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There are three important keys to pickling: patience, hard work, and rage. Rage, of these three, is by far the most vital. Pickling can be torture, like living inside endless nightmare. The only way to have success is to approach each day with violence.
As crazy as it is to believe, my eighty-four-dollar fortune is not so vast. Prices have changed in past one hundred years and I must use my moneys cleverly.
I spend twenty-two dollars on supplies I need to make first batch of pickles. That includes twenty glass jars, one tub of vinegar, garlic, salt, and herbs. I also buy ladle, to scoop water out from river. The cucumbers I get from the Whole Foods, inside their garbage bins.
It takes three days for scum to form in jars and pickles to be sour. During this time, I prepare my vending cart. It is not so hard, because people in Cobble Hill are crazy, and leave perfect, clean furniture on sidewalk. I find dark wood bureau outside of brownstone and place it on wheels of old baby carriage.
With rest of my money I buy living supplies, to help me survive until wealthy. For shelter, I buy camping bag, tarp, and rope at Bergen Hardware. For hygiene, I buy soap and toothbrush from Duane Reade. For eating, I go to Key Food and buy butter made from peanuts. All of these things together cost forty-one dollars.
I also buy lock box to keep all my money and crowbar in case there is thief, and I must violence. These two necessities cost me nineteen dollars.
I am left now with two dollars. If it runs out, I know I will have many troubles. But all I can feel is excitement. I know it sounds strange, but I have truly missed doing work.
When I was the rat man at pickle factory, I did not have much influence on company policy. This was unfortunate, because sometimes I had decent ideas. For example, one day I realized that things would run better if the labelling girls wore hairnets, because they would not get pulled into the gears so much by their hair. I told my supervisor, and he nodded like he was listening, but the girls never got any hairnets and they kept getting pulled into the gears, about three of them each month, screaming "No, my God!" while everybody wept and so on. It slowed production. I always dreamed someday I would be boss and run things in the way that I thought best.
Now that I have my own business, I am in charge of everything. I get to decide recipe (salt and garlics). I get to decide uniform (gray). I even get to decide name of company. It takes me long time to invent one, because titles are so important. It must be something snappy and stylish that will stay in people's heads. Eventually, after several hours, I think of good one and write it onto cart:
"Sarah's Statue of Liberty Garlic Pickles with Salt Pickle Company."
All that is left to decide now is location—and it is easy choice.
I have spent ten days lounging on the western shore of Brooklyn, idling among the brownstones of the wealthy. But, if I am to succeed as peddler, I must go back to old neighborhood, where the streets are always clogged with hungry laborers. I must return at once to Williamsburg.
"Are these gluten-free?" the tattooed man asks me, holding up jar to his face.
I hesitate with fear. I have been at Driggs and Ninth since sunrise and he is first person I have seen.
"They are pickles," I explain.
He squints some more at jar.
"What about sulfites?" he asks.
I do not know his words but I sense I am starting to lose him. I decide it is good time to make pitch.
"Whole Foods sells pickle jar for seven. I sell for four and include all the scum."
I point to the scum, which has collected nicely inside top of jar. The man smiles tightly as he hands me back the jar.
"I'll come back later," he says.
I sigh as he rides off on bicycle. It is almost seven and still I have no sales.
"Pickles here!" I scream. "Pickles with garlic and scum!"
My voice becomes hoarse, but still nobody comes. I do not understand it. The streets are mostly empty, even though it is past eight. How could the people of Williamsburg sleep so late on a Thursday? Do they not have factories to go to? There must be some holiday that I do not know about.
I am thinking about picking new location, when I spot two skinny men eyeballing cart.
"Check it out," one of them says. "Artisanal pickles."
I stare at the pair. One has taken tiny gadget out of pocket.
"He's not on Yelp," he whispers. He picks up one of my pickle jars and holds it to the light.
"How local is your produce?" asks the other.
I am confused as usual, but decide it is best not to show it.
"I make pickles here," I say. "In Brooklyn."
The men smile and nod, impressed for some reason by this information.
"And is it all natural?" one asks.
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you add any chemicals? Like benzoates or preservatives?"
"I do not know what any of that is."
The men nod some more, impressed again.
"You know what?" one of them says. "I think I'll take a jar."
He pulls out his wallet.
"Do you take AmEx?"
"Only cash," I say.
"Good for you," he says. "The credit-card conglomerates are murdering small businesses. If we're going to fight them, we need to start on the micro level."
"Is fine," I say. "Four dollars."
I crack my neck and get into haggling stance. But, to my shock, he does not argue price.
"Here you go," he says, taking dollars from his pocket. I grab them and stuff them into lock box before he can change his mind.
When I look up, the men have opened the pickle jar and are sniffing the brine.
"It's got an amazing bouquet," one murmurs, with his eyes closed tight. "Really vegetal."
"It'll go great with the quinoa," says the other.
After some more strange sniffs, they close the jar and start to walk away. They are holding hands, I notice. I am so confused by this that I almost forget to shout important thing.
"Wait!" I call out after them. "You must bring back jar!"
They turn around and squint at me.
"Excuse me?"
"You must bring it back when you are done," I explain. "So that I can reuse."
"Incredible!" one of them says. "You reclaim your jars?"
"There is nothing wrong with reusing jars," I say. "You can fill them again and again and taste is same."
"Amen to that," the man says.
"You must return jar," I repeat, firmly.
The man rubs his chin and then smiles.
"You know what?" he says. "I think I'm going to write a blog post about you."
"A what?"
"A blog post."
"A what?"
"A post. On my blog."
"A what?"
"A blog post."
"Fine," I say. "Is fine."
No label. No logo. No Web site. Just pure, authentic taste.
My discovery of the perfect pickle, by Chris LeBoz
We've seen so many touted picklers crash and burn this season—La Pickle, Cuke, Das Pickle. So I was fairly skeptical when I came across this cart (see photos after jump). How could I be sure I wasn't falling for another gimmick? How could I be sure these pickles were authentic?
One sniff of brine erased my cynicism. The fact of the matter is, if you haven't had Sarah's Statue of Liberty Garlic Pickles with Salt, you haven't had a real pickle.
Herschel Rich handcrafts his artisanal pickles locally, using freegan cucumbers, unpasteurized river water, and reclaimed glass jars. The pungent taste is not for everyone. And the floating salt scum takes some getting used to. But guess what? This is what pickles are supposed to taste like. If it's too much for you to handle, head to Walmart, I guess, and buy yourself some jumbo Vlasics.
Herschel doesn't water down his pickles—or his politics. He refuses to use chemical additives, relying entirely on all-natural, locavore ingredients. In fact, his devotion to conservation is so extreme, he personally reclaims his pickle jars from customers. When I asked him to explain this unusual practice, he clenched his fists with passion.
"There is nothing wrong with reusing jars," he said. "You must return jar."
In a land of D.I.Y pretenders, Herschel is, quite simply, the "real deal." His cart is constructed entirely of salvaged wood. His clothing is homemade from repurposed rags. And his product name seems purposefully designed to be as non-commercial as possible.
So head to Williamsburg this afternoon. Your taste buds (and conscience) will thank you.
* * *
Next day I sell out batch in fifteen minutes. The people are coming at me so fast I cannot believe it. They are like animals, crazed for these pickles! It is like time in Slupsk there was plague killing peoples and only one witch selling medicine.
When I am down to last jar, there are still many people in line. Two people rush to cart and begin screaming.
"I was here first," says bald man with shiny glasses. "I've been waiting here since seven."
