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Ronald Coase (b. 1910) received the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1991. His articles "The Problem of Social Cost" and "The Nature of the Firm" are among the most important, and most often cited works in the whole of economic literature. He has taught at the University of Chicago since 1964.
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"I'm a chemistry teacher," one said, as if atmospheric and ocean chemical composition is completely unrelated to climate change.
Another ventured, "well, sometimes we do that eco-stuff," as if climate change scientists were flighty "eco-hippies," not PhD-trained researchers.
This presented a real challenge. When I told them that many different types of scientists studied climate change, from biologists and chemists to hydrologists and geologists, they looked at me skeptically. Sure, lady.
And herein lies the problem: since climate change is an inherently multi-disciplinary topic, it ends up getting shunted from subject to subject, never finding a comfortable home of its own in K–12 education. Chemistry teachers tell me that biology teachers should teach it; biology teachers tell me it belongs in earth sciences; and so on, until it is not taught at all. In the end, it is the students who suffer from this lack of knowledge.
In a 2011 study by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, researchers found that less than 60% of teens understood that global warming was due to human activities, and over 40% believed that stopping rockets from punching holes in the ozone layer was a way to mitigate it. This suggests that not only are students not learning the science of climate change, they are not connecting basic scientific concepts they are learning in their courses to this issue. This is where they need their teachers' help to make these sometimes challenging connections.
The onus, though, is not just on teachers to figure out how to fit climate change science into their courses. Researchers need to inform them as to how climate change relates to their field. Biologists specializing in climate change need to reach out to biology teachers, atmospheric chemists to chemistry teachers, and so on. Educating the next generation of citizens is a joint endeavor, and teachers need the encouragement of researchers to understand what is new, relevant and cutting-edge.
Through greater collaboration between K–12 educators and researchers, there is an opportunity for teachers to educate students about the greatest and most interesting challenges of the 21st century. They need help, and scientists who study climate change (from hydrologists to microbiologists) are the ones who can provide it.

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The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) officially designated Fundy National Park of Canada in New Brunswick as a new RASC Dark-sky Preserve through its National Certification Program on October 29, 2011. Fundy is the 14th Dark-sky Preserve in Canada to be designated by the Society.
Together with the RASC, Parks Canada Agency recognizes that natural darkness is an ecological resource in need of protection and both organizations are committed to lighting practices that preserve the beauty and wonder of the dark sky and night environment for all Canadians to enjoy.
Through this recognition, Fundy National Park is committed to protecting the night environment from the impact of artificial lighting. The Park is supported by the RASC New Brunswick Centre to assist it in the development of nighttime programs to take advantage of the dark night sky and its contributions to Canadian culture.
For twelve years the RASC's Dark-sky Preserve (DSP) Program has been increasing public awareness of the beauty of the night sky and the negative environmental impact of artificial light at night. DSP's are areas with exceptionally dark skies accessible to the general public. The lighting protocol for DSP's restricts the illumination level and its extent, duration and colour to minimize its impact on the appearance of the night sky and the behaviour of wildlife. The DSP status will preserve the natural state of the region for the health and vitality of flora and fauna and for the enjoyment of the public.
The lighting protocol is based on wildlife and human research into the biological need for dark nights (scotobiology). The RASC Dark-sky Preserve Program is recognized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an independent organization that advises UNESCO and national governments on environmental protection issues.
The DSP Program has three objectives: to limit adverse effects of lighting within the Park, provide a guide for suitable lighting used within the Park, and promotes lighting policies that may be applied to urban areas beyond the Park boundaries. The latter will protect the DSP from future deterioration by surrounding light pollution.
Founded in 1868, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is Canada's leading astronomy organization bringing together more than 4,000 enthusiastic amateurs, educators and professionals. RASC and its 29 Centres across Canada offer both national and local programming and services. RASC is dedicated to the Advancement of Astronomy and Allied Sciences and stimulating and inspiring interest to promote and increase knowledge in astronomy and related sciences in Canada.
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NPR producer Sam Sanders headed to Beverly Hills, Calif., recently to see longtime fitness guru Richard Simmons in action and find out how he has been at it so long. He sent this reporter's notebook of his encounter with the man who's been helping people lose weight for nearly 40 years.
While working as a waiter, Richard Simmons saved up a year-and-a-half worth of tips to open his first aerobics studio in Beverly Hills in 1974. Ever since then, he has been planting himself in America's pop-culture psyche with dozens of infomercials and best-selling books, myriad parodies of his over-the-top persona, and seemingly endless TV and film appearances.
Imagine my excitement at a dinner party last spring, when a friend of a friend told me about Simmons' Beverly Hills aerobics classes. Turns out, whenever Simmons is in town, he leads the courses himself, in that same studio he moved into nearly four decades ago. The classes are open to the public, cost only $12, and they have a cult following in Los Angeles. I knew I had to go, and record it.
So, I convinced Simmons' team to let me shadow him one Saturday afternoon in May, traipsing behind the dynamo — with a big fuzzy shotgun mic in hand.
When I walked into the studio, Simmons was in the middle of one of his iconic pep talks — part AA meeting, part church testimony service. He had on a handmade glittery shirt and tank-top ensemble (with two-toned tights, of course), and was circled up on the floor with a lot of people who really wanted to lose weight. As a larger, middle-aged woman started crying while telling Simmons about her weight-loss goals, Simmons broke up the tension in that earnestly wacky way only he can.
He talked about his underwear.
"When you lost the weight, did you buy new underwear? Doesn't it feel good to buy new underwear?" Simmons said, drawing awkward laughter. "When I lost my weight, I went and bought about 15 different types of underwear to see what would look good on my new body. It's exciting!"
The next hour became a full-on dance riot. Simmons' "Sweatin' to the Oldies" soundtrack had been replaced by an incredibly modern playlist — Pitbull meets Ibiza meets Katy Perry. The crowd was mixed, men and women, straight and gay, fat and skinny.
Simmons was a whirling dynamo of energy — a spastic, sweaty Svengali. He'd reach to turn down the music in the middle of a song, just to yell out affirmations: "I love you all!" or "I just wanna lick your neck!" He'd tell the sweating bodies gathered around him how dancing is just like making love.
When he stopped the music for some weight lifting, he'd spontaneously burst out singing. An eight-beat countdown would be interrupted by a screeching rendition of "The Birds and the Bees." When he was really feeling the spirit, he'd craft an original, like "Go Away Chubby Thighs," which he began belting about 45 minutes in.
