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Gulfstream's Pilot
It is a late fall afternoon in 1996, and a shoeless Theodore J. Forstmann is stretched out in a leather chair aboard his luxurious private jet, kneading his brow with both hands in a futile attempt to dissipate a splitting headache. Forstmann flies a Gulfstream IV, the Rolls Royce of corporate aviation. But this is more than just a mogul's plaything. Forstmann, best known as a Wall Street dealmaker, is chairman of the company that made it: Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Exhausted by two days of glad-handing at an aircraft convention in Orlando, Forstmann is racing home to New York to talk about Gulfstream on CNN at 6:10 p.m.
For a man who made his name buying and selling companies, Teddy Forstmann has of late given a convincing performance as a corporate manager. Virtually bankrupt in 1993, Gulfstream recently reported record earnings of $47 million for 1996, up 63% over the preceding year. But this isn't the half of Gulfstream's comeback story. Helped by new management and a revival in the market for corporate aircraft, the Savannah-based company has secured its renascent prosperity through the end of the century by amassing a $3 billion backlog of orders. At a time when even giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. found it was too small to go it alone, Gulfstream is thriving as the last independent plane maker in North America not named Boeing.
Most of the company's back orders are for a pricey new superplane, the Gulfstream V (G V). Capable of flying nonstop from New York to Tokyo, the G V is the world's first "ultra-long-distance" corporate jet. Four years in development at a cost of $800 million, the G V is just now reaching the marketplace. Gulfstream delivered the first G V to Seagram Co. on Dec. 31 and is cranking out the $35 million jets at the rate of two a month.
Gulfstream's revival is a source of great satisfaction for Forstmann, 57. "I don't have a talent for running companies, I have a talent for Gulfstream," says Forstmann, who, as the dominant partner of Forstmann Little & Co., helped invent the leveraged buyout. "Running Gulfstream has been the best experience of my business life. By far."
His feelings for Gulfstream might have been colored by humiliation instead of pride, for before saving the company, he and his Wall Street associates very nearly destroyed it. When Forstmann Little acquired Gulfstream in 1990 for $850 million, it applied its standard financing formula: a mountain of debt--$750 million--supported by a $100 million splinter of equity. Overleveraged and mismanaged, the jetmaker came within 90 days of defaulting on its bank debt in 1993. Even many of Forstmann's staunchest supporters urged him to cut his losses and sell the company. But he could not bring himself to take what would have amounted to a loss of at least $300 million. "It would have torn my insides out," he says now. More than Forstmann's strapping ego was at stake: His firm's ability to raise funds for future acquisitions would have been impaired, perhaps severely, by a big loss.
Instead of pulling his rip cord, Forstmann shouldered Gulfstream's chief executive aside and seized the controls himself--despite the fact that he had never actually run a company before. "My advice was: `Don't do it,"' recalls Robert S. Strauss, the well-connected Washington lawyer, who is a Gulfstream director. "`If Gulfstream goes down, your fingerprints will be all over the damn thing."'
For nearly 40 years, Gulfstream has been synonymous with corporate aviation. The original Gulfstream model, a twin-engine turbo-prop introduced by Grumman Aerospace in 1958, was the first jet designed expressly for business use. The G II, introduced in 1966, set an imposing new standard for performance and comfort as the first large-cabin business jet. The G III took to the skies in 1979 and was followed six years later by the G IV, maintaining Gulfstream's reign as the maker of the biggest, fastest--and costliest--corporate jets. From Hollywood to Wall Street, the Gulfstream jet is perhaps the ultimate status symbol in business.
Gulfstream achieved its remarkable record of market dominance despite recurring turbulence inside its own organization. In 1978, Grumman decided to get out of the business-jet field and sold the Gulfstream line for $52 million to Allen E. Paulson, an aerospace entrepreneur who combined the cast-off Grumman operation with two other small-plane manufacturers to form a new company: Gulfstream Aerospace.
In 1985, Paulson sold out to Chrysler Corp. for $637 million. At 68, Paulson stayed on to run the business for Chrysler. But four years later, the company again changed hands when Paulson joined forces with Forstmann Little to purchase Gulfstream for $850 million. Paulson continued as chairman and CEO, and held a 32% stake to Forstmann Little's 68%.
To Ted Forstmann, Gulfstream began as just another deal--a "conventional 1980s-style leveraged buyout," as he puts it now. "The idea was that we'd cut costs here and there, sell 10 more planes a year, and make a good return on investment," Forstmann says. "We thought it would be a piece of cake."
But Forstmann and his partners would eat crow, not cake, for they failed to recognize the deepening problems that were even then gnawing away at Gulfstream. Far from being a good candidate for a quick tune-up and a lucrative sale back to the public, Gulfstream was a capital-intensive, old-line enterprise in need of a sweeping and costly overhaul.
For starters, its long-standing disdain for cost containment was about to cause enormous problems. Gulfstream had always been an engineering-driven company in which product quality was valued far more than efficiency. And why not? For decades, the company had had no real competition. None, that is, until Canadair introduced the Challenger in 1980. To be sure, the Challenger wasn't quite the G III's equal--but it came close enough to make price a competitive issue.
Since Gulfstream made no attempt to reign in costs--or lower prices--Canadair continued to chip away at Gulfstream's market share even after the introduction of the G IV in 1985 restored Gulfstream's lead in performance. And things would soon get worse. In 1986, Canadair was acquired by Bombardier Inc., a Montreal-based snowmobile pioneer that had evolved into a world-class manufacturer of mass-transit equipment. To round out Canadair's product line, Bombardier acquired three manufacturers of smaller planes over the next few years: de Havilland, Learjet, and Short Brothers. Gulfstream, a one-product company that long had the market to itself, now faced a formidable competitor in Bombardier. The U.S. company also faced a mounting threat from Dassault Aviation of France, maker of the Falcon corporate jet.
Gulfstream's response was disorganized and superficial. Instead of lowering prices by cutting costs, the company handed out discounts and special deals of all sorts. This approach not only failed to win back sales but drained profit from the sales that Gulfstream did make.
In the second quarter of 1990, just weeks after Forstmann Little had completed its Gulfstream LBO, the U.S. economy fell into recession, eviscerating demand for corporate jets. By yearend, orders slipped to 21 from 29 in 1990. Forstmann's confidence in Allen Paulson's leadership dwindled along with orders. In late 1990, Paulson grudgingly agreed to help groom a successor.
However, Forstmann's choice of an heir apparent signaled that he still failed to grasp Gulfstream's fundamental problems. Instead of an operating manager capable of grappling with Gulfstream's deeply embedded cost problems, Forstmann hired a marketer, believing that a better sales effort could return the company to prosperity. He chose William C. Lowe, 50, who had played a key role at IBM in developing its personal computer and then had filled a senior marketing position at Xerox Corp. In May, 1991, Lowe was named president and chief operating officer of Gulfstream, with the understanding that he soon would replace Paulson.
"GIVE HIM HIS ROPE." Paulson might well have balked at surrendering his authority to anyone, but he quickly concluded that Lowe, a total aerospace neophyte, was a particularly unworthy successor. "Every time I turned around, Lowe was screwing up something," Paulson says now. "I talked to Teddy about it, but he said, `You've got to give him his rope."'
Lowe tells a far different story. He says that he offended Paulson by opposing his plans to develop a supersonic business jet, which Lowe considered completely unrealistic. "Frankly, the supersonic business jet was a figment of Allen's imagination," Lowe says today. Forstmann Little shared Lowe's skepticism, and Paulson's pet project died a quiet death. Paulson withdrew from active management well before the fall of 1992, when he sold his stock to Forstmann Little for $50 million. He officially stepped down as chairman and CEO, although he retained a seat on the board.
