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SOURCE: Electronic Control Security, Inc.
February 08, 2013 09:30 ET
CLIFTON, NJ--(Marketwire - Feb 8, 2013) - Electronic Control Security, Inc. (OTCBB: EKCS) (ECSI), a global leader in state-of-the-art integrated entry control and perimeter security systems, today announced receipt of a series of purchase orders valued at $1.6 million to supply security equipment for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Frontier Forces. ECSI anticipates fulfilling these purchase orders during fiscal year 2013.
Arthur Barchenko, President & CEO of ECSI, stated, "These purchase orders reflect ECSI's commitment to establishing new revenue opportunities in overseas markets. This news is a testament to ECSI's reach as a company and I believe demonstrates a degree of confidence on the part of our foreign customers in ECSI's ability to consistently deliver quality product no matter the geographical distance. For this particular customer, we are excited about the prospects of a long-standing relationship."
Further, Mr. Barchenko added that, "Proposals have been submitted in response to additional opportunities in the Kingdom addressing security upgrade requirements for the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior as well as oil & gas facilities. Contract awards are anticipated for fiscal 2013 through 2015."
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ECSI is a global leader in entry control and perimeter security and a quality provider to the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, nuclear power stations, and other large commercial-industrial complexes. The Company designs, manufactures and markets physical electronic security systems for high-profile, high-threat environments utilizing risk assessment and analysis to determine and address the security needs of its customers. Teaming agreements with major system integrators enable ECSI to support the installation and aftermarket of its products in the U.S. and overseas. ECSI is located at 790 Bloomfield Avenue, Bldg. C-1, Clifton, NJ 07012. Tel: 973-574-8555; Fax: 973-574-8562. For more information on ECSI and its customers, please visit http://www.ecsiinternational.com.
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The Old Stone House is the oldest structure on its original foundation in Washington, D.C. Built in 1765 in the British colony of Maryland, the house was already 59 years old when the British invaded Washington, D.C. in 1814. Although it is preserved for its architecture today, it was originally preserved through a case of mistaken identity and a desire to remember George Washington.
In 1791, George Washington and city planner Pierre L'Enfant were surveying the newly established District of Columbia. L'Enfant's ambitious plan for the city's layout depended on negotiating with local landowners for right of way. During one of these meetings, Washington and L'Enfant stayed in Georgetown's Fountain Inn at 31st and K Streets. The inn was better known to locals as Suter's Tavern, after its owner John Suter.
Over on Bridge Street (now M Street), John Suter's son, John, Jr., ran a clock shop in today's Old Stone House. As the years passed, local memory conflated the two buildings associated with the two John Suters. Thus, the desire to honor and remember George Washington's 1791 visit combined with a fuzzy memory led to the Old Stone House's preservation while so much changed around it.
The house was the site of a car dealership when the federal government purchased the property in 1953. The National Park Service opened the house to the public in 1960. Today, the house is a rare example of pre-Revolutionary architecture. Among the House's furnishings, you may find a clock built by one-time owner John Suter, Jr.
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Barbecued Shrimp
Makes 2 servings
I want to warn you right now this is fun but messy to eat! In New Orleans most people wear bibs when they eat it, because you peel your own shrimp and dip them in the sauce. And most of us soak up more sauce with our French bread.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Pure Magic.
2 dozen large shrimp with heads and shells, about 1 pound
¼ pound (1 stick) + 5 Tablespoons unsalted butter, in all
1½ teaspoons minced fresh garlic
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Chef Paul Prudhomme's Seafood Magic® OR
½ cup shrimp stock
¼ cup beer, unopened but at room temperature
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Rinse the shrimp in cold water and drain them well. Pinch off and discard the portion of the head from the eyes forward (including the eyes, but not the protruding long spine above the eyes). Leave as much as possible of the orange-colored shrimp fat from the head attached to the body. Set aside.
Combine 1 stick of the butter, the garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and Seafood Magic® or Blackened Redfish Magic® in a large skillet over high heat. When the butter melts, add the shrimp. Cook for 2 minutes, shaking (versus stirring) in a back-and-forth motion. Add the remaining 5 tablespoons butter and the stock. Cook and shake the pan for 2 minutes. Add the beer and cook and shake the pan for 1 minute more. Remove from the heat and serve immediately in bowls with lots of French bread on the side, or on a platter with cooked rice mounded in the middle and the shrimp and sauce surrounding it.
Note: If you can't find shrimp with heads, go ahead and use headless shrimp. Your dish will still be great.
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In a recent blog posting, Internet Explorer's lead program manager Chris Wilson revealed many of the technical improvements that Microsoft will add to IE 7.0 for its final release. Almost all the improvements are related to bugs in IE's implementation of CSS. Many of these bugs aren't fixed in the currently available IE 7.0 Beta release. Wilson's post raises some serious questions about IE 7.0.


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Expanding faculty research opportunities and maintaining the University of Alabama as an institution of choice are top priorities for the Capstone's new president.
TUSCALOOSA | Expanding faculty research opportunities and maintaining the University of Alabama as an institution of choice are top priorities for the Capstone's new president.
Addressing the media on Tuesday morning, his first day on the job, two-time UA graduate Guy Bailey emphasized his pleasure at coming home.
"I spent six years on campus here, six of the best years of my life, and I can't tell you how exciting it is to come back," he said. "It's exciting not only because it's home, but because of what has happened at the university in the last decade or so."
Encouraged by the "terrific facilities" and "quality of the people" Bailey acknowledged the work that still needed to be done, specifically regarding faculty research capabilities. His plans for doing so include expanding the size of the faculty, allowing time for faculty to conduct research and providing additional resources by enhancing the graduate student population.
"As research expenditures increase, the prestige of the university will continue to increase, providing expanded opportunities for students," he said.
Bailey is the 37th president at UA, replacing Robert Witt, who was named chancellor of the UA system in March. Before coming to UA, Bailey served as president of Texas Tech University from 2008 to 2012 and chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 2005-2008. This administrative experience, which includes helping expand growth in enrollment and research expenditures, is what Bailey will draw upon as UA's president. Bailey said his knowledge of finance is also a strength, adding that he left both campuses in good positions for future growth.
