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Harpur, Charles
Charles Harpur 1813-1868
Australian poet, essayist, and short story writer.
Described as an original and distinctive poet of ideas, Harpur is considered one of the best and most prolific of Australia's colonial writers. His poetry, which includes "The Creek of the Four Graves" and "A Storm in the Mountains," displays Harpur's astute observational skills, knowledge of local history and evolving culture, and sense of moral responsibility. Although criticized at times for his awkward, even clumsy poetic structures, particularly in his landscape narratives, Harpur is recognized by Judith Wright as "the first to assert the independence, the special-ness, of the Australian …."
Biographical Information
Harpur was born on January 23, 1813, in Windsor, New South Wales. His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Chidley), had been sent to Australia as convicts from Ireland and England. Harpur's father took on positions as chief constable, town clerk, farmer, and schoolmaster to care for his growing family. Young Charles attended his father's school, but little else is known about his education. Harpur's biographer, J. Normington-Rawling, records that Harpur read extensively, probably borrowing books from the private collection of Samuel Marsden, his father's patron. Harpur began to write at the age of eleven or twelve and many scholars believe that by 1826 he was publishing verses in a local newspaper, the Sydney Gazette. Harpur's life changed dramatically in 1829 when his family and friends faced a harsh depression, leaving his father without funds and unable to care for his children. Harpur, out of necessity, left his family to work on the Hunter River as a woodcutter and hunter. Harpur's determination to be content with a limited income while studying, meditating, and writing is implied in his poem, "To the Spirit of Poesy." By the age of twenty, Harpur was writing steadily and publishing poems, political essays, and letters in colonial newspapers. While living in Sydney, he unsuccessfully drafted a play and attempted acting, with both endeavors garnering ridicule in the Sydney Monitor. Harpur also mixed with political radicals and reformers in Sydney and held a number of jobs, including teaching, farming, and clerical work. Harpur considered this the loneliest episode of his life, although he also believed it made him a better poet. In 1843 Harpur met Mary Doyle, whose parents were initially opposed to their daughter's relationship with a man of such little means, the son of convict parents. After seven years of courtship and much effort to persuade her father, however, Harpur and Doyle were married in 1850. Meanwhile, Harpur was busily writing his "Rosa Sonnets," and in 1845 his first volume of poems, Thoughts: A Series of Sonnets, was published. Later, Harpur acquired the position of Gold Commissioner on the southern goldfields, allowing him to provide comfortably for his family of five children. In 1866 Harpur faced a two-fold blow: he lost this government position and severe floods destroyed his farm. But the worst was yet to come. His second son, Charles, was killed in a hunting accident. Harpur's poems during this period reflect his deep sadness and sense of loss, his disappointment at the criticism leveled at his works—which, critics claim, was due in part to his social background—and his struggle with tuberculosis. Harpur died on June 9, 1868.
Major Works
Critics have outlined four major periods in Harpur's life which distinctly affected his writing: his early years, known as the Windsor or Hawkesbury period, 1813-30; the Sydney period, 1830-39, in which Harpur experienced some measure of success as well as the first real criticism of his work; the Hunter River period, 1839-59, a time in which his first collection of poems was published; and the Euroma period, 1859-68, which left the poet disillusioned, disappointed, and struggling to support his family. In his early poetry and prose, Harpur emerged as a landscape poet, a painter in words with a style that was both original and distinctly Australian. Harpur's best-known poem, "Midsummer Noon in the Australian Forest," reflects the influence of Wordsworth, but also the independent, inventive spirit that would characterize most of his works. Harpur struggled throughout his career to define a singularly Australian style, and he took considerable pride in his self-appointed role as "Australia's First Poet." The subject of his nature poetry—mountains, trees, clouds, an endless sky, and bright starlight—carry a sense of the enormity and depth of Australia itself, as seen in Songs of Australia—First Series, published in 1850. Harpur's time in Sydney also left deep impressions, as he felt overlooked and unappreciated by those in established literary circles. His feelings are expressed in such poems as "The Sorrows of Chatterton" and "Genius Lost." Harpur's best poetic work, The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems, was published in 1853 and included a longer version of "The Creek of the Four Graves." This narrative poem displays Harpur's ability to treat historical events movingly, as he describes a clash between colonial settlers and Australian Aborigines. Some of Harpur's poetry, like "The Creek," contains religious elements, contrasting God's benevolence and forgiveness with man's sinful inclinations. Critics note Harpur's technique of moving from general to specific—as in "The Coastal View" and "A Storm in the Mountains"—and point out that it mirrors the methods of scientific discovery during the latter part of the eighteenth century. Harpur's Euroma period saw the publication of A Poet's Home in 1862, The Tower of the Dream in 1865, and the writing of "The Witch of Hebron," considered by many to be Harpur's best blank verse work. "The Witch of Hebron" recounts the transmigration of a soul through five different lives as punishment for prideful sin and is indicative of Harpur's belief in the persistence of the soul beyond death. Written during a time in which he felt an extreme sense of neglect and abandonment, the poem encompasses the themes of love, hate, good and evil, space and time, and poverty and luxury.
Critical Reception
Judith Wright asserts that a fair and accurate assessment of Harpur's works cannot be based solely upon Poems, the collection of his works published in 1883 after his death. This collection, edited by H. M. Martin with a forward by Harpur's wife Mary, contains serious omissions and excisions that, according to Wright, are essential to the understanding of many of Harpur's poems. Wright compares Poems with early manuscripts now housed at the Mitchell Library in Sydney to shed light on the purpose and import of Harpur's works. She notes competent narrative, excellent landscape descriptions, and originality in Harpur's published verse, but emphasizes that a true characterization of the depth of his subject matter can only be discerned when passages from these manuscripts are restored. This evaluation echoes Harpur's initial reception by his colonial contemporaries, who, while noting semantic errors, hailed Harpur's The Bushrangers; a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems as poetry of the very highest order. Later critics would not be so kind, however, describing Harpur's writing as awkward, clumsy at times, and even of "earnest ineptitude." Elizabeth Perkins discusses Harpur's emphasis on self-consciousness and the need to instruct, with too much effort in conveying his new Australia within established poetic terms and diction rather than truly and freely expressing himself. Adrian Mitchell and others have focused on Harpur's propensity to revise his poetry, with sometimes unsuccessful or confusing results. Critics also lament the lack of a common foundation for analysis, with many of Harpur's poems existing in several different revisions and no clear means of determining dates of completion. However, most scholars agree with Leonie Kramer's statement that, despite his technical imperfections, Harpur "knew what poetry is, and how poets learn their craft; he appointed himself good masters, and taught himself what to accept and adopt and how to present his individual perceptions, while drawing on the tradition he made his own."