"That's not true," says tiny Chinawoman. She has ring in nose like pig.
There is lots of arguing back and forth.
"Look," says the bald man, finally. "I wasn't going to say anything. But I work for Jake Gyllenhaal."
At this point, I am frightened. I have not heard of this Jake man, but I can tell from crowd's reaction he is probably sheriff or constable.
"I am sorry," I say to woman. "I must do as I am told."
"That's bullshit!" she screams.
"I am sorry," I repeat.
I am handing the jar to the man when the Chinawoman pokes me on the shoulder.
"I'll give you five dollars!" she shouts.
I stop my movements.
"Oh, my God," I say. It is first time in life I have seen price go up in a market. I have not been this shocked in my life, including time I froze a hundred years.
"Oh, my God," I say again. "My God."
I am about to hand woman the jar when the man shouts, "Six dollars!"
At this point, something strange happens, which is that my body begins to dance. I am trying to be professional, and keep my face normal, but my legs and arms have all begun to dance.
The man reaches into his pocket, pulls out his wallet, and counts all the bills inside.
I assume this must be the end, but then the woman pulls out twenty-dollar bill. It is like I am in strange dream. What are all these millionaires doing in Williamsburg?
I take the Chinawoman's money and stand on the cart to address the growing crowd.
"I am out of pickles," I say, causing everyone to groan. "But do not be afraid! I will return in three days with giant batch."
The people begin to cheer, like I am Elijah announcing Messiah.
"Also," I add, softly. "I am going to raise prices."
From that point on, I sell jars for twelve dollars. You would think this outrageous price would slow my sales, but it is the opposite. The more I charge, the more people want the pickles. By end of second week, I have two thousand two hundred and nineteen dollars in lock box.
I am happy to be making such big profits. But secretly, part of me wishes people haggled. Screaming over money is what makes the market fun. Sarah used to threaten to kill the potato man whenever his prices went up. She would take out her knife and say, "I will kill you with this knife for robbing me." He would curse her in Hungarian and then the two of them would wave their fists around. It was good times for everyone. These days, though, nobody has that kind of will. It is all please and thank you and have a nice day.
One evening I am selling jar when I hear familiar voices. I look across street. It is Claire and Simon. She is pulling him toward me by the wrist while he struggles to break free.
"I don't want to," he is whispering, like toddler being dragged to work his loom. "No."
Eventually, he manages to flee her and darts into The Starbucks Café. Claire sighs and continues toward my pickle cart.
"Herschel!" she shouts, while waving her arm at me. "Over here!"
"I am with customer," I tell her. I complete my sale, lock money into box, and only then turn toward her.
"Hello," I say.
She gestures at my money cart and laughs.
"This is so cool!" she says. "Herschel, your cart looks amazing."
"Is fine," I say, with modesty.
"Simon and I were reading New York magazine," she says, "and we saw your cart in the Approval Matrix. We couldn't believe it!"
"I am in magazine?"
"Herschel, you're everywhere!" she says. "Gawker, Eater, Brooklyn Vegan. You're a huge success!"
I roll my eyes at her.
"I am nowhere close to being success," I say. "I vowed I would buy house for two millions. I have barely made two thousands."
"That's pretty good for two weeks," she says.
"Is nothing," I tell her. "Like pennies compared to what is coming."
She laughs out loud, as if I am making joke.
"You are not the first to doubt me," I tell her. "When I was saving wages to leave Slupsk, my father told me that I dream too big. He urged me to stay and join his business."
"What did he do?"
"He was shit collector."
Claire scrunches up her face.
"What's that?"
"What do you think it is? It is person who collects shit. He owned big shit cart, and every day, he went around collecting shit. He smelled like shit and was always covered in shit. Finally, after many years with the shit, he saved money up for house. But before he could even go inside, the Cossacks got drunk and burned it. All that was saved was his shit cart, which the Cossacks had shit inside."
"Jesus," she says. "You must hate those Cossacks."
"No," I say. "I am thankful to them. They gave me the rage I needed to work harder than most men."
Claire nods.
"I can see where Simon gets his work ethic from."
I raise my eyebrows.
"Simon has work ethic?"
"Sure," she says. "I mean… it's less extreme now than when he was first starting out in the business. But he still really pushes himself. Like, last week, a studio asked him to write some movie taglines? And his allergies were acting up. So I was, like, 'Just tell them you're sick.' But he sat down and wrote them anyway."
"That sounds like real struggle," I say, winking hard to show I am being facetious.
I look across the street. Simon has still not left the café. There is nothing to do but make more conversation with Claire.
"How is your schooling?" I mutter.
"Just trying to figure out my dissertation," she says. "It's hard to pick a topic. There are so many aspects of the immigration process in need of reform."
I wave my hands.
"Is fine," I say.
"How can you say that? You went through hell to make it to this country."
"Jews do not believe in hell," I remind her. "That is strange Christian thing. But also, more important, I think you spend too much time thinking of others."
"Wow," she says. "What a nice thing to say."
"I meant it as insult. In Slupsk we have popular saying. It goes: 'You must always put yourself first, before everybody else, in every situation in the world.' "
"That's a little harsh."
"Is necessary. You have just one life. If you give it to another, it is gone."
Claire looks across the street and sighs. Simon is hiding behind lamppost outside Starbucks. She waves at him and he reluctantly crosses the street.
"Hello," I say, when we are face to face.
"Hello," he says.
Claire takes out her pocket phone and smiles.
"I have to make a call."
"That is lie!" I say. She ignores me and crosses the street, leaving me with my great-great-grandson.
Simon is twenty-seven, just like me. But sometimes it is hard to believe he is that old. His posture is terrible, so although we are same height, I am always looking down on him, like he is boy.
I also have trouble believing he is wealthy. I know he has made moneys, because this is basically all that he speaks of. But his hygiene is so terrible, he resembles striking newsboy. His breath is so awful from his coffees, it is torture to stand near him. His hair is full of dandruffs, his ears are filled with wax, and his teeth are stained like monster from the picture show.
My standard for cleanliness is not so high. My father, as you recall, was shit collector. So when I say man needs to clean himself, you must realize, it is pretty big statement.
Simon crouches next to my sign and laughs.
"Twelve dollars a jar?" he says. "Holy shit. People don't actually pay that, do they?"
"I have had hundreds of customers," I inform him.
"They must have been tourists or something."
"They were New Yorkers," I say. "They came because my pickles were inside their New York magazine."
"You were in New York?" Simon says. "Huh. Don't know how I missed that. Was it a long article?"
"It was in Approval Matrix, and I know that you have seen it because Claire told me you have seen it! You lie to pretend you are not jealous, but really you are jealous!"
Simon turns red and is silent for long time. Eventually, he picks up jar and squints at it.
"No labels, huh?"
"They are unnecessary expense."
"I wonder if the Health Department thinks so."
He grins at me, his yellow teeth moist like a dog's.
"Maybe I'll pay them a visit?" he says.
At this point I am hungering to violence him. I take long, slow breath to calm myself.
"If you pay them a visit," I warn him, "you will soon get two more visits. The first will be from my fists. And the second will be from Malakh HaMavet, the Angel of Death."
We do not speak until Claire has returned.
"Well?" she says, brightly. "What did I miss?"
"Nothing," Simon mutters. "Come on."
He flags a yellow taxi car and drags her inside the back seat.
"Bye, Herschel!" Claire cries through the window. "Good luck!"
I shout as loud as possible, so Simon can hear my words.