Bailey said he is also looking forward to being a part of the campus. Residing on the third floor of the president's mansion, he loves being right in the middle of everything, seeing the students walking to class and having a front-row seat to all of the action. He said he prides himself on his relationship with students and that he hopes to continue that student-centered campus concept at UA.
"I like to get to know students, have them feel comfortable talking to me, getting to know me and my wife," he said. "I want students to believe I'm someone they can approach. I can't solve all of their problems, but the person who can solve their problems reports to me. ... I want students to feel it starts with me and extends to all of our staff."
Bailey will spend the next few days getting acquainted with the campus, meeting students and faculty and figuring out where to focus his priorities. He is looking forward to gradually building a relationship with head football coach Nick Saban, firstly by congratulating him on his players' success both on and off the field.
"I couldn't be happier with our football team and our athletics department in general. What's really impressive is the grade-point averages and graduation rates of our athletes," Bailey said. "I look forward to seeing what happens Saturday. I would like to go around the Quad and experience some of that excitement."
Despite the excitement of being in a different place with new goals and ideas for the future, Bailey said he understands there will be challenges, particularly with funding, and that is something he feels he is prepared to handle. He has also heard concerns about an expanding student population and questions about an enrollment cap.
"A cap will happen when you run out of space. I don't know what that number is right now," he said. "You don't want to get so large that you're not offering the highest quality of education to students. ... But there is still room for growth."
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In a bit of encouraging news, at least two prominent Republicans with a direct say in the matter in Michigan have now publicly come out in opposition to a scheme to rig elections for the Republicans by dividing up electoral votes by congressional district. Gov. Rick Snyder did so in an interview with Al Hunt:
HUNT: There is a move in your state by some Republican legislators to change the presidential electoral system from a winner-take-all to doing it by congressional districts. If that happened last November, Barack Obama–who carried this state by a huge margin, almost double-digits–would have won only 4 of the 14 congressional districts. It would tilt the tables tremendously in the Republicans' favor. You have said you wanted to look at it, let's see what it is. Gov. McDonnell of Virginia, Haley Barbour and others have said it's a bad idea. Are you still neutral or are you becoming convinced it's a bad idea?
SNYDER: I'm very skeptical of the idea and the timeframe that would be done, because I really view it as a question of you don't want to change the playing field so it's an unfair advantage to someone.
And Sen. Randy Richardville, the majority leader of the Michigan Senate, made a weaker statement but seems to be on the same page:
"I don't know that it's broken, so I don't know that I want to fix it," said Richardville, R-Monroe…
Richardville argued Michigan's winner-take-all approach to awarding electoral votes gives Michigan more influence in choosing a president, even though Democratic presidential candidates have won those votes in six straight elections. He said, however, he would take a look at any proposal coming over from the state house.
Richardville's view parallels what came to be the prevailing philosophy among leaders 40 years after the country's birth. They believed the winner-take-all formula gave states more power to push for their favored candidates.
Jase Bolger, the Michigan House Speaker and one of the most partisan and unethical people I've ever covered in politics, is all for the idea. And Richardville is right about it diluting Michigan's influence. With 16 electoral votes, Michigan is a big enough prize to get serious attention from the presidential campaigns. If the best that can be hoped for is a net advantage of four or five electoral votes, which is likely under the proposed change, the state can be safely ignored by both campaigns.


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MILTON, Mass. – A 23-yard touchdown pass from Kevin Fruwirth (Agawam, Mass.) to Rob Bambini (Westwood, Mass.) with 23 seconds remaining in regulation lifted Curry College past visiting MIT, 31-28, in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) Boyd Division opener for both schools.
The first score of the game came with 3:57 left in the opening frame, after a 16-play, 77-yard drive set up a 25-yard field goal for Curry sophomore Tim Crowley (Walpole, Mass.). After forcing MIT to turn the ball over on downs, the Colonels extended their lead to 10 with 9:45 remaining in the first half. The score came on a 13-play, 83-yard drive capped off with back-to-back rushes by junior Phil Bigelow (East Orange, N.J.) for six and eight yards, respectively.
With 1:56 left in the second quarter, the Engineers answered with a touchdown of their own after a 65-yard scoring strike from sophomore Peter Williams (Portland, Ore.) to classmate Brad Goldsberry (Elizabeth, Colo.). On the following kickoff, junior Richard Johnson (Framingham, Mass.) sprinted 85 yards down field to extend Curry's lead back to 10 (17-7) heading into intermission.
With 9:33 remaining in the third frame, Goldsberry recorded his second touchdown of the game with a nine-yard rush into the end zone that capped off an eight-play, 76-yard drive. The Engineers took their first lead of the game (21-17) after Williams tossed a 50-yard touchdown to freshman Karson Ota (Katy, Texas) with just over two minutes left in the third.
The Colonels reclaimed their lead early in the fourth after Fruwirth connected with sophomore Jordan Shairs (Gloucester, Mass.) for a three-yard touchdown. MIT responded on its next possession, and with 7:28 remaining in regulation, used another Goldsberry rush ( 11 yards) to take a 28-24 lead. The Curry defense forced the Engineers to punt with just over two minutes left on the clock to set up the game- winning drive, starting from the MIT 17. On the final drive, Bigelow accounted for 14 yards on the ground, while Fruwirth threw for 54 yards, including the game-winning pass to Bambini.
The Engineers held edges in first downs (30-12), total offense (536-441) and possession time (30:55-29:03).
Fruwirth was 28-for-49 for 325 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Bigelow recorded a team-high 82 net rushing yards with a touchdown, while also reeling in five receptions for 40 yards. Bambini caught 13 passes for a game-high 221 yards and one touchdown. For MIT, Williams was 25-for-37 for 366 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Sophomore Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) had a game-high 83 net rushing yards. Goldsberry had a game-high 14 receptions for 174 yards and one touchdown, while Ota recorded five catches for 115 yards and one touchdown.