Principal Works
"Rhymed Criticisms with Prose Notes" (poetry) n.d.
"The Importance of a Rhyme or A Story of the Old Dock-Yard" (short story) 1845
Thoughts: A Series of Sonnets (poetry) 1845
Songs of Australia—First Series (poetry) c. 1850
The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (poetry) 1853
A Poet's Home (poetry) 1862
The Tower of the Dream (poetry) 1865
Poems (poetry) 1883
Selected Poems of Charles Harpur (poetry) 1944
Rosa: Love Sonnets to Mary Doyle (poetry) 1948
Charles Harpur (poetry) 1973
The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur (poetry) 1984
Charles Harpur: Selected Poetry and Prose (poetry, prose) 1986
Judith Wright (essay date 1963)
SOURCE: Wright, Judith. In Australian Writers and Their Work: Charles Harpur, pp. 5-32. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1963.
[In the following excerpt, Wright addresses Harpur's family background, early employment, and the unprofessional editing of a posthumous edition of his works. The essay concludes with an attempt to summarize the importance of Harpur's work in Australia's literary canon.]
Many poets have been born in unfortunate circumstances; some have lived and died unfortunate; but poets can usually trust to a posthumous future for justice. Few are as unlucky as Charles Harpur, Australia's first and least-regarded poet.
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Brian Elliott (essay date 1967)
SOURCE: Elliott, Brian. "The Eye of the Beholder." In The Landscape of Australian Poetry, pp. 57-74. Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1967.
[In the following excerpt, Elliott establishes Harpur as an original, impressionist landscape poet whose works, although flawed, are perceptive and poignant.]
… The first poet who may be considered to belong firmly to the Australian repertory is Charles Harpur.1 That he was an original poet is fairly to be claimed, in spite of much in his work that appears acquiescent or imitative. An admirer of Wordsworth and of Shelley, he still adhered in many ways to the notions (and particularly the prosody) of an earlier...
(The entire section is 2856 words.)
Vijay C. Mishra (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: Mishra, Vijay C. "Early Literary Responses to Charles Harpur." Westerly no. 4 (December 1977): 88-93.
[In the following essay, Mishra surveys the early responses to Harpur's poetry, concluding that the lavish praise Harpur received comments more upon the reviewers than on the poet himself.]
There's a path to redemption—but that shall we miss, Till we seek it no more in the old warring manner
—Charles Harpur
'… Australia has now produced a poet all her own, to atone for the indiscretions of poetasters among her adopted sons.' So wrote Henry Parkes in his review of...
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Noel Macainsh (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: Macainsh, Noel. "Charles Harpur's 'Midsummer Noon'—A Structuralist Approach." Australian Literary Studies 8, no. 4 (October 1978): 439-45.
[In the following essay, Macainsh analyzes repetition, rhyme schemes, and allegory in Harpur's "Midsummer Noon" to emphasize its value as structurally sound poetry.]
Charles Harpur's poem "A Midsummer Noon in the Australian Forest" is widely anthologised. The editor of The Penguin Book of Australian Verse, Professor Harry Heseltine, says of the poem that it arguably makes a 'definitive contribution to the direction and pattern of our poetic history'.1 Nevertheless, and despite the...
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Vijay Mishra (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: Mishra, Vijay. "Charles Harpur's Reputation 1853-1858: The Years of Controversy." Australian Literary Studies 8, no. 4 (October 1978): 446-56.
[In the following essay, Mishra analyzes the changes in Harpur's literary reputation during a period of intense self-examination by the Australian literary community of the mid-nineteenth century.]
Between 1853 and 1858 there was a dramatic change in the literary reputation of Charles Harpur. Prior to 1853 Harpur had produced a volume of verse, Thoughts, A Series of Sonnets, and had been a regular contributor to various newspapers since 1833. There were, no doubt, minor disagreements as in the...
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Leonie Kramer (essay date 1983)
SOURCE: Kramer, Leonie. "Imitation and Originality in Australian Colonial Poetry: The Case of Charles Harpur." Yearbook of English Studies 13 (1983): 116-32.
[In the following essay, Kramer highlights word choice and construction in Harpur's poetry to address early influences on his work. Kramer also analyzes the poet's later attempts to merge the form of his Continental "mentors" with an original Australian style.]
'Australian poetry', writes Vivian Smith, 'starts with the indelible stamp of the cultivated amateur'.1 It also starts with a mixed inheritance, with established modes of poetic address (particularly odes and elegies) and their...
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Michael Ackland (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: Ackland, Michael. "God's Sublime Order in Harpur's 'The Creek of the Four Graves.'" Australian Literary Studies 11, no. 3 (May 1984): 355-70.
[In the following essay, Ackland compares Harpur's treatment of the union of man, nature, and God in "The Creek of the Four Graves" with that of poet John Milton.]
'The Creek of the Four Graves' has long been a rallying-point for the defence of Charles Harpur's poetic standing. Published separately in 1845 and reissued in the 1853 collection entitled The Bushrangers: A Play in Five Acts and Other Poems, it was singled out for special praise by the Maitland Mercury, while Daniel Deniehy...
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Elizabeth Perkins (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: Perkins, Elizabeth. Introduction to The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur, pp. xi-xliii. London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1984.
[In the following excerpt, Perkins details Harpur's education, family circumstances, and controversial episodes in the poet's youth. Perkins then balances an explanation of Harpur's weaknesses as a lyricist with his originality, spirit, and narrative skill.]
Sir Henry Parkes's autobiographical Fifty Years in the Making of Australian History, published in 1892 when Parkes was seventy-seven, begins with an account of the political movement of the forties and fifties which eventually brought...
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M. Ackland (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: Ackland, M. "Innocence at Risk: Charles Harpur's Adaptation of a Romantic Archetype to the Australian Landscape." Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association 70 (November 1988): 239-59.
[In the following essay, Ackland demonstrates Harpur's linking of the possibility of redemption for man with the relatively untouched Australian landscape.]
