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Why bring up the issue of fair trade at deviantART? Artists have long used their skills to promote various issues they believe in. dA has many members who are interested in diverse subjects and have a track record of joining together for causes, such as ArtistsForCharity, fangedfem's cat calendar www.deviantart.com/deviation/2… (proceeds went to animal organizations), and the #helpers team news.deviantart.com/article/28… . There have also been numerous editorials and contests that promote various issues.
When a fellow member of deviantART first suggested that I do a news article on fair trade, my initial response was a resounding no. What I had wanted from dA was a place where I could interact with other members and never discuss anything controversial. I had largely succeeded until I decided to post a couple of dA stamps supporting fair trade practices. But the idea of writing a news article wouldn't leave my mind and I found myself remembering the words of my instructor from a class on human rights and child labour taught at the University of Iowa. Herself a former child labourer under the Khmer Rouge [1] [2], she had said to us at the end of the course that we now had the knowledge, but what were we going to do to get the message out about the issue? I suppose this is partly my response.
This article is meant to be a crash course into the topic of fair trade. It is by no means exhaustive. There are links at the end for readers to delve further into the issue.
First, let's take a look at a few specific areas of fair trade.
Fair Trade vs. Free Trade
Though similar in name, fair trade and free trade are different issues. Free trade is an economic theory that wishes to remove all tariffs to provide a free exchange of trade between nations. It is believed that by doing so will benefit consumers by allowing the lowest priced goods to be sold in a country. This article is not about free trade and will abstain from any comments on the matter. The definition is presented simply as a way to show how fair trade differs from free trade.
In contrast, fair trade wishes to provide an opportunity for areas of industry that have workers that are typically exploited. Industries such as cocoa production often use forced labour. Fair trade tries to eliminate these harmful practices. Labeled projects also seek to ensure that workers receive proper safety equipment, women are paid equally and may work without fear of sexual harassment, among other issues. Effectively, it's akin to unions and other basic regulations in the United States.
Some economists argue that fair trade encourages overproduction, which seems like an odd claim considering that, at least in the case of coffee, overproduction had begun before the fair trade movement took hold on American consumers. Also, the disparity between the coffee producers and retail prices has greatly increased and coffee producers at the beginning of the 21 st century received the lowest paid price in one hundred years (when prices were adjusted for inflation) [3]. An article from 2003 by Paul Jeffrey of the NCR states that:
[a] decade ago, coffee-producing countries earned $10 billion from coffee that retailed for about $30 billion. Retail sales today exceed $70 billion, but coffee-producing countries receive less than $6 billion. Clearly, the benefits of globalization have been shared unequally. [3]
In any case, it seems difficult to reduce the fair trade argument to an economic one. It's a rather harsh stance to continue purchasing unnecessary items produced under harmful working conditions, all for the sake of the economy.
Principles of Fair Trade
Fair trade has ten basic principles [5], as stated by the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT). They are briefly outlined below.
- Creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers
- Transparency and accountability
- Capacity building
- Promoting Fair Trade
- Payment of a fair price
- Gender Equity
- Working conditions
- Child Labour
- The environment
- Trade Relations
- The environment
- Child Labour
- Working conditions
- Gender Equity
- Payment of a fair price
- Promoting Fair Trade
- Capacity building
- Transparency and accountability
Visit the IFAT site for more information on the specifics of each above principle: www.ifat.org/index.php?option=… .
The Use of Child/Forced Labour in Agricultural Production
Slavery and bonded labour are frequently mentioned when referring to the types or work used in agricultural production. Typical slavery is the most severe, generally involving an individual who is kidnapped, pressed into work against their will and usually mistreated [6]. Bonded labour, also known as feudalism and serfdom, is just as common. A person is given in exchange to work off a debt either for themselves or someone else, commonly a parent [6]. A typical example is the Indian child given to a brick maker to pay for an older child's dowry [7]. In the vast majority of cases, the debt agreement is made to be impossible to repay, sometimes forcing a person to pass the debt through the person's descendents [6].
The use of forced and child labour in agriculture has been well documented by various sources, especially in cocoa [8] and banana [9] production. By international agreements signed by all of the nations that have such conditions, use of slaves is prohibited and needs to be removed from the society. Oddly, some plantation owners stated that they were not aware that trafficking in children to work in cocoa fields was illegal [10].
Here are a few statistics on child workers:
- "284,000 children are estimated to be employed [on cocoa farms] in child labour in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria...the majority of them (200,000) in Cote d'Ivoire. These are either involved in hazardous work, unprotected or unfree, or have been trafficked. [8]"
- "64% of children on cocoa farms were under the age of 14 and 40% of child labourers in cocoa farming were girls. [8]"
- "In [Kenyan] plantations about 50-60 percent of the workers during coffee pickings peak season were children. [11]"
- "Forty-one of [the 45 children interviewed] began in the banana sector [in Ecuadorian plantations] between the ages of eight and thirteen, most starting at ages ten or eleven. [9]"
- On the Ecuadorian banana plantations, "[t]he children reported being exposed to pesticides, using sharp tools, hauling heavy loads of bananas from the fields to the packing plants, lacking potable water and restroom facilities, and experiencing sexual harassment. [9]"
- "Forty-one of [the 45 children interviewed] began in the banana sector [in Ecuadorian plantations] between the ages of eight and thirteen, most starting at ages ten or eleven. [9]"
- "In [Kenyan] plantations about 50-60 percent of the workers during coffee pickings peak season were children. [11]"
- "64% of children on cocoa farms were under the age of 14 and 40% of child labourers in cocoa farming were girls. [8]"
Fair Trade in Practice
While outright bans and boycotts over slave/child labour produced goods are often discouraged (i.e. the Harkin Bill fiasco [12]), many consumers still find it difficult to purchase products--especially luxury items that aren't necessary for survival--that are highly likely to be sourced from slave/child workers. And fair trade goes beyond child labour and slavery. Even in situations where the products are not produced by either forced labour or children, many consumers still want those workers to be paid fairly for their work.
