By then we had all had enough of The Devil Wears Prada, with its portrayal of fashion as utterly ridiculous.
During filming, the crew approached me time and again, confident they could win my cooperation. They had heard that I could be difficult (and I did have a reputation for refusing interviews), yet still they knocked at my door requesting my participation. Perfectly nice they were, but I told them I wasn't interested and I didn't want them anywhere near me because it was too distracting. I hate having people observing me; I want to swat them away like a swarm of flies.
My office door remained firmly closed. I said the rudest things to the director, R. J. Cutler, and for about six months managed to keep him and his crew at bay whenever they pointed a camera in my direction. They would be filming among the racks of clothes in the hallway outside my office, and I could hear people saying things like "Ooh, I just love this red dress," and "Ooh yes, I think Anna would definitely like it," and all the kinds of superficial nonsense people come out with in front of the cameras. Then the film crew followed us all the way to the Paris collections. This was really exasperating. They were constantly getting in our way or elbowing past us to get a shot of Anna. At the Dior show, Bob the cameraman trod on my toe as he filmed her while walking backward. That was the final straw. I really let him have it. "By the way," I screamed, "I work at Vogue, too!" They were so intent on filming Anna's every move: sitting in the front row, watching the show, reacting to the show. It all seemed so over- the- top. I noticed that she was even wearing a mike, which of course created yet another obstacle, because now she would only talk to me in a guarded sort of manner.
Eventually I thought, "If you can't beat them, join them." Besides, Anna had hauled me into her office one last time and told me, "They really are coming to film your shoot. They are going to film your run-through, and this time you cannot get out of it. There will be no discussion." So I definitely had a gun to my head. "But if you put me in that movie, you will hear things you won't like," I warned. "I can't pretend. I'll be so focused on the shoot that I will probably blurt out anything that comes to mind." (What I secretly thought was that if I said anything too bad, they wouldn't use it — which is why I'm caught swearing like a trooper throughout the entire movie.) There had been other documentaries about the fashion business that I'd been filmed for, but my contributions had always ended up on the cutting room floor.
When I saw the final cut for the first time, I was in total shock. There was way too much of me in the film. Later, one of the crew members told me that the forceful dynamic between Anna and me strengthened the movie. We had two screenings at Vogue. I think Anna didn't want to see it with the rest of us. I was down to go to the first showing with the fashion people; she was off to the second with the writers and the more intellectual crowd, whose opinion she probably valued more. Our hearts sank as we tried to remember what was said during all those months of filming because the whole thing had been out of sight ever since, stuck in the editing room for almost a year.
Now I can look at the end result and laugh. After all, I was rather outspoken. Nevertheless, there really is way too much of me. Once Anna had seen the finished version, I never got an opinion out of her about it. Ever. All I know is that she didn't disapprove, but she didn't entirely approve of it, either. The only thing she said was "Just let Grace do all the press," and then moved on. She did, however, attend the first major showing at the Sundance Film Festival and stood onstage afterward at the Q and A, unmoving and enigmatic in dark glasses and clutching a bottle of water while R.J. did most of the talking.
At a screening I attended in Savannah — it was the first time I agreed to do some publicity — with Vogue's editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley, there was an extensive Q and A session with a roomful of journalists who kept saying, "Oh, we think you are so wonderful." So I grew to like that. (I'm kidding, but it was quite pleasant.) Throughout the question time, the audience was mostly trying to find out about Anna. (They are always trying to find out about Anna.) André was brilliant. He's very good at deflecting awkward moments. Whenever she was mentioned, he changed the subject and began referring instead to Michelle Obama or Diana Vreeland.
I'm always surprised that people who've seen the movie respond to me in such a positive manner. Maybe it's because I come across on-screen as so emotional. It makes me appear idealistic, in contrast to Anna, who is by nature much more determinedly and quietly controlled. Or maybe it's because I appear to be put upon. Or perhaps they are always going to react to someone who seems to be spontaneous. Or someone who dares talk back to her boss like no one else does at the magazine, as I have done and probably will again.