Charles Harpur, it is now agreed, is a poet of ideas, but the precise nature of his thought remains largely unexplored. Repeatedly his works express faith in a suffusing Divinity, and the related recognition that trust in a Providential presence demands a corresponding advocacy of 'the...
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Adrian Mitchell (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Mitchell, Adrian. "Writing up a Storm: Natural Strife and Charles Harpur." Southerly 53, no. 2 (1993): 90-113.
[In the following essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1992, Mitchell considers the reasons and methods for reading Australian colonial poetry and focuses on Harpur's efforts to combine new experiences and expressions of thought with a sense of the familiar.]
Australian colonial poetry is considered, if it is considered at all, more with sorrow than delight. The colonial writer lived with the inevitability of failure, one recent commentator tells us, leaning over the counter of the post-colonial theory store.1 Others concede that...
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Uli Krahn (essay date 2000)
SOURCE: Krahn, Uli. "'How Nourishing Is Nature': Imaginary Possession of Landscape in Harpur and Skrzynecki." Southerly 60, no. 3 (Winter 2000): 29-38.
[In the following essay, Krahn explores the techniques that Harpur and Peter Skrzynecki employ to express ownership of the culture and landscape of Australia.]
Notions of place have been central in the cultural self-definition of settler colonies like Australia, since difference in place is the most visible marker distinguishing the colony from the imperial motherland.1 In Australian literary discourses, place is very much tied up with landscape, presumably as difference in landscape foregrounds the...
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Further Reading
Jordens, Ann-Mari. "Harpur and Kendall." In The Stenhouse Circle: Literary Life in Mid-Nineteenth Century Sydney, pp. 83-106. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979.
Tracks the literary careers of Henry Kendall and Harpur, acknowledging the support of patron Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse.
Normington-Rawling, J. Charles Harpur, an Australian. Sydney: Angus and Robertson Ltd., 1962, 334p.
In-depth narrative of Harpur's childhood, early influences, marriage, work, and ambitions.
Ackland, Michael. "Charles Harpur's Republicanism."...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Swimsuit Differences Between Pool And Open Water Swimming
Over 100 years and no world records were set for the first time ever - entirely due to the use of the very fast buoyant technical swimsuits with compression panels available in 2008 - 2009.
The technical swimsuits caused grat alarm among pool coaches around the world and complaints about the lack of credibility and equality in pool swimming built to a thundering cresendo until FINA modified its rules.
Similarly, competitive masters swimmers and many marathon swimmers were not happy that technical swimsuits and wetsuits were allowed at some open water events and used by some open water swimmers.
But, interestingly, the similarities between the pool and open water swimming world vis-a-vis swimsuits ended abruptly this year.
While the pool swimming world immediately shifted to the textile swimsuits and hoards of competitive, age-group and masters swimmers were left with an expensive, but non-legal, inventory of technical swimsuits in their closets, the sport of open water swimming continued to appeal to a growing audience.
While some open water competitions outlawed technical swimsuits, others allowed wetsuits. While some open water competitions permitted wetsuits under certain temperatures, extreme cold-water swimming is at an all-time global popularity. While some swimmers sniffed at swimmers clad in wetsuits, growing masses of swimmers in wetsuits gathered along the shorelines of oceans, seas and lakes around the world.
An open water swimmer can compete in sanctioned races in one type of swimsuit, do a solo channel swim in another type of swimsuit and wear another type in invitational or mass participation swims. Open water swimmers often find themselves adapting to different swimsuit standards just as they must adapt to different water conditions.
In other words, as the pool swimming world quickly coalesced under one global textile swimsuit standard (with minor variations and interpretations), the open water swimming shifted gears and went the entire other way - to a totally decentralized community with an unprecedented and increasing ability to offer competitions that appeal to all levels of interests, abilities, ages, water temperatures and swimsuit standards.
So instead of being exclusive of new equipment and swimsuits, the open water swimming community became inclusive - of all types, interests, levels and swimmers.
There are reasons for open water's growth and this flexibility and acceptance is one.
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- Chris LaBiancoDecember 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM
I couldn't agree more! I believe part of the draw of open water swims is not only the venue but the race characteristics and suit selection is part of that. Sure if you want to try out for Team USA and swim in the Olympics... follow those rules if not...ReplyDelete
I say enjoy the race for what the race is... Warm/Cold, Ocean/Lake, salt/fresh water, rough/ calm, jammers only etc...
My issue with the tech. suit ban in pool swimming is that it is an effort to level a playing field that isn't level to begin with.
Are we really to think everywhere in the World, swimmers have access to the same facilities, coaches, physicians, nutritionists... etc.. etc.. Of course not! Swimmers should be allowed to race in whatever santioned suit helps them swim their fastest.
No reason to beat a dead horse, I love the open water swimming community's open attitude to suits and swimmers of all types and kinds. Hope hope to see it continue into the future.
In response to: "No bodysuits, no world records in swimming" By Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press....ReplyDelete
The pool playing field became even as almost all elite competitive swimmers were wearing the tech suits, except those under Speedo contract. Speedo got caught off guard, asleep at the wheel as swimwear technology passed them by. They went from a monstrous majority of market share at the 2008 Olympics to about almost nil by the 2009 World Champs. Some USA swimming representatives, coaches, and athletes were under Speedo contract, thus not allowing their swimmers to wear non-Speedo suits, although many desired. Interesting response by Mark Schubert about buoyancy, because he was nowhere to be heard in the mid nineties when Speedo introduced the first tech suit that aided buoyancy and body position....but of course he was under Speedo contract then, and their suit introduction benefited him.
Open water is its own animal, and in need of added protection from the elements. Wetsuits aided triathlon through the last 20+ years which contributed to an explosion of that sports growth, and will do the same for open water. It's only a matter of time before the traditionalists recognize there are alternatives to achieving personal accomplishment.