Fair trade can be a good compromise. Unlike international loans or other aid that could be viewed as a "handout", buying fair trade does neither. In fact, these crops/products are a good way to help these farmers/producers. Products such as cocoa and coffee, as a basic example, are a very effective at providing sources of income, especially since the farmers are already selling their products. Ensuring that the farmers are paid fairly for work they are already doing helps to prevent the inherent exploitation in the industry.
Further, bananas--or any other tropical fruit--themselves are hardly necessary for our (developed nations) survival. I make the assertion that tropical produce and goods are by default luxury items on the basic principle that they are imported from other nations. Tariffs and other taxes aside, foreign products should always cost more because they have to be shipped great distances to their intended destination. It's similar to how it is exorbitantly more expensive to live in Hawaii or Alaska as compared to the continental United States.
Is fair trade the solution to the industries typically plagued by slavery and child labour? Of course not. Fair trade in itself won't "fix" anything and has been the source of overwhelming controversy [13]. There isn't one way to change the problems that create a need for fair trade practices in the first place. The issue is far too complicated. Fair trade is simply a start and, more importantly, increases awareness about the situation.
What about enforcement? one might ask. Fair trade has had its share of problems with just this issue. However, some organizations are dedicated to ensuring that their products meet labeling standards [14] [15] [16]. Is there a way to be 100% sure that these labeled products are truly fair trade? Not really. On the other hand, there's never a way to be completely sure anything is what is stated. For example, the USDA doesnt have the ability to recall tainted food [17] [18] [19] , yet this doesnt appear to actively discourage American consumers from purchasing government inspected food. There is no perfect system in place so we use what we have, no matter how imperfect or flawed it may be.
One thing to keep in mind is that fair trade official certification is merely one aspect of the fair trade process. Due to the requirements of the FairTrade, many farms do not qualify for a fair trade certification [13]. Like the problems of organic certification, some agriculture producers still produce crops in accordance with the fair trade spirit yet lack the label.
The growth of the fair trade industry is staggering and an encouraging sign for the future [20] [13] [21]. Regardless of how anyone feels on the fair trade/free trade debate, I believe that most of us do not want to buy products that have been unethically produced. Buying fair trade and locally grown foods can help. At the very least, the debate over fair trade creates awareness for mistreated workers in all areas of food production all over the globe, including our own nations.
Fair Trade Stamps
The fair trade stamps below were the catalyst for this article.
Further Reading
BBC New: Mali's Children in Chocolate Slavery
BBC News: The Bitter Taste of Slavery
Human Rights Watch: Tainted Harvest--Child Labor and Obstacles to Organizing on Ecuador's Banana Plantations
NCR: Depressed Coffee Prices Yield Suffering in Poor Countries
NCR: <a href=www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/arc…>Good to the Last Drop--Reconciliation in a Cup
Reason Magazine: Absolution in Your Cup: The real meaning of Fair Trade coffee
World Vision Australia: Slave to Coffee & Chocolate
Anti-Slavery International
Child Labour Public Education Project
Coffee Kids
FLO International
Free the Children
Global March Against Child Labour
Human Rights Watch
International Cocoa Initiative
International Fair Trade Association
Intenational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
Save the Children
Related Books
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales www.amazon.com/Disposable-Peop…
Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World by Craig Kielburger www.amazon.com/Free-Children-F…
[1]Shuppy, A. (2003, March 11). 'This project is more than just an academic exercise for me': Getting personal about child labor. The Daily Iowan, Metro section. Retrieved April 26, 2007, from media.www.dailyiowan.com/media…
[2]Yang, K. (2006, February 10). Rosenfield symposium addresses genocide. Scarlett & Black, 122(15) . Retrieved April 26, 2007, from web.grinnell.edu/sandb/archive…
[3]Jeffrey, P. (2003, February 7). Depressed coffee prices yield suffering in poor countries. NCR Online. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/arc…
[5]IFAT. (2007). The 10 Standards of Fair Trade. International Fair Trade Association. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.ifat.org/index.php?option=…
[6]What is modern slavery? (Unknown). Anti-Slavery International. Retrieved on April 25, 2007, from www.antislavery.org/homepage/a…
[7]Kielburger, C., & Major, K. (Ed.). (1999). Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World. New York: Harper Perennial.
[8]IPEC. (2005). Combating child labour in cocoa growing. Geneva: Internation Labour Office. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.ilo.org/public/english/sta…
[9]Human Rights Watch. (2002). Tainted harvest: Child labor and obstacles to organizing on Ecuador's banana plantations. New York: Author. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.hrw.org/reports/2002/ecuad…
[10]Action on Cocoa. (2005). Anti-Slavery International. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.antislavery.org/homepage/c…
[11]Jonson, L. (2006). Coffee without a perk. iHS Clild Slave Labour News. Retrieved April 26, 2007, from ihscslnews.org/view_article.ph…
[12]U.S. Department of Labor. (Unknown). Bangladesh. ILAB. Retrieved April 26, 2007, from www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports…
[13]Howley, K. (2006, March). Absolution in your cup: The real meaning of fair trade coffee. Reason Magazine. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.reason.com/news/show/33257…
[14]IFAT. (2006). Monitoring: Building trust in fair trade. International Fair Trade Association. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.ifat.org/index.php?option=…
[15]FLO-CERT. (2007, March 26). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t…
[16]Watson, T. (2006, May 14). How to know if a product meets fair trade guidelines. The Seattle Times, Living section. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from archives.seattletimes.nwsource…
[17] Roos, R. (2004, October 21). GAO says USDA, FDA should improve food recalls. CIDRAP. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/cont…
[18] ENS. (2004, October 21). Flawed U.S. food recalls leave unsafe food on shelves. Environment News Service. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct20….
[19]Odabashian, E. (2004, February 24). The impact of mad cow disease in California. ConsumersUnion.org. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from www.consumersunion.org/pub/cor….
[20]Fair trade: Fair trade today. (2007, April 23). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_tra…
[21]Global Fairtrade sales taking off. (2006, June 28). BBC News. Retrieved April 25, 2007, from news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5…

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The first-ever US-Africa Leaders Summit wrapped up late last week. While it's too early to calculate the real impact of the convocation, I wanted to log some of the more easily quantifiable information, ranging from the trivial to the (potentially) significant.
