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This story appears in the May 2004 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Fighting for headline space right along with the presidential election and celebrity woes, low-carb has become one of the most talked about topics at home, at work and with friends and acquaintances. The low-carb buzz, spearheaded by the Atkins diet and a handful of similar weight-loss plans, has boosted sales in traditional food industries such as meats, eggs and nuts. And it has turned a once-quiet specialty market into a burgeoning empire of low-carb products and services that has businesses cashing in on carb-conscious dieters.
The timing is still ripe for entrepreneurial newcomers--as The Valen Group, a strategy consulting firm for Fortune 500 companies, discovered in a recent study. According to the survey, 59 million U.S. adults are controlling their intake of carbohydrates, and more than 40 million others said they were considering a low-carb diet in the next 12 months. Collectively, those figures are fast approaching half of all U.S. adults.
While competition in the low-carb industry has indeed increased in the past year, especially with major companies jumping on the bandwagon, there are plenty of opportunities to get in and start a business catering to the picky palettes and pocketbooks of these watchful consumers. Carbolite Foods Inc., for one, is a once-small operation that has rocketed to a projected $150 million in 2004 sales, thanks to its Carborite line of low-carb candy and assorted goodies. (For more on Carbolite, see last month's "Carb Your Enthusiasm.") Clearly, low-carb dieters are gobbling up products that allow them to taste low-carb versions of what would otherwise be off-limits, and Gus Valen, CEO of The Valen Group in Cincinnati, says demand is outstripping supply.
For low-carbers, it's not just a diet, it's a full-blown lifestyle. For entrepreneurs, it's an industry rife with possibilities. For those who've already taken the plunge, it's clear there's a hunger to be satisfied. Dean Rotbart began the first industry newsletter, LowCarbiz, in July 2003 and has seen the number of subscribers soar to more than 1,400 since he started requiring paid subscriptions in September. And when Rotbart held the first low-carb industry summit in Denver in January 2004, more than 500 attendees--ranging from the likes of Frito-Lay Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to entrepreneurs--turned up to discuss issues and opportunities surrounding the growing industry. With so many restaurants and food manufacturers joining the ranks of smaller operations in offering low-carb options, Rotbart thinks the stir among Fortune 500 companies to take action won't endanger the opportunities out there for entrepreneurs, but will actually reinforce and authenticate the market. "It's good news for the entrepreneur that Fortune 500 [companies are] validating [that] it will be an industry for years to come and not just a flash in the pan," says Rotbart. "Their very movement into this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Healthy Returns
Philip Goglia, Ph.D., knew about low-carb long before the recent craze. An All-American wrestler for Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and former Mr. North America, Goglia points out, "To the bodybuilding, Olympic and professional athletic community, low-carb dieting was always a primary aspect of food programming." His passion for fitness and health propelled him to earn a doctorate in nutrition and start Performance Fitness Concepts (PFC), a nutrition and wellness firm in Santa Monica, California, in 1981. The company helps clients worldwide set up and manage their nutrition and exercise programs, and has helped celebs like Owen Wilson and Brendan Frasier shape up for physically challenging roles.
With low-carb attracting the mainstream, PFC estimates that between 74 and 84 percent of its clients are now on a low-carb diet. In fact, PFC's revenues will increase from $1.2 million in 2003 to a projected $2.5 million in 2004, due in part to its low-carb books, nutritional programs, support groups and other products. PFC's corporate wellness program--which aids companies in helping their employees reach health goals using a nutritionist and workouts if an onsite gym is available--has signed on its first corporation, with 7,000 employees. PFC also recently created an entertainment division that caters to busy agents and actors. The company's latest venture is a pharmaceutical-grade supplement line, sold through retail stores, that enhances the low-carb or no-carb food program.
Goglia, 44, maintains that, unlike most other nutrition firms, PFC's approach is metabolically based. The company assesses clients' blood chemistries and uses lipid profiles, which determine how much fat and protein an individual can manage based on readings like HDL, LDL, triglycerides, total cholesterol and glucose, and the ratios between them. Though multitudes start low-carb diets on the fly, the Atkins diet recommends that dieters obtain tests such as these; and those dieters serious about monitoring their health do. If clients' metabolic types don't fit with the low-carb diet, Goglia will find an appropriate food program to help them stay fit.
Valen feels that conscientious businesses like these will help reinforce the validity of the low-carb lifestyle. "If you have a bunch of fringe players that come in and promote the wrong things, or if the media picks up just that side of it," he says, "that could be detrimental to the long-term growth of the marketplace." Validity is a major issue in the industry, and Rotbart is spearheading a nonprofit association that will establish and adopt scientifically based nutritional, manufacturing, testing and marketing standards. Called the Low Carb Consumers League, it will offer a seal of approval for products. Efforts have been made to create other industry trade associations, but the industry has grown so quickly that it's playing catch-up. In fact, no resources specific to the low-carb industry are available for startups, other than LowCarbiz, but Rotbart is already working on an industry conference to be held May 5 and 6 in Washington, DC, and another in January 2005. (Visit www.lowcarbiz.com for more information.)
Consider Asher's Chocolates Inc. in Philadelphia. Since Chester Asher started the company in 1892, times have changed, including the types of chocolate we eat. Sugar-free chocolates were introduced to Asher's Chocolates line in the 1970s to offer diabetics a substitute for the forbidden real thing, but a few years ago, the company had noticed the public's interest in Atkins-style diets. Though they knew their sugar-free chocolate had only 0.7 to 1.5 net carbs, carb-conscious consumers didn't. After changing the packaging in late 2002 to include bright-yellow lettering specifying its low-carb grade, Asher's Chocolates experienced a triple-digit increase in sales.
"We may be 112 years old," quips Chester's great-grandson Jeff Asher, 41, vice president of sales and marketing, "but we're able to react in a timely manner. We weren't burdened [like major companies] with the same five-year, locked-in-stone plan." The fourth-generation, family-owned enterprise will produce up to 3.5 million pounds of the sugar-free, low-carb chocolate in 2004.
Finding Your Niche
Opportunity in this industry is all about giving low-carbers more choices, and that's exactly what Pure Foods LLC is doing with the first-ever low-carb restaurant in the United States, in addition to its retail stores, food product line and catering divisions. The company projects $10 million in combined sales for 2004.
While vacationing in Europe in September 2003, friends Stephen Bikoff, 35, and Brad Saltzman, 36, talked about going on a low-carb diet when they returned to the States to lose some of the weight the rich European food had added. When Bikoff, who had already tried low-carb dieting, lamented about how long it took to receive low-carb products ordered online and the lack of variety and availability elsewhere, they decided to start their own low-carb retail store. Saltzman shared the idea with Romina Kiryakous, 40, and Linda Mihka, 37--he was already running a valet parking business with the two--and they wanted in.
In December 2003, Pure Foods Low Carb Market launched, with three stores open and another seven in the works for this year. While planning the retail store, the partners realized that there was still a lack of variety and good-tasting low-carb food on the market; so they created a line of food products (including frozen meals) that's carried not only in their own stores, but also in other specialty and grocery stores. Pure Foods, which is based in Beverly Hills, California, and does catering in the local Los Angeles area, has discussed wholesaling some of its cheesecakes to a restaurant chain and has been approached by several others. Pure Foods Low Carb Cafe is now open in Beverly Hills, offering low-carb treats like BBQ chicken pizza and an ice cream and hot fudge-topped brownie. They hope to open eight or nine more locations before the end of the year and plan to franchise their cafe and low-carb market concepts.
To succeed as well as these entrepreneurs have, Rotbart says the way to go is to veer off from the Fortune 500 radar. "To create a product that competes head-to-head with [big companies] is folly for the entrepreneur," he advises.
Valen concurs and offers an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" alternative: "If entrepreneurs are willing to invest in the capital, plants, R&D and manufacturing, they could help a larger brand," revealing that many of the Fortune 500 companies are simply scared or hesitant to enter the market themselves.
If you want to go it alone, Valen says another area ripe with opportunity is the many ancillary services surrounding the industry, like business development, financing, and consulting firms such as his that have benefited from low-carb businesses. And Rotbart says the ethnic low-carb food niche-like Asian, Spanish, or even kosher or organic low-carb fare-is still an open area. Finally, he says, ultra low-carb (0 to 2 grams of carbs) and gourmet items will give entrepreneurs who can outpace slower-moving corporations an edge.