- Ken ClassenDecember 16, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Gerry rightfully points out that wetsuits have certainly aided the growth of triathlon, I'd go further and state that triathlon would not be nearly as successful as it is without them. I also agree that open water should continue to do it's own thing. That being said, "traditional" open water has also grown significantly. Race promoters have included wetsuit divisions which has created additional revenue for there events. However for those race promoters who have universal suit rules (no separate divisions) may find the growing number of traditionalist OW swimmers avoiding them and going to races that are more likely to recognize there efforts. Another area race promoters might improve is by providing specific guidelines on what qualifies wetsuit and non wetsuit rules. For example English Channel rules don't allow for a neoprene swim cap however most San Francisco bay races will allow the cap and still be able to swim and place in the non wetsuit division. Another example might be the fabric based Speedo Fastskin ankle length, is that OK in a skin division or not? some non sanctioned events are unclear which can cause angst at the finish line.ReplyDelete
- Robert AlfordDecember 17, 2010 at 8:44 AM
As long as open water races have separate categories for awards and records I am OK with the all materials are welcome approach. It just needs to be acknowledged by everyone involved that wetsuits give you a distinct advantage over non-wetsuits swimmers. If wearing a wetsuit makes the swim more comfortably for folks and increases open water swimming appeal great. But I would hope that they don't except to be rewarded for it. Although that being said where do we draw the line? What about flippers? It is a slippery slope as they say.ReplyDelete
I am all for wetsuits, hand paddles, fins and Swim Angels for open water swimming competitions, but for a clear designation for awards. Not everyone can - or wants to - swim long distances in cold water. Each race director makes his/her own decision whether or not to separate the categories between those who use equipment (wetsuits, fins, paddles and inflatables that can be hooked to one's waist). The athletes themselves know that use of a wetsuit is helpful. If a race director includes both wetsuit and non-wetsuit swimmers in the same awards ceremony, please inform the race director of the inequality of this decision. Additionally, please inform The Daily News of Open Water Swimming of these events so its readership can learn of this equality. Appeal to their sense of fairness. If that does not work, then try to enjoy the race without feeling cheater that you were beaten by a wetsuited swimmmer. If that still doesn't work, boycott the race and express yourself in writing to the race director. Most race directors will lend a friendly ear and will make adjustments to satisfy their participants. However, some races, like the Distance Swim Challenge in Santa Monica, California and the Great Swims in Great Britain, are specifically aimed at triathletes and new swimmers, so they encourage use of wetsuits. Other races like in the San Francisco Bay area, encourage use of neoprene hats and wetsuits, if desired. Our sport is growing exponentially, so there is always a swim for everyone...somewhere. Good luck.ReplyDelete
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For example, I was surprised at the uncritical claims made by our trainer for the work of Jung. This is the Jung who, as a follower of Freud, had no problem with the idea of an unconscious mind (rather than unconscious mental processes), who contended that alchemical symbols had a direct relationship to the 'psychoanalytic process', whatever that may mean, who believed in a Collective Unconscious shared by everything with a nervous system and who suggested that flying saucers were an expression of an archetype.
Given all this, I tend to be sceptical of claims of truth rooted in Jungian theory. I become doubly sceptical when the person making the claim, faced with perfectly natural incredulity about some counter-intuitive assertions, simply appeals to authority. And when that authority is Jung, well, then I need to go and check the facts.
In this case the claims were for the efficacy and accuracy of a theory of personality types based on a 2-factor model: personalities could be assigned a position in a 2-dimensional space using the supposedly independent axes of Assertiveness and Responsiveness. Our trainer incorrectly stated – and incorrectly restated – that these axes and the personality inventory we had all completed before the day began were designed by Jung. They weren't. This Social Styles model derives from the work of David Merrill.
the 2 dimensions of Merrill's social styles model
This model can hardly be seen to derive from even a simplification of Jung's basic attitudenal axis of intraversion-extraversion, combined with his four functional types – Thinking, Feeling, Sensation and Intuition – and to describe it as directly and specifically the work of Jung is clearly incorrect.
And what is it worth? It's extraordinarily popular on the web but is there much to a categorisation of people in this 2-dimensional space? What evidence is there that these two factors are orthogonal? That they are fundamental?
It seems unlikely that the salient features of everyone's 'social style' could be adequately described in such a simple model and the ready availability of other models using different factors and different numbers of factors suggest that this particular model might not have much purchase in reality. Goldberg has a 5-dimensional model; Eysenck has three; Holland has six; Allport names three levels of traits; Cattell, two tiers of sixteen and five factors respectively.
These models all suffer from the well-known criticisms of all trait-thories: of being essentially descriptive rather than explanatory; of being over-simplifications; of being superficial; of ignoring situational dependencies; and of being statistical generalisations that do not correspond to individual behaviour. I certainly wouldn't base my decisions on them or alter my behaviour because of them.
The next contentious assertion made by our trainer was about Mehrabian's studies that appeared – to our trainer – to suggest that only 7% of communication was in the content of what was spoken, with – according to her – 38% provided by 'accent' (presumably Mehrabian's 'tone') and the remaining 55% by bearing or posture (Mehrabian's 'facial expression').
This was simply a misunderstanding, or misrepresentation of Mehrabian's studies and conclusions, surprising for such an experienced trainer who had some edcuation in Psychology. It's a very common misrepresentation amongst management consultants, sales trainers, and suchlike.
Mehrabian's studies asked participants to judge the feelings of a speaker by listening to a recording of a single word spoken in different tones of voice. That was it. Mehrabian himself has become sufficiently exasperated to publish a warning on his website :
Please note that this and other equations regarding relative importance of verbal and nonverbal messages were derived from experiments dealing with communications of feelings and attitudes (i.e., like-dislike). Unless a communicator is talking about their feelings or attitudes, these equations are not applicable.
and he goes on to say:
I am obviously uncomfortable about misquotes of my work. From the very beginning I have tried to give people the correct limitations of my findings. Unfortunately the field of self-styled 'corporate image consultants' or 'leadership consultants' has numerous practitioners with very little psychological expertise
None of Mehrabian's concerns, or the critiques made by other researchers, were mentioned by our trainer.
Still, the lego was fun.


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Nairobi, 19 September 2012 - Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, distinguished government representatives and guests from the private sector and civil society
Thank you for inviting me to address this High Level event organized by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA).
Partnerships are at the heart of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
Well-organized, well-financed and above all ambitious partnerships with clear aims and willingness to engage with all sectors will be the key to the success of SAICM and the achievement of our collective goal-namely the sound management of chemicals by 2020.
Stocktaking is very much at the heart of this third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management.
Stocktaking not for its own sake-but honest stocktaking that can be then transformed into a sense of urgency and accelerated action so that 2020 is a cause for celebration rather than criticism by the global public.
