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Roger K. Baumberger
Senior Managing Director and CFA joined Aegis Capital Corp. in March 2013 as Senior Managing Director of Private Equity Banking and Chief Operating Officer of SternAegis Ventures. Mr. Baumberger's extensive investment banking and corporate finance experience at New York City-based firms has been focused on private and public emerging growth companies in all sectors including healthcare, technology, software, internet and telecommunications. Specific areas of professional expertise include private placement of equity and debt, including venture capital and PIPE financings; mergers and acquisitions; initial public offerings; and the valuation of securities and business.
From 1995 until March 2013, Mr. Baumberger was with Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. where he was Senior Managing Director, Investment Banking. Prior senior corporate finance positions were held at Josephthal & Company, BDO Seidman, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., The Equitable Life Assurance Society and Marine Midland Bank. He is member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and CFA Institute. Additionally, he is a past president of The Executive Forum and a director of the NYU Alumni Association.
Mr. Baumberger's academic credentials include designation as a Chartered Financial Analyst, an M.B.A. with distinction from New York University's Stern School of Business, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College.
Melissa Fan Chen
Ms. Fan Chen has extensive experience on Wall Street in the areas of investment banking, financial services and security trading. She holds the Series 7 & 63 licenses. Over the years, Ms. Chen's career focus has been the direct interaction with Chinese companies assisting them with their performance in the U.S. public capital markets. In this regard she advices her clients on communication with regulators, auditors, attorneys, and other market professionals while specializing in market/industry analysis and corporate due diligence. Ms. Chen has been an advisor to numerous companies in the preparation of their IPO – Initial Public Offering – and is an ongoing consultant for future financings, strategic acquisitions and up-listing to senior securities exchanges. Ms. Chen has significant relationships with many investment banking firms, market makers, and analysts. She is an independent member of the Board and the Chair of the Board's Audit Committee of Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ms. Chen earned a Master of Science in accounting from The City University of New York, Queens College. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Christopher D. Gee
Director of International Sales and Marketing, Radient Pharma Corp. Mr. Gee is a successful technology and biotech executive with extensive sales, marketing, and distribution management experience. He has held executive positions and managed projects in the USA and internationally overseeing product development, marketing, sales, licensing, and distribution partnering. His purview has spanned domestic and global operations including negotiated licensing and distribution agreements with top tier companies. Mr. Gee's background includes serving as a senior analyst at New York University, Stern School of Business - IT department and working as an executive at Apple Inc., to manage business development, sales activities, and enterprise computing projects. He has also served as a principal in start-up companies. Mr. Gee received his M.A. from King's College, University of London and his B.A. from New York University.
DR. Keith M. Giles
Brings 20 years of academic and entrepreneurial experience in the life sciences, with a strong background in oncology, immuno-oncology, biomarkers and therapeutics. Dr. Giles has held research positions at the University of Western Australia, New York University and MiReven. At the University of Western Australia, he was a Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation Fellow and led a research team studying the role of microRNAs in cancer. He was responsible for strategy development and spearheaded project funding applications, publications and presentations. Dr. Giles later co-founded MiReven, a biopharmaceutical company developing a microRNA-based cancer therapy. As Head Scientist at MiReven, he was responsible for conducting therapeutic analyses of the oncology landscape to make product development recommendations. Dr. Giles also oversaw MiReven's preclinical program and supervised a team of scientists, managed collaborations with strategic partners in Europe and the United States, produced and delivered investor presentations, and was a liaison for intellectual property protection. In 2013, Dr. Giles received an Innovator of the Year Award from the Western Australian State Government for his work with MiReven. In 2014, he joined a translational oncology program at New York University to develop immuno-oncology biomarkers. As an academic scientist, his work has been published widely in peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals, and he has written book chapters on cancer biology. Dr. Giles has been invited to present his work at major international conferences, and is an editorial board member and expert reviewer at biomarker and oncology journals. He received a BS from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, a Graduate Diploma in Pathology and a PhD in Cancer Medicine from the University of Western Australia.
Scott W. Hollander
Mr. Hollander joined MCP's Advisory Board in January 2017. Mr. Hollander is a successful executive with 28 years of direct operational experience in sales, marketing, product development and mergers and acquisitions. He has held COO and CEO positions in both public and private companies based in the United States and internationally. Currently Mr. Hollander serves a CEO of Trinity Medical Devices and has held senior positions at Mallinckrodt/Covidien, Bracco Diagnostics, Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Development Corp, Interpharma- Prague, and Echo Therapeutics. Managing pre revenue development companies as well as multinational organizations with revenue in excess of $1.5 billion, Mr. Hollander has also completed over 30 business development transactions ranging form patent acquisition to large complex transactions in excess of $1.0 billion. He has also served as an advisor to a number of start-up companies and lectured on entrepreneurialism at Cornell University. Mr. Hollander received his M.A. in Business and Healthcare Services Management from The Olin School of Business, Washington University St. Louis, and his B.S. from Alfred University.
Managing Director, has 26 years of investment banking and corporate advisory experience. Mr. Karlin has worked with a broad range of small and middle market companies assisting them in meeting their capital needs by accessing the equity and debt capital markets. Mr. Karlin also has extensive experience advising companies regarding business development and strategy, corporate governance, capital markets and both buy and sell side mergers and acquisitions.
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Jack Lifton
In 1962, Mr. Lifton started his career with Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. in Detroit, Michigan where he focused on the preparation and study of the electronic properties of ultrapure technology metals alloys and first examined the electronic uses of lithium and its compounds for energy storage and production. In 1964, he produced the first thin film phase change memory cell, which resulted first in the invention of the recordable CD/DVD and is today the basis of SSD computer memories. He also worked on the development of the first commercial europium based cathodoluminescent phosphor and participated in the first work on hydrogen storage alloys that led ultimately to the development of the nickel hydride battery in the period 1965-67. During this time he was also a volunteer member of the team at the Ford Motor Company developing alkali-metal sulfur molten salt batteries for vehicular traction use. After receiving his M.S. Chemistry degree from Wayne State University (Detroit) in 1967 he joined ITT Advanced Electro-Optical Laboratories in San Fernando, Ca. where he developed a method for the deposition of thin films of photoactive materials along the walls of microchannel plate tubes that resulted in the successful creation of a type of solid state image intensifier device still in use today. In 1970 he focused on the development and manufacturing of engineered materials for the OEM automotive and electronics industry. In 1972 he served as production manager; technical sales director; VP operations, and finally CEO of a Detroit based private company and then of a Franco-British joint venture. He retired as the CEO of a wholly owned American OEM engineered materials subsidiary of Germany's MetallGesellschaft AG, and is now a business operations consultant as Jack Lifton LLC, which he founded in 1999. He coined the term "technology metals" in 2007, and has become one of the best known "popular" expositors in print and on the lecture circuit of the global markets for technology metals in the world. He consults to public and private companies, institutional investors, and governmental organizations on the sourcing, refining, fabricating, and marketing of the technology metals and materials. He has been a technology metals trader for two generations and has travelled extensively to visit mines, refineries, and fabricators on every continent.