On defense, Colonels' senior Jason Genece (Waltham, Mass.) amassed a game-high 10 solo tackles. Sophomore Parrish Rogers-Reed (Westfield, Mass.) added nine solo tackles, including two tackles for loss (-2 yards). Engineers' sophomore Cameron Wagar (West Richland, Wash.) recorded nine total tackles (8 solo) and one interception. Freshman Alex Noakes also had nine total tackles (8 solo), including 1.5 tackles for loss (-3 yards).
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In recent years, "alternative energy" has become a hot topic not only in the public eye, but in the investment community as well. Billions of dollars have been pumped into dozens of companies, both startups and existing businesses, looking to take advantage of a potentially high-growth market. However, several forms of alternative energy, including ethanol fuel and solar power, have experienced a troubling pattern of events, which starts with skyrocketing stock prices and ends with a crash down to much lower valuations. Such a pattern may have recently begun in the market for electric automobile batteries.
American dependence on the automobile has caused the country to be the world's largest consumer of crude oil. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a division of the Department of Energy, the U.S. consumed 7.14 billion barrels of oil in 2008, 23% of the world's total. Of that amount, 3.29 million barrels were used to produce motor gasoline. The public has increasingly rallied against such high levels of oil consumption, due to the resulting dependence on foreign nations and concerns about the environmental impact.
As a result, sales of hybrid cars, which use a combination of gasoline and electric power to get better fuel economy, have exploded in recent years. For instance, Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) recently announced that it sold almost 140,000 of its mid-sized hybrid vehicle, the Prius, in the U.S. in 2009. Further, several automobile manufacturers are developing plug-in electric vehicles. These cars will have a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which holds more energy than the nickel-metal-hydride batteries found in current hybrid models. The first one to hit the road will likely be the Chevy Volt, manufactured by Detroit auto giant General Motors and expected to be available to the public by the end of 2010. Given the expected growth of the market for hybrid and electric cars, prospects for battery makers and their stocks appear to be very strong. However, the experiences of other alternative energy companies suggest a more challenging road may lie ahead.
It may be helpful to look at the ethanol industry as an example. After the turn of the millennium, elevated gasoline prices increased demand for alternative fuel sources. As a result, several companies jumped in to meet the needs of the market. According to the Renewable Fuels Association, total U.S. ethanol production rose from 1.6 million gallons in 2000 to 9.0 million gallons in 2008. Likewise, total manufacturing capacity increased from 1.75 billion gallons per year at the start of 2000 to 10.6 billion gallons nine years later, owing to a tripling in the number of production plants, from 54 to 170.
Investors were eager to pour money into ethanol companies. As an example, California-based Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) became a public entity in 2005, when the assets of ethanol company PEI California were acquired by Accessity, despite the fact that it had no experience in the biofuels industry (The acquirer's prior operations involved medical billing recovery and automobile repair management). The following year, the company raised about $220 million in common and preferred equity. The share price shot up from less than $8 in September 2005 to almost $45 in early 2006, despite the fact that the company was still unprofitable. Though the bottom line did get into the black, the overall ethanol market was becoming saturated. Too many companies were producing too much of the biofuel, and selling prices plummeted, eroding margins. What's more, the cost of ethanol's primary input, corn, was rising sharply, in part due to the increased demand from ethanol producers. Pacific Ethanol's bottom line dipped back into the red, and the company was forced to halt production at three of its four primary production plants, and the subsidiary that operates the facilities filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (the parent company did not file for bankruptcy). The share price plummeted, hitting a low of $0.20 in early 2009.
Pacific was not the only ethanol stock to experience such price movement. Shares of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) traded as high as $47 in early 2008, before falling to $15 in October of that year. Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) fell from a high of $54 shortly after going public in 2006 to about $1 in early 2009. These stocks have made partial recoveries since then, but are still trading well below their all-time highs.
This experience was not limited to ethanol companies. Solar stocks have exhibited a similar pattern. For example, First Solar (FSLR) raised about $300 million in its 2006 IPO, which, coupled with the company's existing shares, gave the company a market capitalization of almost $1.5 billion. It also issued about $130 million in debt. The following year, First Solar raised another $365 million in equity and $50 million in debt. Meanwhile, the issue was shooting upward. The price of the IPO was $20 per share, but within 18 months, the stock hit a high of $317, giving the stock a market capitalization of about $25 billion. However, in late 2008, the share price tumbled all the way down to $85, before staging a partial recovery. Though the stock remains volatile, it has not come close to equaling the heights it reached in mid-2008.
First Solar's remarkable climb following its IPO was probably a result excessive exuberance among investors, but the company was at least recording strong top- and bottom-line growth. The same could not be said for Evergreen Solar (ESLR), which hit the market in late 2000. After losing almost all of its post-IPO value (the share price fell below $1.00 in late 2002), the stock slowly began to climb, and the company was able to raise more and more equity capital. At the end of 2002, the company had about 11 million shares outstanding. By late 2008, there were 165 million shares, and the stock had risen to almost $19. The company had also raised about $375 million in debt. However, Evergreen had posted a deficit every year since going public in 2000, and only had one profitable quarter during that span (share earnings of a penny in the fourth quarter of 2007). The company has lost hundreds of millions of dollars since going public, topped by a roughly $85 million loss in 2008. Once again, Evergreen's shareholders lost virtually all of their investment, as the stock plummeted to $1.00 by early 2009.
Just like in the ethanol market, increasing competition has hurt the bottom lines of solar companies. According to the Energy Information Administration, the number of companies manufacturing solar cells and modules has risen from 19 in 2004 to 66 in 2008. As a result, pricing has come under pressure. Notably, First Solar began offering rebates to customers in mid-2009, to maintain its market share. Consequently, the company reported a sharp sequential drop in earnings in the September 2009 quarter, and it also issued weak 2010 guidance. In fact, management expects its first ever annual earnings decline this year. Elsewhere, SunPower (SPWRA) reported lower sales and earnings in the first nine months of 2009, which has played a major role in the stock's fall from a high of $165 in late $2007 to about $25 at the end of 2009. GT Solar (SOLR) has felt the competitive pressure, as a shrinking backlog suggests the company is losing market share. As a result, the stock dropped sharply following its mid-2008 IPO, from $17 to less than $2, though the issue has made a partial recovery since then.
