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The Opinion Shop
NCSU chancellor Woodson on Hofmann Forest, endowment, UNC system presidency
NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson met with editorial and newsroom folk this week to talk about wide-ranging topics. Here are my notes. They are NOT VERBATIM.
I've been here five years. I started by coming to this paper. I promised you I'd be accessible and try to get here for meetings at least annually. It turns out there's always stuff happening.
From my vantage point, and of course I'm the chief bragger on the university, I think in those five years we've made a lot of progress. We had to get more control over and a handle on enrollment growing at a rate that was unsustainable. The first key we put in place was an enrollment management plan that has served us well. We're still growing but not at an unsustainable rate. We're among the top 100 universities but had one of the lowest private endowments. That's another I think real bright spot for us. After five of the most economically difficult years we've been through as a university, we've grown the endowment to almost a billion dollars. We've had year over year record fundraising in the last few years.
On the research front, we've topped $300 million in sponsored research in the past year. Over $400 million on research expenditures. I'm very proud of our faculty for competing with the best in the country. The biggest was when President Obama came to announce last year the innovation manufacturing institute. It's kind of a big deal. It's great for our university to compete at that level, but it's great for the state. It turns into economic development. It supports companies that are here.
Q: What has happened with the scholarship fund for three students killed in Chapel Hill? You started with kicking in $60,000.
WOODSON: It's above $150,000, end of last week. Every year we do annual fundraising, That's one of the only sources of completely discretionary resources. Typically . when people give money they give for a specific reason. There's a limited pot of money there for the university's greatest needs. That affords me the opportunity to launch something like this. I took $60,000 to start this with goal of challenging of others to help.
They were amazing young people in a lot of ways. Certainly amazing on our campus in terms of leadership and impact on the community. This was a good way for us to honor their memory but also to really emphasize the service learning aspect, the giving back to the community.
Q: And now Hofmann Forest is in the news.
WOODSON: It's important for everyone to understand Hofmann Forest is not a public forest. It is not owned by the state, and was never owned by the state. It was purchased by individuals who wanted to create a resource for the college. It was purchased by a foundation, managed by a foundation for the purpose of generating revenue for the college. When we started the process two years ago, we announced the process, we really had three key things we wanted: to derive value from the forest to support students and faculty, we wanted to work with a buyer that would maintain it as a working forest, a sustainable working forest. Third, we wanted to maintain access to the forest for research purposes. And I guess fourth, which is increasingly critical for the state, we wanted to make sure the forest had potential to serve the military through easements. There aren't a lot of 80,000-acre bloc parcels they could train on. But for that right, there's an easement, they have to pay for the right to use it.
We went about the process trying to achieve all of those, with No. 1 being money. We had hoped we could do that through a sale of the forest, though through that process it became clear there were other avenues of deriving long-term value from the forest without managing it. The idea of retaining ownership of a large portion of the forest, but use those acres as a way to work with a sustainable timber company, and secondly to pursue a variety of easements both conservation and military that also derive value. There are groups that will invest in conservation easements for a variety of reasons, some economic and some because of what they stand for as an organization. Through the process it became clear to us if the deal fell through, and it did, we had a different process we could go through and derive not as much value initially but in the long term we could derive greater value actually.
Q: Rumors are swirling that people want you to be the UNC system president. Are you interested?
WOODSON: I am very interested in who's the president. I am interested in being chancellor of N.C. State. But my goal is to be successful at N.C. State.
Q: Is there any scenario you can imagine accepting the job?
WOODSON: It's hard for me to see that. You can never say never for most things in life. But that is not a goal of mine. My goal is to be successful running a university I care deeply about. The president of the university is a very different job. If you think about what I get to do every day, look faculty and staff in the eye and help them do their job, I get to interact with alumni of the university, when you think about the role of a university chancellor, it involves all of those constituents. Those constituents are complicated. I've made it as clear as I know how to those who have asked me. I have no interest, no plan to leave the university. I'm flattered people would ask me about that. It's a very important job for my success as a chancellor, a very important job for the success of the university and a very important job for the state. I'm deeply interested in who is the president.
Q: Will they have a hard time attracting someone to that job? Given the past five years, the economic situation, the cuts and how the board treated Tom Ross?
WOODSON: This is a great state, and it's a great university system. Still to this day, in spite of everything we all read, it's still one of the best-supported systems from the state. Last year's data on per-student funding, the University of North Carolina system received more from the state than all but two other states, Wyoming and Alaska, where there's not a lot of students and a lot of natural resources. So not a big tax base.
A system presidency is a more difficult job than mine. People often say to me we need an academic leader in there. That's true, you need a leader that understands the academics, but think about the people who have been president. Bill Friday wasn't a longtime member of the faculty, but he had the ability to garner support. I know they'll have a lot of people interested in it. I'm interested in who's interested in it. I work for 'em.
Q: As for Hofmann, how far along are you in talks with the military?
WOODSON: We've been talking to them for 12 years. The reality is that's a long-term process. Any easement with the military that included long-term acquisition of rights will require congressional action, and so we're focusing most of our attention on the federal policymakers that will help the military achieve their goals through the funds necessary for easements. It wouldn't be fair for me to paint a picture that I think will resolve it tomorrow. What I will tell you is we can't wait forever. We can't avoid other opportunities for conservation easements or timber management deeds or other things that bring back to the college waiting on the military, but we do need to give the military a chance to engage. It's critical to the state.
There is currently no easement on the property where they use the property for training. Very little, very little. There are occasions when they asked for one time. They benefit from the property now because it's dark.
Our congressional delegation would be critical in taking the lead because it's in the state's interest.
The first priority is to select, to give people an opportunity to respond to the request for proposals. To select a conservation entity that has a track record of success in managing large blocs of property for timber production and conservation purposes. There' a handful of such entities around the country that could take on a project of this scope.
The first decision was we're going to maintain ownership, and that changes the nature of people who will interact with us. That's not on the table.
Before, we saw a buyer to meet those four goals. A single buyer was identified. Subsequent to that you reported on a modification of that deal where the bulk of the property, close to 56,000 acres, was to be managed through a second party that was brought to the table, a sustainable forest group. At the end of the day, the complications of all that, the deal fell under its own weight. That really began to open our eyes in a number of ways, that we can derive value for this property consistent with our values, Those four points I outlined. We had a contractual obligation to see the deal through. But once that deal ended, we stepped back. We sought advice and counsel. It was clear to use there were significant resources to be garnered through a process more focused on conservation, military rights and timber rights, all of which that could allow us to continue to own the property.
If you sell timber rights to a company and require that whoever that is not only harvest trees but grows trees in a sustainable way, we can say that contract is for a period of time, 25 years, then you derive that value upfront, and 25 years from now you do it again, but it's your decision. You decide.
We came to the key point that to accomplish all of these things, we needed to retain ownership. There's a key part of this property that has more development interested because of the proximity to Camp Lejeune and Jacksonville south of Highway 17. So that's why we've been careful not to say we're retaining complete ownership, but 70 of 79,000 is a pretty big forest.
Q: How big is your endowment now?
WOODSON: As of June 30, $858 million, which was the last time we officially reported. We count every day. We were well north of $900 million by Dec. 31. Barring a collapse which is entirely possible, the estimate is we'll be north of a billion by end of the fiscal year.
In 2009-10, we were at $460 million. The markets have been better, but we've had some pretty big gifts.
By point of comparison, Carolina is at $2.5 billion? Around that. But they've been at this a long time. My chief development officer reminds me Harvard had its first campaign in 1690.
It's an important resource. A complicating thing for us last year was the Board of Governors limited the amount of money we could use for tuition. We were well above the cap, and so we have an imposed cap on the amount of money ... there are really only two sources of money that drives a university economically, and that's state appropriations and tuition. And the endowment is really about supporting scholarships, to support faculty in key programs, and then research funding is restricted. We get grants to do research on topic x y z, but we can't use it to hire the faculty. We're restricted to using those two primary sources for financial aid. It pushes us to keep campus accessible to those who have financial need.
The honest answer is, we have peers we're constantly monitoring. Everybody else has gone forward. We're about to launch publicly a major campaign for funding, that campaign is probably going to be shooting for $1.5 billion in new funds raised. We need the endowment to be bigger. I could set another number. We're smaller than most of our peers.
It's a capital campaign, targeting support for ours students, support for our faculty and support for our facilities. One of the biggest concerns we have is the governor's proposed budget limits our ability to invest in development.
The governor's proposed budget caps the investment by the university from state-appropriated resources at a million dollars for fundraising. Very mature campuses that have large endowments are able to support their fundraising operations through the endowment, so they don't use a lot of state resources, but those like ours still rely on significant investment from our university budget for fundraising. We raise almost 12 dollars for every dollar invested, regardless of the source of the money. We're very efficient. But this would be a big hit to us and would make it very difficult to raise private resources to help us in our endowment where state resources are more restricted.
Last year we spent $6 million from the state, but we spent more in total, but we raised $131 million on about $15 million invested.
It would restrict our future investment to no more than $1 million, and we'd lose the money we've currently budgeted. It would cut our budget. It not only restricts future investments but takes the money we budgeted. It takes the current spending and anything above a million we're spending we would lose. It's a cut, but this is the governor's budget. It's not the final budget
My response to it is our goal is to reach a level of sustainability, to form a large enough endowment where we can fully fund private development activity. It's an organizational structure. Our vice president for advancement, alumni relations, the part we're talking about is development. The budget pays all the people who do that work.
There's good things in the governor's budget, too. I don't want it to go unsaid. The best example, he's proposed fully funding enrollment growth, which has been a huge challenge for us. We're growing dramatically, particularly at the graduate level. Also building resources. But he also proposed an overall cut to the operating budget of around 2 percent.
There are about 12 campuses in the UNC system that are cut. Ours is the largest because we're the largest university. We have the biggest budget, but we're a large university that didn't have a large endowment. My hope is working with the legislature, we're able to convince them it is a goal of ours to become less dependent on the state for this critical part of the university, but we need time to get there.
You would like to think the private money you raise to support the university could be raised with private money, but the reality is donors understand we're a state university and they want to partner with the state to support the university. We're not a private university where donors know it's their money alone that drives excellence. They feel like when they give to the university, they're doing it in a partnership with the state.
Q: There have been some numbers showing that a lot of faculty with job offers are leaving as quickly as they can. Are you having difficulty retaining top faculty?
WOODSON: Here's the good news for us. Raleigh is a nice place, and we're proud to be in this city, in the county. A lot of people want to live here. We've had five years, six years of very limited salary adjustments for people. I say that fully recognizing that we are not the only industry that has struggled in that regard. There's a point when people lose faith in this being the place to cast their lot for the future. And we're seeing a real challenge in retaining faculty right now. Having said that, we've been largely successful in retaining faculty. It winds up costing you more than it would cost you if you just managed for retaining ... when someone has their foot out the door, it's a little hard to get them back in the barn. Faculty retention is a challenge for us right now.
We lost a group last year to Georgia Tech, a group of computer scientists we really hated to lose. The best way to say it is we work hard to retain those people you would recognize. We really do. But we worry that there's a lot of people who work hard at our university every day you wouldn't recognize who need to be recognized.
Q: You talked about an enrollment management system. What do you mean?
WOODSON: N.C State, in the last decade and maybe 12 years, we've grown our undergraduate population by 30 to 40 percent and our graduate population by almost 70 percent. When I got here and looked at our enrollment plan, applications were going up, everything was very positive. The problem was we weren't getting funding for those students. We were running out of space, too many to schedule in key classes, so the graduation rate was going down, the retention rate was down, we were struggling to get students in key classes they needed. We needed a plan that recognized the limitations of faculty, buildings.
We reduced the size of the freshman class to meet the space limitations we had. We're the largest public land-grant university in America and in percentage of students that are STEM students. They're all taking physics, chemistry, calculus. There's some scale issues here. We needed a freshman class closer to 4,200, not 4,800. We reduced to give more room for transfers. As our community colleges get better and mature, we see more start in the local community college. We needed room for them. We're looking at all those numbers, how many transfers, how many freshmen. We've done that in way that kept undergrad enrollment at about 25,000 students. Our graduation rate has gone from 68 to 75. Our freshman retention rate is almost 94 percent now. The challenge with the enrollment management plan has made our university more competitive. Our freshman class is really quite remarkable in terms of their GPA, their SAT.
As we've been more limited in size of the freshman class, our application rates have gone up dramatically. More people are applying, with a similar number of seats, so it's more competitive.