Sometimes in international negotiations, discussions and processes we can lose sight of the bigger picture.
The Global Chemicals Outlook, released just before this Conference, reminds governments, industry, the UN and civil society of the importance of chemicals in our daily lives.
But it also points to the costs in terms of human health, the environment and economies of the unsound management of chemicals, which in far too many areas is the norm.
The report also points to the emerging challenges of an industry that is growing fast and shifting production and the consumption of its products to the developing world.
The Global Chemicals Outlook showed that Africa and the Middle East are set to register an average 40 per cent increase in chemical production between 2012 and 2020, with Latin America expected to see a 33 per cent rise.
Let me underline that this is in many ways a good thing and holds the potential to lift people out of poverty and provide products that can enhance human health, cleaner, greener products and more productive agriculture.
But it also underlines that we have, in short, a moving target that requires all of us to scale-up and accelerate what is working and swiftly put in place the policies, procedures, partnerships and resources where we are falling behind.
The fact that, for example, the estimated costs of poisonings from pesticides in sub-Saharan Africa now exceeds the total annual overseas development assistance given to the region for basic health services, excluding HIV/Aids, should be ringing alarm bells everywhere.
And that the accumulated costs of illness and injury linked to pesticides in small scale farming in the region between 2005 and 2020 could reach $90 billion underlines that we cannot be complacent.
There are multiple drivers behind these numbers-the lack of adequate safety equipment, low levels of awareness of the risks among users and even the fact that some people using chemicals can neither read nor write.
It is also true that there are some chemicals still on the market that are simply unacceptably toxic-why are these still being made and sold?
Public-private partnerships have an important role to play in addressing these issues.
Members of the ICCA operate under a code of conduct, which is a positive feature of the association.
But how can we together raise the collective norms and standards of industry everywhere-perhaps particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises and especially in the developing world - so that chemicals resonate in the public's mind with the word 'benefit' rather than the words 'risk' or 'hazard'.
UNEP and the international chemical industry have worked together since the mid-1980s to reduce industrial risks, improve community preparedness in respect to chemical accidents and build capacity in chemicals management in developing countries.
More recently this has developed into a formal partnership between ourselves and the ICCA-so we have a new and closer working relationship built on a far-longer friendship.
That partnership is now evolving into concrete and funded actions on the ground in support of SAICM and in support of an inclusive Green Economy as way of realizing sustainable development.
And I am looking forward to hear from Cal Dooley and colleagues from the ICCA on where we are on the joint pilot project for improved safety in the transportation of dangerous goods and safe warehousing in Africa.
And how we are progressing on a joint pilot project in Vietnam, which includes building capacity and raising awareness on safe chemicals management.
I also look forward to learning from the distinguished participants at this High Level Panel on other partnerships blossoming across the globe.
Distinguished delegates, there is a lot to be pleased and to be proud of in respect to SAICM, including the development of unique partnerships cutting across multiple sectors and stakeholders.
But there is unfinished business that will only be completed by renewed ambition to rise to both the challenge but also the opportunities from sound chemicals management.
The Quick Start Programme may have started less quickly than perhaps had been hoped when SAICM was established in 2006.
Meanwhile SAICM was born in a very different world to where we find ourselves today with many countries still struggling with an on-going economic and financial crisis.
Funding from the industry thus takes on even more importance today than perhaps it did six years ago.
The Global Chemicals Outlook notes that of an estimated 140,000 and more chemicals on the market only a fraction have been thoroughly evaluated to determine their effects on human health and the environment.
I am sure if you mentioned to this to someone over a cup of coffee they would be taken by surprise if not dismayed.
The world knew before Rio 1992 that a different approach was needed if the world was to match human creativity with the imperative of a more sophisticated approach in respect to chemicals and wastes - that approach is SAICM.
There is no such thing as a risk-free world - but managing risk and minimizing hazards is the responsibility of each and every one of us.
It is also an issue of reputational risk given the growing interest of consumers in their food and their products and the way they are made alongside the health and the quality of life of the workers involved.
Rio+20 in June sent a clear political message that heads of state wish to see the sound management of chemicals and wastes.
Yesterday in New York governments met for the 67th session of the UN General Assembly to activate the outcomes of recent Rio+20 Summit in support of a sustainable century for seven billion people rising to over nine billion by 2050.
The ambition you will show this week in Nairobi can send a strong and positive signal to the UN GA that action to meet the chemicals and wastes part of the Future We Want outcome is in good shape and on track to meet the Heads of State's 2020 goal.


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Skip to comments.NYT: Obama retreating on red line for Syrian chemical weapons
Posted on 12/07/2012 6:19:30 PM PST by chessplayer
In the summer of 2012, Barack Obama talked tough about red lines for Syria and the regimes chemical weapons. In a rare press conference on August 20th, the President warned Bashar Assad that the US was prepared to act if Assad began to move his chemical weapons as a precursor to their use, emphasis mine:
obama-We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation.
Almost four months later, the New York Times reports that the equation has changed, all right but not in the direction Obama threatened. Instead, the red line has moved backwards, apparently to negate the threat of military action before the use of chemical weapons by Assad in the Syrian civil war:
When President Obama first warned Syrias leader, President Bashar al-Assad, that even making moves toward using chemical weapons would cross a red line that might force the United States to drop its reluctance to intervene in the countrys civil war, Mr. Obama took an expansive view of where he drew that boundary.
We cannot have a situation where chemical or biological weapons are falling into the hands of the wrong people, he said at an Aug. 20 news conference. He added: A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus.
But in the past week, amid intelligence reports that some precursor chemicals have been mixed for possible use as weapons, Mr. Obamas red line appears to have shifted. His warning against moving weapons has disappeared from his public pronouncements, as well as those of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The new warning is that if Mr. Assad makes use of those weapons, presumably against his own people or his neighbors, he will face unspecified consequences.
When the White House was asked about this significant change, they claimed that there was no change. They offered a Clintonian explanation instead:
The White House says the president has not changed his position at all it is all in the definition of the word moving.
Tommy Vietor, the spokesman for the National Security Council, said Thursday that moving around means proliferation, as in allowing extremist groups like Hezbollah, which has training camps near the weapons sites, to obtain the material.