Simmons led a dance circle in the middle of the mirrored studio, bringing writhing, shirtless and exposed bodies into the center to shake. He told one woman she was cute "like a dessert," and one unassuming man even received an offer from Simmons to wax his legs, because he was just too hairy.
As Simmons told me in an interview after the class, "it's a Broadway show."
"The more I bark at them and become different characters and drive them crazy, the harder they work," he said, adding that he likes the tension. "I get a little thrill out of driving them crazy, just a little."
But all of it — the sweat, the innuendo, the unabashed libido — it serves a higher purpose for Simmons. As we talked in the empty studio, after he had taken photographs and signed shirts and body parts, he softly wept as he told me about the seriousness of what he does.
"Even though my work is whimsical," Simmons says, "I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh."
Contrary to popular belief, Simmons is not a jester. He is a minister.
"When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day," he says. "I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher, and to keep spreading this right word."
That "right word" — his life's work — is almost holy in its simplicity. For his entire professional life, his message has been: "Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine."
And the messenger says he's not stopping anytime soon.
"I have to do it till the day I die," he says. "If I don't move, I'm not happy."
By that measure, Simmons will be happy long into the foreseeable future.
Remember this guy?
RICHARD SIMMONS: This is my brand-new aerobic workout tape, "Sweating to the Oldies," and if you don't like having fun...
SIMMONS: ...well, you best not come in here. Whew!
GREENE: Fun. Yes, that's Richard Simmons. And here's your interesting fact for the morning. Before he became a fitness icon, Simmons was a struggling waiter. He saved up a year and a half of tips to open an aerobics studios in Beverly Hills. Thirty-nine years later, after selling millions of fitness books and videos, he is still in that same studio, still teaching, still sweating to the oldies with anyone who will show up for his $12 sessions.
Well, NPR News producer Sam Sanders showed up for a workout and saved up just enough energy to send us this postcard.
SIMMONS: Stomach in, four and five, push it back, six and seven and eight. Say yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Yeah.
SIMMONS: (Singing) Let me tell you about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees and the moon up above. One. And a thing called love.
(Speaking) Raise your hand if you're in love. Raise your hand right now.
SIMMONS: Side(ph) . Oh yeah, baby.
SIMMONS: And back, come on. Here we go.
SIMMONS: I love you all.
SIMMONS: My friend, Gerry, who's been coming here for many years, and she's just celebrated her 90th birthday.
GERRY SINCLAIR: My name is Gerry Sinclair. I'm 90, and I celebrated right here at Richard Simmons, didn't I?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Yes, you did.
SINCLAIR: It was such fun.
JOHN RANDALLS: My name's John, John Randalls, first time.
SAM SANDERS, BYLINE: Why'd you come?
RANDALLS: 'Cause Richard Simmons is a living legend.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Because it's here.
RANDALLS: And because it's here. Yeah. And if I had an opportunity to spend $12 and spend my morning with Richard Simmons, I was going to do it.
SIMMONS: You know, it's a Broadway show. It is not an easy workout. You know, these people did close to most probably five or six hundred leg lifts today. But most of all, it did something for their self-esteem. And the more I bark at them and become different characters and drive them crazy, the harder they work.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: He said I was a hairy, hairy man, and he offered to wax my legs for me. So that was quite an experience.
NATALIE: He said I was cute, like a dessert, and it was amazing. He thought I was 16. He thought I looked too young to be in a class like this, I guess. I don't know.
SANDERS: How old are you, Natalie?
NATALIE: I'm 31.
SIMMONS: I get a little thrill out of driving them crazy. Just a little bit, and then they'll go home and go, Do you know what he said to me?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Well, he made eye contact with me, because I knew he was about to like take me into that dance circle. And then he like whispered in ear to take my (bleep) shirt off. And I looked at him, a little confused. And then he looked at me again with kind of a sinister kind of like grin and he said, take your (bleep) shirt off. So I took my (bleep) shirt off and I started dancing with Richard Simmons.
SIMMONS: Even though my work is whimsical, I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh. When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day. Every night that I go to bed. I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word. And, you know, I have to do it till the day I die.
GREENE: That is Richard Simmons. NPR's Sam Sanders spent a day with him at his aerobics studio in Beverly Hills. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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- In this paper we develop empirical measures for the strength of spillover effects. Modifying and extending the framework by Diebold and Yilmaz (2011), we quantify spillovers between sovereign credit markets and banks in the euro area. Spillovers are estimated recursively from a vector autoregressive model of daily CDS spread changes, with exogenous common factors. We account for interdependencies between sovereign and bank CDS spreads and we derive generalised impulse response functions. Specifically, we assess the systemic effect of an unexpected shock to the creditworthiness of a particular sovereign or country-specific bank index to other sovereign or bank CDSs between October 2009 and July 2012. Channels of transmission from or to sovereigns and banks are aggregated as a Contagion index (CI). This index is disentangled into four components, the average potential spillover: i) amongst sovereigns, ii) amongst banks, iii) from sovereigns to banks, and iv) vice-versa. We highlight the impact of policy-related events along the different components of the contagion index. The systemic contribution of each sovereign or banking group is quantified as the net spillover weight in the total net-spillover measure. Finally, the captured time-varying interdependence between banks and sovereigns emphasises the evolution of their strong nexus.


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A month after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the health care law, its ramifications are still a mystery to many Americans. Here's what your business should know.
Two years after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, and a month after the U.S. Supreme Court signed off on it, the health care law is still a mystery to a lot of Americans. And although small-business owners profess to feeling strongly about it, few can spell out what the law means for them, specifically.
Here are 10 details that still might surprise you about it:
1. It might not affect your business.
OK, we'll start with one you might know–but if you don't, it'll be the most important.
If your business doesn't have at least 50 employees, you're exempted from the key provision that says businesses have to provide insurance for their employees.
2. It already has health benefits for women.
On August 1, the law provided that eight preventative health benefits aimed for women went into effect. From now on, new health insurance plans have to provide free contraceptives, breast-feeding supplies, routine breast and pelvic exams, Pap tests, prenatal care, tests for sexually transmitted disease, and counseling for victims of domestic violence.
