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Paul Joseph Watson
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Democratic proponents of the health care bill have attempted to portray anger being expressed by the majority of Americans who opposed the bill as some kind of vicious and deadly mass assault, casting themselves as poor victims of a bloodthirsty mob, when in reality the only real instances of violence have been carried out by pro-Obamacare thugs, with Tea Party activists their victims.
In reality, a couple of stunts and a few broken windows pale in comparison to the treatment dished out to anti-Obamacare activists on behalf of leftist Obamanoid goons.
During a debate on MSNBC yesterday, David Shuster attempted to put author Kevin Jackson on the spot by challenging him to name one incident where Republicans had been similarly "attacked".
"Name one, name one," snapped Shuster.
Watch the clip below.
Here's one – during an August 2009 demonstration in Mehville, Missouri, Obamacare opponents were locked out of a town hall meeting before Union thugs viciously attacked patriot and Tea Party activist Kenneth Gladney, who was handing out Gadsen flags outside the stage-managed event, while hurling racist insults.
"Kenneth was attacked on the evening of August 6, 2009 at Rep. Russ Carnahan's town hall meeting in South St. Louis County," wrote Gladney's attorney, David B. Brown, in an email sent to Infowars. "Kenneth was approached by an SEIU representative as Kenneth was handing out 'Don't Tread on Me' flags to other conservatives. The SEIU representative demanded to know why a black man was handing out these flags. The SEIU member used a racial slur against Kenneth, then punched him in the face. Kenneth fell to the ground. Another SEIU member yelled racial epithets at Kenneth as he kicked him in the head and back. Kenneth was also brutally attacked by one other male SEIU member and an unidentified woman. The three men were clearly SEIU members, as they were wearing T-shirts with the SEIU logo."
The video clip below shows the aftermath of the attack.
Brown characterized the attack on Gladney, who was hospitalized with multiple injuries, as "a truly senseless hate crime," but you wouldn't have heard anything about it on MSNBC the next day, because it wasn't carried out by Tea Party members, it was an attack by pro-Obamacare thugs furious at people for using their free speech to express opinions which differed to their own.
Elston McCowan, 47, of St. Louis, and Perry Molens, 50, of De Soto, each were later charged with assaulting Gladney.
Here's how Gladney himself described the incident.
A group of people with purple t-shirts were leaving the rally. As the group walked past me, I offered one of the gentlemen a Gadsen flag and a button. The man turned and looked at my board and said, "who in the fuck is selling this shit?"
I replied "I am Sir, would you like a flag or a button?"
He shouted at me, "What kind of nigger are you?!" Then, he grabbed my board, so I quickly grabbed it back, then the man punched me in the face and charged at me . I put my hands up to block the second blow from the large man, when two other people from that group grabbed me and threw me to the ground and started punching and kicking me. I was kicked in the head and in the back, legs and buttocks. Then a white woman ran up to me while I was on the ground and began kicking me in my head as well. A few people came to my rescue for which I am forever grateful.
Since then my life has been turned upside down and I wake up some days feeling scared and fearful for my life. The media has attacked me. They have made me out to be a dishonest and untrustworthy person. The real Kenneth is a kind and trust worthy man that just wants to be respected as a good man with a positive attitude that loves all people, no matter what walks of life they come from. I go to church and I believe in God, I hope to move past all of this and go on with my life. I still do not have a job and this situation has just made my life more complicated.
So when pro-Obamacare thugs racially taunt and beat up innocent bystanders, the media either ignores it or attacks the victim, but when anti-Obamacare people allegedly (nobody even knows who committed the vandalism and as Jackson points out, it could well have been Democratic operatives) break a few windows, hell hath no fury like the scorn of David Shuster and his fellow corporate media whores.
As Jackson also points out in the MSNBC clip, the establishment media didn't engage in a mass bout of hand-wringing obsession when George W. Bush was depicted as the Joker or Hitler, but when Obama is portrayed the same way, it's characterized as some kind of shameful racist hate crime.
This goes to the heart of what corporate media smears against the Tea Party are all about – an effort to silence dissent by framing opposition to big government as extremist, racist and dangerous – when in reality the only real instances of racism and violence have been committed by pro-Obamacare thugs.
But it doesn't end there – here's another example for David Shuster of Tea Party members being attacked by extreme pro-Obama lefitsts.
During a November 2009 immigration enforcement rally, A.N.S.W.E.R.-hired thugs attacked 62-year-old Dave Caulkett of Floridians for Immigration Enforcement, pummeling him with their signs and kicking him in the face as other A.N.S.W.E.R. goons cheered.
Watch the clip below.
Before the event, A.N.S.W.E.R. Florida had sent out an email to their members calling for a "militant confrontation with the so-called "tea baggers."
"Beating back these forces will require us to organize together, take the streets, fight the racists wherever they show their faces and drive them out of every community," stated the email.
As Rob Taylor points out, "As can also be clearly seen on the video, A.N.S.W.E.R. organizers set their thugs loose on the two men and stood by until they heard police coming. Then they stopped their members and repositioned them to make it look like nothing happened. This was an orchestrated attack designed to make people fearful of protesting against their agenda."
So there we have it Mr. Shuster – while you fail to provide one actual instance where Tea Party members have attacked pro-Obamacare supporters or pro-illegal immigration activists, there are two clear examples of these very people attacking, beating, and hurling racist insults at Tea Party members in the last 6 months alone.
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Zynga has come to a new agreement with Facebook, which means Facebook will being developing its own games next year.
The news caused Zynga's already anemic stock to suddenly flatline, according to Fortune. The agreement, filed with the SEC, means that Facebook will be allowed to develop its own games, and Zynga must launch any real-money games in any country it must launch them also on Facebook.
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The objective of the implementation plan is to put in place the e-infrastructure commons that will enable digital science by introducing IT as a service to the public research sector in Europe.
The rationale calls for a hybrid model that brings together public and commercial service suppliers to build a network of Centres of Excellence offering a range of services to a wide user base. The platform will make use of and cooperate with existing European e-infrastructures by jointly offering integrated services to the end-user. This hybrid model represents a significant change from the status-quo and will bring benefits for the stakeholders: end-users, research organisations, service providers (public and commercial) and funding agencies.
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This is the third in a series of documents by the EIROforum IT working group on the future of e-infrastructures. The documents from the EIROforum IT working group are seen as starting-point for an inclusive activity that will bring together a number of e-infrastructures into a public-private ecosystem where the value of the whole is far greater than an individual component.
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Where there's a will: Attitudes toward inheritance change
About a million people die every year in Japan, and 10 percent of them leave wills (yuigonsho). That's a smaller portion than in the English-speaking West — the BBC says about a third of British adults have wills and USA Today reports 59 percent of American baby boomers have written them — but it's still larger than other Asian countries (about 1 percent in South Korea) and the number is growing every year.