During the opening weeks of the film I was also asked to give a talk at the New York Public Library by Jay Fielden, who at the time was editor in chief of Men's Vogue. This was a particularly nerve- wracking situation because, out of the corner of my eye, I could see Anna and S. I. Newhouse, the owner of Condé Nast, sitting in the audience. After a while, the Q and A's became much easier. I got into the rhythm of things, hiding in the dark until the last minute — at which point you make your sudden dramatic appearance — and looking directly at the questioner. And then one day I realized I had somehow become pretty recognizable. I found groups of people regularly gathered in front of my apartment building in Chelsea, New York: fashion freaks, gays, straights, young, old, a whole mixture. It was a cross section of the neighborhood, all shouting at me from across the street — but always in such a nice way. I felt like the Beatles. Actually, better than the Beatles, because the crowds chasing them in the early days of their fame could get rough. I did once get mobbed, though. Having agreed to do a Q and A at my local cinema, I arrived right as the audience from an earlier showing was leaving. When I rounded the corner, all I could hear was "Grace, Grace. Oh my God, it's her!"
And they still haven't forgotten. Perhaps it's because I'm frequently on the street or in the subway and not discreetly hidden away in a Town Car, like Anna. It got me thinking, now that my memories had been well and truly raked up by all the questions I'd been asked, that maybe I had a bigger story to share. Which led to the next surprise — here I am doing something I never imagined I'd be old or interesting enough to embark on: writing my memoirs.
Sometime after The September Issue came out, I was having a quiet dinner in a little restaurant in Lower Manhattan with Nicolas Ghesquiere, the designer for Balenciaga, who had flown over from Paris. "Grace, is it true that people recognize you wherever you go?" he asked me suddenly. So when we finished eating, I suggested he walk home with me. And as we strolled past the many crowded restaurants, bars, and gay nightclubs in my part of town, people kept popping out, saying, "It's Grace. It's Grace! Wow — and Nicolas Ghesquière, too." Cell phone cameras flashed and clicked. In the end we just cracked up, the both of us behaving like Paris Hilton!
From Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington. Copyright 2012 by Grace Coddington. Excerpted by permission of Random House.


text:
Stephanie da Silva
Ready In
This recipe is wonderful the cookies are soft and chewy. My children really enjoyed making a recipe with ceral. Thanks
I think this was a really cool recipe. I loved it and so did the rest of my family
My most favorite holiday treat of all!! Been looking high and low for this one. The high protein cereal gave these puppies a bit more crunch and substance then I rmemember.


text:
Play UK Lotto online
Play The UK Lotto From Anywhere
Britain's got bigger jackpots! And now, thanks to Lottoland, you can play the UK Lotto from anywhere. So the next time you're watching British TV and you see a huge jackpot advertised you can do something about it!
Will you be the next millionaire?
For over two decades Britain's lottery has been busily pumping out millionaires. In 2012 it surpassed 3,000 millionaires. In 2015 the lottery underwent a restructuring, increasing the amount that players could win. The result was a record jackpot in January 2016 worth £66.1 million, plus a new single-ticket winner record of £35.1 million three months later.
Two Chances Per Week To Become A Multimillionaire
As with many other lotteries, the UK Lotto has two draws a week, on Wednesday and Saturday night. But there is one major difference; the UK Lotto has way more players so the jackpots tend to be much bigger!
And don't forget you can make those jackpots even higher by using Lottoland's exclusive DoubleJackpot feature.
Picking your numbers is easy at Lottoland
Our lottery ticket engine makes it easy for you to choose how you want to play the UK Lotto. You can choose to play up to 12 play slips, select the numbers yourself or use our QuickPick function for a random set of numbers!
Use our Subscription service so you never miss a draw or choose our JackpotHunt to join the action when the rollover is big enough.


text:
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013: Stars Who Continued to StruggleFebruary 20, 2013
Now that a few days have passed since the WWE's 2013 Elimination Chamber pay-per-view and we have seen the fallout on Raw, it's clear which stars continue to struggle.
