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When seeking new clients, financial advisors like to impress their prospects with boatloads of facts, figures and data. But are they telling a good story that will convince potential clients on an emotional level that they can make a difference in their lives?
According to one of the most popular and commented upon articles this week in the Harvard Business Review, "If You Want to Raise Prices, Tell a Better Story," Ty Montague writes that the ability to sell a product or service comes from telling a narrative that reveals something meaningful and inspires action.
Montague, who is co-founder and co-CEO of the marketing firm co:collective and author of True Story: How to Combine Story and Action to Transform Your Business, says that as the number of brands proliferates globally "in a world of almost overwhelming abundance," the most important ingredient in driving up a company's margins is "an authentic, meaning-rich story."
Meaning Yields Pricing Power
While Montague speaks in terms of product sales, his lesson certainly applies as well to the sale of a financial advisor's services to a new customer. Most interestingly, he examines how a well-told story can actually help a business raise its prices.
First, Montague breaks down the concept of pricing strategy by laying out the four traditional pricing methods:
- Bottom up: Calculate the cost of everything that goes into making a product, and add a fair margin on top.
- Sideways in: Analyze and adopt the price of competitors' products.
- Top down: Target a demographic or economic segment, then engineer the product to meet that price.
- Dynamic: Use a complex, real-time calculation to gauge supply and demand, usually with the help of an algorithm.
But then he goes on to describe a fifth, lesser-known method, which he calls "story analysis," meaning an analysis of a product's ability to fulfill a profound human need and to tell a story that gives customers' lives richer meaning.
"In a world of abundance, what your product does for your customers is important, but not nearly as important as what your product means to them," Montague writes. "And this second part — the story of your product — is what yields the greatest pricing power of all."
A Plastic Banana, a Cracked Ceramic Horse Head
Montague uses the example of New York Times Magazine columnist Rob Walker's 2006 experiment in what makes one object more valuable than another. Walker and a friend bought random, virtually worthless objects — a lost hotel room key, say, or a plastic banana — at tag sales and thrift shops for a couple of dollars or less. Then Walker hired a group of writers to each write a short story that described one of the objects and placed it in a human context.
When Walker went on eBay and put the objects, plus their stories, on sale, the value of the objects rose 2,700%.
"That's not a typo: 2,700%," Montague writes. "A miniature jar of mayonnaise [Walker] had purchased for less than a dollar sold for $51. A cracked ceramic horse head purchased for $1.29 sold for $46. The value of these formerly abandoned or forsaken objects suddenly and mysteriously skyrocketed when they were accompanied by a story."
In short, Walker's experiment (more fully described on SignificantObjects.com) is a reminder of how the concept of value works in the human brain — and a good lesson for any business in the value of storytelling.
"A can opener is a can opener is a can opener until it is a can opener designed by Michael Graves and a part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art," Montague concludes. "Suddenly, these objects are part of an inspiring narrative — one that I can use to reveal something meaningful about myself to others. That's something I am willing to pay for."
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Thousands of meters beneath the waves and the sea floor, new technology pioneered by small firms is helping to make oil production sustainable at extreme temperature and pressure.
More than a decade of high oil prices combined with restrictions in oil-rich places such as the Middle East has made deeper subsea reservoirs in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea increasingly attractive for major companies.
That has in turn spawned a range of smaller companies developing new materials and monitoring systems for the task.
At the Offshore Europe oil show in Aberdeen, the northern Scottish city that is an industry hub, more than 1,500 companies from around the world showed off shiny new hardware and televised recreations of subsea machinery in action.
Even high-end steel can struggle to handle the levels of corrosive hydrogen sulphide, extreme pressure and temperatures of 140 degrees Celsius encountered at depth. Materials corrode faster and design life is cut short, making the process both costly and dangerous.
Intervention to repair or replace equipment on deep-sea fields is also difficult and expensive, making software which accurately measures when maintenance is needed extremely valuable as it allows production to continue.
The value of deep sea innovation has not gone unnoticed among the industry's service companies.
In recent months Britain's Wood Group bought Intetech and Norway's Aker Solutions acquired I.D.E.A.S, both firms which specialize in preserving the sustainability of subsea wells through measuring the wear of equipment.
"High pressure high temperature is an excellent example of where technology will be needed to make the risk and cost of developing these fields acceptable," Andrew Gould, chairman of BG, told delegates in Aberdeen.
Larger equipment makers, like GE Oil and Gas, are hesitant to over-commit to what remains a specialized market, leaving much of the innovation to smaller firms.
"At this point in time it's still a fairly small niche. It's one we always struggle with from the point of view of how quickly and how much do we put in," Rod Christie, chief executive of GE Oil and Gas Subsea Systems, told Reuters in an interview, adding that high pressure high temperature currently accounts for about 5 percent of the equipment market.
This has put the emphasis on smaller firms creating space for private equity and acquisitions.
"I definitely see more acquisitions ahead," Charles Whall, portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management, told Reuters.
"Anyone that has any kind of intellectual property in this space is likely to get consolidated," he added.
Glynn Williams, partner at specialist oil services private equity group Epi-V, agreed.
"The smaller firms are more nimble. ... We're looking at firms in well integrity and material science," he told Reuters, scouring the oil show in Aberdeen for investment opportunities.
One exhibitor at the show aiming to grow its oil and gas offerings is U.S.-based CoorsTek, a family owned company which has been making ceramics for a hundred years. It now designs equipment for both the aeronautics and oil industry.
"This is not the same as your coffee mug, this is a different class of material," Jim Schienle, general manager at CoorsTek, told Reuters while holding a ceramic valve.
"This kind of ceramic can outlast steel 10 to 1."
The crossover between aviation and oil is becoming more common as the level of heat and pressure-resistance needed in deep-sea wells rises. Dutch firm Airborne also manufactures for both sectors designing high-end composite piping which could be a long-term replacement for steel.
The flip side of the race to develop new materials is software to track how long current equipment will last.
One firm leading the way is Norway's privately-owned ExproSoft, whose Wellmaster system collates data from 5,000 wells, looking at the type of material and the environment in which it is used, to predict when maintenance and replacements have to be done.
"If you have a newly constructed well we can tell you which part will break first and to a certain extent why," Bjorn-Ovin Wivestad, project manager at ExproSoft, told Reuters.
"The big question oil companies often cannot answer is 'why things fail?'" he said. "We help answer that."
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Potter Eric Serritella '85 left corporate America behind to make unique art.
by Khrista Trerotola '07
Eric Serritella '85 used to wear suits and suspenders to work; he would travel overseas several times a year and lunch on salmon paté. Today he wears clay-stained T-shirts and jeans to work, commutes six steps to his office, eats peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch—and loves it.
After graduating as a speech communication major, Eric did what many do after graduation: he moved to a city and landed a job. And he was successful—for 16 years he worked as a marketing executive in Waterbury, Connecticut, and Elmira, New York.
In 1996 he took his first pottery class. "I needed some recreation that was creative," he says, "so I decided to try pottery. And the first time I centered clay on the wheel, it just felt like home. It was a feeling I never had before with any type of job or recreation."
Now, 11 years after touching clay for the first time, Eric has made quite a name for himself in the art world. His work has been exhibited throughout the country. He has studied intensively with one of the world's most renowned ceramics artists, Ah Leon. Colleges and artists' guilds fly him in to present workshops. And art collectors are beginning to learn his name and love his artwork.
Six years ago Eric left corporate America behind and began teaching marketing classes in the Ithaca College Roy H. Park School of Communications. Four semesters later he decided to leave academe to become a full-time artist. He feels no regret. "I love having my hands in clay," he says. "I love being able to get dirty and not get in trouble for it, and I love that I get to be creative all day long." Working out of his home allows Eric to spend more time with his wife, Julie Nathanielsz, 21-month-old daughter, Angelica, and dog, Sophie.
His studio and business, Muddy Paws Pottery, is in rural Newfield, New York, just 20 minutes from Ithaca. In his home's two-car garage–turned–art studio, Eric's artwork comes alive.
Muddy Paws produces three specialties: wholesale items such as mugs, bowls, and baking trays that Eric sells to retailers "to pay the bills"; Opened Earth, artistically functional wheel-thrown pottery that "celebrates the inner beauty and earthiness of clay"; and Forest for the Trees, decorative pieces inspired by Eric's work with ceramics masters in Taiwan and China.