Lowe, instead, pushed for his own pet project: an ultra-long-distance business jet. It wasn't at all clear that there was a market for such a costly new plane, but Bombardier was already studying the feasibility of building a jet with 35% more range than the G IV. Lowe persuaded Forstmann Little that Gulfstream could not risk ceding its high-performance crown to Bombardier. In September, 1992, Gulfstream stole the march on its rival by committing itself to the G V.
With this decision, Forstmann Little abandoned its fading hopes for a quick and easy LBO profit. Developing the new plane would take at least four years and require sizable additional capital investment. The buyout firm had already been forced to cancel an offering to sell 17% of the company to the public earlier in the year when investors balked. The proposed sale had come on the heels of a nearly $50 million net loss in 1991 that pointed to another looming problem at Gulfstream: a debt burden that cost it $73 million in interest that year alone.
The failed offering embarrassed Forstmann and his partners but still did not chasten them into addressing Gulfstream's underlying cost and capital structure problems. To the contrary, outlays for administration, marketing, and research and development soared by 54% in 1992 as Lowe implemented an ambitious expansion plan. In the fall, Forstmann Little invested an additional $250 million of its investors' funds in Gulfstream, but not a penny was used to reduce debt. The buyout firm just substituted $200 million in bank loans with an equal amount of subordinated debt from its own coffers and used the remaining $50 million to buy out Paulson.
All along, Lowe justified the company's swelling expenses with optimistic sales forecasts, which Forstmann Little and Gulfstream's outside directors accepted without objection until December, 1992. At the year's final board meeting, Lowe conceded that orders were lagging badly but predicted that a last-minute sales burst would put the company right on target. As it turned out, G IV orders for the year reached 26, topping 1991's total by five but falling far short of projections.
Up to this point, Forstmann had failed to focus on Gulfstream, in part because he was distracted by outside activities, including serving as national co-chairman of George Bush's reelection campaign. But after the yearend board meeting, Forstmann belatedly began asserting himself.
As Forstmann earlier had lost confidence in Paulson, he now decided to supersede Lowe with a new hire. "I thought Lowe could sell planes for us," says Forstmann, "but I knew I had to find a proper operating guy." He found Fred A. Breidenbach, who joined Gulfstream in April, 1993, as president and chief operating officer. An intense but unassuming man, Breidenbach, now 46, had spent his entire career at General Electric Co., rising through the manufacturing ranks.
Within a few days of arriving in Savannah, Breidenbach's mood had swung from elation to trepidation. Based on his own analysis of Gulfstream's accounts, the new president concluded the company would run out of cash in 90 days, possibly sooner. "In reality, the situation was even worse than I thought," Breidenbach says now. "I don't think any of us realized until later how close Gulfstream came to collapse."
The alarm raised by Breidenbach shattered the last vestiges of Forstmann's complacency. In Breidenbach's view, Gulfstream's most pressing management need was for a chief financial officer. The position had been vacant since September, when Thomas P. Maletta resigned under pressure from Forstmann Little. Bill Lowe had brought in Maletta from Xerox. In July, Maletta--who declined to comment for this story--was belatedly replaced with a former colleague of Breidenbach: Chris A. Davis, 43, a 17-year veteran of GE.
"THERE WAS NO BUDGET." The same week that Davis started, Forstmann dispatched his youngest partner, 36-year-old Sandra J. Horbach, to Savannah with two lawyers and four accountants in tow. The New Yorkers installed themselves in Gulfstream's cave-like boardroom and worked their way through company records, contract by contract, invoice by invoice. What Horbach uncovered was an almost total absence of financial discipline in the middle ranks and a lack of accountability at the top. "There really was no budget," Horbach says. "They'd set one, but if people needed more money during the year, they'd spend it and change the forecast."
Lowe concedes that the company's financial controls were inadequate but insists that its fundamental problem was all the debt Forstmann Little had piled atop the balance sheet. "The company just was not funded properly, given the fact that we had decided to build a new airplane," Lowe says.
By mid-1993, Gulfstream was in violation of the covenants on $400 million in bank loans. Davis took the lead in persuading lenders to grant waivers to Gulfstream, averting a potentially ruinous default. Breidenbach, meanwhile, launched an emergency drive to slash operating costs. By the end of 1993, Gulfstream had shed 750 employees--16% of its labor force. Breidenbach also canceled Lowe's plans to add three new buildings to the Savannah production complex.
At the same time, Breidenbach lobbied suppliers for price concessions. Four big companies represented 70% of the total cost of materials for the G IV: BMW Rolls-Royce (the engine); Honeywell (the avionics); Textron (the wing); and Grumman (the tail). With each, Gulfstream had locked itself into long-term contracts under which it had to pay higher prices every year through 1999. Breidenbach packaged a set of dire G IV sales forecasts with a plea for price rollbacks under the title "Tin Cup" and began making the rounds.
In the end, all four suppliers, concluding it was in their own interest to help Gulfstream survive, agreed to reduce prices. "We were asked to make a bit of a leap of faith. But I did think that Fred and his people made a compelling case that if we didn't get the price of the G IV under control, sales were going to come way down," recalls Dick Wells, president of Textron Aerostructures.
In short order, Breidenbach's initiatives reduced operating costs by $50 million, or 13%. In Forstmann's view, this achievement was both Herculean and insufficient. By late 1993, Forstmann faced a Hobson's choice: either sell off Gulfstream at a huge loss or recapitalize the company at great expense to investors in Forstmann Little's subordinated debt fund, which by then had $450 million invested in Gulfstream.
At Forstmann's request, Horbach worked up the sort of formal study Forstmann Little does when weighing an acquisition. Her conclusion: "I felt strongly that the business was fixable." Some of Forstmann's investors disagreed, arguing that the time had come to cut their losses. But Horbach's view squared with Forstmann's deep-seated need to remove the Gulfstream stain seeping across his reputation.
Forstmann decided to convert all $450 million in subordinated debt to preferred stock, immediately eliminating $38 million a year in interest payments to Forstmann Little's investors. These investors--mainly large corporate pensions funds--had no say in the matter, since they had granted Forstmann Little sole discretion to manage their money. Still, Forstmann glumly made the rounds of his largest investors to ask for their support. He got it--along with a heavy dose of irritation and frustration. "I did feel some annoyance," says John H. Meyers, president of GE Investment Management Inc., one of Forstmann's largest and most loyal investors. "In this business, no one expects every investment to be good, but some of us felt Teddy had been content to rest on his laurels."
Stung by such criticism, Forstmann decided to step in and run the company himself. In November, 1993, Forstmann appropriated the chairmanship, replacing Lowe, who was invited to resign; the CEO slot was left vacant. Says Forstmann: "I agonized over becoming chairman but to be honest, I was never not going to do it."
Forstmann, who took no salary as chairman, says he has devoted about three-fourths of his work time to Gulfstream over the past three-plus years. Although he flew to Savannah on his G IV an average of once a week, he rarely even stayed overnight. Essentially, he piloted Gulfstream from the same Manhattan corner office where he ran Forstmann Little, conferring frequently by telephone with Breidenbach, Davis, and other senior managers in Savannah.
In early 1994, Forstmann cleared the decks at Gulfstream by taking a $204 million charge against 1993 earnings, resulting in a $275 million loss for the year. Half of that was a write-off for the balance of the company's capital investment in the G IV, which, in the judgment of the new management, was hurtling toward obsolescence. Not only had orders for future delivery declined, but seven completed planes, or "whitetails," were languishing unsold on the tarmac in Savannah. In fact, the G IV had a lot of remaining sales mileage. But as this critical transition year began, Forstmann and his colleagues were convinced that accelerating development of the G V was Gulfstream's only hope.