Though it is still too early to tell, battery makers may be heading down a similar path. For instance, shares of A123 Systems (AONE) hit the market via an IPO priced at $17 a share in September 2009, raising almost $400 million in common equity and another $100 million in preferred stock. Investors pushed the stock up above $20 on the first day of trading, giving the company a market capitalization of about $2.0 billion. The share price has remained near this level, despite the fact that the company reported a September-period share loss of $1.78, a nine-month deficit of $6.06, and nine-month revenues of only $66.5 million. Another manufacturer, Ener1 (HEV), has also been posting hefty losses and lower revenues than A123, but the stock is trading at a lower valuation (the market capitalization is about $500 million).
Considering the success of A123's IPO and the stimulus money that the Government has earmarked for electric-car batteries (about $2.4 billion), other players are sure to enter the market or attempt to aggressively expand existing operations. However, the market is already competitive, as numerous Asian firms produce batteries for hybrids and are developing lithium-ion batteries for plug-in electric vehicles. In fact, batteries for the Chevy Volt will be supplied by a division of South Korean company LG Chem. Domestic companies also face competition from Asian manufacturers like Panasonic (PC) and NEC, which have supply agreements with auto giants Toyota and Nissan, respectively. Other competitors include a joint venture between South Korean company Samsung SDI and German business Robert Bosch GmbH, as well as a venture between French company Saft S.A. and domestic manufacturer Johnson Controls (JCI). Thus, it appears the battery industry is becoming crowded quite quickly, even before considering the possibility that electric cars don't catch on. Indeed, the potential price tag for the Chevy Volt, rumored to be as high as $40,000, may dissuade buyers, despite the fuel savings.
Though growth prospects for companies such as A123 and Ener1 appear strong, investors would be well-served to consider the experiences of the ethanol and solar power markets as cautionary tales. It is easy to get caught up in the hype surrounding a hot new technology, but the hoopla often leads to an influx of competitors, overcapacity in production, and unreasonably expensive stock valuations. This might not happen in the battery market, but investors should consider these factors before committing funds to companies in this emerging industry.


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Dinner with friends at XYZ Tavern where we waited almost an hour but it was well worth the wait, as always.
|hello 16 oz of fun to kick off fun Friday
|Birthday girl, Laura, her BF Mike and yours truly
|3 kick ass sidekicks for the night
My friends and I headed east to attend a reverse raffle for a friend's cousin where we all entered a million raffles and danced the night away in his honor complete with an incredibly off-key serenade to Whitney's "I Will Always Love You."
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|my friends were major winners, me not so much but there was an Aveda basket calling my name!
|college friends Erin and Katie; post picture we sang our hearts out to Whitney
Let's not forget that the 21st annual Jump Back Ball is coming Saturday night at PlayHouseSquare and over the past two weeks, I've legitimately ordered 12 dresses from Zappos, Nordstrom, and Dillard's. That's fashion dedication!
CLEshopaholic and Alexa came over to throw our own runway show complete with shoes and jewelry while letting our very own Tim Gunn aka CLEshopaholic critique our choices. I needed honest opinions because I was swimming in a sea of glitter, sequins and one-shoulder dresses.
"I can tell you that at least a dozen girls would have tried that dress on and could be wearing it."
"No, it's TOO safe. Next!"
"Where did you get that? That looks like something you could buy at Forever21."
"No, next, it's been done before."
"I like it, don't love it, but very predictable. We don't do predictable."
Good news - we both settled on dresses with the help of our very honest and fashionable judge and have a little work to do before Saturday to complete our looks.
Next, I headed over to the Rock Hall because it only took me seven months to finally take myself over to the Women Who Rock exhibit. Oh, I heart all pop stars from the 80s and beyond and I completely got lost for an hour and half looking at Lady Gaga's Grammy costume, Britney's 2000 VMA sequin outfit and Cher's Bob Mackie creations.
If you have seen it, you will agree that those ladies are tinnnnnnnnyyyyyy. My god, they are all zeros or smaller with the exception of Donna Summer who has some cleavage based on the dress on display.
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I closed out this weekend with a takeout dinner with my family with entertaining and memorable conversation where they needed instant updates on my life - what I was doing this, what am I wearing to Saturday's event, how did I blow my tire out last weekend, what is going on with your dating life, etc. Apparently, I haven't been filling them in as much as I though I had.
|Oh how I love this pizza.
Happy Monday, everyone! Let's get dieting in preparation for this weekend's events.


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Artefactgroup's WVIL concept is our dream digital camera, an innovative future imagining of digital photography where the removable lens holds the sensor and can wirelessly transmit the image back to the body, solving the issue of including the photographer him or herself in the photo. Add to that a touch UI that makes in-camera image manipulation and alteration easier than anything we've seen out there, and the WVIL has the makings of the perfect prosumer carry along camera.
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By the time we reached Johannesburg on March 12th, we had developed a strong presentation which we hoped would convey our messages about leadership: that every young woman has the potential to be a leader and that, as high school students, they do not need to wait to take action.
Though we had prepared and reviewed for hours, when the time came to actually deliver the workshop, I was incredibly nervous. I need not have worried. Each of the students spoke about her desire to create positive change. One student spoke about creating a resource clinic for teenage pregnancies, another about creating a more sustainable environment in her school. Another spoke passionately about a desire to show the world the true Africa: a land full of history, promise, and future. I have since heard from a few of the students, who have updated me on their plans for implementing their projects and are speaking with each other about future collaborations. For me, that was the greatest reward I could have asked for: knowing that our workshops facilitated the opportunity for these extraordinary young women to come together and work towards building a better future.
- Hayley Milliman '12
Hayley was one of six students selected to travel to South Africa to attend the Barnard's Third Annual Global Symposium and assist with a leadership workshop for high school students from around Johannesburg.


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UK.gov's G Cloud may have security silver lining
It'll do in lieu of lead for UK.gov
Information security experts have said the government can take advantage of the G Cloud project to improve practices in the field.