"I do not need lucks! I do not need anything!"
The home I made with Sarah was very pleasant, but it did have several flaws. For example, the stove often caught fire, there was no bathroom inside building, and we shared our room with fifteen other Jews.
Sarah and I slept in mattress in the corner, behind curtains stitched from flour sacks. The curtains took us many days to stitch, but we worked fast and hard (we had just been wed and needed privacy for married acts).
Since moving from Simon's couch, I have been sleeping in Prospect Park. It is not so bad. I bathe in public toilet and tie tarp to tree for shelter. Sometimes the policemen come with lights and chase me, but I am quick and not afraid of them.
I have four thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and could easily buy my way into some household. But it would be needless expenditure. I have trained my body to sleep just four hours each night, since that is all the body really needs, and why should I care where I spend such small portion of the day? I am comfortable on my own and do not miss having companions around. Being alone is nothing for me. Is fine.
One night, though, while lying under tarp behind toilet, I realize something: in order to increase pickle production, I must have more storage space for jars. I can only fit fifty in cart, plus four in coat and two in pants. In order to expand my business, it is vital to find myself a room.
The cheapest one I find is out in Bushwick. According to flyer, rent is four hundred dollars per month. When I show up at building, there is line of young people gathered on street. A short man with green hair addresses them.
"Please have your portfolios ready," he says. "Thank you!"
"What is this place?" I ask young girl holding stack of strange photographs.
"It's called the Vortex Factory," she whispers. "It's the most selective artist colony east of Williamsburg."
I do not understand most of her words, but I am happy to hear it is factory. I have always gotten along with fellow laborers.
Eventually, after waiting long time, the green-haired man motions me inside. When I step through the door, I gasp. The space is gigantic, big enough to house at least ten thousand pickle jars.
"Oh, my God," I say.
"I know," he says. "It's pretty incredible."
One area is covered in tarps and splattered with paint. Another is crowded with drums and electric pianos. I cannot see where they are making their vortexes.
There are many sleeping peoples on the floor, huddled on mattresses, surrounded by empty alcohols. There are lagers, wines, spirits—more bottles than I have ever seen.
"Was their wedding last night?" I ask.
The green-haired man laughs. He does not answer my question about wedding.
"Come on," he says. "I'll show you around."
He walks me through factory, telling me names of sleeping boarders.
"That's Gabe," he says, pointing to man with beard. "He's an experimental poet."
"I have not heard of him," I admit.
"You will," he says, grinning. "His stuff's incredible. He just got his M.F.A."
I do not know what is this "M.F.A.," but it must be rare achievement, because when he says it his eyebrows go up.
"Who is she?" I ask, pointing to snoring woman.
"That's Alison," he says. "She's an actress."
I squint at the woman. She is homely and overweight with many blemishes on face.
"Radio actress?" I ask.
"Spoken word, mostly," he says. "She just got her M.F.A. She's incredible."
He points to group of hairy, filthy men.
"Those guys just got their M.F.A.s," he tells me. "In painting, sculpture, and sound design. They're in a noise band called the Fuzz."
"I have not heard of them, either," I admit.
"You will," he says. "Their music's just…"
He pauses, thinking of way to describe.
"It's incredible," he says.
He folds his arms and smiles at me.
"So. Let's have a look at your portfolio."
My face flushes.
"I do not know what that means."
He laughs.
"You know what? Me neither. The idea that art belongs in a manila folder—it's preposterous. The here and now is where the truth's alive. The moment you try to document it, the immediacy is lost."
"Is fine," I say, confused.
"So tell me, Herschel. What would you bring to the Vortex Factory?"
"Just myself," I say. "And many jars of pickles."
He rubs his chin and squints at me.
"So you work in installations?"
"I sell pickles from cart," I explain. "First I make salt brine, then I put in cucumbers, then I wheel cart to Williamsburg and shout out, 'Pickles, pickles.' I make people return jars and then I fill them up with more batches of pickles."
"So there's a pretty big performance element to your art."
At this point I am starting to get frustrated.
"It is not performance," I say. "It is my life. It is what I must do to survive."
He smiles at me with look of admiration.
"Herschel," he says. "That's incredible."
I get biggest room in the whole house.
"How's it going?" Claire asks me the next day at my cart.
"I am working," I tell her. "I have no time to socialize."
Her pants are so tight I cannot even believe it. I can see the shape of her kneecaps. It is crazy to me that she can dress this way and not be thrown in jail.
"There's nobody in line," she says.
I look. Is true.
"Still, somebody might come," I say. "I only have time to speak with customers."
She rolls her eyes.
"O.K.," she says. "In that case, I'll take a jar."
"Twelve dollars."
She folds her arms and smirks at me.
"I'll give you four bucks."
My eyes widen. I was not expecting this.
"Twelve dollars," I say firmly. "That is price."
"That's outrageous," she says. "I'll give you six and you'll be lucky to get it."
"Ten dollars," I say. "And you can choose which jar."
"The jars are all the same," she says. "I'll give you seven and that's final."
"It must be ten."
"It must be seven."
"Nine!" I shout.
"Eight!" she screams.
"Fine!" I say.
She laughs. I must admit, part of me is impressed.
She takes out her dollars and I pluck them from her hand, careful not to touch her ungloved fingers.
"Now can you take a break?" she asks.
"Is fine," I say, after some thought.
We walk to curb across the street, so I can keep eye on cart. She asks me where I am living and I tell her about Vortex Factory.
"Wow," she says. "You're turning into a real hipster."
"I do not know where that is," I say.
She laughs like this is joke.
"It is good that you have come," I tell her.
She smiles at me.
"How come?"
"Because you must deliver this to Simon."
I reach into coat and pull out wad of bills.
"It is a hundred and thirty dollars," I tell her. "I calculate one week's rent inside his house, plus the cost of board."
She rolls her eyes like she is going to argue, but I silence her with look of major violence.
"O.K., O.K.," she says. "I'll give it to him the next time I see him."
"When will that be?" I ask. I am anxious for my debt to be settled.
"I don't know," she says. "We're kind of in a fight right now."
"About what? Has he beaten you?"
"No, nothing like that. He's just been impossible lately. He won't let me throw an A.C.L.U. fundraiser at his house. He says he cares about politics, but I don't even think he's registered to vote."
She looks at my cart and reads out loud the name I have on sign.
"Sarah was my wife," I explain. "I name business after her."
She nods her head slowly.
"You must really miss her."
"Is fine," I say. "There is nothing to do about it."
"What was she like?" she asks.
I shrug.
"I do not know how to describe her."
"Is the pickle recipe hers?"
I shake my head.
"She did not waste time on pickles," I say. "She was real cook. She made tzimmes, latkes, cabbage soups with schmalz…"
I begin to see her in my mind, her curly brown hair and the freckle on her cheek. I try to resume story, but cannot for some reason. It is hard to catch my breath.
"She sounds wonderful," Claire says.
"She was good, strong help," I say.
I clear my throat and stand up.
"Of course, she would not appreciate us talking for so long."
She grins.
"Why not?"
"Because she did not like me taking breaks."
As I am heading back to pickle cart, I look back over shoulder.
"You must come back sometime," I shout at her.
"Oh yeah?" she says.
"Of course. Every customer must return jar."
I do not spend much time speaking with my roommates, because they keep strange hours. When I leave with cart at 4 A.M., they have just gone to sleep. And when I return from work, at 10 P.M., they are out for their nightly celebration.