Eric's role model is Taiwanese potter Ah Leon. Since the inception of Muddy Paws, Eric has done two artist residencies, in 2004 and 2006, with Ah Leon in Taiwan, funded in part by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Eric's pieces include teapots and tea accessories, and all are functional. "It's my way of honoring pottery's historic role; it started as a functional thing," he says. "In the West it's finally become a recognized art form. In the East, it's been a recognized art form for a really long time."
Eric looks to the East for inspiration. From Japanese art he takes the philosophy of Wabi-Sabi, which recognizes the beauty of things that are imperfect, such as a weathered log or a door with chipped paint. From Japanese and Chinese art, he has adopted a minimalist perspective, favoring simple work with little decoration.
Five years ago when Eric asked Ah Leon what he should master next, Ah Leon looked him in the eye and said, "You need to make better pots." Since then he has crafted better pots—and he's successfully made the transition from a production potter to a nationally recognized ceramic artist.
"He [Ah Leon] was just brutally honest and right, [and] that's been my mantra ever since," says Eric. "Whenever I'm doing functional work or museum quality work, every time, I sit down at the wheel and repeat that mantra."
Read and see more at Eric's site: www.ericserritella.com.


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"She could have no fragrance on, she still smells good to me. We're just an old couple that loves each other," said John Milano about his wife Barbara.
"He doesn't really wear any scents, he smells like (sniff) him and that's a good enough," said Barbara about her husband John.
But on the research side, the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation sniffed out the smells that attract men the most and say skip the musk and Chanel Number 5, because it's the smell of baked goods, candy and fruit that really make men go wild.
Men aged 18 to 64 sniffed 30 different scents. Men liked peppermint, chocolate and pink grapefruit but pumpkin pie increased arousal in 40-percent of men.
Even more exciting than pumpkin, vanilla. It's on the top of the list and has long been believed to be a natural aphrodisiac, followed by orange, musk and lavender.
We asked Tony Lee, knowing that pumpkin pie and vanilla creates arousal in 40 percent of Men, would she buy a fragrance.
"I'm about to bake a pie now, with enough vanilla in it too," she answered.
It's not just about the ladies. The way a man smells is important too. In several tests with hundreds of college students, girls consistently ranked how a guy smells as the most important feature for determining whether or not she'd be sexually attracted to him. That's right! For women, it's not your looks, your abs, your height or weight that will get you that first date - it's how you smell.


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About the Centre
The Centre for Rural Management is an autonomous multi-faceted research organisation located at Perumpaikadu village, Kottayam, Kerala, India. The centre was established in 1990 under the charitable societies act and has been concentrating on research, project evaluation, training, consultancy and social action. The Centre has been assigned projects by Ford Foundation, Institute of Development Studies (Sussex, U.K), Department of Planning (Lakshadweep Administration), Government of Kerala, Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. of India), Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF), Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), CEVA (Cyriac Elias Voluntary Association), India Eco-Development Project-Periyar Tiger Reserve, CapDecK ( A Swiss funded project aimed at capacity building for decentralisation in Kerala) and CHAI ( Catholic Health Association of India) among others. The Centre has published a number of research reports - a few of them are available on this site.
About the Centre's Director
Dr. Jos chathukulam is the director of the centre. He is a researcher and national level consultant in Panchayati Raj and Local Level Planning. A board of directors representing both academic and activist streams manages the centre. Dr. B.S. Bhargava, Senior Fellow, Institute of social sciences, Bangalore is the Chairman of the board.
Dr Jos Chathukulam did his Post Graduate Studies in Political Science at the University of Kerala and the University of Mysore and later obtained a Doctorate in Development Administration from the Institute for Socio Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore with ICSSR fellowship under the supervision of Dr B S Bhargava. He had worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow at the School of International Relation of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, later for quite sometime. He has published a number of publications in the Economic and Political Weekly and other journals of repute.
Dr Chathukulam has evaluated more than fifty two major development projects which have been implemented by different national and international agencies including Government of India. He was the team leader of the District Level Monitoring (DLM) of all the Rural Development Programmes in three districts of Kerala. He has been a consultant of Kerala State Planning Board (KSPB), Government of Kerala and Vice Chairman the District Planning Committee (DPC) of the District of Kottayam during the Ninth Five Year Plan period.
He had closely involved in the literacy movement, resource mapping and Peoples Planning Campaign (PPC) in Kerala. PPC was a well acclaimed programme aimed at decentralising governance to the grassroots level. He is now functioning as a national level consultant of projects on rural development, panchayat raj and decentralised planning. His areas of interest include decentralization, development administration, self-employment, rural development, participatory local planning and social movements. He is heavily engaged in carrying out evaluation studies on rural development programmes of Governemtn of India. The fulltext of a few of those research reports are uploaded on this site.
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- Ron Carter – Caravan – Ron Carter's Great Big Band (2011) : the latest album from this bass/cello maestro. Surprisingly he waited until his mid-70s to produce the first big-band date as a leader. Exquisite arrangements by conductor Robert M. Freedman give the album a touch of class and the band with of New York's busiest musicians, including Jerry Dodgion, Steve Wilson, Wayne Escoffery, and Scott Robinson in the woodwind section, brass players Steve Davis, Douglas Purviance, and Greg Gisbert, plus pianist Mulgrew Miller and drummer Lewis Nash, among others, is exemplary.
- Miles Davis – Blue in Green – Kind of Blue 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition (2008) : Probably the greatest jazz album of all time if you cross-reference all the polls – Miles at his coolest with amazing piano from Bill Evans.
- Claudio Riggio Ensemble with Tom Harrell – Pas De Dance – Audrey (2011) : this latest release from the Italian guitarist features his own compositions, he is supported by excellent musicians who play in different ensembles (duo, trio, quartet, …) and Tom Harrell guest stars.
- Fela Kuti – Witchcraft! – Fela Fela Fela (1969) – the master of jazz, funk and afrobeat at his potent best.
- Curtis Fuller – Blue Bossa – Curtis Fuller Meets Roma Jazz (1982) recorded in December 1982 with Danilo Rea – piano, Enzo Pietropaoli – bass, and Roberto Gatto – drums. One of the few players who has made the trombone vital and relevant in jazz.
- Allesandro Galati – Into the Wind – Unstandards (2010) : Galati studied both classical and jazz, under the tutelage of renowned artist Bruno Tommaso. After playing at numerous clubs and festivals in both Europe and the U.S., Galati began issuing albums on a regular basis, this is a recent example of his work.
- John Coltrane – Like Someone in Love – Lush Life (1958) : one of the best of the flurry of releases 'Trane made for the Prestige label in the 1950s. Notable for the lack of a keyboard player for the session – Coltrane leads a trio of himself , Earl May -bass, and Art Taylor – drums. The stripped down line-up is perfect for ballads such as the opener "Like Someone in Love."
- Henry Franklin – Plastic Creek Stomp – The Skipper (1973) : Bassist Franklin's debut as a leader.
- Avram Fefer – Feb 13th – Ritual (2009) : Saxophonist Avram Fefer has led a diverse career since his emergence in the early 1990s. He has performed with pianist Bobby Few, The Last Poets, North and West African musicians, numerous acid jazz and trip-hop artists, and in the big bands of Frank Lacy, Adam Lane, Butch Morris and David Murray. This album finds him reunited with his longstanding trio-mates, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Chad Taylor – the latter of the Chicago Undergrond Duo amongst other bands.
- Dave Holland – Conference of the Birds – Conference of the Birds (1972) : his debut as a leader, and one of the all-time avant-garde jazz classics, incorporating a wide variety of '60s innovations.It includes the one-time-only team-up of two avant-garde legends: Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton.
- Bohuslan Big Band with Lars Janssen – The White Cliff – The Blue Pearl (2010) : the Danish band puts their spin on the writing of Lars Janssen who also contributes to the album.
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So a while back I promised I would do a Q&A while I was gone on vacation. I failed and now am going to do it! oh well. :)
Nicole asked quite a few questions:
What inspires you to stay healthy and fit? I think it's a mixture of many things. I realized not long ago that we are what we eat. I know it sounds stupid and like something that everyone should know, but I just never lived like that. I was such a twig in high school because I ran about 3-4 hours a day and worked out like a freak playing soccer and running cross country and track. I wasn't a 'women' yet. When about 20-22 hit, along with alcohol, my body did the 'womanly' change. A guy on my cross country team even asked if I got a boob job. HAHA, which I didn't, I just wasn't skin and bones anymore. I truthfully can attest that I never really weigh myself and I really am into how I feel and look, and not a number on the scale. I think how I feel after I work out and accomplish a goal and how strong I feel when I lift weights is what inspires me to keep going.