The G V was planned to have a maximum range of 6,500 nautical miles--54% more than the G IV--and feature a slightly roomier cabin than its predecessor. If the G V performed as designed, a busy CEO and as many as 18 underlings would be able to fly halfway around the world in 14 hours without refueling. But they would pay dearly for the privilege. Gulfstream initially priced the G V at $29.5 million, about $9 million more than the G IV. (These prices are for unpainted aircraft with unfurnished cabins; completion of the "green" plane adds $4 million to $5 million to the tab.)
By Gulfstream's reckoning, the potential market for the ultra-long-distance jet consisted of no more than 300 to 500 buyers worldwide. Merely to break even on the G V, the company would have to sell about 100 planes--a milestone surpassed by all the earlier Gulfstream models. However, for the first time, Gulfstream faced head-to-head competition in launching a new model. In late 1993, Bombardier had decided to fund the development of a rival ultra-long-distance model, the Global Express. As advertised, the Global Express was to match the G V in range yet feature a slightly larger cabin at a sticker price of $26 million.
To cut the development cost of the G V, the new regime outsourced the production of the wing and the tail. But rather than simply put the jobs out to bid, Breidenbach lifted a page from GE's playbook and persuaded Grumman Aerospace and Fokker Aviation to foot part of the development costs in exchange for a cut of future G V revenues. Together, these two revenue-sharing deals cut Gulfstream's up-front investment in the G V by $180 million, or 23%.
Meanwhile, to rev up sales and marketing, Forstmann hired William W. Boisture, a deceptively folksy Louisianian who had run the British Aerospace Corp. division that markets the Hawker line of jets. Boisture, now 51, quickly zeroed in on the G V's biggest problem: competition from the Global Express. Boisture designed a new commission system that penalized salespeople for orders lost to Canadair or Dassault while paying a premium for a customer taken from a rival.
Forstmann himself attended to Gulfstream's advertising, giving it a combative new tone within weeks of assuming the chairmanship. The first ad he approved (and largely wrote) depicted the Global Express as a paper plane with a crumpled nose. "Canadair will still be making promises when we're making airplanes," sneered the ad, which included an offer of a $250,000 discount on a G V to anyone who canceled a Global Express order. In later ads, Gulfstream stridently extolled itself as an American icon doing battle against "government-subsidized foreign entities."
Canadair's executives deride the ads as wrong-headed. Gulfstream's "Buy American [campaign] seems to run totally counter to all of the internal policies of our target customers," argues Michael Graff, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft. U.S.-based multinationals "are thinking of themselves as less and less American and more global."
But the advertising battle was a sideshow to the trench warfare that resulted as the Gulfstream and Canadair sales forces fanned out around the world seeking advance orders from every corporation, government agency, and high-rolling entrepreneur with $35 million to spend. To the untutored eye, the G V and Global Express appear quite similar (table); they even use the same BMW Rolls-Royce engine. But the rival sales forces have barraged prospects with endless technical claims and counterclaims nonetheless. The senior executive of one American company that recently placed a G V order groans when asked if he expected Canadair to continue pursuing him. "Oh God, yes," he says. "We only need one new plane, but they seem more determined than ever to sell us theirs."
Forstmann threw himself into the sales fray with abandon, hopping in his G IV and flying halfway around the world, if necessary, to clinch a sale. He was having lunch with his mother one weekend in 1994 when she surprised him with a a doleful question: "Teddy, aren't you doing well?" Forstmann assured her all was fine. "Why are you going around selling planes then?" she asked. Says Forstmann: "I know some people consider it degrading for me to be selling planes. But I do not feel degraded at all, not one tiny percentage point."
Forstmann, who long has prided himself on assembling high-powered boards, enlisted Gulfstream's directors in his sales drive. Every month, management circulates a list of current prospects, inviting directors to pitch in with a phone call or personal visit. In addition to Forstmann, the board includes such world-class networkers as Robert Strauss, George P. Schultz, and retired General Colin L. Powell.
SALESMEN WITH CLOUT. In 19TK, Strauss made a well-timed call to Walter Mondale, then U.S. ambassador to Japan, that helped Gulfstream ace out Bombardier and Dassault, and land a big contract with the Japanese air force, which has purchased five G IVs to date and eventually may buy as many as four more. "Have I been active [selling planes]?" Strauss asks rhetorically. "Boy, is that an understatement."
By the end of 1994, it was evident that Gulfstream was on its way back. It had rebounded from its mega-loss in 1993 to post a $24 million net profit. Buoyed in part by a providentially timed updraft in the choppy market for corporate aircraft, G IV sales had rebounded, and 41 firm orders for the G V were in hand, each secured by a nonrefundable $2 million deposit. In early 1995, Forstmann dealt Canadair what he hoped would be a decisive blow: He hired away its top executive, Bryan T. Moss. Now 57, Moss is one of the world's most accomplished airplane sellers, though he is so silky and cerebral in manner that he seems more statesman than salesman.
Moss's sudden departure hit Bombardier right between the eyes. He left "with no notice," growls a spokesperson for Bombardier. Instead of the party he requested, Bombardier's going away present was a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court to prevent him from taking confidential information to Gulfstream. Bombardier eventually withdrew its suit, but the bitterness lingers. "They made it very unpleasant for me," Moss says. For their part, senior Bombardier executives decline to comment on the record. Privately, their response to Moss's departure can be summarized in a single epithet: traitor.
With Moss's help, Gulfstream has garnered 70 orders for the G V--a figure reported in the company's Securities & Exchange Commission filings. Although some of those customers might walk away from their $2 million deposits in a severe recession or in the face of a great deal from Bombardier, it's a strong start. Bombardier hasn't revealed orders for Global Express. "Our only comment now is that we are approaching 60 orders," says John Lawson, president of Bombardier's business aircraft division. Prove it, scoff Gulfstream executives. Whatever the differential, Gulfstream clearly has taken the first round in a contest that is still in its early stages.
The struggle entered a critical new phase on Dec. 13, when the Federal Aviation Administration awarded provisional certification to the G V after 13 months of testing. This allowed Gulfstream to begin "delivering" green aircraft to customers for interior customization. The G V is expected to be awarded full certification at an FAA meeting on Apr. 11. By Bombardier's own estimate, Canadian authorities are not expected to certify the Global Express for at least another year, putting the company at a continuing disadvantage. "The coming year is going to be a nightmare for Bombardier," says Moss.
Last October, Forstmann Little took Gulfstream public, raising $1 billion in one of the largest IPOs of 1996. But only about $100 million of the proceeds went to Gulfstream itself; the balance was pocketed by Forstmann Little and Gulfstream executives. At about the same time, Gulfstream borrowed $450 million to redeem the preferred stock held by Forstmann Little's investors. The firm still owns 42.4% of Gulfstream, now worth about $720 million.
According to Forstmann Little, its subordinated debt investors ended up earning 22% a year on their investment in Gulfstream, a bit above the firm's 20% average return, while its equity investors have made 40% a year on their equity--well under Forstmann Little's historical average but a handsome return by almost any other standard.
Bombardier tried to turn the IPO to its advantage. Laurent Beaudoin, Bombardier's chairman and CEO, contends that Forstmann Little has "taken an investment-banker-type approach" toward Gulfstream. That is, its aim has not been to fortify Gulfstream for the long haul, but to "see how fast they can turn it around to sell it to the public."