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We were very excited to learn about a project set to transform two tiny islands into a haven of exclusive, authentic luxury. Soon enough, we found ourselves boarding the Song Saa speedboat, ready to transport us from Sihanoukville to the resort.
Half an hour later we were greeted by its smiling staff, serving us chilled welcome drinks and handing around cool face towels—with the Cambodian friendly attitude.
Song Saa Private Island was born from a desire to create the first eco-chic luxury resort in Cambodia. Behind the project are Australian couple Rory and Melita Hunter, who honeymooned in these remote parts—and fell in love with the picturesque islands of the Koh Rong Archipelago.
Captivated by its beauty, Rory and Melita took the greatest care in making as little impact on the environment as possible when building the resort—for example hiring scientists from abroad to advise on the best conservation methods.
The Australians also recognized that their responsibility extends to local communities, thus the Song Saa resort has been involved in various development programs in the area.
The waters around islands are declared a marine reserve and conservation is an important theme at the resort. The Life Centre provides information about the local environment and the efforts to preserve it, and organizes conservation tours—though the range of activities and excursions extend well beyond the eco experiences.
Proximity to nature goes well with Song Saa's focus on relaxation and slowdown. The spa and gym are built in the dark, tranquil part of the larger island, along the water edge. Nearby, the footbridge leads to the smaller island: a haven of dense rainforest, available for walks and birdwatching.
The twin isles of Koh Ouen and Koh Bong are locally called The Sweetharts—or Song Saa. This name fits the hotel's low-impact design and the tailored private experience.
The resort's design draws some inspiration from local architecture. Built from sustainable materials, they have a rough-hewn aesthetic, with recycled driftwood used to make furniture and tree trunks to support the stone slabs of washbasins.
The twenty-seven villas are comfortably spacious, with an open-plan bedroom organized around a four-poster muslin-draped bed. Bathroom with rain-shower and sunken bath, outdoor shower and a private infinity pool with an outdoor daybed right by complete the picture of a perfect holiday villa.
Of course some villas are more equal than other. The exceptional two-bedroom Royal Villa is the largest, and offers the best privacy—and its own jetty for arrivals and departures.
The cuisine is absolutely sublime. Each serving different, each day unique: the chef Neil Wager, formerly employed by the celebrated North Island in the Seychelles, creates mouth-watering sensations from local produce in his "Deconstructed Cambodian" cuisine.
The focal point of the hotel is the overwater complex containing Vista Restaurant, bar and lounge. Here the menu may include things like Bowl of Birds (Tamarind and Honey Roasted Quails), banana blossom salad or frogs' legs.
More laidback dining offers the beachside Driftwood Bar. Here Wager served us chocolate pizza—as odd combination as it was delightful.
There is no doubt that Song-Saa offers style and quality comparable and often surpassing any top boutique resort in nearby Thailand or Vietnam. Truly beautiful, and the sort of place A-listers traveling incognito will pick for a honeymoon.
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The White House had nothing to do with rapper Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce's recent trip to Cuba, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
Jay-Z released a rap Thursday that said: "I turned Havana into Atlanta. Away from the hood, I got White House clearance. Obama said, 'Chill, you gonna get me impeached. You don't need this ... anyway, chill with me on the beach,'"
The United States restricts tourist travel to Cuba unless approved by the U.S. government and questions have been raised about the couple's visit.
"I guess nothing rhymes with Treasury," Carney joked in response to a reporter's question Thursday at a White House news briefing. "Because Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know and the White House has nothing to do with it."
Carney said the president did not communicate with Jay-Z over the trip.
"I am absolutely saying the White House, from the president on down, had nothing to do with anybody's personal -- anybody's travel to Cuba. That is something that Treasury handles."
The U.S. Treasury Department told Politico it gave approval for the trip's organizers to travel to Cuba as part of a cultural learning experience, but the department said it was not aware Jay-Z and Beyonce would be among the travelers.