The NYTs sources admit that Obama overshot the mark in August, though, and had to retreat on his red line:
But for Mr. Obama, the change in wording reflects the difficult politics and logistics of acting pre-emptively against Mr. Assad. No American president has talked more about the need to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction, and to lock down existing stockpiles.
This is going to end very, very badly.
"NYT: Obama retreating on red line for Syrian chemical weapons"
But there is NO WAY he will retreat on raising taxes for "the rich" making $200,000 a year!
Is there anything else you need to know that we have elected the enemy?
John Boehner AKA "The No Nutz Putz"
At the very least, there was equipment moved from Iraq to Syria via a Russian convoy. So the Syrians could have modernized their 40 year old chemical and biological capability with Saddam's toys.
As Cheney said last night..our allies no longer trust us and our enemies Niger fear us. FUBO.
Niger =no longer...damm iPad autofill
Niger =no longer...damm iPad autofill
With the exception of the state of Israel and a small minority of modern Arab thinkers, that region is chock full of crazy people. You can't fix stupid. You just have to let it sort itself out through natural selection.
probably send the fbi to arrest him for an epa violation.
Hey Obama,
**WHO in the hell gave the damn order to NOT rescue our men in Benghazi?**
Obama's red line is no longer red...its yellow.
....................Are these the SAME WMD that the Bahgdad Bob's of the American Press said: DIDN'T EXIST???.............
Most probably! Remember Colon Powell's presentation of infra-red nighttime photos of convoys leaving Iraq for Syria, at the UN. Remember the world's aggreement that Saddam had bad shit, had used them on his own population, and had removed them.
Those were a few years ago when our admin had a set of balls: Today we have pansy ass Zer0, stupid and always drunk Plugs, and wide load Hitlery who has no clue on what to do.
Remember how our left blamed Cheney and Bush.
Now, think about the probable soon to be announced Assad message that every Syrian gov't jet and helocopter has breakable bottles of Sarin onboard, so if you want to try to shoot it down you do so at the peril of unleashing death to all in a 100 mile radius.
Call Zer0 on the hot line under his desk, so Valerie Jarrett can make a decision.
And up his back. Hard for him to see it, given where his head is - one of my friends call it a cranial rectal inversion.
Does anyone believe anything that Obama says? The guy is a wet rag, little, twit.
Be nice in how you address your next supreme leader for life. He will literally hold your life in his hands.
As for me I say FUBO!!!
At my age, I'm already on his hit list. LOL!
Right. Probably by Hitlery getting thousands more American troops killed or maimed.
As expected.
Thanks chessplayer.
Just where did Syria get these chemical weapons? Salaam? Helllo?
Oops...I meant Sadaam..
IF the Syrians use them—and I think they will—Obama will back peddle. the Syrians will say the rebels did it to get international support (like Hitler saying Poland attacked Germany) Obama will want an investigation—and go to the UN. The world will watch as thousands, maybe tens of thousands, die. In the end assad will still have to go but his Party will survive and it will have a lock on power. After so many deaths no one will dare revolt. And America will do nothing.
There is no way Obama should go into Syria without Congressional approval whether or not Assad uses chemical weapons on the rebels. For Obama to announce he would do so in the first place was absurd, and the GOP should have been all over that aspect of this.
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We were there: Johnny Mathis at the Meyerson Symphony Center
Time has indeed been very kind to Johnny Mathis. At 75, the Texas-born crooner still has a youthful look. He was quite dapper in a couple of tailored suits Saturday during the first of a two-night concert stand at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. And his instantly recognizable voice, that smooth melodic instrument, has held up remarkably well. It never faltered during his 90 minutes onstage.
Mathis, backed by members of his band and the grandeur of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, helped us all relive the beauty of his classic tunes such as "Chances Are," "It's Not For Me to Say," "Misty" and "The Twelfth of Never," to name a few. Mathis' vocals soared, stayed strong, and still didn't lose that supple richness that characterized his signature performances. With a string section behind him, the plushness was particularly prominent.
A trio of lesser known songs, at least for him, deserve mentioning: "I'm on the Outside Looking In," which arrived toward the end of the first half of the show, flowed beautifully. Recorded in 1988, it was one of the more recent selections he offered the adoring crowd. Later, his version of the Stylistics soul chestnut "You Make Me Feel Brand New," released in 2008 as a duet with gospel's Yolanda Adams, was warm and inviting. And what a treat to hear him do "Pure Imagination" from Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
For the full Johnny Mathis concert review, go to my column page or pick up the Arts & Life section Monday.
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baldy wrote:Talyn wrote:baldy wrote:A road trip in Scotland with not mention of Co-Op doughnuts?
They aren't vegan anymore, remember?
Really, how did I miss this, even the jam ones? Haven't found a local Co-Op so been without doughnuts for months.
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ok, I am debating whether to use KASL flour on my pizza or not. Basically, I am concerned about the cost of my pizza. My dad buys local All-purpose flower at $14 dollars for a 55 lbs bag. The Caputo pizza flour is $45.90 for a 55 lbs. bag and the KASL is $2.05 at case quatity price which for 55 lbs. is around $37.57. I need to try to keep my cost down, not only as a finance point of view, but half of my projected customers won't pay higher money for a quality pie.
If you were to have 1 very good quality thing on your pizza (cause I was looking at Escalon tomatoes and Grande cheese) what would you put the more $$$$ in, dough, cheese or sauce??? I guess dough, but please shot.


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Does she like to eat her own shit ??? Not funny
Did anyone else Lol when she said "Yea back that fucking....TUWAT!
she deserves a fucking pounding ...
When I fucked my ex's younger sister I found it hard to believe how much she came even when I was in her tight little ass she was stil having orgasms and sure loved anal sex,what a horny little hard body she was.
what a cute little anus she has!
He lasted a long time because in the porn world there are "fluffers." They are girls who get the male talent "ready" before their actual scenes. Some guys are blown to "completion" if their scene requires lasting a long time. Others are blownjust to get them hard.
i like her pussy
Not at all.
Somebody counted her ejaculations?
I like the F-16 hanging!
she have balls in her ass look the 1:03
sucking him off will help her pay for her braces LOL
She was so horny
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Some of you guys really need to improve your English skills.