President Obama's Power Africa initiative clearly gathered a lot of momentum this week. First, the White House announced that approved and planned projects now represent almost 80 percent of the initial power generation target.
Yesterday, the Government of Ghana signed its second compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
We are one week away from the first ever US-Africa Summit. As some fifty heads of state prepare to descend on Washington DC on Aug 4, the only certainties are that the hotels will be packed and downtown traffic will be a snarl. But what to expect from the Summit itself?
This Tuesday, the House and Ways Subcommittee on Trade will hold a hearing on the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). CGD's Ben Leo, senior fellow and director of the Rethinking US Development Policy Initiative, will testify.
When President Obama hosts some four dozen heads of state from sub-Saharan Africa next week, enhancing US-Africa trade and investment ties will be high on the agenda. At the center of US economic policy towards Africa is the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
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Eluants from Dental Materials. - This is an ongoing area of work looking at what is released from some dental materials and the effect that these may have locally and systemically. To datework there have been 1 PhD and 2 MPhil's that I have supervised in this area.
Mineralised Tissue Group – In collaboration with Dr's Sloan and Waddington this work is investigating the effect of dental materials on the repair and regeneration of mineralised dental tissues.
Transition from undergraduate to vocational trainee – this project is investigating the expectations of vocational trainers of new graduates and whether these expectations are being met.


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The Rosemount High School marching band made Minnesota proud with their appearance at the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day.
700,000 people were in attendance and the parade drew a U.S. television audience of millions. Worldwide, the Tournament of Roses parade is broadcast in about 200 countries.
The Governor's Award for best depiction of life in California went to "Let's Be Neighbors,'' a highly-animated effort from the City of Glendale. And the Sweepstakes Award for the most-beautiful entry went to Dole, for its "Sunrise At The Oasis.''
The Founders' Award for the most-beautiful float built and decorated by volunteers went to the City of Downey for its float, "The Glass Slipper.''
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Matt Borrello @ Cotuit Center for the Arts
When: Mon May 14th
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Cotuit Center for the Arts | 4404 Falmouth Road | Cotuit
Americana Singer/songwriter, Matt Borrello, will kick off the new season of the Art Barn Songwriters series with an Open Mic Night on Monday, March 25 at the Art Barn at Cotuit Center for the Arts. All are welcome to share their talents or to watch performances by local singers, musicians, poets, comics, and storytellers. Doors open at 7 PM and the show begins at 7:30. A $5 donation is suggested. Performances are held in the Art Studio building at CCftA at 4404 Route 28 in Cotuit. Refreshments are available.
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I love drumming. I love Sounds of rhythms, whether playing as a Solo in a hall with people of all ages, seen below in Liverpool , 1992.
Monday, 7 July 2014
I love drumming. I love Sounds of rhythms, whether playing as a Solo in a hall with people of all ages, seen below in Liverpool , 1992.
Or at Nottinghill London Carnival, August 2012, below (pic by Urban Pulse Creative Media)
Or teaching and running workshops like here for Global Fusion Music and Arts event , May 2014 (pic by Claire Cole)
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Labels: ACD Arts, Freddy Macha drumming, Freddy Macha Percussion, Music science, Nadia Al Faghih Hassan, Urban Pulse Creative Media Carnival 2012, what is music?
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
On Friday 30th evening local London musicians are expected to entertain a fundraising dinner event to help find money to build a safe house for female genital mutilation runaways in Tanzania. The event will have a raffle by active Tanzanian charity worker, Malkia Kassu who won the Miss Commonwealth Africa 2013.
Speaking exclusively to this blog, Communications Manager for the Tanzania Development Trust Fund, Janet Chapman said the event is part of a plan to help raise 65, 000 pounds for teenage girls who refuse FGM in Mugumu, Mara region, Tanzania by the Anglican Diocese. The house will be open to people of all faiths.
"Tanzania Development Trust Fund works closely with other NGOs in both Tanzania and beyond. There will be another concert on October 2nd, 2014 at Westminster Central Hall, to which everyone is most welcome," Ms Chapman said.
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Labels: Britain-Tanzania Society, FGM Tanzania, Freddy Macha Music, Janet Chapman, Malkia Kassu, Mugumu Tanzania 2014, Nadia Al Faghih Hassan, Russet Hall London, Sokoshumba, Tanzania Development Trust, UK Tanzania FGM
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Our Story So Far
What began, three and a half years ago, as a challenging experiment to bring laptops and wireless internet to a school with no power and no computer experience has now become a regional initiative. It is bolstering education, enhancing computer literacy, promoting conservation education, and providing training for local graduates throughout the a region of northern Kenya between Meru and Isiolo - centred around the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.
In 2009, teacher Mark Battley and four high school students (Amal Chandaria, Connor Cimowsky, Derek Chan, and Adam Gordon) arrived from Toronto, Canada. With Lewa's Education Programme as their Kenyan hosts and partners, they arrived on site with eight laptops in a suitcase. Their goal? To deploy the little green One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO's at Ntugi Day Secondary School, charging them with solar panels, and using a single Safaricom 3G modem to create a wireless network.
Then-Principal Jacob Mbijiwe hoped that would allow his Ntugi students to connect to the Internet and become, as he put it, "part of the universe." The experiment worked; the five-person Toronto team became the first on the planet to connect OLPC laptops to a portable, wireless network using solar power. More importantly, that 2009 visit was the start of the Toronto group's continuing commitment to Ntugi School, to Lewa, and to Lewa's Education Programme. Flash forward three years: The small Canadian group of five has grown as they've brought friends, brothers, fathers, mothers, and wives to Kenya - including four members of the Walker family - to be part of this remarkable program.
Mark has now retired from teaching to pursue OLPC deployment full time and the boys have graduated to university. Determined to renew their continuing commitment to Lewa and the OLPC project, they formed their own small NGO, Ntugi Group. Its mandate is to provide resources and training to local teachers and students, building local capacity in ICT4E and digital literacy. Ntugi Secondary's tiny laptop experiment, and it's Toronto partnership, has also grown to include:
- 40 XO laptops in a full solar-powered computer lab
- A school website
- An NBA-sized concrete basketball court
- Music and Art programs
- A Journalism Club that takes advantage of the school's blog
- A Computer Club that works on computer animation and programming.