John Colley, European managing director for ISC2, the certification body for information security professionals, and Professor Howard Schmidt, president and chief executive officer of the Information Security Forum (ISF), said the emergence of cloud computing is making it possible to take a new approach to security.
They were speaking to journalists at the RSA Conference in London against the backdrop of government plans to develop the G Cloud, a framework of virtualised applications and data storage facilities for the public sector. The Cabinet Office is leading the effort, which was announced in the Digital Britain paper during the summer.
Colley told GC News that UK government has previously kept its work on information security in specialist bodies such as GCHQ and CESG, separate from the development of business functions. "But there is a whole lot of commonality and it would be good to see the two working together," he said. "The cloud gives us the opportunity to get the specification right before we get too far down the track."
He said that pressure to refresh hardware and software to meet business demands has often led to systems being implemented more quickly than the security arrangements can be developed, but that the development of the G Cloud gives government the chance to start from scratch. But it also requires a development of the right skills to handle information security, with an increased emphasis on teams of people with individual skills.
"The days of the real generalist have gone," Colley said. "We need people with the overview of security and business demands who can pull together those with the technology skills."
This ties in with the view professed by ISC2 and the ISF that there is a growing segmentation of skills, between those with a deep knowledge of specific areas of technology, the group who understand the business and have consultancy skills, and the leaders who have a grasp of strategy and how it relates to issues around risk, security and privacy.
Schmidt said the development of cloud computing on a broad scale is providing a business opportunity that could include security as a core feature. "Those looking to be purchasers of cloud computing will be going with their own list of requirements in areas such as data back-up and encryption. Government can take these things to companies working in the cloud. Some of the things government is doing are more stringent than in the private sector."
He added that there is a need for a cadre of professionals with the specialist skills to ensure the cloud provides its full potential.
The government plans to develop the G Cloud to provide 'on demand' computing services for public sector organisations. The Cabinet Office has completed a feasibility study and is now working on a business case and to identify a number of steps to provide some initial services.
This article was originally published at Kable.
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I normally don't put press releases up on the blog, but I thought this one was especially fitting when I received it. For all the voluntourism we advocate abroad, there are still real issues at home and Hotel Galvez has taken a shot at offering volunteer opportunities to help communities recover from the too often forgotten about Hurricane Ike.
Galveston Hotel – Hotel Galvez Offers Giving Back to Galveston Voluntourism Package
GALVESTON ISLAND, Texas (March 6, 2009) – Hotel Galvez, A Wyndham® Historic Hotel and National Trust Historic Hotel of America, is offering a Giving Back to Galveston Voluntourism package geared at travelers willing to roll up their sleeves to help the city recover from the effects associated with last year's Hurricane Ike. According to city officials, Galveston has sustained an estimated $3.6 billion in damages and losses from Ike.
Confirmed guests are introduced to Help4Galveston, an organization dedicated to helping the city recover from Hurricane Ike. The package is based on double occupancy and is subject to availability and blackout dates.
The Tremont House, A Wyndham Historic Hotel which is anticipated to reopen in late May, will offer its Giving Back to Galveston Voluntourism Package beginning in June.
"There are many people are interested in helping Galveston recover," said Patty Rouse, Hotel Galvez area director of sales and marketing. "We encourage these individuals and couples to visit and give a helping hand to the island and its residents."


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Health & Wellness
Local Produce Is a Healthy Food Option and Budget-Friendly
The summer season offers so many great-tasting fruits and vegetables, right in our own "backyards." All across America local produce can be found in most grocery stores. Did you know that most fruits and vegetables are cheaper during the summer? It's true. When certain fruits and vegetables are in-season there's more to be had and less traveling time involved in getting them to stores and into our favorite neighborhood produce department. Here are three of summer's most budget-friendly and popular fruits and vegetables: 1. Berries – Whether you're craving a stack of whole wheat pancakes topped with fresh blueberries for...
Peaches, Nectarines and Plums, Oh, My!
Nothing says summer like a ripe, juicy peach! Stone fruits—peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, and cherries—are sought-after summer fruit that can make your taste buds dance. There are so many ways you can enjoy these tasty treats which are in season from June through September. And they are not just for snacking. Stone fruit can be dried, grilled, poached, roasted, and sautéed. You can make a quick fruit salad with stone fruit, a delicious jam, or grilled fruit (just brush fruit halves with melted, unsalted butter, sprinkle with sugar, then grill over low heat for about 10 minutes or until soft...
Healthy Eating Habits for Better Nutrition and Better Health
If you'd like to get in better shape for better health, you can start with your plate. Fruits and vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains make for a great beginning. Whether you want to lose weight or just eat better, you can make your health goals happen. Here are some simple steps to help you get started: Incorporate lean protein foods such as beans and seafood into your menus. Additional health benefits from these foods include: Black beans, kidney beans and pinto beans are a very good source of fiber and folate, while green beans are an excellent source of...
Three Ways to Enjoy Fresh Fruit
The next time you're hungry and craving a delicious piece of fruit get creative! Fruits—and foods in general—can make mealtimes simply amazing. While it's truly great that fruits offer benefits such as beta-carotene, phytonutrients, potassium, vitamins, and so much more, there's no reason not to experiment in the kitchen with them! And fruits complement a wide variety of other foods. Here are three ways with fruit:Baked. When slowly baked at a low temperature, fruit stays moist. Place chunked, halved or sliced fruit into a greased baking dish, and then sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a crumb topping. Bake at 350...
Quitting Smoking
From scar tissue—caused by inflammation in the airways and tissues of your lungs—to emphysema to cilia (respiratory infections), long-term lung damage brought on from smoking is a serious blow to the body. And smoking also causes other harmful effects that can damage almost every organ in the body. Have you asked anyone who used to smoke if it was difficult for them to quit? If so, you probably heard, "It was the hardest thing I've ever done." Nicotine—a chemical in cigarettes—is one reason why it's so hard to quit. When you try and quit smoking, you crave nicotine because your...


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Police asked for the public's help to locate whoever donated a human skull to an Austin, Texas, thrift store.
Homicide Detective Derek Israel said Wednesday that foul play was not suspected in the person's death. He said he just wants to know how the skull came to be in an unspecified container left at the store.