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When attempting this at home or wherever, please don't forget to use condoms people!
jst look at her asshole when she cummed 1st time:O:O
looks like shes been fucked in the ass one too many times! @1.06
Maybe she has a butt plug? I thought it was a Q-ball too, LOL.
what does she have in the ass at 01:04 ?
nahhh she dont have a ball in her ass at 1:03 thats just her assss
Damn, what a hot little fuck toy!
damn she can get a job w hoover no prob
i wish that dude was me
again and again and again
She's one very hot woman. How he lasted as long as he did is, amazing. I wouldn't have made it 5 min. with her. She really loves it. And cums fike a fountain.
I think she fucked up that pool table... But it was worth it.
We should never have to put up with watching a porn actress with adult braces.
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The Virginia League and the Estonian Union of Credit Cooperatives have had a formal partnership since 2008 through the World Council of Credit Unions' International Partnerships Program. This new information-sharing agreement between the Virginia League and the credit union systems in the three Baltic nations marks the first-ever formal international agreement between such organizations signed in Eastern Europe.
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Would You Get An iPad If It Could Play World Of Warcraft?
As it seems like most people were, I was rather underwhelmed by the recent release of the iPad. I don't have anything against Apple and I adore my iPhone but I'm not going to praise every product they release just for the sake of it like one of those Mac Evangelists (you know who you are!). Still, a few delusional souls pondered whether the iPad could run World of Warcraft and suddenly, my interest was piqued.
Of course, I use the term delusional because there is no way the iPad could run WoW and thus, even if the bodies were willing, it could never be a reality. The iPad just doesn't have the power, speed or capacity to run the game so it's sadly never going to be an option. But still, let's just imagine for one moment that it could. What if the iPad could run WoW at a reasonable framerate and, better yet, a reasonable latency over 3G? Wouldn't that just be awesome?
So assuming this fantasy was a reality and WoW was just another app in the Apple Store, would it convince you to get an iPad? Let's vote.


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Every Friday night starting at 5:00 pm, students gather in the Student Lounge to participate in Friday Night Magic! The club, started by President, Will Natarajan, is dedicated to playing the popular card game Magic the Gathering and welcomes anyone of any skill level – from complete new comer to seasoned vet!
The club, now in its second year, has a completely open format on most nights. Students can battle each other one on one or get as many people around a table as possible to play. They also do draft nights where the club purchases a large box of the cards and each player is given 3 card packs to assemble a brand new deck from. Prizes are given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Officers include the President Will (a 12 year Magic the Gathering vet), Vice President, Shane Finley (another 12 year vet), Treasurer, Kevin Speers (who has been playing for 2 years) and Secretary, Justin Bretschneider (9 year vet). Will encourages everyone to come and give FNM a shot!
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Last week's earthquake in Haiti reminds us all how fragile systems can be. Part of a complete Information Infrastructure is Information Security. Back in 2006, IBM [acquired Internet Security Services]. This week, IBM announces two sets of ISS Data Security Services: These services can include assessments of your current environment, running workshops to help gather requirements, help design security policies, and even follow through with implementation.
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|Player Biography
#16 Matt Boyd
Matt is one of four players on the 2009 squad who are original members of the 2000 Mudville Nine Head Coached by Kurt Boyd ... Played for Mudville 11 seasons
A member of the 2009 Mudville Pinnacle 18U team, noted for being the clubs all-time team for most wins in one season, 58 Captured the 2009 AABC Connie Mack Washington State Championship Placed 4th at the AABC Connie Mack Western Regional in Hayward, California Placed 4th at the NBC 19U World Wood Bat Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma Participated in 6 tournament championship games including two other 2009 tournament championships; Triple Crown Series Memorial Day Invitational and the Skagit River Mid-Summer Classic Finalists at the Palouse Summer Series, Cardinal Classic and Toyota Bash Finished tied for 5th in the Baden and Shockers tournament events
Member of two Mudville Nationals Championships (2004, 2008) and a AABC Washington State Mantle crown (2007) Recipient 2007 Pinnacle / Mr. Mudville Leadership Award Member of the 2006 and 2007 Mudville Golden Eagles USA Baseball Junior Olympic Teams, Jupiter, Florida & Peoria, AZ Member of the Mudville AAU Australia Down Under Tour in 2005 with USA Baseball Coaches Don Freeman and Scott Knight Participated in two Mudville Cooperstown CDP Hall of Fame Invitational in 2002 and 2003 Attended 2007 Reality Sports Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic with Coach Brian Potoshnik and teammates James King, Cam Wilson and 08 Mudville Alumni Casey OConnor
Matt is one of two Northwest players invited to the USA Baseballs Tournament of Stars in Cary, NC for selection to the 2009 18U National Team (144 players) short-listed as one of 34 players to the US 18U National Trials in Cary, NC, in September 2009 who will compete at the 2009 COPABE Pan Am "AAA" (18U) Championships in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in early October
Matt is a 3-year letterman at Eastside Catholic HS (Metro 3A) played for Head Coach Curt Towey As a senior was named to the 2009 ABCA/Rawlings (American Baseball Coaches Association) All-Region #7 Team Earned the 2009 Washington State Baseball Coaches Association 3A Co-MVP/Player of the Year honors MaxPreps ranked #1 2009 Player in Washington State Selected to the 2009 3AMetro-KingCo Senior Feeder Game and All-State Games in Yakima Earned All-State 3A First-Team honors as a pitcher/1B Named Washington State Media All-State 3A Pitcher Named as a two-time Seattle Times All-Area Team in 2009 Three-time All-Metro League (Seattle) selection as both an infielder and as a pitcher Led Eastside Catholic to the #1 3A-Ranking in Washington State 8 of the 10 weeks during the 2009 season Led team to a second consecutive Metro 3A Mountain Division title in 2009
Earned All-State 3A First-Team honors his junior year as a pitcher Named to the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association 3A All-State Second-Team in 2008 as a pitcher Named as the only underclassman to the 2008 Seattle Post Intelligencer All-Area Baseball Team Named to the Seattle Times All-Area Team in 2008 Two-time All-Metro League (Seattle) selection as both an infielder and as a pitcher 2008 Led Eastside Catholic to the #1 3A-Ranking in Washington State and an undefeated Metro 3A Mountain Division regular season championship going a perfect 16-0
As a sophomore in 2007 led Crusaders to a Metro 3A Championship & 3A State Quarter Finalist Named All Metro 2nd team 1B As a freshman, lettered at Mercer Island HS (MIHS) for Head Coach Doug Williams Selected for the 2006 MIHS Rookie of the Year Award ... 2006 tied for 1st in KingCo 3A pitching winning percentage Matt played select level hockey for Sno-King Amateur Hockey Association for 11 years
Signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Head Coach Pat Casey and Oregon State University, NCAA Division-I National Champions, 2 of the last 3 years The website, www.PGcrosschecker.com has him rated as Washington State's No. 5 high school player Rated as the sixth-best high school player in the state of Washington by BaseballNorthwest.com in 2009 Participated at the 2008 Area Code Games for the Washington Nationals Scout Team Selected to the Seattle Mariners Scout Team at the Mariners Cup and Arizona Fall Classic Selected to and won 2008 Dodger Elite Cup Series Selected to the Kansas City Royals National Scout Team at the Perfect Game World Bat Championships was a Perfect Game National Showcase Invitee
Favorite Thing to Do (Other than baseball): Youth Group and Play Rock Band
Favorite Food: Steak & Potatoes
Favorite Class: American Government/History
Favorite Musician: The Eagles
Favorite Hobby: Hanging with family & friends
Favorite Pro Baseball Player Most Like You: Ken Griffey Jr. and Cole Hamels
Favorite Sports Moment: Winning two National Championships and two AABC State Championships with Mudville!
