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GMC is a familiar-sounding domestic brand that people sometimes get confused with parent company General Motors. It is a General Motors-owned manufacturer of cars, trucks, SUVs and military vehicles. Originally founded in 1902, the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was purchased by GM in 1909. From this, the 'GMC truck' brand was created.
GMC truck produced close to 600,000 vehicles for use during the second world war, including several famous military options. They also purchased a controlling interest in the Yellow Coach bus company in 1925, and the rest of the company in 1943. After this, GMC truck became the GM Truck and Coach Division, which manufactured buses until 1987.
Most of the vehicles that GMC produces these days are light- and medium-duty trucks and SUVs. The Sierra, their best-selling model by far, outsold both the Toyota Tundra and the Titan combined during the first 11 months of the year 2011. Since then, it continues to maintain a spot on some of the best-selling vehicle lists of 2012.
5 remarkable facts about GMC
Today, Volkswagen cars are still at the top of the industry, staying at the forefront of safety standards and engineering. Here are a few things you might not know about the company:
1. The Company has its own Roadside Assistance program that comes with new vehicles. GMC cars and light-duty trucks can get up to $5 of emergency fuel delivered, free towing to the nearest GMC dealer, a battery jump, or help with the spare tire. GMC medium trucks can receive free towing to the nearest GMC dealer.
2. GMC would be the tenth-largest US automaker in terms of sales (2011), were it a standalone manufacturer.
3. Is the only manufacturer to offer three full-size electric hybrids. These are the Yukon, the Yukon Denali SUV and the Sierra pickup.
4. Their trucks include the Denali line, a luxury-focused set of pickups and SUVs. This line of GMC trucks outsells the entire product lines of some manufacturers, including Porsche, Jaguar and Land Rover.
5. GMC is General Motors' second-largest division in the United States, placing behind only Chevrolet. Interestingly, many GMC and Chevrolet trucks are nearly identical with the exception of interior options and name plates.
Great selection of popular GMC models
Like most manufacturers, some models are better sellers than others. Some of the best sellers GMC has are the Sierra pickup, and the Terrain and Acadia SUVs. The GMC Sierra pickup is their most popular, making its way onto lists of the top 20 best-selling vehicles in the US. The Terrain is a small crossover SUV, first available in the 2010 model year, and the Acadia is an affordable midsize SUV with great interior space. GMC cars also include a best-selling cargo van, the Savanna.


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Thursday, November 4, 2010
B³ Lincoln Stars Weekend Preview: Sioux Falls and Fargo
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- Yeti said...
I've updated this article a bit, but I thought I'd mention it here also. Brent Wagner of the Lincoln Journal Star is reporting that Garrett Peterson will not be back in the lineup this weekend as previously reported. Petey is still not healthy enough to return to the ice after the surgery he had to his shoulder in the offseason. Supposedly, it won't be until sometime in December before Petey is healthy enough to play. Not good news at all.
Good news is (again according to Brent Wagner of the LJS) that Josh Berge is healthy and will play this weekend after missing the last two games due to injury.
- November 5, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- nutz4puckz said...
That's too bad, I was hoping to see #19 back out there tonight. Get well soon Petey!!
Looking forward to a good two nights at the box, is it game time yet!!
- November 5, 2010 at 2:14 PM

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comScore has released their numbers of market share for each of the major smartphone platforms. As you can see in the table above. They are comparing a 3 month average ending in April 2013, versus a 3 month average ending in January 2013. Surprisingly everyone went down except for iOS, which actually picked up 1.4%.
Android still has the lead at 52% dropping from 52.3% in January, iOS follows at 39.2%, that's a 1.4% rise from January 2013. Blackberry dropped a bit from 5.9% to 5.1% as of April. Microsoft dropped a smidge but not really noticeable to the most of us. And finally, Symbian which is actually dead, stayed at 0.5%.
So why are these numbers important? Well they tell us what platform is the most popular, and growing the fastest. Which right now is iOS, surprisingly. comScore also released numbers for the top OEMs. And as usual Apple is on top. But that is because Apple makes all their phones, but Android and Windows Phone use OEMs like Samsung, LG, HTC, and Motorola to make their devices. Let's take a look at the numbers.
In the US, Apple has the lead at 39.2%. With Samsung coming in at number two at 22.0% which is a 0.6% increase from January 2013. Third there's HTC which dropped 0.8% bringing it to 8.9% of the US market share, then there's Motorola who hasn't released a device in about 9 months now at 8.3% suffering a 0.3% drop and finally there's LG coming in at 6.7% who also had a 0.3% drop from January 2013.
Some interesting numbers here. In fact, HTC dropped the most in the OEMs and BlackBerry dropping the most in the platforms. Not really surprising, but certainly interesting. I would have thought Samsung would have a higher US market share, since that's all I see around here. What devices do you see around in your area? What OEM made your phone? Let us know in the comments down below.
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HANKOOK MARKET (HK Market) is established on 3121 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California as a wholesaler and retailer of Korean groceries.
In August of 1987, HK MARKET expanded and inaugurated the first HK SUPERMARKET at 124 North Western Avenue, replacing a struggling Vons Market.
At first, the monthly sales volume had been around Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) and by year's end, it increased to about One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per month. As the years progressed and business improved, HK SUPERMARKET redeveloped the store to accommodate subtenants, which commercialized snacks, cosmetics, provided photo services, a pharmacy, and video rentals. Such mix proved to create synergy and by December of 1989, this supermarket's sales volume had increased to about Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per month.
The property at 124 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California was purchased on August of 1987 by Messrs. Ik Whan Oh and Young Jun Kim, who are currently manager of HK Partners, LLC.
With the increase of the Asian population towards the eastern edge of Los Angeles, HK SUPERMARKET continued its expansion eastward and on January of 1991, a new HK SUPERMARKET opened for business in Rowland Heights. Studies show that a initial monthly sales of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) had increased to about One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) by December of that same year. The business was sold in April of 2004.
In order to accommodate greater demand and streamline distribution, the owners of HK SUPERMARKET established a warehouse and distribution center for all of its stores in April. The subsidiary was initially named WESTERN TRADING, INC., but now operated under the HK GALLERIA WHOLESALE, LP name.
HK MALT, LLC, which is partly owned by Messrs. Oh & Kim, owns the warehouse at 5801 South Malt A venue in Commerce, California. Said building features a net leasable area of 103,552.0 square feet, including 5,700sqft of walk-in Freezer and 5,700sqft of walk-in refrigerator system to accommodate most grocery items at the same location to minimize operation cost.
In July of 1994, HK SUPERMARKET turned the compass northward and acquired a failing property in the San Fernando Valley. During the re-development process, about Eighty Percent (80%) of the property had been pre-leased. On March 29, 1995 redevelopment was completed and another HK SUPERMARKET opened for business.
Both mall and market performed extremely well. The latter presented monthly sales figures of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00), which steadily increased over time. In 1999, the property and business were sold at a handsome profit, as it had been bought at Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000.00) and sold for Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9,800,000.00).
The expansion of HK SUPERMARKET turned southwards to Gardena in December of 1996. Although sales volume increased steadily over time, HK SUPERMARKET decided that the rate of increase did not fit Company's business model and the market was sold about a year later.
On January of 1997, timing and entrepreneurial skills were utilized to acquire the 219,586 square feet shopping mall with a net leasable area of 87,390 square feet in Rowland Heights, California where HK SUPERMARKET had been operating since January of 1991. Through competent management and leasing, the mall increased in value, and in April of 2004 this mall was sold for Twenty Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($23,500,000.00), which is more than double of its purchase price of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,500,000.00). The capital gains from this sale were applied in a tax efficient manner through a 1031 exchange, where two regional malls anchored by national tenants were purchased, namely McComber Center and Gordon Square in Buena Park, for Six Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($6,250,000.00) and Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($25,500,000.00), respectively.
The growth of the Korean population in the Glendale-Burbank-Pasadena area provided opportunity for another successful market operation. In 1997, a warehouse was leased and subsequently redeveloped for Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) into a thriving mall with HK SUPERMARKET, Nara Bank, video renting shop, and varied retailers, ranging from the sale of cosmetics, gifts, underwear, cellular phones, and services such as pharmacy, bakery, barber and a take out Chinese restaurant. This successful tenant mix created synergy and increased sales volume for the market throughout the years, which volume is presently estimated to be at One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per month.
Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the capital of Koreatown, Koreatown Galleria Shopping Center opened for business with GALLERIA MARKET as its anchor tenant, in addition to 65 other tenants on September 6, 2001.
Koreatown Galleria is situated at a site formerly abandoned site by Ralphs Supermarket, in the southeast comer of Olympic Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. HK Partners, LLC secured the land through a 99-year ground lease and developed this thriving shopping mall, which has been recently appraised at Forty Five Million Dollars ($45,000,000.00).
GALLERIA MARKET is to HK SUPERMARKET what Lexus is to Toyota.
This crown jewel stands out from the competition by featuring a monthly sales volume of almost Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00).
In January of2004, HK Northridge, LLC acquired a 464,994 square feet regional mall with net leasable area of 137,810 square feet at the southwest comer of Reseda Boulevard and Devonshire Street in Northridge, California for Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00). This mall is anchored by national tenants such as Savon Drugs, Kragen Auto Parts, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and Jamba Juice. GALLERIA MARKET established business to the space immediately adjacent to Savon and once again it created a tenant mix within its own space that features restaurants and a select variety of merchants based on a formula that had proven successful over the years.