Legal experts advocate wills as the only effective means of properly disposing of one's assets after death, but in Japan they've traditionally been seen as disruptive. Japanese law outlines methods of inheritance and even stipulates shares for specific family relationships. But family ties have been strained in recent decades owing to shifting social demographics and economic trends. A recent article in the Asahi Shimbun reports that more and more people are dying without any clear beneficiaries. In 2012, ¥37.5 billion left behind by people who died was taken by the government because the deceased had no family willing to claim the body and the person's property. According to the Supreme Court, this amount is three times what it was a decade ago.
When a person dies without spouses or children, or when those heirs have forfeited their right to the deceased's assets, the proper court appoints an administrator to dispose of the estate. If the deceased had debts, the administrator repays them out of the available assets. If the deceased had a caregiver, the administrator may offer the person part of those assets. But for the most part the unclaimed money and proceeds from property goes to the central government.
One Yokohama lawyer in the Asahi article talks about his experiences as an administrator, which starts with going to the home of a person who has just died and "cleaning up." He says he often finds large amounts of cash hidden behind or inside furniture, and now conducts seminars where he tells middle aged and older people about the importance of wills, partly as a means of showing their gratitude to those who helped them in life, regardless of whether or not those people are relatives. When the reporter talks to people who attend the lawyer's seminar, some admit to having no contact with family and one says he feels compelled to draw up a will because he's afraid of what might happen to his legacy if it all goes to his irresponsible son.
People in the West who don't write wills are usually intimidated by the cost of lawyers or just plain scared of thinking about death. In Japan, while speaking of death is still a taboo for most people, the scarcity of wills can mainly be attributed to ignorance. The lawyer in the Asahi article implies that the authorities don't promote wills because they make money when people die without heirs.
A recent trend that has boosted the status of wills is "ending notes." Popularized by a hit 2011 documentary about a dying man's last days, ending notes are books that help people think about their deaths. They explain different processes and often have diary-like features so that readers can write down their thoughts about death and what they want in terms of late-term care, a funeral and the disposal of their remains.
Ending notes actually compel readers to think about their lives right now by making them face the inevitability of death, and so rather than push away such thoughts they force the reader to consider measures such as DNR (do not resuscitate) declarations and last wills and testaments. Ending notes have also been commercialized to a certain extent, and some non-profit groups now hold seminars on the subject of shukatsu (final activities). Funeral homes participate in ending note plans and some banks even have programs to help people think about what they want to do with their assets after they die. According to a survey of people over 60 conducted by Research Bank, 49 percent said they wanted to write ending notes.
But ending note diaries are not legal documents. A will needs to be notarized if it is to hold up in court. One reason wills were previously unpopular in Japan is that when they were contested by family members, courts often sided with the plaintiffs, but that isn't necessarily the case any more. According to one will-writing website, 7,767 wills were notarized in 1966. The number in 2009 was 76,436. Moreover, in 1985, Japanese courts heard 2,661 inheritance-related lawsuits. That number increased to 9,800 by 2008, and in the same year family courts nationwide received 154,160 requests for advice with regard to inheritance problems. More than 70 percent of all legal disputes over inheritance involve assets of more than ¥50 million. Obviously, you can't take it with you, but older Japanese are now wising up to the fact that they don't have to let it pass on to people they can't stand.


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Much has been written about on the recent episode where India Today and the Times of India published alerts from the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) on five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives having infiltrated their way into Mumbai. That same day, Pakistan's TV channels and news media revealed, with barely-concealed delight, that these individuals were in fact in Lahore, not India, and that they were ordinary tradesmen, and not Lashkar terrorists. On the face of it, our intelligence agencies goofed up. Over at Acorn, my colleague Nitin Pai examines possible explanations in this excellent blogpost.
During a daily customary review of Pakistan's Urdu media, I came across this article in Roznama Ummat that I found intriguing. An excerpt from the Ummat's interview of Mehtab Butt, Atif Butt and Babar Shabbir — three of the five who had allegedly entered Mumbai — follows:
The most concerning aspect of India labeling the three Pakistanis as terrorists is, how India came to be in the possession of their photographs in the first place. In conversation with Ummat, Mehtab Butt indicated that he was perplexed as to how his photographs came to be in the hands of the Indians. In response to a question about whether he had uploaded his photo onto Facebook, Twitter or similar social networking websites, Mr. Butt said that he had never operated a computer. Mr. Butt said that the shirt that he was wearing as displayed in the photo on the Indian channel (sic) India Today was purchased last year.
Atif Butt said that while he had opened a Facebook account for himself, he had stopped using the account after his engagement; however, he recollects having never uploaded the photo shown on the Indian channels to Facebook. He remembers though, that the half-sleeved shirt displayed in the photo had been purchased last summer.
All three victims are of the opinion that a powerful camera was used to zoom in and take photos of them at Hafiz Center. Both Atif and Mehtab were working at their shops at Hafiz Center when a mutual friend of theirs arrived at about 8:00pm on Wednesday with his laptop. He showed Atif and Mehtab photos of themselves appearing on the India Today website. At first, they dismissed the photos as a prank, but the grim reality of the situation ultimately dawned on them.
The three then promptly approached local police and advised them of the situation. According to Mehtab and Atif, they took this step to ensure that they didn't get apprehended on false charges. Mehtab Butt informed Ummat that both he and Atif were under considerable stress. Atif was of the opinion that had he and Mehtab not approached the police, there would be no doubt that the three victims would have been declared terrorists, similar to the "so-called" Mumbai terror attacks.
The three victims told Ummat that not only is India insulting our country, they have now turned their attention towards harming the Pakistani trading community. Their question to Pakistan's leaders is, why are we expanding our trade relations with India? They appeal to the government to get to the bottom of this and respond to India's imprudent actions. [روزنامہ امّت]
That this was an IO exercise against India is pretty apparent by the narrative. Two innocent traders and an honest security guard in Lahore being ensnared by the Serpent Next Door triggers the imagination. But why traders, why not anyone else? The last paragraph appears to offer some clues.
There is disquiet in parts of Pakistan's trading community over liberalizing trade with India. Though many remain skeptical, most are not opposed to it, given the obvious benefits from trade with India. But the one group that has remained steadfastly opposed to engagement with India on trade and the MFN status has been Difa-e-Pakistan, a rag-tag collection of ex-army officers and jihadi nutjobs supported by Rawalpindi, that boasts within its ranks a who's who of the military-jihadi complex, including God's Servant Hafiz Saeed, and the always-humble Hamid Gul.