Dr. Richard S. Matthews
Brings 40 years of experience in the medical and scientific fields including teaching at Syracuse University, and research positions at both Pfizer and Amgen. Dr. Matthews had responsibility for the study of worldwide licensing opportunities at Pfizer Medical Systems, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and Amgen. As a patent chemist at Pfizer, he prepared applications and testified on infringement issues. At Pfizer Medical Systems, Dr. Matthews also represented Pfizer at the Bureau of Radiological Health Section of the FDA and was a liaison with the Department of Commerce for export license negotiations. Dr. Matthews was responsible for evaluating the first whole body MRI device, numerous bone cements products, heart valves, insulin delivery systems, and artificial joints. He was also responsible for coordinating the committees on Acquisitions, Strategic Analysis, Acquisition Candidate Analysis and Venture Fund Candidate Analysis, and was the principal RDIT liaison for R&D Operations. In 1973, he designed the first computer program to analyze medical opportunities by combining market size and development costs to determine pricing. Modern variations of this program are widely used even today throughout the industry. At the Licensing Department of Central Research he conducted therapeutic analyses in the areas of cardiovascular medicine, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, ulcer therapy,asthma and CNS. In 1998 he moved to Amgen as the Director of Licensing. There, Dr. Matthews supervised a team of scientists, overseeing their interactions with small research companies and recommending potential licensing opportunities for Amgen. He received a BA from Brooklyn College and his Ph.D. at Columbia University in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Dr. Matthews resides in Connecticut and California.
William D. Priester, M.D.
Has been in the private practice of Internal Medicine and Cardiology since 1983. He has been the Medical Director of the Lenox Hill Physicians Hospital Organization in New York City and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Lenox Hill Health Network. Dr. Priester is also the President of Lenox Hill Cardiology Associates, P.C., which is a group of 16 physicians who interpret all non-invasive cardiology procedures at Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Priester received a B. A. from Stanford University and his M.D. from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Diane M. Smith
Principal. Ms. Smith joined Darby in December 2007, bringing nearly 20 years of experience in domestic and emerging market private equity investing, fund management and banking, including the launching and management of several new private equity and mezzanine investment businesses in both the U. S. and Latin America. Prior to forming her own firm to advise early stage entrepreneurs seeking private growth capital, Ms. Smith served as Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for Electra Investment Trust PLC of the U.K., playing a key role in building the firm's new U. S. principal investing business to over half a billion dollars in equity and mezzanine investments in a wide variety of industries. Joining Electra in 1991, Ms. Smith focused on growth financings and leveraged buyouts in middle market-sized companies in a broad range of sectors, with emphasis on consumer products and services, telecom and broadcast media, transportation operations and service providers, specialty industrial manufacturing and healthcare.
In the late 1990's, Ms. Smith spearheaded Electra's expansion into South America, targeting infrastructure privatizations and related service providers as well as specialty manufacturers and consumer products and services. Prior to joining Electra, Ms. Smith was involved in building the new leveraged buyout business for a NewYork based thrift, as well as serving in international banking and corporate finance roles with Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Before joiningMHT she spent several years in Spain developing export markets for Spanish producers of industrial and consumer products. Ms. Smith holds a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird School of global Management and a B.A. in Communications from Washington State University. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese.


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July-Steal My Style Recap/
July really flew by! I can't believe August is here and school is right around the corner!
Not only that but I have 7 more months before I become Mrs. Luna! It's amazing how much I have learned about myself during this wedding planning process and about the people most close to me. The good and the ugly comes out during the planning process I guess! >.< I'll all be good at the end though I just know it!
Anywho for now, I want to share with you my outfits that I highlighted for July! Feel free top shop these looks under my shop page and let me know any request or things you want to see perhaps for the next few blog posts!
This was by far my favorite outfit! It's hard for me to find pants that fit well other than jeans, so I found these I was super excited to share this look with you! Here are my reasons why you need to try jogger pants before this season is over ! Click here !
Gladiator heels, leather skirt and a floral blouse. The perfect stylish Summertime outfit and you can shop similar pieces under my shop tab or here !
Chambray is so in! It's light and breathable unlike denim. Read my Summer Chic with Chambray post here!
This month I launched my new website! I am so grateful for the ton of support that I have received from family, friends, and readers! Catch up on the new features and why I started blogging here!
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6 Hollywood movies that aren't Deadpool to feature catchy Hindi tunes
Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool opens with the classic Hindi song Mera Joota Hai Japani. We've found 6 more Hollywood movies that feature Bollywood songs.hollywood Updated: Feb 15, 2016 15:01 IST
So if you're one of the scores of people who went out to watch Ryan Reynolds' hilarious superhero satire Deadpool this weekend, you would've noticed a very familiar song playing in the opening scene. No, we're not talking about (spoiler alert) Angel of the Morning. But you've probably guessed it: We're talking about Mera Joota Hai Japani, the classic Bollywood song that plays in the cab driven by the biggest Indian stereotype money could buy.
Read: Deadpool review: Like Ryan Reynolds, this movie is a gift from God
That got us thinking, Deadpool isn't the first Hollywood movie to sneak in a popular Hindi song between all the hip hop soundtracks and orchestral scores. There have been so many others that we can name.
Read: Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool opens with Mera Joota Hai Japani. Here's why
And that's exactly what we're going to do. Here are 6 Hindi songs that were featured memorably in big-time Hollywood movies (and one show). And just to make it more fun, we're not going to include movies that were set in India like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel or Slumdog Millionaire. Because why cheat?
Inside Man (2006)
Right in the opening credits, Spike Lee's heist thriller starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen featured AR Rahman's Chaiyya Chaiyya from the film Dil Se.
Ghost World (2001)
Ghost World is one of the weirdest comic book movies you'll ever see. For one, there aren't any costumed superheroes flying around. It's so left of centre that director Terry Zwigoff opened the movie with Mohammad Rafi's Jaan Pehechan Ho from Gumnaam.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
There's a scene in Edgar Wright's zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead where Simon Pegg, who plays Shaun, walks into a supermarket just as a zombie outbreak is beginning. The song playing in the background is Leheron Ki Tarha Yaadein by Kishore Kumar from the 1983 film Nishaan. And as a bonus, there's a news announcer on the radio who says "Mare hue log apne apne kabron se uthkar zinda aadmiyon pe hamla kar rahe hain!"