Just ask Jay Robb, who's quite possibly paving the way for other entrepreneurs to benefit from a potential low-carb backlash and burnout. The certified clinical nutritionist, fitness trainer and founder of Jay Robb Enterprises Inc. in Carlsbad, California, contends that the secret to real weight loss lies not in low-carb eating, but in a combination of low- and higher-carb intake. His book, The Fat Burning Diet: Accessing Unlimited Energy for a Lifetime (Loving Health Publications), details his program, which relies on glycogen management rather than net carbs. He predicts low-carb dieters will soon look to diets like his when they give up on the restrictive lifestyle.
Robb may represent the evolution of low-carb businesses. Offering workshops, information and supplements that promise dieters weight loss without the constant limitations, Robb projects 2004 sales of $4 million.
Permitted Pasta
Pastry chef John Muscarello found his niche with low-carb Italian food. As the owner of Jean Marie Patisserie in Garden City, New York--a business Muscarello no longer owns--he concocted a zero-carb wrap for his diabetic mother. Stuffing it with grilled vegetables or chicken salad and offering it alongside his sweets, he saw it ring up more sales than his pastries. Being Italian, Muscarello, 42, decided to try making low-carb versions of favorites such as ravioli, manicotti and stromboli using the wrap. He boasts, "People don't even realize it's not pasta."
Struggling with weight loss himself, Muscarello ate his creations for six weeks, exercised and ended up losing 33 pounds. He soon added a Philly steak wrap, chicken parmigiana and several other items and decided to go all low-carb, launching the West Babylon, New York-based Carbs a Weigh--a company providing low-carb meals, snacks, desserts and appetizers--in October 2003. Selling his frozen meals through wholesale, retail, mail order and his Web site, Muscarello has had pizza parlors order pasta items from him, and QVC featured his line in March. Sales for 2004 are projected at more than $1.5 million, and Muscarello is rolling out Carbs a Weigh parties, where guests can sample and purchase food from the host. Muscarello is thrilled, but stresses his mission: "I just wanted to give people an opportunity to really enjoy food. That's why I say, 'Losing weight has never tasted this good!'"
While the environment is a prosperous one, entrepreneurs who still want to open retail stores or enter other quickly saturating areas may want to consider becoming franchisees. "If you're set on being an independent, you're going to face a lot of competition from your neighborhood supermarket," warns Rotbart.
One such franchise is Castus Low Carb Superstores, based in the San Francisco Bay area. These low-carb retail stores already have 48 franchisees on board, and founders Paul Chalupsky and Rick Schott plan to span the United States and Canada, and are working on entering Australia and the United Kingdom. With plans to open 200 locations this year, Chalupsky, 47, and Schott, 50, realize the low-carb retail store wars have already begun. "If you don't have additional players, it's not a game. I wish them well," Schott says good-naturedly. While he welcomes the competition, Schott worries about those who are entering the industry just for the money.
Schott travels and offers low-carb workshops to help inform and educate others on the low-carb lifestyle. Both founders are serious low-carbers and require all their employees to follow a low-carb lifestyle. With projected 2004 sales at $10 million, their retail model is "We don't sell low-carb products; [we sell] our customer doing well on a low-carb lifestyle."
Like the Internet boom, the low-carb craze has created a feeding frenzy among businesses that are ready to serve the needs of the mushrooming low-carb community. "A lot of people are going to have success if they have some originality. It's easier to succeed [now because of its popularity], but the time to get it right will be truncated," says Rotbart. With everyone racing to be the biggest, best and especially the first, he predicts that many will enter the marketplace in 2004, but only a few will survive. Watch out, though--Rotbart predicts that a second wave of entrepreneurs will enter the market in the following two years, after watching and learning from the current successes.
Valen acknowledges the risks entrepreneurs must take, but he still stresses the advantage they have over the corporate powers in this arena: "Entrepreneurs can get products done and on the market in about half the time."


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An Australian state plans to introduce recycled sewage to its drinking water as a record drought threatens water supplies around the nation, a state leader said Monday.
CANBERRA, Australia -- An Australian state plans to introduce recycled sewage to its drinking water as a record drought threatens water supplies around the nation, a state leader said Monday.
Queensland state Premier Peter Beattie said falling dam levels have left his government with no choice but to introduce recycled water next year in the state's southeast -- one of Australia's fastest growing urban areas.
"We're not getting rain; we've got no choice," Beattie, who said his government had scrapped a referendum planned for March on the issue, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.
Australian farms and most cities are in the grip of the nation's worst drought in a century, with some areas receiving below average rainfall for a decade.
"I think in the end, because of the drought, all of Australia are going to end up drinking recycled, purified water," he added.
However, Morris Iemma, Premier of New South Wales, the most populous of Australia's six states, said drinking recycled water was not inevitable for Australia's major cities including his state capital, Sydney.
South Australia state Premier Mike Rann said his state -- Australia's driest -- already used recycled water to irrigate crops but would not introduce it to the drinking water supply.
Victoria, the second most populous state, did not need to recycle drinking water, the state's acting Water Minister Justin Madden. He said using recycled water for industry was a better option since that would free up more drinking water.
Prime Minister John Howard, a Sydney resident, congratulated Beattie and predicted recycled water would be introduced to Sydney in the near future.
"I am very strongly in favor of recycling, and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely," Howard told Southern Cross Broadcasting radio in Sydney.
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Cat House Cut-Out
I responded to a call on the Backwards Beekeepers rescue hotline last week when a guy got back from an extended trip to Mexico to find that bees had taken up residence in his cat's house on the balcony of his Marina del Rey apartment. He returned home to find his balcony covered in dead bees and peeled back a rolled up carpet to find the hive bulging out of the fabric cat house. Penniless from his vacation, he plied my conservation guilt to take the bees off his hands gratis. In cases where I don't have to drive very far, I often find myself making this bargain, though as my beekeeping expenses add up, I find myself a little resentful of the exterminators making hundreds to kill or remove the "pests." At any rate, I digress.
The morning after picking up the bees from the balcony, I brought them to a couple's house I had met on a previous rescue. As vegans, they have no interest in the honey, but they know that the urban environment is the future for the honeybee and were only happy to make their beautifully landscaped backyard available to my cat house bees.
This was my first cut-out, and like all firsts, I made a few mistakes. The first mistake was that I did it by myself. Probably could have used someone with some experience in my ear, but I figured I had read enough and watched enough videos…not so much. The second mistake was that on my first cut-out, I elected to move the bees into a top-bar hive I had just built. The hive in itself wasn't the problem – it was built to spec with wood molding for comb guides. The problem was tying in the salvaged comb. It did not want to cooperate at all. In the end, completely covered in honey, pollen and all things sticky, I was able to make it work but it wasn't without tremendous effort. The final mistake I made was briefly unzipping my veil just a fraction of an inch. It was just enough time for a bee to shoot the gap and sting me between the eyes. It actually didn't hurt all that bad, but later that night my face had swelled up pretty good. I woke up the next morning looking like a Navi from Avatar.
The best part of the entire experience came when I found the queen in a pile of bees on the ground. I held out my finger for her and she walked right on. I then held my finger just inside the top bars and she instantly rejoined her compadres.
I was also able to harvest a Mason jar full of fresh, raw honey. Nothing has ever tasted quite so sweet. This was easily one of the best, most educational experiences of my life. Can't wait for the next cut-out, though no matter how itchy my nose gets, I'm staying zipped up 🙂


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Author of RED, CROOKED LITTLE VEIN and forthcoming GUN MACHINE, Warren Ellis's SPIRIT TRACKS, about the future of the city, the ghosts that haunt it and the science-fiction condition we live in, to Sean McDonald at Farrar, Straus, by Lydia Wills at Lydia Wills (world English).
That's Farrar, Straus & Giroux, an incredibly impressive publishing house with an incredibly impressive list. Lydia's an absolute miracle worker.
SPIRIT TRACKS is the working title of a book based upon the talk I gave in Berlin last year, which appeared here, in its original waytoolong form, in twenty-nine parts.
So… this is happening. I am writing a serious non-fiction book for a serious non-fiction list. Which is kind of strange, isn't it? As I said a few weeks ago, the career's gone in an odd direction again over the last few years. Sometimes I wonder if people will look back over my CV and ask themselves what the hell I thought I was doing.
I start this book next year, after I finish the current novel. It may or may not have the same title when it's announced as going on the publication schedule. Really looking forward to working with Sean McDonald, who's edited some of my favourite non-fiction over the last several years, including Steven Johnson's magnificent GHOST MAP.
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January is the time for resolutions and as commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, Dr. Bechara Choucair is responsible for the wellness goals of an entire city.