This assertion infuriates Forstmann, who insists that he and his partners are in no hurry to cash out their remaining stake in Gulfstream. Why would they, with the jetmaker's stock trading a bit under the IPO price of $23 a share? The stock has languished even though Wall Street projects earnings this year at about $190 million, quadruple 1996 levels, as it cranks up G V and G IV deliveries. "The promise is certainly there," says Byron Callan, Merrill Lynch & Co.'s aerospace analyst, "but given this company's turbulent past, people want to see how 1997 actually plays out before they get excited."
In some ways, Gulfstream remains a work in progress. Over the past three years, the company has cut the average assembly time of the G IV from 67 to less than 30 days, and yet Breidenbach still sees considerable room for improvement. The company also must master the formidable technical challenges of simultaneously producing two different models on the same factory floor. And sooner or later, Forstmann must solve the chronic problem of succession and fill Gulfstream's long-vacant CEO slot.
After 3-1/2 years, Forstmann is less enamored of his management post than he once was. And though there's no doubt his passion for the company is real, he remains at heart an investor, not an operator. His mission at Gulfstream was twofold: to pilot its return to health and then polish it up for a profitable sale. Step one is done; step two is just a matter of time.


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The cloud forest is a haven for birdlife, including the so-called Resplendent Quetzal. This is considered the most beautiful bird in the Americas but he�s definitely not vain. Although I`ve been in many areas where it is `possible to see quetzals` I�ve yet to get a glimpse. But I can hear them; I can hear them up there among the layers of trees laughing at me. I can hear them in my sleep still laughing at me. I�ll get the damn Resplendent Quetzal yet....and isn�t a bit odd that they actually include the word Resplendent in the name of the bird? From now on I want everyone to call me Tall Simon.


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I'm a huge Matthew Shlian fan. His work takes paper engineering (which I love is even a thing) to such a beautiful level, and each series seems to explore something different and more exciting. Matthew's latest collection, Extraction, is a continuation of his collaborative series with Ghostly. These new pieces explore the idea of moving through space but within the constraints of a square foundation. I love the subtle motion he achieves just with paper shapes; it's the sort of artwork that would make you stand and look for a long time. Extraction is available in three unique combinations right here, with each style produced in limited editions of 30 white and 5 black pieces.
To celebrate their latest release with Matthew, Ghostly collaborated on a feature video of Matthew talking about his process in the studio. Ann Arbor-based director and producer Jakob Skogheim captured some awesome time-lapse footage of Matt working on several pieces, including one from the new Extraction series. The music is provided by Ann Arbor artist Shigeto. Click here to check out and shop the collection online and hit "play" below to watch the video of Matthew's work and process. Thanks, Brian! xo, grace
Ghostly International presents Matthew Shlian on Vimeo.
Ghostly International is an incredible record label, but their support for visual artists is something I have always greatly admired. Matthew Shlian is so cool, highly recommend checking out his personal site!
I love his work. So fundamental somehow. DesignSponge introduced his work to me some time back. So thank you!
Mathew, your work is absolutely wild and yet very beautiful to wonder and imagine its very meaning!!!
Mathew, I am so proud of you!!! You have come a long way from your Helen Keller days.
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Matt…I have the complete Tessellation Formation Series hanging in my stairway – a progression that speaks to the transition one makes moving from the first to second floor. The series does a wonderful job of playing with light, as does all your work.
I just bought the new Extraction Series – complete – black and white – soon to arrive. The motion, light and shadow, and juxtaposition of white and black will make a dramatic statement.
Matt – your work is beautiful. I am looking at a wall in my home thinking a commission might be in the near future.
Keep growing…
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- Change mixer settings - ossmix (command line), ossxmix (GUI)
- Start and shut down OSS - soundon, soundoff (both require root)
- Save and restore mixer settings - savemixer (saving requires write permissions for mixer.save)
- Build OSS from source
- Other Tips And Tricks
I can't hear any sound!
- Did OSS load at all?
- Does osstest work?
- Are the outputs muted in the mixer?
- Is the default output (the one linked to /dev/dsp) the one connected / outputting sound in osstest? If not, see here how to change that.
- HDAudio: Are the jacks detected by OSS as output, actually the jacks connected to the speaker?
- Is this an hardware issue?
- Are the speakers muted?
- Is the soundcard connected correctly to the speakers?
- Do other drivers available for your OS (e.g. ALSA for Linux, FreeBSD native) work?
I hear noises!
- Many soundcards' hardware requires output mixers be set to less than maximum (60% at times).
- Set vmix0-src to an higher setting.
- Is the cable from the soundcard to the speakers connected correctly? Could it be too long?
- Build and use OSS using the source from public hg repository.
I can't get multiple sound clients to play on the same device!
- multiple clients to same device node aren't supported on 4front's OSS for FreeBSD. It instead splits the mixing to separate devices: /dev/dsp1, /dev/dsp2, etc. Either set programs to use separate devices, or use a sound server like aRts, esd, etc.
- Is vmix loaded?
- If yes, Is vmix attached to the default output device? (Check if 'ossinfo -v3' shows more than one engine for the default output device).
- (Doesn't apply to build 1016:) If vmix is not attached, make sure vmix1_masterdev in vmix.conf is set to the output device's device index (this can be determined via 'ossinfo -a').
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I have been having right sided flank pain for several years with no dx. Had a CT done and it showed a tiny pleural based nodule. I am 35 years old. Non smoker. What does this mean, and should I be concerned? Please help. Everyone acts like this is no big deal, and it worries me that it could become cancer later in life.
These tiny nodules are very common in this area of the country. They are usually due to granulomas - which are a small nodule from a fungus we all breathe in. These nodules are of no consequence to your health. However, these nodules need to be followed to make sure they don't grow. Usually if there is no change for 2 years, no further follow up is needed. They won't turn into cancer later.
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2007-09-25, 15:22 | Link #41 |
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....one word.
WOW. LOTS of infromation on this episode. The pace was great (and that cliffhanger at the end was just foreshadowing the whole tragedy...). the only difference is that this time everyone knows who's behind it all and whill do their best to avoid it. I don't think the gang will go down without a fight. though I knwo they will all die (BAH), I'm still rooting they'll be able to do something more.. I don't know what, but they can't go down without a epic fight. GO GANG! |
2007-09-25, 22:45 | Link #43 |
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so we've gone from killer lolis to loli killers? Noooo!!!! Don't they dare touch my higurashi lolis! Lol!
This episode was really cool. Quite chilling in fact. However, now (or last episode) that the culprit has been revealed,... I'm just not as shocked as I should be... no thanks to dang *game* players posting/commenting on *anime* forums/blogs. Though I can see why everyone's so excited. Higurashi is a great show. Definitely my cuppa tea. Sugar? no thanks, just a needle will be fine. |
2007-09-26, 00:33 | Link #45 |
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WTF man. How do you guys know what' going on in the episode? Can you speak japanese or something? No offense to anyone here, but everytime someone posts their impressions of the episode, it kind of makes me annoyed that I can't watch it yet
2007-09-26, 00:41 | Link #46 |
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some people, like me, download the raws... that doesn't basically i understand everything they are saying in the episode... but by listening to the voice work, and BGM and watching the animation you can basically get the feel of what you are watching... and some nice people like, Klashikari provide us with the summary of the episode which fills in the gaps that were missed by the likes of me who doesn't understand much Japanese... btw... the .ass file for ep 12 is already out...