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Just one scene with Jim Carrey's Joel and Kate Winslet's Clementine features two classic Hindi songs, and this time they have thematic consequence. It starts with another Mohammad Rafi song, Mera Man Tera Pyaasa from the film Gambler (1971) and smoothly transitions into Lata Mangeshkar's Wada Na Tod from Dil Tujhko Diya (1987) just as Clem tells Joel she wants to marry him.
The Dictator trailer (2011)
The very first trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's wildly inappropriate comedy The Dictator featured Mundian Toh Bach ke by Punjabi MC. The visuals that accompany the song are just as insane. Oh, and fun fact: The same song was used in a first season episode of the hit HBO show Entourage. And apparently the music supervisors of Entourage really love Hindi songs (or Punjabi, more accurately) because they also used Shamur's hit song Let the Music Play in the show's fourth season.
Lord of War (2005)
The fantastic Nicolas Cage film used AR Rahman's classic theme from the movie Bombay (1995) in a visually stunning time lapse shot of an aeroplane being dismantled as Cage delivered an existential voiceover.
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Saucy Business
The burlap sack is big enough for a grown man's body. It bulges with the weight of a hundred kilos of shallots, but there is a problem. These aren't the shallots I had ordered, the round ones that easily peel back to reveal a purple-hued flesh. These are a different variety, with smaller elongated sections clustered tightly in a bulb, each piece ranging in size from half a pinky to a thumb. The color and even the taste are the same, but these shallots are threatening to ruin my life.
Two workers hack fruitlessly at the tight layers of skin around each tiny onion with blunt cleavers. Seeing my puzzlement, one of them offers, "We call these 火葱 huocong. They grow in the countryside around here." Huocong means "fire onion." They do resemble little flames, and so does my current state of mind. The sack of onions seems to grow larger with every passing minute. We are going to be here a while.
I found myself here after a long and winding search for a factory to mass-produce a chilli sauce I'd been making out of my kitchen in Shanghai. This facility on the outskirts of Chengdu, which specializes in doubanjiang (fermented bean paste) and hot pot seasoning, is one of the very few that will entertain my limited run size. They have also assured me they can export to the US.
With its decade-long experience co-packing sauces, the factory should be guiding me through scaled production. But my process is so unlike anything they've ever done, they are deferring to me to instruct them. That was the first mistake.
Fried shallots are a key ingredient in my chilli sauce. I had asked the factory to order 小红葱 xiao hong cong (literally "small red onions"), a popular aromatic in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Little did I know that in mainland China, shallots are more commonly known as 鬼子葱 guizi cong, or "devil" onions, a term reserved for foreign invaders. Nor did I realize that in Sichuan, they take the form of their cousin, "fire onions," which is what the factory had ordered. Most of these workers had never even seen them before.
Now, as I stand beside an improbably large sack of fire onions, desperation washes over me. I should have bought them already peeled – or better yet, already processed and fried. But now I have no choice but to join in the peeling. Two hours later, we have barely made a dent. Reinforcements are called in from other departments. Three more hours go by. Now everyone's clocking overtime on a Friday night and the initial jovial chatter draws to a standstill. By the time the last peeled shallot goes in the pile, it has taken seven people more than eight hours to accomplish this one task. Delirious, fingers raw, legs numb, reeking of shallots and despondency, I swear never to lay eyes on them again.
That night, I sleep for a few hours at a shitty hotel they put me in near the factory. Tomorrow we'll take all the raw materials we prepped today and finally 炒酱 chaojiang, make the actual sauce. I'm nervous.
What made me think I could ever pull this off?
When I first came up with the idea to make and sell my own chilli sauce, I couldn't have imagined where it would lead me.
I've always loved spicy food, and like a true Sichuan local, I added chilli sauce to everything. I found Chinese chilli sauces more complex and savory than their Western counterparts, which tended to be too acidic. I also knew they had a bad rap: Laoganma sauces were often exposed for allegedly having carcinogens in their products, and every sauce on the market tends to have generous doses of MSG and artificial preservatives.
I have no problem with MSG. It's simply a synthetic derivation of a natural compound. But calling it the essence of flavor would be a stretch; it's just a flavor booster. Adding a few MSG crystals to a dish can't mask poor-quality ingredients. On the other hand, if people didn't demand that Chinese food be dirt-cheap, perhaps manufacturers wouldn't resort to flavor shortcuts and artificial preservatives to extend shelf life.
I started making my own chilli sauce from scratch, not just for myself but for the Sichuan dinners I cooked in my private kitchen in Shanghai and at pop-up dining events all over the world. I used chillies from Sichuan known for their fragrance, mountain-grown peppercorns that were exclusively given as a tribute to the emperor from the Han dynasty onwards, organic cold-pressed rapeseed oil, and small-batch fermented black beans. I also added crunchy aromatics like golden fried garlic and shallots to my sauce, more of an influence from southern China, whereas the texture was inspired by Laoganma's crispy, dry chilli condiment, which hails from Guizhou province. I bottled my one-sauce fusion of regional Chinese food cultures, distributing it to friends and selling at markets and my events.
The sauce's popularity prompted me to reflect on my mission to bring Sichuan flavors to the world and to dispel the stereotype of Sichuan food as nothing more than spicy and numbing. Sauces were the most scalable and consistent way to do that, but I had no idea where to start.
I began by buying all the chilli sauces I could find in local grocery stores. In China, it's mandatory for food producers to print the address and phone number of their manufacturing facility on the packaging. Bingo. I called several companies in Sichuan and arranged visits.
Sichuan province boasts hundreds of factories that produce chilli sauces and condiments. Some employed armies of sales people that couldn't answer a single technical question. Others weren't remotely interested in talking to me once they determined I did not own a chain of hot pot restaurants. The market in China is large enough without them having to go through the annoyance of export paperwork and FDA hurdles. This is why nothing good that's made in China ever makes its way to the West.
At first I didn't know what questions to ask. I just tried my best not to reveal that I knew nothing about the industry. I told factories I represented a business in the US looking to source potentially huge orders of sauce from them. After an amusing day with one factory boss who sold me on not his sauce-manufacturing capability but matchmaking prowess, I began speaking to them in Mandarin instead of Sichuan dialect because I felt it provided a layer of distance, making me less familiar and harder to place.
After several fruitless factory visits, I was eventually introduced to Boss Li through a chef friend. She and her husband ran a doubanjiang factory together, but it seemed like she ran him too. Boss Li had short, spiky, electric red hair that was visible a mile away, and could often be seen marching across the grounds in her high-heeled boots with her husband trailing behind. They kept two large Rottweilers in a cage at the entrance to the factory that barked menacingly at every visitor. She told me, gloating, that they got started by poaching a 70-year-old fermentation expert from the most famous doubanjiang factory in town, along with a handwritten notebook of all his secrets.