The address where GALLERIA MARKET operates was home to major supermarkets in the past, namely Ralphs and Vons, respectively. It is suspected that both of these merchants left the site due to unfavorable business conditions.
However, the current sales volume for this GALLERIA MARKET branch is about One Million Dollars ($1,200,000.00) per month.
In Sepetember of 2009, Galleria Market opened in Rowland Heights as its third location to provide the excellent service and goods to oriental community in the east side of Los Angeles. Despite of its size (around 18,000 sqft), current monthly sales volume for this location is around half million ($500,000.00).
HK SUPERMARKET AND GALLERIA MARKET have an inventory of stores throughout Greater Los Angeles and Orange County, which cover areas heavily populated by Asian populations. According to some estimates, the Korean population alone is One Million (1,000,000) strong and growing.
Assuming an expenditure of Two Dollars ($2.00) per person per day on food, potential sales are over Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00) per month. It is estimated that out of this potential sales figure, about Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) are absorbed by ethnic Korean markets.
Sales are expected to increase due to natural population growth and due to the influx of new immigrants.
HK SUPERMARKET AND GALLERIA MARKET have grabbed the largest share of this niche market and has the longest history and best reputation in the community.
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Propolis, or bee glue, is a substance used by bees to build their hives. Propolis contains many beneficial ingredients that can strengthen the immune system. New research shows that propolis may also be able to reduce or prevent hair loss. Read on to find out more about this unusual treatment method.
When men and women suddenly find less hair on their heads than in the past, they often panic. Losing hair can be stressful and influence a person's self-esteem- not to mention the recent studies that link hair loss with a higher risk of developing health problems like heart disease.
With so much social pressure on women and men to have full, healthy heads of hair, it is no wonder that losing hair can cause stress. But wait, stress is also a cause of hair loss!
Although your first instinct may be to reach for a bottle of Rogaine at the first sign of impending baldness, you may want to hold off on purchasing that bottle of hair growth potion after reading about the new hair regrowth study from Japan.
A new study conducted by Japanese scientists and published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry in 2014 has found that a substance made by bees- called propolis, may be beneficial in reversing the signs of hair loss when it was tested on mice.
How can a product made by bees help prevent hair loss? Find out more about this curious connection below.
What is Propolis?
Propolis is a substance made by bees as a coating for beehives. Propolis is a wax-like substance that has a similar effect to caulking, which is used to make the hive air and weather tight. Propolis is made mainly from tree sap and is high in compounds known as flavonoids, which are extremely beneficial for the health of the body in numerous ways. Studies show that propolis has strong antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-microorganism properties.
In the past, propolis has been used to treat many health conditions, particularly for wound treatment, respiratory illnesses, and oral hygiene.
How can Propolis Prevent Hair Loss?
The researchers in the 2014 study on hair loss wanted to know if propolis extract could encourage the growth of hair in mice. The mice were shaved and then half were given a topical application of propolis. The mice given the propolis treatment grew their hair back faster.
The researchers stated that since some hair loss is linked to inflammation, applying a soothing anti-inflammatory topical treatment could prevent some permanent hair loss that some women and men face as they age. The researchers found that not only did the mice with propolis treatments have faster hair growth, the propolis actually increased the number of cells engaged in hair growth.
"These results indicate that propolis stimulates hair growth by inducing hair keratinocyte proliferation," the researchers concluded. This indicates that in some cases, propolis may help stimulate the growth of hair follicles that have stopped producing hair- causing hair to grow even in balding individuals.
Human Testing
The Japanese study only examined the effects of hair re-growth on mice that could already grow hair- not on balding mice or balding humans. More testing is necessary before researchers can prove whether propolis can help regrow hair in balding individuals. However, as propolis is a natural product that is easy to obtain, it cannot hurt to try a topical treatment in hopes of reducing inflammation and encouraging hair to grow again.
Where to Find Propolis
Propolis is sold in health food stores across the country and online in various forms, including powders, capsules, ointments, and creams. For best results, either make your own cream using powdered propolis and a carrier oil or try to find raw propolis in resin form and apply directly to the skin. Some individuals have an allergic reaction to the ingredients in propolis. Before applying propolis to a large area of the body, test for a reaction on a small area of the skin first.
Other Natural Hair Regrowth Methods
Although no studies have been conducted on humans to date since propolis is a common health food supplement it cannot hurt to try it in combination with other hair re-growth strategies. For best results, take the other hair-growth steps outlined below when using propolis for hair growth that works from the inside and outside.
Reduce DHT Levels
Research from Medical News Today has indicated that high levels of the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT) are linked with a higher chance of developing hair loss. DHT levels naturally rise as a man ages, which is why many men start to lose their hair as they grow older. However, by reducing DHT levels, or blocking it from getting produced by the body, it is possible that hair loss would slow or stop altogether.
According to several studies, the following three supplements have been linked with a reduction in DHT levels:
Saw Palmetto and Beta-sitosterol: Saw palmetto is the go-to supplement for men's hormone issues because it is one of the most effective supplements for preventing the conversion of testosterone into DHT. Saw palmetto uses 5-alpha reductase inhibitors to prevent the conversion. In 2002, 60 percent of men taking saw palmetto along with beta-sitosterol saw improvement in hair levels by the end of the study period.
Phytosterol: This compound is the active inhibitor in saw palmetto. Adding extra phytosterol to the supplement list will block higher levels of DHT than simply taking saw palmetto alone.
Eliminate Inflammation
According to studies from the National Institute of Health, some forms of hair loss are linked to chronic inflammation. Inflammation is most commonly linked to Cicatricial alopecia hair loss- which is inflammation of the hair follicles which causes sudden and permanent hair loss on the scalp. The researchers who examined the effects of propolis on hair growth suggested that inflammation may play a greater role in all hair growth. The theory is that inflammation prevents the hair from entering the growth cycle, which leads to hair damage and loss.
By eliminating as much inflammation from the body as possible, you may also benefit your hair and see a reduction in hair loss. According to research, junk food, sugar, and certain forms of fat (particularly trans fat, which is almost unusable in the body), spike inflammation in the body. However, a few foods are proven inflammation fighters.
Add some of the following foods to your regular menu rotation for maximum inflammation-fighting:
Take Hair Growth-Boosting Supplements
In addition to reducing DHT levels, a few other supplements have been linked to the reduction or reversal of hair loss. These supplements include:
Green Tea Extract: According to studies, green tea contains polyphenols which can stimulate healthy hair growth. In an animal study from 2005 on animals had spontaneous hair loss, supplementing with green tea was able to create faster hair re-growth than in the control group.
L-lysine: L-lysine is an amino acid that works with iron to prevent hair shedding and hair loss. In a study from 2002, researchers found that patients who supplemented with iron and l-lysine showed faster hair re-growth than the control group.
B2: A four-month study on B2 supplementation for hair loss conducted in 2001 found that when animals supplemented with B2, they had increased hair diameter and number of hairs when compared with the control group.
Eat a Healthy Diet
Your hair can't be healthy unless your body is healthy. Numerous studies have shown that nutritional deficiencies can cause hair loss and lead to the faster progression of hair damage. Nutritional factors have an influence on how the hair grows, how much hair grows, and how healthy the hair is.
According to hair health expert Dr. Mickey Barber, the three most common reasons for hair loss in women are stress, a lack of iron, and hormonal changes. Ensuring you eat a healthy diet (whether you are a man or woman), can benefit your hair in a multitude of ways. Not only will your hair be more likely to grow back, but it will be thicker and stronger hair. Aside from avoiding junk food and eating a large number of fruits and vegetables, the following foods are particularly healthy for hair: Dark, leafy greens, Fatty fish, Carrots, Eggs, and Walnuts.
Exercise Regularly
Exercise can help prevent hair loss in two separate ways. First, it is one of the most effective ways to reduce stress. Exercising regularly can prevent the buildup of stress hormones that damage the hair. Secondly, exercise regulates the level of hormones in the body that can lead to hair loss, particularly testosterone and DHT in men.
In a study from 1993, it was found that men who exercise regularly had lower total and free testosterone levels, which helps to reduce the amount of testosterone converted into DHT.
Propolis: Part of a Healthy Hair Growth Plan
Although no studies have directly examined how propolis resin may benefit balding women and men, the preliminary studies indicate that it may be a viable option for men and women who want to re-grow their hair. In combination with the other steps outlined above, propolis can provide the last level of protection that can prevent hair loss and regrow healthy hair in abundance.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of botanically derived inhibitors of 5-alpha-reductase in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Altern Complement Med 2002
The effects of tea polyphenolic compounds on hair loss among rodents. J Natl Med Assoc 2005
Nutritional factors and hair loss. Clin Exp Dermatol 2002
The first clinical trial of topical application of procyanidin B-2 to investigate its potential as a hair growing agent. Phytother Res 2001
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN - Chapter 15 - Verse 13
Verse 13. Greater love hath, &c. No higher expression of love could be given. Life is the most valuable object we possess; and when a man is willing to lay that down for his friends or his country, it shows the utmost extent of love. Even this love for friends has been rarely witnessed. A very few cases—like that of Damon and Pythias—have occurred where a man was willing to save the life of his friend by giving his own. It greatly enhances the love of Christ, that while the instances of those who have been willing to die for friends have been so rare, he was willing to die for enemies—bitter foes, who rejected his reign, persecuted him, reviled him, scorned him, and sought his life, 1 Jo 4:10; Re 5:6,10.