3. It requires workplaces to be breast-feeding friendly.
Affected businesses–again, those with more than 50 employees–now have to provide a clean, private location for mothers to breast-feed for at least a year after they give birth. Bathrooms definitely do not count.
4. It might inspire your employees to quit.
This will depend on what state you're in, and how well your state implements the health insurance exchanges the law is supposed to create. But it could well make it easier for employees to switch jobs, if they've stayed aboard because they need health insurance.
On the plus side for your business, it might make it easier to recruit other employees, and use more freelancers and independent contractors if your business supports it.
5. It includes a Jersey Shore tax.
Well, not the whole Jersey Shore, but there's now a 10 percent federal tax on one of the favorite pastimes of the characters on that bizarre and bizarrely popular television show: indoor tanning.
6. You'll never forget that a McDonald's Big Breakfast With Hotcakes has 1,090 calories.
That's a lot of calories–more than half the intake of a person eating a standard diet that isn't likely to, er, kill you quickly. Thanks to the health care law, caloric information like that will be plastered on the menus of every chain restaurant in America.
(Of course, if you live in New York City, you're already used to this.)
7. It's big on abstinence.
For each of the next five years, the law provides $50 million for abstinence-only education programs in the states. However, each state has to match the funds it receives, dollar for dollar. As The New York Times pointed out, a lot of states have "already stopped participating" in abstinence-only education.
8. Now, W-2s will include health benefits.
Employers will now be required to itemize how much they've paid to cover health insurance premiums for their employees on each worker's W-2 tax form. It's all part of a move to make the amount of money spent on health insurance more transparent.
9. Pregnant teenagers and new moms will get nurses.
The law includes $1.5 billion so that young mothers who need them can get visits once or twice a month from nurses, part of a plan to teach parenting and coping skills.
10. That super-controversial individual mandate is, in fact, pretty weak.
Finally, think of this: Probably the most controversial part of the law was the individual mandate. But, when you look at the fine print, the enforcement mechanism isn't very tough.
As The Washington Post pointed out, it probably just isn't going to fly in some places. Take Oklahoma, for example, where they can't even persuade a quarter of drivers on the road to get car insurance. Even in Massachusetts, a much more liberal state where some other guy serving as governor passed the law that Obamacare was based on, one in 20 residents still hasn't bought health insurance.
The fee for not having insurance–or the tax, whatever–is tied to the uninsured person's income, and it starts at just $95 for the lowest income people. Is that really enough to entice people to spend hundreds for insurance? I guess we're going to find out.
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Chris Vernon Carter: Fantasy Baseball All-Or-Nothing
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Search for Chris Carter on most baseball sites, and you'll have two options. One plays backup outfield for the Mets and is known as the "Animal" for his sideline calisthenics and intense demeanor. The other, with "Vernon" as a secret first name, is an ever-smiling cuddly bear, with well-above-average power. He's the one who was just called up on Monday, and he's the one who is interesting for fantasy baseball owners, despite some notable flaws.
Before this year, it might have been hard to figure out why Carter wasn't in the major leagues yet. Going into 2010, he was 22 (which is neither too old nor too young to take seriously as a major-league-ready prospect), had a .290 career batting average in the minor leagues, had played in Double-A for consecutive seasons, and had amassed 92 home runs from 2007 to 2009. That is an impressive resume for any minor leaguer, and since the Athletics have been so power-starved in the major leagues, his callup seemed inevitable.
But the team knew better. The A's promoted him to Triple-A instead of the majors late in 2009, and his .259/.293/.519 line showed he had something to learn (even though that line came in just 58 plate appearances). It's the sort of news that should make a fantasy manager delve back into the numbers to figure out why the masher wasn't mashing in the bigs.
With a critical eye, the reason jumps out at you. A 27% strikeout rate in the minor leagues is a big warning sign. Think back to our discussion of possible post-hype sleeper Chris Davis in the off-season, and you might remember that Davis was posting similar strikeout rates in the minor leagues before struggling in the majors. In fact, Davis' 26.7% career minor league strikeout rate is eerily similar.
So is that it? Case closed? Carter = Davis, struggles to come? Well, in his first game in the bigs, it certainly seemed that way. Carter couldn't lay off the outside slider and wound up striking out twice in two at-bats. And Davis even had a better batting average (.313) in the minor leagues. You could be forgiven for being concerned.
Not so fast. Davis, as we said, needs to walk more to get the Three True Outcomes thing down. Those three outcomes – walks, strikeouts and home runs – work well in tandem, but not so well if you are missing the walks or home runs. Davis' walk rate in the minor leagues (8.3%) was passable, but when it inevitably dropped upon joining the big league squad (6.5%), he was a below-average batter. Carter's 12.2% number in that category on the other hand can survive a drop and still be playable (8.6% is average this year).
Using MinorLeagueSplits.com to adjust Carter's batting line for park
effects and luck, even his diminished Triple-A batting line looks great this
year: .298/.398/.600. Looking at his ISO, or isolated slugging
percentage, we can see that he has great power. His career minor league
ISO (.255) would place him seven spots above slugger Ryan Howard (.236
ISO) on the leaderboard this year. He may have some issues making
contact, but when he does, the ball could go a long way.
Vernon Christopher Carter smiles like Ryan Howard, and fantasy managers in long-term leagues should pick him up immediately and hope he can eventually play like the Phillies first baseman too. A warning, though: Carter's contact issues, and the fact that he's struggled to get going at new levels, mean that he might not be a great option in shallow mixed leagues.
For more on Vernon Christopher Carter and other big callups, check out Bloomberg Sports' Fantasy Tools.
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Google handed out executive bonuses for 2012, with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt leading the pack with $6 million. However, neither Google founder, Sergey Brin and current chief executive officer Larry Page will receive any bonus.
The news was given via a regulatory filing on Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Google Inc. will also give chief financial guru Patrick Pichette a $2.8 million and and legal chief David Drummond $3.3 million. Nikesh Arora, the tech titan's chief business officer will also receive $2.8 million. Schmidt is also planning on selling $2.5 billion of stock later this year.
The bonuses are given because Google reached $50 billion in revenue in 2012. However, neither Brin or Page will receive bonuses, according to the company. In 2011, Page said he would tie as much as 25 percent of bonuses would be tied to company performance.