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WATCH as this beautiful Morgan Aero 8 race the runway with a Pitts S2S muscle biplane flying just feet above it.
The head-to-head drag race took place at Bruntingthorpe airfield in Leicestershire a home for fast cars and fast planes.
At the wheel of the Aero 8 is Jon Wells, Morgan's head of design and the man responsible for the flagship performance car with its 367bhp 4.8-litre BMW V8 engine.
Flying the plane is Richard Goodwin, a former military and commercial pilot who has modified the aircraft, known as G-EWIZ, to perform acrobatic displays at air shows throughout the country. It is powered by a six cylinder 8.5-litre engine delivering 300bhp.
After only a few passes along the airfield the plane and the car liked up to travel in perfect formation down the runway together.
Rchard activated the smoke cannons at speeds of more than 100mph and pulled up just as the runway was running out.
Jon said: '"On paper, the power to weight ratios of our Aero vs Rich's muscle biplane were evenly stacked. Nonetheless, it was surprising to see just how well matched they were from a standing start.
"I am familiar with the impact of launching an Aero 8 from stationary to 150mph, but what I hadn't anticipated was the experience of doing this with the backdraft of an insanely powerful prop plane pointing right at you!
"The noise, wind and vibrations were immense… but oddly it felt rather calm and surrea - travelling at the same speed, the relative position to each other was static. The plane was gently floating at 45 degrees, just feet above me.
" I was even able to make eye contact with Rich above me in the cockpit and it wasn't until he banked up sharply and my attention was fully refocused on the rapidly disappearing runway that the realisation of just quite how insane this was dawned on me!
"Rich is a gifted pilot, Aeros are very confident at speed, and I felt very safe… but must say that this was without a doubt an experience I will never forget."


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NFL protests 2017: What happened in Week 5?
We're in Week 5 of the 2017 season, and two things haven't changed. NFL players continue to protest during the national anthem, and they're still being met with opposition from some fans.
Players kneeling or sitting during the anthem to protest racial inequality isn't the only storyline. Teams have continued to respond to comments made by President Donald Trump calling any player who demonstrates during the anthem a son of a bitch and insisting owners should fire them on the spot. It's valid to explore whether these displays of unity detract from the original meaning behind the protest.
The commentators in rueing the time left on the clock knew what the audience was waiting for, what the Cowboys tried to prevent and what is one of the most compelling things about the NFL. Given the time, Rodgers was going to put on a show. With the way Rodgers was playing the whole game, the defense might as well have stood on the sideline with Prescott and the offense because there was nothing they could do to stop him.
But Peterson didn't see an increase in playing time. In four games with the Saints, he carried the ball 27 times for 81 yards. Ingram and Kamara combined for 57 rushes for 253 yards and two total touchdowns.
While the Washington defense was having success early, Kelce was still managing to put together a good game. His best moment came in the second quarter when he got the touchdown that finally got the Chiefs offense rolling.
Saints head coach Sean Payton wants to complement his high-octane passing attack with a two-back backfield, meaning two running backs will receive carries. When the Saints signed Peterson over the offseason and drafted Kamara in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft, they wanted to pair those two with Ingram.


text: Mythic is giving its MMO, Warhammer Online, a good old shake-up, as seen in the patch notes for the upcoming v1.3.2, which were released earlier.A couple of fairly interesting RvR changes are being made; the removal of Fortresses in capital city invasions campaigns and greater Keep battle rewards, with a new difficulty system.However, a big shift in the attitude towards new players can be seen. A new set of initiatives called the 'New User Journey' has been introduced to make WAR more accessible to new and returning players. All players starting a new character will begin in the same area, depending on their allegiance. All new players will also be automatically placed in a 'new player guild'. This means that characters will not be so isolated when they start playing WAR, one of the reasons the executive producer, Jeff Hickman, gave for WAR's poor performance. Content and quests in the starter area have been revised to improve gameplay, and a new voice-over tutorial will explain the basic concepts of the game. Finally, the in-game help manual has been totally revamped.In another move to help new players, an Apprenticeship System has also been introduced. Selecting the 'Make Apprentice' option for a group mate will either lower or raise that character's rank to match yours. Their skills and gear will scale, allowing the two of you to quest together. Any abilities that are too high for the scaled-down level will be temporarily unavailable.Two new global channels have been added to the game, one called the Advice channel which, as the name suggests, is to help new and learning players. The other channel is for Realm Captains to discuss RvR tactics and manoeuvres.There have been masses of changes to careers, as well as several bug fixes and performance improvements, see the full patch notes for more information.


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About the Language Maintenance Tutorial (LMT) Program
Each semester, the LRC offers non-credit language tutorials designed to provide students with prior knowledge* of a given language the opportunity to maintain and advance their skills in that language. Every Language Maintenance Tutorial (LMT) is instructed by a Columbia graduate student, and meets for ten (10) sessions of ninety (90) minutes each over the course of the semester. For information about pricing, click here. Unfortunately, LMTs cannot assist in satisfying a language requirement, and do not substitute for any regularly offered, for-credit language course.
*A minimum of two years of language education at the college level is required for all language tutorials.
Which Languages Are Offered?
Because we draw our tutors from the Columbia graduate student body itself, the availability of a language is dependent upon the availability of a tutor in the language. In a typical semester, we might have tutorials in Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Cantonese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, English, French, Georgian, German, Hausa, Hebrew, Hungarian, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, Wolof, and Zulu, among others.
Registration for students interested in taking a tutorial opens at the start of the Spring semester, and will remain open until Friday, September 27, 2019. For more information about the registration process, please click here.
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Here's the real thing at Daytona:
But, here's where the "Hey, that's a cool idea!" starts:
Here we see the grandstands with a piece of asphalt and 1/64th race cars for scale. Looks like a crowd full of people just like you see on TV? The answer to your question is 'Q-tips'. I cut off each end, about 1.25" in length. These 'ends' become 'people', after they've been dipped in various food coloring. Paint would work equally well.
Here's another shot of the grandstands.
Here's the main grandstand with the media booths and/or luxury boxes. I still need to paint the glass a dark blue or black, then cover with PVA glue to simulate the shiny glass.
"Ah, that's how you do it!" (side view with 1/64th cars for scale) The stands are made from 3/4" styrofoam, with steps cut into the foam with a hotwire and painted grey. Then the 'people' are dabbed in pva glue and 'stuck' into their seats. From 4 feet away it looks like a rowdy crowd.
Here's a 'tall' grandstand, with right and left cutouts for fan access to the services below.
Here's a 'tall' grandstand next to a cutout to see how they look together.
Here's a 'tall' grandstand next to one of the 'short' grandstands.
Other than making section tracks, I also need to create inner and outer 'crash' wall sections to frame in the track.


