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News about Deborah Roffman,
Publications and Other Activities
The Value of Childhood Crushes
Debbie was quoted in "The Value of Childhood Crushes," by Bonnie Rough in The New York Times, Feb 13, 2009. [Crushes are] "a normal part of development, when kids start to see each other in ways that are a little bit different. I really do believe that they get a little zing in their heart."
Ten Tips for Talking to Teenagers About Consent and Sexual Boundaries
Debbie's article, "Ten Tips for Talking to Teenagers About Consent and Sexual Boundaries," was published on The Kojo Nnamdi Show Blog, September 24, 2018. The Kojo Nnamdi Show is on American University Radio, 12 pm to 1 pm ET on Monday through Friday. An excerpt:
"The one constant in young people's lives are their parents and guardians. Decades of research demonstrates that it's open communication at home about sexual topics that is the most significant factor in keeping teens out of harm's way. So regardless of the current public spectacle on our screens, or the prevailing cultural or social milieu, parents can be the consistent voice of reason and reality that helps kids make wise decisions."
Education Nation: Sex Education: More Than a "Talk"
Debbie was featured in a Twitter ToolkitTalk on July 19, 2018, a Twitter chat that happens every third Tuesday of the month and sponsored by ParentToolkit of NBC News Education Nation: Visit Sex Education: More Than a "Talk" for a complete transcript.
A Key To Appropriate Behavior: Self-Respect
Following Debbie Roffman's recent letter in the New York Times, Debbie was interviewed for the program On The Record, on WYPR, public radio for Baltimore and Maryland. The program was titled, "A Key To Appropriate Behavior: Self-Respect," on December 7, 2017, and the audio is here: http://wypr.org/post/key-appropriate-behavior-self-respect
"We talk with Deborah Roffman, author and human sexuality educator at the Park School of Baltimore, about eye-opening events in the past five years that changed attitudes about taking what you want versus getting permission. Roffman teaches boys and girls as young as 9–fourth graders–and says forming personal boundaries starts with building self-respect."
"The Unexamined Brutality of the Male Libido"
Debbie Roffman has a letter in the New York Times responding to Stephen Marche's Nov. 25, 2017, op-ed, "The Unexamined Brutality of the Male Libido." See letters, "Let's Talk About Male Sex Drive"
"But this I do know: Before men are men, they are boys. Until we commit to intentionally raising both boys and girls with high expectations and a single standard of values based on empathy and fairness — with sex and gender being no exception — we won't do much better than that."
"Traditional gender roles, opposite and unequal by design in terms of power, privilege and status, are tools of oppression used deliberately for centuries to enable a small minority of men to oppress not only women but also the vast majority of other men in the world. Let's examine and work on that kind of male brutality, and see what happens."
"When a Student Says, 'I'm Not a Boy or a Girl'
By ZOE GREENBERG, New York Times, OCT. 24, 2017
This is an excellent article on gender. From the article:
"At some schools, teaching for and about transgender people is a battle, epitomized by nationwide debates over "bathroom bills." But at others, educators aren't battling against trans students or their needs. Instead, schools like Puget Sound are altering their policies to include transgender kids and, more broadly, to make gender a deliberate part of the curriculum. Students are leading the way, driving schools to adopt more inclusive teaching methods."
Debbie is quoted in the article:
"This is not about those kids," said Deborah Roffman, a teacher at the Park School in Baltimore who has been teaching human sexuality for 40 years. "Everybody in this building has a gender identity, which exists along a continuum."
"How to Talk to Kids About Sex"
Washington Post August 30, 2017. On Parenting, by Phyllis Fagell. The article quotes Debbie extensively and expands on her five core needs that children have regarding sexuality.
"Kids have five core needs when it comes to sexuality, Roffman explains. They need affirmation and unconditional love; information about healthy and unhealthy behaviors; clarity about values such as respect and integrity; appropriate boundaries and limits; and guidance about making responsible, safe choices. Within that framework, here are seven tips to help parents raise kids who know how to make well-considered decisions.
Talking to teens about sex, intimacy, and consent …
…in the hookup culture: What your teens need to know — whether they want to hear it or not. By Connie Matheson. February 15, 2017. Great Schools! Debbie is quoted. Click for more.