It confuses me why they celebrate so much. In all my time in Vortex Factory, I have yet to see them sell a single vortex, or anything else for that matter. I assume that just before I joined their house, they have had some major group success. It is only explanation for their joy.
I am not against doing celebrations. In fact, I have been planning one for some time. At the end of first week selling pickles, I went to Key Food and bought giant tin of herring. It cost eleven dollars and fifty cents—more than double-biggest peanut butter—but I purchased anyway. I said to myself, when I have ten thousand dollars saved up, I will reward my body with this tasty fish.
By end of my first month in house, I am selling fifty pickle jars a day. I learn to stagger batches in my closet, so there are always pickles ready, every morning. I am making six hundred dollars each shift, over three thousand dollars each week. By end of first month in my new home, even after paying four hundred dollars in rent, I have saved nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine dollars. That night, before sleep, I put special tin of herring in my coat. By lunch break, I hope, I will have the occasion to eat it.
I am setting up my cart the next day when I hear my name spoken. I turn toward the voice and see Negro woman wearing man's suit and holding clipboard.
"I'm Kalisha Sanders," she says to me. "I'd like to ask you a few questions."
"The pickles have no glutens," I recite. "The vegetables are freegan and the water is all locavore."
"And do you have a vendor's license?"
I stop what I am doing and look up at her.
"A what?"
"A license," she says. "For running a food cart."
I try to make words, but I cannot. I am caught completely by surprise.
"I'm from the Department of Health," says the Kalisha. "And I've had some complaints about your operation."
My fingers clench with fury.
"Who was the informer? Was it Simon Rich?"
She ignores me and picks up jar of pickles.
"Whoa," she says. "Is that scum?"
"Is all-natural," I murmur.
"You're lucky there hasn't been an E. coli outbreak," she says.
She takes out stack of papers and hands it to me.
"Here's a summary of your violations. Vending without a license in a non-vending zone is one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The health-code fines, all together, come to two thousand seven hundred dollars."
"Oh, my God," I say. "My God."
She glances at my box of cash and sighs.
"I assume you haven't declared any of your earnings for tax purposes."
"Tax what?"
She hands me another form.
"Send this in with your payment to the city treasury," she says. "And get this cart off the street. I don't want to see you out here until you're fully compliant."
By the time I can make myself speak, she has started to walk away.
"Stop!" I say. "Wait. Let us talk about this."
She turns around and squints at me.
"What is there to talk about?"
I take deep, slow breath to steady self. I have been in this situation before. I was leaving Slupsk when Cossacks asked me to pay them "nighttime road tax." I gave them all vodkas and they let me through. The trick in these matters is to handle things delicately, with smooth words and manner.
"Here is bribe," I say, throwing twenty-dollar bill at her. "Take it, please, and go."
Her eyes widen and she takes step toward me.
"Did you just say what I think you said?"
I clear my throat. She is very good haggler and I am impressed.
"Thirty-dollar bribe," I say. "Plus one free pickle jar each week."
"Unbelievable," she mutters.
She scribbles note on clipboard and then glares at me.
"You better pay your fines quick," she tells me. "Or I'll shut you down for good."
This is Part Three of a four-part serialization. Read Parts One, Two, and Four.


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Yahoo News Sat, Apr 28, 2012
Strauss-Kahn accuses Sarkozy as France vote looms By Rory Mulholland | AFP
France's presidential race headed into its home straight Saturday as ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a Socialist once tipped to win the vote, blamed Nicolas Sarkozy for his spectacular downfall.
The claim came as the battle between Sarkozy and the front-running Francois Hollande grew ever more bitter, with the incumbent accusing the Socialist of subjecting him to a "Stalinist trial" over his bid to woo the far right.
Strauss-Kahn, in his first major newspaper interview since his disgrace a year ago, told The Guardian that his fall was orchestrated by opponents to prevent him from standing as the Socialist candidate in the election.
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As we all know, we are experiencing a national crisis in education – and science education specifically. Student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics has declined steadily since the mid-1960s (1). In addition, persistence in the STEM fields also has been on the decline, with minority groups experiencing a higher percent of STEM field attrition; about 50 percent drop out or change majors (2). As a nation, we are watching our competitive edge in science, engineering and technology slip away to other developed countries and to some developing countries (3). How are we as a nation to compete if the next generation is behind? As a scientific community, it is our duty to strap on our boots and to get on the ground to make sure the future of our country is secure.
One initiative pioneered by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with some support from the National Science Foundation, is called Hands-on Opportunities to Promote Engagement in Science (HOPES). Led by the society's Minority Affairs and Education and Professional Development committees, the initiative began with a workshop at the annual meeting in April in Washington, D.C. There, middle- and high-school teachers were brought together with research scientists from the D.C. area to promote partnerships and to give educators seeking ways to enhance their teaching by incorporating hands-on classroom activities the opportunity to meet and connect with partners in this endeavor.
On the morning of April 9, workshop participants spent three hours hearing about partnership models, taking part in hands-on activities and networking with potential partners. The workshop had three goals. First, it aimed to remove one of the barriers – not knowing one another – that prevents collaboration between teachers and scientists. Second, it aimed to give participants examples of successful partnerships as potential models for collaborative efforts. And, third, it offered NSF funds, in the form of seed grants, for 10 teachers to encourage and support the development of partnerships and classroom activities.
More than 50 applications from teachers and scientists from across the country were received. A panel of four reviewers, two from the MAC and two from the EPD, reviewed and ranked the applications. Impact was judged based on the project rationale, the actual inquiry-based activity plan, feasibility and sustainability, and the direct effects on students. In addition, the project description, strength of the partnership and letters of support were evaluated. The final criterion used was the plan for assessment of the project. A long-term goal of the initiative is to encourage continued partnerships with scientists and teachers across the country. The dissemination of these projects could provide ideas, making assessments very valuable.
The 10 recipients of $2,000 seed grants and their partners are listed below:
Sandra Adams of Montclair State University (Montclair, N.J.) in partnership with Ronald Durso of Fair Lawn High School (Fair Lawn, N.J.). Durso is the K – 8 technology supervisor and 9 – 12 science supervisor at Fair Lawn. The project, titled "Integrating molecular biology research techniques into the high school science classroom," will engage more than 150 students in grades nine through 12 annually in basic molecular biology methods while they participate in inquiry-based, hypothesis-driven activities.
Mary Jo Koroli of the University of Florida Center for Precollegiate Education and Training (Gainesville, Fla.) in partnership with biology teacher Janet Bisogno of Celebration High School (Celebration, Fla). The project, titled "Teach tech: increasing the use of biotechnology in high school science classrooms," will help purchase equipment for the school's biology students and support basic hands-on experiments. Bisogno's colleague Dominique Shimizu will assist with professional development activities.
John T. Tanacredi of Dowling College (Oakdale, N.Y.) in partnership with science research teacher Maria Brown of Sayville High School (West Sayville, N.Y). The project, titled "Molecular ecology of the Atlantic horseshoe crab (L. polyphemus) as a mechanism to enhance inquiry-based STEM education at Sayville middle and high-schools and beyond," will expose about 100 middle- and high school students and up to 10 minority undergraduate students seeking teacher certification at Dowling College to ecological studies of the increasingly endangered species.
Alvaro Estevez of the University of Central Florida (Orlando) in partnership with chemistry teacher Marisa Fuse of Bishop Moore Catholic High School (Orlando). The project, titled "The biochemistry of bacteria," will teach about 100 sophomores and juniors about the diversity of bacteria and allow them to investigate biochemical reactions experimentally. Students will analyze how certain compounds are biologically transformed.
