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The Rev. Doug Watts
President, Board of Directors
GPF Executive Committee
Doug Watts is the Director of Pastoral Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Doug is ordained in the United Church of Christ and has been a pediatric Chaplain for over 20 years. He led Children's Medical Center in the establishment of The Center for The Spirituality of Children in 2011 and the construction of a Godly Play room, which is adjacent to the chapel on the Dallas campus, and a Godly Play Chapel on the Legacy campus of Children's Medical Center. The pastoral care department at Children's also provides Chaplain services for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas. Doug also led the establishment of two Godly Play programs in two churches, the St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church in New Orleans, LA and Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. Doug completed the Certificate in Spiritual Guidance of Children offered at The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in 2012.
Ms. Mary Hunter Maxwell, MA
Vice-President, Board of Directors
GPF Executive Committee
Mary Hunter serves as Director for The Preschool at Second-Ponce in Atlanta, GA. Mother to a Montessori child, Mary Hunter believes that Godly Play and the Montessori method are rich resources for being church in the 21st Century.
Fredrick Gerbracht Jr., PhD
Treasurer, Board of Directors
GPF Executive Committee
Ted Gerbracht was elected to the Godly Play Foundation Board in early 2011. He first became involved in the work of the Foundation while serving as Chief Academic Officer at the General Theological Seminary in New York. While at General, Ted led the effort to develop and implement a graduate certificate program in the spiritual guidance of children based on Jerome's work.
In addition to almost forty years as a manager and executive in the private sector, Ted has been active in a variety of financial, stewardship and educational ministries at the parish, diocesan and national level in the Episcopal Church. He has served as Treasurer of the Diocese of Long Island (1991-2000) and currently serves as a Trustee of the Estate of the Diocese. From 2000-2009, he served as Treasurer and a Trustee of the General Theological Seminary. He teaches the History of Christianity at the Diocese of Long Island's George Mercer School of Theology in Garden City, Long Island. Ted also serves on the Episcopal Church's General Board of Examining Chaplains.
He has masters' degrees from Butler and St. John's Universities, an MBA from Adelphi University, and a Ph.D. in history from New York University. He is married, with four grown children and seven grandchildren.
The Rev. Adam Thomas
Secretary, Board of Directors
GPF Executive Committee
One of the first millennials ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, Adam serves God as the rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Mystic, CT. Adam started a blog the week before his ordination in 2008, and it is still going strong over at wherethewind.com. He has also written books (Digital Disciple, Letters from Ruby) and curricula (Unusual Gospel for Unusual People, Converge: Who is Jesus?) published by Abingdon Press. In his spare time, Adam plays board games with his wife Leah and their friends, and he has been known to pick up his guitar now and again. Adam was first introduced to Godly Play when serving as a CPE summer chaplain at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, TX (with Doug Watts) and attended Godly Play Core Training at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Cohasset, MA (where he met Lee Dickson). Ever since, Adam has been scheming ways to get into the Godly Play room. Adam and Leah live in Mystic, CT with their beautiful twin blessings, Charlie and Amelia.
Noël Huebner is Director of Strategic Marketing for Soundview Paper Company and has more than twenty-five years of industry and management consulting experience with consumer manufacturing, retail and technology companies in the areas of strategic planning, product development, marketing, and operations. Previously, Noël was Senior Director of Supply Chain Excellence for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Senior Manager for Deloitte Consulting's Southeast Strategy & Operations practice, and worked in both Intellectual Property and Marketing for The Coca-Cola Company. Noël has a BA in Political Science from Wellesley and an MBA from Emory University. She is an advocate for progressive education, serving on the Board of Trustees for Springmont Montessori School for two consecutive terms and is currently an active volunteer at Galloway School in Atlanta. She is passionate about the practice of Godly Play; Noël holds both a core and advanced training certificate and has guided many classrooms at the Cathedral of St Philips in Atlanta over the past 5 years, but loves her most recent experiences with 4th-5th grade Advanced Godly Players.
The Rev. Dr. Jerome W. Berryman
Godly Play Founder
Senior Fellow, Center for the Theology of Childhood
Ex Officio Board Member
The Rev. John D. Dennis
Emeritus Board Member
A Pennsylvania native, The Rev. John Dennis graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1962 alongside Godly Play Founder Jerome Berryman. After being ordained in the Presbyterian church the same year, Rev. Dennis served as Assistant Minister at First Presbyterian Germantown in Philadelphia from 1962 – 1969. Rev. Dennis' inspiring youth leadership during this time led to the formation of a group that still meets today.
In 1969, Rev. Dennis was called to First Presbyterian in Corvallis, Oregon, where he served as Senior Minister until his retirement in 2006. Throughout his career, Rev. Dennis' involvement in political, religious and humanitarian ministry has led to leadership roles and awards including:
Aspen Institute, Fellow (1986)
United States State Department South African Affairs, Consultant (1978)
Presbyterian Young Pastors Conference, West Coast Dean (1981 – 1984)
Who's Who in American Religion (1986)
Corvallis Sister City Association, Organizer and President (1989 – 1992)
Oregon's Religious Leader (Ecumenist) of the Year (1993)
Board of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Chair (1995 – 1997)
Who's Who in America (1999)
Greater Corvallis Rotary Club, Rotarian of the Year (2000)
City of Corvallis Jim and Ruth Howland Special Achievement Award (2002)
Rev. Dennis currently resides in Portland, Oregon with Nancy, his wife of 47 years. His grown sons Michael and Andrew and their families live close by.
Ms. Alyda Macaluso
Emeritus Board Member
The Very Rev. Rebecca L. McClain
Emeritus Board Member
The Very Rev. Rebecca L. McClain is a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and was ordained in 1985. Rebecca has served as priest at the congregational, diocesan and national levels and recently retired after completing her responsibilities as Interim Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral in San Diego, California. In every role and position, her life and work has been shaped by the conviction that all creation is holy and every human being is beloved of God. Through the lens of Jesus, she strives to see as God sees and seeks to serve as an agent of God's love.
Rebecca spent sixteen years in Arizona and in that time served as Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix. Concurrently, she served as Canon to the Ordinary to the Right Reverend Robert R. Shahan, Bishop of the Diocese of Arizona. In 2007 she assisted the Godly Play Foundation in a reorganization project after which Rebecca was called to her position at Saint Mark's Cathedral in Seattle. After a short six month retirement, she was called to serve as Interim Dean at Saint Paul's. She reentered retirement in March of 2014 and returned to Phoenix, Arizona. Her vocational life is marked with a capacity to manage communities in transition and a profound sense that we are all called to flourish as children of the Holy One.