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Veterinarian offers calf disease prevention tips on Immediate Immunity YouTube channel
Portland, Maine [January 15, 2013] – As part of their ongoing commitment to newborn calf health and shared knowledge, ImmuCell recently added an informational video to the Immediate ImmunityTM YouTube channel. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDH09yl1idk, the video offers advice and experiences from a veterinarian's viewpoint.
Steve Hayes, DVM and owner of Day 1 Technology, is featured in the piece titled "A Veterinarian's Perspective: Achieving Immediate Immunity." Hayes offers advice applicable to both beef and dairy producers on the importance of protecting newborn calves from pathogens.
"In the first two weeks of life, scours is a common problem," he says, adding that calves must be protected from E. coli, mycoplasma, coronavirus, rotavirus and cryptosporidium.
To promote early calf health and long-term productivity, Hayes encourages producers to complement colostrum feeding programs with a concentrated and targeted antibody product that protects against coronavirus and E. coli. In the video, he explains that producers should utilize products that can be fed without delaying colostrum feeding.
Bobbi (Kunde) Brockmann, director of sales and marketing with ImmuCell, says the video adds to the expertise available on the Immediate Immunity YouTube page.
"The Immediate Immunity YouTube channel continues to be a valuable resource for all cattle producers," she says. "It's vital to the beef and dairy industries that producers and veterinarians share their experiences and learn from one another about newborn calf management. The actions we take on day one play a pivotal role in the growth and productivity of the calf's future."
The Immediate Immunity YouTube channel is a resource center on newborn calf health. View videos on the Immediate Immunity YouTube channel by visitingwww.youtube.com/ImmediateImmunity. Additional information is available on the Immediate Immunity Facebook page at:www.facebook.com/ImmediateImmunity.
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I've enjoyed coffee for as long as I can remember. My grandparents spoiled us rotten when we were children. Memaw would wake up early and put the kettle on while she cooked bacon for breakfast. She'd have the Corelle coffee cups and saucers ready, with a few teaspoons of Folger's crystals in the bottom, and waiting for hot water. The cups were so thin I used to imagine I could bite them like the Chocolate Factory scene in Willy Wonka!
Memaw would fix coffee for herself and Papaw and then pour two cups of milk for my sister and I, adding a teaspoon or two of coffee. We would help ourselves to several teaspoons of sugar from the milk glass sugar bowl. I always loved that last syrupy sip! She'd repeat this same routine later in the afternoon for a "coffee break" with a cookie or two. My sister Stephie loved the iced oatmeal cookies in the cellophane sleeves like Papaw. My favorite was butter ring cookies. I liked to put them on every finger and nibble them until they fell off!
I'm a coffee snob now. I like strong, rich coffee with lots of creamer!
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Not all foams are created equal. Consumers expect a chocolate mousse to keep its structure and taste on the journey from the supermarket to their fridge. But the froth on some drinks would seem strange if it did not disappear after a few minutes.
Creating the right type of foam on demand is tricky. Liquid flows downwards on Earth and foams are torn apart by gravity pulling on the bubbles.
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ESA has been investigating foams since the 1980s. Our knowledge and knowhow caught the attention of food company Nestlé over 10 years ago.
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"Stable foam in chocolate mousse gives the feeling of creaminess in the mouth. To make fine coffee froth, we want to create stable little bubbles to make it light and creamy.
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Parabolic flights are only one of the ways scientists can study phenomena in 'zero-gravity'. Sounding rockets offer up to six minutes of weightlessness but the International Space Station is the only permanent microgravity laboratory available.
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[The following article is courtesy of the Hampton Union and Seacoast Online.]
HAMPTON -- Hollis W. Blake, 85, of Hampton died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at the Hyde Family Hospice House in Dover.
A lifelong resident of Hampton, he was born April 17, 1922, the son of the late Forest W. Mildred (Peck) Blake.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Phyllis (Small) Blake of Hampton; a son, Merrill H. Blake and his wife Pam of Hampton; two daughters, Gail M. Garrigan and her husband Paul of Hampton and Susan F. Pizon and her husband David of Stratham; his grandchildren, Laurie White, Kim Patenaude, Blake Garrigan, Brandie Garrigan, Lisa Washburn, Richard M. Blake, Merrill E. Blake, Jamie Finson, Robert Bates, Justin Pizon and Brent Pizon; a sister, Phyllis (Blake) Hoesly of Hampton; nine great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his brother, Richard Blake, who died in World War II, and a granddaughter, Kelly Blake.
WE REMEMBER: Mr. Blake was a graduate of Hampton Academy. He was a welder at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Shop #26. After his retirement he worked for Georgetown Sand and Gravel.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during WWII.
He was a member of the Hampton Beach Leased land Commission for many years, and also a member of the Marelli's Gentlemen's Coffee Clutch.
The Blake family was one of Hampton's founding families.
SERVICES: Calling hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the High Street Cemetery, Hampton.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton Road, Exeter, NH 03833 or the Hyder Family Hospice House, 285 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820.


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A long, long time ago in a game store far, far away... I played a game called Highland that used a system they called Swordmaster. Briefly, I had the bright idea to create an RPG that used those mechanics, but I never did anything about it. The idea has come around again and I was curious what others thought about it. If I did do any extensive work on it, I'd probably blend D&D 4th Edition mechanics in with the Swordmaster mechanics, to create a new style of game that uses the best of both.
For anyone that doesn't know, the Swordmaster mechanic used cards as attack and defense. Each card had a 9-square grid in the corner that had one to six squares filled in a variety of patterns to roughly represent the direction an attack came from and what part of the body it was aimed at.
I haven't given much thoughr past each player has a small deck of so many cards based on either skill, level, rank or some other form of measurement and they can choose whether they are focused more on defense, offense, or a balance of the two. Player decks would replenish after short and extended rests, just like encounter and daily powers do in 4th edition. The DM gets one huge deck that they recycle constantly. Basic attacks and defenses (basically at-will powers in D&D4e) would be shuffled back into the deck and there would be multiple copies.
I know one complaint will be the randomness of drawing attacks and defenses, but I rationalize it as drawing the card presents and opportunity to shift the battle in some direction. Perhaps I could even include that as an optional mechanic on each encounter / daily card. The player can discard the attack or defense to enact some effect on the battlefield like Bravery: All allies gain +5 temporary hit points. Drawing a full hand of defense cards would suck, but I'm sure I could come up with some rationalization for it and a discard mechanic to draw a new card.