The department recently created a new public health agenda called "Healthy Chicago" that identified 12 priorities, including promoting healthy mothers and babies. One of the city's first events was a prenatal health fair Tuesday in the Englewood neighborhood.
Choucair received his medical degree from American University of Beirut and did his family practice residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He also earned a master's degree in health care management from the University of Texas at Dallas. He held posts in Rockford and at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, before being appointed commissioner in 2009.
He talked with the Tribune about his desire to transform Chicago into the healthiest city in the nation, starting in the womb.
Q: You are beginning your third year at the helm of the Chicago Department of Public Health. What is your proudest accomplishment and what remains your biggest challenge?
A: I'd say the release of Healthy Chicago priorities. It identifies what we want to accomplish with measurable targets and very specific strategies, which we hope to implement within three to five years. The release of this agenda will allow us to have a much more focused approach to public health. … It's the most aggressive assault our city has ever had. As for biggest challenge, it is closing the gap of racial and ethnic health disparities.
Q: While nutrition is essential to having a healthy baby, what do you tell a poor expectant mom who stretches the budget by buying 10 boxes of macaroni and cheese for the same price as one chicken?
A: When a woman is pregnant she only needs about 300 extra calories a day … so that could be something like almonds or yogurt. Access to healthy and affordable food is very important … and we're working to bring that to mainstream retailers like Walgreens. … We're also identifying corner stores in three communities — Humboldt Park, Englewood and South Chicago — to bring more affordable and healthy options.
Q: You're also stressing folic acid during pregnancy. Why?
A: Taking a multivitamin including folic acid can play a big part in preventing birth defects. Just 400 micrograms of folic acid every day can help prevent birth defects of the brain and spine. For example, 3,000 babies a year are born with spina bifida in the United States. Some 50 to 70 percent of those cases could have been prevented with folic acid intake during pregnancy.
Q: Illinois has a higher-than-average rate of drinking during pregnancy. According to the CDC, about 58 percent of expectant mothers do some drinking, while 18 percent binge drink. Any progress in awareness and preventing alcohol-related neurological disorders?
A: It's all a part of the same agenda, focusing on what you can do before, during and after pregnancy. Are you taking vitamins? Are you at a normal weight? Are you not smoking, drinking or doing drugs? At the end of the day, these are the factors you have control over to get the best possible outcome.
Q: Some of the biggest threats to an infant's health come with being born to mothers who are poor and young. Any good news when it comes to teen pregnancy?
A: In 2008, about 32 out of 1,000 girls ages 10 to 19 gave birth in Chicago, a 37 percent decline over the previous decade. However, 70 percent of that decrease was in the white population, with only a 38 percent drop in the black and 23 percent in the Hispanic population. So, while we have seen improvement, we have work to do. We received a $19.7 million federal grant to identify where the teen birth rate is high and implement an evidence-based educational campaign in about 30 schools to address those disparities.
Q: What's the purpose of the campaign?
A: It's threefold. 1. Don't get pregnant; 2. If you do get pregnant, get appropriate care. 3. To delay a second pregnancy.
Q. So what do you do for fun?
A. I practice what I preach. I run and do some weights … but I do like the occasional baklava.
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A woman applying for a job at a pizza shop ended up stealing money from a tip jar.
The Associated Press reports that Melissa Brittingham of Rehoboth Beach, Del. was in the middle of filing out a job application at a Five Guys pizza restaurant when she helped herself to the tips in two separate tip jars on the counter. The 44-yer-old made off with about $15 total.
Police were able to catch Brittingham after reviewing the surveillance footage from the restaurant. She plead guilty to theft and received probation plus a $500 fine.


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This NOW Foods CLA supplement is a fatty acid with weight management benefits. However, CLA also enhances immunity, supports a healthy inflammation response and is a potent provider of antioxidant protection.
"CLA may be a valuable weight management supplement to any diet regime." Jan Wadstein, M.D., Ph.D, associate professor of medicine at Lund University in Sweden.
What is CLA?
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a free fatty acid derived from safflower oil related to the omega-6 fatty acids - one of the two types of essential fatty acids. Now conveniently available in a CLA supplement in softgel form!
Potent antioxidant protection
CLA is a powerful antioxidant agent. In the body it is taken up by phospholipids, a class of fats that serve as the principal structural components of cell membranes. CLA enhances the cell membrane's defense mechanism against attack by free radicals.
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The CLA supplement supports the production of key immune system cells and promotes a healthy inflammation response. CLA supports the PPAR-gamma agonist, a class of internal cell receptors. CLA's support of important immune compounds such as leukotrienes and prostaglandins, make it a valuable nutrient for maintaining the body's inflammation response.
Reap the benefits from this all-natural multi-facted nutient. In a random-double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 20 healthy people of normal body weight, and body mass index less than 25.0 kg/m2, who did standardized physical exercise in a gym for 90 min three times weekly, CLA supported weight reduction. Participants took either placebo (hydrogel) or CLA 0.6 mg, three times daily, as two capsules during meals, for 12 weeks.
Researchers found significant results in the CLA group during the study, but not in the placebo group. (Source: Thom E, Wadstein J, Gudmundsen O. Conjugated linoleic acid reduces body fat in healthy exercising humans. J Int Med Res 2001 Sep-Oct;29(5):392-6.) In another study, fifty-three healthy men and women, aged 23-63, were randomly assigned to supplementation with CLA (4.2 g/d) or the same amount of olive oil during 12 wk in a double-blind fashion. The findings showed positive results (-3.8%, P< 0.001) in the CLA-treated group, with a significant difference from the control group (P = 0.050). (Source: Smedman A, Vessby B. Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation in humans - metabolic effects. Lipids 2001 Aug;36(8):773-81.)
In one study, antioxidant activity was observed with only 0.25% CLA in the diet. Comparative studies have shown that CLA is approximately two times more powerful an antioxidant than beta-carotene and yet another study concluded that CLA "may produce substances which protect cells from the detrimental effect of peroxides" (J Am Coll Nutr 2000 Apr;19(2 Suppl): 111S-118S.) Peroxides are one type of 'free radical' that may harm cells, and cell function.


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Region's shipping businesses embracing private equity
Thousands expected in Stamford: Will be topic at annual CMA event this week
It's pretty easy to think of seaports like Long Beach, Calif., Houston, Newark, N.J., and others on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as giants among the network of port cities around the world.
The vessels arriving and departing daily from these ports carry millions of tons of cargo -- playing a crucial role in transporting products generated by an international economy.
So it may sound surprising to learn that the tranquil waterfronts of coastal communities like Greenwich, Stamford, Fairfield and even Bridgeport play a significant role in this critical industry.
Maritime companies abound throughout southwestern Connecticut -- either directly or in a support role -- and contribute millions of dollars in taxes and wages to the region's economy.
Fairfield County is home to myriad maritime shipping companies and support businesses, including suppliers, law firms, financiers and insurers, according to Jim Lawrence, chairman of Stamford-based Marine Money International, publisher of Marine Money magazine, a global marine financial publication.
"It's pretty close to 5,000 people" in the industry, said Lawrence, who has been involved with the maritime business more than 25 years. "The region is the source of billions of dollars of global economic activity. Connecticut is one of the world's acknowledged maritime centers along with Singapore, London, Hong Kong, Oslo and Athens as home to ship owners, charterers, commercial brokers and professional advisers like lawyers, insurers and financiers. Houston may be the operational center in the U.S., but Connecticut and nearby New York are clearly the mind and management center of shipping in the U.S."
Shipping 2014
As a prominent maritime shipping center, the region attracts graduates from state and federal maritime academies, Lawrence said, noting that Stamford annually hosts an international event that attracts shipping company representatives from around the globe. Hosted by the Connecticut Maritime Association, Shipping 2014 is expected to draw more than 2,500 players in the industry from March 17 through 19 at the Stamford Hilton.
Most of those Fairfield County companies that own or manage ships that visit ports around the world will attend the event, and many have teamed with private equity firms and taken advantage of low ship prices to expand their fleets. Those private equity firms are wagering that ship prices will bounce back from historic lows after some fell more than 70 percent.
It's drawing interest from private equity firms like Riverstone, which was attracted to the potential of Westport-based Ridgebury Tankers and pumped $200 million into the business last April for ship purchases.
Through Riverstone's assistance, Ridgebury has acquired 15 product carriers, and more are coming, according to Robert Burke, founder and CEO of Ridgebury.
"We have three years to invest our $200 million," Burke said. "I saw 40 different private equity firms and kept at it. There's not a lot of sources for equity out there. The banks don't give you equity. I wanted to buy a bunch of ships."