"13 Good Ideas To Live By"
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"When 'Playing Doctor' Requires a Diagnosis"
"5 Myths About Sex After Becoming a Parent"
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017 SEXUALITY EDUCATION AND ISSUES FULL-DAY SYMPOSIUM – In association with the NAIS 2017 Annual Conference in Baltimore
11:00AM – 12:15PM Broadening the Conversation: The Case for Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education DEBORAH ROFFMAN, THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE (MD)
Sexual assault and other deeply troubling behaviors are not just "problems." They are also symptoms of a much more systemic problem in our schools—the absence of comprehensive PreK-12 sexuality education. Equipping students to manage their emerging sexuality in healthy, empathic, and ethical ways is an ongoing process in which independent schools, in partnership with parents, are uniquely positioned to engage. The questions are: Should we? Will we?
"On PornHub, Nobody Knows You're a Kid,"
On July 28, 2016, The New York Times published a letter by Debbie in response to "On PornHub, Nobody Knows You're a Kid," by Judith Shulevitz (Sunday Review, July 17).
"Labeling parents as conservative or liberal does a disservice to children. Political ideology is about adults and their worldview, not about children and their developmentally based needs.
"The purpose of parenting is to nurture children, who come into the world as helpless, totally dependent infants, to a state of near total independence as young adults. When we make parenting about politics we miss that point entirely. Parenting is a job, and if we're really good at what we do, our children eventually fire us, which was the point all along."
Center for Sex Education, Pennsylvania
Through a special grant, the Center for Sex Education is distributing 400 copies of Talk To Me First to educators across the state.
Peggy Orenstein, Commendation for Talk to Me First
New York Times contributing writer and author of Girls, tweeted a great commendation for Debbie's Talk To Me First.
"When Did Porn Become Sex Ed?
Debbie replied to the editor, New York Times, commenting on "When Did Porn Become Sex Ed? by Peggy Orenstein, March 20, 2016.
"We can't shift the sex education paradigm until we acknowledge the monumental changes in American society and in young people's physiology that have coalesced to create a 12-to-13-year gap between sexual and reproductive maturity and age at first marriage. In the absence of adult preparation and guidance, how surprised should we be that so many young people turn to pornography and hookup culture?"
Independent School Magazine Blog
Debbie is now writing for the Independent School Magazine Blog published by NAIS. Most recent entry: "Common Sense (and Nonsense) about Sexuality Education for Young Children", March 2, 2016.
"We know from decades of research that children and adolescents raised by adults who educate and converse with them about sexuality grow up in healthier ways than their peers. For example, while common nonsense might hold that "knowing leads to doing" or some other unwanted effect, just the opposite is true: Kids with this kind of guidance and support significantly postpone involvement in sexual behaviors as they mature. Keeping them in the dark, in other words, is the real danger here."
'Bottom line: The kind of readiness young children need to learn about their origins — or, really, about any other topic related to sexuality — is primarily cognitive readiness, not emotional readiness, as many adults, out of their own anxieties, project it to be."
"Affirmative Consent: Flipping the Paradigm About Sexual Assault"
New post by Debbie is at NAIS "Independent Ideas" blog: "Affirmative Consent: Flipping the Paradigm About Sexual Assault" 4/13/2016. Here is an excerpt:
"I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the Steubenville episode — followed in quick succession by a series of other high-profile cases — was transformative. It jump-started an ongoing, long overdue dialogue about sexual assault in the public arena and on high school and college campuses that has ultimately led to profound cultural change: The nation, finally, has begun to take the issue of sexual assault — and its victims, causes, perpetrators, and facilitators — seriously.
"Changing Language, Changing Expectations
"One of the most significant and hopeful outcomes of this intense scrutiny has been a powerful paradigm shift in how we now think and talk about sexual assault, and how we distinguish it from mutually consensual sexual behaviors.
"Increasingly, in the eyes of prosecutors, legislators, school personnel, and the general public, the "absence of no" is no longer an acceptable or sufficient standard for determining when mutual consent exists. In the new standard, known as "affirmative consent," an individual must ask for and receive a direct, verbal "yes" from a potential partner before any kind of sexual contact can proceed."
"Teach Boys Self Respect"
Debbie's article, "Teach Boys Self Respect", was published in The Baltimore Sun, March 22, 2015
"I'd like to add another dimension to the discussion. Certainly, girls and women are devalued in our society, even to the extent of being portrayed as objects and, therefore, not fully human, but let's also consider how deeply the culture demeans and dehumanizes boys.