Hard-line elements in Pakistan certainly have motive, by both impressing upon the Pakistani trading community that thy neighbor is deceitful, and embarrassing India and its intelligence agencies. But the elaborate plot does not appear to be commensurate with the benefits of getting Pakistan to abrogate from bilateral trade commitments with India. The juice wouldn't be worth the squeeze. This may very well be part of the plot, but is there a larger game afoot?


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Thanks John. I'm after the whole pie, but I figure the crust is the most difficult. The crumb had a good taste, there was definitely some complexity from the ferment-I could smell it when handling the dough. But, the EVOO overpowered most of the crust flavor. Changing the oil is a must (as Scott123 has informed me), as is using less pan oil.I found that my toppings were similar, though I did not have enough pecorino (or maybe just not sharp enough). I also could have used a tiny bit more salt in my sauce- I eye ball this so I have no idea how much I used. The cheese at L&B is also much more stretchy, though the taste is not much different. I am informed by some members that they use Grande... I don't really want to buy a massive brick at RD, so supermarket brands will have to do. The consistency of my sauce was very close. I simply pour the can into a colander, drain out all the excess puree and juices, and then shake for about 30 seconds to get as much liquid out as possible, and then blend until uniform.
I think their pizza has to be a bit lower hydration. The dough I made would never get through a sheeter alive. I have never really worked with KABF, so I'm afraid I can't offer much advice. Hopefully others will step in. Good luck. Nothing else except remember my warnings about oil!
I don't know if they use AT. I have been told they use a high protein bromated flour, but not the brand. I think you should try with the KABF and see what happens. Mine did come out soft and light. It must be a product of all the moisture
That looks delicious, John.I'm going to try again next weekend on this one. I'll probably go with the same dough, but as a same-day dough. This should get it closer to the real deal.
John, I've seen that video--there's really no way to tell if he has the crust from the video. The quality isn't high enough and there's no cross section. But that definitely is an L&B clone with a lower hydration.I haven't figured out how much yeast to use yet, I'll probably look at some of my notes on prior pies to figure that out. Of course, some kneading will be required because of the shorter ferment. I also plan on pressing it down lightly to collapse the larger air bubbles. Let me know if you get there first! I won't be making any moves until Friday or SaturdayTyler


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The Was scepter was a ubiquitous Egyptian symbol signifying power and authority and hundreds of examples of it have been found in Ancient Egyptian art; usually in connection with Egyptian "gods" and Pharaohs as well as with other authority figures.
In the past month or so, I have received several emails to the effect that the mystery creature which sits atop of the Was scepter (in most cases) is clearly a pterosaur. I believe I've received separate correspondences from Garth Guessman of Genesis Park and Cliff Paiva of BSM Associates.
Mr. Paiva's article on this topic can be found here.
Photo, Right: Faience votice was-scepter, excavated at Faras in Nubia, Late period, MMA 41.2.9. Click photo for larger version.
In my own research, I've seen writer after writer and one Egyptian Authority after another speculate freely and inconclusively about the mystery creature that sits atop this well-known and researched Egyptian symbol. Could it be a rabbit they wonder? Could it be a type of bird? Is it an amalgam of several animals?
Surely, it is like other Egyptian symbols and based upon a real creature? If so, what was that creature, they wonder? Novel theories have been put forward to explain the origin of the mystery creature and yet, the identity of the creature is really quite evident—if one knows where to look.
It is quite clearly a representation of a pterosaur and specifically, based on the current scientific nomenclature about these creatures; it appears to be representation of a pteranodon. The one thing that it appears to be– can't be considered by serious "academics" because Darwanism has twisted the history of the planet.
Photo:Left; Comparison of Nubian Was Scepter with modern depictions of pteranodon. The Egyptian version looks friendly compared with modern versions and his prong is "ornamented" perhaps with skin or keratin. Click for Higher Reso photo.
Had the Egyptians seen these creatures alive, and the evidence indicates that they did, they would have been quite impressed as some of them reached a height of six feet and had wingspans up to 33 feet or so.
It is true however, that to date fossils of pteranodon have not been found in Egypt or on the continent of Africa, although pterosaurs have been found—but the evidence speaks for itself.
Pteranodons are known for the backwards projecting spike or prong that forms a portion of their skulls. There are of course, several types of Pteranodons and the Egyptian examples may or may not be from a known group.
Photo:Right;Kom Ombo and Ombi – is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo. It was originally an Egyptian city called Nubt, meaning City of Gold (not to be confused with the city north of Naqada that was also called Nubt/Ombos). It became a Greek settlement during the Greco-Roman Period. The town's location on the Nile 50 km north of Aswan (Syene) gave it some control over trade routes from Nubia to the Nile Valley, but its main rise to prominence came with the erection of the temple in the 2nd century BC…Wikipedia
Artists that have never seen pteranodon have speculated in their drawings as to how the backwards projecting prong presented itself on the live creature. There tends to be an incredible amount of group think in their portrayals, even as to the angle and perspectives shown which rarely change.
In most cases, the "prong" is shown without any "ornamentation"; however, the Egyptian artists have generally portrayed the prong with ornamentation. It is certainly fair to say that the Egyptian version is plausible given the pteranodon skull fossils that have been found.
Comparison of Kom Ombo "mystery creature" with modern pteranodon interpretations. Drawing on the left selected because artist imagined a pteranodon similar to the Egyptian version. Click for high reso photo
In this collection, we'll look at some of the speculation concerning the Was scepter as well as compare a number of them with current artistic renderings of the Pteranodon. Pteranodon was thought by science to have been extinct for 75 million years. The ancient Egyptian culture is not nearly that old of course suggesting that science is wrong…..s8int.com
"Was" Speculation:
Was Scepter
Photo:Right; Was sceptre in the Egyptian antiquities section in the British Museum. Click for Higher Resolution photo/
(was) Appearance: The was scepter is a straight staff with a forked base and topped with an angled transverse section. The top of the staff was often shaped as the head of some fantastic creature, perhaps the bennu bird.
Originally, the was scepter may have been a fetish associated with the spirit of a sacred animal, or perhaps it was simply a herdsman's staff"….Ancient Egypt and Mythology
"Was ("power") scepters represent the typhonic or Set-animal (the mascot of the Egyptian god Set). Was scepters were depicted as being carried by gods, pharaohs, and priests, as a symbol of power, and in later use, as a symbol of control over the force of chaos that Set represented.
Was scepters often occur in paintings, drawings, and carvings of gods, and remnants of real Was scepters have been found constructed of faience or wood, where the head and forked tail of the Set-animal are visible.
Photo: Left; Comaparison of British Museum Was scepter creature with modern versions of pteranodon from fossils. Click for Higher Resolution photo
The Was (w s) is also the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stands for a word meaning power.