On my first visit, we spent most of the time eating hot pot in a special banquet room they had built on the top floor of the factory for VIP customers. An enormous round table filled the room, each place setting with a built-in electric stove for individual pots, and a gigantic lazy susan with plates of raw ingredients orbiting an extravagant floral centerpiece.
There were five other clients present: restaurateurs from other parts of China, a young man who introduced himself as 花椒公子, the "Sichuan pepper prince" (a play on 花花公子, which means "playboy"), and a Japanese businessman. The Japanese have been wild for Sichuanese food ever since the the renowned chef Chen Kenmin introduced the cuisine to Tokyo in the 1950s. Aged doubanjiang, a key ingredient in the cuisine, became a hot commodity, and the Japanese are still some of the biggest clients of the sauce factories in Sichuan.
As was typical with these dinners, there was no shortage of baijiu, the potent Chinese grain alcohol. The Sichuan pepper prince and Boss Li's husband took turns going around the table toasting all the guests as if we were at a wedding. The toasts got progressively sloppier. A few shots in, a warm haze descended over me. I wondered if they snuck some opium in the broth to help smooth things over. (Until it was outlawed in recent years, some hot pot restaurants used to put poppy seed husks into their broth as an extra "seasoning" to keep its guests coming back.)
Boss Li seemed very interested in my connection to the West. I think she saw me as an agent who could sell her products for her abroad. She assured me everything I needed could be done. Still, I left the dinner unsure whether I had accomplished anything.
A few weeks later, gearing up for production, I reached out to Boss Li. Sounding surprised that I was actually serious, she backtracked. "Hold on a minute, what type of bottle are you using? Glass? Oh no, we don't have the machinery to fill glass bottles, only plastic."
Plastic was less than ideal, but I considered the energy savings of transporting plastic versus glass, and thought it might not be the worst decision. I scoured Alibaba for PET containers and sent her a few I was happy with. Only then did she tell me, "Make sure it can take 50°C heat." None of these bottles qualified. A few more days passed before I found a bottle that could withstand high heat processing.
Boss Li then asked, "How big is the mouth of the jar? Our machines only seal jars with diameters of 9.8cm, 11.2cm, and 13.7cm."
I stopped to consider the buffoonery of buying a machine that only seals such esoteric bottle sizes. But what did I know? Exasperated, I began my search anew. This time, not even Alibaba could help. No one had jars this size, and if I could afford to make a custom mold for my first run, I wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place.
To get to the root of it, I asked Boss Li to let me talk to the factory manager in charge of packaging. "Take me through the steps of exactly what happens when a bottle is sealed," I told her.
"We put the aluminum seal in the lid," she began. "We place the lid on the bottle, and the bottle goes through the machine. But our aluminum seals are 9.8cm, 11.2cm, and 13.7cm, so your bottles have to fit exactly for it not to leak."
I stopped her. "Wait – those measurements are the sizes of your seals?" Those round aluminum disks that cost pennies to make, and come included inside the lid of most bottles?
She thought for a second and then replied brightly, "Oh yeah, if your bottle comes with its own seal, then that works too."
I wanted to strangle her through the phone.
All that palaver had led me to this moment, back at the factory on the second day of production, feeling cautiously optimistic. The ingredients had been prepared the day before, including the accursed fire onions, and we were ready to make the sauce. A worker poured several gallons of rapeseed oil into a giant cauldron, while another turned the heat up to 175°C as I instructed. We combined the rest of the ingredients – the chillis, spices, and aromatics – into an even larger container and wheeled it over to the cauldron. The oil had to be poured over the chillies at the precise temperature for the optimal fragrance, color, and flavor to release.
When the temperature crept to 175°C, a mechanical lever lifted the cauldron and the oil began to flow. It hit the ingredients with a sizzle and a cloud of chillies filled the room and our lungs. Things were looking good. Then, quickly, the chillies started turning dark. I sniffed the air, concerned. They were burning. "But how can that be?" I interrogated the worker. "The temperature was correct!"
"Actually," he said sheepishly, "that temperature gauge is off by a few degrees. We were just estimating. But I'm sure it's fine," he quickly offered. "They don't look that burnt."
I considered in that moment whether I should just jump in the cauldron myself.
When the oil and smoke settled, the workers turned the chillies with large shovels as I assessed the damage. It wasn't altogether burnt, but there were unmistakable patches of black in the sea of red. It took everything I had not to lose it in the middle of the factory floor. I took a few deep breaths and said, "OK, let's see how it turns out," though I already knew what the outcome would be. The workers insisted it was going to be fine. "Just wait, once we blend it, you won't be able to tell at all!"
It became clear to me then why most of these factories preferred to continue making their own doubanjiang and hot pot seasonings the same way they have been for decades, rather than take on new formulas. Imprecision is an asset in the kitchen in China, where chefs have relied for generations on intuition and experience in cooking. But the slightest miscalculation can be deadly in manufacturing. It takes time, experience, and exactitude to develop new and consistent practices. Those virtues simply weren't a priority for a doubanjiang factory founded on a notebook of stolen secrets.
As I predicted, blending and bottling the sauce couldn't hide the burnt taste. And just like that, my first production run went up in flames.
Enough time has passed that I can look back on that day and laugh about my journey. For what felt like an eternity, I hit one stumbling block over another, until I found myself at rock bottom, which is what reckoning with half a ton of charred chilli sauce feels like.
By experiencing the limitations of the factories and the people who operate them, I learned where I could streamline my processes and where I simply wasn't going to compromise. Quality of ingredients, precision in temperature, timing, and flavor were nonnegotiable, while certain operations, like deep-frying shallots, can and should be outsourced to professionals.
I later found that, contrary to Boss Li's insistence that she could export my sauces to the US, her factory did not actually have the necessary FDA documentation, and relied instead on backdoor guanxi (connections, also known as bribes) to pass through customs. This did not come as a surprise.
It took another six months before I finally found the right factory to work with. It's a pristine facility whose owners, both biochemists and food scientists, don't take precision lightly. Their stringent standards for quality and food safety go far beyond what is required by the industry, as reflected in their heavy investment in infrastructure, the several successful batches we've produced together, and the total competency of every employee I've worked with so far. There are no Rottweilers guarding the front gate, and the CEO's only flex is a brand-new Tesla parked outside.
I wish I had found them in the beginning. And then I remember Laozi's age-old proverb, a saying whose meaning had often been lost on me, but which suddenly hit home with great power: 千里之行, 始於足下. A journey of a thousand miles starts with just one step.
There really is no fast-forward button to mastery – behind every step forward may be a couple steps backward – but slowly, it is earned.
To celebrate Jenny's Sichuan Chili Crisp Kickstarter launch, The Cleaver Quarterly partnered with Fly By Jing to offer a killer giveaway to one lucky US winner: two bottles of the brand new sauce, and one carbon steel cleaver handmade by a Chengdu metalsmith.