"Sex Ed Lesson: ' Yes Means Yes,' but It's Tricky", in the article "How Parents and Youths Talk About Sex"
Debbie replied to The New York Times front page article "Sex Ed Lesson: ' Yes Means Yes,' but It's Tricky", in the article "How Parents and Youths Talk About Sex", October 21, 2015.
"It should not be at all surprising that high school students cannot easily integrate these kinds of conversations about sex into their social life or, for that matter, even imagine having them. The kind of clarity and directness, and the willingness to take ownership of one's sexual decisions and behaviors undermined constantly by the unhealthy and often mixed messages young people receive about sexuality and gender in our culture."
"How to talk to your children, adolescents and young adults about their bodies – and sex!"
Debbie was interviewed by Jess Shatkin, MD (child psychiatrist) and Alexandra Barzvi, Ph.D., (child psychologist)…
…about "How to talk to your children, adolescents and young adults about their bodies – and sex!" on Sirius/XM Dr. Radio on October 23, 2015. The Child Psych & Parenting Show, "About Our Kids",, broadcasts in conjunction with the New York University Child Study Center in New York.
"Fifty Shades of Blush: Why Is It So Hard to Talk to Kids About Sex?"
Huffington Post's Parenting Blog, February 20, 2015.
"How Parents and Youths Talk About Sex."
Debbie's letter to the New York Times editor was published October 21, 2015.
Debbie's letter to the New York Times editor, responding to an article by Jonathon Zimmerman, was published, March 16, 2015.


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Coffee snobs, be warned: This could be the year you buy a single-cup coffee maker.
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Hearsay Social is rolling out a program to help financial advisors promote their posts via Facebook ads and hopefully boost their social media interaction with clients and prospects.
"With more than 1.3 billion people using Facebook every month, financial services companies have a great opportunity to connect with their current and potential customers," said Neil Hiltz, global head of financial-services strategy for Facebook (FB), in a press release. "Hearsay Social is making it possible for financial-services professionals to increase engagement and drive business growth through Facebook promoted posts."
In addition to evaluating the success of their Facebook-promoted posts, advisors can use the new Hearsay Social program to review and approve promoted posts while meeting advertising regulatory requirements.
"We've designed this new feature to make it easy for agents and advisors to launch, monitor and optimize their advertising activity on Facebook," explained Gary Liu, chief marketing officer for Hearsay Social, in a blog on Thursday. "And for users that want to learn more about the value of ads and overall best practices, our Customer Success program now includes training on Facebook promoted posts."
(Hearsay Social is a ThinkAdvisor contributor).
Financial consultant Michelle Monson of Thrivent Financial, for instance, says the business has had a Facebook page since last year "but wasn't very active until Thrivent's Field Social Media Team invited me to test Hearsay Social's new ad functionality."
The program, Monson says in a statement from Hearsay Social, is "a great way to tell prospects and current clients that I'm on Facebook and to like my page to get helpful financial tips. I'll be reaching people I never would have met otherwise."
"Facebook has proven to be a crucial place for financial professionals to engage with their clients and prospects," said Mark Gilbert, vice president of product for Hearsay Social, in a statement. "We're proud to launch Hearsay Social for Facebook promoted posts, enabling us to help tens of thousands of advisors and agents to increase engagement and expand business through social media."
Earlier this month, Hearsay Social introduced compliance and publishing features for financial professionals using LinkedIn's new Sales Navigator tool. It combines LinkedIn's network data, relevant news sources, accounts, leads and preferences in a customized, standalone platform, according to Hearsay, which works with some 90,000 individuals in the financial-services field.
Broker-dealers, banks and other financial firms are rapidly expanding their social media efforts to keep pace with innovations and grow their business.
Wells Fargo Advisors (WFC), for example, just tapped Devon McConnell to head of WFA Digital, a new post that reports directly to WFA President Mary Mack.
McConnell most recently was vice president of product and user experience design for AmericanExpress.com and head of digital client strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
At WFA, she will be responsible for leading the vision, strategy, development and ongoing management of the company's mobile and online client platform and the investment strategy for the digital platforms used by clients and advisors.
Earlier this summer, Morgan Stanley (MS) allowed its advisors to share their news and views on Twitter. FAs with the wirehouse can post their own tweets after they have been approved by the compliance department; they also can send preapproved tweets whenever they like.