This growth has been driven by Ntugi Group's original 'local hero' and first Site Supervisor, Godfrey Mutwiri, a Geography and Math teacher at Ntugi Secondary. Godfrey has recently been joined in the project by the group's two new interns, Simon Mwangangi and Judy Kinya, responsible for the duplication of Ntugi Secondary's success at other schools throughout the Lewa area.
Simon and Judy were Head Boy and Head Girl of Ntugi Secondary when Ntugi Group first arrived in 2009. Now, as graduates of that school and of its OLPC laptop initiative, the two interns are driving expansion and innovation of the program, providing a scaleable model not only for local schools, but for other OLPC deployments worldwide as well. You can get a sense of their remarkable ability in these videos that document their teaching and repair skills, or read their regular reports here.
Ntugi Group's scope has now expanded to seven sites within Lewa's Education Program. As well as the 3-year-old program at Ntugi Secondary, Judy and Simon have also launched programs at Ntugi Primary, Leparua Primary, Ngare Ndare Secondary, Lewa Downs Primary, and Subuiga Primary - with an additional small pilot planned for Kariba Primary. By September there will be 120 laptops deployed at Lewa-supported schools.
The interns also teach and support a 12-laptop OLPC lab at Lewa's Conservation Education Centre, giving visiting students a chance to use the XO's to play conservation games after their game drives. Simon has used the OLPC laptops to teach himself the Python programming language, and is now designing custom-made interactive quizzes and activities for Ephantus Mugo's conservation program. Soon, Simon's students, like Ntugi Secondary's Computer Club Prefect, Jackline Kathambi, will be able to do the same.
One of the highlights of the year was a BBC visit to Ntugi Secondary in March. Current Principal Phineas Ithinji was interviewed, as was Simon and Jackline. Jacki was filmed teaching the Computer Club at Ntugi, and then at her house, teaching her mom and little brother. She also helped the BBC presenter connect with her colleague in China via video Skype on the XO! These interviews were broadcast to 360,000,000 households in 122 countries worldwide on the first November weekend, as part of BBC's popular new show about innovation, Horizons. You can see the video by going to the Horizons Episode 15's web page, and scrolling down to the Part 3 link.
Additionally, in July, Godfrey, Simon and Judy traveled to Matapwili, a remote village in Tanzania, to represent Kenya, Lewa and Ntugi Group by launching a 30-laptop pilot project there. Hosted and supported by the Tuende Pamoja Charity , Kisampa Lodge, and the Barbour family, the Kenyan Ntugi team trained the local children, villagers and teachers, and worked with 30 visiting students and teachers from two high schools in Australia to get the Matapwili program up and running.
It really has been an incredible three years - from a Canadian high-school initiative to a local Kenyan team of media stars and international ICT4E consultants!


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The Washington Capitals missed the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and got rid of their coach and general manager.
Off-Season Game Plan looks at the Capitals' possible summer plans, with the understanding that it's tough to plot a direction without a general manager or head coach around which to set those expectations.
There have been all kinds of rumours surrounding the Capitals' vacancies. Ray Shero, Don Sweeney, Paul Fenton and Doug MacLean are among those that have been mentioned as candidates for the general manager post and then the coaching candidates will naturally depend on which GM takes over, though Barry Trotz is one of the more prominent available head coaches.
In any case, let's presume that the Capitals do hire a general manager and a coach this offseason. There is a reasonably talented roster here, but one that relied way too much on power play production last season and that still wasn't good enough to get into the postseason.
Their possession stats weren't good enough and the new coach will have to find a way to make the most of his top skill players, including right winger Alex Ovechkin and defenceman Mike Green, a productive pair that come under heavy criticism for what they aren't, rather than getting appreciation for what they are.
Improving the supporting cast may bring better results, but it's hard to see the direction the Capitals may be headed when we don't yet know who's steering the ship.
The TSN.ca Rating is an efficiency rating based on per-game statistics including goals and assists -- weighted for strength (ie. power play, even, shorthanded) -- Corsi, adjusted for zone starts, quality of competition and quality of teammates, hits, blocked shots, penalty differential and faceoffs. Generally, a replacement-level player is around a 60, a top six forward and top four defenceman will be around 70, stars will be over 80 and MVP candidates could go over 90. Sidney Crosby finished at the top of the 2013-2014 regular season ratings at 87.12.
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There was a whole lot made of Alex Ovechkin being the league's leading goal-scorer, with 51, yet finishing with an abysmal minus-35 rating last season, to the point that I felt the need to defend him. The point of the defence was not to say that Ovechkin is a wonderful all-around player, rather, it's pointing out that the good that Ovechkin does on the ice far outweighs the bad and his minus rating was due to spectacularly poor percentages, finishing last season with a .964 PDO (the first time in the Behind the Net era that he's finished below 1.000).
New management and coaching will come with new priorities, but the objective doesn't have to be to turn Alex Ovechkin into a lunchpail hockey player that backchecks really well. Sure, it would be great if he backchecks more consistently, but surrounding Ovechkin with better talent, so that he can better play to his strengths (goal-scornig, physical play) offers a better chance for the Capitals to have success.
Sicne 2008-2009, Nicklas Backstrom has put up 425 points in 413 games, one of seven players to average better than a point per game in more than 400 games over that span and it's pretty great company (not so coincidentally, Ovechin ranks first). Last season, Backstrom took a few more penalties than normal and scored 44 of his 79 points on the power play, making him the only forward in the league (with at least 20 total points) to score more than half of his points on the power play.
To be fair to Backstrom, though, Ovechkin, Troy Brouwer and Marcus Johansson all had at least 48% of their points on the power play, so it's pretty clear that improved 5-on-5 play ought to be a focus.
It's not often that a 33-year-old puts up career-best numbers, but Joel Ward did last season, scoring 24 goals and 49 points. He was riding percentages, scoring on a carer-high 18.0% of his shots, which contributed to a 10.58% on-ice shooting percentage, so there shouldn't suddenly be expectations that this will be Ward's normal production. At the same time, he's a big-bodied forward who can play in a checking role and contribute offensively, which makes it easy to find room for him in the lineup.