Riverstone's buying binge comes as a global over-build of crude oil tankers is finally petering out.
"The (global) fleet will be flat or declining the next few years. We expect demand to continue to increase about 2 percent a year, so rates should go up," said Burke, former CEO of Industrial Shipping and a veteran of more than 30 years in shipping-related activities.
Burke's background also includes two years as a navigation officer, founder of Great Circle Capital, CEO of Chembulk Tankers, and managing director of GE Capital, where he was in charge of the marine transportation group.
`Very smart money'
"Our strategy is to invest in modern tonnage either currently on the water or on resales of vessels that will enter service shortly," Burke said last April when the investment by Riverstone was announced. "We believe that the next 12 to 24 months will present an attractive entry point for investment in the sector."
The investment in Ridgebury, which has 10 employees at its Westport headquarters, is consistent with Riverstone's model of partnering with proven management in focused segments of the energy industry, according to John Lancaster, a partner in Riverstone, which has committed about $21.6 billion to 97 investments.
"Crude oil and product tankers are an essential component of the rapidly evolving and critical global energy logistics system, and we believe the sector's immediate and long-term fundamentals provide the potential for entry, growth and attractive returns," he said.
Noting that a tanker in the very large crude carrier category can cost $100 million, Lawrence said it constitutes a sensible investment for a private equity firm.
"You get a manufactured asset at a low entry cost. The downside risk is very limited," Lawrence said, estimating that daily charter rates are $100,000. "That's a home run. Private equity is very smart money. They find the best operators and recapitalize struggling companies."
American Phoenix
Lawrence recited a list of shipping companies in the region that have received an infusion of private equity funding, including Principal Maritime Management in Southport, Diamond S Shipping Group in Greenwich and MidOcean Marine in Norwalk.
MidOcean partnered with Alterna Capital Partners, a Wilton private equity firm, to form a joint venture in 2011. It led to the construction of a partially completed oil tanker that was christened American Phoenix and now operates as a chartered vessel plying the Gulf of Mexico.
The financing agreement Alterna has with MidOcean is one of five it has with maritime shipping companies.
"We saw opportunity to acquire vessels at prices that are the basis of great earnings and capital going forward. The price of ships went sky-high, but with the crash prices dropped. That was a signal for us to start looking," said James Furnivall, managing partner at Alterna, which in 2009 raised its first fund of $428 million. It is finishing up its second fund with a target of $600 million.
Prospects look good for a solid return on investments made by private equity firms, said Furnivall, who has seen improvement in vessel value and charter rates across several shipping sectors.
Navig8 Group in Westport, which manages pools of ships and operates 248 tankers and bulkers, recently partnered with Oak Tree Capital to buy six stainless steel chemical tankers and form Navig8 Chemical Tankers.
Diamond S Shipping Group, which has backing from billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, announced in late February that it is selling 14 million shares priced at $14 and $16 to fund the purchase of 10 refined-fuels tankers vessels being built in South Korea.
Vessel financing promises to be a hot discussion topic at the CMA event. An opening day panel session will include discussion of private equity funding.
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I'm back again...
probably I've skipped a week to update,
for such no reasons, well, probably there is'
but I haven't grabbed the right time to do so
and now I went home from school early
so I took the time to post these photos.
Last week school's very stressful specifically
our communication arts subject...
I've been stressed out with this project
that me and my group mates have done for
compliance, well, I think though this project
was kinda fun. We were told to interview a
Fashion Designer, it's was fun as well as embarrasing because
I think it was my first time to personally talk with
a fashion designer as aspiring fashion designer.
We met Wendell Quisido a famous local designer,
which we haven't interviewed anyways because of
his tight schedule and here goes Harvey Cenit,
which was the designer that we interviewed.
We went back to Harley Ruedas atelier, which was the
place that we interview Harvey, harvey is a head designer
of HARLEY RUEDAS' line and Harley ruedas is the owner
and also a noted Fashion Designer. Who would have thought
that Harley the owner was there because as far as I can remember
when we interview Harvey, he said to us that Harley was in China
and like I think that's three days past before we came back
for a tour to his atelier. The most embarrassing part was
Harley ruedas talking to me like a supah bitch, like when we
went inside I totally forgot to toke off my shades and I never
bothered to and harley was like IS THERE ANY SUN HERE?
There were still a lot of things that went wrong that day
which I can't share because I think it would be very traumatic
to recall it all, it's better to forget.
That embarrassing experience was not expected actually
xoxo miki


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A U.S. Navy spokesman says no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft.
Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, says all U.S. drones in the region are "fully accounted for." He also cast doubt on Iranian claims Tuesday that the U.S. ScanEagle drone entered Iranian airspace, saying U.S. operations in the Persian Gulf are "confined to internationally recognized water and airspace."
He says that U.S. ScanEagles have been lost into the sea in the past, but none have gone down recently.
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Other nations in the Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates, have ScanEagle drones in service.
The 5th Fleet is based in Bahrain.
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Want a season ticket on the 50-yard line right behind the Minnesota Vikings' bench when the new stadium opens in 2016? You'll have to plunk down $9,500 for a "personal seat license" first, then $400 per game for eight home and two preseason games.
The team unveiled pricing details Friday that were largely in line with the parameters they announced in October.
The stadium will have 65,400 seats, including 3,400 separately handled seats in suites.
Of the 62,000 remaining seats, about 50,000 require the one-time purchase of a seat license — which the team refers to as a "stadium builder's license," or SBL — in order to buy a season ticket for that seat.
Fans have objected to paying a fee on top of paying for seats, particularly when about half the stadium cost is being paid with public money.
But team officials say the Vikings are the 18th NFL team to use seat licenses for a stadium. At $125 million, the Minnesota program falls in the middle of the pack using inflation-adjusted numbers.
"It's just the reality of building a new stadium in today's times, and the cost to do so. And again, we wanted to make sure that the amenities for the fan and that fan experience was much more robust than what they've had for 32 years at the (Metrodome)," said Steve LaCroix, vice president of sales and marketing for the Vikings.
The license fees range from $9,500 for the $400 seats — which come with access to a field-level club attached to the team's locker room — to $500 for the $50 seats way up high.
Even higher up, behind the $50 seats, are about 12,000 seats that can be purchased without buying a seat license. The team hasn't assigned a price for those yet, and they won't go on sale till 2016.
That means that, not counting the suites, about 80 percent of the seats in the new stadium will require a license to buy.
The best are the roughly 8,000 seats in the four clubs: Field Club ($9,500 license, $400 ticket); Valhalla Club ($7,000, $350); Vikings Club ($4,500, $300); and Fire + Ice Club ($3,500, $200).
The clubs are all on the 50-yard line, with the price rising the closer you are to the Vikings' bench and to the field.
One premium seating area that's not a club is called the "Ultimate Fan Zone." Directly behind the end zone, it's intended to be similar to the Hawk's Nest in Seattle or Dawg Pound in Cleveland. Tickets there are $110 per game, plus a one-time license fee of $2,550.
The average seat license will be about $2,500, the team says. And you don't have to put all the money down at once.
The team is offering two financing options: one calls for equal payments, interest free, over three years, and the other offers an additional five years of financing at 8 percent interest.
Once a seat license has been purchased, the owner controls that seat as long as he or she continues to buy season tickets. After the first year, owners can sell their seat licenses if they no longer want to buy season tickets.
"That season ticket travels with that SBL location," LaCroix said. There are active secondary markets for buyers and sellers, for instance on strmarketplace.com. "You'll see all kinds, some for more than what they bought them for, some for less; it kind of bounces all over. It's an open market," he said.
The seat license gives owners access to their seats for the 10 regular-season and preseason home games. It wouldn't give them access to the Super Bowl, if that should come to the new stadium. But they would be first in line to buy tickets to Vikings home playoff games.
It also does not give them access to other events held on non-game days at the new stadium.
For the next year or so, the only people who can buy season tickets in the new stadium are those who held them last season at the Metrodome.
The team's roughly 53,000 season-ticket holders will be invited by seating area — with holders of the best seats going first — to select seats in the new facility. They'll be invited to tour a 7,500-square-foot "preview center" in an office building across from the stadium site where they can get a look at what suites and club seating will look like, along with other information.
The season-ticket process for the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium, where the team will play in 2014 and 2015, is being handled separately. LaCroix said the team has gotten about 30 percent season-ticket renewals for TCF Stadium so far.