It also shows us the extent of his love that he gave himself up, not to common sufferings, but to the most bitter, painful, and protracted sorrows, not for himself, not for friends, but for a thoughtless and unbelieving world.
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Was ever LOVE like thine!"
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Our restaurant is open 7 night per week from 4pm offering the full range of our Gourmet Pizza, traditional and modern pasta dishes, local bay calamari, tender white veal and a host of other dishes.
All of our food is prepared on the premises using only the best local Mornington Peninsula, Australian and imported ingredients which are treated with care and respect to preserve and enhance their natural flavours.
Our philosophy is to buy the best produce available and treat it simply - this is strongly reflected in our daily specials.
These specials change daily according to the season and the local catch.
We offer a great selection of seafood
We feature seasonal vegetables and fruit
Imported ingredients feature regularly on the specials. Vialone Nano and Canaroli rice are a must for all the risottos. San Danielle or San Nicola prosciutto feature regularly. Imported Italian cheeses feature in a variety of ways
For bookings, phone 03 5988 8089 after 3pm daily.
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We are often very busy at PIZZA D'OH! - holidays, weekends and long weekends especially. At busy times, we have two evening sittings:-
We always do our best to accommodate people without bookings, however this is just not always possible.
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Adventure one
So it's the Easter weekend and I have actually got time off! I had 2 adventures planned for Skylar and myself this weekend, the first was exploring by our house.
We moved into this house about 1 year ago and I haven't really ventured past the lonely tree to the back of the house or through the woods from the front of the house. I was armed with my OS map and spent a while online making my route via footpaths and bridle ways so I knew where I was going (pretty much). We set off about 10 am and started through the woods and up the hill. We then followed the bridleway to the next valley over.
Once out on the road we walked about 1/2 a mile to get to the next footpath, there were loads of wild flowers in the hedge rows and verges which I love. Also some nice views across the Welsh country side.
We got to where the next footpath should be and that is where things started to get a bit difficult, most of these footpaths marked on the map were unsigned from the road and were unkempt. I tried to follow these as best as I could but unfortunately the way was blocked so I had to back track and go the rest of the way home by road. When we made it back to the town, I took the back road home and found a nice stream for Skylar to play in (she had a lot of lead time due to the road walk), I was also able to practice some long exposure shots which was awesome!
Adventure two
On the bank holiday Monday I had planned our second adventure. My plan was to go to Lake Vyrnwy and photograph the waterfall there. I was all packed and ready to go and after dropping Tim off at work we were enroute. The clouds were clearing and it was setting up to be a beautiful morning. I was about 4 miles into my drive and the car cut out!! Disaster!! I could not get it to start back up so had to call for recovery, when they arrived they couldn't fix it by the road and suggested it was a terminal problem. I got recovered back to Tim's work and spent the rest of the day in that area. My grand plan for shooting the waterfall on the back seat I went on a local footpath that I knew had a stream so I could practice my long exposures.
I managed to snap this one which I am quite pleased with. So not an entirely wasted day.


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Customer Is King
What are fasttrack companies trying to achieve with all this investment in Internet technologies? Besides continuing to reduce operational costs, FastTrack companies most want to improve online customer service and support to develop closer ties with customers and, ultimately, increase revenues. By far, the highest percentage of FastTrack companies (63 percent) said improving online customer service and support is important or very important to their enterprises this year.
Not all FastTrack companies equate improving online customer service and support with deploying packaged CRM applications, however. Asked to rate technologies according to their expected enterprise impact over the next 12 months, FastTrack companies placed CRM software well down on the list.
So what are FastTrack companies doing to make customers happier if theyre not all deploying CRM packages? In many cases, theyre focusing instead on deploying collaborative Web-based applications that allow them to streamline business processes that currently cost customers too much time and money. Take automotive parts maker ArvinMeritor Inc., for example. The Troy, Mich., Tier 1 OEM has deployed LiveLink, an online collaboration and workflow application from Open Text Corp., of Waterloo, Ontario, to allow customers to more easily collaborate with ArvinMeritors engineers on parts specifications. The next step, said Senior Vice President and CIO Perry Lipe, is to extend LiveLink to enable collaboration between ArvinMeritor—No. 117 on the FastTrack list—and customers in the upfront conceptual parts of the design phase. That should happen in four months, Lipe said.
Further reading
While FastTrack companies such as ArvinMeritor still see B2B exchanges as another promising way to reach out to customers and suppliers, they havent yet bought in to either consortia-led exchanges or independent e-marketplaces. Half, for example, said theyre either launching their own private exchange or using a combination of their own exchange and either an independent or a consortia-led exchange.
While FastTrack companies are somewhat torn over what B2B exchange path to take, theyre unequivocal about the issue that concerns them most: security. FastTrack companies rated security the most challenging aspect of deploying both B2B and B2C e-commerce systems, even though the vast majority—79.6 percent—said their e-business architecture is more secure today than it was a year ago.
In the wake of the recent terror attacks and ongoing virus proliferation, IT managers—perhaps for the first time—have a receptive audience in top management when it comes to the importance of security. Ninety-eight percent of FastTrack companies reported that top management now considers security an important business issue.
For the most part, the tools that FastTrack companies are using to shore up security are not surprising: Firewalls and virus scans were the security technologies scored highest by FastTrack companies. A close third, however, was not a technology. Eighty-four percent of FastTrack companies said they now consider user training a critical tool in securing the enterprise.
Besides security software, other technologies expected to have a high impact on FastTrack companies over the next 12 months included Windows 2000, Extensible Markup Language, virtual private networks, and both storage area networks and network- attached storage.
While the vast majority of FastTrack companies said they remain committed to investing pragmatically in e-business, most clearly see their efforts as works in progress. In fact, many FastTrack companies report theyre less than satisfied with the return on investment theyve seen so far from many e-business initiatives. More companies—32 percent—said theyve been dissatisfied or strongly dissatisfied with the return on their investments in B2B e-commerce than have been satisfied or strongly satisfied (25 percent). FastTrack companies were even harsher in their opinions about returns from B2C e-commerce (69 percent dissatisfied or strongly dissatisfied vs. 21 percent satisfied or strongly satisfied) and wireless (51 percent vs. 11 percent). Only investments in CRM seem to be living up to expectations. Thirty-three percent of FastTrack companies said they have been satisfied or strongly satisfied in CRM ROI vs. 27 percent reporting dissatisfaction or strong dissatisfaction.
Those judgments may, however, reflect FastTrack companies high expectations of e-business as much as technology deployment problems. Leading innovators like Kaiser expect nothing less than that e-business will produce for them tangible advantages over competitors. So, even in a down economy, theyre forging ahead.
"Were not re-examining or backing away from anything," Kaisers Eagle said. "Well be careful about our investments, but in the long run, we intend to outpace what our competitors are able to do."


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At 1.6 million hectares, the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is one of the world's largest and most important reserves. Natural values of international significance include: extensively glaciated landscapes; pristine catchments; a profusion of threatened, rare and endemic plants; a complex mosaic of vegetation - moorland, rainforest, alpine, eucalypt and riparian communities; undisturbed stands of millennia-old endemic pines; a collection of the world's largest carnivorous marsupials (Tasmanian devils and quolls); and two of only three surviving species of monotremes (platypuses and echidnas) - the most primitive group of mammals in the world.
Low Impact Design & Operation
In the mountainous heart of this amazing area, Cradle Huts has built five comfortable, well-appointed huts. Hidden in forest along the Overland Track, they are the only private huts allowed in the area.
We believe that it is a special privilege to operate in this delicate and immensely important environment, so we observe minimal impact track and hut practices. We tread lightly, leaving nothing behind, and our huts are designed to be ecologically sustainable. Services are non-polluting and self-contained, and we use careful waste management practices. This minimal impact use of the wilderness means that the values of this fragile environment are preserved for the future, while enabling a small number of people to enjoy and understand it today.
Operating in such a delicate environment, Cradle Mountain Huts places a great deal of importance on minimal impact track and hut practices, and the huts are designed to be ecologically sustainable. Each hut is architecturally designed to maximize cross flow ventilation and operate with maximum efficiency using renewable energy.
The remote location of the huts demands that they are autonomous in terms of servicing; rain water is chanelled off the roofs into tanks, and the huts incorporate self-composting, water-free batching toilets. We provide phosphorous-free soap for our guests, and all waste water is separated through grease traps and sand filters. The residue is physically regularly removed from each site, along with all other rubbish. Gas and solar are the only sources of power, used for lighting, heating and cooking.
Provisioning of these huts is a unique procedure, once again due to their remote location. Only twice each season, supplies of food, wine and gas cylinders are flown in by helicopter over a two-day period, while all garbage and waste matter is flown out. Nothing is left within the National Park. All waste is removed, and using the helicopters means that no vehicular track degradation occurs during the provisioning or the waste removal process.