Does Bryan like to workout too??? Bryan is a workout FREAK! He loves working out. Before I met him, he would work out 2-3 hours a day. Must be nice to have that kind of time right? :) He loves swimming and has to stay in shape for work as well. We love going to the gym together though.
Are you guys going to get a dog when you get back from Europe? HA! Bryan and I have differing opinions on this. We both love dogs. His family has three where he currently lives and I have two that belong to my roommates. We both agree on a much needed dog break and agree on only having one dog. We also agree that the dog we get one day will be somewhat small, but with long enough legs to run with me, smart and non shedding. :) One day we'll get one, we have looked at both the lakeland terrier and the miniature Airedale terrier breeds. I'll need someone to talk to while B is at work! :) Maybe one that looks about like this….
What kind of purse are you carrying right NOW!? :) I am carrying my trusty Coach purse that I've had for the last 3 years! it's just black and plain but I've found it goes with everything.
Another lovely Nicole had another good question…
If you had a Saturday free and money was no option, what would be your ideal way to spend the day? :) I wish there were more hours in the day that's for sure. I would start off with a nice run around 5 miles and then would clean. I love cleaning. I would maybe go up to Santa Monica and walk around up there, I love all the eclectic stores up there. I would love to go for more hikes and be outdoors more, finished off by watching Stepbrothers and eating sushi. :)
A fellow Danica asked:
Do you ever give an easier name at Starbucks or do you just wait to see how they spell it each time? I just say Danica, and leave it up to their own spelling abilities, which usually lead to something like "Danika, Dunka, Danka, and my all time favorite, Duhneeka"
What songs are on your workout play list and do you make special play lists for long runs? I have so many play list! I do listen to one huge one on shuffle. I posted most of my play lists on here and will post a new one with some new jams soon!
Carla asked about our wedding:
I know you can talk about the wedding in detail, but were you nervous the day of? And what triggered it? I was perfectly fine all day, not nervous at all, and I kept waiting for when I'd get nervous. With me, it was when I put my veil on, much later than I expected to feel nervous. When did it happen with you? I actually was not nervous at all! Everyone said I was so calm, and when asked how I was doing I just said I was just cruising which was true. I was never actually nervous. I got very emotional at one point when I realized like the moment of it all, and yes, it's all on camera and you'll probably see me doing an extreme cry on TV, but it was all real and I felt like I was on the verge of tears for like an hour and then it just HAPPENED like a flood. Then they just fixed me up and I was okay after that. The worst part was being ready for an hour with nothing to do and I just wanted to see Bryan and get the show on the road! Other than that it was just a simply perfect amazing day.
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I was actually wondering where you got the inspiration for your wedding hair – if you can talk about that before the show airs? I loved that picture of you and loved your hair! Funny thing, I had no idea how I wanted to wear my hair. I have FOREVER said I wanted it down. Forever and ever and ever. When I found out what dress David chose, that morning I knew I couldn't have my hair down with that dress. I had looked up one idea and asked David if it worked and he loved it! Here's the link to the picture, and here's the picture of what it looked like.
And here's a better picture of the back of my hair.
Also what are you training for next race wise?? I am actually training for the Santa Barbara Half Marathon! B and I are going to run it with a few of his friends from work! I'm really looking forward to it!
Belinda asked:
What's your best ab workout routine? My stomach is my problem area. I would love a little help. I swear by lots and lots of crunches and all different kinds of them. Google it. I do some with weights some without. Most of mine I found online and just do lots of them and mix it up to get all different muscles working. You can find good youtube videos too.
Also, what's a great inner thigh workout? I do squats, leg extensions, and leg curls a lot. But my inner thigh is still a problem area. I really don't know how to answer this! I do the machine at the gym where it's like butterfly wings and you move your legs back and forth a lot. That works, and a lot of scissors.
Kathy asked:
What inspired you to start your blog? I actually started my blog to track my progress while training for my first half marathon back in 2008. I also really missed all the writing I did in college once I graduated. I majored in Communications with a minor in creative writing and have also looked at getting my Masters in Creative writing, but it was just not a financially smart decision at the time.
How did you find out about the wedding show and get chosen to be on there (if you can share)? Shea and I LOVED watching the show and have watched all the seasons on Womens Entertainment. The night after I got engaged she actually nominated B and I. They contacted us and asked us to fill out the applications if we were interested and from there it was a long process of applications, including two written applications and a 10 minute application video. We didn't hear from them for 3 months and I totally thought nothing of it. They contacted us about a month before July 23rd and let us know that they picked us!
Meghan asked:
What's your favorite race you've ever run? My most favorite race ever was Long Beach in 2009. It was the one race I broke 4:00 for the full marathon in. It was the most magical day ever and also the same day that I had the last first date I ever went on!
What's training plan do you think is best for a newbie's first half marathon? I think it's all about what works for you. I have found out that I cannot train for very long for a full, which is hard because it's quite a time dedication. I also have found that I can only do one long run a week. I have posted a few of my training plans from past races, but I make them all up myself. I usually run between 15-20 miles a week not including my long run and run the long run on the weekends starting at 13 miles and bumping it up 2 miles every weekend until I hit twenty, then I do a 16 miler and then another 20 miler and then taper. Make sure it's doable and works for your schedule.
Wendy thought this would be a fun question to ask….
Are you going to do the LA Marathon again? Well this is up in the air right now, but if I do run a full next year, I am considering it :) It's just expensive and last year I wasn't impressed with the medal, so for that much money, I could run two fulls, which I don't want to but being that pricey, I definitely need to think about it before signing up.
Melisa asked about my photographer for our wedding…
Where did you find your photographer and how did you like him? I actually found him online looking through photographers. He thankfully had availability three weeks before the wedding and he was AMAZING. We just got our proofs back last night and I'm SO over the moon about them. He did such a great job and captured so much emotion, which was important to me. He is a sports photojournalist and took amazing pictures at the LA Marathon, and those are what sold him to me. I seriously am so, so happy with the pictures and cannot WAIT to show you guys!
Shannon asked:
This will sound completely weird and corny, but what time does the sun typically set there? I know here it sets around 8:45pm and another blogger said that when she visited Detroit that it sat around 10:30pm… so that got me to wondering, when does it set in CA? LOL This is not a dumb question! The sun set SO much later while we were in Europe it messed me up! It ranges, but most of the time it sets around 7-8, and in the winter around 6-7 :( The winter isn't as fun!
Tiffany asked:
Will Bryan run a marathon with you (or another distance), now that he's married to the Chic Runner? B once ran 16 miles with me while I was training for LA this past spring. He wanted to kill me. Before that the most he's ran with me was 8 miles. He likes running but doesn't really see the point in running for THAT long. :) He will most likely stick to much shorter distances, but we are running a half together in November.
Ryce asked:
Dish on David Tutera. Is he as gorgeous in real life as he appears on TV? Does he smell good? Did he get stressed out at all in front of you? I cannot gush enough about him! He is the most genuine, nicest, friendliest person ever. He is AMAZING and never stresses out. He is hilarious and I had the time of my life with him! Seriously, he is exactly how you would think he would be, just like how he is on TV!
Sesa asked:
What do you snack on for energy during races and longer runs? I've been eating gels, but I'm sort of getting tired of them. I swear by peanut butter and jelly squares, they are tasty and really help me. I get so sick off gels.
Steph asked:
What kind of training plan did you use to run your first marathon? I am beginning to think I'd like to tackle the distance and I am sucker for a good training plan :) I made one up that was all what worked for me. Here's the best training plan that I've used thus far.
I was wondering who made your wedding dress, absolutely love it! (well, what I can see of it!) It is by Ines de Santos! She is amazing and really makes wonderful dresses that truly are magical and special. My dress laid so well all day and fit like a glove! It's not something I would have originally picked but once I put it on after the other two that were my options I knew it was the one. Wearing it was like a dream!
Bree asked about the age old question on kids:
If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live? I think I'd stay where I am. I love the weather here and the fact that I can go snowboarding and to the mountains and to the lake and to the beach so easily! I would like to move a little more out of the city though, if I had the opportunity.