"Now, we have opened up the advisors' ability to do self-authored tweets in addition to tweets on our thought-leadership content," said Valentina Chtchedrine, executive director for Wealth Management Digital Marketing Strategy, in an interview. "Since we launched our social media program in July 2012, they have been able to self-author updates on LinkedIn."
Check out 3 Ways Advisors Can Use Social Media Content to Connect With Clients on ThinkAdvisor.


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Quote:JohnOkay so I've been working on my 1 hand neck clinch.............Practice is killer on the neck though, even more so than the thai clinch.
Quote:So the subject today is dirty tricks. The R.A.T system places an emphasis on eyes, throat, and groin attacks. The reason Vunak gives is that anyone can be a good boxer, good kick boxer, wrestler, jiu-jitsu practitioner so and so worth. no matter how much you train there will always be someone better. Using these dirty tricks allows you to borrow those small moments of pain that incapacitates the attacker in order for you to easily take control.
Quote:This is yet another example of why he blended kino mutai with bjj. I can be an exceptional grappler, but there could always be one just as good out there or better. And if I need to defeat this guy in a hurry, isn't it best for me to apply my most deadliest attacks in order to get through this guy? In order for me to get away, or go after the next guy?
Quote:A reminder kino mutai would be the art of un-interrupted biting and eye gouging. Vu says whats required is a good base and the understanding of grips. Also the kind of bites and the best places to bite. The approach depending on your position is to bite your attacker, without him being able to bite you. The idea being that once you begin to knaw on your opponents flesh, he will instantly want to pull away. Here is where your grips are applied, this keeps him from pull back and ending your bite. Three to eight seconds later when you release the grip and the bite, your opponent will pull back and you can then stand on your feet or continue to a dominant position.
Quote:Also another question. I've been looking at youtube videos of JKD guys. What up with all the Bruce Lee imitators. Is it me or does everyone strike, traps, strike, trap. Every youtube I see the instructor is back handing and covering just incase he may or may not have to trap Its like reference point fighting 101. It's like they seen Bruce's movies and assume that pac sao is a mandatory part of the attack. And not one of these guys clinch...ever.
Quote:Also I got some questions regarding Matt Thornton and Paul Vunak in terms of how they approach street fighting. I have Thrtnons FJKD2-3 series. Haven't gotten around to watching them because it seems like is more jiu-jitsu. I've only checked him out on youtube though, he doesn't emphasize those dirty tricks I was talking about above. Seems to me he is more about competition.
Quote:Im fairly new to clinch work too and,yea its can be a killer on the neck, I find it too.I hate my neck being ''jerked'' over and over.A great thing to do but not receive.I was given a tip to use a towel to do pull ups with as it gives you a similar grip and positioning to how you would be clinching and gets you into the idea to not just pull with your arms but hang off their neck using your body weight.
Quote:Anyone got any good sensible neck strengthening excersises that wont kill the neck later in life?I guess the best conditioning is actualy doing the clinching though there isnt always a person about to work with.
Quote:Is the single neck a tactic best used for just adding the striking side eg dirty boxing, or can it also lead well to other things like a takedown?
Quote:I am sure I saw you write that being ear to ear is bad wrestling and was wondering you could clarify that and expand on it.
Quote:I looked for which post it was in after some time but have lost it.I ask because I thought it was good to go to one side or the other to takedown go for a takedown and not go straight in the middle.
Quote:Also I saw a whole DVD available by a Sambo guy on the 'Russian 2 on 1 'and know that STAB by Karl Tanswell from clips iv seen uses it.Iv done a bit on it and it seems an important thing to know.Any other good sources or tips and tactics on it?
Quote:Also do you know of Jim Mccann's material?Is it all it claims?I saw one being praised as the best 'street grappling' DVD.It had the usual 'beat street attacks and trained athlete' quotes.