You don't have to buy season tickets at TCF Stadium in order to get them at the new stadium, LaCroix said.
The seat-license program is intended to raise $100 million toward construction of the $975 million stadium. An additional $25 million would be used for sales costs and to pay for the financing options.
The team has hired Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment to handle the sales work, and a team of 26 has been assembled to sell the new seating options.
If the team fails to hit the $100 million goal, it would make up the difference.
The $100 million is intended to provide partial backing for a $250 million loan the team is taking out as part of its $477 million contribution to the stadium. The state is putting in $348 million, and the city of Minneapolis is contributing $150 million.
The stadium is scheduled to open in July 2016 on the same site in downtown Minneapolis where the Metrodome is now. The Dome is in the process of being demolished.
Van Wagner also is involved in negotiating naming rights for the new stadium. Jason Gonella, executive director of new stadium sales for Van Wagner, declined to give an update Friday on naming-rights talks.
Doug Belden can be reached at 651-228-5136. Follow him at twitter.com/dbeldenpipress.
For all the details on the Vikings' stadium seating plans, go to newminnesotastadium.com.


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Your guide to week one of the 2018 AFL finals
First qualifying final: MCG, Thursday September 6, 7.20pm AEST
Richmond v Hawthorn
Odds: Tigers $1.40 Hawks $3 (TAB)
Last time they met: Round three, Richmond 15.12 (102) d Hawthorn 13.11 (89) at the MCG.
For the Tigers, Jack Riewoldt booted four goals and Jason Castagna added three. Trent Cotchin had 31 disposals while Dustin Martin was relatively quiet, with 21 touches and a goal. Jarryd Roughead booted four for the Hawks and Luke Breust three, while Tom Mitchell had 42 disposals.
Selection issues: The Tigers expect Kane Lambert (ankle) and Dan Butler (ankle) to be in the frame; the Hawks will want James Frawley (back) on the field. James Sicily (scaphoid) has work to do.
Finals history: The two clubs have never met in a final.
The skinny: This pits mate against mate - Alastair Clarkson versus Damien Hardwick - with the Tigers hoping to emulate the Hawks' dominance of earlier this decade. If there is one team that can split the Tigers' defensive set up with excellent ball use, it's the Hawks. They have the kicking skills and nous to attack the Tigers through the corridor, and score "out the back" - tactics the Western Bulldogs and Essendon employed with success in recent weeks despite falling just short. Riewoldt and Martin have been in great touch, but Jack Gunston and Breust don't need many opportunities to impact the scoreboard for the Hawks.
Tip: Going for a boilover here, with the Hawks notching a two-point win.
Second qualifying final: Perth Stadium, Saturday September 8, 8.10pm AEST
West Coast v Collingwood
Odds: Eagles $1.65 Magpies $2.25 (TAB)
Last time they met: Round 17, West Coast 15.12 (102) d Collingwood 9.13 (67) at the MCG.
The Pies managed only three goals after half-time, while their opponents booted seven. The Pies had just three goalkickers - Jordan de Goey with four, Josh Thomas (three) and Brody Mihocek (two). Eagles talls Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling and small forward Willie Rioli each booted three.
Selection issues: The Eagles hope Kennedy (shin) will return; the Magpies are hopeful Adam Treloar (hamstrings) and Jeremy Howe (corked thigh) will be back. Tyson Goldsack (ACL) is also in the frame. Darcy Moore (hamstring) and Ben Reid (calf) have work to do.
Finals history: Played six. Magpies 4, Eagles 1, draw 1. Last time: Magpies won by 13 points in a 2012 semi-final at the MCG.
The skinny: The Magpies will benefit from having their first taste of the new Perth Stadium with a win over Fremantle. That the Eagles had three losses at home will also give the Pies confidence, as will the absence of the suspended Andrew Gaff. The Pies will need to negate the rebound of intercept king Jeremy McGovern but boast five goalkickers with at least 20 goals. The ruck battle between Brodie Grundy and Scott Lycett will be intriguing.
Tip: Provided Kennedy returns, it's hard to see the Magpies stopping a potent Eagles forward line.
First elimination final: MCG, Friday September 7, 7.50pm AEST
Melbourne v Geelong
Odds: Demons $1.75 Cats $2.10 (TAB)
Last time they met: Round 18: Geelong 16.4 (100) d Melbourne 14.14 (98) at GMHBA Stadium. This was the second thriller between the clubs this season, this time Zach Tuohy's goal after the final siren securing victory after the Demons had led by 23 points at the final change. Tom Hawkins booted seven, while Tim Kelly and Gary Ablett found plenty of the ball, while Tom McDonald kicked four for the Demons. Clayton Oliver had 40 touches.
Selection issues: Demons' co-captain Jack Viney (toe) insists he will be fit for the first final; Dean Kent (shoulder) and Dom Tyson (wrist) face a nervous fortnight. For the Cats, Cam Guthrie (corkie) is expected to be fit, Esava Ratugolea returned from a broken leg in the VFL, Lincoln McCarthy also made a successful comeback but Rhys Stanley (calf) is unlikely.
Finals history: Played 7: Geelong 5, Melbourne 2. Last time: The Cats won by 55 points in a 2005 elimination final at the MCG.
The skinny: The Cats head into September care of a 133-point win over Fremantle and a 102-point crunching of Gold Coast. Is that too soft of a build up? As always, the question about the Cats is whether their bottom six players can have an impact. They can rely on Tom Hawkins, Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood while Gary Ablett returns to finals for the first time in eight years. The Demons have ended a 12-year finals drought but two gut-wrenching losses to the Cats this year will ensure they have even greater motivation. Oliver is built for finals while Max Gawn can really make a name for himself.
Tip: Line-ball decision but we're banking on Ablett reinforcing why he wanted to return home. Cats by 5 points.
Second elimination final: SCG, Saturday September 8, 4.20pm
Sydney v Greater Western Sydney
Odds: Swans $1.70 Giants $2.15 (TAB)
Last time they met: Round 22: Sydney 11.14 (80) d Greater Western Sydney 8.12 (60) at Spotless Stadium. The Swans claimed successive wins over their cross-town rivals, the second thanks to a six-goal-to-one final term. Lance Franklin booted five for the Swans while Luke Parker had 33 touches and two goals. The Giants were led by Dylan Shiel, who had 33 disposals and a goal.
Selection issues: The Swans expect Franklin (groin) and Parker (groin) to be back while Dan Hannebery (corked thigh) will be fit. For the Giants, Phil Davis (hip), Toby Greene (hamstring) and Brett Deledio (calf) will need to prove their fitness.
Finals history: Played 1: GWS 1, Sydney 0. Giants won by 36 points in a 2016 qualifying final at ANZ Stadium.
The skinny: This clash will ensure significant airplay in a market the AFL is still fighting to have an imprint in. The Giants appeared in major trouble mid-season when they lost four straight but nine wins from their final 12 matches ensured a return to September (although they have dropped their last two). Rory Lobb will need to lift in the ruck while Jeremy Cameron must have a major impact. The Swans have won three of their past four, those wins against fellow finalists. Franklin averages more score involvements than anyone, and a speedy forward line feeds off him. Dan Hannebery, who does not appear to be happy at the club, will be keen to have one last great game - should it be his last before heading to a Melbourne-based club.
Tip: The Giants may be the most efficient side scoring from inside 50s but Franklin looms large. Swans by 11 points.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Tevin Baskin scored 18 points and Appalachian State snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating UMKC 81-71 on Sunday.
Tab Hamilton had 17 points and Jamaal Trice, who made four 3-pointers, scored 16 for the Mountaineers (2-7), who hadn't won since beating Montreat of the NAIA in their opener on Nov. 9. Jay Canty had 12 points and a team-high six rebounds for the winners.
Appalachian State shot 62 percent from the field in the second half and 55 percent for the game. The Mountaineers also made their last 17 free throws.
Nelson Kirksey led the Kangaroos (4-6) with 18 points, going 8 for 8 from the field. Estan Tyler added 15 points and Thomas Staton scored 12 for Kansas City in the first meeting between the schools.


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Last night was the season finale of Syfy's Being Human. Lives were lost, secrets were revealed, and flashbacks were flying. Here's what we loved and what we didn't. Until next season! Spoilers ahead...
Last night, "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Me Killing You" wrapped up a great first season for the Americanized version of Being Human. And we can't wait for the next year of cleverly titled episodes (this years favorite names include "You're the One That I Haunt," "Going Dutch" and "Something To Watch Over Me"). Instead of utilizing flashbacks to illustrate Aidan's historical harido journey, the first trip down memory lane introduced the vampire to the werewolf. And just as we suspected, their chemistry was instantaneous.