Are there going to be any mini Chicrunners soon???? Hopefully not! We don't want to even think about that for three years, then it will be on the table for discussion. :)
Danielle had quite a few questions for me too :)
Hey Danica! I came up with a few questions :)
Besides running, what other hobbies do you have? I love writing and reading. I don't read enough though. I love swimming but I don't do it often enough, and like many, I love a good TV show! :)
Are you going to be running Long Beach 1/2 or full this year? I don't run Long Beach since I will be working the event with my company Run Racing. I'll be running off monster and coffee race morning, struggling with not sleeping for the previous three days, so running a race is not an option! :)
You seem so confident and free spirited, did you ever struggle with confidence? I think that I never had problem in confidence because my mom always taught me to be myself and it is what it is. I do weird stuff a lot. I speak in weird voices, am super klutzy, I do silly dances and am a freak most of the time, but it is who I am and you gotta just embrace it. As my friend Maritza says, 'let the freak flag fly'.
Your job seems so awesome. But what did you want to be when you were in college? Did you think you would end up in the field you're in, or did you have totally different ideas for a career? I wanted to be in advertising or do something with writing. I had no idea what I wanted to be, and did some special event planning and work for three years back then too,which helped lead me to my job today.
Jill asked:
I met you years ago waiting for the bathrooms at a race my dad was running. I'm always too nervous to ever come up and say hi. So my question is" is it weird when your blog fans come up and say hi at races??? This is not a weird question at all! In the very beginning when someone recognized me it was a little strange, but it now is much more normal especially with my job! I always love talking to everyone and it means so much to meet people who read my blog!


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Free board game based on the 1999 anti-World Trade Organization demonstrations.
A small collection of fonts for Word and other programs, including take-offs of McDonalds and other corporate logos.
The Politician-Free Zone is the place to start if you're interested in reading about anarchist ideas. It has articles which between them answer most of the questions that people have, as well as a lot of cartoons and graphics.
As well as being politically spot on, this website also has awesome psychic powers.
Useful or fun stuff on other sites.
How long would it take the head of a big company to earn your pay? Trick question - they don't earn their pay.
An introduction to the site and information on the latest things that've been added to it.
An anarchist tribute to Tintin.
Information about Rachel Corrie, an American killed by the Israeli army in 2003.
A small collection of political tattoos.
The latest Australian and international news, facts and quotes.
Carlo Giuliani was a 23 year old anarchist, killed by Italian police at a protest in 2001.
PLEASE NOTE: As of November 2014, this site is no longer updated. However it will be left up indefinitely as an archive.
This page is about the death of Rachel Corrie, a 23 year old American who was killed by the army of Israel in March 2003.
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 A supporter of the government of Israel put this picture on their website making fun of Rachel's death.


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Three members of a Montreal family have been imprisoned for life after a jury found them guilty of murdering four other family members in a crime the judge called "cold-blooded, shameful murders" based on a "twisted notion of honour." Mohammad Shafia, 58, (inset) his second wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 42, and their son Hamed, 21, were each found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder after a jury deliberated for 15 hours. The verdicts came after a three-month-long trial that heard from 58 witnesses.
Hamed appeared to collapse onto the front railing of the prisoner's box as the verdicts were announced. His father, standing next to him, put his hand on his shoulder and then on top of his head. Yahya appeared to begin crying.
"You have each been convicted of the planned and deliberate murder of four members of your family," Judge Robert Maranger, of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice said before he passed sentence. "It's a verdict clearly supported by the evidence presented at this trial. It is difficult to conceive of a more despicable, more heinous crime.
"There is nothing more honourless than the deliberate murder of, in the case of Mohammad Shafia, three of his daughters and his wife, in the case of Tooba Yahya, three of her daughters and a stepmother to all her children, in the case of Hamed Shafia three of sisters and a mother.
"The apparent reason behind these cold-blooded, shameful murders was that the four completely innocent victims offended your twisted notion of honor, a notion of honor that is founded upon the domination and control of women, a sick notion of honor that has absolutely no place in any civilized society."
Maranger imposed the mandatory sentences of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
All three accused protested innocence when given a chance to speak in the courtroom.
"We are not criminal," Shafia said, in a loud and clear voice. He spoke in his native Dari and his words were interpreted. "We are not murderers. We didn't commit the murder and this is unjust."
Yahya also said the decision was unjust.
"I'm not a murderer and I'm a mother," she said.
"Sir, I did not drown my sisters anywhere," Hamed said in English.
One young female juror began to sob after the verdicts were announced.
Shafia sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, were found dead June 30, 2009, inside the family's Nissan Sentra that was discovered submerged at the bottom of the Rideau Canal at Kingston Mills, a lock station on the Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario. Rona Amir Mohammad, 52, also was in the car. She was Shafia's first wife, whom he married in his native Afghanistan before the polygamous family moved to Canada in 2007 and settled in Montreal.
All of the victims had drowned but examinations could not pinpoint where and how they drowned.
The three-month long trial revealed that Shafia was enraged because he felt his daughters had violated strict cultural rules about sexual modesty, they dressed in revealing clothes and they were disobedient. Mohammad wanted a divorce and supported the three girls in their pursuit of western lifestyles. She and Yahya clashed frequently and Mohammad wrote, in a diary entered as evidence, that she was abused, humiliated and isolated.
Lawyer Peter Kemp, who represents Shafia, said he had not yet talked to his client about the possibility of an appeal.
"He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said," Kemp said in an interview outside the courtroom, in a reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was overheard cursing his dead daughters as "whores," "prostitutes," and "honourless girls."
In one recording, Shafia said: "May the devil shit on their graves."
Defence lawyer David Crowe, who represents Yahya, and defence lawyer Patrick McCann, who represents Hamed, both said they believe their clients will appeal.
Crown lawyer Gerard Laarhuis said police and prosecutors are pleased with the verdicts.
"We want to thank the jury for their very real contribution to the administration of justice," he said, speaking to a crowd of reporters and spectators on the front lawn of the courthouse. "Our community should be very proud of the quality investigation done by the Kingston Police and police from various police organizations throughout Canada."
He said this is a good day for Canadian justice, which protects the rights of all.
"It's a very sad day because this jury found that four strong, vivacious and freedom loving women were murdered by their own family in the most troubling of circumstances."
As Laarhuis spoke, a man who was a witness during the trial began to yell from the crowd.
"This is a lie!" shouted Moosa Hadi, a man who was hired by the defence team as a translator but who ended up conducting a secret investigation for Shafia. Hadi testified at the trial that he was certain the family was innocent and that the victims died in an accident.
Spectators began cheering the police and prosecutors and shouted: "Well done."
Laarhuis continued.
"We all think of these four wonderful women now who died needless deaths," he said. "This verdict sends a very clear message about our Canadian values and the core principles in a free and democratic society that all Canadians enjoy and even visitors to Canada enjoy."
Staff Sgt. Chris Scott, the Kingston Police officer who headed the investigation, thanked Laarhuis and co-prosecutor Laurie Lacelle for "an exceptional job."
"They gave these victims a voice when they had none," Scott said.
In a written statement, Scott said it has been a long and difficult case.
"All domestic and familial violence needs to be eradicated and this case is a tragedy beyond measure," Scott wrote.
It is not surprising that the seven-woman, five-man jury decided the Shafias were murderers.
During the trial, jurors heard six separate accounts of murder plots or fears by the victims that they would be killed. Three times, from the mouths of three different witnesses, jurors were told that Mohammad Shafia spoke openly and angrily of wanting to kill Zainab because of her shameful behaviour. Two witnesses recounted Rona Mohammad's fears that he would kill her.
Most damning were the recollections of two of Yahya's relatives, her brother Fazil Javid and her paternal uncle, Latif Hyderi, who both said that Shafia spoke to them of wanting to kill his oldest daughter Zainab because she had shamed him by running away from home and marrying an unacceptable young Pakistani man, acts that made her, in her father's eyes, a "whore" and a "prostitute."
Javid, who lives in Sweden, said Shafia tried to recruit him, in a telephone call, to lure Zainab to Sweden, where she and her father and uncle and other family members would go on a picnic near a river or ocean.
"He told me that we will put her in water and drown her," Javid testified.
Shafia said that he received a phone call from Javid but insisted he hung up because of longstanding enmity between the two men.
"I did not even speak to Fazil," Shafia testified dismissively, during the trial.
Hyderi, another transplanted Afghan who lives in Montreal, said he had a telephone conversation with Shafia while Shafia was in Dubai. The call followed chaotic weeks in the Shafia household. Zainab ran away from home to a shelter for women, and then returned after her mother implored her to come back. She married a young lover her family had warned her was unacceptable. The union was annulled the day after the couple wed because of outrage that the young man's family failed to attend a wedding celebration.