All of the following names should be achieving big things with the company right now, but for one reason or another, each has fallen on tough times in the ring.
There could be big things in store for these stars, though.
Kofi Kingston
After coming out for an impromptu bout against Dolph Ziggler at Elimination Chamber, former Intercontinental champion Kofi Kingston lost once again in a big match on a PPV.
The losses continue to pile up for the talented athlete.
Kingston had a long losing streak coming into the event, lost at Elimination Chamber and then subsequently lost again on Raw. With so many negative results in a row, the high-flying star either made someone mad backstage or has something big in store for him.
The hope now is that the downward spiral causes a change in character; possibly even a heel turn.
There is no questioning how over Randy Orton is and how much love he gets from the mainstream fans, but the character he portrays is stale. At this point, it doesn't even look like Orton has a character outside the ring.
Inside the ring, the WWE continues to make Orton the holdover king.
Orton has fought Wade Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio and a few others in a long string of meaningless matches and feuds that never lead to anything bigger.
RKO is still a valuable asset to the company, but despite making him look strong in the six-man Elimination Chamber match for the No. 1 contendership, it appears the company is still unwilling to give him the title.
After taking the pin in his team's loss at Elimination Chamber, Ryback is once again the one looking weak walking out of a PPV. While this match outcome was great for The Shield and it protected Sheamus and John Cena, it was Ryback who was once again left out to dry.
Ryback needs a string of PPV wins and fast.
The "Feed Me More" chants are catching on and the merchandise is selling for Ryback, but the company has to start treating the muscle-bound star more like Cena or Sheamus if it wants to keep him as a monster face.
As well as Ryback is developing as a face character, the recent anger towards his teammates at Elimination Chamber and his confrontation with Sheamus on Raw could be teasing something much deeper.
Keep an eye on Ryback's character, especially if he loses at WrestleMania 29.
For more wrestling talk, listen to Ring Rust Radio for all of the hot topics or check out their exclusive interview with 2013 WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino (some language NSFW).


text:
Supplier Homepage Product baby diaper machine pull up diaper machine Pull up Baby Diapers Machine (JWC-LLK600-SV)
Pull up Baby Diapers Machine (JWC-LLK600-SV)
|FOB Price:
|US $1,200,000 / Set
|Min. Order:
|1 Set
|Min. Order
|FOB Price
|1 Set
|US $1,200,000/ Set
|Production Capacity:
|10 Set/Year
|Transport Package:
|Wooden Box for Baby Diaper Machine
|Payment Terms:
Request a custom order and have something just for you!Send Customized Request
Product Catalog
- diaper machine
- 50 Products
- Content
- Product Image
- Product Name
- FOB Price
- Port
Basic Info
- Model NO.: JWC-LLK600-SV diaper machine
- Designed Speed: 150-400pcs/min
- Product Specification: Baby Diaper Machine
- Power Source: Three Phase 380V50Hz
- Usage: Baby Diaper Machine
- Computerized: Yes
- Specification: CE & ISO
- HS Code: 84418090
- Product Object: Baby Diaper Machine
- Production Speed: 350PCS/Min
- Certification: CE, ISO
- Diaper Machine Overall Size: 38*12*4.5m
- Type: Baby Diaper Making Machine
- Trademark: JWC baby diaper machine
- Origin: Jiangsu, China
Product Description
Pull up Baby Diapers Machine
Diapers Machine Product Structure:
1: Core layer structure: Big cotton core adopts alien continuous stripping to shape and small cotton core adopts direct buckle the forming. Big cotton core and small cotton core are pressed solid after wrapping by tissues.