Rebecca has three grown children and four grandchildren. They are the joy of her life.
The Rev. Karin I. Liebster
Emeritus Board Member
Karin Liebster serves as Pastor for Faith Formation at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Houston, TX providing educational programs and opportunities toward the formation of the Christian faith in all stages of life. She first was accredited as Godly Play teacher in 2003, and trained as trainer in 2012. Karin is a leader with the Godly Play Network Houston Gulf Coast. She joined the Godly Play Foundation Board in September 2011.
Karin came to the United States in 1993 from Germany where she received her Master of Divinity and was ordained in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. She served Montvale Congregational Church in Woburn, MA (United Church of Christ) before moving to Houston in 1997. Her theological formation took place in the climate of second-generation postwar Germany, a time characterized by the desire to build global ecumenical understanding and relationships, the reformulating of Christian theology in light of two world wars, and the effort of the church to repent and renew relations with the Jewish people. She and her husband Matthias Henze have three teenage children. She enjoys traveling, walks in nature, swimming, cooking, a good book, the newspaper in hard copy, and museum visits.
The Rev. A. Thomas Blackmon
Emeritus Board Member
June 2018 Board Meeting, West Cornwall CT


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I really feel like blogging something today. It's been building all month.
However, all I really feel like writing is a long stream of curse words used with the creativity of an artist and the subtlety of an on-coming train, a litany of invective so scorching it would make a sailor blush.
There's no particular reason why. I've been having a pretty good day/week/month. I just feel like cursing. A lot.
But rather than me writing it, let's just take it as a given. You're an imaginative lot and know me well enough to fill in the blanks, and I'll use the time to go make some soup and grilled cheese, and watch another episode of Lost Girl on Netflix.


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Jay Group Named a Multichannel Merchant Top 3PL for 2018
Jay Group, a leading marketing support services and order fulfillment company, has been named a Multichannel Merchant Top 3PL Provider for 2018, part of a list of leading third-party logistics providers selected by the editors of Multichannel Merchant.
As the number of 3PLs in the marketplace increases to meet growing demands, the editors of Multichannel Merchant have created this list as a valuable service for decision makers responsible for ecommerce, management, marketing and operations at organizations that sell merchandise through multiple channels — including web stores, online marketplaces, retail, and social outlets. Companies included in this list have been vetted as experienced leaders in logistics and fulfillment providing value-added service for their audience.
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ArtsQuest today announced that entry to the annual Oktoberfest at SteelStacks will be free for the first time since the festival started in 2011. Last year's fee was $10 for adults and children older than 11, and $3 for children under 11.
The nonprofit organization in a news release credits D.G. Yuengling & Son with making the free admission for this year's Oktoberfest possible. The Pottsville, Pennsylvania-based brewer is the primary sponsor.
"When Yuengling approached us with the idea of transforming Oktoberfest into a free event for our community, we thought it fit in perfectly with our mission, as well as our programming, about 65 percent of which is actually free to attend, " ArtsQuest Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advancement Kassie Hilgert says in a statement.
The festival is scheduled to run on consecutive weekends - Oct. 3-5 and Oct. 10-12.
A number of new festivities are planned this year. Among them is a viewing party for the Penn State-Michigan football game Oct. 11 on the Levitt Pavilion Lawn, the news release states.
SteelStacks saw huge crowds for viewing parties during the World Cup, and ArtsQuest officials have previously said they would be exploring other opportunities to incorporate sports viewing parties into its programming, provided the parties fall within the organization's mission.
Also new will be a craft brewers' village presented by the Brewers of Pennsylvania at PNC Plaza both weekends of the festival, according to the release.
"In addition, the festival is adding additional pairing experiences featuring great German food and beverages, as well as a new Yuengling Oktoberfest 5k on Oct. 5, " the release says. "The 5k race has already attracted more than 2, 000 entrants.


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Congressman Michael Burgess has called on the Texas Attorney General's office to investigate the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, after the TCEQ reported inaccurate results to the Fort Worth City Council and then took weeks to report the error after they had discovered it.
The Republican congressman's rebuke of the TCEQ follows a week in which EPA regional administrator Al Armendariz told the Houston Chronicle, "I think the writing will be on the wall — unless we start seeing better permits that address our objections, we are very likely to begin federalizing others. The state is not following federal Clean Air Act requirements."
As Phillp wrote yesterday (The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: "An Agency of Destruction"), Rick Perry's attempt to make the controversy surrounding the TCEQ a states' rights issue simply does not add up. During George W. Bush's term, the EPA pressured the TCEQ to improve its permitting process and to make its data public. To present the EPA's legitimate concerns as a new "federal power grab" is completely disingenuous, as members of Perry's own party are beginning to realize.
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
"Those responsible should be held fully accountable, and I believe that a robust investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office would be appropriate," Michael Burgess said in a statement.
Burgess said he was recently briefed by TCEQ on air quality issues related to gas drilling and he's not happy to find out now that he wasn't presented with all of the data.
"I relied on the information I was given, as did many others in North Texas," Burgess said. "I find it personally offensive to find out that what I have been told may not be the full story on the air quality issues in the area that affect millions of North Texans. There are a lot of questions that TCEQ needs to answer, and the public is right to demand accountability."
There is one Republican in particular who seems eager to support Perry's position on the issue: Kelly Hancock, state representative for House District 91 in Fort Worth.
Hancock has spent much of the past few days on Twitter expressing outrage at what he describes as "the federal grab of the state's successful permitting process." Hancock is also the vice president of Advanced Chemical Logistics, a company that specializes in "the chemical needs" of the industrial and institutional formulators, oil field, water treatment industries, amongst others.
From the Star-Telegram:
"I think the key point to remember is, in February, the sites were retested, and they all came back significantly below the long-term exposure limits," Hancock said.
Hancock, a vice president at a chemical company, said he didn't understand why the agency bothered to retest the older samples in the air canisters.
"Actually the second tests were very unscientific," he said. "The canisters they used had been sitting on the shelves for a long time. … If the tests had come back at lower levels, then everyone who's complaining now would want to throw those tests out."
Burgess has had a pretty awful environmental record since entering the U.S. House in 2003. In 2009, the League of Conservation Voters gave him a 0 rating. In 2008, Enviroment America did the same. The fact that Burgess, along with other Republicans, seem shocked about Perry's mismanagement of the TCEQ is a telling sign. There are only so many chemical company executives to defend Perry on this one.