Michele Bahr of Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratories (Woods Hole, Mass.) in partnership with Whitney Hagins from Lexington High School (Lexington, Mass.). Hagins, a veteran educator, has headed Lexington's science department for the past four years. The project, titled "Wolbachia and students: discover the scientist within," will give about 70 10th-graders molecular biology laboratory experience and focus on the symbiotic relationship between the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis and the 20 percent of insects that it inhabits. One future, postproject plan is to have the students talk via Skype with students at the Wettingen School in Switzerland about their joint Wolbachia studies.
Patricia Halpin of the University of New Hampshire at Manchester in partnership with fourth-grade teacher Heather Cantagallo of Sunapee Central Elementary School (Sunapee, N.H.). The entire fourth grade (about 36 students in 2011) will take part in the project, titled "Getting fourth-graders excited about the cardiovascular system." Students will learn about the importance of exercise in their daily lives and be asked to devise hypotheses and methods to test them. Blood pressure and heartrate monitors will be purchased, and students will collect data and plot their results, which will facilitate discussion and allow students to draw conclusions about their results. The monitors will be used annually.
J. David Holtzclaw of Transduction Technologies (Omaha, Neb.) in partnership with Kristin Swanson of Norris Middle School (Omaha, Neb.), Shelly Avery of Santee Community Schools (Santee Indian Reservation, Niobrara, Neb.) and Carol Moravec of Lincoln Southeast High School (Lincoln, Neb.). Holtzclaw will continue work he began as an academic research scientist in collaboration with his three partner schools. The funds for the project, titled "Inquiry-based learning of K – 12 physiology and nutrition concepts using pedometers," will pay for pedometers, teaching stethoscopes and aneroid Sphygmomanometers with nylon blood-pressure cuffs. More than 100 students annually will conduct grade-appropriate studies by developing hypotheses, designing experimental approaches, collecting and analyzing data, validating results and learning to defend conclusions based on analysis of results.
Monroe Duboise of the University of Southern Maine (Portland, Maine) in partnership with biotechnology teacher David Nordstrom of the Foster Technology Center located at Mount Blue High School (Farmington, Maine). The center houses the only high school biotechnology program in the state, draws students from five rural high schools and engages students in extended laboratory-based research projects. The collaborative project, titled "Bacteriophage discovery and molecular characterization in a high school biotechnology program," involves isolation, discovery and characterization of bacteriophages in the environment and will teach students about the importance of maintaining lab notebooks. Projects will culminate in student-created research posters or reports at a symposium.
Dorothy Belle Poli of Roanoke College (Salem, Va.) in partnership with Amy Chattin and Ashly Dowdy of Franklin County High School (Rocky Mount, Va.). Poli will engage the high-school students in research on the respiration and photosynthesis of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts). Students will be introduced to the use of volumeters/respirometers and to techniques such as electrophoresis and protein concentration determination. Then students will be asked to hypothesize additional experiments. The project, titled "Bryological respiration and photosynthetic comparisons: a case to connect Virginia high school students to active research," will serve 30 students of various grades who are not enrolled in advanced-placement courses but who are likely to attend college.
Michael Wyss of The University of Alabama at Birmingham in partnership with Mary Williams and Trudy Loop of The Altamont School (Birmingham, Ala.). The Altamont School serves students in grades five through 12 who have excelled in science and recently have exhibited a heightened interest in neuroscience. Altamont science teachers actively nurture this curiosity by offering inquiry-based science classes and supporting science-fair interests. In addition, during the 2010 – 2011 school year, Altamont observed its first Brain Awareness Week and participated in the first Brain Bee in Alabama, thanks in part to a partnership with the UAB Science and Technology Honors Program. The project, titled "Exciting students about neuroscience: The Altamont School-University of Alabama at Birmingham outreach partnership," will extend the Altamont-UAB collaboration by supporting hands-on activities centered on neuroscience research.
The selection committee commends the successful applicants and would like to encourage all others to continue with collaborative plans. Each grant recipient will submit a report at the end of the upcoming academic year. The workshop will be replicated during the annual meetings in San Diego in April and in Boston in 2013. Funding to support the teacher-scientist collaboration also is being sought.
1. Astin, A. W.; Parrott, S. A.; Korn, W. S.; & Sax, L. J. (1997). The American freshman: Thirty-year trends. Higher Education Research Institution, University of California at Los Angeles: Los Angeles.2. White, Jeffry L. (2005). Persistence of interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: An analysis of persisting and non-persisting students. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University. http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/White%20L.pdf?acc_num=osu11158468723. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trends_in_International_Mathematics_and_Science_Study
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11C Acetate Imaging Post Prostatectomy
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01602783
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Slow accrual; no further funding)
First Posted : May 21, 2012
Last Update Posted : March 18, 2014
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This research is being conducted to test an imaging technique that may be able to detect small amounts of prostate cancer that can not be detected by standard imaging.
Many patients who are diagnosed with prostate cancer undergo surgery to remove the prostate. After this surgery, some patients have a PSA blood test that reveals a low but detectable level of PSA. This PSA may be produced by cancer cells in one of two locations: (1) near the area where the prostate used to be, or (2) elsewhere in the body. If the cancer is only in the area where the prostate used to be, it can be successfully treated with radiation to that area. If the cancer is elsewhere, radiation is not helpful. Currently, there is no available scan that can detect cancer when the PSA is still so low.
The test used in this study is called [11C] acetate PET screening. [11C] acetate is a radioactive tracer that is given by vein to patients before PET scanning. The PET scanner then detects radioactivity from the tracer that is attached to cells within your body and uses this information to create images (pictures) on a computer screen.
[11C] acetate PET scanning has been shown in early studies to detect smaller amounts of prostate cancer that can be detected by standard imaging tests such as CT scan and bone scan. If it is successful at detecting very small amounts of prostate cancer, [11C] acetate PET scanning will help doctors identify patients who will benefit from radiation therapy after their prostate has been surgically removed. It will also help them identify patients who have small amounts of prostate cancer in other parts of the body and will not benefit from radiation to the prostate area.
This type of PET scan is investigational. "Investigational" means that the scan is still being studied and that research doctors are trying to find out more about it. It also means that the FDA has not approved this type of PET scan for your type of cancer. The information collected by this scan will determine whether this type of scanning is helpful but it will not be used to make decisions about your medical care.
|Condition or disease
|Prostate Cancer
|Other: 11C Acetate Imaging
|Not Applicable
If you decide to participate in the study and are eligible, you will undergo a single [11C] acetate PET scan. This scan is designed to detect small amounts of your tumor that were not detected by the CT scan or the bone scan. On the day of the scan, you will fast for at least four hours prior to being given the tracer injection by vein. You will then be scanned in the PET scanner. The entire procedure will take approximately 2 hours.
The investigators would like to keep track of your medical condition after you have completed your scan. The investigators would like to do this by looking up information in your medical record during the year following the scan to see how you are doing. Checking your condition helps us understand whether the [11C] acetate PET scan will be helpful to other patients in the future.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|2 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Use of 11C Acetate Imaging for Improved Prediction of the Effectiveness of Salvage Pelvic Radiation Post Prostatectomy: A Pilot Study
|Study Start Date :
|December 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2014
Experimental: 11C Acetate Imaging
11C acetate imaging
Other: 11C Acetate Imaging
Single scan
- Sensitivity of 11C Acetate PET [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Preliminarily demonstrate that the 11C acetate PET imaging of subjects who have experienced PSA relapse after prostatectomy for prostate cancer is more sensitive than currently available imaging techniques. Enrolled participants will have no evidence of recurrent disease on gold-standard imaging with CT abdomen/pelvis and 99mTc MDP bone scan (approximate sensitivity of 0%). The primary outcome is evidence of residual/recurrent disease as demonstrated by 11C acetate PET uptake outside of the prostatectomy bed.