2007-09-26, 01:58 | Link #47 | |
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On a side note, I was wondering why no one has posted a discussion for Nekogoroshi-hen special that Hauu~ released over a month ago? I just saw the episode and... Spoiler for Nekogoroshi-hen Special Spoilers:
2007-09-26, 02:31 | Link #49 | |
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and the .ass file is already out... and just in case you don't know what an .ass file is it's the subtitle file... you either mux it with a raw or you can rename it to the exact name of your raw file except you change the extention to instead of .avi to .ass i already used it to watch my raw... if you don't want to DL the raw and the .ass file... it seems that philathropy has already released ep 12... TT is your friend...
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It appears Tokai TV really cancelled the series on their scheldule
http://www.tokai-tv.com/bangumi/ I can't find it anywhere in the timetable, so no, no Higurashi for tomorrow There isn't any clue if KBS will do the same or not. Also, there isn't any confirmation if it is permanent or not (though it doesn't look good)
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as far as i checked oyashirosama.com, they just said Tokai TV cancelled the episode for the 9/27, but they never confirmed if they won't air it anymore.
That said, 2 cancellations are quite ominous, considering the time slot issues. As for KBS, it is still scheduled for the 9/29, at 2:30AM. However, there isn't any indication if it is the episode 12 or 13.
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I'm giving this episode a 10. Considering the wait and the drama that unfolded prior to this episode, and in the end, the wait was all worth it.
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I create a menu item like this:
edit: i notice this is only lagging while on the simulator for bold 9700 and on an actual device curve 9300. on the torch it works fine
What is happening in "showPage('settings');" ?
From your description of the user experience, either there is a lot of processing going on that is blocking the event thread, or something is freezing up. Do you have any calls to a custom JavaScript extensions within showPage()?
11-03-2010 01:17 PM - edited 11-03-2010 02:25 PM
all i am doing is modifying some div's styles and using innerHTML like i mentioned in my original post.
function showPage(page) {
switch(page) {
case 'home':
homeDiv.style.display = 'block';
...//more of the same
...//more case statements with similar code
case 'settings':
...//similar div style manipulation
lastPage = page;
divMain = document.getElementById('divMain');
if(divMain.offsetHeight < screen.height)
divMain.style.height = screen.height + 'px';
Edit; I have found that the last few lines of the function showPage(...) is causing the hangup, but i dont know why. any insight?
Hi binnyb,
Which version of the Widget SDK are you using? There were threading issues with menu items in earlier versions of the SDK that have since been fixed. I'm wondering if these might be the root of the problem.
copied from Eclipse Installation Details for Blackberry Widget SDK:
BlackBerry Widget SDK 22.214.171.124003191451-126
BlackBerry Web Plug-in 188.8.131.52003191451-33
I would recommend upgrading to the new 2.5 Eclipse plug-in that includes the Widget SDK 1.5 which has the threading fixes. That might solve your issue
11-04-2010 11:27 AM - edited 11-04-2010 11:29 AM
OK thanks - i am downloading 2.5 right now. It seems i cannot update my current installation so i am downloading the full eclipse + widget installation file.
the error is:
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found. Software being installed: BlackBerry Web Plug-in 188.8.131.52009142140-15 (net.rim.browser.tools.feature.feature.group 22.214.171.124009142140-15) Missing requirement: BlackBerry Widgetconfig Model Plug-in 22.214.171.124009142140-15 (net.rim.browser.tools.widgetconfigmodel 18.104.22.168009142140-15) requires 'bundle org.eclipse.emf.ecore [2.6.0,2.7.0)' but it could not be found Cannot satisfy dependency: From: BlackBerry Web Plug-in 22.214.171.124009142140-15 (net.rim.browser.tools.feature.feature.group 18.104.22.168009142140-15) To: net.rim.browser.tools.widgetconfigmodel [18.104.22.168009142140-15]
how do i fulfill these dependencies? wish i could just install it ugh!
will i run into trouble using my current code signing keys if i start using another eclipse installation?
11-04-2010 11:31 AM - edited 11-04-2010 11:31 AM
To be perfectly honest.. the darn Eclipse update site mechanism causes me so many headaches (I just took some Advil)
I always recommend everyone to simply download the full installer. My guess is that it isn't working for you because the new version of the plug-in requires 3.6 and some other dependencies. These are all included and pre-configured for you in the full installer.
Yes it gives me headaches too, I'm trying to update it right now but it wouldn't let me, what i did was to change this site http://www.blackberry.com/go/eclipseUpdate/3.6/web to this one http://www.blackberry.com/go/eclipseUpdate/3.4/web and it started installing i'll see what happens.


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Swindon striker Paul Benson has joined Cheltenham on loan until the end of the season.
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Swindon striker Paul Benson has joined Cheltenham on loan until the end of the season.
The 33-year-old, who spent a seven-game spell on loan at Portsmouth earlier in the campaign, becomes the Robins' second signing of the week after Rotherham's Jason Taylor made the move south on Monday.
"Patience has paid off and we have been greatly rewarded," manager Mark Yates told the club's official website.
"We would have liked to have done things sooner but it was important for Paul to think about things and decide on whether it was the best move for him.
"This is just the kind of signing we needed following the departure of Chris Zebroski. We have been lacking presence up front and that's nothing against the boys already here but it has been evident."
Benson made a name for himself with 84 goals in 201 games after during five years at Dagenham before making the short move to Charlton in 2010.
Ten goals followed in 28 starts for the Addicks before joining Swindon 12 months ago.
He had an immediate impact for Paolo Di Canio's men, scoring a number of vital goals as the Robins clinched promotion to League One.
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text: Quirky Scribe Is a Lapdesk That Can Carry Your Laptop, Textbooks, and PensAdam Dachis2/09/12 11:00amFiled to: Stuff we likeLapdesksLaptopsWorkStudentsSchoolPortabilityDesks13EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkMost lapdesks you buy will bear the heat from your laptop so you don't unintentionally iron your pants with the bottom of your computer, but when you need to move your work elsewhere you have to pick up all your stuff and carry it awkwardly. The Scribe solves that problem by providing a strap for your laptop (or textbooks and pens) so you can easily take it with you. AdvertisementThe Scribe looks like a gray plastic "S" that props itself up like most lapdesks, but there's an elastic band across its platform that can be used to hold on to any laptop up to 17". You can also strap a textbook or two into this space as well if you're not working electronically. There's also an elastic band towards the top that can strap in three pens. When you're ready to move, a handle at the top curve will let you easily carry your lapdesk like its a shopping bag.This setup is very convenient if you 1) use a lapdesk and 2) move around fairly often. It seems pretty ideal for students, although if you're just moving around your home it can be practical as well. That said, the Scribe has a few downsides. The wrist wrest can be a little obtrusive, making it easy enough to type but difficult to use the trackpad on some laptops. If the platform were less slippery and you could push the laptop higher up this wouldn't be an issue, but unfortunately that's not the case. That said, this tends to be less of a problem with unibody Mac laptops because of the lack of a trackpad button and the placement of the trackpad overall. Also, if you want to avoid slipping you can easily cut a little bit of a drawer liner to keep the laptop where you want it. You shouldn't have to do this, of course, but it's an option. If you need a lapdesk that can carry your stuff and you don't mind this issue, you should check out the Scribe over at Quirky.AdvertisementScribe | QuirkyReply13 repliesLeave a reply


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FRANKLIN � Thanks to a state grant, the town will soon have a place for children to go during the hot summer months to frolic through water as it�s shot from squirt guns and dropped from buckets.
The state Department of Conservation and Recreation has awarded Franklin $150,000 for a spray park, a watery playground, at Fletcher Field. Construction on the park will begin this summer, but it won�t be ready until the summer of 2016.