If you haven't already, take some time to read the Texas Observer's recent cover story on the TCEQ. As much as Perry would like to neatly fit this into his Washington vs. Texas narrative, this is a losing issue for him that even some Republican lawmakers are beginning to catch on to.
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I came upon this great opinion piece the other day.
Portals see high usage, while untethered PHRs may compromise safety
July 8, 2010 — 1:29pm ET | By Neil Versel
Editor's Corner
Whenever I get a pitch about personal health records, I immediately ask if the publicist has any evidence that people are using the product in question. I rarely get a response because I know that in most cases, there is no such evidence. The lone exception is a PHR that's "tethered" to a large health system's EMR.
Some such evidence surfaced this week, when the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston reported that 57 percent of patients and a surprisingly strong 40 percent of outside referring physicians are using the center's year-old web portal. And using it often. According to Healthcare IT News, patients have been logging into the portal an average of 3.3 times a week--that's once every other day--and referring physicians are accessing M.D. Anderson patient records 2.8 times weekly.
Not surprisingly, M.D. Anderson's primary EMR vendor is Epic Systems. The company's myChart PHR--called myMDAnderson at the Houston institution--is an integral part of the Epic Care EMR for so many of Epic's customers. The Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, NorthShore University HealthSystem in Illinois, the University of Texas Medical Branch and Dean Health Care are among those that have had success with myChart. Partners HealthCare System in Boston, which built its own EMR, also has seen wide acceptance of patient portal.
Why does this model work? Because the EMR automatically populates each patient's PHR, saving people from having to enter all of their own data. Think of personal financial software before online banking became widespread. Who was going to sit down and type the entire contents of a handwritten check register into a Quicken screen? Virtually nobody. But when users gained the ability to download bank statements directly into the software, sales took off.
That's why I am not surprised by the findings in a newly published paper in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The author, Dr. Donald Simborg, co-founder and board member of Health Level Seven International and a founding member of the American College of Medical Informatics, argues that "untethered" PHRs create "a form of unhealthy consumer populism" by disrupting physician workflow.
Read all the gruesome details here:
Here is the link to the paper being discussed along with the abstract.
JAMIA 2010;17:370-372 doi:10.1136/jamia.2010.003392
- Viewpoint paper
- Correspondence to Dr Donald W Simborg, 407 Old Downieville Hwy, Nevada City, CA 95959, USA; email@example.com
- Received 19 January 2010
- Accepted 30 April 2010
Institutions, providers, and informaticians now encourage healthcare consumers to take greater control of their own healthcare needs through improved health and wellness activities, internet-based education and support groups, and personal health records. The author believes that "untethering" all of these activities from provider-based record systems has introduced a form of unhealthy consumer populism. Conversely, integrating these activities in a coordinated manner can sustain both consumer empowerment and consumer well-being.
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The one line summary is pretty simple – unless you have links between professional data sources and a patient held record they won't be used and if they are they are likely to be potentially dangerous.
The only way the crazy plans from the Department of Health and NEHTA can work is if GPs, specialists, lab information providers and the like contribute information to the patient held record.
If you think this is going to happen without very substantial incentives and assistance being put in place – for which at present, as far as we know, there is no budget, you are dreaming!
This is the second shoe to fall in my view. First we know the evidence for the value and effectiveness of PHRs vs EMRs is absent and second we now know the apparent plans from DoHA will do nothing to remedy this issue.
Of course we have also yet to hear just how the issue of the 'digital divide' is to be addressed – i.e. how is a PHR going to help those without regular internet access? (This is a good fraction of the target audience as I understand it.)
All this needs to go back to a fundamental and open-minded review. Right now what we know suggests some pretty bad mistakes are being planned.
Maybe after the election!


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Hello all! Welcome to my blog. I am so excited to finally have started this, it's been a long time in the making. I've thought about which direction to go with this and finally thought about doing budget related events for the family as well as thoughts and insights on the world around us.
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The Survivors Look Back
By Charles Pellegrino
Illustrated. 367 pages. Henry Holt. $27.50.
When Tsutomu Yamaguchi died two weeks ago, at 93, he was eulogized as a star-crossed rarity: a man who lived through two atomic blasts, at Hiroshima and then at Nagasaki. He was a man with very good luck, or very bad luck. It's hard to decide.
But Mr. Yamaguchi wasn't alone. He was one of as many as 165 people who are believed to have survived Hiroshima only to wind up in Nagasaki when that bomb fell three days later. The stories of these double survivors make up part of Charles Pellegrino's sober and authoritative new book, "The Last Train From Hiroshima."
The term "ground zero" originated with Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those who survived up-close encounters with these new American bombs did so thanks to sheer, blind good fortune. They were in exactly the right place at the right time, sheltered from the gamma and infrared death rays, and then from the flattening blast, in spots that acted as natural shock cocoons.
The Hiroshima survivors learned invaluable lessons about surviving a nuclear detonation, but they were discouraged from disseminating this knowledge in the immediate aftermath. Japan's military leaders did not want to spread "bad stories" and "rumors of defeat." Some of these survivors talked anyway. They surely saved some lives.
The Japanese called the atom bomb the pika-don, the "flash-bang." One lesson about it was this: If you see and survive the pika, you have a few seconds to duck. The don is on its way. Another lesson: wearing white helps. One doctor, Mr. Pellegrino writes, "reported numerous instances of women and children wearing patterned clothing, sometimes displaying flowers on white cloth. The dark flowers were now branded permanently onto their skin."
Yet another lesson: the sound of a B-29 bomber diving and flying like hell, straining its engines to get out of the way, is a sound to take seriously.Continue reading the main story
Many, many other things were still to be learned about these bombs, each worse than the next. People who wore wristwatches were branded where the metal met their skin, and quickly developed radiation sickness. The bombs acted like a microwave oven, heating metal until it glowed.
Many people reported that the smell of burning human flesh was "quite similar to the scent of squid when it was grilled over hot coals," Mr. Pellegrino writes, "with a few pieces of sweet pork thrown alongside." And then of course were the lingering horrors of what the Japanese called "atomic bomb disease."
"The Last Train From Hiroshima" is a clear-eyed catalog of every such horror, and not for the weak-stomached. Mr. Pellegrino follows his survivors as they trudge through wastelands that make "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy read like "Goodnight, Moon." He describes the so-called "ant-walking alligators" that the survivors saw everywhere, men and women who "were now eyeless and faceless — with their heads transformed into blackened alligator hides displaying red holes, indicating mouths."