Enter the draw by taking the following actions before Jul 4: (1) Follow @flybyjing and @thecleaverquarterly on Instagram. (2) Tag a friend in the comment section of this post. (3) Sign up for Fly By Jing email updates and subscribe to The Cleaver Occasionally email newsletter.
Jenny Gao is the founder of Fly By Jing, a celebration of the vibrant street food culture of Sichuan, brought to life through a line of all-natural food products and pop up dining experiences around the world. To preorder the first jars of Sichuan Chili Crisp available outside China, visit Fly By Jing's Kickstarter campaign.


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Tigers 5, Mariners 1: Latest loss drops Mariners into third place
DETROIT — Well, hello third place.
The Mariners' ongoing skid deepened Wednesday in a 5-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers that simultaneously dropped them into third place, behind Houston, in the American League West Division.
Detroit right fielder Steven Moya hit two homers against Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma, who lasted just 4 2/3 innings. Moya entered the game with only one career homer in 79 career at-bats over parts of three seasons.
It's been a dizzying June swoon for the Mariners.
They began play on June 3 tied with Texas atop the division. Less than three weeks later, the Mariners find themselves trailing the Rangers by 10 1/2 games — and the Astros by one-half game.
"I don't want to say frustration," second baseman Robinson Cano said, "because to say frustration is like you're blaming it on something. I always say that if you win as a team, you lose as a team.
"We're losing, but I don't want to say frustration."
The Mariners also fell back to .500 at 36-36. They were 10 games over .500, at 28-18, after a 13-3 victory over Oakland on May 25. They need a victory Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep at Comerica Park.
"There's a lot of ball left to play," manager Scott Servais said. "We're all disappointed in how this road trip has gone (at 2-7 with Thursday's finale against the Tigers still to play).
"I say all of that, but there is — there are plenty of teams that have been in this spot before, at .500, and then get it going and end up having a really nice season. We've certainly seen it. We're capable of it.
"We've got to go out and do it."
While the Mariners lost their four previous games after building early leads — multi-run leads in three of the four — this one was all Detroit from the beginning. The Mariners finished with just three hits.
Miguel Cabrera's two-out homer in the first inning opened the scoring. He timed and squared up a 71-mph Iwakuma curve for a 407-foot drive to left for a 1-0 lead.
Iwakuma found two-out trouble in the second inning when Jose Iglesias lined a two-run doubled over Nori Aoki's head in left field after singles by Moya and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Detroit led 3-0.
"When I started off," Iwakuma said, "I left that pitch up in the zone to Cabrera. It was a curveball, and he got to it. He didn't miss that pitch. And the fastball that I wanted away came in on Iglesias for a double.
"Those were the two mistakes early on, and they kind of took advantage from there."
Moya's first homer came when leading off the fourth. The Tigers had a chance to blow open the game after loading the bases later in the inning, but Iwakuma struck out Victor Martinez for the third time.
For all that, Detroit starter Michael Fulmer couldn't complete the necessary five innings for the victory even though he had retired 10 in a row before walking Adam Lind to start the fifth.
After Steve Clevenger served a one-out single into center, Fulmer hit successive batters, Aoki and Leonys Martin.
That quickly, Fulmer was gone.
Kyle Ryan (2-2) took over with one out and the bases still loaded. The Mariners countered by using Franklin Gutierrez as a pinch-hitter for Seth Smith.
The Mariners settled for one run. Gutierrez struck out, and Robinson Cano grounded out to first. They never threatened again — and the Tigers got that one run back on Moya's second homer later in the inning.
"I thought we had a shot there with the bases loaded," Servais said. "We were starting to get back into the game. We needed a couple of big hits. It didn't happen."
PLAY OF THE GAME: Omar Vizquel still has Gold Glove-quality hands. Vizquel now serves as Detroit's first-base coach, and he made a slick barehanded grab on Jarrod Saltalamacchia's sharp hopper in the fifth inning.
Vizquel won the first of his 11 Gold Gloves while playing shortstop for the Mariners in 1993 before a trade sent him to Cleveland. He concluded his 24-year career in 2012.
PLUS: Not much beyond reliever Mike Montgomery, who pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings after replacing Hisashi Iwakuma with two outs in the fifth inning.
MINUS: The Mariners had just one hit over the final eight innings — a single in the fifth inning by Steve Clevenger, which led to their only run…Hisashi Iwakuma gave up 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings…Robinson Cano was hitless in four at-bats, which dropped his average to .297.
STAT PACK: The Mariners' loss means Texas leads the American League West by 10 games over second-place Houston. Since divisional play started in 1969, 17 teams have built leads of 10 games or more prior to July 1. All 17 went on to win the division. The biggest pre-July 1 lead in those 48 years: the 2001 Mariners led by 20 games when play ended on June 30.
QUOTABLE: "Nobody said it was going to be easy," center fielder Leonys Martin said, "but we have to find a way to win ballgames no matter what."
SHORT HOPS: What should have been an error on shortstop Ketel Marte in the fifth inning was scored as a single for Jose Iglesias. That saved Marte from adding error No. 12 to his league-leading total among shortstops…the Mariners' streak of hitting at least one homer ended at 14 games. It is second-longest streak of the season by an American League team. Boston had a 22-game run that ended May 24.
Bob Dutton: @TNT_Mariners


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{Tribal Link note: Beto Marubo is a member of the Marubo tribe as well as of the Union of the Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (UNIVAJA). He attended Tribal Link's Project Access Capacity Building Training Workshop for Indigenous Peoples preceding the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2018 and is an outspoken defender of the indigenous communities living in voluntary isolation in the Vale do Javari, where his peoples live.}
Folha de S. Paulo
Op-ed section
December 13, 2018
Bolsonaro and the Isolated Indians
Signs given so far threaten to generate conflict
By Beto Marubo
The news that is preceding the inauguration of the President-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, is creating a climate of insecurity regarding the preservation of the Amazonian environment, the indigenous question in general, and in particular the situation of isolated Indians. The President-elect still seems to be in campaign mode.
Now that the election is over, it's time to calm tempers down. The President shouldn't be provoking juridical insecurity, as is happening at the moment in the Amazon, particularly in the States of Acre and Amazonas, where the largest number of isolated Indians from Brazil and the world is concentrated.
Statements that Bolsonaro will suspend all processes of demarcation of indigenous lands and change the constitutional status of FUNAI - from an organization defending indigenous rights to an institution subordinated to agricultural interests - have created serious instability in a system that is already fragile.
The signs given so far are aimed at generating conflicts like those that marked Brazil's recent past, with many deaths and even a case of genocide.
Ever since the candidate of the PSL proved viable in the electoral campaign, a great wave of deforestation has begun. Official surveys by satellite show that forest fires have reached pre-2008 levels.