Goodwill staff discovered the skull while sifting through donations July 16. A spokeswoman said it could have been gifted up to a week prior to its discovery.
Israel said the skull is from an adult. No other details about it have been released.
This is at least the fourth skull to be donated to the international nonprofit this summer. Three were donated in July to a Goodwill store in Bellevue, Wash.


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Sudan: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- Strategic position between the Middle East and West Africa
- Easing of sanctions imposed by the United States in 1997
- Relative stabilization of diplomatic relations with South Sudan thanks to the oil agreement
- Adjustment efforts under the IMF monitoring programme
- Unsustainable external debt
- Lack of investment in infrastructure
- Significant business climate and governance shortcomings
- Continuing high levels of human and food insecurity
- High rates of unemployment (especially among young people) and poverty
- Less activity in South Sudan, which is reducing outlets for Sudanese products
- Claims for citizenship of South Sudan in the oil regions of the South and tensions in the Darfur region
Current Trends
Moderate Growth, Dependent on Agriculture and Extractive Industries
Since the shock triggered by the secession of South Sudan in 2011, efforts have been made to re-establish macroeconomic stability and restore growth. Significant imbalances, linked to the loss of three-quarters of oil exports following the secession (and the corresponding income), continue to limit growth prospects, as do the difficult business climate, the lack of exchange rate flexibility, over-indebtedness, armed ethnic conflicts, and the lack of integration in international trade.
2018 harvests are expected to remain at their usual level after recovering from torrential rains in 2016. These should contribute to a modest pick-up in growth, which is largely reliant on agriculture and the extractive industries, as well as on public spending. The slight upturn in the barrel price should enable modest oil-related GDP growth, triggered by a cut in energy subsidies.
Slower monetary expansion should reduce inflation in 2018, even though it will remain very high due to rising oil (of which the country is a net importer despite surplus crude oil production) and food prices.
The easing of US sanctions is likely to have a limited impact in the short term, but over the longer term could encourage economic diversification and growth through the resumption of international financial transactions, helping to alleviate the pressure on the banks, and to restore FDI's and technology transfers.
Twin Deficits Proving Hard to Eliminate
The fiscal deficit will remain stable thanks to the cut in energy subsidies, which will, however, continue in turn to dull internal demand. Despite the efforts made to contain current spending and boost tax receipts, which would enable infrastructure investment and greater redistribution, the public deficit remains at a level requiring central bank financing – a financing method which encourages inflation.
The public and external debt ratios are high, and most of the external debt is in arrears. Because of the quasi-closing of access to international markets, Sudan has to resort to financing in the form of grants and concessional loans, and continues to work towards debt relief under the HIPC initiative. This should be made easier by the lifting of sanctions.
In 2018, the current account deficit will continue to improve because of the depreciation in the exchange rate, which will help reduce imports while boosting the growth of non-oil exports (livestock and sesame). International prices have boosted gold exports (which doubled in value in 2017) and oil exports. The easing of US sanctions should result in more trade partners in 2018, and also stimulate exports in general. However, foreign investment will not be enough to cover the deficit: substantial foreign aid is needed to avoid a fall in the foreign exchange reserves, which are already at very low levels (about six weeks of imports). Greater flexibility regarding the Sudanese pound, which is still considerably overvalued, will attract these investments.
A Very Difficult Political Context
Because of progress in the fight against terrorism and the management of internal conflicts, the United States has lifted almost all of the sanctions imposed in 1997. At the same time, the country has kept Sudan on its terrorism blacklist, and maintained sanctions relating to human rights violations in Darfur.
Coming to power after the coup d'état in 1989, President Omar al-Bashir is well placed to win the 2020 elections; the opposition remains fragmented and is too disorganized to present a credible alternative. In early 2017, the President reinstated the post of Prime Minister – a role that had been absent since the coup d'état – and formed a new government following a National Dialogue for «consensus». However, these demonstrations of a rebalancing in the distribution of power were not convincing in 2017, and social tensions persisted, fuelled by the regime's failure to stem rising prices and to ensure the distribution of basic necessities.
Although the shared economic challenges associated with the production and supply of oil has led Sudan and South Sudan to co-operate, armed conflict persists in the Sudanese regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile: the people in these regions identify more strongly on an ethnic level with the people of South Sudan and are demanding to become part of the country. However, their demands face repression by the Khartoum regime, which wants to maintain control over the oil resources in said regions. In 2003, economic and social marginalization of ethnic minorities led to the outbreak of conflict in the Darfur region, where the population also face repression by President Al-Bashir due to the presence of oil resources. Since 2016, unilateral ceasefire declarations by the Sudanese government have helped reduce national insecurity and the scale of population displacement linked to these conflicts.


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Exorcism (US - DVD R1)
Gabe ran out of official Exorcist films so he's moved on to Spanish knock-offs...
A young woman from a wealthy family participates in a satanic ceremony while on vacation. When she returns home she promptly begins acting strangely and people around her start dying in awful ways. Her mother assumes possession, like any good parent would, and brings Paul Naschy the priest in to exorcise the demon.
I really want to speak all manner of great things about all these BCI/Eclipse Spanish horror releases, especially the Paul Naschy films. I want to support the Deimos imprint in their efforts, and I want them to continue sending me these DVDs to review. Unfortunately for both of us, Exorcism was a huge bore. Rarely has there been this much sitting around and taking in what should've been a romp in the bloody and curdled horror daisies.
The people involved obviously wanted to cash in on The Exorcist, but no one seems to understand what made the monster hit special in the first place, or if they do they don't have any clue on how to recreate it. They take a couple of cues (a high society party wrecked by the possessed girl, the sudden ability to communicate in other languages, the cursing, the exorcism scene on the whole), but the movie only really works when it does its own thing, like naked dancing hippies and evil German Shepherds.
The basic formula Naschy and director Juan Bosch seem to have decided on is: talk, talk some more, someone dies, talk until the audience wants to scream, talk a little bit more, someone dies, etc. While these jabber-jaws talk they don't seem to be particularly concerned with the person they're talking about, and this detached nature didn't exactly help my particular attention span.