Recreation Department director Ryan Jette said Fletcher Field is the perfect location. "We already have playground equipment there, and it�s close to the downtown," he said.
Jette expects the park to be a hit. "They are a lot of fun," he said. "You really see how much fun the kids have. Water is important during the hot months of the year. The water for the park will be recycled and filtered."
Though still in the design stage, the park will likely be 90 feet long and 30 feet wide, he said. Children speed through it and get soaked in a variety of ways.
"There are big rings that water sprays down from, propellers holding buckets of water, and as they go around, the buckets fill and fall down, splashing the kids, geysers and squirt guns," Jette said.
Parents might love the park just as much as their kids, he said.
"They�ll really enjoy it,"�Jette said. "There�s already a little bit of a buzz around town."
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D.A. Davidson & Co. of Wenatchee donated $1,000 to Columbia Valley Community Health's Reach Out And Read pediatric literacy program. The investment firm, based out of Great Falls, Mont., donated more than $120,000 to nonprofit organizations in the West and Midwest as part of the company's 75th anniversary.


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Carl Sagan rocks our world [1]. He's the astrophysicist who created the original Cosmos that inspired today's Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey [2], which airs Sunday nights on Fox. Frame his most inspiring, cosmic quotes about the universe and humanity to decorate your geek home.
"We are all made of star stuff." Etsy user halfpencedesign framed this iconic Sagan quote in a customizable poster [3] ($28; choose color at checkout) with illustrated stars.
"We all have a bit of thirteen-billion year old stardust inside of us." This print [4] ($5) is available as an instant digital download at a standard letter or A4 size.
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"From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, every hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
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NEW YORK - No one ever seems to run Rafael Nadal ragged, and yet Andy Murray did just that in the U.S. Open semifinals.
Murray finished a stunning, rain-interrupted 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 victory Sunday at Flushing Meadows to reach his first Grand Slam final and stop the No. 1-ranked Nadal's 19-match winning streak at major tournaments.
Trying to become the first British man to win a major tennis championship since Fred Perry at the 1936 U.S. Open, Murray will face four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final Monday night.
"He's got loads of experience in these situations," Murray said, "and it's something new to me."
The sixth-seeded Murray won the first two sets against Nadal and was down a break at 3-2 in the third when play was suspended Saturday because of Tropical Storm Hanna.
"Tough to sleep," Murray said.
As should surprise no one, the generally indefatigable Nadal made a stand Sunday, taking the third set and going ahead 3-1 in the fourth. But Murray took five of the last six games, breaking Nadal twice and ending the Spaniard's bid to make his first final at the U.S. Open.
Murray never before made it past the quarterfinals at a major and never had defeated Nadal in five previous tries. Nadal, meanwhile, won 54 of his preceding 56 matches and took the titles at the French Open, Wimbledon and Beijing Olympics.
But Murray, the 2004 U.S. Open junior champion, was up to the task this time. He wound up with more than twice as many winners as Nadal, 65-32.
Murray won a 22-stroke point with a volley winner to get to match point, leaving Nadal bending over behind the baseline, chest heaving. Then Murray completed the service break to end the match, easily chasing down Nadal's drop shot and smacking a winner.
"I just had to keep my head down and watch the ball - and that was that," Murray said. "I didn't feel particularly nervous."
Murray immediately turned to his private box, closed his eyes and leaned backward. With the crowd cheering, he threw his two wristbands and white baseball cap into the stands.
During an on-court interview afterward, Murray described himself as "very relieved" to have won and to have reached the title match at his "favorite tournament" - which might draw some winces in the land of Wimbledon.
He explained, though, that he was thrilled to have seen his favorite comedic actor, Will Ferrell, in the stands Sunday, and was also excited to have spotted members of the cast of the TV show "Entourage" at the tournament.
"That's awesome," the 21-year-old Murray said. "You don't get that back home."
Others might be star-struck staring across the net at Federer, who will be attempting to win his 13th Grand Slam title while Murray chases his first.
But get this: Murray owns a 2-1 career mark against Federer.
"He's probably the greatest player ever, so to get the chance to play against him in a Slam final is an honor," Murray said. "But I've played well against him in the past and hopefully... I'll do that again tomorrow."
Serena Williams was to face Jelena Jankovic on Sunday night in the women's final, postponed a day because of rain. Williams was seeking her third U.S. Open title and ninth major title overall.
Nadal, meanwhile, was hoping to become only the fourth man in the 40-year Open era to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles, joining Rod Laver, Pete Sampras and Federer. But Nadal has never had as much success on the hard courts of the U.S. Open as on the clay of Roland Garros or the grass of the All England Club.
He beat Federer in the finals at both of those places this year and surpassed him atop the rankings last month.
On Saturday and Sunday, though, Murray exhibited precisely the sort of winner-evaporating defense that Nadal usually employs to wear down opponents.
Murray also stood waaaaaaay back to return serves, sometimes 10 feet behind the baseline, in order to better adjust to the heavy spins Nadal uses.
It was the mix of strokes and smarts that have allowed Murray to progress so quickly and guarantee that he'll reach a career-high ranking of No. 4 after the U.S. Open. One sign of his growth: He had won only two of 14 sets he and Nadal had played as professionals, then matched that total Saturday.
Murray faced some real tests of nerves in the fourth set, including a break point in the first game that he saved with one of his 21 aces.
Another gut-check moment came in the next game, when Murray accumulated seven break points - and let all go to waste, part of a span in which he went 0-for-15 on such chances. It was a 22-point, 15-minute novella of a game, filled with highs and lows, physical and mental, for both men.
Murray might have folded there and, indeed, his downward spiral continued when he made four unforced errors and was broken at love to fall behind 2-1.
"The momentum was kind of with him a little bit," Murray said. "I just had to stay aggressive, stay focused."
He did just that.
Trailing 3-1, Murray fell behind love-30 in his next service game. But the Scotsman took advantage as Nadal sailed two forehands long around a missed drop volley try, and Murray broke to get even at 3-3.
The crowd was supporting Nadal, something Murray understood completely.
"If I was a spectator," Murray said, "I would have rather watched more tennis as well."
Now he'll have as good a view as possible of Federer.
"I played well enough to beat the No. 1 player in the world over two days, and I've beaten Roger in the past," Murray said. "I have the tennis to compete with those guys."


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Thanksgiving is upon us this week, and as we prepare to stuff the turkey as well as ourselves with a bountiful holiday feast, we might also want to prepare for the inevitable during our family get-together – awkward and inappropriate comments.
According to a Dunkin' Donuts poll, family members who top the list for a loose tongue at Thanksgiving get-togethers is a tie between father and brother, but old Uncle Ernie might disagree…check out the top seven family members who round out the list and tell us who's most likely to say something regrettable in your family!
Dunkin' Donuts list include the following below, but we know that not all families are created equal. Vote on the family member most likely to say something inappropriate at Thanksgiving in YOUR family!
1. Brother / Father (tie)
2. Sister
3. Mother
4. Cousin
5. Aunt
6. Uncle / Spouse (tie)
7. Son / Niece / Nephew (tie)
Thanks to four friend Britt Bickel from KEARTH for writing this piece.


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In a ceremony on April 7, 2004, the United States Mint celebrated the release of the newest state quarter. The ceremony, held at the Kennedy Space Center, marked the release of the twenty-seventh state to be celebrated as a part of the 50 State Quarters® Program.
Teachers, below you will find several activities and links that will bring the excitement of Florida's "State Quarter Day" into your classroom!
Florida Quarter
Learn more about the new quarter and why Florida is called the "Gateway to Discovery".
50 State Quarters Program
Find out more about this program that honors every state in America!