On the ground, State officials and those from the Brazilian Army, Ibama, FUNAI, and Federal and State police, have been surprised by the speed of forest cutting, attacks on indigenous peoples, and the physical structures of the State.
One fact shows the rush to create a fait accompli, in order to serve as a basis for land grabbing: in the south of the State of Amazonas, even chestnut trees were knocked over and burned, on [Brazilian] Union lands. Chestnut trees are like the savings accounts of the jungle, producing guaranteed money in each season. Whoever cuts chestnut trees reveals haste and ignorance of the forest that he is destroying.
Brazil currently has 114 records of isolated indigenous peoples, with 28 confirmations of their existence. These ethnicities, all studies point out, live far from contact by choice, usually because of the trauma from previous massacres.
Therefore, in 1987, FUNAI, as a Brazilian state agency, adopted the so-called "no-contact policy:" the establishment of bases of vigilance and protection so that the isolated ones can live in their territories without being forced into the coexistence that they refuse.
But in recent years, the Brazilian government has weakened the protection of these groups. Consequently, the roaming areas of the Indians, even when demarcated, are not effective. Worse still is the situation of those groups in lands that have not yet been demarcated or approved. Some examples:
Last year, the international press reported a possible massacre of a tribe who some call "the people of the arrow," committed by illegal gold miners. This would have occurred in the Valley of Javari [in the State of Amazonas], my land, as a direct consequence of the reduction of budgets destined for protection, which led to the closure of surveillance bases in the Amazon.
According to Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa, his land has been experiencing the biggest crisis in recent history. More than 5,000 gold prospectors have invaded it. There may also have been an attack on an isolated group.
Some relief has come since last August, thanks to an effective action of the Army and the official indigenous-allied organization. Also in the State of Rondonia, invasions of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau territory, with the support of local politicians, threaten groups without contact with the surrounding society.
That is why last April in New York we asked the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to assist us in having an official dialogue with our government in support of efforts to protect isolated peoples.
It is urgent that the Brazilian public opinion shows President Bolsonaro that it is necessary to make peace in the countryside and respect those ethnic groups that throughout history have shown the desire to live autonomously. We are a rare country on the planet that even has this opportunity. We can not waste it in the name of the ambition of a few opportunists.
FUNAI, the National Indian Foundation, is the Brazilian government body under the Ministry of Justice that establishes and carries out policies relating to indigenous peoples. FUNAI is responsible for mapping out and protecting lands traditionally inhabited and used by these communities.
PSL is the Social Liberal Party, the party of Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing conservative political party in Brazil.
IBAMA is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm. IBAMA implements laws against deforestation where the government ceases to implement and works to keep the forest from loggers, farming, agricultural farm grazing, and anything that would threaten the Amazon.


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Meeting held in Launceston, 13th of March 2016 during the Tasmanian Open
Meeting Opened:
- Denis McMahon (President)
- Ian Little (Vice-president, secretary)
- Kevin Bonham (Ratings officer)
- David Hughes (Treasurer)
Pursuant to rule 12.2 of the TCA constitution a quorum of 5 must be present at a general meeting. Discussion of rule 9 pertaining specifically to the AGM was had prior to the opening of the meeting. Pursuant to rule 9 no specific quorum is stated in the constitution for an AGM. Therefore as a matter of procedure in consolidation of these 2 constitutional rules the chairperson (Denis McMahon) executed his right under rule 12.4.b to dissolve the AGM at 1809h on the 13th of March 2016 as being inquorate, to be reconvened at 1840h on the 13th of March 2016.
Meeting Closed:
Meeting Opened:
- Denis McMahon (President)
- Ian Little (Vice-president, secretary)
- Kevin Bonham (Ratings officer)
The minutes of the previous TCA meeting, the Executive meeting from the 26th of July 2015 were circulated prior to the start of the meeting. No amendments were notified and the minutes were accepted as read and correct.
The minutes of the previous AGM were accepted by the Executive at the TCA Executive meeting on the 8th of June 2015. Actions arising from these minutes were also considered.
Matters arising:
Submission of Audit Exemption form. (Ian Little)
Ian Little reported that the submission of the Audit Exemption form for 2015 will be submitted with the Return of Association form for 2016, which can only be done after the 2016 AGM has been concluded, and the new executive has been confirmed.
President's Report:
Denis McMahon, TCA President, tabled his president's report which had previously been circulated to the TCA executive via e-mail. No questions or comments were raised.
Report accepted (MOVED Denis, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY)
Treasurer's Report:
It was noted by Denis McMahon that David Hughes, TCA Treasurer, circulated to the TCA executive via e-mail a copy of his treasurer's report, and then a subsequent amended report; both prior to the AGM. Denis McMahon tabled the amended treasurer's report in David Hughes' stead. Denis McMahon questioned a cheque deposit of $220 credited to the TCA with no explanation of its origin. Previous discussions between Denis McMahon and David Hughes revealed this was most likely TCA membership levies from the Burnie Chess Club.
Financial Statements accepted (MOVED Denis, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY)
Report accepted (MOVED Denis, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY)
Junior Officer's Report:
No junior officer's report was tabled.
Discussion on Melissa Harvey's ability and inclination to continue as TCA Junior Officer was had. It was noted that Melissa had not re-nominated for the office of Junior Officer. Ian Little reported that Melissa Harvey had indicated at the HCC that this would be her last year as HCC Junior Chess Officer, and that this may apply to the TCA office as well. Further discussion on possible replacements led to Christine and/or Andrew Rumley being suggested pending their time commitments.
Discussion moved to the topic of state wide junior chess funding. It was noted that the funds from the 2010 Australian Junior were now exhausted, and the annual chess camp was being run from funds collected by the HJCC. It was then noted that contributions from Tasmanian chess players such as David Small and Ian Rout could be a more cost effective way to operate such chess camps in the future.
Further discussion was moved to election of office bearers: Junior Chess Officer, and then general business.
The use of the TCA website, social media, and other digital media:
Executive profiles:
Ian Little, TCA Webaster, noted that several TCA and Club executive profiles are missing and/or incomplete. Ian Little noted that these profiles have been and will continue to be useful when dealing with external groups. The profiles enable external groups dealing with the TCA and/or clubs to view information on the persons they are dealing with, and provide a name-to-face facility. Ian Little gave the example of the HCC dealings with a southern private school as a time when these profiles were used and gave a positive outcome.
Denis McMahon noted some broken links from the DCC page to DCC executive profiles.
ACTION ITEM: TCA Webmaster to fix broken profile links on TCA web page.
ACTION ITEM: All club and TCA executive profiles to be updated and completed – club representatives to liaise with TCA Webmaster on this.
Club home pages:
Discussion on the posting of week to week results on club home pages was had. It was agreed that duplication should be kept to a minimum.
Denis McMahon requested a standard link from the DCC home page to the DCC thread on ChessChat.