Zainab told her day-old spouse that she could not stay with him because the marriage had humiliated her family.
Shafia was in Dubai when the wedding took place and spoke to Hyderi afterwards by telephone.
"He said, 'I'm not happy … and she didn't do a good thing, if I was there I would have killed her,' " Hyderi testified in November.
In his testimony, Shafia acknowledged speaking to Hyderi but denied that he articulated his desire to see his daughter dead.
Diba Masoomi, a younger sister of Rona Mohammad, testified that her sister told her that she overheard a plot to kill Zainab and another family member. Masoomi said her sister told her of the alarming discovery in a phone call. Mohammad said she had been eavesdropping in the Shafia home when she heard the plot being discussed.
"Shafia was talking to Hamed and Tooba, (saying), 'I will go to Afghanistan, I will prepare the passport, I will sell my property and then I will come and kill Zainab,' " Masoomi testified. She said Rona told her that Shafia was upset and angry.
"He told that to Tooba, 'If the girl doesn't return, I will kill her because she dishonoured me,' " Masoomi told jurors.
She said one of the other two people asked: "What about the other one?" and Shafia replied, according to her account, "I will kill the other one too."
Mohammad told her sister that she believed she was the "other one."
Masoomi remains grief stricken in her recollection that she reassured her sister that she was in Canada, not Afghanistan, and there was nothing to fear.
Fahima Vorgetts, a U.S.-based women's rights activist and a former Afghan, said Mohammad had told her in, in several phone calls, that she could not divorce her husband because of his deaths threats.
"She said if she leaves, her husband will kill her," Vorgetts testified. "She took it seriously because her husband told her he will kill her if she leaves.
Jurors also heard two pointed accounts of death threats reported by Sahar and Geeti.
Sahar told her boyfriend's aunt that she believed her parents would kill her if they found out about her relationship with Ricardo Angel Sanchez, a Honduran immigrant who lived in Montreal.
"She told me that her parents did not know about the relationship with Ricardo and the day that her parents knew about the relationship with Ricardo she would be a dead woman," Erma Medina testified at the end of November. She said Sahar repeated the claim several times.
Medina said the defiant young woman planned to reveal the relationship to her parents it because she would love Ricardo "until death."
Jurors heard that Montreal police officer Const. Anne-Marie Choquette, who was not available to testify at the trial, recorded a conversation with Geeti Shafia in April 2009.
"Geeti also told police that her father often threatened that he was going to kill them," prosecutor Laurie Lacelle said, reading into the court record a statement from the officer.
Geeti and other Shafia children spoke to police in April 2009, roughly 10 weeks before their deaths. They told officers they feared violence from their father because their sister Zainab had run away from home. Geeti told the police that a week earlier her father had pulled her hair and hit her in the face. She said her brother Hamed punched her in the eye with his fist. The assaults came after the children returned home at 9 p.m., after their curfew, from a trip to a shopping mall.
Once the Shafias complete their prison sentences, they are likely to be deported to Afghanistan, according to a lawyer and former Canadian immigration officer.
Raj Sharma, who practices in a large Calgary, Alta., law firm that specializes in immigration cases, said the Canadian government temporarily suspends removals to some countries where there are natural disasters or war that put people at risk, but those provisions don't apply to the Shafias.
"They would be removed to Afghanistan," Sharma said, in a telephone interview from Calgary. "The temporary suspension of removals doesn't help them."
He pointed to a section of the Immigration Act that provides that anyone who is convicted of a serious crime is not subject to the temporary suspensions.
"We deport people to Sudan and Somalia and other hellholes including Haiti and we would deport to Afghanistan as well," said Sharma, who also is an advocate of tough punishment for honour crimes.
His uncle was murdered 21 years ago in a shocking triple slaying that appears to have been the biggest honour killing on record in Canada, until now.
"This honour killing thing is kind of sensitive for me," Sharma said. "These sort of male oriented, patriarchal cultures are especially susceptible, no matter how much they try to deny it or diminish it."
In 1991, Daljit Singh Dulay killed his sister, Kulwinder Dulay, 20, her husband Gurdawr Singh Dulay, 28, and Mukesh Kumar Sharma, 28, on a street in downtown Calgary, Alta. outside a video store where the couple worked. Daljit Dulay was angry that his sister had eloped and secretly wed, without the permission of her strict Sikh family. He was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder.
Sharma turned and ran after Dulay opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle but Sharma was shot in the back. In 2007, Dulay was denied an opportunity to seek early parole from prison, although psychiatric reports concluded that he had renounced the Indian culture of honour killings.
Raj Sharma said he was in Grade 8 at the time of the killings.
"I was in court watching this murder trial for two or three weeks and probably that's why I became a lawyer," he said. Dulay acknowledged that because he was the son, "it fell to [him] to cleanse the family honour," Sharma said.
With the conviction of the Shafias, the tally of confirmed victims of honour crimes in Canada since 2005 is now 11. Among this total, seven of the victims are young women.
• In 2006 in Ottawa, Ont., Khatera Sadiqi, 20, and her fiance, Feroz Mangal, were shot to death by Sadiqi's brother, who believed she had shamed the Pakistani family by getting engaged without her father's consent. Hasibullah Sadiqi, 23, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder.
• In June 2007 in Scarborough, Ont., Anitha Selvanayagam, 16, and her boyfriend were walking together when they were run over and seriously injured by a van driven by her father. Prosecutors called it an "attempted honour killing" by Sri Lankan immigrant Selvanayagam Selladurai who was angry that his daughter had dated a boy of a lower caste. He pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Selladurai also ran down his son in law in the attack.
• In December 2007 in Mississauga, Ont., Aqsa Parvez was strangled to death by her father, Muhammad Parvez, and brother Waqas Parvez, 26, in the family home. The men pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and were sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years. Aqsa rebelled against strict cultural and religious rules imposed by her Pakistan-born Muslim father.
• In January 2009, Amandeep Kaur Dhillon, 22, was stabbed to death by her father-in-law, 47-year-old Kamikar Singh Dhillon, who believed she would disgrace his family by divorcing his son. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
Over the past two years, there have been at least four additional suspected honour crimes, including a June 2010 incident in Montreal in which a 38-year-old woman was charged with attempted murder after her 19-year-old daughter was stabbed. Montreal Police said they were treating it as a "crime of honour."
(this appeared first at the Montreal Gazette)


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2121 - Supervisory Control System (SCADA)
- Course Delivery: On Demand
- Duration: 4
The objective of this course is to discuss the application of SCADA systems (EMS, and DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION), and to present the main features of modern installations including equipment layout, communications, operations and maintenance. After completion of this videotape and associated workbook, the participant will be able to understand the following concepts, and apply them to his day to day work activities. He will also be able to answer related test questions: Typical applications of SCADA, Basic features of SCADA, i.e. remote data collection, transmission, processing, display, remote control, Polling by RTU address, RTU reporting by exception; 2 second updates, Control commands; select - check - operate sequence, RTU data collection, Analog points, transducers, analog digital conversion, RTU inputs; analog, status points, pulse accumulation, RTU outputs; control of switching, load shedding, generation, Review of binary numbering system, Modems, signal transmission, FSK, PSK, A.M. Rate of signal transmission, baud, Components of 32 bit signal, Communication line arrangements, i.e. party-line, or separate radial connections, Master station assembly and peripherals, Front-end communications controller: functions, Display computer, display stations, operator input, Standby (redundant) station, failover, Applications software, executive software, CPU priority tasking, On-line diagnostics, Operator interface, workstations, Operator input, display response, Power system equipment status, tagging, Alarm system, Logging, reports, trends, sequence-of-events, SCADA installations, power supply, Preventive maintenance activities, Functional tests, test sets, test points, Software update, modification, Maintenance records.
If you are taking this course for NERC credit, the following credits will be reported.
NERC CE HOURS: CE HOURS = 4.00 OPS Topics=4.00 Standards=0.00 Simulation=0.00 EO=0.00
Course Objectives
Learning Objectives:
- Trainees will be able to describe the basic tasks of Supervisory Control Systems (SCADA) as well as their typical applications.
- Trainees will be able to describe the main operating features and equipment layout of a basic SCADA system.
- Trainees will be able to describe the main features of Remote Terminal Units (RTUs).
- Trainees will be able to describe both the various types of signals used by RTUs and typical transmission arrangements.
- Trainees will be able to describe the layout of a typical master station and explain the functions of the various components and peripheral devices.
- Trainees will be able to describe the operator workstation and display units provided for operator interaction with the SCADA system.