In their 2004 book The Quick and the Dead, Andrew H. Gordon and Calvin W. Schwabe speculated that the Ankh, Djed and Was symbols were derived from various parts of a bull that were significant in ancient cattle culture, thus:
• the Ankh – symbol of life – thoracic vertebrae of a bull (seen in cross section)
• the Djed – symbol of stability – base or sacrum of a bull's spine
• the Was sceptre' – symbol of power and dominion – a staff made from a dried bull's penis that was the symbol for the goddess Wosret or Wasret.
Photo:Right: "Detail of the "Mysterious" Was Sceptre. A symbol of Ancient Egyptian Divine Royalty, there is hardly a depiction of a god or goddess without it. We know very little about this instrument. No one even knows what the head is depicting, a rabbit, a fox or some other canine, even an ass or the ancient bennu (Phoenix) bird. it's one of the most important symbols in all Egyptology right along with the ankh wedjet and djed. This detail was taken from Hathor temple, Dendera"……. Hazelra
The Was has a forked top and a tripod base. One suggestion is that the staff was pushed into the ground and a line of sight set through the fork, hence the ruler of all he surveyed."..Wikipedia
Re: Origins of the Mysterious "Was"-Scepter
"Well, of course it was also a lingual phonetic component, and it has the phonetic value ws. But nearly every other hieroglyphic sign has a "meaning" in the sense that it is derived from a picture of a real world object : man, woman, parts of the body, mammals, birds, buildings, ships, ..
Photo; Left. Comparison of Dendera "creature" with more modern depictions of pteranodon. In one case we've added the Egyptian "prong detail" to a current depiction to take note of the results. Click photo for higher resolution.
Even the abstract symbols for life, stability and protection. The Ankh sign (S 34) for life resembles the
body of a person with outstretched hands, The Djed sign (R 11) for stability is a picture of a row of pillars.
The protection sign (V 17) resembles a seal that protects a content.
The "Was" sign depicts a scepter, and it was the symbol for dominion and power. If it was a symbol for power because the kings used it, why did the kings used exactly this scepter ? The question is : why has the "Was" scepter exactly this form and not another ?
What is the original function of it ? What is the origin of this sign ? There must be an origin somewhere in the physical world, because it is a very old sign, a sign that is frequently used in
and before the old kingdom.
Photo: Right; Another view of the Was Scepter compared with modern depictions of the pteranodon from the same point of view. Click for Higher Resolution photo
The development of the writing systems tells us (see e.g. Geoffrey Sampson's Book Writing Systems, 1985), that every ancient writing system – the egyptian hieroglyphs, the sumerian cuneiform and the chinesesymbols – is derived from pictographic symbols.
For example, the Chinese symbol for "landscape" (shan shu) is a combination of the symbols for mountain and water, the sign for "man" is a combination of the symbols of power (a strong arm) and a
rice field. (working in the rice field was the work of man in china)"…Jochen Fromm
Photo:Left; Was-Scepter, Wadj-Scepter, Faience Late Period – Macedonian Period, circa 664-305 B.C.E) Provenance not known Broolyn Museum 37 1650E, 37 886E, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund Photo © Joan Lansberry, May 2008. Click for Higher Resolution photo
Pteranodon (pronounced /t??ræn?d?n/; from Greek ????- "wing" and ??-???? "toothless"), from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota), was one of the largest pterosaur genera, with a wingspan of up to 9 metres (30 ft).
Pteranodon is known from more fossil specimens than any other pterosaur, with about 1,200 specimens known to science, many of them well preserved with complete skulls and articulated skeletons, and was an important part of the animal community present in the Western Interior Seaway
Pteranodon was a reptile, but not a dinosaur. By definition, all dinosaurs were diapsid reptiles with an upright stance, and consist of the group containing saurischians and ornithischians. While the advanced pterodactyloid pterosaurs (like Pteranodon) had a semi-upright stance, this evolved independently of the upright stance in dinosaurs, and pterosaurs lacked the distinctive adaptations in the hip associated with the dinosaurian posture.
However, dinosaurs and pterosaurs may have been closely related, and most paleontologists place them together in the group Ornithodira, or "bird necks".
Prong or crest
Photo:Right; Cairo Museum. Gilded wood statue of Ptah, with bronze was scepter, inlaid with gold. The base titles him, Ptah, Lord of Ma'at, and also names Tutankhamun. Note the was symbol (pteranodon). Click for Higher resolution
The most distinctive characteristic of Pteranodon is its primary cranial crest. These crests were consisted of skull bones (frontals) projecting upward and backward from the skull. The size and shape of these crests varied due to a number of factors, including age, sex, and species.
Male Pteranodon sternbergi, the older species, had a more vertical crest with a broad forward projection, while their descendants, Pteranodon longiceps, evolved a narrower, more backwards-projecting crest. Females of both species were smaller, and bore small, rounded crests..
…though the function of the crest has been a subject of debate. However, most explanations have focused on the blade-like, backward pointed crest of male P. longiceps, and ignored the wide range of variation across age and gender. The fact that the crests vary so much rules out most practical functions other than for use in mating displays.
In 1943, von Kripp suggested that the crest may have served as a rudder, an idea embraced by several later researchers. One researcher, R.S. Stein, even suggested that the crest may have supported a membrane of skin connecting the backward-pointing crest to the neck and back, increasing its surface area and effectiveness as a rudder.
The rudder hypothesis again does not take into account females or P. sternbergi, which had an upward-pointing, not backward-pointing crest. Bennett also found that even in its capacity as a rudder, the crest would not provide nearly as much directional force as simply maneuvering the wings.
The suggestion that the crest was an air break, and that the animals would turn their heads to the side in order to slow down, suffers from a similar problem. Additionally, the rudder and air break hypotheses do not explain why such large variation exists in crest size even among adults.
Many times here we have presented ancient artifacts or ancient objet's d'art that we were convinced proved that ancient man had encountered dinosaurs or other creatures that science claims have been extinct for millions of years. What's unique here is that we have multiple examples of the alleged "extinct" creature. The unique shape of the pteranodon's head has been idealized in many instances with respect to the Was scepter but there are enough examples with clear details which prove the case.
Is this all too much for your Darwinian trained mind? That's understandable. After all, who are you going to believe; science or your own lying eyes? :0)
Why not start over with creatures that have only supposedly been extinct for 10,000 to 2,000,000 years and if you can deal with them, then maybe try the pteranodon again.