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Today's guest entry is by Revaz Margania.
IMD provides a possibility to have a Company Engagement Project (CEP) for five weeks during the program. Term is very broad and can include the research of certain topic (by holding interviews with companies), working for a company project remotely from IMD premises or working on a project on company premises. It is up to MBA students to decide what they want to get out of their CEP.
I wanted three things from my CEP:
- Experience of working in a large corporate environment – I have always worked either for start-ups or small companies, never over 65 employees. To enhance my experience and confirm or reject my preconceptions about corporations I wanted to get experience of working at a corporation.
- Working within Switzerland to understand Swiss working culture – one of the main objectives for me to do an MBA was to change locations. Switzerland is one of the place I can continue my career at, to experience more of it; I wanted my CEP based in Switzerland.
- Understanding a new industry, I have not been part of – I come from IT and food industry backgrounds and wanted to experience some industry on the manufacturing side of things, not related with IT or hospitality.
Fortunately during my CEP I managed to achieve all of my objectives. The company I worked with is based in Zurich and in manufacturing industry. Most important for me was to experience the working environment of a big corporation, namely how do changes take place, how are decisions made, who is involved at what point, how it all works in real life, vs how it is supposed to work as per regulations. I got my answer to all the main questions I had, which is a lot to achieve in just five weeks and new found knowledge will help in future job search and defining my objectives for professional career. Only regret I have regarding CEP, is that it lasted for a short time and the progress I can make on a project I was working on was very limited.
My advice for future generation of IMD MBAs would be to clearly define the objectives they want to achieve by CEP, and try to experience something new in terms of location, industry or function. Only in this way, CEP can be productive for future career insights.


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Dougal Dixon's After Man has some 50 Million AD volcanic islands that allow interesting species to evolve.
The Islands of Batavia (pp 108-109) form in the Pacific when a new hotspot appears. The bats have greatly evolved, so they must have been there a long time. Where do hotspots originate? Could a new one appear in the near future, or are they primordial features of the planet?
The Islands of Pacaus (pp 110-111) are said to be 40 million years old, so appear about ten million years from now. They formed several thousand kilometers east of Australia by friction between the northward-moving Australian plate and the westward-moving Pacific plate. Is this the correct way such plates interact?
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The Network of Music Career Development Officers (NETMCDO) is an active international group of professionals working in the area of music career development. NETMCDO's members provide information, advising, and resources to musicians to advance their careers across the spectrum of the professional music world. Members include music career center specialists, music school faculty, administrators, university generalist career counselors, private practice career advisors, and others.
Most of NETMCDO's members focus on the careers of classical and jazz musicians, however, many of their members also deal with the entire range of the music industry.
About NETMCDO
The Network of Music Career Development Officers (NETMCDO) was founded in 1995 by Angela Beeching of New England Conservatory and John Blanchard of Manhattan School of Music.
The original goal was simply to gather together colleagues at similar music schools throughout the U.S. to discuss issues and get to know each other. When NETMCDO began to widen their circles and advertise their annual meetings in New York, they saw more and more interest from schools without career centers for musicians or course work on the business of music. NETMCDO have grown into an inclusive organization where "veterans" and "novices" alike share viewpoints, experiences, and knowledge.
NETMCDO is now a thriving network with members across the world. The Network communicates via an active Listserv, with over 130 participants, and an annual conference held each January in New York. The two-day conference is generally held in the days immediately preceding the Chamber Music America conference, since many of our members attend both conferences.
The 14th annual Network of Music Career Development Officers conference will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, January 13 and 14, 2009 in New York City. To register click here.


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Head into Waterville Valley this Labor Day weekend for fun family events, including live music, family activities, charity duck race, and fireworks. Most activities are free to the public.
The fun starts with Open Mic Night on Friday, Aug. 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Town Square. Guests are encouraged to step up to the mic and perform their favorite song or story or bring their instrument and show off their skills. On Saturday, Aug. 31, "Back on the Train" brings their mix of roots rock, reggae, soul, classic covers and originals to the Town Square gazebo stage from 5:30 – 8:30pm. Pull up a chair and get to know the boys from Portsmouth. Guests are welcome to bring their own blankets, chairs, and beverages, or to use those provided and available in Town Square.
On Sunday, Sept. 1, send out summer with a bang during the "Just Ducky" End of Summer Bash in Town Square. The day includes fun family games, bounce house, Valley Snow Dogz meet & greet, outdoor barbecue, plus the sweet sounds of Jimmy & Marcelle pouring from the gazebo stage midday.
During the day make sure to pick up your rubber ducky "chance" available at Town Square shops. Duck chances for this annual fundraiser are $3 each, with proceeds benefiting the Bridge House shelter in Plymouth, NH. Cash prizes go to the first three ducks across the finish line and something quacky will be given to the owner of the last ducky to float across the finish line. The duck race is at 5 p.m., followed by a free outdoor concert with returning favorite The Tammy Jackson Band. The day's festivities will culminate on Sunday with fireworks over Corcoran Pond at 8:30 p.m.
Family fun doesn't end on Sunday night. Stop by the lower level of Town Square on Monday, Sept. 2 from 10 – 11 a.m. for the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center Live Animal presentation, which gives kids of all ages a chance to get up close and personal with native New Hampshire wildlife.
Other activities for families of all ages – including Curious George Story Time, Laser Tag, Open Gym, Open Art Gallery, and many more – will be hosted throughout the weekend at the Margret & H.A. Rey Center and Waterville Valley Recreation Department.


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Leslie Hervey
Leslie Hervey
Exhibiting: 1893-1920
Coming originally from Lightcliffe, Yorkshire, Hervey lived and worked mainly in Berkshire and Cornwall. From 1893 her companion was the artist Annie FALKNER, and they shared studios in both places, their St Ives base in the Piazza being used sporadically over some twenty to twenty-five years. Wood, noticing her work in only one circumstance at Smith Street (SS) in 1893-94, writes of her watercolour of Chrysanthemums and also mis-spells her name as Hervy. The best summary is found in Johnson & Greutzner.
She is listed as an exhibitor in the 1911 Show Day in St Ives. In 1918, reviewing a show of the Pastel Society, Ezra Pound remarked that Hervey "has at least tried to have a style" – which is much kinder than his comments about many of the other exhibitors. One of her main exhibiting venues was the Beaux Arts Gallery in London, but she also exhibited at the RA, the RBA and other galleries.
Cornish Telegraph 25 Mar 1909;
St Ives Times 25 Mar 1911;
Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p330);
Johnson & Greutzner (1975) Dictionary of British Artists;
Tovey (2009) St Ives: Social History;
Whybrow (1994) St Ives (1893-1900 list)
St Ives Show Day March 1909, March 1911;
The Pastel Society 1918.