Troy Brouwer is a durable power forward who had a career-high 25 goals and 43 points last season. Brouwer has missed one game in the past three seasons (and eight games in the past five) and played a career-hihg 18:51 per game in 2013-2014. He's an okay possession player, but tends to play hard minutes, against quality competition with more defensive zone starts.
Jason Chimera, who had turned 35, is also coming off a season in which he tallied a career-high 42 points, with 36 coming at even strength, the same as Wayne Simmonds, Derek Stepan, Jussi Jokinen and others. Chimera has size, speed and is an extraordinarily durable player, having missed six games in the past five seasons.
Playing more than ever, including a career-high 73 games and career-high 14:45 average time on ice, Eric Fehr contributed 31 points along with decent possession stats. He even spent a decent amount of time at centre last season; not necessarily suited to his strengths, but good for the Capitals to be able to turn to Fehr in that role when needed.
While scoring 44 points as a 23-year-old put Marcus Johansson among the Top 10 in his age group last season, he did manage just eight goals, two coming at even strength. Two even-strength goals in 80 games while playing 17:32 per game, on the top line. In the history of the NHL, no forward had ever played more than 1400 minutes in a season and scored fewer than three even-strength goals. He's a skilled player, capable of so much more -- particularly in that role -- which made his lack of production all the more crippling for the Capitals.
Groin injuries have been a major problem for Brooks Laich over the past couple seasons, and he's missed 70 games in two years after missing four total in the previous five seasons. While he's a three-time 20-goal scorer, Laich has been a sound two-way player throughout his career, though that wasn't as evident last season. For the money they've committed to him, the Capitals need Laich to be healthy enough to contribute.
The 16th pick in the 2012 Draft, Tom Wilson skated in every game for the Capitals, and while he didn't put up great numbers, it was more of an investment in Wilson, keeping him in the NHL rather than sending him back to the Ontario Hockey League. He kept his dance card full, but there are hopes that Wilson develops into more than a fighter. He did have 75 points in 60 (regular season plus playoff) games in his last OHL season, so that hope has some justification.
Jay Beagle may be a serviceable checker and penalty killer, but he's a non-factor offensively and that inability to generate shots results in less-than-desirable possession stats. It should go without saying that he should not centre Alex Ovechkin for any length of time, as he did late in the season. That's just not putting either player in a position to have success.
A stockey agitator who has seven points and 137 penalty minutes in 112 career games, Aaron Volpatti is on an inexpensive one-way deal, which may give him a better chance to earn a roster spot, but he could easily be supplanted by a more skilled forward.
The expectation is certainly that top prospect Evgeny Kuznetsov will remain with the Capitals, as he was at the end of the year, but the Capitals may need another scoring forward to make up for potential free agent losses Mikhail Grabovski and Dustin Penner. Finding a second-line centre to take Grabovski's spot could be tough. Paul Stastny is a free agent prize and maybe David Legwand is serviceable, but that could require a trade.
One of the top offensive defencemen in the game, Mike Green still isn't part of Washington's first power play unit. It's tough to criticize when the Capitals scored on 23.4% of their opportunities with the man advantage (and consistently generate more shots with John Carlson manning the point), but nonetheless strange to see a defenceman who has put up two seasons with at least 35 power play points relegated to the second unit.
That aside, Green may not be a bruising defender, but his ability to move the puck up the ice has resulted in the Capitals getting more shots with Green on the ice than off, and that was the case last season, so pay no mind to his minus-16, Green was effective.
John Carlson doesn't generate quite the same possession stats as Green, but that's in large part because Carlson is tasked with facing the opposition's best lines on a nightly basis. Carlson scored a career-high 37 points last season -- Sergei Gonchar was the only defenceman with more than 20 points to have a higher percentage of his points on the power play -- and logged a career-high 24:31 time on ice per game.
Even better, from the Capitals' perspective, is that Carlson is signed, at a cap hit under $4-million, for four more years.
A tough guy who has put up 19 points and 86 penalty minutes in 61 games with the Capitals over the past couple seasons, Steven Oleksy was demoted to the AHL last season. His track record and bargain contract suggest that he is worthy of a roster spot.
Strangely, Dmitry Orlov was shuttled back-and-forth to Hershey early last season, as though the Capitals had six better options on their blueline. Eventually, Orlov took a regular spot and formed an effective pairing with Green. 22-year-old Orlov has established that he can handle top-four minutes and, at this age, should still be getting better.
Karl Alzner hasn't missed a game in the past four seasons, averaging more than 20 minutes of ice time per game while facing the toughest checking assignments. He doesn't put up super numbers otherwise, scoring a career-high 18 points last season, but as long as Alzner is being asked to handle those matchups, any possession (or scoring) expectations have to be modest.
A fifth-round pick in 2012, Connor Carrick made the jump to Washington last season as a 19-year-old, though he only got into 34 games with the Capitals, playing 13 games in Hershey as well as a handful with Team USA at the World Juniors. He's undersized, but a smooth skater with good puck skills and, while he went through growing pains as a rookie, should have an opportunity to play a bigger role next season.
John Erskine is a physical defenceman who has been through the wars, missing 117 games over the past three seasons, and while his role was reduced to a more reasonable level when he did play last season, Erskine still struggled. At this point, he's likely no better than a seventh defenceman, particularly on a team that harbours playoff hopes.
A broken leg wiped out most of Jack Hillen's season, then suffered a concussion after colliding with Ovechkin late in the year. Small and mobile, Hillen has had some good good moments, but he's always battling for a spot in the lineup and that will be all the more difficult coming off a season in which he played just 13 games.
It's hard being Braden Holtby, apparently, who lost his confidence and his starting job last season, yet still finished with an above-average .915 save percentage. Holtby has a .919 save percentage in 105 career games, which is enough reason to go into next season with him as the number one.