While Josh tends to the wounded Aidan (gored by Bishop) the werewolf reflects on how the two met. Turns out Aidan stopped Marcus and another vampire thug from smacking the werewolf around. The moment itself wasn't spectacular or particularly memorable, but it highlighted something that has made this show entertaining since the pilot: Josh and Aidan's effortless rapport.
"You don't bat an eye at me being a vampire, but the nurse thing is weird?" "Just so you know, it wouldn't have been exactly like beating up a girl."
Thank goodness there's finally a drama on television, where the writing and the cast gel so easily. The folks on this show know how to write funny dialogue, and these two guys know how to deliver it in the face of great horror without belittling the drama that surrounds them. What can we say? It just works.
The rest of the episode was a slow burn to the big fight between the vampire and his maker. Bishop talks to Josh "for a disturbingly long time," letting him know that it's got to be now, or he's going to kill everyone's family. Aidan reluctantly drains his ex-lover Celine so he can gather the strength to fight.
Both Sally and Josh rally around their supernatural family, making huge sacrifices for Aidan. Sally leaves her door, turning her back on eternal peace and happiness. Josh sacrifices his new life with Nora and baby trying to trick Bishop. After an entire season of Aidan's mistakes and constant misfortune, there's no real reason for these folks to stand by him and risk their futures. Aidan murdered Rebecca (causing Bishop to bring back a vampire that in turn murdered a sweet hospital nurse and turned a child), he mind wiped a cop resulting in the police officer's brutal suicide, he rescued the evil Amish sect of vampire lords, and even kept an incriminating vampire snuff film in the apartment. This vampire is plagued by bad luck and poor decision making skills.
But as the show moves on, you see how Aidan is truly the father figure of this unit. He's the all knowing ghost expert, who defends and teaches Sally about her ghostly powers. Aidan was also the supernatural that forced Josh back into the world, he set him up with a job at the hospital and pushed for the apartment hoping it would force Josh, and himself, back into society. Aidan's easily the biggest monster of the group (as he's actually killed people) but, he's the roommate that keeps both Sally and Josh the most human. Their world does not work with out him as Josh and Sally demonstrated when they pondered why Sally can suddenly pick things up with her ghostly hands.
There is no other option but to fight for their friend. And just like a Dad, Aidan lets Josh think he's calling the shots, and changes things at the last minute, trapping Josh in the hospital during his vampire transformation.
So Aidan fights Bishop, and it ends with dusty vampire tears for his fallen master. But not before Bishop could whisper to his friend that it was always going to end like this. Was Bishop tired of it all? Did he regret becoming the evil beast that he was? Was his entire plan for East Coast vampire domination just a cry for help? Did he always secretly want it to go down like this, with clichéd bloody hand clasped to Aidan's chiseled cheek? Perhaps. One thing that's true is this series will take a big hit losing an actor like Mark Pellegrino. He made disgusting creep sexy and struck true terror into a series that could have taken a detour down the ridiculous. Great casting, great villain, we will miss you Bishop.
Sidenote, the final battle was absolutely gorgeous. Another thing we'll miss from this show are the arty hues and sepia tone flashbacks. It's sappy, but hey, it's pretty too! Hopefully this will continue in season 2.
But that's not all! The season finally put a twist on the rushed lady-with-a-baby plot. Nora has now seen Josh transform, and knows his big secret. And in doing so, got scratched by her man, which can only mean that she too will become a werewolf in the next season. But what about the baby? When Josh transformed, it pained Nora, physically. Did the baby also transform into a wolf at the full moon and rip apart her insides Twilight style? Was it a miscarriage? The show was pretty vague about the end result, probably on purpose. Or did we miss it? Seems to me they're keeping the status of the baby mysterious on purpose. Thankfully we're much more on board with the baby dilemma now that the crazy has been turned up. If Josh has to have a kid, it must be wolf creature or not at all. And it might be not at all.
In the end, it was the three all over again. "Being human," talking about wallpaper and krav maga (which was hilarious). Which brings up a good point, what will Danny do with the house? Just let them live there while he's in prison? Even Sally has grown over this season and found her voice amongst the two fellas. (The last episode proved that Sally could play the badass as well as the victim). It was a drama-filled climax, with a bit of a twist in the end, but nothing that rocked the boat too terribly much. Sure, Aidan might be the new leader of the Bostonian vampires, but that's not going to last. And who is "her" that the Dutch came to fetch Aidan for. We guess all will be revealed later.
But let's leave you all with this — our tribute to Aidan's many vintage vampire wigs and hats. If anyone wants to make a clip show of the hairstyles in action (preferably set to Willow Smith's "I Whip My Hair Back And Forth") we wouldn't be opposed to posting it. See you all next season, fingers crossed for an 80s Flock of Seagulls Aidan mane to add to our collection!


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Based on a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4×4, Crush Recovery is designed to be the ultimate off-road vehicle to recover 4x4s stuck in the toughest terrain. Doetsch outfitted the Jeep with more than 60 of the latest products from OMIX's family of brands including, Alloy USA's high-strength chromoly axle shafts and Rugged Ridge XHD Modular Aluminum Bumpers and new half doors for Jeep.
Inspiration for the Doetsch's Crush Recovery stems from both Jeep's trusted reputation and unmatched versatility. Known as the most capable off-road vehicle on the market, the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4×4 is the perfect choice for a go-anywhere, off-road recovery vehicle. Additionally, the new for 2012 Jeep color, Orange Crush, provides added utility and safety to Crush Recovery. The vibrant color stands out amongst the green and brown hues of the outdoors, making rescuers easily visible to those in need.
Prior to debuting to members of the press and professionals within the off-road industry at the 2012 SEMA Show at the OMIX/Rugged Ridge Off-Road Success Center, Doetsch will also preview the Jeep to select attendees of the 2012 Airpark Jeep Jamboree in Scottsdale, Ariz. on October 13. For additional information and progress updates on Doetsch's Crush Recovery vehicle, please stay tuned to the Rugged Ridge blog at ruggedridgeoffroad.com/blog.
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If the indicator light on your earphones turns on but doesn't flash, your earphones have already been set up with a device. In that case, follow the steps to connect to a different device.
If you have an iPhone with iOS 10, follow these steps. When you set up your earphones in this way, they also set up automatically with any of your other supported devices that are signed in to iCloud and using iOS 10, macOS Sierra, or watchOS 3.
- Hold your earphones next to your unlocked iPhone.
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Assuming that this was a completely spontaneous event, Weiner did what any man should have done: he defended his wife. Throughout this campaign, Weiner has dealt with his share of hecklers, and for good reason.
He jumped into this race quickly after resigning from Congress, and the reason why was still fresh in everyone's mind. The scandal mattered with regard to his judgment and common sense. But what transpired between Weiner and the man last week was different.
It's fair to argue that there is just way too much of our lives recorded and uploaded to Youtube. Any campaign has its share of awkward moments. I've had mine, and I have given it back to a potential voter or two. In the end, we are all just people.
This incident, however, was "shared" on a Facebook page in support of Weiner. It titled the incident "The candidate with the thickest skin." (It was not the best wording.)
It showed Weiner reiterating that his only judge - referring to his texting scandal - was his wife and his God. His supporters, on this particular Facebook page, wanted people to hear that.
Any time a person brings your spouse into an argument, it is okay to respond. The man, after throwing a left hook to Weiner's character, followed that by mentioning Weiner's wife is Arabic. (The man used the word Arab, so I am using Arabic instead of Middle Eastern.)
I am not so sure Weiner even heard that as he exited the bakery, only to return later. But if he had, he would have been right to defend his family. No matter how much damage this man may have done to his own relationship, he is right to protect it from outside trouble.
Anthony Weiner's personal pitfalls do not negate the man's right to defend his family. Families are not fair game in these campaigns.
Getting Serious About Syria
There is a good possibility that if the U.S. were to strike Syria (and it may have by the time this hits print), it will be a short and deliberate action. It will most likely not result in a protracted U.S. Involvement, but that might be a problem.
This debate is more about the actual decision than it is about the results, and two major players have stepped away from their usual viewpoints.
To hear Senator John McCain argue that a "no" vote from Congress would weaken the presidency is nothing short of puzzling. Was the presidency weakened when President Ronald Reagan wanted to put Marines in Lebanon and was opposed by then Rep. John McCain?