That Dog Won't Hunt! -Dog in Turtle Shell Appears to be a Glyptodont
Late Survival of Megatherium in South America-Olmec Culture Representation
Denial Is Not Just A River In Egypt:Suppressed Evidence of Human, Dinosaur and Other "Extinct" Fauna Interaction
in First Century Roman, Nilotic Art
See Also:Tracking Living (Or Recently Dead) African Pterosaurs
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I´m an experienced English teacher who´s interested in finding out more about teaching via the internet.
How do you employ your teachers? Could you supply me with any links to companies who use internet teachers?
At the moment I am teaching with Gloable Chat, a Japanese company using Eyeball chat as a means of communication. I´m new to this and so would appreciate any information you can give.
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Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders
A laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel "for fans of either comic books or Percy Jackson, or both."—School Library Journal
From Hercules' snake assassin slippers to Arachne's wicked weaver rap songs, these are the mythic monsters and Hellenic heroes that have captured Western culture for centuries–but a whole lot more fun. Each story showcases the wondrous and blunderful antics of gods and mortals in bright graphics that rival the super-heroic action of The Lightning Thief, burst with the knock-yoursocks- off humor of Jeff Kinney, and still remain unerringly faithful to the original myth. Kids won't be able to resist the bickering sheep, unruly rulers, and undercover details of Amazing Greek Myths–while teachers, librarians, and parents can relish this new way to share moral messages that remain as relevant today as they were a thousand years ago.


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Arrest made in Somerville video game cord killing
Man found strangled with cords around neck in 2009
Authorities have charged a man with killing a Somerville man with the power cords of video game systems he was stealing from the victim.
The Middlesex district attorney's office announced Tuesday that 32-year-old Michael Barnett has been charged with murder in connection with the November 2009 strangulation death of 24-year-old Christopher Souza.
Police say Souza was found by his mother on his living floor with power cords around his neck.
Investigators found that Souza's Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles were missing, and the cords had been used in the strangulation.
Police say Barnett sold the PlayStation for $50 in drug money.
District Attorney Gerry Leone says publicity about the case helped lead to an arrest.
Barnett's arraignment has not been scheduled and it was unclear if he had a lawyer.


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Apple's just posted the video of the entire MacBook event, so you can watch it from start to finish. It's worth watching just to hear Jonathan Ive render "aluminum" in his delicious accent over and over and over. Oh, and I hear Steve Jobs makes a cameo or two. [Apple]
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SRT is just on another planet compared to the rest (including RTP), but I prefer Chris Martin then SRT, obviously Martin is not fit to knock in SRT's bat, and there can be no denying SRT's status as one of the greatest batsmen ever, but when Martin actually gets bat on ball and God forbid, get runs, it makes me feel a lot more comfortable with myself, and I can appreciate somebody using whatever little talent he has with the bat and has actually scored a run. And besides if he scores more then 10 runs, it makes me question HTF did he do that, and whether or not the bowlers were being nice, or just dire. And if he scores runs, then it makes me feel as though I could do it as well.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Opens New Office in Queens
NEW YORK—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today celebrated the official opening of its newest immigration field office in Queens, N.Y. USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas and USCIS's New York District Director Andrea Quarantillo were joined by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (14th District, N.Y.), U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (7thDistrict, N.Y.) and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"Opening the Queens office furthers our effort to become a part of the community and provide services where our customers live," Director Mayorkas said. "We are confident that this new office will improve customer service and accessibility, and create new opportunities for the Queens community to engage with our agency."
The new office, located at 27-35 Jackson Ave., consists of waiting rooms, an Application Support Center (which offers fingerprinting and photographic services as part of the application process), a naturalization ceremony room, and interview and file rooms. The building was formerly a warehouse and has been renovated to create a modern and efficient office space. The Queens office is expected to serve about 500 people each business day. The office's hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
A portion of the new office in Queens was dedicated by USCIS employees to one of their own: former Field Office Director Gwynne K. MacPherson-Williams, who passed away in March 2011 after 38 years of distinguished public service in New York City. A plaque will be placed in the new naturalization ceremony room in her memory.
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3D printer stock soars on CES hypeJanuary 7, 2013: 1:08 PM ET
3D printers are expected to be all the rage at the CES gadget trade show in Las Vegas this week. But the rendering of objects in three dimensions isn't just something that geeks love. Investors are starting to get infatuated as well.
Shares of 3D Systems (DDD), which makes the popular Cube printer, were up more than 4% Monday. The stock is off to a red hot start to 2013, already having surged nearly 15%. And that follows a torrid 2012 as well.
3D Systems is hardly the only company in what's starting to become a crowded field. But it's one of only a few major publicly traded pure plays in the sector right now. Stratysys (SSYS) and France's Dassault Systems (DASTY) are two others with significant exposure to the market.
The most prominent company in 3D printing, MakerBot, is not public. It, along with 3D Systems, will be presenting their latest products at CES this week. Traders on StockTwits were wondering though if 3D printing is a legitimate growth business or the latest short-lived tech fad.
$DDD. This thing is gonna tank in the next week. I love the technology but this has gotten way ahead of itself.
$DDD Last time the hype was this much, a secondary offering was announced that same week. The price went down by more than 10% overnight.
Investors probably do need to be a bit nervous. While 3D Systems is profitable -- so it least it's not a money-losing company being valued on sales or hope -- shares are trading for about 40 times 2013 profit forecasts. That's obviously expensive. And if the company does wind up looking to take advantage of its soaring stock price to sell more shares in a secondary offering, that could dilute the value of current shareholders' stakes.
Still, some investors see a lot of promise for the company ... or at the very least, the stock.
$DDD Doing some work on this one. First look, I would be a buyer on ANY pullback. Company presenting at CES this week......
$DDD - New CubeX Printer at CES. Earnings also coming up.. short squeeze time?
It's possible that the stock could keep rallying this week as investors continue to focus on new products from CES. But keep in mind that MakerBot and others are presenting too. If rival 3D printers get more buzz, that could be a negative for 3D Systems.
Related: 14 gadgets we wish would debut at CES
As for earnings, looks like latest results won't be out until February. So investors have more time to wait for that. The company is presenting at an investment conference held by investment bank Needham next week though. So there could be market-moving news there.
And yes, the stock could be susceptible to a squeeze considering that 42.5% of the available shares were being held short as of mid-December. But that's an extremely high short interest ratio. Sure, those shorts may have to rush to cover if the stock keeps going up. But remember that there's a reason many bearish short sellers have focused on the stock in the first place.
But it looks like many traders remain excited, especially as the company continues to make acquisitions to help consolidate what remains a fragmented industry. Last week, 3D Systems bought a company called Geomagic.
$$ 3D Systems Continues To Use Its Stock As Expensive Currency To Make Acquisitionshttp://t.co/watJGAF3 $DDD
$DDD turning into the Cisco of three d...