The author continues: "The alligator people did not scream. Their mouths could not form the sounds. The noise they made was worse than screaming. They uttered a continuous murmur — like locusts on a midsummer night. One man, staggering on charred stumps of legs, was carrying a dead baby upside down."
Mr. Pellegrino, whose many previous books include "Ghosts of the Titanic" (he also served as a scientific consultant to the director James Cameron on his Titanic expeditions and on "Avatar"), relates many stories in this book, not only those of wounded survivors but also of American and Japanese pilots and many others.
He pays particular attention to forensic detail, and provides a slow-motion, almost instant-by-instant explanation of how the atom bomb discharged its fury. There is not a lot that is new here, but "The Last Train From Hiroshima" is a firm, compelling synthesis of earlier memoirs and archival material, as well as of the author's own interviews and research. This is gleaming, popular wartime history, John Hersey infused with Richard Preston and a fleck of Michael Crichton.
This isn't a book that wrestles deeply with the moral calculus of the decision to drop the atomic bombs. Mr. Pellegrino doesn't say whether he agrees with Paul Fussell, who wrote in "Thank God for the Atomic Bomb" that "the degree to which Americans register shock and extraordinary shame about the Hiroshima bomb correlates closely with lack of information about the Pacific war."
But he certainly studies every kind of fallout and does not neglect the spiritual variety. He writes about one doctor who "recalled that those who survived the atomic bomb were, in general, the people who ignored others crying out in extremis or who stayed away from the flames, even when patients and colleagues shrieked from within them."
This doctor confessed: "Those of us who stayed where we were, those of us who took refuge in the hills behind the hospital when the fires began to spread and close in, happened to escape alive. In short, those who survived the bomb were, if not merely lucky, in a greater or lesser degree selfish, self-centered — guided by instinct and not by civilization. And we know it, we who have survived."
Mr. Yamaguchi, the double survivor, was among the advocates of a simple plan to end nuclear war, Mr. Pellegrino writes. That plan went like this: The only people who should be allowed to govern countries with nuclear weapons are mothers, those who are still breast-feeding their babies.
The Survivors Look Back
By Charles Pellegrino
Illustrated. 367 pages. Henry Holt. $27.50.


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is defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development as
"meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
The true sign that ISLAND Architectural Woodwork is inherently a sustainable company comes from its commitment to excellence and the true understanding that quality is ongoing. The company enjoys many long-term client relationships due to the fine and precise millwork that ISLAND delivers consistently. At ISLAND, with its strict policy of in house production, someone touches each project at every phase -- unlike companies that source components from resources in Canada, other regions in the USA and overseas.
Ed Rufrano, President & Founder was introduced to artisan woodworking as a young man assisting his father, making custom cabinetry for family members. He learned the craft and an appreciation for precision. Ed embedded his expectations of quality and performance into the production process he created for his company. With Executive Vice President & Partner, Angelo DeMarco's, controlling all operations from manufacturing to installation, and an agreement between the two men to maintain and upgrade cutting edge equipment, ISLAND propelled itself into the 80s.
Their commitment to the latest in woodworking production technology enabled ISLAND to build high skill positions on the shop floor and in the CAD/CAM department. The opportunity to work on these computerized machines is attractive to a more educated workforce who sees the value in a dust free, non-toxic work environment. ISLAND prides itself on the high skill, high wage jobs it supports in the plant and in the field.
What was once a challenge, competing against old woodwork companies with old world techniques has now become ISLAND's greatest competitive advantage. ISLAND has the capacity and the ability to produce high-end millwork that captures the spirit of the architect's vision. ISLAND's design/engineering department reads the design documents and details a millwork solution that expresses the designer's intent.
Many of ISLAND's clients, such as Bank of America, Hearst and Goldman Sachs, have strong environmental positions and are requiring green solutions. The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has established a high performance building rating system called LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Most of the architects that rely on ISLAND to detail their architectural woodwork designs are looking for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified wood products to contribute points in building projects that are applying for LEED certification. ISLAND embraces environmentally responsible manufacturing and business practices not simply as an altruistic gesture. It's become an economic imperative that a quality driven, service-oriented business such as ISLAND would become a company associated with sustainable manufacturing processes.
ISLAND began by researching High Performance Green Buildings and the USGBC LEED rating system. Many aspects of ISLAND's manufacturing practices were Green or sustainable already. For example, the existing plant has a sophisticated dust retrieval and ventilation system, and the production flow is a model of Lean manufacturing.
ISLAND recently acquired its own forest in Massachusetts, which is supervised by a Certified Forester. ISLAND will be able to access its own wood, and take full responsibility from the sapling to the boardroom.
Also, ISLAND is in the process of constructing their third factory, scheduled to open September 2007. This provides an opportunity for them to implement wastewater reclamation systems, energy developed from their own waste product, daylight harvesting, energy efficient lighting and recycling systems as part of the new building.
The challenge lies in the evaluation of how to make a sound business decision based on the Return On Investment for these Sustainable and Eco-friendly systems. ISLAND is working with Rochester Institute of Technology's Sustainable Systems Research Center to create a Green Business strategy. The goal is to implement smart and efficient systems using an eco-friendly approach.
To better understand how ISLAND will manage and implement these changes, it's helpful to introduce the members of ISLAND's executive team. Ed Rufrano founded his business in 1979, in 1993 he teamed up with Roger Stevens his friend and mentor to form ISLAND Architectural Woodwork. Over a period of time, Angelo DeMarco became a partner in the business. Together they built a solid custom millwork business known for quality, fine detail, timely project delivery and extraordinary client services.
As the next generation of management has embedded themselves in the business, it's become clear that with their impetus, the sustainable conversion at ISLAND will take hold. The promise of a strong future is evident when you speak to one of the members of the executive team at ISLAND. Invariably, the conversation turns to a series of familiar themes; a recurring inventory of company strengths emerge:
Excellence – At ISLAND, with its strict policy of in house production, someone touches each project at every phase, thereby maintaining control of both quality and schedule
Design and Installation - Inherently there is quality control because there is internal accountability
Quality – This group only knows a Can Do attitude that is fueled by pride and accomplishment
Environmental Responsibility – this team is a contributor to positive eco-behavior
Reliability – a carefully monitored production ensures a precision and quality project
Expert Service – When ISLAND's client is satisfied the project is a success
ISLAND is one of the leading architectural woodworking operations in the greater Metropolitan area; they have experienced growing pains, but have learned from their competition. While other custom millwork operations have grown dependent upon resources in Canada, other regions in the USA and resources overseas to provide lower cost finished goods and partially assembled components, ISLAND maintains its strict policy of 100% in house production. This policy motivated them to solve many in-house process challenges.
When Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, UBS or ING build out their corporate offices, they have retained the top architects to design these spaces that must be both highly functional as well as perfect in appearance. The client expects a corporate environment built with the finest materials and installed with the greatest care and precision. ISLAND delivers on time, all the time; as the architectural millwork company sought by these finance giants.
"Our focus is to build a strong business for future generations," Ed Rufrano observed, "Therefore, we are, by the nature of our goals sustainable."
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Cover: Ed Rufrano & Angelo DeMarco photographed in the ISLAND Woodwork Inc owned forest located in OTIS, Massachusetts. Photo by Paul D. Miller
Interior: Conference Room, IBJ, Architect: Ted Moudis Associates, Photo by Paul Warchol
ISLAND Management Team: Left to Right Stephen Sama, Dolores Rufrano, Peter Larrabure, Joe Ondrush, Tracy D'Agata. Photo by Jillphotography.com
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Andreas, AKA "the hacker formerly known as KirbyDE", recently joined the Jelsoft staff as a vBulletin developer. As Kirby, Andreas was the source of quite a few modifications and hacks at vBulletin.org. Now, he's using that experience to troubleshoot bugs in the vBulletin code. Although this takes up a fair bit of his day, Andreas still takes the time to publish new hacks and give hack support when he has the time, and to give advice to other hackers regarding modification techniques. Between bugs, Andreas found some time to take part in an Admin Zone interview.
Can you give us a brief bio?
My name is Andreas, and I am 26 years old. I was born in a small village in Bavaria (Germany) and grew up there. After finishing school, I did my one year of civilian service (instead of going to the army) at a residential home for the elderly. Since then, I've been studying computer science at the University of Technology Darmstadt (Germany).
What is your educational background?
I did my Abitur back in 2000. At the moment, I am studying at the university.
What do you consider as your accomplishments up to this point?
I've successfully gotten a driver's license. (Was a bit of a problem, as it took 3 attempts to complete ...)
Jokes aside: Nothing really special I think.
Any failures you'd like to tell us about?
Spellcheckers... and women.
I've tried to write a good spellchecker several times, but always failed. Also, I am still single and expect to keep this state for another long time.
What are your favorite books? Movies? TV shows? Music? Games? Foods? Beverages?
To be honest, I don't read many books - except reference books.
I like science-fiction and action movies, Enemy of the State and Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home being two of my favourites.
Normally, I don't listen music, except when I am in the car or at work (I used to work at a gas-station part-time, still doing so every now and then). Guess nobody would believe than, but I only have 2 music CDs - in total.
Although I do have a TV, I seldom use it - most content is just stupid or boring. What I do like are shows like Who Want's To Be A Millionaire or "Wetten, Dass ...?" (don't know if anybody knows that,
it's a show where people bet they can do exceptional things like dragging a 40ton truck with muscle power).
I like playing games like monopoly or settlers with my friends or family; sometimes I also do CSS or UT network matches, but I am utterly bad at that.
Games like Warcraft or Age of Empires are also nice.
My favourite beverage is Apfelschorle (there doesn't seem to be a good translation, it's basically sparkling water with apple-juice).
And now the surprise: I hate beer.
How did you get involved in coding?
Uuh, that was a looong time ago. I guess it was when I was about 12 yers old or so, and started "playing" the my dad's old computer. He got a new one at this time gave me his old (it was a 286 with 1 MB RAM and 40 MB HDs). I had some addresses that needed to be entered and formatted. After some time, I got annoyed by doing the formatting manually and tried to do some macros to help me, which I got to work quite well after a while. I continued writing little "programs" with batchfiles, BASIC (sigh!) and debug.exe ... it didn't last too long until I realized that those tools were too limiting and I needed a "real" programming language. So I saved all my pocket money and bought Turbo Pascal 7 from Borland. That was the language I used to teach myself general programming concepts (e.g. loops, pointers, data structures like arrays, etc). I've then spent several years with it (and the Windows Version and Delphi), afterwards moved on to C++ and later Perl, JAVA, x86 and MIPS assembler, etc. - and lately PHP.
Tell us about your career as a vBulletin code hacker.
That was a bit strange...
Back in ... I think it was 2003, one of the Admins (he was the tech guy) of my Board somehow disappeared, and the board suffered some problems and was way behind update schedule. As I had just become part of the team and also had some experience with bulletin board software (I was hacking UBB light around 2000/2001), I offered to help with the software. So I fixed the problems, helped with the upgrade and added some stuff which the admins wanted to have. While doing that, I realized how powerful and well-written vBulletin was and started to look more into it - so I come across vBulletin.org.
I read a few threads, registered and started to answer some questions, contributed code here or there - which was really bad code at the beginning.
Tell us about the vBulletin hacking community.
The community is amazing! There are so many creative ideas ... wish I had more time to implement some of them.
Though, I think there are also some problems. Many users (mostly newbies), don't read installation instructions carefully enough - and it get's pretty annoying having to state "please follow the instructions and upload the files there and there" for the 259[sup]th[/sup] time.
It would make life easier for both, hackers and end users, if the users were carefully following the instructions - most of the time they are precise. Also, I somewhat have a feeling that there are way more requests than people who actually fill them, which is pity.
I would encourage everybody to try and do it himself if possible in any way; it's the best way to learn how the system works - and you gain the ability to modify everything exactly in the way you want it.
How has the vBulletin.org community changed over the years? What direction do you see it going in?
I am not a member for too long, so I can't really say what long-time changes there had been. From my experience, there seem to be less "active" members (eg. those who release hacks) at this time - seems like many (Tigga, KuraFire, Logician - just to name a few) formerly active coders have more or less left the scene, some others have gone commercial. But this might be just normal fluctuation, as it happens in any community. As there are several hundred Hacks already (and new ones coming in every day), I think we don't have anything to fear about that.
How did you come to join the Jelsoft Team? Is your position with them full or part time?
Some time after 3.5 final was released, I was contacted by Jelsoft asking if I would like to join the team, helping in maintaining vBulletin 3.5. It is a part time job, my main occupation being tracking & fixing bugs.
What are your thoughts on vB 3.5 compared to previous versions?