With Jaroslav Halak moving on, and Michal Neuvirth traded at the deadline, there should be an opening for prospect Philipp Grubauer to fill in Washington. Grubauer played well enough in his time with the Capitals last year, and has such a reasonable contract, that he should get first crack at the backup job, ahead of any number of veteran free agents on the market.
A brilliant talent, Evgeny Kuznetsov was the 26th pick in the 2010 Draft, but has played at a high level in the KHL since, scoring 135 points in 175 games, then joined the Capitals for his much-awaited NHL debut last season. In 17 games with the Capitals, Kuznetsov had three goals and nine points, and struggled possession-wise. That isn't any reason to be down on Kuznetsov, but should temper some of the enthusiasm for what he might do next season as a rookie, when he will be expected to be a Calder Trophy contender.
Andre Burakovsky, picked 23rd overall last summer, came to the Ontario Hockey League and was outstanding in his first season in North America, scoring tons while playing on a powerhouse team. He may not be ready as soon as next season, but his play this year might warrant a long look if the Capitals are intent on upgrading their skill level up front.
Signed as a free agent ouf of the University of Minnesota, Nate Schmidt split last season between Washington and Hershey, and he played well enough to stick with the Capitals, contributing six points and respectable possession numbers in 29 games.
As teams trend towards skilled puck-movers on the back end, Madison Bowey is an intriguing option for the Capitals. A second-round pick last year, Bowey scored 74 points in 86 (regular season plus playoff) games for Kelowna, a junior franchise that has produced more than a few terrific NHL defencemen.
A sixth-round pick in 2012, Riley Barber is a strong two-way player who has decided to return to Miami for his junior season after scoring 83 points in 78 games through his first two collegiate campaigns. If Barber has a strong year in 2014-2015, he could be ready to join the Caps by season's end.
Drafted in the fourth round in 2010, Philipp Grubauer climbed up from the ECHL, where he played 69 games after graduating from junior hockey, and has posted a .924 save percentage in 19 NHL games during his auditions over the past couple seasons.
A solid two-way forward who had a breakthrough offensive season, Chandler Stephenson was a third-round pick in 2012. He got into a couple of late-season games with Hershey, scoring a goal, and should be ticketed for the Bears next season.
Acquired from Nashville in the Martin Erat-Filip Forsberg deal, Michael Latta has been feisty, racking up 418 peanlty minutes in 170 games through three AHL seasons, but he's also contributed 96 points (along with four points in 17 games with the Capitals last season), so there's enough to think that he could earn a spot on a checking line at the next level.
Picked in the fourth round in 2009, Patrick Wey battled through injuries in his first pro campaign after four years at Boston College. He fared well in nine games with the Capitals and, with little offence to his game, he could find a niche as a stay-at-home defender.
Added from Phoenix in a deal for Erat, Chris Brown is a physical forward who had a couple of points and okay relative possession stats in a dozen games with the Coyotes and Capitals last season. He can push for a roster spot, but it's going to be a battle.
A seventh-round pick in 2012, Christian Djoos has played a couple of years against men in the Swedish League, so it makes sense for him to come to North America to see if he can handle the rigors of the AHL and, hopefully, get stronger.
Capitals advanced stats and player usage chart from Extra Skater
DRAFT13th - Haydn Fleury, Jared McCann, Alex Tuch
FREE AGENCYAccording to www.capgeek.com, the Capitals have approximately $55.5M committed to the 2014-2015 salary cap for 19 players.
Check out my possible Capitals lineup for next season on Cap Geek here.
Needs: One top six forward, one top nine forward, two defencemen, backup goaltender.What I said the Capitals needed last year: One top nine forward, one top four defenceman.They added: Mikhail Grabovski, Tom Wilson, Nate Schmidt.
TRADE MARKETBrooks Laich, Eric Fehr, Mike Green, John Erskine, Jack Hillen.
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TSN's Bob McKenzie sets up the start of training camp, going one-on-one with the GMs from all seven Canadian teams.
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Why solar panels (and stocks) don't work
But no one cares about inefficient equipment because most people who install panels do so for publicity and marketing rather than for energy.
As one solar company after another goes out of business, here is what investors do not know and promoters will not tell you: Solar panels do not work that well.
Sometimes not at all. But for several years, most solar systems, big and small, were so heavily subsidized, they were practically free. So lots of people did not really care.
Not enough to check the output of their systems. The few who did often had a big surprise.
Shares of First Solar (FSLR) recently took a 10% hit on one day after the company told investors its panels made in 2008-2009 had problems. Here is how the stock has performed over the years:
It is not a surprise that First Solar's panels failed. It is surprising anyone found out.
Solar systems fail in a lot of different ways. Let's look at four.
Dirt: Google (GOOG) was among the first to figure this out, maybe because it was among the first to do a large-scale solar array.
Unlike the owners of most solar systems, Google was eager to learn about how its system performed. Six months after installing its system, Google learned it was only getting about half of the power it expected.
That was the first shock. The second was realizing that a large solar array was not just one system but thousands. Each panel a mini-power plant. And the only way to figure out if the individual panels were working was to test each one.
There go your solar savings
The gang at Google figured out that the farmer next door had plowed a field, kicking up the dirt, knocking down its power. Solar panels have to be cleaned, sometimes often.
And the place where they need the most cleaning is where solar panels work the best: The desert. But that is where water is scarce and expensive.
Lousy panels:. Remember Solyndra? Before its well-publicized collapse, the company was k nown for its tube-shaped products that were supposed to collect solar power directly from above and, indirectly, from reflected light below.
In all the stories about Solyndra, no one talked about how shadows from the tubes cut down on the power.
They found out the hard way in Livermore, Calif., where a movie theater got a lot of attention for installing a roof top solar array -- first of its kind when it was installed in 2009. A year later, technicians found out the system was producing 25% less power than projected.
The only laboratory that ever tested the actual performance of Solyndra products figured it out. But it was in Germany and did not receive much attention. Said one energy website: "The report claims the Solyndra module's shadow blocked most if not all of the sunlight before hitting the reflector foil installed below the module, allowing only a small portion of reflected sunlight to hit the backside of the module."
This is the same place where 100 reporters covered President Barack Obama's visit there in 2010, and not one took a moment to figure out why Solyndra's auditors said the company was "not a going concern."