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Been thinking about this some more since posting the intial thread. I'm wondering how far away from dice would I want to go with this system. There's always the option of including a number in the corner on each card and using that to generate a random number. It could also be used for initiative and would help make this both a competitive card game which you can play against other players and as a tool for an rpg.
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I'd never heard of Swordmaster, but I'll have to look that up now. That sounds really interesting. The attack direction thing sounds like it adds a kind of complexity that I'd like.
Now, would the cards just be to influence mechanical stats, or do you have some that influence things about the world too (like cards that change things about the scene, or add things to it)?
I always thought a card deck system would make for some really interesting "randomness" in challenges, where parts of the environment change and you have to react to it. So maybe you're fighting in some high grass, and you pull a card that says that throws a pit or something else random into the area that your character might get caught up in, or use in the combat.
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I think it's a really interesting mechanic that never caught on well enough. In Highlander, attacks usually targeted one square, but there were slashes that targeted three squares in a row or column. These could be translated into damage by the number of squares blocked. A three square attack that makes it through does three cards worth of damage. Two squares two cards of damage and one square one card of damage. These would be the encounter/daily attacks that permanently get discarded.
There were six basic defenses that covered three squares in a row or column. Blocks that would cover six squares (the two left/right columns and the two top/bottom rows). Dodges were all nine squares and worked against melee and ranged. That's the sticky part of the swordmaster system. Ranged attacks, though I'm sure something could be worked out. Guards were the same size as blocks, but they stayed on the table like a stance lasts for an encounter. The drawback is that you could only attack through the open squares of your guard. So if you had the top two rows blocked, you could only make low attacks through the bottom row.
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On Jan. 14, General Motors Co. (GM, Detroit, Mich.) introduced its 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray reboot at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS, Detroit, Mich.). Returning to the iconic Stingray name badge for the first time since it was retired in 1976, the new baseline Corvette is also the first production car to feature structural, Class A carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) body panels produced via a new out-of-autoclave "pressure-press" technology. Invented by Plasan Carbon Composites (Bennington, Vt.), the process relies on equipment developed and built by Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma, Wash.).
The Stingray will be available for sale in the third quarter of this year. Its removable CFRP roof is available painted or in an exposed-weave/clear-coated version (a clear polycarbonate version is being produced by another supplier). The hood is painted to match the rest of the body. Each is formed and cured by Plasan's process 75 percent faster than previous autoclaved parts, and they require 80 percent less postmold finishing.
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At such low volumes, autoclave cure is fast enough to supply parts. And since these tend to be premium or super-premium brands, the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) is high enough to recoup the expense of super-premium materials. However, when you move from a few thousand to tens of thousands of cars annually, autoclave cure becomes too slow and expensive — hence the scramble to find faster-curing resins and to develop new out-of-autoclave process derivatives.
"Corvette has pioneered the use of innovative, lightweight materials since its introduction in 1953 as the industry's first production car with a fiberglass body," notes Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter. "With the introduction of the new Stingray, the Corvette will continue that tradition by becoming the industry leader in high-volume use of carbon fiber. For the standard Stingray coupé, we'll use 18 lb [8.2 kg] of carbon fiber just on the roof and hood. Based on last year's sales of 14,132 units, Corvette will account for at least 238,000 lb [107,955 kg] of carbon fiber annually — and we expect to sell significantly more Corvette Stingrays than that."
Notably, the reborn Stingray was designed and engineered, and the pressure-press technology for its roof and hood were developed, during the darkest days of the post-2008 global economic collapse. GM was in bankruptcy, and although Plasan had supplied autoclave-cured CFRP body panels for Corvettes since 2006 — including the hood and fenders on the Z06; and the hood, roof, roof bow, splitter, rocker panels and fenders on the ZR1 — Plasan's new owners, who had purchased the automotive side of Vermont Composites Inc. only a few years earlier, were wondering why on earth they'd decided to diversify from their core defense business into the capricious world of cars. But GM persevered, even renovating the Corvette Bowling Green, Ohio, assembly plant. Likewise, Plasan's owners invested "tens of millions of dollars" to develop the new molding process, build a new technical center in Wixom, Mich., and then build a new production facility in Walker, Mich.
Plasan's president, James Staargaard, says the Walker plant was built specifically to produce parts for the Corvette program. The facility houses five new Globe pressure presses, and hood and roof production will occupy half of the facility's available 170,000 ft2/15,794m2 manufacturing space (another 30,000 ft2/2,787m2 serves administrative purposes).
Gary Lownsdale, Plasan's chief technology officer and coinventor of the process, sees the Walker facility's mission as nothing less than an opportunity "to bring CFRP into mass production for cars." He adds that Plasan is the only TS-9000 certified CFRP part manufacturer in the world and says, about the Walker site, "You won't find another CFRP facility with the quality [capabilities] of this one." Further, there's room to expand, and he predicts the plant will be full within a few years.
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Although the new Stingray panels are similar in size to those used on the ZR1, they have different contours. Staargaard says Plasan simplified approvals and minimized the number of variables during the changeover process by using the same resin, structural adhesive, clearcoat chemistry and laminate technology. Plasan did, however, make one significant change: the company is now hot bonding the hood's inner and outer panels. The adhesive is heated while it is robotically applied, and parts are fixtured for cure at ambient temperature. This is 72 percent faster than the oven-cure method used on the ZR1.
The roof and hood are molded on Globe pressure presses fitted with 6-ft by 6-ft (1.8m by 1.8m) platens. Lownsdale says the large hood inner and outer panels and smaller roof can be molded on the same size press. "There's no economic advantage," he notes, "to making a smaller machine owing to the low-energy consumption [vs. autoclave systems]." Plasan uses single-sided, thin-shell nickel vapor deposition (NVD) tools from Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (Midland, Ontario, Canada). A reusable bladder/canopy is used to close off the B-side of the part during molding. Plasan produces the bladder in-house using silicone heat-cured rubber (HCR) from an undisclosed source. The bladder's smooth surface eliminates wrinkles, read through and other blemishes typical of vacuum bags, providing a blemish-free B-side surface.
Each tool features built-in oil-type heating/cooling elements and, according to Plasan, provides precise thermodynamic control without inductive mold heating. Roof and hood tools can run in any Globe pressure press at the Walker site, as long as the platen is sufficiently large, since molding pressures are low (<150 psi/10.3 bar). Lownsdale explains that the outer footprint of the tool remains the same, regardless of part size, so they don't need to change any equipment inside the press when they change tools.