What the film has in its favour is a terminal case of dated politics, music, and fashion. The loopy young hippies and their drug addled, satanic rituals angle was old hat in the '60s, as was everything they wear. Naschy claims to have written the script years before William Freidkin's film became one of the biggest blockbusters of its time, so perhaps these elements were hold-overs, but I kind of doubt it. I'd like to assume that he was just out of touch at the time.
There are a handful of joyfully bizarre lines of dialogue, but the actors all keep the scenery chewing to a sad minimum, leaving the film bereft of the kind of grade-A ham I've come to expect from Paul Naschy productions. I don't mean it as an insult either, I really do enjoy it, on the same level as a Vincent Price performance.
BCI/Eclipse does another whip smart job here, and has impressed with all four of their 'Spanish Horror Collection' releases thus far. Exorcism, like Vengeance of the Zombies and Night of the Sorcerers, is presented in an un-masked 1.33:1 framing. The colours are bright, blacks deep, and details sharp for the source material, and unlike Night of the Sorcerers there isn't a lot of excess edge enhancement.
BCI/Eclipse makes my job easy again by again supplying both the original Castilian track and a dubbed English track, both in Mono. Just like their other releases, this one is serviceable, though not extraordinary. Distortion does occur on higher registers, but not very often. On the whole the track lacks bass and definition, but that's to be expected from an older and cheaper mono source.
Mr. Paul Naschy supplies us with another video introduction, and once again he revels in the corniness of it like a pig in slop. It's always a pleasure to see a happy ham in his element. This introduction gives way to the film, which gives way to an elongated interview with Pauly. The interview ends up covering a large expanse of Naschy's finest films, rather than Exorcism alone. My guess is that these are all films that BCI/Eclipse holds the release rights to (and they seem to coincide with the recent German special editions, so I'm hoping to get a better copy of Hunchback of Rue Morgue someday soon). The interview comes complete with clips, and is full without being overlong.
Also adorning the disc are the usual alternate clothed sequences, made to avoid censorship during the film's Spanish release. In collaboration with these scenes are the original Spanish credits, a trailer, an outstanding gallery of poster and video art, and more liner notes from writer Mirek Lipinski.
I'm thinking Exorcism is a skip for all but the most impassioned Naschy enthusiasts. It comes down to the film's lethargy, which seems to know no bounds. BCI/Eclipse has done a fantastic job with the video, and the Naschy interview is entertaining. Collectors may want to pick it up for stockpiling purposes, and skip to the exorcism scenes with a room full of rowdy friends. Next of BCI/Eclipses list is Horror Rises from the Tomb, another Naschy flick I've yet to experience.
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Tis a dull, dull film.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 21st August 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English, Dolby Digital Mono Castilian
Subtitles: English
Extras: Paul Naschy Introduction, Alternate Clothed Scenes, Spanish Credits, Trailer, Stills, Liner Notes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Juan Bosch
Cast: Maria Kosti, Grace Mills, Maria Perschy, Jacinto Molina
Length: 89 minutes
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Homebrew coder and resident tipster flofrucht has dropped by our forums to release the initial version of his latest project, Radioplayer Pack, a handy app that allows you to access various sites using the Internet Radio Player of your PSP.
Developer's note:
Well, here's the Version 1.0 of my Radioplayer Pack!
What does it do?
It's a simple but effective access to some sites via the Internet Radio.
So what sites are supported? Well, according to the dev, it currently includes mobile version of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Hotmail, Wikipedia, IMDb and eBuddy. "If you want more sites feel free to contact me via twitter.com/flofrucht or via my blog (flofrucht.dyndns.org)," further notes the dev.
How to install?
Extract the archive and copy the PSP folder to your PSP root!
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Entrepreneur and Best-Selling Author
Types: Author, Entrepreneur, Male, Top Executives
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An accomplished business leader and one of the bestselling business authors of all-time, Harvey Mackay provides audiences with successful strategies for exceptional selling, customer service and negotiations.
Global Business Leader and Expert on China
Types: Male, Top Executives
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A China expert and global business executive who has spent his career bridging the gap between the developed and developing worlds, Tom Manning has served as CEO of four Asia-based companies in the past fifteen years and brings a unique and powerful perspective to global business strategy discussions.
Co-Founder and Principal, RiceHadleyGates LLC
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Author, former diplomat, speaker and now a sought-after advisor to Fortune 50 and Silicon Valley CEOs, Anja Manuel shares her powerful insights on the rise of emerging markets in Asia and beyond, what this means for us and America's future role in international leadership.
Topics: American Politics, Asia, Business Growth/Strategy/Trends, Change: Managing/Leading It, China, Economic Forecast, Election Forecast/Analysis, Europe, Financial Markets, Foreign Policy - U.S., Global Economy, Global Trade, Leadership, Middle East, National Security, Terrorism , Women and Politics, Women's Issues
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Elliott Masie is on the forefront of changing the world of learning, one of the leading analysts and researchers on the emerging world of Big Data. His work has evolved workplace learning—from the introduction of the term e-Learning to personalizing the learning experiences of new employees and senior leaders.
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With his finger on the pulse of today's changing workforce, Seth Mattison blends storytelling from his own personal experience working with category-leading brands while leveraging cutting-edge research to develop fresh perspectives on the key strategic issues most relevant for today's leaders.
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Workplace Innovator, Culture and Leadership Consultant and Former Chief Talent Officer, Netflix
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Patty McCord brings the Silicon Valley concepts of fresh ideas and innovation and applies them to rethinking the way we work. She challenges norms and invites us to reconsider the idea of "best practices."
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Greg McKeown is a business writer, consultant and researcher specializing in leadership and the tools for success with a focus on living and leading as an essentialist.
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Stephanie McMahon is chief brand officer for WWE and was named to its Board of Directors in 2015. Stephanie is responsible for working with WWE's business units to support key growth initiatives and represents WWE as its global brand ambassador among key constituencies including government, advertisers, media, business partners and investors. She is the primary spokesperson for WWE's corporate social responsibility initiatives, including Special Olympics, Susan G. Komen and Be a STAR, WWE's anti-bullying program. In 2014, Stephanie and her husband, Paul Levesque, established Connor's Cure, a fund dedicated to furthering Pediatric cancer research. Stephanie is also a TV personality, appearing regularly on WWE's flagship programming.