Like First Solar's panels, how would you know? You don't.
The darn things don't work -- at all: In San Diego, the operator of a theater and museum asked some people to check its panels, which, had been installed with lots of fanfare. But squirrels and trees had reduced their solar output to zero within the first year.
A public utility in a southern state had the same experience. A solar company wanted to field-test a new energy product and the engineers at the utility said they could test it on their system. Soon, 10 engineers were tromping around the roof of the utility's headquarters looking for the best place to hook up their device.
"These panels don't work," said one of the engineers with the new product. "There is no power coming out of these panels." Engineers for the utility said "Your instruments are wrong. We are sure the panels work."
So the utility's engineers checked with their instruments. Sure enough: Nothing.
These stories go on and on. The solar panels don't work but no one cares because most people put them up for the publicity and marketing. Not energy.
Solar promoters consider themselves part of a political movement to save the planet. They do not tolerate naysayers.
That is why it is still so easy to find stories that say the non-performance of solar equipment "really looks like a non-story."
Shade: A shadow on a solar array not only knocks out power to that panel, it also shuts down a wide area of panels around it.
Listen to the National Renewable Energy Laboratories: "The reduction in power from shading half of one cell is equivalent to removing a cell active area 36 times the shadow's actual size."
Do your own test: Ask your neighbors if they know how shadows hurt solar panels. Most do not.
Some companies install monitors on each panel. But monitor makers find that the very existence of their product is an admission of problems in that industry. And that is the last thing the True Believers want anyone to hear about.
Especially investors. That is why I shorted First Solar at $121 in March of 2011. Investors would be wise to avoid betting on a solar resurgence.
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I am installing a rooftop array on my house. I am certainly not putting them up for the publicity and marketing. I am cautious about the amount of money I am going to make from this investment, but I think I am taking a reasonable risk. I certainly would not be doing this if I didn't think these panels were going to produce energy.
Before launching the project, I cut down trees near my house. (Did your disaster story people think to do that?) I have gotten a written guarantee from the vendor that specifies the cumulative number of kW hours the array will produce in the first year, in the first two years, etc. over 10 years. I am well protected from the technical risks.
The array will have "microinverters", which will allow the system to continue to produce power when one panel is in shadow.
To say that solar panels in general do not work at all because one company had an experience with dirt collecting due to a farmer plowing and another had problems because squirrels were present is so laughable one wonders who the editor is on this site.
Don't blame the writer, or the newscasters today for their lack of truth or fact checking, blame the tools who hire and supervise this "work." This article is a lot like those "news" shows where the three hosts on the couch say they "read something somewhere" then ask rhetorical questions based on the now assumed fact that they had "read somewhere."
Here is one for you all: the earth is shrinking due to the pumping of oil and the extraction of the oil that is burned is creating pressure in the atmosphere compressing the earth's size which is why tides are rising. OK, now, you have "read this somewhere," let's see how soon it makes it onto some loon's talk show.
OK, it's election day so I will not go on about what friggen republican wrote this article.
I started using solar enegry in the 70's in Northern Nevada, I built a convection exchange system to heat my hotwater and supplement my heating needs in the winter,heat the chicken coup and keep the water trough from freezing for my sheep and goats . My current townhouse in the DC area does not allow solar panels on the roof, however I've cleverly installed 2 panels on my deck that provide about 30% of my lighting needs, and again I've created a convection exchange to reduce the cost of heating my hot tub.
People need to start thinking out of the box, Sandy proved what can/will happen unless we do.
still around? Some companies don't make it.....that doesn't mean we
have to live with a horse and wagon. Natural selection is a good thing, in order to produce cost-effectively on a truly large scale and eliminate low quality panels.
7. Most quality inverters show the performance right on them in real time and for longer periods of time, so look at it. If it doesn't perform within specs, call your installer or a knowledgeable person to check it out. The truth is silicon PV panels were first made in the 1950's and have been made ever since. A lot is known about them and how to make them durable. Don't run out and buy from some fly by night manufacturer or installer....do your homework with the BBB, etc.
mud puddles form on the panels when it rains....yep you have to clean
that. The panels that Google installed on a roof that were at some
angle they found that they do not need to clean--they let the occasional
rain take care of that. The NREL area is fairly arid, and yet the solar panel testing facility never cleans the panels in their large array field.....it is protocol....the panels...mounted at latitude tilt, perform fine, with only subtle performance variations
based on dirt levels. The real lesson here is that you should install
them at a slight angle at least, not flat.
5. Install the plus and minus ends facing the right way! Someone I know
of had a bunch of panels installed professionally and it
wasn't performing at all as expected. It turned out they had connected
an entire string of panels BACKWARDS (this would be like putting the
batteries in the wrong way in a flashlight).
Our system produces enough energy to cover all of our electricity use (5 people) and
only takes up about 25% of our roof--leaning south at the same angle as
the roof. The panels are classic mono-crystalline silicon, decades long
track record, 25 year warranty, made in USA. We are monitoring
performance (just one high quality inverter) and they are doing great, they produce more than expected per year based on the estimates. There are plenty of incentives to install a system that works. Every month you will get an electricity bill if you are hooked to the grid (we get a rebate in our case based on monthly production). (If you are off grid with batteries, you would notice that too if it wasn't working :) I have seen long term performance data from our local independent test lab and all around the world, so I know PV panels can work very well for decades when built right.
2. Types of panels that have been in production for decades (large flat boxes, with extremely strong tempered glass) may be a better bet in most large situations where you are investing a lot of money compared to cheap flexible plastic ones, particularly when it comes to delamination problems--which can lead to failure. The flexible plastic seems like a good idea for special situations like softball-sized hail and portable systems.
Solyndra was a newer, very different design and materials designed to take advantage of white foam roofs common on large buildings in warm climates....they thought they could beat out classic crystalline silicon technology on price, etc.....the price dropped tremendously and unexpectedly on the crystalline silicon technology (in part because of China) and companies that couldn't compete on price and/or quality went under.
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The Secretary, in cooperation with the city and county of San Francisco, shall conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of demonstration and permanent facilities to reclaim water in the San Francisco area for the purposes of export and reuse elsewhere in California.