- Trainees will be able to describe the physical requirements of SCADA installations as well as common maintenance facilities and activities.
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Letter, C. [Charles] Robinson to Mr. [Eli] Thayer
Author: Branscomb, Charles H.; Robinson, Charles
Date: July 26, 1855
Charles Robinson, free state leader and activist, wrote to Eli Thayer, organizer of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, introducing James Abbott to him. Robinson described Abbott as trustworthy and "true as steel to the cause of Freedom in Kansas". He also expressed to Thayer that the rifles previously shipped to Lawrence had had a "very good effect", and suggested he procure more. At the end of Robinson's letter, Charles Branscomb, Secretary pro tempore of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, endorsed Robinson, an agent for the Company, and his support of Abbott.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: James Abbott Collection, #252, Box 2 Folder 8
Item Number: 102428 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Abbott, James Burnett; Branscomb, Charles H.; Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Free state cause; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Sharps rifles
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Tiny spider is a big roadblock
It's the eight-legged discovery of the millennium! An endangered species of spider not seen in more than three decades unexpectedly appeared in Northwest San Antonio two weeks ago. Biologists and science buffs, rejoice.
There's just one downside if you're an area commuter: The spider, no bigger than a dime, showed up in the middle of a $15.1 million highway underpass project on Texas 151 at Loop 1604.
And in this particular case of nature vs. man-made road, the arachnid wins.
The highway project is on hold indefinitely.
A biologist discovered the eyeless spider, called the Braken Bat Cave meshweaver, after rain exposed a 6-feet-deep natural hole in the highway's median.
She's with the firm Zara Environmental, a consultant for the Texas Department of Transportation on the project.
Construction, under way since April, was halted late last week after a taxonomist confirmed the creature indeed was the endangered meshweaver, named for the type of web it spins. It was added to the federal endangered species list in 2000, along with eight other "karst invertebrates" found only in Bexar County.
Biologists have been working alongside construction crews from the start because this area is known for its abundance of natural resources, including songbirds and rare cave animals, like the spiders, said Stirling J. Robertson, biology team leader for TxDOT's environmental affairs division.
To find a Braken Bat Cave meshweaver was a discovery of another kind altogether, akin to "stumbling on a new Galapagos Island in terms of the biological significance of the region," said biologist Jean Krejca, Zara's president.
After the spider was collected in a bottle, it was dissected for it to be identified, Krejca said. Collecting and killing an endangered species is allowed for that purpose if done by someone with a federal permit. No other spiders have been spotted in the hole where the one was found.
Well-known hydrogeologist George Veni first identified the spider in 1980 in northwestern Bexar County, about 5 miles from the construction site. The spider's genus species classification reflects its namesake: Cicurina venii.
But the cave where Veni found the spider later was filled and now is covered by a residential development. The Braken Bat Cave meshweaver spider hadn't been seen since.
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Name: Braken Bat Cave meshweaver
Scientific name: Cicurina venii
First discovered: In 1980 in northwestern Bexar County by George Veni, a hydrogeologist. It then wasn't seen until two weeks ago, when it was found in a hole in a highway median of Texas 151 while crews were doing construction work. This second location is about 5 miles from where Veni originally found the spider. That original site was filled in.
Protected: The spider was put on the federal endangered species list in 2000.
Characteristics: The adult spiders are about the size of the dime. They are not known to be venomous to humans.
Until two weeks ago.
"From a conservation standpoint," Robertson said, "this is an amazing coup."
The entire area where the Braken Bat Cave meshweaver was found (not be confused with Bracken Bat Cave near Garden Ridge) could be a spider habitat.
Biologists have identified 19 cave features, which look like holes, while working on the underpass project. Spiders, not currently classified as endangered, were in five of those holes, which biologists will continue to analyze.
For drivers, the spider could mean some big delays in the completion of the underpass. About 80,000 vehicles a day traveled this intersection in 2010, according to TxDOT.
Before the spider surprise, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Federal Highway Administration had approved the TxDOT construction plan, which involves extending Texas 151 under Loop 1604 and connecting the road to Alamo Ranch Parkway. The underpass would eliminate traffic lights for drivers on Loop 1604.
It was set to open by next summer.
Now, both federal agencies will re-evaluate the project until they can agree on a plan that doesn't disturb any spiders potentially living in the area, or the habitat where the creatures might be bedding down.
That could mean the project continues as is, be scrapped altogether or modified. It's still too early to tell, TxDOT San Antonio District spokesman Josh Donat said.
TxDOT cares about enhancing roadway safety and easing congestion, Donat said, but "we're also good stewards of our natural resources."
The possible presence of endangered species has threatened similar construction projects before.
In one of the most high-profile cases, in 2010 the environmental group Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas filed a lawsuit against several agencies, including TxDOT and the Fish and Wildlife Service, challenging construction of an interchange at Loop 1604 and U.S. 281.
The project threatened the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone and violated the Endangered Species Act, the lawsuit said, because karst invertebrates like this meshweaver and its cave cousins were known to live there.
But construction on the project moved forward within a few months of the filing after a federal judge declined to rule on a motion for preliminary injunction filed by AGUA. At least part of the interchange will open this fall.
The unearthing of the rare spider will help biologists understand even more about the life history and habits of animals in the region, Robertson said.
"What we're talking about is the value of biodiversity," Krejca said, emphasizing the importance of all animals in the ecosystem.
The limestone caves in the Bexar County area are like the plumbing of the groundwater system, though these particular caves aren't over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. The caves and cave species, like the spider, decompose materials and recycle them into soil and other resources that can grow new life.
"It's just a natural process," Krejca said. "You can't someone to do that for you."
As investigation of the spider habitat continues, biologists covered the hole where the meshweaver was found, trying to keep the temperature and humidity stable. So now, from the road drivers can't even see the small space that holds one of the most significant biological finds in Bexar County, a spider the size of a coin that can halt a multimillion-dollar construction project.
If there was a biology channel on cable TV, Robertson said, "this would be the headline."


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How have great teachers influenced us? What does it mean to be deprived of an education? Education—learning and teaching—touches nearly every aspect of life and the Education Studies program reflects that. We expect our students to engage in intellectual risk taking, critical inquiry, experiential learning, creative problem solving, and reflection as they consider the theory, research and practice of education. Education Studies offers courses and practical classroom experiences that allow our students to explore the profound ways that education and teaching affect children's lives. Our students confront issues of what and how to teach in this rapidly changing world, but they also grapple with issues of equity, social justice, poverty, race and ethnicity as they work directly with K – 12 youth locally and globally. Our minors find their vocations as classroom teachers, administrators, school psychologists, researchers, and professors. Education Studies joint majors can seek initial licensure as classroom teachers through our program by electing to participate in the Student Teaching Professional Semester.


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- Have too many speakers, like the one I turned down that wanted eight speakers, each of whom would have 2.5 minutes to speak.
- Find moderators fumbling to introduce the speakers, manage the room or handle the questions.
- Are just pitchfests for the speakers, who don't add value by speaking about more than what they are selling.
- Take up too much time with slides. Some organizers--believe it or not--feel strongly that panelists by definition should not use slides, which automatically add transition time as speakers get their decks up and running.
- Run over the speakers' time and into question time. If speakers aren't well coordinated or controlled, you can count on speakers taking more time than allotted--even if it means less time for questions.
I asked readers for their pet peeves about panels. Here are some of their thoughts:
- On Twitter, Andrea Lewicki said "When panelists are unprepared, and it's clear that one or more of them "just showed up."
- On Facebook, Martha Denton called out "Disrespectful panelists who talk over each other, repeat what other panelists said and don't answer questions properly, instead speaking to whatever their latest push is." And Kathleen Keesling shared positive and negative feedback: "I really enjoy the discussions where conversation opens up here and there for questions and ideas. I dislike one-way lectures because I feel like I'm eavesdropping, or that it is pre-taped. Blech!"
What are your panel pet peeves--whether you're a speaker, moderator or audience member? How would you reform panel discussions? Would you forbid slides? Set time limits? Do away with them altogether? Add to our list in the comments.
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Depending on your geographic location, many homes have either a crawl space or a basement. Crawl spaces often maintain conditions that allow mold to thrive, leaving you with an unhealthy environment beneath your home that can affect air quality in the living space.
What is Crawl Space Mold?