Most notably, Plasan developed a technology it calls Coupling Recognition System (CRS). As soon as a particular part's tool is plugged into the press, the CRS not only automatically identifies what part the tool is designed to mold, but it also queues up the "cure recipe" (process settings) for optimum production, effectively providing plug-and-play functionality. The company is currently working on patent applications to protect the CRS invention.
Maximizing the molding process
Each part is hand layed in its NVD tool on an indexing table outside the press, using prepreg from a robotically cut kit produced in another part of the facility. "Unfortunately, the technology doesn't exist yet to do automated layup of very complex geometric parts with the compound sweeps that you find in automotive," says Lownsdale. "We've successfully automated layup of simple parts, and the ability to translate that to more complex designs is one of the goals we're chasing to continually decrease total cycle time."
When layup is complete, the canopy is pulled down over the part and smoothed into place. Then the table indexes into the press chamber, and the front and rear doors close. A pressure box (slightly larger than the tool) descends from above, completely sealing off the top and sides of the tool and bladder. A vacuum is drawn, and what is described as a "very small column of air" completely surrounds the tool and bladder inside the box. Pressure is applied to the top of the box (and, therefore, the column of air) by a hydraulic ram. In this sealed environment (which doesn't require nitrogen because the process tightly controls exotherm) the tool surface rapidly heats, enabling resin to flow quickly before crosslinking begins. The accelerated flow reportedly accounts for the much-improved surface finish, with far fewer voids, dry lines or pits.
Using conventional resin and laminate technology, Plasan can achieve a 10-minute cycle time with a six-minute cure, says Staargaard. But in practice the press maintains a "balanced" 17-minute cycle to avoid overproducing parts and getting ahead of the bonding, trimming and finishing stations. The process eliminates the expense of vacuum bagging materials and uses a small fraction of the energy consumed in an autoclave cycle. Moreover, the part's excellent as-molded surface has accelerated downstream operations by requiring less of the Walker plant's new automated finishing process that features interchangeable routing and sanding equipment developed by KMT Robotic Solutions Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.)
Although he is pleased, Lownsdale says the benchmark is injection-molded surface quality and speed. To that end, Plasan is collaborating closely with all major resin and prepreg producers. Previously, he says, molding equipment would have been unable to keep pace with fast-cure resin systems, "but now, equipment is pushing the chemistry, and people are responding really quickly to catch back up."
Moving into the mainstream
With better economics and quality, which translates to less secondary finishing, labor, material waste and capital investment, "it's absolutely possible to make CFRP components mass producible in the auto industry," Lownsdale says, noting that "the supply base is quite energized." He says Plasan and CFRP have come a long way in the past few years with automakers, too. "Now, when we sit down and talk seriously about a CFRP component, our customer no longer says, Prove it to me and I'll consider it, but rather says, How can we work together to make this happen?"
Staargaard adds, "Historically, we've had to take a design originally produced for aluminum or SMC and make it carbon. But now people are coming to us to make it carbon from the start to get the highest cost/performance efficiency. That's a big change and that's very recent."
Juechter concludes, "We focused on carbon fiber for the program because it is exceptionally strong and lightweight, and perfectly suited for a sports car where performance and power-to-weight are paramount. It also contributed to our goal of improving the fuel economy of the Corvette. We believe the result defines the future of modern performance cars, as the new Stingray delivers the fastest acceleration, the most cornering grip, the most track capability, the best braking performance and what we expect to be the best fuel economy ever for a standard Corvette."
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"Our parents believed you can be happy only with financial security," said Sushant Bangru, a 21-year-old biology major at the Indian Institute of Sciences in Bangalore. "But we know that passion and knowledge is above money. It's about doing what you love to do."
Nowhere is the power of India's youth more clear than amid the bright cafes and technology companies of Bangalore, seen as the economy's beating heart and brain trust. With 63 percent of its population under 25, Bangalore is one of India's youngest cities.
Interviews with dozens of young adults in Bangalore suggest that the most pressing priorities are financial: more jobs and better economic opportunities.
India's once red-hot economic growth has slowed in recent years, after a decade under a coalition led by the Congress party. With many worried about finding work, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has honed in on that weak spot, presenting itself as a purely capitalist, pro-business party. Congress, led mostly by the Nehru-Gandhi family since the country's socialist beginnings in 1947, is considered more of a welfare party, mixing capitalist reforms with handouts for the poor.
The main national parties in the running are heavily courting young voters, launching social media campaigns and introducing new candidates from outside traditional political circles. Rank-and-file members of the BJP are up in arms over the party replacing party stalwarts with dozens of untested candidates.
Congress party leaders have reportedly quarreled over letting younger members take more control, even as 43-year-old Gandhi family heir Rahul emerges as the most likely prime ministerial candidate. Despite his youth and dimples, Rahul Gandhi is seen as having failed to connect with many young Indians, instead appearing privileged, aloof and out of touch with everyday Indians.
The upstart Aam Aadmi Party -- or Common Man's Party -- has drawn in droves of students and other young voters attracted to party leader Arvind Kejriwal's outsider status and his anti-corruption platform.
Anxious to pursue their dreams, young people are particularly concerned with India's ability to add jobs. India added fewer than 3 million jobs between 2005 and 2010, far below the 1 million needed each month to keep up with student matriculation and Indians' growing ambitions.
India's first-time voters came of age in an era of economic reforms that eased socialist-leaning policies and allowed more imports and foreign investment. Annual per-capita income nearly tripled between 2002 and 2010, while India moved from a country mostly concerned with securing food and shelter to one in which priorities are jobs, electricity and infrastructure.
But the riches have rolled out unevenly, creating a conspicuous wealth gap that has fueled frustrations by putting lavish lifestyles in close proximity with the 400 million Indians -- a quarter of the country's population -- living in poverty under $1.25 a day.
Those gaps are even more visible and public with the technology explosion. Twenty years ago people had access to only a single state-run TV channel and most had no telephone. Today, there are more than 200 TV channels -- with some 40 devoted to news alone -- while three in four Indians has a cell phone.
"We have no toilets in my home village, but everybody has a smartphone, and we all check every day for what's happening in the campaign," said 22-year-old Hanamanthray Biradar in the southern state of Karnataka, where Bangalore is located.