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The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total.
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The Secretary shall submit the report authorized by this section to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives not later than five years after appropriation of funds authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title.
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The "Global Forest Expert Panels" initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests was launched in April 2007 to provide objective and independent scientific assessments of key issues in order to support more informed decision-making at the global level. The initiative is led and coordinated by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). The assessments are carried out by thematic Global Forest Expert Panels uniting leading scientists from around the world.
Following the successful completion of the thematic reports on Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change, and the International Forest Governance, and Biodiversity, Forest Management, and REDD+, GFEP established a new panel on Forests and Food Security in November 2013 . The new Panel will assess comprehensively the linkages between forests and trees and food security and nutrition and provide the results in spring 2015.
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More than 60 scientists from around the world collaborated on the peer-reviewed publication "Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives. A Global Assessment Report," which was coordinated by IUFRO on behalf of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). The full report will be formally presented at Forest Day 6 on 2 December during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Doha, Qatar that starts later this month (26 November-7 December, 2012).
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1 medium head cauliflower
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1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese
2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
Break cauliflower into flowerets. Steam until tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Drain well. Place half of the flowerets in a 1-quart casserole, season with salt and pepper. Spread with 1/2 cup sour cream and 1/2 cup cheese. Top with 1 teaspoon sesame seeds. Repeat layers. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees until cheese melts and sour cream is heated through, about 20 minutes. Makes 6 servings.
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Understanding Data Crucial In GPS
As the popularity of on-board GPS technology continues to increase among producers in northeast Louisiana, the same questions continue to arise.
What can I do with these colored maps, or I have multiple years of data and have no idea what to do with it. Is this investment in technology worth the cost?
Some of this confusion and frustration is due to the lack of training or education on how to interpret or manage the vast amount of data being collected.
It is our estimate that 60 percent of the equipment in northeast Louisiana has GPS technology onboard. Some may only be using it for guidance to maximize the efficiency of their equipment and reduce operator fatigue.
Others have yield monitors on harvesters collecting harvest weights along with moisture for yield maps. Many farmers have collected multiple years of data and can't go to the next step of interpreting this data and developing management plans to become even more cost effective.
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This is where we see our role as GIS Extension educators, working with producers to help them get the most from their equipment. Our main focus has been working with producers and their harvest data, identifying areas, then determining the cause for differences and developing a plan to maximize profitability. Some answers can be simple, others more complicated.
As GIS Extension agents for the LSU AgCenter, we work with producers who utilize the equipment to the maximum and with others who are just starting to learn. A good beginning project for producers is to verify whether their current nitrogen rates are producing the highest returns.
The producer applies two nitrogen rate strips, one with 30 pounds higher than their standard and another 30 pounds lower. At harvest, yield data is collected and analyzed, comparing the two different rates against the producer's standard rate.
This demonstration accomplishes several objectives for the producer. They learn how to use their equipment to record an application, collect the yield data and then complete the analysis. Producers have long cooperated with Extension agents who have crop variety demonstrations, and this is another avenue to learn how to collect and use yield data.
They are able to see what the yield data records for each variety are compared to weigh wagon results. This teaches the importance of proper calibration and how variety results can differ with yield monitors.
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The biggest hurdle producers face today is the amount of data they are collecting. They have larger farms, multiple crops along with crop rotations, and producers have a lot of data to manage.
We are trying to persuade producers to think in terms of normalized yield rather than bushels and pounds. Using normalized yield, they are able to combine multiple years and multiple crops to see a field's potential over time.
We have started a precision ag blog to help farmers effectively use the technology in their own operations.
The blog at www.lsuprecisionag.wordpress.com gives producers tips and examples for using precision ag. We chose the blog to distribute the information because the material can go out quickly in that format.
Dennis Burns and R.L. Frazier of the LSU AgCenter in St. Joseph, La., contributed to this article. Contact them at 318-766-3320.
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Jayne Morgan, famous for her paintings of honey bears, is an artist from Birmingham, Alabama who in 2010 earned her bachelor of fine arts degree from Savannah College and Design. When not travelling, Miss Morgan spends her time painting her beloved bears and other still life works, exhibiting her artwork, and teaching in Bluff Park, Alabama.
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|Chongdong Theater is the representative traditional arts performance theater of Korea. With diverse cultural facilities, Chongdong Theater has become a popular tourist attraction. The main program of Chongdong Theater is the Traditional Arts Performance. The Traditional Arts Performance is presented everyday, and has become a place where traditional arts are introduced to foreigner
Chongdong Theater's outdoor courtyard, Ssamji Madang, has become a cultural site for the public. Special event performances usually take place there. Art decorates the walls of the Chongdong Theater lobby, turning it into a small art gallery that visitors can appreciate while they are waiting for their performance to begin. The art featured always has a certain theme and the theme changes periodically. Inside the building, brochures explaining the performance schedules are available. Inside the theater is a wall painting named 'Myths of Planets, Plays, Vision.' The picture contains the soft colors and balances of Italian marble, and it expresses the multitudes of cultural differences. Don't forget to take a look at it on the way to your performance.
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- Free performances are held during lunchtime in spring and fall.
2) Restaurant 'Gilji'
- Menu: Pasta, Steak, Risotto, Coffee, and Tea
- Operating Hours: 11:00-23:00
- Inquiries: +82-2-319-7083
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- Performance Hall, Lobby, Customer Center/Ticket Booth, and Souvenir Shop
- Ticketing Hours: Available starting from 1 hour prior to performance.
* Art Shop
- Main items: Souvenirs related to the performance 'Miso' & traditional Korean crafts
- Operating Hours: Open from 1 hour prior to performance, and closed after the performance.
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1) Seodaemun Station (Seoul Subway Line 5), Exit 5.
Go straight 300m and turn right at the Jeongdong 4-way Intersection.
Continue going straight (450m), until you see the Chongdong Theater on the left.
2) City Hall Station (Seoul Subway Line 1, 2), Exit 12.
Walk 400m, following the stonewall road along Deoksugung Palace.
Chongdong Theater is located on the right side.
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