Interesting point. But is that a good thing or a bad thing? Cisco Systems (CSCO) is still the leader in its industry. But one too many acquisitions, coupled with an unsustainable valuation, took a toll on its stock price.


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The Art Van store on Woodward in Royal Oak is set to expand and add a Scott Shuptrine Interiors design gallery for high-end furniture customers at the location.
The special gallery is only the fourth Scott Shuptrine Interiors to be opened at Art Van's more than 36 stores statewide.
The others are at stores in Petoskey, Grand Rapids, and Warren where the company is headquartered.
Company officials and others turned out for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Royal Oak store at 32301 Woodward Ave., just north of 13 Mile Road.
"We're adding a 10,000-square-foot design center to the store," said Diane Charles, Art Van spokeswoman. "Art Van Elslander felt there was a void in the market and felt we needed to offer interior design services and fine furniture."
The Scott Shuptrine Interiors section of the store is expected to have a grand opening in October.
Art Van CEO Kim Yost said the Royal Oak store was chosen based on demographics in the area and requests for American premium brand furniture from customers. The addition of the Shuptrine design galleries statewide is expected to bring in another $20 million in annual revenue to the company, with the gallery in Royal Oak accounting for about a fifth of that increase.
Branded as a design studio with high-quality furniture, Scott Shuptrine Interiors offers the skills of a degreed interior designer to work with customers.
Designers will visit customer's homes to take measurements and consult with customers on furniture styles, fabrics, colors and finishes. A $250 design fee is credited to purchases totaling more than $2,000.
The interior design centers offer financing options and include traditional, transitional and contemporary furnishings. The design gallery includes furniture from brands such as American Leather, Bernhardt, Barclay Butera Lifestyle, Robin Bruce, Huntington House, Drexel Heritage and Massoud.
Art Van is the largest furniture retailer in Michigan and the eighth largest nationwide. The Van Elslander family first acquired Scott Shuptrine in 1986 and opened separate stores under the brand until closing the last of them 10 years ago.
However, the company publicly announced nearly two years ago that it had acquired Maddalena Design in Birmingham as part of its effort to revive the Shuptrine brand.
Yost said Art Van also is planning on adding Shuptrine galleries to stores at Lakeside in Shelby Township, Novi and possibly Ann Arbor. The decision to revive and expand Shuptrine offerings was based on "a void in the market and requests from consumers," Yost said.


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- Makes 4 servings
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- 30 minutes
- Total Time
- 45 minutes
- Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1 large garlic clove, peeled
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 4 boneless chicken breast halves with skin
- 2 semi-ripe plantains (yellow-black skin), peeled, cut on diagonal into 1/3- to 1/2-inch-thick slices
- Brush grill rack with oil. Prepare barbecue(medium heat). Puree molasses and next 7 ingredients in blender until smooth. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon 1/4 cup sauce into pie dish. Add chicken; turn to coat. Marinate 15 minutes.
- Brush plantains with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill plantains and chicken, skin side down, 8 minutes. Turn chicken and plantains over. Grill until chicken is cooked through and plantains are tender, 8 minutes for chicken and 4 minutes for plantains. Serve plantains and chicken drizzled with remaining sauce.
Ingredient tip:
PLANTAINS, the starchy variety of banana called for in the grilled chicken recipe, are available at some supermarkets and at Latin markets. Black skin indicates ripeness.
Per serving: 406 calories, 9 g fat, 2 g fiber


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The Percentage Price Oscillator is above the signal line on shares of Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (GELYY). Traders watching these levels may be looking for the stock to be gaining bullish momentum.
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (GELYY) presently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of 154.41. Typically, the CCI oscillates above and below a zero line. Normal oscillations tend to stay in the range of -100 to +100. A CCI reading of +100 may represent overbought conditions, while readings near -100 may indicate oversold territory. Although the CCI indicator was developed for commodities, it has become a popular tool for equity evaluation as well.
The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is another technical indicator worth taking a look at. Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (GELYY) currently has a 14 day Williams %R of -7.70. The Williams %R fluctuates between 0 and -100 measuring whether a security is overbought or oversold. The Williams %R is similar to the Stochastic Oscillator except it is plotted upside-down. Levels above -20 may indicate the stock may be considered is overbought. If the indicator travels under -80, this may signal that the stock is oversold. Chart analysts may also use the indicator to project possible price reversals and to define trends.
The Average Directional Index or ADX is a popular technical indicator designed to help measure trend strength. Many traders will use the ADX in combination with other indicators in order to help formulate trading strategies. Presently, the 14-day ADX for Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (GELYY) is 33.71. In general, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would indicate a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would signal a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would indicate an extremely strong trend. The ADX alone was designed to measure trend strength. When combined with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI), it can help decipher the trend direction as well.
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (GELYY) currently has a 50-day moving average of 49.38, the 200-day is at 34.06, and the 7-day is 57.15. In the investing realm, using the moving average for technical equity analysis is still very popular among traders and investors. The moving average can be used as a reference point to help discover buying and selling opportunities. Using a longer term moving average such as the 200-day may help block out the noise and chaos that is sometimes created by daily price fluctuations. In some cases, MA's may be used as strong reference points for finding support and resistance levels.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of stock price movements. The RSI was developed by J. Welles Wilder, and it oscillates between 0 and 100. Generally, the RSI is considered to be oversold when it falls below 30 and overbought when it heads above 70. RSI can be used to detect general trends as well as finding divergences and failure swings. The 14-day RSI is presently standing at 78.88, the 7-day is 83.74, and the 3-day is resting at 81.33.


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Prism an odd place
The board structure of this supposedly tax exempt community non-profit organization is unlike any of the other non-profits I've been part of. Basically, the only people who get to vote for the board have been those willing to stick around and defer to the status quo, i.e. Fred.
Then they get to "vote"– if in fact elections occur (it's hard to find out)– for Fred, his partner, and those who will approve his personal vision.
I have been a supporter of the Prism and a big fan of Fred's musical taste and booking skills for many years. Many of us hope that Fred's skill and dedication to good music can continue to be important parts of the Prism for years to come. But putting on good concerts doesn't give him the right to hold absolute power over a community-subsidized organization.
If the Westminster Church chooses to subsidize the Prism space as a personal listening room, that is certainly their right, and the rest of us can go form our own folk music organization.
People who like the status quo could certainly support and vote for that. People who don't should have the right to voice alternate approaches without fear of intimidation.