Quote:TEK, you understand the principles behind the RAT concept. Three core modes; interception, pressure and termination (hate using that word...I prefer the term "resolution").So what's happening is that Voo was using eye jabs and destructions as his intercept..more or less, right? Then the straight blast as his pressure tactic. After that it was the double neck tie as his delivery system for knees, elbows and the headbutt.Well, conceptually, none of that has changed really. What's been modified as some of the tactics for accomplishing each end.Lets start with the intercepts. I don't like the long-range eye jab that Vunak LOVES. I do however like the elbow destruction and use it quite regularly to great effect in the gym. We've all felt it and it hurts, even through 16oz boxing gloves. The problem with teaching that to folks is, those are just "moves". That's a whole other issue beyond what we're trying to discuss presently.I don't like the eye jab because there is nothing on it. Honestly, I would rather pop someone with a stiff jab than to "flick" an eye jab out. The jab has more on it. Taking a slight step forward into it can disrupt someone's timing, rhythm and footwork, etc. It's just more substantial. Ever walk right through someone's weak jab? People will. If a person doesn't have a jab worthy of respect, a person will walk straight through it. Flicking an eye jab out is weaker than the weakest jab if it doesn't land on the eyeball (which is a small target for a small weapon - in other words, it's hard to hit, particularly if your opponent is hitting you and otherwise has his guard/hands up as well). Thus I've thrown the eye jab out. Besides, eye jabs are easily thrown if you've been working your boxing jab any length of time. I would just rather have a credible, legitimate and verifiable technique (in terms of having seen it land and having seen the results in training). Thus, the jab is an even BETTER intercept as it accomplishes the same things in a better manner.The "spike" (elbow destruction) is something that I've seen to work. With good timing and out of a boxing delivery system, that is something that I consider "high percentage" (which is the only thing I keep, everything else is thrown out).So, from an interception point of view, having a decent boxing game is TEN times better than practicing eye jabs and destructions by themselves. If I had to put my money on someone in a fight, I would always put it on a boxer vs. some guy that has been practicing eye jabs. Just me.The straight blast is "ok". I would personally rather use the modified "boxing blast", but I'm not going to completely throw out the straight blast altogether. The problem with that is again, that there is nothing on it, unless you can run into it full-bore. If you're using it to obtain the clinch, I think it's ok. My only opinion here is that the boxing blast is safer. You have to have more timing when using that because it's slower. But timing is an important attribute anyway and it's worth developing. Thats another reason why training delivery systems is important rather than just learning moves.In terms of pressure (which the blast is designed to do), one can also use good boxing combinations to do the same thing. Pressure doesn't obviously have to always be "forward". Pressure can come by a disparity of skill and force. In other words, throw good tight combos in the face of someone who can't box and you'll see them fold up like a chair. Thats another form of pressure that comes from having functional delivery systems.The "termination" stage is simply either chooing to disengage (pretty easily if you're outclassing someone, difficult if you're not) or choosing to "beat on them like they stole something" (to borrow a phrase). Whether that happens in the free movement range or happens in the clinch doesn't matter. But if we're talking about the clinch, I personally want to control at least one arm and the neck, as opposed to just the neck alone. I prefer to have an all-around clinch game rather than just the double neck tie. More options = mo' better. All in all, it's still fundamentally the same - put some hurt on your opponent more than he does to you in ways which are simultaneously offensive and defensive, as the RAT was intended to be.In regard to Erik Paulson, he develops "delivery systems" as opposed to just teaching someone a collection of moves. There's a difference. However, an armbar in MMA is an armbar on the street, or anywhere else. A punch is a punch. A shoulder lock is a shoulder lock. You have to have an athletic model of training these attacks and that's all he does. His fighters are more than capable of defending themselves because of his approach. It's hard to argue with athleticism, conditioning, experience and skill. -John
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Harvard heavyweight crew wraps up its home schedule against Northeastern as the neighboring varsities race for the Smith Cup Saturday morning on the Charles River.
Racing Schedule
7:30 a.m. – Third/fourth varsity eights (Harvard vs. Boston University)
7:50 a.m. – Freshman fours
8:10 a.m. – Freshman eight
8:30 a.m. – Second varsity eight
8:50 a.m. – Varsity eight
Watch From Home
Live video of the races will be streamed at the Crimson Central video portal.
Last Time Out
The Crimson took four of five races, including the varsity eight race for the Adams Cup, from Penn and host Navy on the Severn River in Annapolis, Md. Harvard led throughout the varsity race, finishing 1.9 seconds ahead of Navy and 12.6 seconds before Penn. The second varsity, freshman and third varsity eights were also victorious.
Last Season
Harvard's varsity and freshman eights both defeated Northeastern, while the Huskies won a freshman four race against Harvard and MIT. The Crimson varsity pulled ahead early and went on to win by 14.7 seconds. Harvard won a tight freshman race by 1.2 seconds.
History Lesson
The Crimson has won 20 of the 23 races for the Smith Cup, including each of the last 14. The trophy is named for Charlie Smith, a boatman at Harvard for 10 years and at Northeastern for five.