- Establish a Preliminary Institutional Experience with 11C Acetate Imaging [ Time Frame: 1 year ]To establish a preliminary institutional experience with 11C acetate imaging of men with prostate cancer
- Correlate 11C Acetate PET Imaging Findings with PSA Evidence of Response [ Time Frame: 1 year ]To descriptively correlate 11C acetate PET imaging findings with PSA evidence of response to subsequent salvage radiation therapy at 3 months and 6 months after the conclusion of radiation
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- History of radical prostatectomy
- Age ≥18 years
- PSA ≥0.5 and <4.0 ng/mL
- Abdominal-Pelvic CT scan without evidence of prostate cancer
- 99mTc MDP bone scan without evidence of prostate cancer
- Patient and clinician decision to proceed to salvage pelvic radiation therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of known extra-pelvic evidence of prostate cancer
- Unable to fast for 4 hours
- Uncontrolled diabetes
- History of bilateral orchiectomies
- Ongoing treatment with any systemic therapy intended for the treatment of prostate cancer
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01602783
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Principal Investigator:
|Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Umar Mahmood, Principal Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01602783 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|May 21, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 18, 2014
|Last Verified:
|March 2014
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Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
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On the Run From War, Syria's Children Grow Up Fast
BEIRUT—Back home in Syria, Omar al-Kurdi was always the good kid. He got top grades. He helped his disabled father manage a small shop selling cigarettes and snacks. He hung laundry for his mother.
Now, as a refugee in Lebanon, Omar is again the good kid, this time as the family's breadwinner, working 14 hours a day in a vegetable shop. His salary of $15 a day pays for rent and food.


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Asian elephants such as this 4-week-old calf in India are endangered, with a population of only approximately 30,000 remaining in the wild. Humans exploit the intelligent and gentle animals because they can be trained. In their native South and Southeast Asia, tamed elephants are used by the forestry industry to carry timber, and by the tourist industry to carry people in trekking camps, as well as other unnatural tasks. The inhabitants of Thailand's Elephant Nature Park spent the majority of their lives being forced to work by humans, but they have fortunately been rescued and relocated to a sanctuary where they can live the rest of their lives in peace. To learn more, please see "An Elephant Heaven on Earth."
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In July 2011, Anne was a plenary speaker at the Chapman Conference on The Galápagos as a Laboratory for the Earth Sciences in Puerto Ayora, Galapágos. Anne was tasked with reviewing the state-of-knowledge of volcanic island hydrology and identifying pressing questions for future research in this 40 minute talk. The following is the abstract which she submitted when she began the task.
Top down or bottom up? Volcanic history, climate, and the hydrologic evolution of volcanic landscapes
Volcanic landscapes are well suited for observing changes in hydrologic processes over time, because they can be absolutely dated and island chains segregate surfaces of differing age. The hydrology of mafic volcanic landscapes evolves from recently emplaced lava flows with no surface drainage, toward extensive stream networks and deeply dissected topography. Groundwater, a significant component of the hydrologic system in young landscapes, may become less abundant over time. Drainage density, topography, and stream and groundwater discharge provide readily quantifiable measures of hydrologic and landscape evolution on volcanic chronosequences. In the Oregon Cascades, for example, the surface drainage network is created and becomes deeply incised over the same million-year timescale at which springs disappear from the landscape. But chronosequence studies are of limited value if they are not closely tied to the processes setting the initial conditions and driving hydrologic evolution over time.
Landscape dissection occurs primarily by erosion from overland flow, which is absent or limited in young, mafic landscapes. Thus, volcano hydrology requires conceptual models that explain landscape evolution in terms of processes which affect partitioning of water between surface and subsurface flows. Multiple conceptual models have been proposed to explain hydrologic partitioning and evolution of volcanic landscapes, invoking both bottom up (e.g., hydrothermal alteration) and top down processes (e.g., soil development). I suggest that hydrologic characteristics of volcanic islands and arcs are a function of two factors: volcanic history and climate. We have only begun to characterize the relative importance of these two drivers in setting the hydrologic characteristics of volcanic landscapes of varying age and geologic and climatic settings.
Detailed studies of individual volcanoes have identified dikes and sills as barriers to groundwater and lava flow contacts as preferential zones of groundwater movement. Erosion between eruptive episodes and deposits from multiple eruptive centers can complicate spatial patterns of groundwater flow, and hydrothermal alteration can reduce permeability, decreasing deep groundwater circulation over time. Size and abundance of tephra may be a major geologic determinant of groundwater/surface water partitioning, while flank collapse can introduce knickpoints that drive landscape dissection. The combination of these volcanic controls will set initial conditions for the hydrology and drive bottom up evolutionary processes.
Climatic forcing drives many top down processes, but understanding the relative effectiveness of these processes in propelling hydrologic evolution requires broader cross-site comparisons. The extent of weathering may be a major control on whether water infiltrates vertically or moves laterally, and we know weathering rates increase until precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration. Weathering by plant roots initially increases porosity, but accumulation of weathered materials, such as clays in soils, can reduce near-surface permeability and promote overland flow. Similarly, eolian or glacial inputs may create low permeability covers on volcanic landscapes.


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A classroom writing assignment proved to be an exercise in building a better mother-daughter relationship when 11-year-old Charity Stoltz penned a persuasive letter to her mother last fall.
Mother's Day was a special time for me when I was a child. From the time I first started to school, I remember using my hands to make things for people. I liked to make cards with a special meaning. Being from a large family of seven brothers and sisters, I often found it hard to recognize the individuality that I possessed. I still remember thinking about what I would write on each card. The message usually had something to do with thankfulness — either for something my mom did for me that no one else could do, or just thankfulness for the mom I had.
My daughter asked me to write a little something for The Oldham Era this week in honor of Mother's Day. My daughter is Laura Hagan, one of the reporters for this paper. I think she is very good at what she does , of course. That being said, please don't judge me on what I am about to write.
What could one say about a woman who has accomplished so much in a lifetime? How could one describe her? Mother, daughter, sister, friend, confidant and teacher – the list is endless. I have lots of opportunities to look up to my mom. She doesn't consider herself a superwoman, but I do. She does more in one day than most of us do in week.
As hunting gains popularity nationwide, Kenny Parsons wants to make sure newcomers to the sport are well educated.
Parsons, owner of Hide 'N' Hook on U.S. 42 West, just on this side of the Trimble border with Henry and Oldham counties, is putting his years of experience on film in the form of a new TV show, "Just Passin' Thru."
Think of him as the "Tim Taylor" for hunting enthusiasts – only far less accident-prone than the fictional "Home Improvement" cable TV host.
Merchants in downtown La Grange will host a progressive Blue Hydrangea tea party to benefit Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky from 1 to 5 p.m. April 18. The event is in its third year. In 2009, 470 people attended raised more than $5,000.
Baptist Hospital Northeast is the signature sponsor, and the Masonic Lodge No. 47 F&AM also offered sponsorship.