And maybe McCain supports action in Syria for good reason, but why would opposition in Congress weaken the presidency, an office that has grown too muscular in the mind of many constitutional scholars?
When Barack Obama defeated McCain in 2008, it was due in large part to Obama's insistence that McCain would continue the "saber rattling" of the Bush administration.
Obama used to love gluing the "saber rattling" phrase to political opponents, but he has not used that phrase very often in recent years. Is threatening a country with a missile strike not a major grip of the sword?
When Secretary of State John Kerry faced the Senate last week, there were two questions that seemed to trip him up. One was whether this could result in a more hostile regime taking over Syria, and the other was whether our assistance was somehow aiding the efforts of certain terrorist groups who also want regime change in Syria.
Those are important questions, and Kerry was wobbly on them at best. There is a good chance that this action will blow over in a few months, but it would seem as though two men that once opposed each another are acting in unison - and somewhat out of character.


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A severe earthquake off the south coast of B.C., followed by a tsunami, would cause $75 billion in damages to buildings, bridges and pipelines.
The costs would also come from interruptions in business and services, says a report released by the Insurance Bureau of Canada Tuesday.
The IBC says the study shows that B.C. and Canada — it also included an analysis in Quebec of damages of $61 billion — is not prepared for the "big one."
The study was sparked by concerns over the extensive damage from earthquakes in Chile, Haiti, Japan and New Zealand in 2010 and 2011.
The sobering news in the report is a call to better prepare for a catastrophic event, said IBC president Don Forgeron.
"(An earthquake) could result in the loss of life, property damage and the devastation of many communities. As the study reveals to us today, Canada faces a major risk for which we are clearly not prepared," said Forgeron.
The first study of its kind in more than 20 years, the report modelled an earthquake of 9.1 magnitude in the Western Cascadia subduction zone where two continental plates meet.
The zone can produce very large earthquakes as the two plates, which overlap, rupture or slip.
The last such earthquake took place just more than 300 years ago.
Global risk-modelling experts AIR Worldwide compiled sophisticated and comprehensive data on earthquakes, soil and the vulnerability of buildings, roads and bridges.
For the first time in Canada, the effects of the tsunami, landslides, fires and liquefaction were also modelled. Liquefaction describes the effect of shaking that turns loose wet soil into "quicksand." Richmond is particularly susceptible to this phenomena.
"It's not a matter of if these scenarios will happen, but when," said Jay Guin, senior vice-president research for AIR Worldwide.
Among the study findings was that road access to the Vancouver airport will be cut off during the first few critical days after the earthquake because all the bridges to Sea Island would be affected.
Nanaimo's port, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, will be damaged so much it may be out of service for many months.
There will be damages to buildings in Vancouver, Richmond and New Westminster, but it will be worse on Vancouver Island, particularly in Victoria, which has many old buildings. Buildings constructed with modern codes are not expected to sustain major damage.
While Vancouver Island's western edge will be hit hardest by the tsunami, Vancouver is sheltered from the full brunt of the waves. The tsunami is estimated to hit Vancouver two hours after the quake.
While loss of life and injury were not modelled, Guin said he expected wide-scale casualties and severe injuries.
The new $74-billion cost estimate is much higher than in earlier studies, including a recent U.S.-based report that pegged damages in Oregon at $32 billion.
In 1992, a similar study by the Munich Reinsurance Co. for B.C. estimated damages could be up to $32 billion. Adjusted for inflation, the figure would be $47 billion in 2013.
The study is meant to raise awareness and act as a tool for the insurance industry, governments and the public.
Forgeron said selling more earthquake insurance is part of the solution. Only 45 per cent of British Columbians in seismically-active areas hold earthquake insurance.
But Forgeron said also needed are more planning and work on early-warning systems, more building retrofits and rehearsal of emergency programs.
He acknowledged that British Columbia has already done work in these areas.
The study estimated that direct damage from shaking, the tsunami, fire, landslides and liquefaction from a 9.0 earthquake would be $62 billion.
Indirect losses of $12.7 billion would come from interruptions in business and services.
The total insured loss was estimated at $20.4 billion.
The B.C. government received the 345-page report Tuesday, and welcomed the new data. "We're always open to continually learning," said Cam Filmer, of the province's emergency preparedness department.
He reiterated the province has taken significant steps to prepare for an earthquake, including retrofitting buildings and emergency planning.
B.C. has spent or committed $2.2 billion for seismic upgrades to schools. This year an estimated 690,000 people participated in an earthquake drill called the great shakeout.
An earlier study released this year says the Pacific coast has experienced 22 major earthquakes over the last 11,000 years, and is due for another.


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On Tuesday's episode of "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart took a few swipes at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for the "inelegant" comments he made at a closed-door fundraiser last May.
"Gov. Romney [was] at a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser talking to rich people about poor people in a manner you would imagine cartoon rich people talk about cartoon poor people," Stewart quipped.
Just three weeks after the Republican National Convention, footage surfaced of the GOP candidate stating that 47 percent of the people who will vote for President Obama are "dependent upon government," and "believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing."
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After examining the groups that comprise the 47 percent, which included the nation's elderly and those making less than $20,000 a year, Stewart proceeded to throw to a clip of "the real parasites: Welfare Queens."
Only, the clip was that of Mitt Romney's mother.
In the clip from 1962, Romney's mother spoke about recently becoming a homeowner, and of her husband.
"He was a refugee from Mexico," Romney's mother said. "He was on relief, welfare relief, for the first years of his life, but this great country gave him opportunities."
The revelation that George Romney was on welfare left the late-night host momentarily aghast.
"So according to Mitt Romney's own logic," Stewart reasoned, "Mitt Romney could not win the vote of his dad."
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, September 20, 2013 – On Monday, September 23, 2013, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics will host His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, for a sneak peak of the upcoming BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival.
At 2 p.m. on Monday, the Governor General will arrive at the independent Perimeter Institute, where he will preview the interactive exhibits that will be featured at the upcoming BrainSTEM Festival. This will include a new mind control technology headset that triggers activities on a big screen using pure thought. This is just one of thirteen cutting-edge exhibits that will engage youth in a hands-on manner and visually demonstrate the importance of pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects in developing critical thinking skills. The BrainSTEM Festival will be open to the public from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013.
Following the exhibit preview, the Governor General will visit the Institute's highly regarded Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) training program in the Stephen Hawking Centre. His Excellency will have the opportunity to meet and interact with 31 of the world's most promising master's-level thinkers as they pursue knowledge and develop scientific skills for future areas of endeavour.
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013, Perimeter Institute invites the public to imagine, discover, and innovate with the BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival. This one-of-a-kind scientific celebration shares some of the latest and most intriguing technological innovations through a series of interactive exhibits, lectures, school visits, and tours. The activities aim to spark much-needed skills building and entrepreneurial thinking, particularly among today's high school youth, in order that they seize their potential, maximize their education, and be ready to excel in all new careers of the future.
The BrainSTEM Festival media kit can be accessed here. Event tickets are still available. While admission to most events is free, advance tickets must be ordered. Tickets are available online.
The BrainSTEM Festival is presented by Perimeter Institute with the support of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev). FedDev Ontario recognizes the need for a vibrant approach to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics throughout society. Perimeter also recognizes the support of Sun Life Financial, Linamar Manufacturing Limited, Toyota Manufacturing Canada Inc., and The Waterloo Region Record in making these events possible.
For more information on the BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival, the concurrent Equinox Summit: Learning 2030, and related activities from presenting media partner TVO including The Agenda with Steve Paikin, please visit www.perimeterinstitute.ca.


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General Motors CEO Mary Barra used a town hall meeting with employees today to present key findings of the company's internal review into delayed recalls. A roundup of what analysts, lawmakers and others are saying about the GM report by former federal prosecutor Anton Anton Valukus:
"It will take time to scrutinize this over-300 page report, but the initial findings are deeply disturbing, suggesting that communications and management failures ran deep and wide within GM. The failure to identify red flags and conduct a recall sooner cost lives. It has been more than a decade since we put tough new standards in place so automakers and regulators could quickly spot patterns and fix safety risks, yet this devastating design flaw slipped through the cracks. It's unacceptable. The conclusion of GM's internal investigation marks an important milestone, but our investigation continues as many questions remain for both the company and NHTSA. GM and NHTSA must continue to cooperate and provide us honest answers as we work to determine what went wrong, if there are gaps in the law that allowed the system to fail, and what legislative remedies may be necessary."
-- Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
"The board, like management, is committed to changing the company's culture and processes to ensure that the problems described in the Valukas report never happen again."
-- GM Chairman Tim Solso, as part of an announcement that GM's board has retained independent counsel to advise directors on governance and risk management related to the recall. The board is also forming a stand-alone risk committee to assist in overseeing the efforts.
"The downside is that members of Congress, the press and the public may think that the report lacks credibility if it is in an in-house investigation. His reputation is on the line with this report, so he is not likely to sacrifice that for G.M."
-- Carl W. Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, in The New York Times, on the Valukas report.
"I will be spending the next few weeks seeking advice and input from all interested parties as to the terms and conditions of such a program. I have already drafted some preliminary compensation ideas and plan to share them in confidence over the next few weeks with lawyers, public interest groups, G.M. and others interested in the compensation program."
-- Independent attorney Kenneth Feinberg, on the status of a compensation program for recall victims that GM is developing.
"CEO Mary Barra is using (as we have advocated) the ignition switch crisis to accelerate cultural change at GM. Moreover, we are comfortable with our $2.5 billion legal cost estimate given the establishment of a victim compensation fund to directly pay for injuries/deaths and the likelihood that GM will use the bankruptcy shield to defend against the more spurious 'economic loss' class action suits ... While GM did provide some positive details around process and cultural change, we still think a stronger brand focus is needed to drive better results. Indeed, we believe GM would benefit from 1) making brand presidents more than advertising managers; 2) accelerating global product development – without compromising brand and regional needs; and 3) establishing mechanisms for faster cross-functional decision making. Execution of these initiatives, while also communicating a better long-term balance sheet strategy could help to unlock shareholder value, especially as these initiatives would provide us with better confidence in GM's prospects for margin expansion in the coming years."
-- Barclays analyst Brian A. Johnson
"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received the results of GM's internal investigation into the Chevrolet Cobalt recall, led by former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas. Based on the agency's preliminary review, it appears to support the findings of NHTSA's timeliness investigation that showed at all levels of the organization, GM's decision-making, structure, process, and corporate culture stood in the way of safety at a time when airbags were failing to work properly in millions of GM products. This must change and NHTSA has ordered GM to make significant institutional reforms and is conducting a thorough review of the report as part of the agency's ongoing oversight. As always, NHTSA will take appropriate action based on its findings."
-- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
"The GM public relations campaign is pitching this report as an independent review. In truth, it seems like the best report money can buy. It absolves upper management, denies deliberate wrongdoing, and dismisses corporate culpability. By firing fifteen people and committing definitively to establish a compensation fund, GM has taken more steps than it has been willing to do in the past, but today's public relations campaign continues to leave critical questions unanswered. Most significantly, CEO Mary Barra could not answer why the defective ignition switch was changed but its number was kept the same. Before accepting GM's self-serving explanation that the cause was a failure of corporate silos or culture, rather than deliberate wrongdoing, I believe that federal investigators and law enforcement agencies must conduct an independent inquiry into GM's conduct. The Department of Justice must pursue a timely, vigorous criminal investigation. Congress must continue its inquiry, aggressively and promptly. And NHTSA must oversee the recall process to ensure more drivers are not harmed. Moreover, GM has yet to come clean about why it disagrees with widespread reports that their defect has led to more than 13 deaths and the company has yet to set an amount for the compensation fund."
-- U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
"Data suggests that for the most part, recalls have not discouraged Cobalt owners' loyalty to GM and Chevy. GM has done a good job communicating new car deals to affected Cobalt owners, many of whom were probably getting close to buying a new car anyway. These deals look very appealing to outgoing Cobalt owners, especially if they personally haven't had major problems with their GM vehicles in the past."
-- Edmunds.com Senior Analyst Jessica Caldwell
"I'm going to reserve judgment until I can take a closer look at the report -- which I expect to find comprehensive and thorough -- and I'm looking forward to getting a full briefing from Mr. Valukas. I won't be letting GM leadership, or federal regulators, escape accountability for these tragedies. That's why I'll be holding a follow-up hearing later this summer to address unanswered questions. The families of those affected deserve no less."
-- Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, chairman of the Senate's Consumer Protection subcommittee
"[The town hall meeting] was brutally honest. It took a lot of corporate guts to be that transparent. I don't know if it will [affect sales], but ... they have the right focus, and that is making sure what happened will never happen again."
-- Doug Stanley, general manager of Prestige Cadillac in Warren, Mich.
"The Valukas report provides important new details about GM's ignition switch defect and its tragic consequences. Its findings are consistent with what the Committee learned at our April 1 hearing: that a poor safety culture and repeated failures to identify problems within GM created this defect and prevented the company from acting sooner ... it provides important answers, but also raises new questions. It's imperative that GM implement the recommendations of this report. But Congress needs to do its job too. We need to give NHTSA improved authority and better resources so that the next time an auto company fails to live up to its obligation to put safe cars on the road, federal officials have the tools they need to keep consumers safe."
-- Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif.
"Despite the damaging nature of this situation, Mary Barra has handled it as well as any CEO in her position could. Her town hall speech made it clear that additional steps will be taken to punish employees who failed GM's customers. She wants to not only change GM's corporate culture, but to keep this incident top-of-mind going forward so the automaker won't ever experience these failures again. Mary's speech was a clear rallying cry to GM's employees worldwide. Seeing the automaker through this crisis would be difficult for any CEO, but thus far Mary has shown an impressive combination of leadership, empathy and resilience."
-- Karl Brauer, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book
Kathleen Burke, Gabe Nelson and David Phillips contributed to this report.


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SAGE Days 4
The 4th SAGE days 2007 will be held the week of June 12-17, 2007 (a Tuesday through Sunday) in the Mathematics Department of the University of Washington in scenic Seattle.
The focus will be on coding sprints, rather than talks on various SAGE-related topics. Namely, it is planned to be a developers workshop, with fewer general audience talks but plenty of opportunity to talk and work with others.
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William Stein, [email protected]
David Joyner, [email protected]
Robert Bradshaw, [email protected]
Tom Boothby, [email protected]
The following people have expressed interest so far. If you wish to attend and do not see your name, please contact the organizers.
- Iyad Ajwa
- Nick Alexander
- Tom Boothby
- Ifti B.
- Craig Citro (first three days)
- Timothy Clemans
- Didier Deshommes (first 3 days (11-14). If you'd like to split the cost of a room, please contact me)
- David Harvey
- David Joyner
- Kiran Kedlaya (last day only, if at all)
- Emily Kirkman
- Robert Miller
- Joel Mohler
- Bobby Moretti
- Matteo Paganini
- Yi Qiang
- David Roe
- William Stein
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Local Information
Directions to Padelford Hall coming from the south via I-5 northbound: From I-5 northbound, take exit 168B (Bellevue/Kirkland) to State Route 520. Take the first exit off SR520; the sign will point to Montlake Boulevard NE. Turn left into Montlake Blvd. and continue north past Husky Stadium. Move over to the right and take the 3rd right after the Stadium. Park in lot E1. It will cost $ 4 (a machine takes ones and fives). Park your car and walk over the overpass and up the hill. Look for the math Dept using the campus map [http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/campusmappg.pdf campus map] (pdf) or [http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html?PDL Padelford Hall map].
[http://www.washington.edu/univrel/visitors/accommodations.html General hotel information]
The [http://www.seattleuniversityhotel.com/index.html Seattle University Travelodge] has free wifi and is conveniently located. Their rates are also reasonable (e.g., 78 and 88).
The [http://www.collegeinnseattle.com/ College Inn] is also a good choice, though sometimes gets booked up.


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Mandy is the kind of no-nonsense personality you can rely upon. When things might have felt complex to me, she fixed it so fast, and in a calming elegant grace that helps me find my centre again. I've lost count of the amount of times she's been there for me in London. Everything feels better when she's around.
Jean-Yves Perrier
Mandy has done, and is doing, a tremendous job in solving all the problem in the London office, making time for volunteers and employees, helping organizing and facilitating events, dealing with food, with the AV system and all the things that make organizer, volunteer, and employee life easier.
She also help solving many travel problems for the whole companies.
Brian King
Doing a superb job wrangling London .... and made the recent move go as smooth as possible.
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- Date: December 09, 2019 10:00 am - 10:45 am
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Monday Lapsit-Play and Read is for children 1-2 years of age and their parent/caregiver. This is an interactive play time for preschool children that learn primarily through their senses. This incorporates play, books, fingerplays, crafts, music, and more. We model and recommend Every Child Ready to Read, an initiative of the American Library Association. For more information, call the library at (308) 385-5333.Return to full list >>