50 State Quarters Program Lesson Plans
The 50 State Quarters Program lesson plans are ready for you to use in your classroom! Take a look at the lessons created specifically to celebrate the Florida quarter: It's Time to Rhyme (K–1), Discovery, Ship to Shuttle (2–3), and Distinguished Discoveries (4–6)! After that, be sure to check out the rest of the state-specific plans, FREE to download in sets designed specifically for grades K and 1, 2 and 3, and 4 through 6.
Are you a secondary school teacher interested in introducing the 50 State Quarters Program into your curriculum? Well, now you can! Our 50 State Quarters Program lesson plans for grades 7 through 12 are also written by educators. To download these FREE plans, visit the 50 State Quarters Program Lesson Plans today!
State Quarter Day Classroom Activities
Here are some fun ways to infuse your curriculum with activities that celebrate the arrival of the newest quarter in circulation!
Also, take a trip to Get a Clue About Collecting to Find the Hidden Coins that are a part of the 50 State Quarters Program.
Florida is Fabulous!
Not only is Florida's quarter the newest coin to be released into circulation, but it was also recently the Coin of the Month! See why this month is perfect for celebrating Florida's special design, then try out the new Teacher Feature, "Exploring Sounds". Using the Florida quarter, students will identify the "sh" sound and its placement within words in a kinesthetic activity.
"Seeing the States" WebQuest
What's so great about the United States? Let your students find out for themselves as they explore the coins in the 50 State Quarters Program to complete this fun Internet research project, the "Seeing the States" WebQuest.
Connected Coins and Medals
The Florida quarter is not the only coin paying homage to exploration! Check out some of the other coins commemorating famous explorers and journeys.
It is well known that Thomas Jefferson was responsible for more than doubling the size of our nation through the Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, he sent a group led by Lewis and Clark to explore the land and find a way to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark left for their famous Corps of Discovery expedition from St. Charles, Missouri, which is one of the reasons that Missouri is considered the "Gateway to the West". |
Before Lewis and Clark left on their exploration, President Jefferson had medals made, which he instructed the explorers to give as gifts to the Native American chiefs they met as a sign of peace. The design of the new Peace Medal Nickel incorporates the original medal into the reverse of the new nickel: the hand of a Native American and the hand of a European-American clasped in a friendly handshake. The words "Louisiana Purchase" mark the event and the date "1803" marks the year of the Purchase. |
The Ohio quarter design focuses on flight. From the first airplane to the first man on the moon, Ohio has been home to flying machines and their pilots. Ohioans John Glenn, the Wright brothers, and Neil Armstrong began our exploration of the sky and space. |
On its obverse, the Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar has an ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting sun. This coin honors the 2,000-mile trail that brought people to the West in the mid-1800s. More than 300,000 people walked this "highway of history"—a trip that took five months! Their exploration of the western frontier led them through territory today known as Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. |
This coin honors the 400th anniversary of the overland trek known as the Cabeza de Vaca Expedition from Florida to El Paso, Texas in 1535. Cabeza de Vaca was one of many Spaniards who explored Florida for Spain. Spain sold the first settlement in Florida (St. Augustine) to the United States in 1821. Today, you can still find evidence of the Spanish explorers in this town's culture and heritage. |
Our Foreign Friends
The coins produced for the 50 State Quarters Program share much in common with the European currency, the euro. With your students, visit the interactive cartoon, Coins of the World, to see how these two programs are similar (here's a hint: look at the backs of euros from different countries, and then look at their fronts). |
Quarter Games
A Coinage Cartoon
Teachers' Network
Teachers, if we've piqued your interest with the activities above, please sign up for the Teachers' Network. As a member, you can receive information about all of the new educational resources that become available from the United States Mint!


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Project: If you have questions about the project, please mail David Cameron Duffy Professor of Botany and Unit Leader Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU) Department of Botany University of Hawaii 3190 Maile Way St. John 410 Honolulu, HI 96822-2279
Current Personnel: David C. Duffy (Principal Investigator)
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Project: The role of food availability in constraining Hawaiian forest bird populations has not been investigated as extensively as disease and predation, but there are valid reasons to believe that it affected populations historically and continues to do so presently. Native insects, including Lepidoptera, have suffered greatly from alien predators and parasites, including biocontrol agents intended for pests of sugarcane and pasture grasses. While it is likely that changes in food availability have influenced the distribution and abundance of Hawaiian forest birds, food availability is also likely to affect the exposure and susceptibility of birds to disease. Birds that track the availability of nectar, fruit, and seeds over large areas may enter regions where mosquitoes and disease transmission occur. For example, Apapane track flowering ohia lehua trees along elevation gradients and over large tracts of forest. Ou and Alala once tracked fruit. Palila track mamane seeds. Birds that may be nutritionally stressed, especially growing nestlings and juveniles, may suffer the effects of malaria and pox to a greater degree than robust individuals. Conversely, diseased individuals may be less capable of foraging. The Food Resources Subproject is investigating 1) what foods, especially insects, are used by birds in different study sites throughout the year, and what resources are most likely to limit bird populations, 2) whether food availability differs among study sites and over the course of the year, 3) whether birds more susceptible to diseases when critical food resources are less available and they are nutritionally stressed, 4) whether the Japanese White-Eye, the most common non-native forest bird in Hawaii, competes with native birds for food resources, and 5) whether birds produce more fledglings in areas where food resources are more available.
Current Personnel: Paul Banko (Principal Investigator) Robert Peck (Food Resource Biologist)
Project: In 2002, the Host Demography Subproject began full-scale sampling of forest bird communities in 9 study areas distributed along an elevational gradient from 15 to 1700 m on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii. Forest bird sampling was conducted using two complementary techniques, mist-netting and bird censusing (variable-circular plot counts). In addition, we also studied the phenology of ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha), the primary canopy tree in Hawaiian forests, and the primary nectar source for several birds of concern in this study. The phenology of ohia across the landscape is thought to drive daily long-distance foraging flights by apapane (Himatione sanguinea) and iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea), with implications for the disease system.
Current Personnel: Bethany W. Woodworth (Principal Investigator)
Project: We are assessing genetic variation in several species of host birds across the Biocomplexity Project field sites to document differences between populations normally subject to malarial infection (low elevation) versus those that are not (high elevation). We are looking at both functional genes (i.e., Mhc, G6PDH) that could be directly involved in malaria resistance, and also likely neutral genetic markers (microsatellites, AFLP, mtDNA). The latter markers are used for a variety of purposes: they may be linked to important functional genes; their use in population structure analyses can tell us about gene flow and population histories; and they are important markers for assessing species and individual identifications from mosquito blood meals. We are also examining these same genetic markers in birds which have survived or not survived malarial challenge experiments.
Current Personnel: University of Hawaii at Hilo: Susan I. Jarvi (Principal Investigator) Margaret Farias (Graduate Student) Kim Weigand (Project Specialist) Alexis Giannoulis (Student Intern) Smithsonian Institution: Robert C. Fleischer (Principal Investigator)
Project: Information generated by the biocomplexity project will be integrated in a computer modeling framework which will be used to simulate and forecast the dynamics of the system and to evaluate broad hypothesis on how biocomplexity associated with biotic and abiotic components affects the persistence of disease in forest bird populations. The model will also allow us to simulate how changes in land use and environmental conditions affect the stability of the system, and how habitat changes and specific conservation strategies might alter long-term trends in the decline and extinction of the endemic Hawaiian avifauna.