The event is organized by Lisa Adams in memory of the late Cindy Adams, a long-time La Grange merchant who founded the event and died in 2009 from ovarian cancer.
Buckner Christian Church recently hosted the Oldham County Hymn Sing. There were 11 people there and five churches were represented.
Bro. Doug Duncan gave a hearty welcome and lead the evening prayer. Hollie Fisher from Buckner Baptist played the piano.
Jerry Giacinto from Hillcrest Baptist Church lead the singing. The group sang "Old Rugged Cross."
A pastor was greatly annoyed by one of his elderly members who fell asleep during his sermon every Sunday. He told the man's grandson if he could keep him awake he would pay him $1 a week. This worked for two weeks, but on the third Sunday, he fell sound asleep.
After the service the pastor called the boy over and said, "I am disappointed in you. Didn't I promise you $1 a week to keep your grandfather awake?"
"Yes," replied the boy, "but Grandpa gives me $5 not to disturb him."
Pewee Valley Presbyterian Chuch will host a fish fry from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 12.
Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church is located at 119 Central Ave.
For information, call 241-4326.
North Oldham Lions Club will host its weekly fish fry from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday in Goshen.
The club will offer meals ranging in price from $5 to $8.50.
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Some say your college years are the most memorable years of your life. We put that to the test on a few of the players. In the conclusion of this four part series, Graham Zusi is on hand to see if he can conjure up memories about his alma mater.
Jamila St. Ann: Graham Zusi, where did you go to school? (1 point)
Graham Zusi: College?
JS: Yes, college.
GZ: *laughs* University of Maryland
JS: What is your mascot and what is your mascot's name? (2 points)
GZ: A terrapin and his name is Testudo.
JS: What are your official colors? (1 point)
GZ: Red, black, and yellow. And white, I guess. The state flag.
JS: Yup.
JS: What year was it established? (1 point)
GZ: The University?
JS: Yes.
GZ: I remember seeing it on the wall…um…18..56.
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Driven by Quality and Patriotism, U.S. Shoppers Will Pay a 10 to 60 Percent Premium for the Made in USA Brand Across a Broad Range of Product Categories, According to a Boston Consulting Group Survey
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Nov 15, 2012) - More than 80 percent of U.S. consumers and, perhaps more surprising, over 60 percent of Chinese consumers say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled "Made in USA" than for those labeled "Made in China," according to new research released today by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
In September, BCG surveyed more than 5,000 consumers in the U.S., China, Germany, and France regarding their attitudes toward the value of the Made in USA brand and their actual buying behavior. The results reveal that U.S. consumers will pay a premium for the Made in USA brand across a broad range of product categories, although the premium varies significantly depending on the category. The following details are among the findings:
In surveying Chinese consumers, BCG found a similar willingness to pay more for U.S.-made goods. The results showed the following:
"These findings suggest that there's a big opportunity for manufacturers and retailers to command a price premium by promoting the Made in USA brand -- not only in the U.S. but also in China," said Harold L. Sirkin, a BCG senior partner and coauthor of the research. "Retailers may want to adjust their strategies to capitalize on the strong consumer interest."
The findings -- part of BCG's ongoing study of the changing global economics of manufacturing and its Made in America, Again research series -- support previous BCG analysis showing that the U.S. is becoming increasingly attractive as a location for making certain products for the U.S. market and as a base for global exports. The U.S. has improved its cost competitiveness compared with China and the advanced economies of Western Europe and Japan, leading BCG to estimate that higher U.S. exports -- combined with production "reshored" from China -- could create 2.5 million to 5 million new U.S. jobs in manufacturing and related services by the end of the decade.
"The higher brand value of U.S.-made goods is a further reason why companies should rethink their global manufacturing footprint and consider the U.S. as a manufacturing location," said Michael Zinser, a BCG partner who leads the firm's manufacturing work in the Americas and is a coauthor of the Made in America, Again series.
In both the U.S. and China, respondents of all age groups and income levels expressed a concern for quality, a key driver of the consumer preference for U.S.-made products. Eighty-five percent of U.S. consumers and 82 percent of Chinese said they "agree" or "strongly agree" that they feel better about Made in USA quality. Patriotism is another strong consideration among U.S. consumers: 93 percent said that they would pay more for U.S.-made goods in order to keep jobs in the U.S., and 80 percent said that buying U.S. products demonstrates patriotism.
"Quality and patriotism are powerful factors that retailers will have to consider in their marketing communications around Made in USA products and in their sourcing strategies," said Kate Manfred, leader of BCG's Center for Consumer and Customer Insight in the Americas and a coauthor of the survey.
In contrast to U.S. and Chinese consumers, European consumers strongly prefer products made in their own countries. More than 65 percent of consumers in both Germany and France said that they would be willing to pay more for products made in their home country than for those made in the U.S.
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I've been hearing Jon "maddog" Hall talk about Project Cauã for a while now, and I've seen mention of it here and there. But his Ohio LinuxFest keynote, "Project Cauã: Creating Sustainable Computing Jobs in the Developing World," was the first time I got to hear a full description of the plan. In case you haven't had a chance to read about it either, here's the plan he outlined.
In Latin America, 80% live in an urban area. São Paulo is not only the largest city in Brazil (which it is) or the largest city in the southern hemisphere (which it is). It's one of the largest cities in the world. But it's hardly the only large city in Brazil. And there, unlike in Africa where the OLPC is the popular technology to discuss, the Internet isn't 500 miles away. It's fifty feet away. And stretching that last fifty feet means jobs for people who very much need them.
Project Cauã aims to create those jobs through the following goals.
Create millions of new, local, private sector, high-tech jobs in Latin America and millions more worldwide.
Simply put, Project Cauã aims to enable people to become system administrators and then to become business people--to become their own bosses. A well-trained technology person might not know much about a business plan or marketing materials. But Project Cauã can do that for them through a skeletal package. They can provide training materials online or on a cheap DVD so that they can train themselves. And they can offer apprenticeships for system administrators to get training.
Those people would also be entrepreneurs--system administrators/entrepreneurs, or SA/E. They will own their business and be their own bosses. Later on, as they move into retirement, they'll be able to sell off their businesses and retire on the money.
Project Cauã also wants to try to employ the "unemployable," like single parents and the physically challenged. This SA/E job can be done from home. By bringing training and money to these people, welfare and unemployment recipients turn into taxpayers.
Create more environmentally friendly computing
The second of Project Cauã's goals is to reduce electrical usage, lengthen life of computers, and create active resale.
Itaipu Dam is the world's largest hydroelectric plant. And even with that capacity, by average estimates, it could drive only about 70 million computers. Brazil has 192 million people. It's also often estimated that for every watt of power it takes to run a computer, it takes two to cool it, especially in Brazil, being near the equator. All of that adds up to a math problem.
Computers need smaller footprints. They're full of bad chemicals and take up a lot of space. Then they cost a lot to buy and a lot to dispose of.
Enter the Project Cauã Recycling Program.
The plan is a return to thin client/server computing--a highly available server in the basement of a building with connections to thin clients with 1 Gbit or 10 Gbit wired Ethernet. No programs or data would be stored on the thin clients at all, and there would be no fans or moving parts. If it breaks, there's nothing to recover. As a rule, this will all run on free software, but FAT clients will also be supported at an additional cost to the user.