Mold prefers to grow in a dark, dank place with plenty of moisture to feed off of. Even a small amount of water can lead to crawl space mold, particularly on the walls, the underside of the subfloor and the joists. In the right conditions, crawl space mold can create reservoirs of mold growth that allow it to spread throughout your home. This is bad news when it comes to maintaining good indoor air quality.
Signs You Might Have Crawl Space Mold
If you're not sure whether your home's crawl space suffers from mold growth, look for the following signs:
- Poor indoor air quality causes heightened allergies and asthma symptoms while at home with no other apparent cause
- A musty odor permeates the home, especially when the windows and doors are closed
- Family members suffer from chronic headaches
- Multiple plumbing pipes have broken or had other problems
- Cables and home wiring have issues
- Floorboards are buckled or warped
Causes of Crawl Space Mold
- Foundation vents: Many crawl spaces feature vents that are supposed to prevent moisture problems, but recent research indicates that vents often cause more moisture buildup than they prevent. Some of these vents feature fan systems, which, again, are supposed to be helpful, but can actually cause more harm than good.
- Humid weather: When vents or crawl space fan systems draw in air during humid or rainy weather, the crawl space becomes a breeding ground for mold. The moisture is drawn into the space, where organic materials in the form of dirt and wood encourage mold growth.
Reasons to Upgrade to a Closed Crawl Space
With the realization that vented crawl spaces aren't good for preventing mold growth, more and more crawl spaces today are built tightly closed. The goal is to completely enclose the crawl space and separate it from the exterior with a moisture barrier on the floor and liners that extend up the walls.
In addition to blocking moisture that causes crawl space mold, closed crawl spaces can help reduce your heating and cooling costs. This is good news when the utility bills arrive and it helps reduce waste as well, which is good for the environment.
If you suspect you have crawl space mold, it's important to have your home inspected for indoor air quality problems. The specialists at Rainbow International® can also remove the mold and prepare your home for an upgrade to a closed crawl space designed to prevent future problems. To learn more about crawl space mold removal or the process of upgrading to a closed crawl space, contact your local Rainbow International specialist.


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Heba Amin's My love for you, Egypt, increases by the day is featured this month on The Download.
Still from My love for you, Egypt, increases by the day (Heba Amin, 2012)
From The Conceptual Tourist, Fragmented City, and other works, it's clear that the relationship between abandoned buildings and the surrounding's inhabitants is important to you. What experience are you investigating with these relationships? Does it alter depending on your medium (e.g., drawing, website, installation)?
I think my fascination with abandoned buildings has to do with the abstract, the feeling in the air. They fascinate me as spaces of lost memory or as time capsules of history. I am also interested in how they fit within a broader framework and what they say about the contemporary context.
I grew up in Cairo, where its visual characteristics bluntly display the deterioration of urban life, where abandoned buildings have become normalized within the urban fabric. I began to explore them when I couldn't make sense of the mass waste of space and money in a city where so many are struggling to survive. My reaction to them was emotional; they disturbed me. So, I began to use them as visual symbols for the emotional collective, metaphors for unrest.
My explorations are not limited by medium, and in fact I experiment with various media in attempt to confront and portray the emotions they move in me. Somehow in the process of working intimately with them, these buildings became beautiful to me because of their honesty.
With your most recent work, you've expanded that spatial connection from Cairo, a place you're intimate with, to Berlin, a newer locale. What are some differences you encounter in the change of location? Are there seeming universals you could apply ...


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The value of trade dress litigation is on the rise. While in the past the primary value of trade dress litigation rested in the ability of the plaintiff to enjoin competition (except possibly in cases of counterfeit goods), recent cases suggest otherwise.
Juries in California and Texas recently made awards of US$8.1 million and US$5.86 million in two cases involving trade dress infringement. The issue in Mixed Chicks v. Sally Beauty Supply was a hair care product line targeting multi-ethnic customers with naturally curly hair under the trademark MIXED CHICKS. The line was packaged in cylindrical, translucent, plastic bottles with clear pumps and cylindrical, translucent, plastic jars showing the color of the product within. In 2009, Sally Beauty Supply, the world's largest retailer of professional beauty supplies, offered Mixed Chicks the opportunity to sell its line in Sally Beauty stores, but Mixed Chicks declined and continued to sell its products through its website and salons. In 2011, Sally Beauty introduced its own product line for individuals with naturally curly hair: MIXED SILK. Mixed Chicks claimed the Sally Beauty line infringed its trademark and trade dress rights, contending that the shapes of the MIXED SILK bottles and jars, along with such similarities as fonts, colors and the translucent pumps, were likely to cause confusion among consumers.
The jury awarded Mixed Chicks US$8.1 million in damages, finding Sally Beauty had willfully infringed Mixed Chicks' trademark and trade dress rights. The award included US$7.275 million in punitive damages under California law and about US$840,000 in actual damages. Before Mixed Chicks moved for an attorneys' fees award, the parties settled for US $8.5 million. Notably, the US$7.275 million dollar punitive award was more than three times the actual damages limit allowed under Section 35 of the Lanham Act; the court saw fit to award punitive damages under the California unfair competition laws, which have no such cap.
In Clearline Technologies v. Cooper B-Line, the plaintiff sold trapezoidal rooftop support blocks in the color black featuring a horizontal reflective yellow stripe. The defendant, Cooper, sold similarly shaped rooftop support blocks, also in the color black and also with a horizontal reflective yellow stripe, although the yellow stripes were placed differently. Clearline contended that Cooper's competing rooftop support products infringed two aspects of its trade dress: the yellow reflective stripe and the yellow-and-black color scheme. Clearline also introduced evidence that Cooper had sent samples of Clearline's products to its manufacturer, seeking to make a product that would "look similar" and "still have all of the same features" as Clearline's.
A Texas jury found that Cooper had willfully infringed Clearline's trade dress rights in the 'yellow and black' combination trade dress, but not in the 'yellow reflective stripe' trade dress. The parties filed cross motions for judgment after the jury verdict, and the court affirmed that Clearline's yellow and black trade dress was protectable, but that the yellow reflective stripe trade dress alone was not protectable due to its apparent functional nature. The court also upheld an injunction against Cooper, confirming that Cooper's products were infringing. However, the court noted that, while the facts support a conclusion that Cooper's particular use of black and yellow would likely cause confusion, all black and yellow color schemes were not necessarily infringing. This clarified that Clearline was not entitled to a broad injunction barring Cooper from using any black and yellow color scheme for its products.
As to damages, the jury awarded Clearline US$5.86 million. The court upheld this award, tacking on post-judgment and pre-judgment interest, while denying Clearline's plea for treble damages for Cooper's willful infringement (which would have increased the award to almost US$13 million).
As Mixed Chicks and Clearline illustrate, trade dress litigation can lead to significant damages awards, especially in cases between market competitors where there is evidence of willful infringement. Mixed Chicks reminds us to always include state and common law claims when litigating trade dress cases: this was the avenue to the most substantial portion of the damages award. The lesson from Clearline is to diversify your trade dress claims as much as possible – while one of Clearline's claims was found functional, the other was not and led the way to victory.
Companies would do well to scrutinize their trade dress (and evaluate the benefits of registering it with the USPTO), monitor their competition and deploy an enforcement strategy to the fullest extent available.


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Mick Foley has a new Facebook blog about the brutal ending to RAW with Triple H and Daniel Bryan. Here's part of what he wrote:
Following the brutal beatdown of Daniel Bryan by Triple H on Monday's ?#?RAW?, I received many questions on social media, asking if I thought WWE had gone too far, with many pointing out the beating's resmeblance to the one I took at the hands of The Rock in the 1999 Royal Rumble. No, I don't think they went too far. I think they went just far enough.
A few weeks ago, when Daniel Bryan challenged Triple H, and tried to engage the crowd in a "Yes" chant, it seemed half-hearted at best, to the point where I said out loud, in the Foley living room, "he's trying to sell a match that no one wants to see." Well, following Monday night, that match has gone from being simply the obstacle Daniel Bryan had to hurdle to get to the main event into a match I now I feel like I need to see.
Yes, it was brutal, yes it was tough to watch at certain points - but it served notice to all of those who had forgotten, that Triple H was one of the best bad guys of his generation - and Stephanie, with her recent work on the microphone, has become an abslolutely compelling authority figure - as effective as I've ever seen her; seemingly channelling her inner Vince. I've known Stephanie a long time, and somewhere in the McMahon/Helmsley home, she still has the pot-holder my daughter made for her many, many years, ago. No matter what happens in business, she is someone I will always consider a friend. But man, do I want to see her get what she has coming to her? Maybe a WWE Diva who might happen to have a close connection to Daniel Bryan to smack the taste out of her mouth. Any candidates?