Last week's wins stretched Harvard's streak of dual opponents defeated to 19. The Crimson's varsity, second varsity and freshman eights are a combined 17-0 this season and 38-0 the last two seasons.
Scouting the Huskies
Northeastern pulled off a 13.8-second defeat of Oregon State and Holy Cross to highlight a four-race sweep of the Crusaders last weekend on the Charles. The Huskies previously defeated George Washington, Penn, Georgetown and Boston University. Their only loss came to Brown, by 7.9 seconds.
Probable Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: David Fuller, 8: Patrick Lapage, 7: Michael DiSanto, 6: Sam O'Connor, 5: Andrew Reed, 4: Caspar Jopling, 3: Josh Hicks, 2: Andrew Holmes, 1: James O'Connor
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: William Hakim, 8: Peter Scholle, 7: Ben Lynton, 6: Matthew Edstein, 5: Nick Jordan, 4: Parker Washburn, 3: Elihu Reynolds, 2: Jack Morrissey, 1: Justin Mundt
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Alex Sopko, 8: Jamie Law-Smith, 7: Max Monfared, 6: Mihailo Malowany, 5: Nolan Pollock, 4: Alex Macintosh, 3: David Paresky, 2: Andrew Stein, 1: Andrew Hamm
Fourth Varsity Eight
Cox: Brittanie Maxwell, 8: Matthew Vincent, 7: Eli Shikaloff 6: Andrew Crown, 5: Nick Jaroszewicz, 4: Daniel Ranard, 3: William Polachek, 2: Edward Winters Ronaldson, 1: Patrick Galvin
Freshman Eight
Cox: Jack Smith, 8: Charles Risbey, 7: James Medway, 6: Ed Rippon, 5: Andrew Emmett, 4: Josh Bernstein, 3: Max Meyer-Bosse, 2: Alexander Uruchurtu, 1: Lachlan Hanbury-Brown
Freshman Four A
Cox: Jessi Izhakoff, 4: Ryan Furey, 3: Daniel Hilhorst, 2: William Locke, 1: Matt Weinstein
Freshman Four B
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Summit Up 1-3-12: Where Ullr Fest is on the horizon
Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that prefers to run, not ski, through snow. Apparently, there are others like us. The New Year's Day Move It Or Lose It 5k hosted by Breck rec attracted 16 brave souls to the golf course. These hardy individuals are impervious to cold and the muscle-sapping effects of high altitude. Charlotte Sanderson, a visitor from jolly old England, won the event with a time of 23 minutes and 53 seconds. Not a bad finish considering the drag created by the icicles that surely formed on all the runners and the ankle-snapping, ice-rink conditions. Behind Ms. Sanderson was Chris Wells, Kevin Minard, Richard Hansin, John Wessels, Mary Kate Collins, Keith Collins, Nicholas Tracy, Cassie Collins, James Godish, Denise Remondino, Michelle Tracy, Julie Keller, Elaine Collins, Carolyn Ann Hansing and Nathalie Mazo. Congratulations on starting 2013 with something other than a hangover.
You know what's good for a hangover? No, aside from a pickle juice and bacon smoothie. A good snow, of course. Well, we didn't get one and our throbbing headache continued into the new year. Was everyone as jealous as we were to read that Steamboat raked in record levels of powder in December? Just wait. Things are just getting started here in Summit. Ullr Fest is on the horizon, after all. The party is only just beginning.
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The six-month pilot began in early May and involves two wind farms owned by Calgary-based TransAlta Corporation, the largest wind producer in Alberta. The company receives wind forecasts from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) and uses the data to make price and volume bids that will determine whether generation from its wind farms is dispatched.
The test is a significant change from the status quo, under which all wind generation bids into the market at C$0/MWh and is automatically taken onto the grid whenever the turbines are producing. The lower the generator bids, the higher its chance of its power generation being dispatched. Generators that succeed are all paid the same price, which is arrived at by taking the bid of the last generator dispatched to meet demand. But as wind becomes a bigger part of the system mix that is increasingly hard to manage, explained Jacques Duchesne, manager of wind integration at AESO.
Alberta currently has 891MW of wind capacity, about 6% of the province's total installed generation base. Wind will reach about 1.1GW this autumn and by the time it gets to 1.5GW - expected next year - the system operator is going to need a longer-term strategy in place, said Duchesne. "There are a few options we are exploring and one of them is to have wind participate in the market like any other generator," he said. "This is a good time to test that using real live assets."