Tasmanian Walking Company contributes over $100 000 annually to the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service, for the upkeep and maintenance of infrastructure within Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Sustainable Travel & Climate Change
We take sustainable travel seriously, and we strive to incorporate sustainable travel practices into all aspects of our business.
Global climate is the average climate over the entire planet. Society is becoming concerned because Earth's global climate is changing. The planet is warming up fast - faster than at any time scientists currently know of, based on their studies of Earth's entire history.
Detection demonstrates that the climate has changed in a statistically significant way, but it doesn't offer any reasons for the change. Attribution establishes the most likely cause of the detected change.
Detection and attribution studies of Australian climate indicate that:
- warming of climate is unequivocal;
- the widespread warming is very likely to be due to increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere; and
- there is growing evidence that lower rainfall and reduced runoff in the south-east of Australia is linked to global warming and cannot be explained by natural variation alone.
Out on the track:
We are acutely aware of the impacts of both global climate change and local environmental degradation in the wilderness areas in which we operate.
We follow best practice track guidelines on our walks. Our walks follow designated trails, and we remove all waste from our facilities, as well as recycling waste. We work closely with the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service to ensure we have the most up-to-date guidelines, and we are often seen as leaders within our industry when it comes to environmental best practice. We continually monitor current best practice to ensure we are keeping up-to-date.
We encourage our guests to engage with the natural surroundings, which often leads to a sense of ownership and custodianship of our wild places.
Company philosophy:
The Tasmanian Walking Company aims to provide a personal introduction to nature - delivered with the most generous hospitality and uncomplicated luxury. We present an opportunity for people of many differing backgrounds to connect with the natural environment, with others and with themselves.
Jack's Overland Track prepares for his adventure
Jack Duffy and his Dad, Chris, are ready and raring to go on their Overland Track adventure.
Jack is 8 years old and suffers from cerebral palsy spastic quadriplegia. He can't walk, talk or eat on his own. Despite this, Jack is going to complete the 65km Overland Track, Tasmania from 14- 19 April 2015. He will be carried on his Dad's back and will be supported by a hiking team including police, firefighters and a paramedic.
Jack's life and this adventure isn't about what he can't do, it's about how - with a little help from those around him - he can do just about anything.
The Tasmanian Walking Company will be supporting Jack on his unique adventure by donating our huts for the duration of the walk, along with Melody our fantastic operations manager and guide. By supporting this adventure we hope it allows everyone in the team to focus on the challenge of getting Jack over the grueling yet beautiful landscape.
Jack and his team want to raise awareness for people with disabilities and money for the not for profit group - Life Without Barriers (LWB). LWB helps hundreds of Tasmanian locals with disabilities, mental health issues, homelessness and much more.
Jacks previous adventures have included Kayak Jack - where he joined his Dad for one hour everyday paddling from Launceston to Hobart (over 6oo km in total) and Running Jack (his dad pushed him through 2 marathons).
The Raptor Refuge
Tasmanian Walking Company is proud to announce our new partnership with the Raptor Refuge based in Kettering, Southern Tasmania.
The Raptor Refuge provides care and rehabilitation for sick and injured raptors, including Owls, Eagles, Falcons and Hawks.
Whilst on our walks, our guests are often fortunate enough to view awe-inspiring raptors such as the Wedge-tailed Eagle and the White-bellied Sea Eagle. The experience of viewing these majestic creatures always leaves a lasting impression. Our partnership with the Raptor Centre will increase our guest's awareness of the plight of raptors in Australia and their importance to the health of our ecosystem.
Recently a number of our Guides and staff visited the Raptor Refuge for our end of season forum, and were treated to an amazingly memorable experience as a rehabilitated Brown Falcon was released back into the wild! As part of our partnership, our guides have been welcomed to use the Refuge as a valuable learning resource so we can help further our knowledge and share these stories with our guests.
With a shared philosophy toward education and environmental protection, our support of the Raptor Refuge sees the Tasmanian Walking Company extend our commitment toward protecting wildlife and wild places.
To watch a video about the raptor centre and our partnership click here
To find out more click here
To make a donation click here
The Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil is the world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, and it is only found in the wild in Tasmania.
Despite its reputation as a fierce beast, the Tasmanian devil is a timid creature that poses no danger to humans. People who work with Tasmanian devils invariably grow to love their personality - they're feisty, raucous and bursting with curiosity.
The species has suffered a major population decline over the last ten years, and it is now listed as Endangered. This decline is due to an infectious cancer known as Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD). First recorded in 1996, DFTD is a fatal condition characterised by cancers around the mouth and head.
Save the Tasmanian Devil Program
The Program was established in 2003 as the official response to the threat posed by DFTD. The Australian and Tasmanian Governments, along with the University of Tasmania, have established a partnership to protect this keystone species.
If the Tasmanian devil were to be lost to the wild, at least 70 other species could be put at risk. The Program is working with wildlife and disease experts throughout the world in an epic conservation effort. The ultimate goal is to ensure the survival of an ecologically functioning population of Tasmanian devils in the wild.
The Program's key strategies are: the establishment of healthy Tasmanian devils, laboratory and field-based investigation of the disease, and the development of disease suppression and management programs in the wild.
We have fundraising boxes available at our walkers base should you wish to donate.
For more information go to Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal .


text: TBCL - 2002 To Date What a great legacy we have inherited – a financially sound small club business, supporting the great game of lawn bowls. An interesting aspect of TBC is the way in which it has emerged as a hub of the community. Our members remain rightfully proud of our ongoing and impressive contributions to charity and local sporting organisations. In addition we continue to provide our facilities, at very reasonable costs, to community oriented organisations including the Lions Club of Ku-ring-gai, six local Probus Clubs plus Bridge Today. The principal challenges are readily apparent, ie: 1. Grow the business.2. Maintain our clubhouse, greens and surrounds, at least to the standards inherited.3. Grow the membership base with particular emphasis on the bowling category, a difficult task considering our location plus the apparent decline throughout the state of the game's popularity.4. Diversify our business strategies in an effort to overcome the loss in gaming revenue resulting from the smoking ban followed by the downturn in the economy. 2004 – We made a change with our greenkeeper. The cost in running our greens with a fully paid staff member was becoming far too restrictive and expensive, and the Board decided that we would be better off with a contract greenkeeper. Our No. 2 green was "lowered" with the cost of renovation, including drainage, $25,273. 2004/2005 saw some major upgrades to our clubhouse including a "Glycol" Bar System ($29,450), two new air-conditioning units in the main auditorium ($25,100), new flooring in the lower lounge, new carpet to the whole club ($65,700) and interior painting making our club more comfortable and attractive to all users. The cost of the work was held within budget and without borrowings. 2005 – This was the first year of the reduction in numbers of the Board of Directors of the club from 14 to 9. 2006 - The Board decided to upgrade the Secretary/Manager position and appointed Geoff Hamilton as CEO from 1st May 2006. This part time paid position embraces many more duties than previously carried out by the Secretary/Manager. The Board of the club considered that the appointment of a CEO was necessary to ensure that the club would continue to grow in an increasingly difficult environment. Government laws, banning smoking in clubs and hotels from 2nd July 2007 presented the club with a problem. While we would have liked to provide a facility close to the existing bar and gaming machine area, lack of land and possible approval problems, forced us to provide an area outside, near the outside barbeque. Resiting the flagpole and providing covered seating on a decorative base has resulted in a fine addition to the club's facilities. The Board continued to upgrade or replace many smaller items of equipment during 2006/07 including a plasma TV, a new refrigerator (the old one was secondhand 17 years ago!), office equipment including a photocopier and computers for both the office and selectors' room. A bowls polishing machine and a refrigerated water cooler were installed and have proved very popular. Transfer of all TBC banking facilities to the Turramurra Community Bank. Fire safety requirements. Outdoor BBQ and smoking area including umbrellas/furniture (total cost of approx $35,000). Thanks to Bob Hickey, George Appleby, Albert Blackburn, Albert Browne and Geoff Martz.. Upgrades to Membership, Ticket Printing, Poker Machine and Payroll systems. Introduction of plastic membership cards requiring a special printer and revised procedures. Revised Strategic Plan documentation to assist smooth transition between Boards. Introduction of TBC Policies covering Bar, Kitchen and Administration. Internet connection and website. Transfer of accounting system to Quickbooks. Fixed Assets transferred to Quickbooks after depreciation terms set within hospitality (including clubs) guidelines with revised accounting and depreciation periods. Internal account restructure to streamline processing and reporting. This was finally completed after approximately three years but has now been superseded through the introduction of AIFRS resulting in a comprehensive new Annual Report format. Our kitchen upgrade was completed during 2007 on budget, although it took a little longer than originally planned. George Appleby was in charge of the project and with the help of Albert Browne, Albert Blackburn, Simon Fowler, Bob Hickey, Warwick Hill, Geoff Martz and Tony Simpson did an outstanding job in providing the club with a first class commercial kitchen. Kitchen staff now benefit from new stainless steel walls and benches ($24,602), new flooring, coolroom/freezer ($21,380) and the lower lounge now has a beautiful modern servery counter. The total cost of approximately $150,000 came from our cash reserves and no borrowing was required. This is another example of volunteers giving