3.5 is a big step forward. Especially the introduction of the data managers is important in further development, as encapsulating the data and handling it at one central point helps to prevent errors (for example when the same could would have to be run in several subsystems).
How has the plugin system changed things for users and for the hacking community?
It has made things a lot easier for the enduser, and it also makes it easier for hack authors as you don't have to write your own installers for templates or phrases (many hacks come with their own phrases, templates, etc.) or endless installation instructions.
Though, I am a bit concerned about people becoming "lazy". In previous versions, we had to modify the files - and even if one had no clue and was just following instructions, there was a chance to learn smth. as one had to look at the code.
Now with the plugin system, it's more or less plug & play, which gives newbies less understanding about how the system works if they don't start to code on their own.
In the end, this could mean that there will be only a few people releasing hacks, but I hope that this won't happen - there are so many creative ideas out there that are at least worth to be implemented as a Hack.
Any hints regarding the future of vB?
It's done when it's done!
Did you mind giving up your old username, KirbyDE? What was the significance of that name anyway?
Not too much. As most of you will know, Kirby is a character from old Nintendo Video-Games (Kirby's Dreamland, etc.). I liked these Games when I was young, so I chose this as a Nick - and as Kirby was already in use I added the TLD of my home country (Germany=.de).
What does your vB.org signature, "Wirtschaft ist wie Wippen: Wenn der auf der einen Seite vor Schwäche runter fällt, knallt der andere auch auf den Arsch", mean in English?
Hehe, interesting question. The vBorg signature originates from some post on my board (Planet-Liebe). I found it pretty funny and very true, so I decided to put it into my signature.
It means that economy doesn't work it is only based on exploiting poor(er) countries. When they get too weak, the richer countries will run into problems.
How is being an official vBulletin developer similar to modifying the code as a hacker? How is it different?
It is similar in the aspect that both is about vBulletin code. However, developing vBulletin is far more completely than developing hacks. One has to keep future plans in mind, do a lot of checks to not break other parts of the product, and so on.
As a Hacker, you just do your Hack - if it breaks something only a few people will be affected so it's not a big problem and easy to fix. vBulletin itself on the other hand is being run by thousands of users on many different systems.
Will you still be releasing hacks on vBulletin.org?
If time permits, sure. But support for them (except bug-fixing) will be almost nonexistent.
Describe your typical workday schedule.
Checking if there are open support tickets that need my attention, then checking the bugtracker for responses or new added bugs. If there are new bugs, trying to reproduce them, track down the issue and fix it. Afterwards checking feature suggestions, developer discussions.
What other projects and/or ventures are you involved in?
Except "my" board (Planet-Liebe) and some small programming jobs every now and then - none.
What advice can you give people just getting into programming?
Don't start with a lousily typed language! IMHO that's the biggest mistake one can make, as it leads to bad programming style. A good choice for a beginners language (although I don't like it too much ) is JAVA.
What future changes do you expect in forum software development?
We will see a transition from "just" forum software into complete community frameworks that include photo galleries, blogs, chat, friendship networks and so on.
The community factor is becoming more and more important.
Giving people the ability to post messages isn't enough, you have to keep them entertained - keep them interested in being online on your sites.
What is your opinion on the open source vs. proprietary software debate in general?
Both types of software do have specific advantages and disadvantages, and I don't think that one category is superior over the other in general. There are a lot of good open source projects (Apache for example). Without them, computing in general and specifically the web wouldn't be the same as it is today - as it wouldn't without proprietary software like Microsoft Windows.
Which online communities do you enjoy as a member?
Uuh .. a lot! Can't name all of them.
How many forums do you own / administrate?
One, my Hack-Testboard kirbydemos.ath.cx/forum (And, of course, dozens of Test-Installations).
How would you describe your moderation style?
I am trying to be fair to everyone. Whenever there are disputes between users (or users and staff), I try to find a compromise which is acceptable for either party. Also, I try not to get too involved in discussions, as this causes you not to be objective any longer. Though, I must admit, I do fail at this quite often.
What are the most common technical mistakes you see new admins making?
Sticking too many hacks into the board.
One should only add the Hacks that are "really needed". 5 "extra pips" on postbit and a 3 row navbar menu doesn't add functionality, it just makes the site bloated and hard to navigate.
What are the most common administrative mistakes you see new admins making?
Creating too many forums. If you are just starting a new board with a few members, there is no need for 100+ subforums - as there will only be a few posts anyway. I think it's enough to start with a few forums (Site Feedback/Problems, General Small-Tals/OT-Forum, 1-3 "Topic Forums"), and only add new forums when they really become necessary.
What are your thoughts on blogs in general? Will blogging become more popular or will it fade away? Do you have a blog?
Blogging is important, but not as a standalone feature. The "Blog-Hype" has already passed, and I think we will see Blogs becoming an integrated part of active communities.
What do you know now that you wish you'd known 10 years ago?
I should have spent more time meeting friends, etc. than sitting in front of my computer ...
What does the future hold for you?
Who really knows the future? At least I don't and I think sometimes it's best if we do not know what the future holds.
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A nod to the heroism of the Royal Italian Navy, the grit of the long-distance channel swimmer, and even Jacques Cousteau's spirit of exploration, dive watches manage to be inherently inspiring.
In their first iterations in the 1920s, dive watches marked an important milestone. Advancements in water resistance helped popularize the use of the wristwatch (vs. the more typical pocket watch) by making them much more durable and practical for everyday wear. In the 1950s, when scuba diving was gaining popularity as a recreational sport, the dive watch became a truly necessary tool for keeping track of time while descending deep underwater, particularly when worn in tandem with a depth gauge. And as advancements in diving equipment and technology allowed for deeper dives, the watch industry kept pace with greater and greater ingenuity.
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Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman
Originally designed for the U.S. Navy "frogmen" and featured in 1951's The Frogmen, this Hamilton model features a silicone band, a red aluminum rotating bezel, and water-resistance to 1,000 meters.
Oris Aquis Depth Gauge
A depth gauge provides an added level of functionality to this 46-mm Oris timepiece, which was first released in 2013. The attractive ceramic bezel includes red lettering, a subtle nod to the signature red rotor for which Oris is known.
Bremont Submarine S500
The British watchmaker Bremont launched in 2002 with a focus on aviation, and the Supermarine 500 is its first marine watch. A 38-hour power reserve, water resistance to 500 meters, and an anti-reflective, scratch resistant sapphire crystal are among its noteworthy strengths.