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The wind shift that sent South Florida temperatures dipping to the 40s and 50s Thursday morning was nothing more than a temporary discomfort, a weather forecaster said.
Aided by warm ocean breezes, daytime temperatures are expected to begin climbing into the mid- and upper 70s today and should hold there through Sunday, said forecaster Bob Pifer at the National Weather Service in Coral Gables.
Overnight lows will be in the upper 60s along the coast, mid-50s inland. Skies will be partly cloudy, and the chance of rain is less than 20 percent.
On Thursday, morning temperatures dropped to 52 degrees on Fort Lauderdale beach.


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text: In 2013, Bon Ton Stores invested in upgrading IT, continuing to update and expand its eCommerce sites, and launching a new mobile site supporting delivery of promotions and online purchasing. A central aspect of this technology upgrade involved the replacement of an x86 server environment, supporting eCommerce with ten IBM® PowerLinux™ 7R2 servers and IBM PowerVM® running IBM WebSphere® Commerce on SUSE Linux operating systems. This case study highlights of some of the key aspects of this significant migration and its results, including how Bon-Ton IT executives support the business and what they prioritize, why they decided to make this move, what performance and capability resulted, and how it affected full data center costs and business resilience.


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R. DANIEL KELEMEN is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and Visiting Fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of Lessons from Europe? What Americans Can Learn from European Public Policies.
At a meeting last Friday in Brussels, EU leaders voted to nominate Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, as the next president of the European Commission, the EU's executive body. Juncker's nomination constituted a major victory for the European Parliament and a humiliating defeat for British Prime Minister David Cameron, who, over the last month, had fought to block Juncker's nomination in an effort to appease British euroskeptics.
In the aftermath of defeat, Cameron styled himself as the plucky loser who, in the finest British tradition, stood on principle to defend national interests against insurmountable odds. The European media, though, ridiculed him. Germany's Bild, a tabloid newspaper, dubbed Cameron "the Wayne Rooney of EU politics," referring to the British soccer star who led his team to defeat in the World Cup. Meanwhile, the high-brow Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung compared him to Don Quixote.
It might seem odd that the routine selection of Brussels' new bureaucrat-in-chief would attract so much media attention. But the process was different this time around, and there was much more at stake than just routine bureaucratic politics.
In the run up to last month's European Parliament elections, the party groups within the parliament had launched a new process for selecting the president, which they claimed would enhance democracy in the EU. Instead of allowing national governments in the European Council to select a candidate for the presidency behind closed doors, as in the past, this time, the voters would decide. Each major party group named a candidate -- a so-called Spitzenkandidat (top candidate) -- for the presidency in advance of the election. All the party groups agreed that the candidate whose party secured the most seats during the parliamentary elections would become president.
Sounds simple enough. But for the Cameron government, the process was unacceptable. For Cameron and euroskeptics in his Conservative Party, basing the selection of the president on the outcome of the parliamentary election was a