their time and skills to help the club. Much of the work of so many of our members who give their time in helping to keep the operations of the club going can sometimes go unnoticed. The Turramurra Women's Bowling Club celebrated their 50th Anniversary on 20th July 2007 with a magnificent luncheon. A fine history of the Women's Club since its inception was compiled by Mollie Rayner – refer "History" drop down tab. The following list, in no particular order, shows other requirements and enhancements to our operations over our financial year ending March 2008. IPART Review. The main purpose of this 15 month long review is to provide for a sustainable club industry into the future. The Registered Clubs Amendment Regulation commenced last year, and provide further detail and support to the changes introduced by the Registered Clubs Amendment Act 2006. Our POS (Point of Sale) system was introduced on 3rd November to improve controls and efficiency and in addition records were transferred to a new Membership system. We were successful in our application for a $45,231 Community Water Grant (CWG) through the Federal Government enabling us to install water tanks, pumps, meters, sensors, etc. plus eleven dual flush enhancements to our toilets, all installed at no cost to the club! This project is estimated to save 965,138 litres of water per year! Introduction and development of Policies covering Admin, Bar and Kitchen. Liquor Act 2007 Gaming Machine Act Review 2008/09 – For the first time for a number of years the club has shown a loss (ie. $24,256). The main reason is that our gaming machines have not provided as much return as in previous years. Gaming machine net clearances down 29% on last year. Depreciation expense increased by $9,826 (11%). While the cause is due to a number of factors, including the smoking ban, the current world wide financial situation is considered the primary cause. The Board bought two new gaming machines in line with our policy of replacing the lowest performing units each year. We believe that our position remains strong, owning our land and buildings without any borrowings is an enormous advantage as is the fact that our buildings and surrounds are in good shape, ie. not too much needs to be done over the next year or so thus enabling us to retain most of our available funds and therefore ride out the current economic difficulties. To quote one of many Clubs NSW articles: "Clubs are facing a time of crisis. Too many clubs are finding themselves in a dire financial position due to falling revenues. Revenue is down and is not expected to come back to pre-smoking ban figures for at least two years. Since January 2007 thirty seven (37) clubs have either closed or been forced to amalgamate. Many more are examining their options". 2009/11 – Gaming – disposal of three gaming machines and the consolidation of the remaining machines into the gaming room occurred May 2010 following two (free) independent reviews obtained from gaming organisations. A further machine was disposed of during November 2010 leaving fourteen (14) machines. A new control and analysis system purchased from Global Gaming Systems (GGI) and installed November 2010 has proven to be ideal for our requirements. Significant changes to Accounting Practices in particular to Building & Property Improvements, Catering Functions & Hires and EBITDARD. 2011/12 – It was good to get outside and "help" Bob Abdallah with our "Shed Rebuilding Project" total cost contained at $22,313 + GST, thanks to Bob and his other helpers Albert Browne, Leigh Burford, Harvey Fuller and Bill Parry. 2012/13 – Appointment of Bryan Rush & Co, a firm specialising in the audit of registered clubs, was approved by members at SGM on 10th November 2012 as was the adoption of a new TBCL Constitution (replacing the previous Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association). Gaming – A change of policy i.e. the purchase of a second hand rather than new equipment was introduced mainly due to the uncertainty of gaming revenue. Sale of our surplus four entitlements net the Club $34,667.


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Brain Dead Mom Gives Birth to Twin Boys
I put this in Medical, but, I think it's a really cool story so I am putting here, too, with the hope that more people will see it.
A 26 year old Michigan woman declared brain dead after suffering two brain aneurysms on March 6, has given birth to twin boys. The babies, Nicholas and Alexander, weighing 1 pound, 9 ounces, and 1 pound, 5 ounces, respectively, were delivered via C-section at only 25 weeks after mom Christine Bolden's blood pressure on life support was deemed dangerously high.
Bolden's aunt told local news station 24 Hour News 8 that the family had asked doctors not to anesthetize Bolden during the surgery in the hopes that she might have felt the pain "and wake up saying, 'wait a minute I can feel that!' ... But it didn't happen."
She was kept on life support to allow the babies to develop longer and give them a better chance of surviving. Only time will tell.
Here is a better story and interview with the aunt and pictures of the mom and the babies:
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her mother seems a bit slow.. she had a brain aneurysm too?
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Step into Melody, a sweet and rhythmic tune greets you .Your home will be bounded by lush greenery, open spaces which is an over whelming feeling giving you enough space to sprawl out.
It has broad prominent pathways, giving it a picture perfect setting for you and your family. This residential enclave has well crafted homes designed meticulously to meet global standards and adorned with a host of amenities like a swimming pool, club houses, gymnasium, and an indoor game area to add to your lifestyle.
Located on Mysore Road, it is in close proximity to the Global Village, Electronic City, proposed IT corridor, Ring road, NICE corridor, renowned super specialty hospitals, shopping complexes and well known schools. The area of location is increasingly becoming the destination of the future with the upcoming IT corridor, various important IT/Corporate identities and the Metro Rail hub on Mysore road.


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Breaking Update: read the newest article that discusses the dangers of tribalism that is being foisted on us (read Communiqué to Mainstream Media Journalists, Pundits and Us).
I write this article to speak against the antagonism and dissension that is being stirred up by the marches taking place in Charlottesville, Virginia. But I am not taking umbrage so much with the idiots and bigoted nitwits who are protesting against immigrants and "others". They do this even though they are taking to the streets using tiki torches which hail from the very cultures of the "others" they are demonstrating against. I learned a long time ago to ignore fools when they act out of hatred; like needy toddlers, they are only crying out for attention.
There is actually a part of me that wants to hug these goons for I know they are only doing this because their inner brokenness would rather break others instead of fixing themselves. But I have a way to go before I give love to those who emanate hate, so I will do the next best thing and just overlook these ignorant boobs. My irritation is actually reserved for those who use the antipathy of the stooges in Charlottesville as clickbait to propagate their hidden agendas. The pundits and politicians you see taking to social media to express outrage and indignation, count most of them as frauds who are using demagoguery in order to burnish their credentials and elevate their status. Above all, these so-called progressive voices are mostly using injustice as a means of selling themselves and profiting from the misfortune of others.
This is the playbook the duplicitous Democrats and so-called "liberal" left have perfected for decades. They stoke the emotions of their "base" in order to get votes and gain power. The only difference between Republicans and Democrats is the means, their ends is exactly the same for both exist to transfer wealth from the masses to the few at the top. In all honesty, I prefer an avowed racist who tells me he hates me to the paternalism that is exuded by some from the left who use benevolence as a veil to kneecap their loyalists into a perpetual state of dependency and grievance. The charlatans on the left are not in any way worried or care an iota for the people they feign to be speaking for. In all candor, they need their followers to remain forever mired in helplessness for dependency is the way liberal elites enhance the breadth and depth of their reach.
The predictable thing is that there are some who self-identify with labels like "left" or "Democrat" who will lash out at me and call me a "self-hating black man". This notion is so laughable; there is a presumption that my identity is tied in with being a leftist or a Democrat thus if I attack bankrupt politicians I must be attacking myself. This is what politics does to malleable minds; it warps logic and makes people defend those who oppress them. Stockholm Syndrome is no joke; the elites have conditioned too many like pets to yelp at anyone who attacks their masters. Let me make this absolutely clear, just because I refuse to call myself a Democrat or a liberal does not mean I am a Republican nor am I a conservative. I am this thing called an independent who likes to think without the constraints of ideologies and dogmas—more should join this club.
But in all honesty, this is beyond politics. What is being foisted on us as a people is a pervasive system of divide and conquer where our emotions are agitated and dissension continually peddled in order to keep us at each other's throats. This is why a couple of hundred people protesting in Charlottesville is pushed as a national story as if the Russian fifth division has just landed on the shores of Jersey. Invariably, people return hatred with yet more hatred. This is how fellow victims of this economic warfare—which has been loosened on us by the powerful—end up attacking each other instead of uniting to take on their tormentors.
I saw a Tweet earlier today where the uber privileged Chelsea Clinton took to social media to express outrage over Donald Trump's silence on the protests going on in Charlottesville. How quaint, hey Chelsea maybe you should direct some of that anger at your own father who unleashed the prison-industrial complex to resurrect penal slavery in ways that exceeds the era of the Great Reconstruction. This is no different than when some of the Democratic leaders and cunning liberal pundits take to the airwaves to renounce Trump for his belligerence towards North Korea and Venezuela. Where was this exasperation as Obama bombed Syria and Yemen back to the stone age, expanded Bush's state spying against citizens, transferred $14 trillion to the crooks who nearly euthanized our economy in 2008 and codified extralegal assassinations of US citizens and combatants alike? Crickets!
Please wake up my people, on all sides the elites are playing us for fools and idiots. In the process, they are using our pains and our struggles as cash registers. They do not care about us; they only see us as stepping stones. Here is a sure fire way to separate the real from the charlatans. If they are getting paid by the very system they are expressing outrage over, discount them as frauds. Thus pundits who are on the payroll of the Corporate State Media, politicians who are dependent on the largess of plutocrats and social activists who are being pushed by the status quo, these people are no friends of ours—they are only using our struggle as a way to fracture humanity and sow yet more division.