IWC Schaffhausen Aquatimer Expedition Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Dedicated to the French scuba-diving pioneer and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau, this 42-mm Aquatimer features a special back engraving and signature blue dial. A portion of the proceeds from its sale benefits marine-protected areas and the restoration of Cousteau's former research ship, the Calypso.
Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16
A black nylon strap with yellow stitching gives this Aquaracer some flair not found on other iterations of one of Tag Heuer's most popular models. The 43-mm watch is water-resistant to 300 meters and includes polished hands and luminescent markers.
Seiko First Diver Recreation Limited Edition SLA017
Seiko's very first dive watch, introduced in 1965, is back in a limited, 2,000-piece edition this year. Aside from its enhanced functionality, the watch is practically identical to its ancestors in every way: Water-resistant to 200 meters, the dial sports three-dimensional features and a straightforward, elegant interface.
Breitling Superocean Héritage II 46
On its 60th birthday, the Superocean has been redesigned with a shock- and scratch-resistant ceramic bezel, giving the watch a shiny and clean new look. The self-winding chronometer, which is water-resistant up to 200 meters and uses the original Superocean logo, features Calibre B20 movement that was co-designed with fellow watch brand Tudor; it's available in black, blue, and bronze with leather, croc, rubber, and steel mesh bracelet options.
Cartier Calibre de Cartier Carbon Diver
Cartier shocked the watch community when it released a dive watch in 2014. The model has not only remained in its line—it's been upgraded with an all-black case. When you need a watch that can go straight from the dive site to the black-tie dinner, look no further.
Ulysse Nardin Diver Le Locle
A new release based on a style that debuted in 1964, this 42-mm self-winding diver retains all the vintage good looks of the
Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean "Big Blue"
With a sturdy case made entirely from a single block of blue ceramic, the Big Blue is a combination dive watch with a
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver
A diving helmet serves as inspiration for the octagon shape of the iconic Royal Oak, new for 2017 in five eye-catching colors—white, navy, acid yellow, lime green, and orange. This 42-mm self-winding version is water-resistant to 300 meters and features an internal rotating bezel with the dive time measurement, date window, and time.
Bell & Ross BR O3-92 Diver
Bell & Ross adapts a classic watch—featuring the recognizable square shape of its iconic pilot watch—into a new diver that combines the diverse design DNA of its various collections. The self-winding stainless steel watch is antimagnetic and water-resistant to 300 meters.
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tribute to MIL-SPEC
First introduced in 1953, the Fifty Fathoms from Blancpain has some serious name recognition in the world of dive watches. The latest iteration (a 500-piece limited edition) replicates the design of the original 1950s MIL-SPEC 1 right down to the distinctive bright orange water tightness indicator on the dial, but also includes some key modern updates to its automatic movements.
Tudor Heritage Black Bay Steel
Tudor's beloved Black Bay is fresh this year with an engraved steel rotating bezel. It's waterproof to 200 meters, and the self-winding mechanical movement has a 70-hour power reserve and (for the very first time) features a date window.
MB&F Horological Machine No.7 "Aquapod"
MB&F is an incredibly independent watch brand known for creating unique "horological machines." Its latest, limited-edition automatic piece was inspired by jellyfish—and while it's not specifically a dive watch, it does share some similar traits, like the uni-directional bezel that circles separately around the dial, its 60-second flying tourbillon (which helps it escape the effects of gravity) at the top, a power reserve of 72 hours, and the fact that it certainly can get wet: The watch is water-resistant to 50 meters.
DOXA Sub300 Professional
This limited edition 50th anniversary model (only 300 of each dial color will be produced) pays homage to the brand's heritage, one made famous by Jacques Cousteau and still worn by his descendants. The 42.5-mm watch is a faithful replica: It's water-resistant to 300 meters and features an automatic movement and a beads-of-rice-style stainless steel bracelet with integrated wetsuit extension.
RADO HyperChrome Captain Cook
From a brand best known for its use of high-tech ceramic comes the reinvention of a piece from its 1962 HyperChrome collection. The new iteration is slightly larger than the original and features a blue ceramic bezel, a woven textile strap, and water resistance up to 200 meters.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller
The steel Rolex Sea-Dweller, a legendary and historically significant dive watch, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. With an updated and slightly larger profile clocking in at 43-mm, the self-winding mechanical watch can hit depths of 1,220 meters (4,000 feet) and features a patented helium escape valve that made the watch famous amongst professional scuba divers. The red Sea-Dweller name on the dial is an important and notable detail that should please collectors.
Panerai Luminor Submersible BMG-Tech 3 Days Automatic
Created from an innovative metallic glass composite called BMG-Tech that's durable, fade- and scratch-resistant, and lightweight, the latest Panerai Luminor is everything a dive watch aspires to be. It features a "time of immersion" function that's super legible thanks to the Super-LumiNova against the blue dial, and the underwater "instrument" is water-resistant to 300 meters.
Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53
With a significant history dating to the early 1950s, the Super Sea Wolf is faithful to the design and features of its predecessor. The 40-mm automatic watch is water-resistant to 200 meters and comes paired with a stainless-steel five-link bracelet.
This story originally appeared on Townandcountrymag.com.
* Minor edits have been made by the Townandcountry.ph editors.


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01 Sep Clarkstown's 225th Anniversary Art Exhibit and Essay Contest
Dear Principal,
This year, the Town of Clarkstown will be celebrating our 225th anniversary. The month of October has been designated as Clarkstown History Month. A committee has been created to facilitate celebratory events and construct a historical timeline of events, photographs and artifacts for a permanent exhibit in the lobby of Town Hall as well as for a new Clarkstown history website. We are looking to include students of Clarkstown to contribute to this celebration.
We have comprised both an essay contest and an art exhibit for any students interested in submitting their work. We are also asking any faculty if they would be willing to incorporate our ideas into a class project.
The art exhibit is for students in grades 1-8. Students can choose one of two options for their submission. Students can use the style of art called "Pleinair," drawing or painting of what one sees in front of them outside in nature. This idea has been used by the painters of the Hudson River School of Art and impressionism painters. The other option is for students to draw or paint a historical site located in the Town. We have provided a list of historical sites that could be used. All art work submitted will be displayed at Town Hall and then the New City Library.
The essay contest is for students in grades 4-8 and the topic is, "A Day in the Life of a Child in 1791 in Clarkstown". The essay should depict what a child's life might have been like during 1791 in Clarkstown. There will be a winner for grades 4-5 and another for grades 6-8. Winners will be invited to be "Supervisor for the Day" and receive either town pool or mini-golf passes for his/her immediate family for one day of his/her choice during the 2017 season.