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As a professional pest control company, you'd probably think we resent being asked this question. We don't! We're actually quite happy to answer it, for two reasons: first, we understand why you ask. There are a billion DIY pest control products on the market, and a lot of them are cheap and easy-to-use. Is a professional service really that much more effective than the stuff you could do on your own?
More importantly, we don't mind answering this question because we're confident in our answer: hiring a professional is usually the most time, quality, and even cost-effective solution to your pest problem. Here are the four main reasons why.
Applied Expertise
It's easy to assume that a bug is a bug, but in reality different types of insects require radically different control strategies. The reason that mouse wanted to get into your house is totally different from why moths are infesting your closet; the kind of treatments that would repel carpenter ants wouldn't do anything about termites. Even different species of the same kinds of pests require totally different approaches!
Often, it's quite difficult for a non-professional to accurately identify the type of pest they have. If you need up using the wrong tools for the job, then you're just wasting time and money without seeing results. Pros have the experience and training required to positively identify your pest and will know exactly how to get rid of it, too. After all, we've seen it before. Trust us…
Address the Cause, not the Symptoms
If you can find the right DIY control solution for your problem, chances are it'll wipe out the pests on your property just fine. What it won't do is address much about the reason why they came to you in the first place, however. Poison and pesticides work, but as long as pests can still get what they came for, they'll keep coming. Bugs tend to be slow learners.
The most important part of a pest control pro's treatment plan is exclusion, not just eradication. It's crucial to figure out why pests wanted into your property, how they got there, and how to keep them from coming back. When pests can't easily get into your home and they have no good reason to try, they'll look for an easier meal ticket–and leave you alone for good. If pests are a disease, most DIY treatments are a pain reliever. Pros are the cure.
Safer Treatment
Pest control products have come a long way since the days of DDT, but poison is poison. Treating a pest control problem requires the careful, precise application of product, otherwise it can be dangerous. One of the most important services pest control pros provide is a totally safe alternative to the stressful and sometimes risky task of taking pest control into your own hands.
Any good pest control pro only uses pesticides when they're absolutely necessary, and then only in controlled and precisely administered doses. Instead of overusing chemicals, they rely on a more holistic approach to pest control, informed by science and experience. A multifaceted approach isn't just safer than DIY chemicals, it's more effective, too. When you use a professional, you can rest assured you can stay comfortable and safe–even if the pests living with you can't.
Care That Lasts
It's a natural consequence of treating the causes of pest infestation and not just the symptoms: professional pest services last. When you call a professional, you get work that lasts long after the initial consultation. Not only do pros take measures to make control methods permanent, a good pro will also give you the tools and knowledge you need to take care of pests in the future.
Even before work begins, an expert technician will give their educated opinion on three things: where your pests are coming from, why they want to get in, and how you can stop them. Then, they'll design and implement a strategy based on your specific needs, problems, concerns, and timeframe. You get a program that's meant to help you, not just anyone, and as a result you get a home that's more protected against pests, permanently.
We're not saying you should call a pest control professional for every problem you have; no two pest problems are the same, and only you know what you need. If you do decide to get some professional help, however, we can guarantee you won't be disappointed with the result.
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Ray of Light Interview No. 33 :: Carly Benson/
Every Friday for the entire 2017 calendar year, I will release a new interview + a newly created mixed media piece of art as part of my weekly Ray of Light Interview Series: Women in Recovery. This series will feature brave, kickass, beautiful women who have chosen to embrace an alcohol-free lifestyle. The light was dimmed for these women when they were struggling with alcohol (either a little or a lot). I wish to honor them for their brave choice to ditch alcohol, rediscover themselves through sobriety + shine bright in the process. You can access links to the entire series by clicking here.
Carly Benson
Recovery Coach, Yoga Instructor & Writer.
I also geek out on all things Internet Marketing
with a background of over 10 years in the digital space.
Instagram handle: @carlybbenson
Twitter: @carlybbenson
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Do you remember how we first met or came to know one another? Gosh I'm trying to remember how we first connected. I think it was most likely me admiring your art on IG. I do remember meeting you for the first time in New York at She Recovers this past May 2017. I remember you coming up to me at yoga with Taryn Strong and Elena Brower in the early morning hours, which I later came to find out how my yogi vibes were something you noticed from across the room. That made my heart melt. I wish we got to talk in person longer there, but was happy to have you in Vegas for a delightful afternoon of proper tea time together shortly thereafter. (Carly was also a guest on Episode 12 of The Unruffled Podcast, a show I co-host with Sondra Primeaux, and you can listen to it by clicking here.)
What is your sobriety date? August 17th, 2008
Do you count days, months or years connected to your sobriety? I mostly just count years at this point. Sometimes I'll realize it's my "day" as the months pass, but I typically celebrate years. Counting days seems too tedious for me and I have so much going on that it's easier for me to just look at months and let those add up to years.
Do you use an app or some other method to do this counting? If so, please share. The only app I use is Kayak and that's to book a trip each year on my sober date. ☺ That's how I celebrate – with adventures. The epic kind. Next up for the 9 year is Kauai, Hawaii!
What recovery modality do you use in your recovery from alcohol? I took more of a non-traditional route in my recovery. I didn't go to AA or NA. Meetings, sponsors and step work just didn't resonate for me. I didn't want to trade one crutch for another in all honesty and felt that AA was very outdated and rigid. Not to knock it, as I think it is a successful avenue for many, it just wasn't for me. Instead, I turned to church. I started going to service on Sundays and reading my Bible as I started a prayer practice.
I also read a book at the beginning of my sobriety called Rational Recovery, and it helped me to recognize the "beast voice" in my head. The one that told me drink, that it was 5 o'clock somewhere, to blow off steam by partying and that a little cocaine wasn't all that bad. The book teaches Addictive Voice Recognition Technique (AVRT), which helps us identify the voice in our head that gets us to drink or use drugs in the first place. I learned how to start having a conversation with myself and how to tell that voice "no." Sometimes even out loud. It also helped me to get comfortable with the concept of total abstinence, which can seem heavy for some, but I was addicted to cocaine more than I was to alcohol and I knew this change had to be an all or nothing thing for me.
Another modality I use in my recovery is personal development. I'm constantly working on myself with workshops, trainings, books and trying to grow as a person. This, in a sense, has been my version of "step work," however it has gone quite a bit further beyond 12 categories.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, yoga, yoga, yoga. There is just something about getting on my mat, where I'm able to leave everything there. I tune in and get fully present to my body, breath and soul. Things move through us in the poses and for me that is a way to process the obsessive nature of my mind.
Do you identify yourself as an alcoholic? Not at all. Never have and never will.
If you do not identify with the word alcoholic, what do you identify with? I don't really identify with any labels. I don't feel they are truly necessary to find recovery. A lot of my coaching clients and people I speak to struggle with wearing a label and this sadly keeps people stuck as they would rather just keep drinking than call themselves or be known as an alcoholic. Our society has created a horrible stigma around the labels alcoholic and addict that really rubs me the wrong way. I simply say, I Don't Drink Because It Doesn't Make Me Feel Good and go into detail about it in this article, which seemed to resonate for many.
Ultimately, I identify as a person living an alcohol-free and drug-free lifestyle. I identify as a person who chooses clarity over substances. I identify as someone who is sober, has conquered her past addictions and is living an epic life of choice and true freedom. I also know that I'm Sober, Not Boring and have been working hard to show others that they can be too.
What are your top three tools in your sobriety toolbox?
Yoga. This is like my version of getting to a meeting. It just takes place on my mat. I empty myself during a power flow yoga class and then I fill back up in savasana at the end. To me, everyone could benefit from implementing yoga practices into their lives.
Prayer. When I speak to God in this way, I come into an understanding that there are no boundaries. I ask for help. I surrender. I ask to be guided and nourished. This relationship has been the catalyst for my sobriety, my growth as a person and my connection to peace, nature and myself.
Essential Oils. This has been a newer addition to the tool box. Over the last year or so I've completely fallen in love with essential oils, doTerra in particular. I was skeptical at first because of the sales model behind it, however these oils are powerful and I have been completely captivated by how transformative they can be for mood as well as how many practical uses there are. This has sent me on a trajectory of learning more about holistic healing and health, in general. (Interested in essential oils - click here to order doTerra directly from Carly)
Why or how did you know or decide that you had to quit drinking?
I knew when I couldn't quit that a problem was there. It was like no matter how hard I tried not to do cocaine or "only go to happy hour," or "only have one glass of wine" – I couldn't do it. Happy hours always turned into sunrise sessions and I had grown weary of the comedown.
I also knew it when this thing I did for fun wasn't actually even "fun," anymore. It was just a necessity at that point. It had become exhausting.
But what really got my attention was when I was diagnoised with Anxiety and Panic Disorder. When I had my first panic attack, it sent me into, well – a panic. I suffered with this crippling anxiety for months and months before I had this still, small, very faint voice inside me nudging me to believe that there HAD TO be another way to live life. I couldn't handle the shame and guilt any more and on August 17, 2008 after I tried to go to happy hour and that landed me on a balcony at 10am blowing my last line, I had finally reached my breaking point.
Do you feel you are more or less creative since you have stopped drinking?
Cutting alcohol out of my life has opened me up to SO much more clarity, which has in turn led me to become quite the creative person. I never really thought of myself as a creative person prior to putting the booze down. A few years into my sobriety, I found myself writing as a creative and therapeutic outlet. I found myself loving the designing process of websites. I found that I connected so deeply to words, quotes, reading. I put all of this together and started my blog: www.MiraclesAreBrewing.com, which has been such a labor of love.
For a while I stuck to writing and dancing in my living room, which were the extent of my creativity. However, recently, as I've gone deeper down the rabbit hole of work on myself, my intuition and sense of spirit has been lively. This has led me to create on another level. We, meaning Kelly Fitzgerald and I, launched an ebook, an online "no drink" challenge that lasted a week, a subscription based recovery community call the Bloom Club with classes and our podcast all within the last 6 months.
Om Vibes Only is also another creative endeavor I've launched that integrates yoga, deep house music and conscious connection in the form of alcohol free events. I curate the yoga to a theme, such as having a vision for your life, and work with a DJ to develop a live DJ set to the class. Then afterwards we do a conscious happy hour with juices or high vibe foods. I'm so excited about the potential with this creation!
Do you feel you are more productive since you have stopped drinking?
Absolutely! I think that is evidenced by everything I've been able to push myself to create. I have a calendar now, with scheduling and I follow through with work because the burning desire I have inside my heart has lit a fire inside me to take action from a place of intention. I look at my calendar these days and there is not one thing on it that I'm not excited about. That in itself has fueled my productivity.
However, I do have to mention a caveat to this. For a long time in early sobriety, I spent a whole hell of a lot of time procrastinating. After many therapy sessions and thousands of dollars later, I finally realized that my procrastination what just a transfer of energy from my previous addictions. While I was living in active addictions, I wanted to escape reality, my feelings and being alone with myself. Once I got sober, I subconsciously felt this need to still escape, so procrastination was my way of doing just that. Except now I was just escaping responsibility. Let that sink in….
What has delighted you most since you quit drinking alcohol?
The thing that has been the most rewarding is learning who I really am as a person and being unapologetic in accepting her, loving her and showing people who she is. I know without a doubt my choice to quit drinking and using drugs has afforded me every opportunity I have in my life. I have learned more about myself since 2008 than I did for my entire life prior to that. Not to mention, this journey as made me realize that Sober Is The New Cool, which has been a delight in itself.
Do you have any advice for those in still suffering or those in early recovery?
My best advice is to resolutely become willing to do things differently. So much so that you actually allow yourself the space to get some real time under your belt without putting alcohol in your body – 60-90 days. Like just try sobriety on and see how it actually feels, fully committed. Give yourself grace and time to truly experience the difference and remember that you don't necessarily have to do it "forever," Just For Today. I always tell everyone that once you experience life without alcohol and you realize you CAN do it, the clarity is what you get addicted to.
Can you recommend a few books, bloggers or teachers that have helped you on this path to sobriety?
Gabby Bernstein. Spirit Junkie was one of the first books of hers that I read a few years into getting sober. Her words helped me to know that someone else felt exactly how I did. She quickly became a mentor to me and has been a role model for all my work. She inspired me to start my blog and start speaking out about what life with out alcohol is like. If you haven't heard of her, she is a must follow, in my opinion.
Jesus. While this might seem scary to some, the stories about Jesus are stories of radical love. About what it means to love unconditionally and to live a sinless life. I've found so much refuge in the Bible and it has become the foundation of how I try to live my life. I've found that most people who have an aversion to religion, Christianity, Jesus, etc. have never actually read the Bible and I could not encourage this read more highly. That is my advice for those who cringe or run from anything "God" related, and then make decisions and opinions from a place of fully knowing what it actually says.
The Sober Senorita. Kelly is my homegirl! Having her as a best friend has been such a blessing on this journey. Her work, writing and support has touched me deeply and she has always been such a sounding board for me in times where I needed a voice of reason, understanding, compassion and reality check. We are super close and have partnered together on various projects, the most recent being our new Regroup Podcast, where we aim to have discussion around what it's like to restart your life after any kind of setback or change.
Daring Greatly. Aside from the Bible, this book was such a game-changer for me. Brené Brown is brilliant and this book should be required reading for everyone on this planet. She teaches us about facing our shame and guilt, how to practice vulnerability and how ultimately that shining a light into our dark corners is how we heal and genuinely connect. Get in the ring, do the work, get messy and dare greatly.
Are you part of a tribe or a recovery community that supports your sobriety? If so, how did you figure out how to find that tribe/community. What was your path to discovering it?
When I got sober back in the day, as I mentioned, I didn't do meetings and the online tribe thing didn't really exist, yet. At least not that I knew of. So, to answer, yes I have tribes and community now, but I didn't necessarily discover it so to speak. I created what I was looking for. That's how Miracles Are Brewing was born - out of my desire to create something I wish existed. The Miracles Are Brewing Facebook Page, Bloom Club and my Instagram family are the communities I turn to the most. Today we are over 40,000 strong and growing. It's been such a beautiful place to pour my heart and soul into and watching the evolution of online tribes in general has been super exciting. Not to mention, the accountability I've found inside of having these tribes has been exactly what I've needed in times of doubt.
What are you most proud of now that you live an alcohol-free life?
I honestly believe, and have even been told on several occasions now, that I have stepped into my dharma and I'm living it now all because I finally said yes to doing things differently. This has led me down such an incredible path of self discovery, which has been absolutely priceless. When I'm teaching yoga or coaching someone and a person comes to me after and tells me that I helped them find their way or said something that created a shift – that to me is exactly why I know God granted me a miracle that day in 2008. To pay it forward and to know that I'm living my truth, giving it all the glory and impacting this world in a positive way.


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Langholm Harrier update 08/11/2016
Rowan (shot)Cumbria Police have issued a statement in light of the post mortem on Rowan (male Hen Harrier tagged summer 2016) confirming that he was shot and asking for information.
Tarras (missing)We have concerns for 'Tarras' a young female Hen Harrier tagged by Stephen Murphy (Natural England) at Langholm this summer.
The transmitter on the juvenile Hen Harrier Tarras has not transmitted since the 23rd of October. The area has been searched and nothing was found and no hen harriers were seen in the area.
The last known fix area is on land owned by United Utilities in the north Peak District.
Tarras flew south from Scotland in the last weeks of September, arriving in the Nottingham area on the 11th October. She then headed north through Staffordshire and was roosting in the Peak district, near to the Last Known Fix area on the 13 October.
Tarras' transmission period (duty cycle), was regular until the 23/10, on the 23rd it ran a complete transmission period (e.g. no sudden cessation of data within the 10 hr transmission period). The local weather in the days immediately after the 23rd were damp and overcast so this can delay the recharge time. However, by the 26th concerns were raised. We have some evidence that suggest this may be a tag failure and are currently trying to gather more information to help us resolve this.


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Hey everyone this weekend I decided to treat the kids to a trampoline. I figured it was a way for them to burn energy this summer. With that being said it also gave me an opportunity to photography so fast moving subjects. This first shot features Fish jumping into the splits. Seems to me a favourite move.
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Playing at the park with Matthew, Natalie enjoys a quick pass down the rollar slide. Matthew can go all day as the other kids look on wonder where he gets his energy.