Tribalism is going to be the death of us if we do not wake up to the way we are being conditioned to turn against each other. My native land Ethiopia is being destroyed from within as the brutal TPLF regime has successfully ghettoized the nation into balkanized regions based on tribes. This is how a people perish; when they forget what unites them, the end up turning on each other. The continent of "Africa" got colonized by this exact blueprint, tribalism was the virus that led to nearly a billion being oppressed by a few. The same thing is happening right here in America; the original sin of this nation will never heal as long as we let shysters lead the discussion. How about for once we stop depending on the status quo to lead us and we instead lead this much needed discussion (read Have this Conversation on Race).
From left to right, from liberals to conservatives, if you are not sitting at the policy table and you are not making a fortune by participating in this game of divide and conquer, I beg you to stop casting your lot with the pundits and politicians who are the source of our struggle. Please understand that we are all being pillaged by the few who gain at our cost. Stop letting them manipulate our plight in order to shatter the public into innumerable grievance groups (read Weaponized Identity Politiks). We are all in this together; do not let a few hundred simpletons in Chatlottesville take our eyes off the prize. If we want justice, let us strive for unity for dissolution is only leading us to yet more pains. Stop letting demagogues incite anger; instead let us listen to those who speak with love in their hearts. Above all, let us listen to each other instead of yelling past one another. #CharlottesvilleClickBait
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you agree with the message behind this article and you too refuse to let your pains be used as stepping stones by the powerful, share this article on social media using #CharlottesvilleClickBait
Watch this Ghion Cast below where the topic seems to be controversial but when you start listening to the message, you will realize what I am discussing is a much needed conversation that all of us should engage in.
Check out the Ghion Cast below where I discuss how unity and love overcame the monstrosity of colonizers in Adwa, Haiti and America.
Lij Teodrose Fikremariam
Originally from Ethiopia with roots to Atse Tewodros II, Lij Teodrose is a former community organizer whose writing was incorporated into Barack Obama's South Carolina primary victory speech in 2008. He pivoted away from politics and decided to stand for collective justice after experiencing the reality of the forgotten masses. His writing defies conventional wisdom and challenges readers to look outside the constraints of labels and ideologies that serve to splinter the people. Lij Teodrose uses his pen to give a voice to the voiceless and to speak truth to power.
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- Ethiopia's Choice: Poverty through Grievance or Prosperity through Unity - September 9, 2019
- Bloody 60s: the Decade that Aborted Leadership in America - August 22, 2019
- A Matter of Life or Death: We Cannot Afford to Ignore Mental Illnesses Any Longer - August 17, 2019


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Laptop Speakers producing a cracking sound
My brother played with my laptop, then all of a sudden the speaker of the laptop produced a chirping sound. The speaker from then on isn't working properly. I tried to set up the speakers and also test what side of the speaker is not working. I noticed that both speakers produced a cracking sound.
What should I do with this, because I'm fun of watching movies through my laptop.
Please help me.


text: I'm headed for Cloudcroft and have some printed maps of some of the trails we are thinking of riding. I'm trying to lay them out in Mapsource, but was wondering if anybody has already done that or has some saved tracklogs they'd be willing to share. I guess the main one would be the Rim Trail. thanks for any help.


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Symphony in Waves
Carlos KalmarGrant Park Orchestra
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This offering from Carlos Kalmar and the acclaimed Grant Park Orchestra includes the first full-scale orchestral recording of Kernis's Symphony in Waves (1989). Waveforms -- wind and water, sound and light -- are the undercurrents of this enchanting 40-minute spectacular of unusual sonorities and orchestral effects. The New York Times called it "remarkable," the product of the composer's "fearless originality and powerful voice."
The CD also includes world-premiere recordings of Kernis's soaring soundscape, Newly Drawn Sky (2005), and the hyper-energetic virtuoso orchestral showpiece Too Hot Toccata (1996).
It's all captured in audiophile sound by Cedille Records, whose previous recordings of maestro Kalmar with the Grant Park and Chicago Symphony orchestras have been nominated for Grammy Awards in the "Best Engineered Classical Album" category.
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Symphony in Waves
Notes by Andrea Lamoreaux
"A symphony must be like the world," Gustav Mahler said to fellow composer Jean Sibelius in 1907. "It must contain everything." Echoing this expansive view, Aaron Jay Kernis has said: "I want everything to be included in music: soaring melody, consonance, tension, dissonance, drive, relaxation, color, strong harmony and form -- and for every possible emotion to be elicited actively by the passionate use of these elements." Mahler would have approved, especially the part about passion, which in Kernis's scores, as in those of the late-19th/early20th-century symphonic master, translates into open emotional expressiveness.
Kernis was born in Philadelphia in 1960, taught himself to play the piano, and began composing as a teenager. His subsequent composition teachers included John Adams at the San Francisco Conservatory; Charles Wuorinen at the Manhattan School of Music; and Jacob Druckman, Bernard Rands, and Morton Subotnick at Yale. In 1983, Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic premiered his first symphonic score, Dream of the Morning Sky, to near-universal acclaim. Kernis later became one of the youngest composers ever to win a Pulitzer Prize, in 1998 for his second string quartet, subtitled Musica Instrumentalis, and the youngest American to be honored with a Grawemeyer Award, in 2002 for Colored Field.
The San Francisco Chronicle has commented: "With each new work and new recording, Kernis solidifies his position as the most important traditional-minded composer of his generation. Others may be exploring musical frontiers more restlessly, but no one else is writing music quite this vivid or powerfully direct." In Chicago, Tribune music critic John Von Rhein found that "Kernis manipulates textures and complex, high-energy rhythms so cannily. . . . Symphony in Waves is music an audience can enjoy that doesn't insult their intelligence." The symphony is, in fact, a complicated score that requires copious rehearsal time, but it doesn't sound particularly difficult; it comes across as an inevitable progression. The colorful and lively outer movements are set off by the capricious and playful tone of movements two and four, which are in turn strongly contrasted with the stark emotions of the centerpiece, titled "Still Movement."
After composing professionally for 25 years, Kernis perceives three "personal genres" in his music. First, there are works that are essentially dramatic, combining consonance with chromaticism and dissonance, creating powerful statements through melodic and rhythmic evolution and contrasts of instrumental timbre. Symphony in Waves is such a work. He identifies the second genre as taking "a more meditative, calmer, and fundamentally melodic approach." This is the basic nature of Newly Drawn Sky. Of his works that draw on the traditions of popular music and jazz (the third genre), Too Hot Toccata is a striking example, with echoes of bluegrass and honky-tonk, combined with perpetual-motion rhythmic propulsiveness.
About Symphony in Waves, Kernis says:
"Prior to writing this work in 1989 I never imagined I would write a symphony. It seemed such an outdated and irrelevant form. But in the early 1990s I became excited by the communicative potential and the highly varied ideas and emotions latent in traditional forms. I hoped to discover what "symphony" means to me, to define the form for myself, by bringing my own experiences and passions to it. Since that time I have written many works of symphonic scope, and at present am working on my Third Symphony for voices and orchestra.
"I was not dealing with waves in a strictly programmatic sense. I thought about waves of sound in addition to those of wind and water. Each movement uses some aspect of wave motion: swells and troughs of dynamics, densities, and instrumental color: the "sounds" of light broken into flickering bits by water's action."
In the first movement, "Continuous Wave," the strings open with constantly-repeated patterns that represent one kind of wave. The use of repetition with slight changes is Kernis' legacy from the minimalist school of Glass, Reich, and (sometimes) Adams. From the wave motives, a string solo emerges, first cello, then violin. A more rhythmic, pulsing section brings in the rest of the orchestra and intensifies the waves. A horn call repeats simple triadic patterns; the texture and sound change with the addition of scurrying woodwind motives: smaller, lighter waves. We hear more from the brass, and from the keyboard and the percussion players. The return of the earlier string theme signals a varied recapitulation: its lyrical sound is now surrounded by ongoing waves in the other sections of the orchestra. A big brass climax, more wave patterns in the strings, and a scale-like concluding theme that ascends from the lowest to the highest ranges of all the orchestra's instruments: it dies away, and the "Continuous Wave" has ended.
The second movement, "Scherzo" opens with twinkling, chirping motives from soloists of the violin and viola sections, divided into several intertwining parts. The winds join in, the brass contributes a fanfare for contrast. The sound here is a strong contrast to that of the first movement: these sound waves are broken up, perhaps scattered by a strong wind. At first it seems that there are no distinctly recognizable themes, but as blues chords appear beneath solo cello and bass clarinet it gradually becomes clearer that the opening string fragments are being developed and riffed on. This passage is followed by a brass-and-winds interlude and a return of the opening string solo ideas placed in a new tonal context. The movement ends in a sudden blaze of honkytonk.
Kernis has described "Still Movement" the symphony's central and longest portion, as a cresting tidal wave, but it is one that seems to be in terrifyingly suspended animation. A fearful catastrophe is impending. The huge instrumental scream that opens the movement could also be construed as the threat of a flooding river, a tornado sighted on the horizon, a hurricane hurtling up the coastline. Chimes pound in the background of winds and strings playing in their high registers. The fortissimo stasis of this sustained sound is broken by a blast from the brass, followed by a string solo, mournful and wandering. The strings then have an echo of their main theme from the first movement; it sounds more ominous now, intense and slow-moving. The winds and bells pick the theme up, then we hear it from a solo bassoon. Changing the mood almost entirely is the ensuing flute solo, a kind of cadenza that provides an interlude of serenity: perhaps this is the eye of the hurricane. The mood and theme are picked up by the strings, but a huge roar leads us to a recapitulation, and to a return of the movement's opening terror, with the orchestra virtually in unison, punctuated by crashing percussion. It would seem the eye of the hurricane has passed over, and the storm has turned back upon us. Ascending motives in the brass, drum rolls, deep tones from the chimes - then the strings end the movement softly.