Colin E. Ramirez


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CEO Moves this week include:
|DDR Inc.
|J M Smith Corporation
|Diamond Resorts International®
|MFC Bancorp Ltd.
|Materion Corporation
|iSIGN Media Solutions Inc.
|Aware, Inc.
|Laird + Partners
|Cloudmark, Inc.
|Community Health Partnership
|Caligor Opco LLC
|EQT Corporation
|Swift Energy Company
|California Human Development
|Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.
|HCA Gulf Coast Division
|Cybis LLC
|Deltic Timber Corporation
|CTI BioPharma Corp.
|Flinn Foundation
|Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
|ClarkDietrich Building Systems
|Panasonic Corporation
|Medizone International, Inc.
|Trucept Inc.
|Arrakis Therapeutics
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DDR Corp. [BEACHWOOD, Ohio] (NYSE: DDR) announced that David Lukes has been named President and Chief Executive Officer to replace Tom August, who has stepped down. In addition, Lukes has been named to the DDR Board of Directors. David Lukes served as CEO of Equity One from June 2014 to March 2017. Prior to joining Equity One, he served as President and CEO of Sears Holdings Corporation affiliate Seritage Realty Trust. Lukes also previously served as President and CEO of Olshan Properties as well as Chief Operating Officer of Kimco Realty Corporation.
J M Smith Corporation [SPARTANBURG, S.C.] has named A. Alan Turfe as the new CEO and Chairman of the Board following the retirement of CEO William R. Cobb. Turfe worked as a financial analyst for General Motors (GM), moving up the ranks, first as European Finance Director for their Automotive Components Division and then as CFO, GM Worldwide Purchasing and Logistics. Following a decade with GM, Turfe joined Fisher Scientific in successive leadership roles, including President of the Anatomical Pathology Group. He then joined IDEX Corporation where he served as President of Micropump, Inc. Turfe joins J M Smith Corporation from Fresenius Medical Care, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer.
Diamond Resorts International® ("Diamond Resorts") [LAS VEGAS] announced the current Chief Operating Officer, Michael Flaskey has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Matthew Avril, CEO of Diamond Resorts will be retiring. Mike Flaskey previously held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Diamond Resorts from 2014 to 2016, and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, North America for Diamond Resorts from 2010 to 2014. Prior to Diamond Resorts, Flaskey held key senior executive roles with Starwood Vacation Ownership and Fairfield Resorts (now Wyndham Vacation Ownership).
MFC Bancorp Ltd. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MFCB) announced that Michael Smith, its Managing Director, has been appointed as the Company's interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Smith is replacing Gerardo Cortina, who has resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer. Cortina will continue with the Company on a part-time basis as Vice President in order to assist with the transition.
Materion Corporation [MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio] (NYSE: MTRN) announced Jugal K. Vijayvargiya has joined Materion as President and Chief Executive Officer succeeding Richard J. Hipple. Vijayvargiya has also been appointed as a Materion director. Richard J. Hipple, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2006 will transition to Executive Chairman, a responsibility he will hold until retirement planned for within one year. Vijayvargiya has an extensive 26-year international career with Delphi Automotive PLC. Since 2012, has led the Delphi Automotive's Electronics & Safety segment. In this role, Vijayvargiya has served as an officer of Delphi and a member of its Executive Committee.
SpartanNash [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] (NASDAQ: SPTN) announced that its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors Dennis Eidson plans to retire as CEO following the annual meeting on May 23, 2017. Eidson will continue in his role as Chairman of the Board following his retirement as CEO. David M. Staples, President and Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Eidson as CEO. Staples has also been appointed to the Board of Directors. Staples' executive experience prior to becoming President and Chief Operating Officer includes 16 years of service as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. He sits on the boards of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Grand Rapids Symphony.
iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: ISD) (OTC: ISDSF) Joe Kozar will be taking on the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer. Alex Romanov, the Company's former Chief Executive Officer, will be undertaking the role of Vice President, Sales and Operations and will retain his Board position. Kozar has been and is involved with a number of high tech companies covering a broad range of solutions. At the present time he sits on several boards and is involved with venture capital investing.
Aware, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AWRE) announced that Richard P. Moberg has resigned as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Aware. Moberg will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Aware. Kevin T. Russell, Aware's co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President, General Counsel has been named Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel. Russell will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Aware. Russell has been with Aware since April 2000 and has served as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President, General Counsel since April 2011.
Laird + Partners [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Patrick Yee as Chief Executive Officer. Trey Laird, Laird + Partners founder and current CEO, will continue to serve as Chief Creative Officer and Chairman. Previously, Patrick Yee was an early partner at Refinery29, serving as its Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategy.
Cloudmark, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Jason Donahue as its Chief Executive Officer. Donahue brings nearly two decades of experience with an outstanding track record of success leading both public and private companies including Acronis, Vertex Business Services, Atlantis Computing, Meiosys, Ejasent, ClearApp, TeleComputing, and Apptix. He has also served and continues to serve on several boards of directors.
Community Health Partnership (CHP) [COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.] announced Aimee Cox as the organization's chief executive officer. Cox, who currently serves as Community Development Manager with the City of Colorado Springs, will join CHP on April 3, 2017, succeeding Carol Bruce-Fritz. Cox has served in professional, elected and appointed positions in local government, driving innovation and partnership to solve challenging community problems.
Caligor Opco LLC [SECAUCUS, N.J.] appointed David Edwards as its new Chief Executive Officer. Most recently he was the East Asia Vice President for Alcon, a Novartis company. Edwards also served as President of the Asia-Pacific region at Bausch & Lomb and spent more than a decade in executive management positions at Johnson & Johnson. Tammy Bishop who joined Caligor as Managing Director in 2010 and served as CEO following the Company's acquisition by Diversis in 2016 will assume the new role of Chief Commercial Officer and continue to be a member of the Board of Directors.
GreenKey [CHICAGO and NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Nader Shwayhat as its new Chief Executive Officer. Shwayhat has been working with GreenKey as a strategic advisor since November. Earlier in his career, Shwayhat co-founded Pivot, Inc. over seven years and in various commercial and executive roles he guided the firm's eventual sale to CME Group. While at CME Group, Shwayhat co-founded CME Direct and was the Executive Director, Global Head of Sales & Marketing. Most recently, Shwayhat served as Global Head of Sales and Business Development for Novus Partners.
EQT Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: EQT) announced that Steven Schlotterbeck has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer – taking over for David Porges who retired from the position, staying on as Executive Chairman of EQT's Board of Directors for a period of one year. A similar leadership transition occurred for EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM) and EQT GP Holdings, LP (NYSE: EQGP), where Schlotterbeck also assumed the role of CEO for both companies.