Setting dispatch limits for wind facilities will reduce variability, Duchesne said. That in turn should reduce the need for backup resources and allow more wind to come online, added Jason Edworthy, TransAlta's director of communications. "If we can reduce the cost of being part of the system, have some confidence that we can grow as an industry and make the system controllers much more comfortable, those are really positive things."
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There could be other positives as well. Because most of Alberta's wind generation is concentrated in the same wind regime, it is usually all on or all off at the same time. When it is operating, it tends to pull down the wholesale market price because less higher-priced generation needs to be dispatched. When it is not operating, the price goes up, but wind producers are not there to benefit.
In 2011, the average spot market price was C$72/MWh but wind producers only earned an average of C$50/MWh. Allowing wind producers to price their product could help earn them more money, said Duchesne.


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All the fruit that we export is packed in our improved state of the art and advanced pack house which has all the European operations certifications, such as BRC, Field to Fork, ISO, Euro-GAP, and Nature's Choice.
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Our International Marketing Department (IMD) is occupied with experienced personnel that provide the customers with a personal and professional service through all the marketing, export and import process.
Shoham fruit arrives at its destination with the same quality as upon leaving the packing house, each shipment tailored to customer needs.The Shoham Organization invests a great deal of resources and efforts in learning about how each fruit reacts on its way to various destinations. We have been conducting studies to target this goal, with monitoring of results and daily follow-up of the packing house data for all types of fruit that we market.We take a sample of each shipment for follow-up, through the temperature monitor installed in each container and every trailer, which we then analyze.Quality is maintained thanks to the painstaking efforts we make to maintain continuous refrigeration along the entire route of the fruit transport, using all of the logistical means at our disposal as Israeli exporters, on land, at sea and in the air.
From the farmer to the end-user – we find logistical means that do not harm the fruit.As we all know, the value of the fruit is measured in money, in the remuneration received by the farmer and its final retail price.We at Shoham are currently working on new innovations to lower the logistics costs while maintaining superior temperature control. We form direct relationships with customs clearance agents and dispatchers around the world.We do our utmost to prevent any extra delays at border crossings and customs to provide outstanding service to our overseas customers.We track every fruit that goes out, monitoring each shipment to the maximum until it arrives at its final destination in the best possible way, while monitoring each and every problem that may arise and handling it in real-time while keeping the customer informed.Finding solutions from the packing house to the customer's houseContainerization in our company takes place within the packing house, under temperature regulated conditions with cutting-edge technology. Most of our logistics take the fruit directly from packing house to customer's house, making sure to have as few as possible stops in between.
Logistical objectives and modesIsrael - Transport of the fruit to ports and border crossings (Haifa, Ashdod, Ben-Gurion International Airport, Eilat and the border crossings)Europe – container trailers and pallets to the customer or delivery to portEastern Europe - Rapid containers to Novorossiysk and Odessa portsSouth Africa – Containers (with option for controlled air transport) to Durban portMiddle East – Containers direct to various portsCyprus – Pallets on deck twice a weekJordan – Direct land transportAir transport to all destinations – To the customer's home or the airport
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At Shoham we have a QC system implanted to monitor fruit quality from the grower through the packing house and all the way to our customers.We monitor the growing process, guide the grower and stay in close contact with him all through the season. All our growers work according to Israeli and international regulation and standards.At the packing house QC begins in checking the fruit on entrance.The process of sorting, packing and shipment is closely monitored.Our QC system allows full traceability from grower to customer.We at Shoham, stay in close contact with our customers to understand their requirements and meet their demands.


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Ubuntu 11.04: Too Natty for Its Own Good?
May 5, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Well the anticipation had been building for months, and now Natty Narwhal is here at last.
Rare is the Linux geek today who doesn't know exactly what a narwhal looks like; few have any trouble rattling off a definition of the word "natty" in rapid fire. We've all been watching, waiting and thinking about this new Ubuntu release, and now the thing itself is at our fingertips.
Do we love it? Well, many of us do, it seems. Then again, many of us aren't so sure. The new Unity interface, in particular, has created more than a few furrowed brows.
'Not Fully Evolved'?
"Ubuntu Unity not all that unifying" was one headline, for example.
"Natty Narwhal: Ubuntu marine mammal not fully evolved" was another.