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- Less than 10 watts - 12 volts
- Multi-function (with virtualization)
- Wireless mesh router and back-haul capable (802.11/WiMAX)
- 60 GHz wireless Ethernet
- Cellular modem
- No noise (no fan or moving disk)
- Long life
Make computers easier to use About differing levels of computer users, maddog remarked, "My dad's idea of backup is something you do with a car. My mom's idea of a virus is something you treat with chicken soup. They can use a computer; they just can't maintain the computer."
And it's not just them. A lot of people lose time and money to their computers--maybe only 15 minutes every day. But if you say that's $5 of time, that's $6,250,000,000 we're losing per day to the world economy. If in a company of 300 knowledge workers, all using computers, each lost 15 minutes one day, that's the equivalent of nine people not showing up for work. And that's exactly what happens every day.
But if you can take one of those "nine people" and turn them into a sys admin, then maybe three or four of those "people" will show back up at work.
So what does that person's job look like? It's someone who can maintain the software, monitor usage and install updates, as well as eradicate viruses and perform backups. In addition, it's someone who will be able to teach classes to end users and to support end users.
Decrease cellular wireless contention
Project Cauã wants to aggregate networking. By aggregating feeds coming into the server, instead of 1.5 Mbits/second/apartment, you would have 300 Mbits/second/apartment house.
This creates what's known in networking as back-hauls. Back-hauls provided through the wired Internet to servers creates reduced latency over traditional wireless mesh.
Create gratis WiFi bubble over urban areas
Next Project Cauã wants to create free WiFi through urban areas on the FON model. Limited free bandwidth around 1-2 Mbit would be available per use client with greater bandwidth available for purchase. The result is free (Hall uses the word gratis) Internet available all the time, everywhere.
For privacy, the public mesh network runs as a virtualized network on thin clients in a virtualized container. The connections from the thin client to the server are encrypted virtual networks, and all the data is encrypted.
Create low-cost or gratis SuperComputing capability
Project Cauã aims to create a virtual environment on the thin client and another one running the wireless mesh network. The two would be completely separate. You could move your virtual environment to the server for greater CPU, memory, or data. And if you still needed more, you could buy services in the cloud. Your data can be stored anywhere--on a thumb drive, local server, or in the cloud.
Using sustainable, private-sector funding
Project Cauã relies on no government money. The thin clients are about $200, and servers are reusable, recyclable, and resellable. Quality is important to lower the number repairs, but the hardware isn't the most expensive part. Providing good service and good Internet is.
In the end, it will cost about $6/month for the hardware, including servers, and the rest of the money will be for service, which is still less than people pay today.
So how does this SA/E afford to buy the business? In Brazil it's difficult to get a business loan because the banks are risk-averse. You can either allow the SA/E to borrow from friends and family (common in Brazil) or you can create an underwriting program. In the latter case, there's a small charge per loan to cover the cost of the program, and the banks don't lose.
One of these sys admins will make about $1800/month base salary. But they can get additional revenue from special services, training classes, sales of hardware, side programming, etc.
The job isn't too difficult because they're dealing with fixed configurations and automated processes. There are a lot of tools like OpenNMS for monitoring, and training and support will be available. They can network with other SA/Es through forums and training. An they'll also, of course, have access to 2 million developers through SourceForge along with the myriad applications there.
And that's how to become a Cauã Entrepreneur:
- Learn free software system administration
- Get certified, licensed, bonded
- Read and understand plans
- Get letters of intent from potential customers
- Take plan letters of intent to bank
- Get underwritten loan
- Buy materials and install
- Start delivering services to customers
The implementation of Project Cauã is completely open. It's a community project, completely published and owned by the community and funded by sponsorships and advertising.
The timeline: They're currently doing surveys on which vertical to address first and getting funding for hiring. Later this year, pilots will measure effectiveness and customer satisfaction. Next year there will be courses on entrepreneurship and certification of the first entrepreneurs.
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- Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram - 13 min walk
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- Gleneagles Penang Medical Centre - 22 min walk
- Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple - 38 min walk
- Gurney Paragon - 4 min walk
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- Penang (PEN-Penang Intl.) - 19 min drive
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 312 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 19 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in/out
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
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- One child stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free self parking
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
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- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 bars/lounges
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- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Outdoor pool
- 24-hour fitness facilities
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- Conference space size (meters) - 650
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- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built - 2006
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- Designated smoking areas
- Disabled parking
- Wheelchair accessible path of travel
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- Accessible bathroom
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- Free toiletries
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- 55-inch LED TV
- Satellite TV channels
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Special features
DiningTaste Cafe - This buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
G Lounge - Onsite cocktail bar. Happy hour is offered.
Tree Bar - This bar specializes in Halal dishes. Happy hour is offered. Reservations are required. Open daily.
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- G Hotel Penang
- G Gurney George Town
- G Hotel Gurney Hotel
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- G Hotel Gurney Hotel George Town
- Penang G Hotel
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You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. Exemptions or reductions might apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- A tax is imposed by the city: MYR 3 per accommodation, per night
Optional extras
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of MYR 34 per person (approximately)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Hotel G is a great place to stay. Be prepared for chaotic traffic - can take 20 min just to exit by car. Management should coordinate with the shopping plaza to improve traffic flow.
good position, reception was over ventilated and quite cool. we would definitely return as the service and people were very friendly and helpful. The executive lounge was the best and very convenient.
The air conditioning is not cold, cleanliness still not very clean, can found a sticker in bathroom from previous guest. Front desk staff are very helpful, hskp daily service also very nice.
Second time staying in G Hotel. Very good location, there are 2 malls nearby and Gurney hawker centre is walking distance. Unfortunately there is sea reclamation in front so do not expect nice sea view. Despite being frequent customer do not expect any upgrades or other benefits like access to lounge in 15 floors. Rooms are good but starting to get tired. TV channels are limited despite claming a 5 star rated. Overall good hotel but pricy.
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A teenage boy plunges to his death. What do we tell our kids? And how do we carry on ourselves?
My Turn: Ready to celebrate a new hope for cystic fibrosis
When the CF gene was identified in 1989, a photo of its discoverer gained a spot on the fridge. Now there's new promise for a mother to grasp.
My Turn: Hearing-impaired people need friends and some patience
They hover between the hearing and deaf world but fear feeling like outsiders.
My Turn: Love formed in Alzheimer's crucible
Alzheimer's disease brought us together. The illness resulted in a relationship of greater intimacy and closeness than I ever could have imagined. However, when I first met Dorothy I had no idea that she would be responsible for both the happiest and saddest periods of my life. We met at a senior...
My Turn: A penny for your walks
By all accounts, Americans are becoming heavier. The number of people deemed to be obese continues to grow. The remedy is obviously proper diet and exercise, but getting enough exercise is not always easy. People need incentive, and I've got one to suggest. Having had some issues with my heart,...
Sweet revenge on cancer treatment
I was baptized at Our Lady of Hypochondria Church. When I get a headache, my mind speeds past simple causes, like "sinus pressure," and goes straight to "inoperable brain tumor." If my leg tingles, it's multiple sclerosis; if my heart hiccups, it's cardiac arrest. Ah, the pointless trysts with Dr....


text: Kelly Gonsalves is a sex writer and editor with a focus on how sexuality intersects with identity, wellness, and power. Her work has appeared at Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Vice, Bustle, and elsewhere, and she also previously worked as an editor at The Week, where she helped run a 24-hour breaking newsroom with an eye toward social politics and culture. She has covered everything from the dangerous state of America's inadequate sex education to the rise of female Buddhist monks in Thailand to the surprising psychology of sleeping with your ex. Follow her on Twitter to keep up with her latest reporting and steamy escapades.