2. Acquisition layer slitting adopts scraping. (Scraping length is controlled by servo motors. )
3. Top sheets are composed of side nonwovens with elastic and middle materials, compressed by embossing units.
4. Nonwoven sectioning units adopts motor sectioning mode.
5. Tightness of elastic is adjusted by double roller linear velocity controlled by frequency conversion.
6. Roll material and tube material are compatible for elastic feeding.
7. Cotton core cutting and final product cutting adopt side blade scraping.
8. Color calibration of former icon straight cut adding unit.
9. Waist combination adopts heat seal.
10. Detailed shape, structure, sizes of products is confirmed according to the finalized products by both parties.
Conveying system:
1. It adopts 80sets servo motored driving.
2.14M timing belt, timing wheel are equipped on the main parts
3. It adopts qualified high speed steel to prolong cutters lifetime. Customer can also choose to use M7 material cutter.
4. Cutters in important place adopt planet speed reducer for conveying to avoid maintenance and error.
|driven mode
|machine size(L*W*H)
|full servo driving
|semi-servo driving
|diaper machine Model
|Power Source
|Three Phase : 380V 50HZ
|Installation Power
|360KW ( excluding glue applicators, air compressor, the final power shall be confirmed after completion )
|Product Sizes Medium and large sizes (only changing crotch size instead of changing waist size)
|Production Speed
|450-500 pcs/min (Medium)
|Qualification Rate
|≥ 96% ( excluding glue applicators, wastes caused by splicing raw materials )
|Overall Size ( L × W × H )
38m × 8m × 4.5m ( for reference
|Machine Process Direction
|( raw material → products ) right to left ( facing machine )


text:
We use cookies and similar technologies ("cookies") to help give you the best experience on our site and to show you relevant advertising. If you continue to use this site, we'll assume that you're happy to receive all cookies.
Free next-day Click+Collect
Supporting the British Heart Foundation
Help to unclog pores and clear blackheads with Garnier Pure Deep pore wash. With exfoliating particles, it cleanses and helps to control excess surface sebum, protecting against the appearance of blemishes and imperfections.
Could we improve this page? Please tell us
We have a range of purchase credit cards to choose from. Brought to you by Tesco Bank.
Free deliveries for a month - Start your Free Trial
Find out more about shopping with our Tesco Partners - protected by the Tesco Partner Guarantee
Follow us


text:
An iPhone Case for the HGTV, Granite Countertop Lover
Here's a drinking game for all you HGTV viewers out there: every time someone mentions "granite countertops" on any one of their shows, take a swig (two, if it's Americans abroad looking for a vacation home). Warning: you're going to need one of those Gallo wine jugs and you're going to get drunk very quickly…
A recent Washington Post piece about the granite countertop phenomena seems "about 5 years late" to the trend, as one astute commentator remarked, but the report reflects granite's popularity hasn't waned. And from the look of open houses and shelter TV programming from coast to coast, one could argue granite countertops are as American as double sink bathrooms.
Personally, I'm really not all that fond of most granite, many of which look like a cross between a smudged Jackson Pollock painting, the surface of Jupiter, and magnification of psoriasis calcification; there's always this bothersome, OCD concern, even when carefully wiped clean, there's an errant food stain playing Where's Waldo within the speckles and swirls of the busier granite options. I'm totally Team White Marble (or Corian, depending upon the era of the interior).
And because I like white marble (cons and all), I also like this chic iPhone 4 backplate design (via Brave Cadet), which exhibits the subtle, continuous, and eye-pleasing finish which distinguishes itself from its busier, non-porous relative. This marble concept iPhone case is the real reason I meandered into this short editorial rant about kitchen countertop options, because frankly, it seemed the perfect opportunity to detour toward the more interesting topic of the the pros and cons of kitchen surfaces than just announcing yet another iPhone accessory.
ARGHHH...why did I even Google "granite+iPhone+case"? There are granite countertop style iPhone cases out there, proving my belief that every conceivable pattern or design has been converted into an iPhone case. Just imagine setting one of these down on a matching kitchen surface and not being able to find it. Someone call Mike Holmes and have these design inspected, demolished, and make it right, please.
A simulated situation where an iPhone could go missing for days. Somewhere on that counter is your phone, lost amongst the whirls and speckles of your HGTV dream come true.