Then again, "Natty Narwhal: the First Linux for Newbies?" put yet a different spin on the matter.
Similar questions were being put forth in watering holes across the blogosphere, including Linux Girl's favorite, the Punchy Penguin. She put on her Extendable Ears and discreetly took a small survey of opinions.
'A Further Nail Into Ubuntu's Coffin'
"I think natty drives a further nail into Ubuntu's eventual coffin," Thoughts on Technology blogger and Bodhi Linux lead developer Jeff Hoogland opined.
"Unity in my opinion truly shows Ubuntu's unwillingness to work with others," Hoogland explained. "Instead of investing in Gnome 3 -- which is horridly similar to Unity -- they off and built an entire desktop because the Gnome foundation rejected a few of their ideas."
Instead, "Ubuntu would have been far better off simply making a few add-ons to Gnome instead of spending piles of development time on yet another GTK-based desktop that really doesn't bring anything special to the table other than a lack of customization options," he concluded. "But hey, maybe some people are into that sort of thing."
'Ubuntu Has Lost Its Way'
Similarly, "Ubuntu 11.04 seems to be a disaster in the making," blogger Robert Pogson agreed.
"Canonical has said they see the new interface attracting new users from that other OS," Pogson pointed out. "I see it as a betrayal of the tens of millions of current users. If we wanted a corporation to yank us around by the user interface, we would stick with M$ or Apple."
Plans to sideline X represent "another blow to a wonderful feature that got GNU/Linux where it is today: widely adopted globally," Pogson opined. "The network-transparent display is a unique feature of GNU/Linux that is ahead of its time in today's search for the virtual desktop, and Ubuntu seems bent on casting it aside. In education, in particular, X is one of the top two or three reasons to use GNU/Linux."
Further, "Canonical has said it is not aiming to release for ARM," he noted. "The explosive growth of ARM on tablets will leave Ubuntu behind. Fortunately we have Android/Linux and Debian GNU/Linux to take up the slack."
In short, Pogson concluded, "it seems to me that Ubuntu has lost its way."
'One Size Fits All - Badly'
Unity may borrow much of its look and feel from mobile operating systems, but it hasn't impressed Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site.
"One size fits all -- badly," Hudson opined. "The idea that laptops, desktops and netbooks need 'a unified look and feel based on a new desktop shell' is silly when you think about how different the user scenarios are for each device.
"New users are mostly going to think, 'No wonder nobody uses Linux!'" Hudson asserted.
'Not Very Dashing'
Unity's features, meanwhile, "aren't that new," Hudson suggested. "The 'New' Launcher? Sorry, but there was a shareware program back in Windows 3.1 that did the same thing, except it defaulted to the right side of the screen. It was a nuisance on desktops back then after the novelty wore off, and there's no reason to believe that people have changed in the interim."
As for Ubuntu's Workspaces, "try 'Compiz Desktop Effects' in other distros," she said. "Select 'Desktop Grid,' then change 'Layout Mode' from 'pager' to 'automatic' to get the tiled windows effect, complete with the ability to drag open windows between tiles, when you hit Ctrl+F8."
The "Dash," meanwhile, is "not very dashing," she opined. "It comes across as change for the sake of change."
In short, "what were they thinking?" Hudson mused. "Instead of trying to mimic Apple's 'Think Different' slogan from 1997, perhaps Canonical should go back 90 years to IBM's 'Think!' and work their way up?"
'I've Been Much More Satisfied'
Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza had a different tale to tell.
"I've been using Natty since the alpha now, and I've been much more satisfied with this than with former Ubuntu releases," Espinoza told Linux Girl. "While it does represent more changes than we've seen at once in Ubuntu in some time, more has remained constant than has changed."
Unity is different, to be sure, "but it is still familiar with its use of a dock and a panel," Espinoza explained. "Compiz continues to do the heavy lifting under the hood; X.Org has not gone away.
"The theme is the same as in the last release, and the window gadgets are still on the left, which actually makes some sense now that the menu bar is being pulled into the panel when applications are maximized -- sometimes, just like OSX," he added. "The user desktop has also become notably more responsive under load, and my boot time is now well under that for Windows XP."
'Smart Enough to Include an Off Switch'
Finally, consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack summed it up nicely with his wait-and-see approach.
"I'm curious to see how well their Unity interface works out for them," Mack said. "At least they were smart enough to include an off switch, so if users hate it, then it shouldn't turn them off of Ubuntu."