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Having led some of America's most distinguished and recognizable companies during a storied business career that includes executive roles at GE, 3M and Boeing, Jim McNerney provides insight on topics such as the competitive advantage created by innovation, leading and sustaining cultural change and strong insights on navigating in a more global and government-centric world.
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PRAGUE (AP) With Rafael Nadal sidelined with an injury, the Czech Republic team hopes to complete a rare double this weekend when it takes on defending champion Spain in the 100th Davis Cup final.
Two weeks after the Czech women secured the Fed Cup title at Prague's O2 Arena, Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek will try to equal the feat at the same venue. No country has won both competitions in the same year since the United States in 1990.
``Our fans are in the winning mood and we hope that we can leave this arena in the same way (as the Fed Cup team),'' Stepanek said.
Even without Nadal, Spain is no easy opponent.
The Spaniards recently have dominated the Davis Cup and look for their fourth title in five years. One of those victories was a 5-0 sweep against the Czechs at home in 2009.
This year, the team will be led by fifth-ranked David Ferrer, who is wrapping up a year with a career-best seven titles.
Ferrer won two matches at the season-ending ATP finals in London last week, but still failed to qualify for the semifinals. He's looking forward to another chance to add one more title before the offseason.
``I'm very confident with my game,'' said Ferrer, who beat Stepanek in five sets in the 2009 final.
That, he said, ``was one of the best moments of my career.''
The sixth-ranked Berdych also qualified for the ATP finals, where he went 1-2. He and Stepanek led the Czechs to victories against Italy, Serbia and Argentina on the way to the final. They hope to give their country its first Davis Cup title as an independent nation, having split from Czechoslovakia in 1993. Czechoslovakia won its only title in 1980, when Ivan Lendl led the team to victory.
The last time the Czechs beat Spain was as Czechoslovakia in 1971. But the players said they learned a lesson in 2009 - and now have the home-court advantage.
``The final in Barcelona (in 2009) was a great experience for us that we can learn from,'' Stepanek said. ``Our two biggest advantages are that we have a choice of the surface and we have our fans behind us. And certainly, they miss Nadal.''
Nadal has been sidelined with a left knee injury since a second-round loss to Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June. Rosol is on the Czech team but unlikely to play if Berdych and Stepanek are fit.
A capacity crowd of more than 13,000 noisy fans is expected, after tickets sold out in a matter of hours.
The surface might even be of bigger importance.
The Czechs beat Serbia 4-1 in the same arena in the quarterfinals, but that was on clay. Now, they opted for a faster hard court to counter the Spanish clay court specialists, who haven't lost on that surface in 12 years.
Ferrer said the Spaniards have never played on such a fast court.
``We all have problems,'' he said. ``But we're ready to play, we're ready to fight.''
Spanish captain Alex Corretja is expected to use Nicolas Almagro as his second singles player, but could also opt for Feliciano Lopez, who is 4-3 against Berdych and beat him twice on hard court. Almagro lost four of his five matches to Berdych this year.
Corretja said Tuesday that ``Feliciano is here in case we need to make any chances.''
As always, Saturday's doubles match could play a key role, and Spain received a confidence boost when Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez won the ATP finals on Monday by beating Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna of India for their third title of the season.
``For us, it was a very special to win,'' Granollers said. ``We come here with a lot of confidence after winning in London. We're ready to fight for everything.''
Berdych and Stepanek are expected to team up for the doubles as well, having an 11-1 record in Davis Cup play. Their only loss came in the 2009 final.


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The WWF and Mondi Global Partnership
The new three-year strategic and global partnership between Mondi and WWF is focused on promoting environmental stewardship in the packaging and paper sectors. The aim is to minimise the impacts of Mondi's operations on forests, climate and water and encourage sustainable practices within the paper and packaging industry. Through action, the partnership aims to demonstrate that environmental and social stewardship and business sense can and need to go hand in hand.
The partnership aims to do so by focusing on the following three key areas:
- Ecosystem Stewardship - protecting high conservation value ecosystems in Russia, Eastern Europe and other regions as well as increasing the value and resilience of production landscapes in South Africa.
- Manufacturing Stewardship - further reducing the water and climate footprint of Mondi's operations and promoting resource efficiency, recycling and longevity of products including the cascading use of wood and forest products where appropriate.
- Product Stewardship - further enhancing the environmental performance of Mondi's products through, among others - credible certification and efficient life-cycle use of materials in paper and packaging products.
This partnership is a journey, with exciting objectives in mind. It is a journey which Mondi and WWF are committed to. Through implementing its programme of work and through continuous learning and sharing, WWF and Mondi envision being increasingly effective as thought leaders on environmental and social issues within the sector.


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Tubing=50¢ a foot5 gallons batch= $8-$40+ and not to mention a precious brew day wasted!I am on a fairly tight brewing budget as well, but don't be penny wise and pound foolish! Replace moldy tubing!Bleach will eliminate mold but may leave a bleach smell in the plastic. Not sure if 1.5 tbsp in 5 gallons in enough though. In the future, rinse tubing immediately and hang to dry so that it is vertical and no water can lay in it.
don't know how long the tubing is, but I kinda did the same thing with my bottle filling wand and what I did was to cut some string that would fit the length and then some. Then cut some cloth in strips. Blow the sting through the tube an then tie the cloth to the one end. Apply your form of cleaning solution to the cloth then pull through. Do this two or three times with a new strip each pass. This cleans out all the stuff and then soak as normal.Good luck.
So do I have to hit up my local brew store or can I hit up a Home Depot and buy any tubing of the right size?


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Candy & Confectionery , in Stroudsburg, denote the food items rich in sugar, having low nutritional value but high calorie. These are generally prepared from concentrated sugar solutions with various edible colors & flavors. Candy & Confectionery are available in differents forms, texture & shape and are highly popular, especially amongst the children.