ACTION ITEM: TCA Webmaster to create an appropriate link from the DCC home page to the DCC threat on Chess Chat.
Discussion on the personalisation and updating of individual club home pages was had. Ian Little noted that individual clubs will benefit from having an up-to-date home page that shows upcoming club based events, relevant contact details, photos etc. Some personalisation is possible and encouraged and club representatives can contact the TCA webmaster for more information on that. Ian Little reminded the AGM that these pages are more for new people searching for a local club, and not necessarily for current members.
ACTION ITEM: TCA Webmaster to contact the Burnie Chess Club, specifically Ian Rout and Dylan Kuzmic, regarding this issue.
Tournament registrations and google sheets:
Denis McMahon acknowledged the successful implementation of online tournament registrations. Ian Little noted that most competitors have taken to the new registration format very well, and that initial "grumblings" have not led to a drop in registrations, or any other negative outcomes.
Ian Little highlighted that online registration forms are now linked to Google Sheets. This means that after every entry, the competitors details are automatically entered into a Google Sheet, which can be shared with tournament organisers. Ian Little explained that this can ultimately lead to not just the individual submissions being directed to individual DOP's from the website, but that a full Excel spreadsheet of all entries will be available for download and any time. This will give DOP's much faster access to competitor contact details etc.
Kevin Bonham requested that dates of birth be captured on tournament entry forms. Discussion on mandatory fields using the form block on the webpage provider led to the decision not to include such a field. DOP's will have to remain vigilant in capturing dates of birth for ratings purposes.
Club g-mail accounts:
Ian Little noted that every club affiliated to the TCA has an individual g-mail account, and that some clubs may not know this. Individual club "Contact Us" forms on the web page direct inquires to these individual accounts. The intention is for this account to then automatically forward incoming e-mails to the individual club executives. Ian Little noted that control of these accounts could at any stage be passed to the individual clubs. Should clubs choose to utilise these accounts for passing official notices to members they should contact the TCA Webmaster.
Club web-masters:
Ian Little noted that having points of contact within each individual club would expedite the implementation of many of the points already raised, and other issues as they come to light. It was noted that Denis McMahon is acting in this capacity for the DCC, the HCC has an elected webmaster, and the TCA webmaster should contact the BCC.
ACTION ITEM: TCA Webmaster to contact the BCC regarding a webmaster contact.
Digital payment for tournaments:
Ian Little noted that two tournaments have now trialled pre-payments by both credit cards and bank transfers. In both cases the issue of cash available for prize money has resulted in personal withdrawals from individuals bank accounts. The individual has then been reimbursed from the appropriate account at a later date.
Ian Little also noted that the credit card payments paid through the TCA website are easily confirmed as an e-mail is automatically sent to the TCA executive when payment is received; this is not the case for bank transfer payment. To confirm a bank transfer the DOP must contact the club or association treasurer.
Ian Little noted that bank transfer payments are being used much less when compared to credit card payments. Ian Little recommended to the AGM that the TCA and affiliated clubs cease offering bank transfers as a payment option in favour of credit card pre-payments and cash on the day payments.
Point of Order:
As a matter of procedure discussion on agenda items 10, 11, and 12 was deferred until after the election of office bearers.
2016 Annual Fees:
Discussion regarding the impact of raising levies compared with the amount of extra funds raised led to the recommendation that annual fees remained unchanged.
MOTION (Denis) Annual fees for 2016 remain unchanged. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Appointment of an appropriate auditor:
Discussion regarding Walter McMahon's circumstances led to the conclusion that the TCA is happy for him to continue in as the TCA Auditor. Denis McMahon relayed that Walter McMahon has indicated that he is also happy with this arrangement.
MOTION (Ian) The TCA appoint Walter McMahon as TCA Auditor for 2016 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Election of Office Bearers
The following people were all elected unopposed.
- Denis McMahon for the office of President (nominated by Devonport Chess Club)
- David Hughes for the office of Treasurer (nominated by Devonport Chess Club)
- Ian Little for the office of Vice-President (self nominated)
- Ian Little for the office of Secretary (self nominated)
- Ian Little for the office of Webmaster (self nominated)
- Kevin Bonham for the office of Ratings Officer (self nominated)
The TCA did not receive any nominations for the office of Junior Chess Officer. Pursuant to rule 15.4 of the TCA constitution the AGM appointed Melissa Harvey as the Junior Chess Officer subject to her consent. If consent is not forthcoming the TCA is to approach Christine and Andrew Rumley as potential candidates for this office, with David Small as a tertiary candidate should Christine and/or Andrew be unable or unwilling to take on the responcibility.
ACTION ITEM: Ian Little to approach Melissa Harvey to obtain consent, and follow up as appropriate.
Amendment to the TCA Digital Privacy Policy:
MOTION (Ian) All instances of Hobart International Chess Club, to Hobart Chess Club (Inc.) CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION (Ian) All instances of Australian Chess Federation, to Australian Chess Federation (Inc.) CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Australian Masters Games:
Discussion on the benefit of having chess included in the programme for the 2017 Australian Masters Games led to two major concerns. The first concern centred on the organising capacity of TCA members with the fear that the organisation of this venture would fall to a single person. The second concern centred on the Australian definition of a sport and other bureaucratic issues with the application form.
Further discussion on these concerns led to the recommendation that the TCA support Denis McMahons efforts as stated in the motion. This recommendation was made on the understanding that Denis McMahon would exercise his best judgement on the efficacy in pursing these matters, and the TCA would by default accept and support any decision cease any and all efforts described in the motion.
MOTION (Denis) Motion to have the TCA support Denis McMahon's efforts to have chess included in the programme of activities for the 2017 Australian Masters Games in Tasmania and will make available TCA resources to the extent they are required if his efforts are successful. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Tournament Structure for Tasmanian Open and Championships
Discussions on the structure of the Tasmanian Open and the Tasmanian Championships in 2017 and beyond considered the following topics:
- the 90+30 time control;
- complete records;
- the possibility of FIDE rating such tournaments;
- playing Friday nights;
- the impact on players with families;
- the cost of accommodation;
- recovery time between Friday night finishes and Saturday morning starts;
- the efficacy of having 6 vs. 7 rounds in the Tasmanian Open
Denis McMahon requested that the AGM to indicate its preference on the dates and formats of the rest of the 2016 TCA calendar, and its preference on the structure of future Tasmanian Opens and Tasmanian Championships.
Agreement was reached that the Tasmanian Championships should not be less than 7 rounds, which requires a long weekend to play. It was indicated that the Eight Hours Day long weekend in March was the usual weekend on which the Tasmanian Championships was held. However, for 2016 the Queen's Birthday long weekend is the only remaining suitable weekend.