The very brief fourth movement, "Intermezzo" gives a sense of calm after the storm. Descending, diatonic string melodies offer sunshine, with sparkles from the woodwinds. It's as though we're hearing waves of light. Agitation returns at the start of the Finale, with disjointed motives that recall the texture of the second movement. Trumpet and strings are prominent and engage in bizarre, jazzy dialogues. A fanfare of repeated notes from the brasses leads to a more lyrical theme that emerges in the strings, who soon switch to pizzicato playing to build up to another brass fanfare. An ascending theme, shared by the full orchestra, builds up sheer waves of sound. This is followed by a big climax, short scattered motives for winds and strings, some assertive outbursts, a constantly-repeated three-note motive, and the sudden punch of the final chords.
Symphony in Waves is about waves of various kinds, but it's also about pure sound - a master craftsman is exploiting all the possibilities of the modern symphony orchestra.
Newly Drawn Sky was commissioned by Welz Kauffman and the Ravinia Festival to celebrate James Conlon's first season as the festival's music director, the summer of 2005. Located in Chicago's northern suburbs, Ravinia is the summer home of the Chicago Symphony. The spacious park, with lawn and pavilion seating, is filled with trees and illuminated by the summer moon and stars (in addition to man-made lighting for convenience and safety). Millennium Park, home of the Grant Park Music Festival and the Grant Park Orchestra, is located in downtown Chicago, with Lake Shore Drive on one side and high-rise office buildings on the other. Concert-goers at the admission-free festival sit on the Great Lawn or inside the open-air shelter of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Look to the east and see the moon and stars of a summer night shining over Lake Michigan. Look westward, and there's the Chicago skyline with its array of electric lights. Writing to introduce the first (and so far only other) recording of Symphony in Waves, Mark Swed noted how Kernis' music "finds surprising room for both restless urban energy and rapturous contemplation." In Newly Drawn Sky, inspired by a twilight walk on a Long Island beach, Kernis has created a work that seems expressly designed to be heard in an outdoor setting, one that combines a city atmosphere with the sights and sounds of nature. A drawn-out summer sunset mingles with city lights as darkness slowly falls.
"Newly Drawn Sky," Kernis says, "is a lyrical, reflective piece for orchestra, a reminiscence of the first summer night by the ocean spent with my young twins (who were six months old when the work's initial inspiration came to me), and the changing colors of the summer sky at dusk. While the work is not programmatic or specifically descriptive, it reflects a constancy of change and flux musically and personally." He also said: "There are some transformational aspects from which the musical material was developed. The middle of the piece is very relaxed and very lyrical, like summer evening music. About two-thirds of the way through, there's a big buildup of wind sound in the percussion section of the orchestra -- it sounds very much like an echo of nature."
Kernis further notes that Newly Drawn Sky was influenced by the technique of constantly-transforming melody that characterizes the orchestral music of Sibelius. "Melodically, it includes a basic element of much of my work, a rapturous embrace of long lines and lyrical melodies. Newly Drawn Sky continues my approach to melody that I've used in works like the Sarabanda, Musica Celestis, and the Second Symphony. The piece is consistent with many works I've written over the past seven years, unified by a use of narrative and development of melodies and motives."
The cello theme that was prominent in the first movement of Symphony in Waves is echoed at the start of Newly Drawn Sky by another rising cello line. For this and other themes that steadily emerge and evolve throughout the piece, Kernis uses three-note chords as harmonic underpinning: chords that continually, subtly shift. With all the shifts and evolutions, however, there's still a sense of calm serenity created by the ongoing intertwining of themes.
Some urban jazziness develops, leading to a bursting climax of brilliant sound, then the serene atmosphere returns, with high winds and strings and then a trumpet solo. A wandering string melody emerges, evocative of the quiet beauty of night. Then lively wind motives provide a brightening atmosphere, leading to another string melody and a full orchestral climax with percussion and horns. The instruments of the full orchestra celebrate with a shimmering, light-filled, ascending melody to bring Newly Drawn Sky to an end.
Kernis wrote Too Hot Toccata in 1996:
"I considered [it] to be a kind of farewell to my St Paul Chamber Orchestra residency, but not as a farewell to the orchestra. This work features just about all of the principal players and treats all of the various orchestra sections as soloists. There is also a horribly difficult honky-tonk piano solo, as well as a fiendish clarinet solo and a big part for the piccolo trumpet, in addition to a lot of virtuoso percussion writing. The music is a little hyperactive, very high energy and quite out of control, but with a slower middle section for balance."
Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra took the idea of the solo concerto, wherein one player displays his virtuosity in contrast to an orchestral background, and expanded it to feature each section of the orchestra as virtuoso soloists. Witold Lutoslawski also wrote a Concerto for Orchestra, and The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, by Benjamin Britten, likewise spotlights each symphonic section in soloistic passages. With Too Hot Toccata, Kernis has added a short, vivid, fun-loving work to this distinguished canon. A lively theme in the winds and brass opens up the toccata, then the strings pick up the theme and dance with it. The progression is virtually perpetual-motion, but it moves forward with a great deal of syncopation and numerous incisive accents from the percussion. Each section does indeed get to show off its skills. A string solo passage introduces a calmer note, quickly succeeded by a passage in swing style featuring keyboard. Then we return to the compulsive rhythmic patterns on the opening, and brass and percussion add a jazzy note. By this time the audience's feet are tapping along with each new beat. A big trumpet riff brings Too Hot Toccata to a close.
In addition to the three works recorded here, performed during the summers of 2006 and 2007, Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra have also recorded Kernis's Sarabanda in Memoriam, dedicated to the victims of September 11, 2001, on American Orchestral Works, Cedille Records CDR 90000 090.
Andrea Lamoreaux is music director of 98.7 WFMT, Chicago's classical experience.
About Aaron Jay Kernis
Aaron Jay Kernis, winner of the coveted 2002 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition and one of the youngest composers ever awarded the Pulitzer Prize, is among the most esteemed musical figures of his generation. His music figures prominently on orchestral, chamber, and recital programs around the world. He has been commissioned by many of America's foremost performing artists, including sopranos Renee Fleming and Dawn Upshaw, violinists Joshua Bell, Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, and James Ehnes, and guitarist Sharon Isbin, and by institutions including the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Birmingham Bach Choir, San Francisco Conservatory, Minnesota Orchestra, and Los Angeles and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras, the Ravinia Festival, the Walt Disney Company, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the Museum of Natural History in New York, among many others. Upcoming are new works for trumpet soloist Philip Smith with the New York Philharmonic and a consortium of "Big 10" college wind ensembles, the Seattle Symphony, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Recent recordings include a disc of his song cycles by soprano Susan Narucki (Koch) and Goblin Market, a major dramatic work (Signum Records). His music is also available on Nonesuch, Phoenix, New Albion, Argo, and Cedille.
Mr. Kernis garnered his Grawemeyer Award for his cello concerto "Colored Field" and the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for his String Quartet No. 2 ("musica instrumentalis"). He has also received the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rome Prize, an NEA grant, a Bearns Prize, a New York Foundation for the Arts Award, Grammy Award nominations for both "Air" for violin and orchestra and his Second Symphony, and the BMI Foundation's "Outstanding Musical Citizen Award" for his work as Co-Director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute.
Kernis has become an especially familiar and admired presence in Minnesota's Twin Cities: In September 1993, he was appointed Composer-in-Residence for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Public Radio, and the American Composers Forum. He returned in fall 1998 as New Music Advisor to the Minnesota Orchestra, a position he retains to this day. He is chairman and co-director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, a program that gives young composers the opportunity to hear their works played by a major orchestra. Since 2003, he has taught composition at the Yale School of Music.
Aaron Jay Kernis was born in Philadelphia on January 15, 1960. He began his musical studies on the violin; at age 12 he began teaching himself piano and, the following year, composition. He continued his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory and the Manhattan and Yale Schools of Music, working with composers as diverse as John Adams, Charles Wuorinen, and Jacob Druckman. Kernis first came to national attention in 1982 with the acclaimed premiere of his first orchestral work, Dream of the Morning Sky, by the New York Philharmonic at its Horizons Festival. Mr. Kernis' music is published and represented by Associated Music Publishers (www.schirmer.com).
Album Details
Total Time: 64:00
*World Premiere Recording(s)
Producer: James Ginsburg
Engineers: Chris Willis, Bill Maylone (Symphony in Waves); Eric Arunas, Bill Maylone (Newly Drawn Sky, Too Hot Toccata)
Digital Editing: Bill Maylone
Graphic Design: Melanie Germond
Cover Photo: Detail of the BP Pedestrian Bridge in Millennium Park, Chicago © Tom Van Eynde
Recorded in concert in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, August 4 & 5, 2006 (Symphony in Waves), and at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millenium Park, Chicago, June 29 & 30, 2007 (Newly Drawn Sky, Too Hot Toccata)
AJK Music ©2005 (Newly Drawn Sky)
Associated Music Publishers, Inc. ©1996 (Too Hot Toccata)
©1989 (Symphony in Waves)
© 2008 Cedille Records/Cedille Chicago


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I have not been through all of the "Survivalist" books I currently own, so those recommendations will come in a few weeks after reading over the holidays curled up on my couch, doing nothing but eating, reading and the sporadic "knock it off" to the kids.