Participants for both the essay contest and art exhibit will be recognized on the opening night of our history exhibit at Town Hall on October 5, 2016.
I have enclosed a flyer with all the details. We hope you will encourage student and faculty participation. Please feel free to contact myself or Beth McDonald at 845-639-2035 with any questions.
Registration Form For Grades 1-8


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Lauterbur Memorial Symposium to Honor Nobel Laureate
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) pioneers and researchers from across the country will gather March 26-28 at the Beckman Institute on the University of Illinois campus to honor the late Nobel Laureate Paul C. Lauterbur.
URBANA, Ill. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) pioneers and researchers from across the country will gather March 26-28 at the Beckman Institute on the University of Illinois campus to honor the late Nobel Laureate Paul C. Lauterbur.
The Paul C. Lauterbur Memorial Symposium will provide a unique forum for a systematic discussion of historical developments, present status, and future directions in a field that Lauterbur initiated.
The symposium will feature four plenary sessions of invited talks and two keynote lectures by leading MRI researchers, as well as two special sessions of talks by some of Lauterbur's former collaborators and students, and a social program honoring his life and achievements.
Prof. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2003 for their "seminal discoveries concerning the use of magnetic resonance to visualize different structures. These discoveries have led to the development of modern magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, which represents a breakthrough in medical diagnostics and research."
Lauterbur founded what is now called the Beckman Institute Biomedical Imaging Center (BIC) on campus. BIC Director Art Kramer and fellow Beckman researcher Brad Sutton are on the organizing committee while Beckman Institute Associate Director Van Anderson is a co-chair of the event.
"Paul Lauterbur was a Beckman Institute faculty member for over twelve years so it is incredibly exciting to host the Paul C. Lauterbur Memorial Symposium at the Beckman Institute to honor Paul's life and achievements," Anderson said. "The program features top researchers who will provide a glimpse of the history of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, as well as the state-of-the-art research and the emerging technologies in the field."
Zhi-Pei Liang, a faculty member at Beckman and in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois, is also a co-chair. Liang was a post-doctoral student under Lauterbur before becoming his colleague on the faculty at Illinois.
"I'm very pleased to have the opportunity to help put this symposium together," Liang said. "I worked with Paul for 17 years. He was not only a great scientist but also a very humble, gracious, and caring person."
Liang said that Lauterbur, who died in March of 2007, inspired many fellow scientists and students over the years.
"Paul's life and career have been a great source of inspiration for so many people, so having the symposium here will not only pay tribute to him but also educate a new generation of students and junior researchers," Liang said. "Paul is one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century. Being a faculty member here, he brought tremendous visibility to the campus."
For more information on the symposium, go to: https://conferences.beckman.uiuc.edu/lauterbur


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A blog by Southern writer and historian Dale Cox, Civil War Florida shares information on and discusses the events of the Civil War in Florida. Topics of interest include troops, battles, skirmishes, campaigns, raids, forts, naval actions, ships, soldiers, officers, books and historic sites.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sketoe's Hole - A Reminder of the "Deserter War"
2 comments:
Was wondering if this was the William Sketo who was a member of the Jackson Co., FL 5th Bttn Cav and whose wife was Susan Whitfield?
Would be interested in further information.
- February 24, 2009 9:10 PM
- Dale said...
No, I believe they were different individuals. This William Sketo was married to Sarah Clemmons (1821-1902) and was the father of eight children. He and his wife are both buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Echo, Alabama.
I believe the individual you are researching was the William Sketoe who enlisted at John's Landing on May 1, 1863, when he was 20 years old. He initially served in Company A, 2nd Florida Cavalry, but was transferred to Company E, 5th Florida Cavalry when the companies of the old 2nd were divided in September of 1863 to form the new 5th Florida Battalion.
He was born in South Carolina and married Susan Whitfield on June 16, 1868.
I hope this helps!
- February 25, 2009 1:38 AM


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Campaigners fighting to keep the Clydesdale Bank in Aboyne are now focused on saving the ATM - after the bank refused to overturn plans to close their Ballater Road branch.
Aboyne's only full-time bank is set to shut on May 17 as one of 40 Clydesdale branches in Scotland that will cease trading as part of a major restructure.
But after a petition was launched by the local protesters, Stuart Donaldson MP, local Councillor Geva Blackett and two prominent community representatives met with Clydesdale Bank officials last Wednesday to express their concerns over the plans.
They told the Piper Clydesdale claims that the face-to-face banking in Aboyne has dropped significantly, making the branch unsustainable.
But with just two ATMs in the village, and high usage of the Clydesdale cashpoint, there are high hopes of salvaging some form of banking facilities in Aboyne.
Cllr Blackett said: "The amount of activity at the ATM during our meeting with bank officials proved how well used it is and they took away a very strong message from us all that Aboyne needs this ATM in a prominent place which is accessible to all.
"Ideally the bank will provide one that accepts cash and cheque pay-ins because the post office is not open late at night when many quite a number of people need to make deposits – following functions for example."
Mr Donaldson added: "Even at 6.30pm, while we were meeting in the bank, there was a steady flow of transactions through the cash machine.
"It's clear this is a very well used facility and the representatives from Clydesdale acknowledged there is a strong case to keep this.
"There is still a real need to ensure all customers can access their bank and we put forward a number of suggestions to the representatives including a shared facility with other banks to reduce costs but show a commitment to the local community.
"It remains to be seen if this will be seriously considered as I recognise there would be commercial and logistical challenges to overcome.
"They have, however, made a commitment to educating local users on how to do their banking online and on the phone and will give serious consideration towards keeping an ATM and cash deposit drawer in Aboyne."
Duncan Robson, local architect, said: "As a businessman I recognise that sadly a business case does not exist that would persuade the Clydesdale Bank to change their mind about the closure.
"However, we had a good meeting with senior officials and it was clear that they listened to our reasoned arguments that they should retain some services in the village and we look forward to hearing back from them shortly."
Aboyne resident Fiona Mallet added: "I am disappointed for those customers of us who do not want to use internet or phone banking that they will lose the face to face interactions we are used to.
"But I welcome the news that free lessons will be made available for any customer who does want to go down the internet/phone route."
A Clydesdale Bank spokeswoman said: "We are continuing to actively engage with local stakeholders and having met and listened to their concerns we will now try to retain an ATM within the town.
"This does, however, depend on finding a suitable alternative location."