Current Personnel: At National Wildlife Health Center: Michael Samuel (Principal Investigator) Francisco de Castro (Post-doctoral Researcher) At Princeton University: Andrew Dobson (Principal Investigator)
Project: Both avian pox virus and malaria were introduced to Hawaii and it is unclear what level of genetic diversity exists in these pathogens and whether it is correlated with possible phenotypic differences in host specificity or virulence. The pathogen genetics subproject is 1)looking at diversity of ribosomal and TRAP (a sporozoite cell surface molecule) sequences from isolates of malaria here in Hawaii, 2) developing microsatellite markers for Plasmodium relictum for studies of parasite population struction 3) developing PCR assays for avian pox virus and investigating genetic diversity of selected sequences, and 4) attempting to establish a possible date for the introduction of these pathogens through analysis of museum skins dating back to the turn of the century.
Current Personnel: At University of Hawaii-Hilo: Susan I. Jarvi (Principal Investigator) Margaret Farias (Graduate Student) At Smithsonian Institution: Robert C. Fleischer (Principal Investigator) Dina Fonseca (Principal Investigator)
Project: The Pathogens Subproject seeks to develop a more detailed understanding of the biological characteristics of avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) and avian pox virus (Poxvirus avium) - two disease agents that were introduced into Hawaiian forest bird populations. Goals of this subproject include 1) providing diagnostic information and analysis for all blood samples collected from the 9 biocomplexity study sites, 2) determining whether low elevation native birds are developing genetic resistance to malaria through experimental aviary infections, 3) determining whether genetically distinct malarial isolates from different elevations and areas differ in virulence or other life history traits, 4) developing improved diagnostic methods for avian pox virus, 5) characterizing different pox virus isolates from native and non-native forest birds by genetic methods, 6) determining the susceptibility and role that non-native forest birds may play as disease reservoirs through experimental aviary studies, 7) determining host range and virulence of genetically distinct pox virus isolates from the 9 study areas, 8) determining how dual or sequential infections of avian pox and malaria interact and affect morbidity and mortality of native forest birds through experimental aviary studies.
Current Personnel: Carter T. Atkinson (Principal Investigator)
Project: Mosquito vectors are the central component to this disease system linking the pathogens with the host. They are also the component most greatly impacted by human activity and therefore, perhaps, the key in controlling these diseases. To address many of the vector related questions we monitor and sample mosquito populations across our study landscape. Monthly mosquito trapping provides data on species composition, infection status and estimates of relative abundance, seasonality, and survivorship. Surveys on study sites document the abundance and nature of larval mosquito habitat and its relationship to feral pig and/or human activites. As climate has such a profound effect on mosquito abundance and potential to vector disease, weather stations at each elevation collect detailed data on precipitation, canopy and ground temperature, wind speed and wind direction. Laboratory experiments will determine possible variation in the innate ability of vectors to acquire and transmit disease and differences in hosts' mosquito-avoidance behavior and the subsequent success of mosquito blood-feeding. All these parameters relate to the intensity of disease transmission across the landscape and through time.
Current Personnel: Dennis LaPointe (Principal Investigator)
Project: Our group is examining fine-scale population genetic structure of the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, within and among the Biocomplexity Project study sites, and more generally across the island of Hawaii. Our aim is to describe spatial population structure, source-sink population dynamics, and movement patterns of this vector of avian disease. To this end, we have developed and are applying highly variable microsatellite DNA markers for population studies in this species. We are particularly interested in the extent to which various aspects of landscape structure, including elevation, the presence of human settlements, and feral pig habitat, affect mosquito population structure and movement. These results will have implications for how land-use patterns may determine disease dynamics in populations of native Hawaiian birds.
Current Personnel: Dina Fonseca (Principal Investigator)


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Posts by Kandy
Total # Posts: 27
A circular field is surrounded by a circular path. The radius of the field is 15 m , and the radius from the center of the field to the outer edge of the path is 20 m .
January 24, 2017
The choices are -7,-5,-3,1 -5,-10,-15,-20 0,2,6,12 -5,-3,1,7 I don't understand how to do this at all. Please help!
February 26, 2016
What are the first four terms of the sequence represented by the expression n(n-1)-5?
February 26, 2016
algebra 2
Thank you Reiny. I also appreciate the way you explained it out for me. Can I go to you for any Honors Algebra 2 help?
October 7, 2014
algebra 2
Graph the system of constraints and find the value of x and y that maximize the objective function. Constraints {x >= 0 y >= 0 y <= 3 y <= -x+5} Objective Function C=-5x+3y a) 0,0 b) 2,3 c) 5,0 d) 0,3 I am a mom going crazy. I did horrible in math in school. ...
October 7, 2014
algebra 2
Solve the inequality. Graph the Solution. 8|x+3/4|<2 a)x<-1 or x>-1/2 b)-5/32<x<5/32 c)-1<x<-1/2 d)x<-5/32 or >5/32
September 2, 2014
Solve the inequality. Graph the solution set. 5r+4<=5 A)r<=1/5 B)r<=1 4/5 C)r>=1/5 D)r>=1 4/5
September 2, 2014
solve the equation or formula for the indicated variable R=ts^2+3 a)s=under radical R-3/t (not under radical b)s=everything under radical R-3/t c)s=R (under radical)-3/t d)s=everything under radical R/t-3 Thanks again I feel really stupid not being able to grade my teens paper
August 28, 2014
confused mom can someone please help me. Solve. x/5-x/2=21 what is the value of x? a)-70 b)-7 c)7 d)70 Thanks to anyone who can help.
August 28, 2014
Thanks bob
March 19, 2014
I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out glide reflections. P-->P'(-2,-6) for the glide reflection where the translation is (x,y)-->(x,y-1) and the line of reflection is x=1?? A)(4,-5) B)(-2,-7) C)(-2,-5) D)(4,-6) Help please, I am a mom pulling her hair out. ...
March 19, 2014
what is the image of a(3 -1) after a reflection, first across the line y=3, then across the line x=-1 (-5,7) (3,-1) (-5,-1) (-1,-5)
March 3, 2014
Mom in need of help! The x-intercept of a line is -5 and the y-intercept of the line is -2. What is the equation of the line? A) y=-5/2x-5 B) y=2/5x+2 C) y=5/2x-2 D) y=-2/5x-2 Thanks so much
October 14, 2013
Thank u so much!
September 30, 2013
Use the Division Property of Equality to complete the following statement. If 5x=2y, then x=? Mom in need of help
September 30, 2013
science help ASAP please
idk but i will help you eventually
April 1, 2013
social studies
thanks that helped alot
September 12, 2012
social studies
what does source of article mean?????????????????????????????:)
September 12, 2012
AP Language & composition
Hello, i am reading moments of being. i have two questions that i feel will help me to understand better. First. How does the language used help to convey the moments in the story? also what does "it is one of those invaluable seeds, from which, since it is impossible to ...
September 11, 2012
1.When Thomas Paine writes about reconciliation, he is referring to the southern Colonies staying peacefully connected to the northern Colonies. the Colonies staying peacefully connected with Great Britain. the Colonists staying peacefully connected to Native Americans. Great...
September 11, 2012
thanks that helped a lot steve what was i thinking
August 20, 2012
i don't know
August 20, 2012
i have a math problem that say i have to divide 84 and 14 it and it equaled 51 then the book asked what does it tell me about 14 and 84
August 20, 2012
do you know the word galaxy shaped like a wheel whithout cured arms
April 19, 2012
what is the word for high energy body on outer edge of space
April 19, 2012
I think you first find the hundreds place then look at the numbers after it and if it is 5 or over make the number bigger by 1
April 19, 2012
the mean is when you add all the numbers on the problem together the divide it by how many numbers you have
April 19, 2012
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