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One woman dies in fire
NEW ULM – A New Ulm woman has died after a fire in her apartment house at Center and Front streets on Thursday night.
The woman was identified Friday afternoon as Darcy Mary Moldan, 50. She had been rescued from her second-floor apartment and transported to the New Ulm Medical Center. She later died of her injuries, according to a New Ulm Police statment.
Four other tenants escaped the building.
The New Ulm Fire Department responded at about 9:30 p.m. to the call.
Michael Thompson and his wife Ashely and their daughter Prudence lived on the first floor. According to Fire Chief Paul Macho, another tenant in the building who had come home to find the fire knocked on their door, advised them of the fire and assisted them in leaving the building.
Smoke billowed from the building as firefighters fought to bring the fire under control in sub-zero temperatures.
Firefighters found a woman in and upstairs apartment. She was taken by ambulance to the New Ulm Medical Center and was reported in critical condition. She later died as a result of the fire.
Red Cross personnel came to the scene to provide assistance to the tenants, who were provided hotel rooms for the night.
The cause of the fire in the two-story building was not determined immediately.
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|ESA-186-2 Public Report (Norpac Foods, Stayton)
|Written by USDOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
|Friday, 15 July 2011 10:00
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ESA-186-2 Public Report
The Norpac Foods Stayton plant produces frozen and canned vegetable products. The plant's operations are seasonal; 67% of the annual energy consumption occurs during the high season months of July, August, September, and October.
Natural gas usage rates range from 9 MMBtu/h in the low season to 43 MMBtu/h in the high season. The plant purchases 100% of its electric demand. The average demand ranges from 2,000 kW in the low season to 6,300 kW in the high season.
The plant is equipped with four natural gas-fired package boilers. Process steam uses include blanchers, cookers, retorts, and heating of sanitation water.
Objective of ESA:
The objective of the Energy Savings Assessment (ESA) was to:
Focus of Assessment:
Boilers, steam distribution system, condensate return system, and process uses of steam
Approach for ESA:
The approach of the training assessment was to provide training on DOE Steam Tools suite and use them to identify and analyze potential opportunities.
General Observations of Potential Opportunities:
Annual Energy Consumption:
In 2006 the plant consumed 0.18 TBtu of natural gas and 30,105 MWh of electric energy.
Energy Savings Opportunities:
General Considerations:
The following points should be considered when evaluating the potential opportunities identified on page 1 and described below:
1 The DOE's Steam System Assessment Tool (SSAT) includes a number of predefined energy savings opportunities common to many, but not all, industrial steam systems. The opportunities are referred to in SSAT as Projects. Project 1 is simply a reduction in facility steam demand.
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On Day 1 of the Pan American Open in Argentina, Team USA's Hannah Martin, 63 kg. (NYAC/Jason Morris Judo Center, Glenville, NY), took a SILVER MEDAL and Aaron Kunihiro, 60 kg. (NYAC/Team FORCE, Wakefield, Mass.) took a BRONZE.
Competition resumes tomorrow. Taking to the mats are:
Olympic Gold Medalist Kayla Harrison (NYAC/Team FORCE, Wakefield, Mass.) fighting at 70 kg., down a weight division from her historic victory in London; Kathleen Sell, 70 kg. (U.S. Olympic Training Center, CO), Samantha Bleier, 78 kg. (U.S. Olympic Training Center, CO), Anthony Sangimino, 81 kg. (Jason Morris Judo Center, Glenville, NY), Colton Brown, 90 kg. (San Jose State University, CA), Jacob Larsen, 90 kg.(Boulder Judo Training Center/U.S. Olympic Training Center, CO), Ajax Tadehara, 100 kg. (Idaho State University Judo Club, Pocatello, ID), Myles Porter, 100 kg. (U.S. Olympic Training Center, CO).
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (121 votes).
In short: Well organised!!Date of review: November 14, 2008
In short: brillIn full: frist 10k ever (come in under the hour) and enjoyed it sidbury hill made it for meDate of review: November 8, 2008
In short: Superb support and marshalling from army on the way around the course. I will definitely be back next year. Lots of friends would have liked to know their position in the race and official time.Date of review: November 5, 2008
In short: Great arce, Date of review: November 5, 2008
In short: Fantastic event - very glad I did it.In full: I thought the race was fantastic - I did it on my own for the first time and I found it reassuringly friendly. The soldiers on-route were fantastic and really motivated me to keep going. It is a tough course but very satisfying to finish.Date of review: November 5, 2008
In short: A taxing but fun raceIn full: Great fun with the new route and marshals were excellent. Very good race, just wish the weather was like the last 2 years though!Date of review: November 5, 2008
In short: well organisedIn full: well organised,race was tough for 1st 5km especially the hill at 4.5 km,fast 2nd 5km.t-shirt, medal,etc really good,bargain.i will be back next yearDate of review: November 4, 2008
In short: Superb 10k, great atmosphereDate of review: November 4, 2008
In short: A proper 10k this time - excellent run, big hill and the marshalls were top notchDate of review: November 4, 2008
In short: Good organisationDate of review: November 3, 2008
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