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Having a jukebox in your game room is a no-brainer, as we've made clear in this article. But what about the rest of the populace who don't have a game room like you? In a world of smartphones, unbounded internet access, and free music aplenty, have jukeboxes become irrelevant? Is it finally an obsolete relic of the past with no more use in today's fast-paced, internet-based world?
TouchTunes doesn't think so, and they have created the first "smart" jukebox to prove it.
Their Virtuo E-Jukebox no longer competes against the rise of the smartphone; instead, the innovative machine embraces smartphone technology and incorporates it into the timeless experience of listening to a jukebox.
How does it work? With an app, of course. Customers at a local bar or pub can access the Virtuo's huge library of songs through their smart device at any time, and with a press of a button on their own phone, they can choose the music and mood for everyone in the room. This is, of course, the spirit of the jukebox—in a social setting like a pub, people enjoy one another's company by sharing experiences, and that includes sharing music experiences. There is always an appreciation for that individual who can pick the perfect song for the crowd.
TouchTunes' Virtuo takes that concept to a whole new (and modern) level. People can even choose songs from a distance—say, the parking lot—so that upon their arrival, their favorite song is in the middle of playing. That's a great feeling of both control and jukebox spirit that anyone can appreciate.
But that's not all. The E-jukebox can also help you search for songs by lyrics, create your own personalised playlists, take your group picture and print it out for you, as well as offer a karaoke experience. All of this at a price much more affordable for customers than the ever-inflating prices of regular jukebox experiences, which is especially needed in an era where music runs wild and free on the internet.
Fortunately, there's more than one company innovating the jukebox for the next generation of club and pub party-goers. Virtual Jukebox, the name of the company and their service, is based right here in the UK. They provide engaging background music for any locale that has signed up with them.
Like TouchTune, Virtual Jukebox offers an enormous library of songs—boasting one of the largest music libraries in the world—that is accessible from any customer's smart device. Virtual Jukebox provides millions of songs and promises to add thousands more every month.
There is no software to download, and the hardware is minimal—just a small box aptly named the CUBE that hooks up to your sound system; hence, the "virtual" part in the name. Instead of having an interactive machine like the Virtuo, Virtual Jukebox runs its services through a simple PC browser interface, and customers connect to the emulated jukebox by scanning a QR code or sending a text message instead of having to download an app.
Hopefully, these two companies' creations are just the beginning of the jukebox's comeback. There will always be a need for music in social settings like bars and game rooms. It's nice to know that the jukebox continues to offer that service in "smart" and relevant fashion. Now that you know about the Virtuo and Virtual Jukebox, you might just notice one the next time you go out for a few rounds with your mates. When you do, be sure to show some appreciation for this next step in the evolution of the jukebox.
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So today on the blog I am featuring my fine big bro to give you guys a second look all in the same post. We decided to have fun and put together a guy and female traditional look that compliments one another. I wanted this post to be straight fun and fashionable with a little bit of inspiration for both genders. Ifeanyi is wearing a typical Nigerian traditional outfit that most guys wear and I am wearing a custom-made Ankara dress. He literally made this shoot easy for me and we probably laugh 80 percent of the shoot lol.
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Friday 7 February 2014 article in the Herald: World looks to Scotland after mental health care improved
It features retiring Chief Executive of Scotland's Mental Welfare Commission Dr Donny Lyons who says in the piece:
"Dr Lyons believes that as a consequence of these changes being implemented Scotland now leads the world in many respects in terms of its mental health system. "I think mental health care has come on a long way in Scotland over the past decade," he said. "There has been a shift in the culture of doing things to people with mental health issues to doing things with people."
"Over the past 14 years a raft of new laws - including the Adults With Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, the Mental Health Act (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) 2003 and the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 - ushered in vast changes, giving more rights to patients, setting out more protections from ill-treatment and giving them more of a voice. Part of Dr Lyons's job has involved monitoring this new legislation in practice."
On reading this I made an immediate response in a comment which was published:
"As a mother, carer and survivor of mental illness and psychiatric
treatment, living in Fife, I have to disagree with Dr Lyons regarding
the efficacy of Scotland's Mental Health Act for people with a "mental
disorder" and their carers. It has been my experience over the last 5
years and more that the Act isn't implemented appropriately and the
safeguards within the Act aren't safe. The principle of "Respect for
Carers" hasn't been practised where I live and the rights of the family
member I care for were not protected under the Act.
writer, storyteller, carer ... knitter, swimmer, walker, gardener ... sometime cyclist
Sunday, 9 February 2014
"World looks to Scotland after mental health care improved" - are you serious?
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Thomas A. Bayles, Senior Vice President
Thomas Bayles developed a passion for real estate at a young age which motivated him to obtain his Real Estate License at the age of 20. He's spent the last decade providing hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgage loans to clients purchasing in North East Los Angeles. Thomas' specialty is working with self-employed borrowers primarily in the entertainment industry to help them identify and achieve their real estate objectives, but he has worked with people from all walks of life towards accomplishing their goal of homeownership. Based on the total amount of loans he has provided annually, Thomas was recognized as one of the Top 40 loan officers at Prospect Mortgage nationwide for 6 consecutive years, before moving to Mortgage Capital Partners where he is now Senior Vice President of Mortgage Lending.
In 2012, Thomas leveraged his experience in the competitive Los Angeles real estate market and became the key investment strategist for Urban Asset Group, a Los Angeles based real estate investment company with an emphasis on growing initial investments through strategic and varied acquisitions. Since joining UAG, the company has grown by 400% and is now a prominent investor in the NELA community.
In his free time Thomas enjoys buying and restoring architecturally significant homes in the Los Angeles area with a select group of friends and family. His favorite pastime is perfecting his barbeque rib recipe while hanging out poolside with his family.
Micah Raff, VP of Lending Operations
Micah Raff was born and raised in Los Angeles California and is a proud alumnus of the University of Southern California. At USC, Micah graduated with honors from the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism and was the President of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. Micah has been in the mortgage business since 2010 and specializes in providing loans to self-employed borrowers. He is considered a "loan technician" by his peers and has quickly become one of the top Loan originators in NELA. In his free time, Micah is an active member of Temple Judea located in Tarzana California. He also loves playing golf, running and fantasy football.


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ATLANTA Drive Systems, Inc. (Booth B-6835) is pleased to announce a new range of Hypoid Reducers, offering high precision and performance in a compact design.
This standard range of Hypoid Reducers are perfect for use in applications that demand high dynamic performance in a compact package.. Design features include standard low backlash, high power density, smooth operation and mounting any servo motors (IEC).
They are available in reduction ratios from 2.75:1 to 14.5:1, with backlash less than 4 arc-minutes, efficiencies up to 98% and output acceleration torque capacities up to 35 lb.ft.
Unit design benefits include:
- Compact design with largest hollow bore on the market
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- 1,575 combinations available
- Symmetrical design instead of asymmetrical
- Variable output options for both sizes include cylindrical shaft, keyed shaft, ISO flange and hollow bore
- Output Mounting Flanges and Food Grade Oil Also Available
Typical applications for these reducers include rotary axis drives, material handling axis drives, packaging machines, conveyor systems and, labeling systems. Industries served include Material Handling, Packaging, Textile, Automation, Aerospace, Machine Tool and Robotics.
For more information, contact ATLANTA Drive Systems at: (800) 505-1715, or on the web at: www.atlantadrives.com.
ATLANTA Drive Systems, Inc. (Booth B-6835) is pleased to announce a new range of Industry 4.0 product developments, providing machine builders huge performance improvements and productivity gains.
Historically, industrial revolutions result in huge productivity gains, driving down
product costs and increasing demand. Industry 4.0 is a German government initiative which is being called the next industrial revolution. It involves integrating people, product and machines to control processes and expand flexibility. The manufactured product, environmental variables and machine variables are tracked, measured, analyzed and controlled throughout the manufacturing process using smart devices or sensors.
ATLANTA plans to integrate Industry 4.0 into its rack & pinion and servo reducer products. All racks will be measured for pitch deviation, individually marked and logged in the cloud. Using an app, customers will be able to scan a rack and look up the production and product information. It would be possible to order an exact replacement of the rack with the same tolerances.
Customers would also be able to use this information to optimally mount racks to achieve an overall pitch deviation near zero. The customer would scan a series of racks and then the app would tell them in what order to mount them to achieve zero pitch error.
For gearboxes, the motor flanges would be fitted with sensors to measure temperature, vibration, speed and displacement. This would help monitor the gearbox and motor to insure they are working properly.
ATLANTA Drive Systems, Inc. (Booth B-6835) will showcase their standard Rack & Pinion Drives and Linear Actuators during FabTech 2018 at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, November 6 - 8, 2018.
ATLANTA Rack & Pinion Drives consist of both helical & straight (spur) tooth versions, in an assortment of sizes, materials and quality levels. They are perfect for a wide range of applications, including axis drives requiring precise positioning & repeatability, traveling gantries & columns, pick & place robots, CNC routers and material handling systems.
ATLANTA also has a new range of High-Performance Linear Actuators, which offer precise linear positioning and high dynamic performance, by means of a servo-worm reducer and precision ballscrew spindle. They are available in rotating and non-rotating spindle versions, as well as lifting cylinder designs. Applications requiring precise, controlled linear motion with high dynamic performance are perfect for these actuators.
New products to be shown include the BV Hypoid Reducers and Industry 4.0 Product Developments.
For more information, contact ATLANTA Drive Systems at: (800) 505-1715, or on the web at: www.atlantadrives.com.
ATLANTA Drive Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce a new range of Hypoid Reducers, offering high precision and performance in a compact design.
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