The massive election beginning Monday will be held over nine days in April and May before ballots are counted on May 16. The first two days of voting take place in the six states of India's remote northeast, with the vote later moving south into mainland India's 22 other states and territories.
The vote is geographically staggered to give millions of police and paramilitary forces time to move around as voters cast their ballots. Whether or not the youth vote swings the result, analysts agree their participation has turned India's political scene on its head.
"Indian democracy is at a peculiar stage of maturity or evolution. There has been a particular way democracy has been functioning for the last 30 years, and there is a backlash against it," said Jagdeep Chhokar, who heads the Association for Democratic Reforms in New Delhi. "With all the talk of the young electorate, the political parties are now scrambling to do whatever they can to grab young voters."
The engagement of India's youth in politics reached a pinnacle three years ago, as they joined urban middle-class protesters in marching in protests against endemic corruption. Their demands for honest governance and an independent anti-corruption watchdog led to anti-graft legislation and the formation of the AAP, which has become the third national party.
The AAP delivered a stunning upset in Delhi's December regional election, launching Kejriwal to national renown and a 49-day stint as Delhi's chief minister. He quit the post, saying the entrenched political system prevented him from enacting real reforms. Instead, he said his scrappy party would focus on national elections and on denouncing deep graft in Congress and BJP.
Some voters say they're already disillusioned by politics and unhappy with the candidates. But they plan to cast their ballots nonetheless, taking advantage of a new choice on the ballot -- for "None of the Above."
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On the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, a powerful and inspirational video is demonstrating the American spirit. It pays tribute to Boston, "a city built by rebels."
It was on April 15th, 2013 that two pressure cooker bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. 3 people were killed, an estimated 264 others were injured.
On April 18th, the FBI took over the investigation and released pictures of the suspects, Chechan brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarneav. Shortly thereafter, gunfire rang out at MIT, an MIT police officer was killed, an MBTA police officer was injured, and suspect Tamerlan was shot to death.
On April 19th, Boston looked like a ghost town as police ordered the public to shelter in place. A massive manhunt ensued as a nation watched, finally ending when a Watertown resident spotted an injured Dzhokhar Tsarneav hiding in a boat on their property. He was taken into custody and charged with Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction and Malicious Destruction of Property Resulting in Death. He has pleaded not guilty to 30 counts.
The country mourned a year ago and, today, will mourn again as we remember the senseless loss of lives and the trauma inflicted on everyone involved that day.
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As promised, President Obama has issued 23 executive orders as part of his campaign to disarm the American people and strip them of their Second Amendment rights. These executive orders include things like turning doctors into police state snitches by order them to "ask patients about their guns."
It also orders the CDC to begin studying gun violence and gun ownership as if it were a "disease." This will no doubt become part of the mental health "solution" to disarming the public. Anyone who expresses a desire to own a gun will simply be labeled mentally ill and then denied the ability to purchase or possess otherwise legal firearms.
The following description of the 23 executive orders was provided by the White House. These descriptions are almost certainly deceptions, so don't take them at face value. The devil is in the details, as we all know, so until we get a chance to look at the actual wording of each executive order, we won't really know what Obama is trying to pull outside of law, without Congress and in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
There orders also completely ignore the issue of the psychiatric drugging of children, which we know is linked to nearly every school shooting that has taken place.
Furthermore, Obama has completely ignored the issue of violent video games, violent movies and violent television programming.
But here's the list provided by the White House so far:
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.
3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.
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4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.
5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.
6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.
7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.
8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.
10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.
11. Nominate an ATF director.
12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.
13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.
14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.
15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.
16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.
17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.
18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.
19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.
20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.
21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.
22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.
23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.
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Emotional Hussey bows out on his own terms
There's little doubt Michael Hussey's international cricket career will be remembered exactly as he wants it to be.
"Someone who loved the game, was a good team man, someone that was very passionate about the game, prepared very well and just gave his all for his country," Hussey said on Sunday when asked how he'd like to be recalled.
Emotion only got the better of Hussey once at a media conference called in Melbourne to discuss his decision to quit international cricket at the end of this summer.
That was when he thanked his family for their support and patience with his long absences while on national team duty.
It was his wife Amy and their four children under the age of eight who were behind the 37-year-old West Australian's decision to walk away while still a formidable force in Test and one-day cricket.
Put simply, Mr Cricket missed the family too much.
The prospect of away series in India, then England for the Ashes in a busy 2013 would have thrilled Hussey a few years ago.
Now, the prospect of more than six months on the road without his family was a prospect filling him with dread.
"When I started looking ahead towards the India series and the Ashes series, you really need to be 100 per cent committed towards the challenges they're going to present to the team," Hussey said on Sunday.
"I was more dreading that time away from home rather than looking forward to the challenges, and so for me that confirmed in my own mind it really is the right time to say goodbye.
"That's what I'd been thinking for quite a period of time.
"I've probably battled a bit in the last two away trips - we had one stint where we were away for two and a half months which I found to be quite hard.
"The next stint ... it's going to be six and a half or seven months away. I know I can't commit to those challenges.
"There's just so much more to life than playing cricket."
Hussey admitted he'd known for several months this summer may be his last.
But it was a secret well kept, shocking both coach Mickey Arthur and skipper Michael Clarke when Hussey told them his plans after Australia's crushing Boxing Day Test win.
He spent Saturday telephoning all his teammates. Most appeared genuinely shocked.
Not the least because Hussey departs at the top of his game.
He averages 51.52 over a 78-Test career which unusually, only began when he was 30.
Despite the late start, only 11 other Australians have scored more Test runs than Hussey's 6,183, which includes 19 centuries.
And the runs were still flowing freely - Hussey averaging nearly 80 this summer.
Hussey says he's fortunate to retire on his own terms. The unforgiving nature of the game allows few that luxury.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said there was no doubt Hussey had earned the right to go out on top.
"He's a consummate professional. The way he's played the game, represented his country, he's a model for all young players coming up and into the Australian team."
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By Angie Patrick
Can you actually have a "new" tradition? Well, I guess they have to start somewhere, right? I mean, someone has to go first, and from there we build traditions. This is the same from Mom's Thanksgiving turkey recipe to shooting rockets off at the park on the 4th of July. Someone came up with that yummy recipe, and someone thought it would be fun to shoot fireworks to celebrate our independence. Soon enough, viola, a new tradition is born.