Denis McMahon suggested a possible structure for future events could include 2 games on Saturday, 3 games on Sunday, and 2 games on Monday. This structure intends to allow travel time on Saturday morning and Monday evening, thus reducing the number of nights' accommodation, and making events more attractive for competitors with familial commitments.
It was argued that Friday night rounds actively dis-incentivises competitors in paid employment and with families. Therefore a 7 round tournament on a long weekend would require at least 1 3 round day. It was also argued, in support of this, that stamina is a worthwhile testing quality in a competition at the level of state championship. The counter argument that in many cases competitors with familial commitments do not attend weekend tournaments in their local area was made, with a note that the 1930h start time provides a 2-2 ½ hour driving time for working competitors and a ½ point bye can and has been made available for people to utilize.
Meeting Adjourned:
With the permission of the AGM the meeting was adjourned at 1931h for dinner and refreshments.
Meeting Reconvened:
The AGM was reconvened at 2127h
Tournament Structure for Tasmanian Open and Championships (Cont.)
Discussion on future TCA tournaments and tournament formats led to the following decisions:
- 2016 Tasmanian Championship to be held in Burnie on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June with the format of 3 games on Saturday, 3 games on Sunday, and 1 game on Monday with a time control of 90+15
- 2017 Tasmanian Championship, and beyond, to be in Launceston on the Eight Hour Day long weekend in March with the format of 2 games on Saturday, 3 games on Sunday, and 2 games on Monday, with a base time of 90+30, to be trialled in 2017.
- Tasmanian Rapid Championship to be in Devonport each year.
- Tasmanian Open and Lightning to alternate between Hobart and Burnie subject to review each year. The HCC agreed to host the Tasmanian Open and Lightning any time the BCC was unable or unwilling to. The tournaments will be held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June.
MOTION (Denis) The 2016 Tasmanian Championship to be held in Burnie on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June; the 2017 Tasmanian Championship to be in Launceston on the Eight Hour Day long weekend in March; the 2016 and 2017 State Rapid Championship to be in Devonport in July; and the 2017 Tasmanian Open and Lightning to be held in Hobart on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION (Denis) 2017 Tasmanian Championship, and beyond, to be in Launceston on the Eight Hour Day long weekend in March with the format of 2 games on Saturday, 3 games on Sunday, and 2 games on Monday, with a base time of 90+30, to be trialled in 2017. Subject to review of survey information at the next TCA Executive meeting. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Any Other Business:
Sponsorship and funding:
Discussion was had regarding seeking a sponsor of state junior chess with the intention of ACF rating more junior events so that juniors making the transition to club based chess outside of the schools system find the transition less jarring.
Seeking sponsorship for senior chess should promote and target the health benefits of chess. Possible avenues of funding involve research facilities such as MENZIES and UTAS.
Membership Levies and Lists
Denis McMahon, TCA President, noted his displeasure at the current state of the TCA membership lists. While he was confident all clubs and members had paid the appropriate levies and fees, he was not convinced that a suitable members list was available. This causes some problems for DOP's when new players are required to pay an individual TCA levy, but a list of current members cannot be made available to them.
MOTION (Denis) Invoices be sent from the TCA Treasurer to clubs immediately following the 30th of June each year for membership levies. Payments should be accompanied by a list of members which includes e-mail addresses, and other available contact information. CARRIEND UNANIMOUSLY
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- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2013 at 8:53 AM
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it's your daughter's birthday tomorrow right? have fun!
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When interviewed about my book, often the first question asked is "So what does come after Homo sapiens? I never answer, "Homo nouveau" which is the name I have given to the next human species since it really doesn't tell anyone anything. What they really want to know is what does this creature look like?
The simple answer is that Homo nouveau will look just like us. Well, what does that mean? Homo sapiens have a lot of different looks. Yes, and so will Homo nouveau. My hypothesis is that the next human species will be the result of an off-target epigenetic mutation secondary to a popular genetic engineering procedure leading to a post-zygotic reproductive barrier. If you haven't read the book, this sentence may not have much meaning for you. The basic premise is that many Homo nouveau will come into being over a period of decades or longer because they or their parents all underwent some popular germline genetic engineering procedure. That procedure could be anything and I speculated it would be related to attempts to alter a complex genetic characteristic such as aging.
Assuming that procedure is available to anyone in the world, then the collective appearance of all Homo nouveau will have the same variation as Homo sapiens. One will not be able to tell one from the other by appearance, language, culture or any other characteristic…except one. They will only be able to have viable offspring by breeding with another Homo nouveau. Interbreeding with Homo sapiens will not result in viable pregnancies.
Over time, since Homo nouveau will be a metapopulation with a separately evolving gene pool, they will evolve physical and other characteristics that will diverge from Homo sapiens. That will happen both by classical Darwinian natural selection as well as likely further genetic engineering. There is no way to anticipate exactly what those differences will be. Much of that will be determined randomly. At some unpredictable time in the future, they will look and act differently.
How does this scenario regarding the speciation of Homo nouveau from Homo sapiens compare to the speciation of Homo sapiens from our predecessor? There are similarities and differences.
The similarities reflect the fact that in most speciation events the new species looks the same or similar to the previous species at least in outward appearance. With regard to Homo sapiens, we don't know for sure exactly which human species was our immediate predecessor. It may have been Homo heidelbergensis or some other closely related human species and it almost surely happened in Africa. It was not some sudden event, however. As Sally McBrearty and Alison Brooks point out in their marvelous article, "The Revolution that Wasn't: A New Interpretation of the Origin of Modern Human Behavior" (Journal of Human Evolution 39 (2000): 453), the transition to modern humans from our predecessor happen over a period of over 200,000 years. In fact, it probably happened in multiple regions of Africa simultaneously during that period.
Similarly, as Robert Foley said in his book Humans Before Humanity: "As we have seen here, human evolution is no blinding flash and no special creation. Man did not make himself, nor woman herself. Both are the product of countless events in the daily lives of the hominids. There is no magic ingredient in human evolution, and no substitute for knowing the details of what happened – where and when and why. Small, insignificant earthquakes in Africa, or particular demographic trends in Europe, are responsible for what happened in evolution. We should not let the uniqueness of our species dupe us into believing that we are the product of special forces. Cosmologists studying the origins of the universe need to think in terms of a big bang. Evolutionary biologists are better off with a bout of hiccups. If we had been privileged enough to observe the origins of our species and our lineage, we would have been struck by one thing –nothing very much happened."
Let me emphasize: Had we been observers during the period when archaic humans transitioned to modern humans, it is unlikely we would have noticed it. In that regard, that transition is similar to my projected speciation of Homo nouveau.
The differences, however, are dramatic. First, we are going to directly cause the speciation through genetic engineering. Second, it is going happen much more quickly than over a period of 200,000 years. Finally, we, the predecessor species will be cognizant of what is happening.


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