Imagine me as Goldilocks, surveying the lay of the WWE land, looking at angles from the past - far past, and recent past, trying to figure out which one is the perfect fit when it comes to selling a match - really, truly turning a match into something that the WWE Universe feels they need to see. That Rumble I did with Dwayne The Rock Johnson with the 11 unprotected chairshots? Too much. Most of what we see in the PG era? No matter how good the wrestling (and much of it is really, really good) - it's just a little too soft. But what I saw on Monday night? As brutal as it may have been, as tough as it may have been to watch, I thought it was just right."


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But sometimes I just have to get out of the saddle and geek out. Actually, I spend about the same amount of time tinkering with technology at home as I spend riding my bike any given week. I just don't write about it that often.
Yesterday's adventure was to get jlime Linux installed on an old PDA that used to run Windows CE. This is the same PDA that's visible in this post, and I also had it with me (but in the handlebar bag) the weekend before my epic face plant. Ah, technology and bicycles. Can it get any better?!
While Windows CE is probably my least-loathed operating system from Microsoft (it's quick and nimble even on computers without a lot of power, not over-bloated like XP or Vista, for example), I really felt like trying something new.
Yes, I rode home last night and to this bus this morning. There's just nothing bikey worth writing about right now.
Random Tunage:
Prodigy - Diesel Power
Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L.
(TOTALLY RANDOM, I swear!)
Friday, April 04, 2008
You might think that all I do is ride and write...
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- Apertome said...
The past few days have been great for geekery. I haven't had my fill of geek stuff lately, and I need to get back to it. My current job just saps my desire to sit at a computer any longer than I have to.
That's some kind of weird synchronicity in your playlist ... (note: the *nix geek in me wants to write syncronicity)
- April 04, 2008 10:47 AM
Oh... and to think I sold my Jornada way back when. If I'd have only known that someday I'd be able to boot Linux on it I would never have unloaded it. Time to do a little research to see if there's a distro that'll boot on my iPaq.
Way way cool.
- April 07, 2008 7:56 AM
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January 13th was a very special day indeed at Dolphin Research Center. The Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride visited DRC during their Florida Keys event and upwards of 30 soldiers enjoyed a complimentary Dolphin Encounter, made possible by the generous donation of the Charles Evans Foundation.
It wouldn't be possible to capture all of the smiles from that day, but here are a few photographs from the hundreds taken.
The soldier was all smiles during the dorsal pull from A.J. Jax tagged along to be part of the fun!
This group of soldiers were all smiles, interacting with Tanner and trainer Catherine Dunn (front) with assistance from Bette Zirkelbach (standing in back).
Who wouldn't love a kiss from Aleta?
DRC President & CEO Rita Irwin (right) and Director of Special Needs Joan Mehew proudly display the certificate presented to DRC from the Wounded Warrior Project
We're grateful to the Charles Evans Foundaton for providing this wonderful opportunity for some of our nation's heroes. Thank you to Tilden's Dive Shop for loaning wetsuits to the soldiers, the Stuffed Pig, for the delicious lunch, Publix for utensils, paper goods and sodas, and the DRC volunteers for home-baked desserts. We also appreciate Monroe County Mayor Dave Rice, Marathon Vice-Mayer Dick Ramsay, Marathon Councilman Mike Cinque and the numerous other local dignatiaries and visitors who came out to DRC on that day.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
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Chadwick was the literary assistant to Jeremy Bentham before having a career as an influential reformer of the English government. He was appointed to the Royal Commission which investigated reforms to the Poor Laws and then spent much of the rest of his life writing about and reforming the sanitary conditions in Britain.


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Parsing Power, Part 2
Yesterday, I showed how you could customize the appearance of the parsing window to show only the specific information you want for each word parsed. But that's just the beginning of what you can do with the parsing window. What if you don't want parsing information for every word you select?
For example, let's say you're using a grammar like Basics of Biblical Greek which does not even begin teaching the Greek verb until Chapter 15 (roughly equivalent to the start of a second semester). You want to reinforce your knowledge of the nouns you've been learning by trying to translate relatively simple passages from the Gospel of John. Yet even the simplest passages contain verbs, and you need help knowing how to translate those. You want to select your passage and get a parsing window which only displays the parsing information for the verbs, thereby providing the help you need while forcing you to deal with the nouns from memory.
Once you've selected your passage and clicked the Parse button on the Resource palette, use the keyboard shortcut Command-T to access the various display settings.
Change the Parse pop-up menu near the top of the dialog from All words to Parts of speech. Now click the checkboxes at the bottom of the dialog for the parts of speech you want to be displayed. In this case, we'll just check Verb. Your parsing window should now look something like this:
Cool and useful as this is, the Parsing window offers even greater power. Look for more in an upcoming post.


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MERRITT ISLAND, Fla., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter visited the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the 50th anniversary of their Feb. 20, 1962, blastoff into orbit.
Glenn orbited Earth three times, while Carpenter was a backup pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission as part of the Mercury Project.
Glenn and Carpenter are the only astronauts of the original Mercury Project still alive. Gus Grissom died in 1967 when his spacecraft was engulfed in flames on the launch pad. Deke Slayton died of cancer in 1993, while Alan Shepard died of leukemia in 1998, Gordon Cooper died of heart failure in 2004, and Wally Schirra died of a heart attack in 2007.
The Kennedy Space Center was set to launch an unmanned spacecraft Friday, but weather forced a postponement, The Miami Herald reported.
"Welcome to the space program," joked Glenn, who suffered through 11 postponements before his first blast into space.
Glenn spoke on reinvigorating the manned space program, saying it never recovered from President George W. Bush's 2004 decision to replace shuttle flights with a program to reach the moon and Mars -- "but without the funding.''
He said there is a need to "galvanize public support" and "re-energize our thinking."


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The Industry's Primary Aggregates Industry Expo and Educational Opportunity is Over, But It Is Still Drawing Rave Reviews.
By Mark S. Kuhar
AGG1 2013, co-located with World of Asphalt, concluded a successful run in San Antonio back in March, with a sold-out show floor with record exhibit space, near-record registered attendance, more co-located industry groups and meetings than ever before, and record education ticket sales.
Many companies that exhibited at the show were pleased with the attendance and the chance to get in front of so many producers to offer their equipment and technology solutions.
"AGG1 and the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) convention were both a very good chance to network with all of my colleagues in the industry," said John Bennington, district manager MCT at Metso Minerals. "I had an opportunity to meet and talk to a full spectrum of people from producers to manufacturers, from old friends to new acquaintances."
Metso Minerals, one of the few companies to stage a major press conference at show, took the opportunity to launch a new division. "The recent AGG1 show in San Antonio, provided an ideal launch platform for Metso's new SCS strategy, said David Quail, director screening and conveying solutions. "While at the same time the relaxed San Antonio environment provided an ideal setting to meet with key customers and distributors."
Polydeck was at the show to introduce an important new product line. Dennis Zeiger, aggregates marketing manager, saw the show as an opportunity to talk about the many benefits of the new product. "We always consider AGG1 to be a key part of our marketing strategy," he said. "It was particularly important this year as we chose AGG1 as the venue to introduce our new Armadex extreme duty scalping product line."
Steve Wood, global strategic marketing manager for Honeywell Titan, also touted the importance of being able to launch a new product line. "The World of Asphalt provided a great opportunity to introduce our new Honeywell Titan line of polymers for asphalt modification, which help decrease energy usage, reduce emissions and save hot mix plants and contractors money while helping meet demanding road specifications," he said.
Karen Thompson, president of W.S. Tyler Canada, considered it a successful show for the company. "With more than double the leads than the previous year, hopefully this is a sign of improving economic times," she said. "We certainly had a lot of interest in our Mobile Hydro-Clean introduction, a new technology which revolutionizes aggregate cleaning."
Brian Barlow, president/CEO of Barlow Strategic Sales and Marketing noted the emergence of new companies into the market. "It was great to see the volume of exhibitors and the increase in equipment," he said. "I was impressed with the newer crushing and screening powerhouses developing. This should provide producers with much new product development and greater options in the future."
"We were very pleased with this year's event," said Greg Chaffin, project manager-marketing communications, Joy Global Surface Mining. "Our overall booth traffic was good and many of our larger customers were there. Our conveyor products have been on exhibit at every AGG1 show and San Antonio was the best event so far."