I believe we are seeing some new traditions being born in the massage industry right now, and I am so excited to be right in the middle of the fun. The American Massage Conference is well on the way to become a mainstay on the Massage and Wellness Landscape, and some of the traditions being set are equally as exciting.
The "Facebook" party is already legendary! Recognizing the growth and importance of Social Media in the development of the massage industry and in the way we interact with one another as a vital component of networking makes sense. Providing an opportunity for all these "virtual" friends to meet and connect at a national event is something that will definitely be a mainstay in our market. Ideas are born, connections made, business opportunities arise, and friends are made at this event, and this year it will be an even bigger celebration!
The First Annual Massage Job Fair is putting down roots at the Atlanta event on May 22, 2011. This will be a smaller forum of employers across the southeast as well as nationally looking to put therapists to work. This idea was born as a direct result of the status of the economy. Through education and product support as well as job placement, the American Massage Conference is created with the Therapist in mind. AMC is working to bring you the things that have value to you. And the Job fair is one more way we can help therapists canvass and circulate in the community.
The Student Day, "SMART FROM THE START", is on May 22 and is geared towards students and recent graduates. This informative presentation is focused on providing tips and information that can help you launch a healthy and prosperous career as a Massage Therapist. Hear from industry professionals like David Kent, GuruKirn Khalsa, Lynda Solien Wolfe, Ryan Hoyme, the one and only MASSAGE NERD, and Ann Williams of the ABMP. And as if the information were not enough, we will also be giving away nearly $4,000.00 in prizes to those in attendance, which makes your odds of winning something fabulous very high!
The TRADE SHOW HALL is jam packed with vendors who are ready to wheel and deal. This is indeed a buying show, and the deals will be tremendous. Anyone in the area should make it a point to get to this trade show floor to get samples and hands on demonstrations with the massage products you love, as well as gain access to 30 (YES I SAID 30) One Hour CEU Classes. All this for only $40!
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All in all, some really wonderful traditions are being created and all for the better of the massage community! Join us for the festivities in Atlanta Georgia, May 20-22, 2011 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center on Capitol Avenue. See you there!
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SANTA CRUZ — Law enforcement leaders and youth advocates looked at some recent Juvenile Hall trends Thursday night to strategize ways to keep teens out of gangs.
At Barrios Unidos on Soquel Avenue, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission discussed recent arrests of minors, gang activity and demographics at Juvenile Hall.
The commission advises the county Board of Supervisors on youth policies and programs.
Mario Sulay, commander of the Santa Cruz County Gang Task Force, said about 43 of the 365 people that the task force arrested from July 2011 to July 2012 were minors. Among those minors, 19 had gun allegations and 22 had gang allegations, he said.
"It didn"t surprise me, because I see it on the street. But it"s something to pay attention to," Sulay said.
Sulay and Sara Ryan, the Juvenile Hall superintendent, produced an informal report for the commission. The commission includes teachers, a youth representative and leaders of groups such as BASTA, or Broad-Based Apprehension, Suppression, Treatment and Alternatives.
Ryan said that in 2011, Watsonville police booked 27.8 percent of 576 juvenile arrests, followed by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff"s Office with 24.4 percent of arrests and Santa Cruz police with 20.6 percent of arrests.
Capitola and Scotts Valley police had about 3 percent or less of the arrests. County Probation, the California Highway Patrol, UC Santa Cruz police and other agencies also made arrests.
The average length of stay in Juvenile Hall was 12.8 days for boys and 7 days for girls in 2011. Latinos made up 64 percent of inmates, whites 28 percent, blacks 4 percent and other ethnicities were 4 percent. Its average population was 22 inmates in October.
Ryan said that while the teens are incarcerated, they attend programs aimed at building their self esteem and resistance to gangs.
She added that Juvenile Hall authorities don"t call them "gang prevention" classes, but the staff and guest speakers try to steer inmates to constructive activities like school and sports.
"We bring in the other angle of empowerment and esteem building," Ryan said.
The group talked about how juvenile court judges and teachers who deal with the same troubled teens sometimes coordinate with mentors and nonprofit groups to make sure they stay on a good path. More coordination needs to be done before their problems escalate, the said.
"Everybody"s not going to be fixed," said Sulay, a 28-year veteran of county law enforcement. But if connections are not made, "We"re just waiting for something to happen," he said.
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Xavier bought a pair of nice quality headphones from V-Moda, and liked them so much that he carried them along everywhere he went. When he started having problems with the device, he inquired about repairing the earbuds, but V-Moda had a better idea.
I just had a great customer service experience that I thought I should share with you guys. I bought a pair of V-Moda Vibe Duo headphones with the inline mic for my phone from Amazon.com about a year and a half ago. They came with a nice pouch and fabric covered cables which pretty much prevented them from getting tangled up and fit my ears much better than other headphones I've used. I really loved the headphones and took them with me everywhere I went. As a result, they eventually started showing signs of wear. A small part of the fabric covering the cable came loose causing the wires to become exposed (which was fixed with a little glue), the wire mesh from one of the in-ear buds fell off, and occasionally one of the sides would emit a tiny bit of static. Basically the issues weren't big enough of a deal to warrant buying another pair so I emailed V-Moda for an estimate on repairing them.
Within a day, I received a response by Joanna who asked me to send the headphones in (with proof of purchase) for them to check out. I sent them the headphones and within 3 days of shipping them out, basically the day they got them, I received an email from Josh stating my new pair was in the mail. This took me completely by surprise because I was expecting them to send me an estimate on the repair, not replace them altogether for free! Also, their warranty is only for a year and it is only supposed to cover defects, not wear and tear from constant use. Needless to say, I am completely thrilled with V-Moda at the moment for the awesome customer service they provided. Yes, some will probably say this isn't a big deal since they're only a set of headphones but I paid about $90 for them (a far cry from my usual $12 pair) and I really didn't want to buy another set. Also, the set they sent me was the upgraded version that came out after I had purchased mine so I got a better set then the one I had. The entire replacement process was quick, total time from initial email to getting the replacement was about a week, and I'm ecstatic to be using a comfortable set of headphones as opposed to the Apple ones, which tend to really hurt my ears. Thanks for taking the time to read my email and keep up the great work.
Very nicely done, V-Moda! It's not a huge deal, but nice to see a company standing by its products.
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