Todays books are COOKbooks - I love them - really I do. I read them like a novel, starting at page 1 and going page by page until the end. I may flag a couple pages for recipes I want to try, but mostly I read every single word. This trait came from my mother who does the same thing....weird.
The following are books that would go with me if for some reason I had to evacuate, but had enough time to pick through my belongings...as if... :)
(These are in no particular order, mostly I am looking at my shelf or one pops into my head)
1 - Better Homes and Garden Cookbook - you know the one - red/white checkered. I dont think you are allowed to get married (at least in the South) without one. It is a basic cookbook that will let you get your feet wet without scaring you to death. I also like the "substitution list" in case you dont have the exact item, you can throw something else in instead.
2 - Time Life Books - Foods of the World. This set is from the 60's or the 70's and includes many volumes from cuisines all over the world. I like them because they are "real" recipes. The book that covers the South actually uses things that I think would kill you - real bacon fat in large quantities. Lets just say, eating out of these IS GOOD FOOD! The Foods of the World is also a good read. Its filled with information, stories, as well as recipes.
3 - Alice Waters' The Art of Simple Food is WONDERFUL - this might be my favorite. Its an excellent read and the food she details - using basic ingredients that most preppers would have on hand - is exquisite. She believes that food is a gift, a precious gift. As a prepper, I can appreciate this basic concept.
Ms. Waters also believes in using fresh ingredients - she would be an excellent resource during the growing season using your garden bounty.
4 - The New Making of a Cook by Madeline Kamman. This is culinary school in a book. Seriously... She starts with the basics and works you through all processes. She is entertaining, insightful and gives great commentary and stories. But best of all, she makes it easy. She is not snotty, commenting that the best wine to go with a meal is the wine you like. Amen.
5 - Last but not least, is Peggy Layton's book Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook . I am sure many have this and her creative use of your storage pantry is a no-brainer. If times are stressful, she will be an easy resource to just open and follow directions.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Winter is for READING....
Posted by I drive my tractor in pearls... at 2:00 AM
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I was so sure that we'd loose a bunch of people this month because of the virtual shutdown of I-90 that I actually removed one of the tables before the event started. But we defied the odds with a capacity crowd and so I had to have the fifth table brought back out. Huzzah!
Thanks to inspiration from our awesome Poker 2.0 organizers in San Diego, Shawn and Bryan, we assigned everyone to a new random table after the second round of blinds were done. The increases everyone luck surface area but exposing them to a new set of players. We'll need to smooth out the transition and the randomization process but it worked great and the resounding response was "keep doing it"… so we will.
I feel like I should stop bragging about the Columbia Tower Club but they've been such an awesome supporter of Poker 2.0. The food, the views, the
service… all perfect. We're gonna keep playing there as long as they continue to invite us back. (Note to self: find better lighting to take the winners pic.)
For those interested, here's the link to info on the deal that the Club put together exclusively for Startup Haven members.
Thanks to our sponsors, without whom this community of founders and investors would not be possible:
- Wilson Sonsini
- Colliers International
- Columbia Tower Club
If you're in the need of a top notch legal team, a sweet office space or an inspiring place to hang out and work, look them up.
Here's how it all went down in the winner's circle….
Small-dog Pot Winners:
1st) Kevin Leneway, Founder, Haiku Deck
2nd) Herman Calabria, Founder
3rd) Tony Ford, Colliers
4th) Richard Wood, First Hill Partners
5th) Lew McMurran, Principle, McMurran Ent.
6th) Ryan Rwaliany, Founder, KitchenBowl
7th) Chris Bradbury, Angel Investor
Big-dog Pot Winners:
1st) Herman Calabria, Founder, NewCo
2nd) Tony Ford, Colliers
3rd) 4th) Richard Wood, First Hill Partners
4th) Lew McMurran, Principle, McMurran Ent.


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Welcome to JuneauNature, the natural-and-cultural history site for Discovery Southeast, best known as the team of naturalists bringing nature to Juneau schools since 1989. Less well known is our 40 years of original field research, our longtime service as bridge between educational and scientific communities, and our natural-&-cultural history archives, brought to you through this website.
JuneauNature shares this deep history with Discovery Southeast members, students, educators, scientists, and everyone who loves Southeast Alaska. Browse under Nature, Culture, Places, or Tools to get started. Browse all the categories with this sitemap.
A note on authorship:
Since JuneauNature's banner prominently calls this DiscoverySoutheast 'subsite' "Richard Carstensen's JuneauNature," it should be fairly clear who's talking. Unless otherwise noted, it's me—RC.
Let me introduce myself—Richard Carstensen. Born in Philadelphia in 1950, I came to Alaska as a 27-year-old wannabe mountain man. Discovering that 1) wild Alaska presented no need to retreat to mountains, and 2) tanning hides was hard work, I quickly settled on the more realistic goal of becoming a well-rounded naturalist. I've tried to explore and document as much of Southeast Alaska as possible, teaching, interviewing, writing, drawing, filming, mapping and consulting. In recent years, what's most excited me is the intersection of natural and cultural history—what a naturalist can contribute to the question Why do we live here? You'll find my bio on the DiscoverySoutheast staff page.
I started JuneauNature in 2014 as a separate 'nature-content' site for Discovery Southeast's mother site. As of Novermber, 2018, we're re-launching JuneauNature, with a more robust hierarchy and vastly expanded links to our digital library. With help from an amazing community of naturalists, scientists and outdoorsfolk, JuneauNature is already the most comprehensive online source for many aspects of Southeast Alaskan natural and cultural history. (See Nature for links to other great Southeast nature sites, and Culture for links to our region's outstanding heritage sites). Stay tuned, as it gets even better!
Place names convention:
In all my writing and cartography since publication of Haa L'éelk'w Hás Aani Saax'ú: Our grandparents' names on the land (Thornton & Martin eds 2012: abbreviated "T&M12"), I've used Lingít place names whenever available, followed by translation in italic, and IWGN (important white guy name) in parentheses. Example: Kadigooni X'áat', island with spring water (Spuhn Island). Euro-names are typically distracting preemptions. Where the Lingít went unrecorded I default to the IWGN, often acknowledging its inadequacy with a parenthetical "(noTN?)"
For more background on place names, see my essay called Naming our home.
Our deepest thanks to the Juneau Community Foundation—Blackwell Fund, for supporting this site and our recent publications!


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6 songs that you need to be listening to that you possibly have not heard just yet...
The Game Vs Meek Mill
The Game took HUGE shots at Meek Mill on his new track "92 Bars". Meek responded ferociously on an "Oouuu Remix". Now Game is back with his own remix of "Oouuu" entitled "Pest Control". Has Game retook the lead in this beef?
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text: #Talks #Inspiration Love! Ricardo Semler's Top 10 Rules For Success Ricardo Semler, 23 December 2015 10x loved! He's the CEO and majority owner of Semco Partners, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy.Under his ownership, revenue has grown from 4 million US dollars in 1982 to 212 million US dollars in 2003.His innovative business management policies have attracted widespread interest around the world.He's Ricardo Semler and here are his Top 10 Rules for Success. 1. Free yourselfHe went to work for his father's company, originally called Semler & Company, then a mixer and agitator supplier in São Paulo.2. Manage the issue of egoHe clashed with his father, who supported a traditional autocratic style of management whereas young Semler favoured a decentralised style.3. Find your definition of successHis father resigned as CEO and vested majority ownership in his son in 1980 when Ricardo was 21 years old.4. Share as you goOn his first day as CEO, Ricardo Semler fired sixty percent of all top managers.5. Let go of the pastAs of 2003, Semco had annual revenue of $212 million, and it employed 3,000 workers, as opposed to 90 in 1982.6. Do the things that interest youHe was named Brazilian businessman of the year in 1990 and in 1992.7. Have the courage nowThe World Economic Forum named him as one of the Global Leaders of Tomorrow.8. Give up controlHe wrote a book Maverick on his experience at Semco which became a worldwide bestseller in 1993.9. Know your limitationsHe has been Vice President of the Federation of Industries of Brazil.10. Ask three whys in a rowHe founded the Lumiar School, a democratic school where children from 0 to 14 years old engage in projects of their interest.


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Artists' Directory
Laurie Gross
Artist Statement
Laurie Gross is a nationally known artist recognized for her extraordinarily inspiring and spiritually based work. She reaches into biblical text and her rich Jewish tradition to create works embodying universal themes and rich metaphor. Much of the creative inspiration for her work is to be found in liturgical text and midrashic material.
Her studio has expanded over the past few years to include a staff of other creative artists who, together as a team, are involved in creating some of the finest work that is currently being designed for synagogue worship environments. Seven of the studio's projects have received national awards from the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture and The American Institute of Architects in the area of religious art.