Swift Energy Company [HOUSTON] (OTC: SWTF) announced Sean Woolverton as Chief Executive Officer. He will also serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Woolverton succeeds the current Interim Chief Executive Officer Bob Banks, who will continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer for the Company. Woolverton was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Samson Resources Company, where he joined in November 2013. From 2007 to 2013, Woolverton held a series of positions of increasing responsibility at Chesapeake Energy Corporation including Vice President of its Southern Appalachia business unit. Prior to joining Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Woolverton worked for Encana Corporation. Earlier in his career, Woolverton worked for Burlington Resources in multiple engineering and management roles.
California Human Development (CHD) [SANTA ROSA, Calif.] has appointed Anita Maldonado as incoming Chief Executive Officer. Maldonado will join CHD on April 17, 2017 and work with retiring CEO Christopher Paige during a two-month transition period. Maldonado comes to CHD with an extensive background in social services and community action; she is currently the Chief Operating Officer for IMPACT Community Action in Columbus, Ohio.
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI) has appointed Richard ("Rich") Stockinger as Chief Executive Officer of Fiesta. Stockinger served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Benihana Inc. from 2009 to 2014, a member of the Board of Directors of Benihana from 2008 to 2014, a member of the Audit Committee of Benihana from 2008 to 2009 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Benihana from 2010 to 2012. Prior to joining Benihana, he spent more than two decades at The Patina Restaurant Group, LLC and its predecessor Restaurant Associates, Inc. during which time he served in various senior executive capacities, including as President from 2003 to 2008 and as a Director from 1998 to 2006. Most recently, Stockinger has been a consultant of Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., and Not Your Average Joes, of which Stockinger is a member of the Board of Directors. Danny Meisenheimer has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Fiesta. Meisenheimer has been interim CEO of Fiesta since September 2016.
HCA Gulf Coast Division [HOUSTON] announced that Eric Evans has been named chief executive officer of East Houston Regional Medical Center, replacing Alice Adams, who retired in December 2016. Evans was previously senior vice president of strategic planning for the HCA Gulf Coast Division. Evans, who began his career at HCA in 1996, has also served as chief operating officer of The Woman's Hospital of Texas. Prior to joining The Woman's Hospital of Texas, he was the chief operating officer of Lakeview Regional Medical Center in New Orleans.
Cybis LLC [MCLEAN, Va. ] announced it has elected Judson (Jud) Brandt as its Chief Executive Officer. Brandt most recently served as Chief Technology Officer for Bridgewater Associates. His previous roles include Vice President, Business Consulting for Oracle; Managing Director, Technology Strategy and Architecture for Accenture; divisional CIO and eBusiness leader for Delta Air Lines; and Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
ServiceNow [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NYSE: NOW) named John Donahoe as President and CEO. Donahoe was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay Inc. Current President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Frank Slootman will continue as Chairman upon stepping down from his management role on April 3, 2017. Prior to joining eBay in 2005, Donahoe spent more than 20 years at Bain & Company. He began his career at Bain & Company and eventually rose to become Chief Executive Officer. He served as President and CEO of eBay Inc. from 2008 to 2015. He serves on the Board of Directors for PayPal, Nike and Intel Corp.
Deltic Timber Corporation [EL DORADO, Ark.] (NYSE: DEL) announced that John D. Enlow has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. Enlow joins Deltic having most recently served as Vice President, Real Estate and Southern Timberlands at Weyerhaeuser, from 2014 to 2016. after serving over 16 years in roles of increasing responsibility at Rayonier Inc.
CTI BioPharma Corp. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: CTIC) announced the appointment of Adam Craig as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board of Directors. Craig succeeds Richard Love, interim President and CEO who will continue to serve on the company's Board of Directors. Craig has worked as an independent consultant providing strategic and operational advice and support to CTI BioPharma and other hematology/oncology biotechnology companies since 2016. Prior to consulting, Craig was Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Executive Vice President of Development of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals from 2012 to 2016. From 2008 to 2012, Craig was CMO and Senior Vice President of Chemgenex Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Associated [ADDISON, IL] Tim Combs has been appointed as president and CEO. This appointment is a welcome return for Combs, as he served as the Company's General Manager from 2009 to 2010. Combs brings 35 years of leadership and sales experience to Associated, having most recently served as President of Sales and Marketing at The Raymond Corporation. Combs will replace Michael Romano.
Flinn Foundation [PHOENIX ] has announced that Jack B. Jewett will retire as president and CEO at the end of September.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PLKI) announced that Cheryl Bachelder will be stepping down as CEO at the closing of the Company's previously announced transaction with Restaurant Brands International Inc. ("RBI"). A new Popeyes leader will be named by RBI at that time.
ClarkDietrich Building Systems [WEST CHESTER, Ohio] announced the impending retirement of its president and CEO Bill Courtney. Courtney, who has been at the helm of ClarkDietrich, since its formation in 2011, and prior to that with ClarkWestern, will step down March 31, 2018, after which time he will continue to serve the company in a role on its board of directors. Jim Collins, the company's current chief information officer, has been tapped to take the reins upon Courtney's departure. Collins has committed his career to steel framing, having joined Dietrich Metal Framing in 1983.
Panasonic Corporation [NEWARK, N.J.] has named Tom Gebhardt, currently President of Peachtree City, GA-based Panasonic Automotive Systems Company, to succeed Joseph M. Taylor as Chairman and CEO of Panasonic Corporation of North America. Tom Gebhardt has led Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America since 2012, presiding over its growth into Panasonic's largest and most dynamic business in North America. During his career with the company, Mr. Gebhardt has served as President of Panasonic Industrial Group, President of Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America, and General Manager of Panasonic Batteries. Upon retiring, Taylor will assume the role of Vice Chairman of the company until December 31, 2017. He will also serve as a strategic advisor to Lake Forest, CA-based Panasonic Avionics Corporation and as a board member of Panasonic Corp. of North America subsidiary Hussmann Corporation.
LaunchBio [SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA] announced it named Joan Siefert Rose as CEO. Rose most recently served as the president and CEO of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. She is a senior partner at CREO, Inc.
Medizone International, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (OTC: MZEI) announced the appointment of David A. Esposito as Chairman of the Board and interim Chief Executive Officer. Edwin Marshall, current Chairman and CEO, will step down from leadership of the Company and will become an advisor to the Chairman through this period of transition.
Trucept Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (OTC Pink: TREP) named Norman Tipton as CEO. The outgoing CEO, Brian Bonar, has agreed to provide transitional consulting services through June 30. For the past 10 years Tipton has been Vice President and General Counsel of Trucept Inc. Since 2007, Tipton has been an advisor to several publicly traded companies' boards. In 2013 he joined the Board of Directors of Trucept Inc. He has previously held management positions at SAIC and the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Arrakis Therapeutics [WALTHAM, Mass.] has named Michael Gilman as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Gilman was founding CEO of Padlock Therapeutics and Stromedix, and held executive roles at Biogen and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals.