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2010 Exhibitor Directory
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Energy savings through the use of de-stratification fans.
- 518 AirScape
AirScape whole house fans -Energy efficient natural cooling.
- 411 Airvac, Inc.
The economical & ecological wastewater collection system.
- 455 AquaStar
Water as refrigerant home use air conditioner.
- 546 Aquatherm Greenpipe
One of the safest and longest lasting potable water systems available.
- 370 AudioVisions
Energy monitoring & management systems
- IP Barefoot College
Non-profit specializing in sustainable rural development and livelihood.
- 427 Bath Fitter
One day bathroom remodeling. Life time warranty.
- 552 Bauer's Transportation
- 511 Bay Area Moisture Control, Inc
Conditions crawlspace to be moisture free and energy efficient.
- 325 Bay Area Pervious Concrete
Pervious concrete.
- 451 Belgard Hardscapes
Belgard interlocking pavers, paving stone & garden wall products.
- IP Bellwether Materials
Bellwether Materials manufactures sheep's wool insulation.
- 425 Boston Architectural College
Online sustainable design courses and certificates.
- 450 BRAE Rainwater Harvesting
BRAE manufactures and distributes complete rainwater systems.
- 466 Build It Green
Non-profit promoting residential green building practices in California.
- 423 BuildingGreen LLC
BuildingGreen provides sustainable design information to building professionals.
- 470 California Building Performance Contractors Association (CBPCA)
We teach contractors how to make existing residential buildings energy efficient.
- 353 California Building Standards Commission
Are you ready for CALGreen?
- 573 California Straw Building Association (CASBA)
To promote the use of straw in building.
- IP Calstar Products
Brick reinvented—Low CO2, low embodied energy, 40% recycled.
- 424A Cerami
Surfaces made from 100% recycled glass and cement.
- 422A Ceramic Tile Design
Surfaces made from 100% recycled glass and cement.
- 477 CertainTeed
Roofing, Siding and Insulation Products.
- IP Chromasun
Chromasun Micro-Concentrator (MCT) – High Temperature Solar Thermal
- 571 Citizens Climate Lobby
Creating the political will for a sustainable planet.
- 351 Columbia Forest Products
Columbia Forest Products manufacturers PureBond® hardwood plywood.
- 414 Compass Lumber Products
Northern California distributor for DreamDex.
- 409 Cool Roof Rating Council
Non-profit providing credible roof radiative property ratings.
- 514 Cosella-Dorken Products Inc
Systems for building healthier homes.
- 336 Crete-Heat
Insulated floor panel systems.
- 363 Crystal Cabinet Works, Inc.
Crystal... a fine name in green cabinetry!
- 412 Danmer Custom Shutters
Manufacturer & installer of energy efficient custom shutters.
- 367A Deconstruction & ReUse Network, Inc
Promoting deconstruction as an alternative to demolition.
- 318 Demilec (USA) LLC
Environmentally-safe spray foam insulation products for wood or steel structures.
- 366 Dunn-Edwards Paints
Leading architectural paint manufacturer in the Southwest U.S.
- 513 Ecohaus
Eco-friendly building supplies since 1992.
- 512 EDC LED Lighting
Latest generation indoor & outdoor LED lighting.
- 346 Engineered Conversion Systems (EcoPath)
Custom sustainable entryway mat systems.
- IP Enovative Kontrol Systems
D'MAND-CIRC© efficiently delivers hot water saving water/energy.
- 562 EST Energy Savings Technology
LED lights and light fixtures.
- 359 Evolution Surface Solutions
Ecofriendly sealants and coatings using nanotechnology.
- 369 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Forest management to meet the social, economic, & ecological needs.
- 326 ForeverLawn West
Artificial grass
- 516 Foundry Service and Supplies, Inc
High-density fiber cement boards.
- 315 GGI Lights
With GGI, making a change is a simple switch.
- 459 Golden State Flooring
FSC certified wood: lumber, flooring, panels, plywood.
- 362 Graniterock
High-quality construction materials and services since 1900.
- 558 Grasswood Cabinets
Grasswood Cabinets is a manufacturer of modular bamboo cabinets.
- 338 Green Building Systems, Inc.
California distributor for R-Control SIPs.
- IP GreenCycler
Kitchen compost helper reduces organic waste by 80%!
- 454 GreenGuard Environmental Institute
GEI, certifier of products for low chemical emissions.
- IP Green Lite Motors
Ideal urban vehicle: 100MPG+express lane cruising+easy parking.
- 367B Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Home improvement outlet store supporting Habitat for Humanity.
- 430 Hammond Fine Homes
Construction services for LEED or GreenPoint rated projects.
- 506 Healthy Buildings USA
Previewing the OHOME® and HEALTHY CLASSROOMS®.
- 550 Heavenly Greens
Synthetic turf systems.
- 459 Higgins Hardwoods
FSC certified wood: lumber, flooring, panels, plywood.
- 522 Hunter Douglas
Energy efficient and sustainable window coverings.
IBM: Building a smarter planet for a sustainable future.
- 422B/424B IceStone
Surfaces made from 100% recycled glass and cement.
- 507 Icynene Inc
Icynene spray foam insulation and air barrier products.
- 517 IllumiLED Lighting
- 416 Integrity from Marvin Windows and Doors
Manufacturer of premium pultruded fiberglass windows and doors.
- 400 Intel Corporation
Sponsors of Tomorrow
- 304 Invisible Structures, Inc
Environmentally and sustainable site development products.
- 525 Jackel Enterprises
FSC hardwoods, softwood, milled products, recycled and salvaged lumber.
- 319 JTG Muir
Manufacturer representatives for hydronic heating and solar thermal systems.
- 302 Knauf Insulation
Manufacturer of sustainable insulation.
- IP Kolelinio
Kolelinio is an alternative urban transportation system.
- 460 KonaBeachHouse.com
Beach homes in Kona Hawaii unchanged since the 1950s.
- Book Store Lafayette Bookstore
- 528 Lemnis Inc
LED Lamp Manufacturer.
- 471 Level 5 Designs
Eco wall finish design & installation.
- 530 LifeSource Water Systems
Water filtration for residential and commercial applications.
- IP Lit Scooters
In the Wild...Cargo Scooters make vehicle architectonics sustainable.
- 426 Lithonia Lighting
Energy efficient LED lighting solutions.
- 581 Living Green Design Solutions
Architectural, landscape, & building materials for green & sustainable solutions.
- IP LumaStream
Intelligent lighting systems. Beauty meets efficiency. Novel distribution.
- 570 Luminalt
Designs and builds solar electric and hot water systems.
- 574 Lutron Electronics
Recognized world leader in light control since 1961.
- 431 Lyngso Garden Materials
Landscape Supply Soils Natural Stone Water Retention
- IP Mage Water Management
Single person usage, portable, floatable, solar-driven, desalination still.
- 418 Marvin Windows and Doors
Premium manufacturer of wood and wood clad windows.
Cradle to Cradle consulting and consultation.
- 575 MoonDance Painting
Interior & exterior painting contractors.
- 323 Nana Wall Systems
Custom, energy efficient operable glass wall systems.
- 568 Natural Capitalism Solutions
- 445 NCFI Polyurethanes
SPF products that are energy efficient and provide a healthier environment.
- 505 Noritz America
World's largest manufacturer of tankless water heaters.
- 368 North Cal Wood
Reclaimed and FSC certified redwood and douglas fir.
- 537/539 Nyloboard
Decking made from recycled carpet fibers called NyloDeck.
- 579 Oregon Shepherd
Manufacturer of 100% natural wool insulation.
- 544 Orenco
Water & wastewater collection, treatment, re-use, management.
- 355 Paperstone by Paneltech Products
Sustainable solid surfaces- The Countertop with a Conscience.
- 462 Peninsula Building Materials
Building materials: natural stone, brick, pavers, landscape supplies.
- 406 PG&E- Ask an Expert
Have an energy question? Talk directly to a PG&E expert for help.
- 307 PG&E- Go Solar
Get information on installing solar.
- 300 PG&E- Smart Grid
See how today's SmartMeter™ is leading tomorrow's Smart Grid
- 316 Philips Lighting Company
Innovative and environmentally friendly lighting solutions.
- 446 Pictura Graphics
Sustainable exhibit and graphic solutions.
- 361 Plug In America
Non-profit advocating for electric vehicles.
- 419 Plug 'n Save Energy Products
PV Solar Shutter: bamboo shutter that produces power.
- IP PowerZoa
Smart plug systems manage, measure and report energy.
- 413 Premier Building Systems
Environmentally friendly building product: roofs,walls & floors.
- 340 Presidio Graduate School
Graduate programs in sustainable management.
- 592 Rain Technologies Inc.
A C2C gold tier certified water resource management company.
- 311 Rainwater HOG LLC
Award-winning functional, discreet modular rainwater storage.
- 356 Rayco Painting
Bay Area's leading green painting company.
- 566 Recurve (Sustainable Spaces)
The leader in home energy audits and green energy remodeling.
- 313 Recycle Movement Corp
Recycle and reuse the wasted for a better earth tomorrow.
- 583 Renewal By Andersen
A start-to-finish custom division of Andersen Windows.
- 475 Restoration Timber
Providers of reclaimed wood flooring, beams and siding.
- 519 Rhino Shield
Lifetime exterior coating.
- 344 Saba Motors
Red-hot performance. Green vehicles.
- 452 San Francisco Business Times
Local Business News and Green Scene Resource
- 503 SaveEnergy123
Save money, time and energy with SaveEnergy123.
- 312/314 SDI Insulation
Full service green insulation contractor.
- 463 SIP Home Systems, Inc.
Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)- design & SIP packages.
- 527 Sloan Valve Company
Small scale water reuse system for toilet flushing.
- 458 SolarCity
Full-service solar power system design, financing & installation.
- IP SolSolutions
SolMan mobile solar generator. Plug-&-Play portable green power.
- IP Stramit USA
Stramit USA makes a 100% sustainable building panel.
- 345 Sun Light & Power
Solar energy design and installation.
- 444 SuperGreen Solutions
Solar, wind and other energy efficient products.
- 577 Sustainable Building Advisor Program
A certificate course focused on achieving high performance buildings.
- 327 Sustainable Furniture Council
Non-profit promoting best practices for sustainability.
- 417 The Mohawk Group
One of the largest sustainable flooring manufacturers.
- 508 The ReUse People
Deconstruction, building materials salvage, training, & consulting.
- 358 The Sansin Corporation
Environmentally Friendly Wood Protection.
- 329 The Urban Farmer Store
Efficient irrigation and lighting for the landscape.
- 560 Timber Pro UV Natural Wood Finishes
EcoSafe wood and concrete stains & sealers & restoratives.
- 428 TimberPeg
Producer of custom timberframe home packages.
- 407 TimberTech
TimberTech is a manufacturer of composite decking.
- IP Tom Kent Design
Three-wheeled adaptable electric city car.
- 461 UC Berkeley Extension
The continuing education arm of UC Berkeley.
- 317 UC San Diego Extension
Professional development & continuing education provider.
- 468 U.S. EPA Green Building Initiative
Environmental Protection Agency Green Building Workgroup.
- 347 U.S. Green Building Council-NCC
Promoting, educating, and advocating for green building.
- 467 VELUX America Inc
World leader in skylights and solar water heating systems.
- 554 Vetrazzo
Recycled Glass Surfacing
- 541 Warm Floors
Radiant heating and thermal solar systems.
- 453 Waterwise Group
Water Wise Group distributes residential greywater systems.
- 410 Watt Stopper/Legrand
WattStopper is the leading manufacturer of energy efficient lighting controls.
- 510 Wheeler Zamaroni
Exclusive supplier of Filterpave & TerraPave products.
- 576 Wow Green
All natural non toxic cleaning products.
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Each year, schools are required to submit a School Improvement Plan (SIP) to the district and they, in turn, submit the plans to the state. This plan drives what we do at Brookdale to prepare our students for middle school, high school, and beyond. The goals, strategies, and action steps list out what we will do over the course of the school year to ensure our students are successful.
Below, you will find a link to Brookdale's School Improvement Plan for the 2016-2017 school year.
Franklin Pierce Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
Questions and complaints of alleged discrimination should be directed to James Hester, Compliance Coordinator for State and Civil Rights Laws; Wendy Malich, Title IX Officer; or John Sander, 504/ADA Coordinator at 315 129th ST S, Tacoma, WA 98444-5099 or at (253)298-3000.

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- A. May, A.Bagheri Garakani, Z. Lu, D. Guo, K. Liu, A. Bellet, L. Fan, M. Collins, D. Hsu, B. Kingsbury, M. Picheny, F. Sha
Kernel Approximation Methods for Speech Recognition
Technical report, arXiv 2017 (in submission to JMLR)
- Z. Lu, D. Guo, A. Bagheri Garakani, K. Liu, A. May, A. Bellet, L. Fan, M. Collins, B. Kingsbury, M. Picheny, F. Sha.
A Comparison Between Deep Neural Nets and Kernel Acoustic Models for Speech Recognition.
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2016.
- A. Bellet, Y. Liang, A. Bagheri Garakani, M.-F. Balcan and F. Sha.
A Distributed Frank-Wolfe Algorithm for Communication-Efficient Sparse Learning.
SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM), 2015.
[Paper] [Extended Paper] [Slides] [Code]
- Z. Lu, A. May, K. Liu, A. Bagheri Garakani, D. Guo, A. Bellet, L. Fan, M. Collins, B. Kingsbury, M. Picheny and F. Sha.
How to Scale Up Kernel Methods to Be As Good As Deep Neural Nets.
Technical report, arXiv:1411.4000, 2014.
- A. Bagheri Garakani, V. R. Gadde, E. Tao, J. Diao, Y. Xi, V. Halder, A. Sankar.
Continuous Language Model Adaptation: Automatically learning domain vocabulary and language statistics.
Cisco Systems C-Tech Forum (internal conference), 2013.
- A. Bagheri Garakani.
Real-Time Classification of Everyday Fitness Activities on Windows Mobile.
Senior Thesis. University of Washington Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 2009.
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The Holidays: do they suck rocks, or rock, sucker? Gather round as I break it down.
Christmas rocks because it's created an industry wherein midget actors can enjoy an abundance of work. Christmas sucks because my ex-girlfriend's clinical fear of midgets meant that for two months last year I had to go without sex while she cried herself to sleep every night. But the needs of the mini outweigh my need for poon, so Christmas rocks, sucker!
Boxing day rocks because it's essentially a second, more selfish Christmas, where you can buy all the things you really wanted but never got, and for cheaper than on any other day of the year. Boxing Day sucks because despite the fact that everything is cheaper we still unanimously hold Christmas the day before Boxing Day rather than the day after. This confirms that Christians are all retarded and that Boxing Day sucks rocks!
New Year's Eve sucks because it's the same party that's happening every other night of the year, yet the cost of entry quadruples while cheap sparkling wine masquerades as expensive champagne. New Year's Eve rocks because the subsequent hangover, though dreadful, comes with one important clause: no matter how much of an arse-hole you managed to be last night, today you begin a new year with a clean slate. So let rip and be merry, because New Year's Eve rocks, sucker!
The Verdict: Quit your griping and get with the festive spirit, because The Holidays rock, sucker!
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The Verdict: The Holidays
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Join us as an Exhibitor with Walkabout Tremont!
Have you ever wanted to show and sell your artwork in Tremont? Every month beginning in May of 2016, Walkabout Tremont will include exhibitor tent space along Professor, College and Kenilworth Avenues. Northcoast Promotions is the official vendor manager.
We seek creative vendors from many disciplines, including (but not limited to): visual artists, photographers, sculptors, jewelers, fiber artists, mixed media artists, artisans and crafts persons of all kinds, as well as small nonprofits.
Please click here for the exhibitor application.
Interested in having your artwork displayed at one of the many bars/restaurants/shops that display art during Walkabout?
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Review of Soldier's Heart. Booklist (January 1,1999): 782.
Buchholz, Rachel. "My Life's Work: Author." Boys' Life (December 1995): 28-30.
Mentions how Paulsen uses his personal experiences in his fiction.
Deveraux, Elizabeth. "Gary Paulsen: A Taste for Adventure and an Obsessive Work Ethic Are This Versatile Writer's Hallmarks." Publishers Weekly (March 28, 1994): 70-71. Mentions Paulsen's participation in the Iditarod.
Diehl, Digby. "Author, Author!" Modern Maturity (July-August 1995): 12. A profile of Paulsen.
Engelfried, Steven. School Library Journal (September 1998): 206. An endorsement of Soldier's Heart.
Gale, David. "The Maximum Expression of Being Human." School Library Journal (June 1997): 24-29. Commentary with an interview on Paulsen's career.
Mayer, Henry. Review of Soldier's Heart.
New York Times Book Review (November 15,1998): 40. Praises Soldier's Heart.
Paulsen, Gary. "The Booklist Interview: Gary Paulsen." Booklist (January 1,1999): 864.
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What are the Types of Adhesive Floor Marking Tapes?
Industrial businesses that have extensive manual labor performed in the workplace must make sure they provide a safe working environment for its employees. Industrial facilities where certain types of labor is conducted could pose potential risk factors, because of the machinery located throughout the working room floor and other difficult conditions that place a worker's well being into some degree of harm's way. Therefore, industrial businesses need to always implement safety standards to minimize, and hopefully eliminate all risks associated with industrial workplaces. By incorporating warning notifications and accident prevention products such as adhesive floor marking tapes, an industrial organization will be maximizing its operational safety protocol because it would have created optimal safety awareness throughout the entire work environment, which is otherwise very dangerous if a worker is unaware of the risky conditions in specific areas.
If employees are handling heavily mechanized equipment and/or machinery, especially in an area where potential hazard locations are aplenty, warning indicators should always be in place to protect everyone on the working room floor from risk areas. Marking hazardous locations in the workspace with adhesive floor marking tapes is a perfect way to label hazardous spots and create awareness when someone is entering a risky area. Alerting your industrial organization's labor force to the possible risk factors associated with the working location adhesive floor marking tape, which are available in different makes and models and brought to you by Jessup Manufacturing, is the best option for these kinds of circumstances. Adhesive floor marking tapes are awareness tools that will successfully alert and remind the labor force of the potential risk factors involved when working in specific locations.
The best way to choose one of the many adhesive floor marking tapes offered by Jessup Manufacturing is by having your business understand the exact type of awareness is needed, the kind of hazard that is present, and durability of the adhesive floor marking tape your facility will need, having thoroughly evaluated the risk at play. Concerning industrial businesses, where much of the surrounding conditions can be very complex due to the presence of heavily mechanized and potentially dangerous machinery, especially if the machinery is not operated correctly, industrial strength adhesive floor marking tapes and high grade floor marking tapes are available. The industrial strength and high grade adhesive floor marking tapes are generally used for the most problematic conditions. If your company's workstation involved a high degree of physical exertion and a lot of movement throughout the workstation by many people, it would also be smart to consider adhesive floor marking tape called grip tape, which is excellent for helping workers improve footing by adding friction and traction to the floor.


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Skin allergy can be caused by a variety of factors. These include immune system disorders, medications and infections. When an allergen is responsible for triggering an immune system response, then it is an allergic skin condition. The important signs and symptoms are itching, rashes, inflammation, vomiting, sneezing and hives. The various causes include pollution, bacterial, viral and fungal infections, bites of any insects and food allergies. Ayurvedic treatments are known natural remedy that not only provide relief, yet boost the immune system. Panchakarma therapies and herbal oil massages are wonderful natural Ayurvedic cure for different allergies.
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Ayurveda, which means the science of life. (Ayur = Life, Veda = Science). Ayurveda is a traditional System of treatment (medical science) which was developed in India more than 5000 years ago. Ayurvedic treatment which helps to cure most of the diseases. Major treatment methods are massages, Pizhichil, Njavarakizhi, Sirodhara, Vasthi, Sirovasthi, Udvarthanam, Abhyangam, Nasyam, Thalam etc. The main Advantage of taking ayurveda treatment is, its completely natural because herbal medicines are used to treat any disease conditions. Its a natural medical system focused on physical, mental and spiritual growth of human beings and it focus on treating and get rid off the root cause of the disease (Complete cure) rather than suppressing the symptoms.Special Ayurveda packages available in kerala for most of the ailments


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Steve Hoskins identity, by Designhouse
Designhouse has created the identity for photographer Steve Hoskins, which incorporates his pictures.
Hoskins specialises in animal photography and has worked with brands including Land Rover, Lloyds Bank and Andrex.
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May 6, 2019Defense and Security
Conceived as the principal defenders of the 1979 revolution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has evolved into an institution with vast political, economic, and military power.
March 12, 2019United Kingdom
The Good Friday Agreement has dampened sectarian tensions and brought stability to Northern Ireland since 1998, but Brexit negotiations and local political paralysis are throwing the region's hard-wo…
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Turkey's president has rarely been so unpopular. He's likely to dominate this week's local elections anyway.
March 7, 2019Women and Women's Rights
International Women's Day affords an opportunity to reflect on the victories and ongoing struggles faced by women around the world. This year, there is much to celebrate—particularly in the realm of …
February 25, 2019Iran
The march to war against Iran is echoing the drumbeats of America's last major Middle Eastern invasion.
February 25, 2019Iran
The march to war against Iran is echoing the drumbeats of America's last major Middle Eastern invasion.
February 13, 2019Middle East and North Africa
What a late-night meal in Italy taught me about U.S. power in the Arab world.
January 28, 2019Israel
At least one of Israel's occupations will be permanent, whether anyone else likes it or not.
January 7, 2019Togo
The past few months have not been comforting for advocates of dynastic succession in Africa. In Togo and Gabon, favorite sons have become focal points for popular frustration.


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The crowded streets of Hong Kong bustled with activity.
A press of human bodies swarmed this way and that, each person frantic to get to his or her own destination, and each equally sure that his or her own personal mission was of utmost importance. The result was a mob of noisy, unruly people, all pushing one another and angry for being pushed in turn.
Above and in some cases among the mass of human flesh, hundreds of robots flitted back and forth in the dying light of the early evening. Sundry needle-like antennae sprouted from the backs of the metallic swarm, and each relayed messages on its own encryption wavelength.
Some were mediabots, designed to search for anything newsworthy and to report back to their human journalists. Others were loud commercial 'droids that obnoxiously shrieked advertisement slogans in Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese, taking credit card numbers and distributing commerce sites on cyberspace. Still others were dark spy 'droids that drifted quietly in between their flashier comrades to follow an unsuspecting businessman.
All of them reflected the ruby-colored light that bled from the setting sun in the west behind a forest of towering space-scrapers that grow over an undergrowth of smaller, older buildings. The eastern sector of the city had already fallen into semi-darkness, or at least as dark as was possible in the face of the blazing neon illumination that emanated from the myriad of bars, night clubs, theaters, and store fronts.
It was in this semi-darkness that Hyang Chao strolled. Today had been a good day, and Hyang was happy.
The bronze buttons that dotted the front of his dark green Hong Kong civil police uniform reflected the erratic light of the city's neon second-sun. Had one been able to push back the hem of his right sleeve, a deep slash promising a permanent scar would have been visible. Hyang had acquired it during the robot riots several months ago.
It was because of this scar and the memories that accompanied it that Hyang now carried with him a light caliber laser rifle when it was his turn to patrol this area of the district. Better to look paranoid than to be once again unprepared.
Hyang let his gaze slide back and forth across the patchwork of light and shadows, searching for anything amiss. As his gaze lit upon the entrance to an alley between a coffee house and a karaoke bar, Hyang stopped in his tracks.
In one of the few shadows left in the man-made half light, a figure crouched.
Bent double, as if with agony, the figure seemed to shiver. The unruly mop of raven-hued hair atop face obscured behind filthy hands was matted by a dark, coagulated substance that looked like blood. The last rays of the setting sun stained the figure in sanguine shades.
Had this man been assaulted? Impossible! Hyang himself had patrolled this area not five minutes ago, and any disturbance would surely have been audible. He frowned at the notion that he was somehow responsible for this man's misfortune.
Hyang took a step forward.
"Hey there. Are you okay?" he asked.
The figure didn't respond, but continued to shiver. Hyang noted that the black, American-style biker's jacket that the man wore was torn in many places and stained with more than merely dust and age. What was that he was sitting on? If Hyang hadn't know better, he would have said it was a riot shield.
He frowned. Was that a glint of metal he had seen between the folds of the man's jacket? Hyang loosed the strap on his laser rifle in case the man turned out to be one of the drug-slaved lunatics that prowled the streets of the poor areas at night like a pack of giant, craven rats.
"Hello? Are you hurt?" Hyang asked. Once more, no response. He repeated his question in Mandarin, in case this was a citizen of the mainland, but still no response. Nervousness had made his body spring-tense. He took another step closer.
Abruptly, the man exploded into motion.
Hyang fell back with a half-cry as the man sprang out of his crouch and stood tall, arm pointed at the security officer. Out of panic, Hyang pulled the trigger of his laser rifle. The near-imperceptible whine of the piercing energy's release made Hyang's skin crawl.
Too quick to be human, the figure dropped and grabbed the silvery dish upon which it had sat. Sure enough, it looked like a riot shield, complete with the dark tinted slot through which one could see from the other side.
The brick of the karaoke bar's wall exploded behind Hyang: the laser beam had been reflected. Hyang blanched as he realized that the shield's near-perfect chrome color hadn't even been darkened in the spot where his laser had hit. Immediately, the figure flung its shield aside and pointed its right hand at Hyang.
The too-bright eyes that seemed to glow in the twilight were hawk-blue, and danced with fever and insanity. In the man's left hand was a long scarf the color of noon sunlight, surprisingly clean in contrast with the rest of him.
The dirt-caked creature's right arm was still pointed at Hyang. Instead of a hand at the end, there was a large, bulbous crimson device. Hyang could see light shifting deep within the machine through the hole at the end of it. It trembled, as though the man fought an internal battle, and could not decide whether to attack or not.
A weapon? Hyang decided to play it safe. Slowly, taking painstaking care not to seem threatening, he lowered his rifle until it hung at his side by its shoulder strap. Then he held out his hands, palms up.
"I'm not going to hurt you. See?" He hoped his voice sounded strong and rational, rather than terrified. His nose involuntarily wrinkled. Rather than the sour smell of stale sweat, cheap liquor and drug-induced vomit that Hyang had come to expect from such urchins as this, a vaporous miasma that stank of motor oil and an unplaceable, coppery scent filled the alley.
The egg-shaped device slowly drooped, and the man's eyes focused upon Hyang, although they did not lose their fever-brightness. The voice that spoke was cracked, grating. Barely human, and weighted with suffering.
Hyang's mind raced. The man was speaking in a language that was neither Mandarin, Cantonese or Korean, and so, unintelligible to the security officer. It had the syllabic sound of Japanese. Hyang committed the sounds the man had spoken to memory, and said the one phrase he knew in Japanese.
"Watashi wa nihongo o hanishimasen." I don't speak Japanese.
The man fell forward to his knees, and caught himself from further descent on his hands.
His hands!
Hyang blinked and stifled a gasp. The egg-shaped device on the end of the man's right arm had disappeared. Now there remained only a metallic crimson gauntlet. Surely he had been wearing no gloves when Hyang had first seen him?
"Itamimasuyo." This time, it was barely a whisper.
"Let me help you," Hyang suggested, hoping that the tone of his voice would convey his intentions. "You don't look well. That wound on your head--"
There was a flash of silver and crimson fire--a bolt of light in the shadows--and the man had gone. as suddenly as the wind. Shield, scarf and grimy man in the torn jacket had all vanished instantaneously. Hyang looked over his shoulder and then back at the space the man had occupied.
A ghost?
He shivered, though the night was warm.
As Hyang turned to report back to the precinct office, he thought he heard a sad, slow whistle, as if carried a great distance by the wind. Drawing closer to the comfort of the inner city, he sought out a wandering translation 'bot.
Pressing his thumb against its scanplate and punching in his credit card number, Hyang picked up the small microphone that had extended from within the floating, spherical robot and spoke. "Language: unknown. Japanese suspected. Translate to: Cantonese. Phrase: Itamimasuyo."
The robot whirred for a moment. "Connecting to server. Please wait," it said in a pleasant voice that was neither distinctly male nor female. Several seconds passed before the machine responded. "The phrase: itamimasuyo is Japanese in origin. The translation is: It hurts very much. Translation ends. This has been a service of TransLaboroid Incorporated. Thank you for your patronage. Have a nice day."
Hyang glared at the receding robot and cursed the wasted money. He could have told that the man hurt without having a roving translator robot repeat it to him. The Hong Kong security officer cursed and looked at his watch. Now he was going to be late in reporting for his next set of rounds.
His good mood had fled.
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The BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position from candidates seeking to develop an innovative research program that addresses significant problems in biology or medicine at the interface with the physical sciences, mathematics, and/or computer science. Researchers in the area of biological engineering are asked to look for an advertisement next year, when we anticipate searching for faculty in that area.
The BioFrontiers Institute was formed in 2011, evolving from what was previously the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology (2003 – 2011). BioFrontiers aims to advance human health and welfare by exploring critical frontiers in biology, translating discoveries into practical applications, and educating the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers.
The BioFrontiers Institute is under the leadership of Thomas R. Cech, Director, and Leslie A. Leinwand, Chief Scientific Officer. Tom Cech is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, a 1989 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, and former President of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2000 – 2009). Leslie Leinwand is Professor of Distinction of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and an HHMI Professor.
BioFrontiers has a spectacular new home, the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, where many of its faculty are based. In addition, we integrate faculty from the departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Physics; Integrative Physiology; Applied Mathematics; Computer Science; Chemical & Biological Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering.
While the BioFrontiers Institute encompasses a breadth of research interests, the following are non-limiting examples of areas of recent concentration: computational biology including bioinformatics, metagenomics, and network analysis; bioimaging at all scales; chemical biology, including drug and vaccine development; and regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. (Candidates in the last of these areas are encouraged to be on the lookout for the announcement of a search in about one year.)
A successful candidate would be rostered in one of the departments listed above. A special feature of BioFrontiers faculty searches is that they are carried out non-departmentally; the successful candidate then chooses her or his home department, and typically takes graduate and undergraduate students from multiple departments and collaborates broadly. The open position is at the Assistant Professor level, although senior candidates at Associate and Full Professor ranks will also be considered. Candidates must have a Ph.D., a demonstrated commitment to teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, and are expected to develop an internationally recognized research program.
Learn more about search procedures at http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/facultystaff/recruiting-and-hiring-tenure-track-faculty. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Colorado is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment and sensitive to the needs of dual career couples. Application materials are accepted electronically at http://www.jobsatcu.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=70421 (posting number 819126). The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer


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K-Electric FC ended its Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 2015 campaign at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, Bangladesh with a third successive defeat on 24 October 2015. Needing a bulky win to have any chance in progressing to next round, KE lost their Group B crash together with hosts Chittagong Abahani 4-2.
A crazy chief half saw the hosts lead 3-2 ~ means of half-time with KE's talismanic striker Muhammad Rasool scoring a stay – including a penalty – in the pattern of continued woeful defending from his teammates. The Chitral hitman took his tournament tally to 4 goals in 3 games. KE's struggling goalkeeper Ghulam Nabi was eventually replaced ~ the agency of substitute goalkeeper Jehangir Khan 10 minutes in front of half-time.
In 2nd half, Chittagong Abahani went into disfavor to 10 men when their African upholder Yussuf Issah was sent-off ~ the sake of a second yellow in 60th critical. K-Electric failed to take superior situation as the hosts kept the hurry by maintaining possession and creating chances. KE's substitutes Sohail Nawaz and Jon Ashworth besides couldn't make the desired impact to reduce deficit. Eventually, a obscene by a KE defender during a Chittagong angle gifted the hosts a penal retribution with 7 minutes left on the clock. Despite a lay by from Jehangir Khan, Chittagong Abahani scored from the reaction to make it 4-2 and could have added another in the final seconds.
The conquest for home side, and India's Kingfisher East Bengal playing a 0-0 inspire with Dhaka Abahani in other Group B of ~, made Chittagong Abahani join the Kolkata giants in the nearest round of the Sheikh Kamal Cup.
In Group A, Mohammadan SC Dhaka thrashed Sri Lanka's Solid SC 6-1 during the time that Afghanistan champions De Spin Ghar Bazan played a thrilling 3-3 sketch with Mohammedan SC Kolkata on 23 October. Group A matches disposition conclude today (25 Oct 2015) to decide their nearest round participants.
Three successive defeats despite K-Electric pose serious questions to the coaching stick, currently led by UK-based Majid Shafiq, with respect to how to prepare for next year's AFC Cup qualifying rounds. When not vital principle humbled by poor defending or conceding state of being possessed too quickly, KE did look good going forward with Rasool always a threat and ably supported by winger Muhammad Riaz and Nigerian aggressor Sunday Oludeyi. KE captain Muhammad Essa Khan did translate well with holding the ball, no more than his lack of pace in midfield was completely exploited by the opposition in everything 3 games, and Essa would likewise be disappointed with his set-lucubration delivery not being up to re~.
However, with the 2015 Pakistan Premier Football League conjuncture still being postponed due to adhering-going political crisis in the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), K-Electric resoluteness have to arrange its own preparations during the term of the AFC Cup and should mind to strengthen their squad.
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The following slides highlight how a statute restricting
how goods move between U.S. ports distorts petroleum flows,
increases costs to deliver petroleum to refiners and consumers,
and in some cases even gives foreign competitors a transportation
cost advantage when competing in the United States.
The Jones Act is a federal statute signed into law by President
Woodrow Wilson in 1920 that requires all waterborne shipping
between U.S. ports to be carried out by U.S.-flag ships that
are constructed in the U.S. and owned by U.S. citizens. The
Jones Act doesn't explicitly require U.S. citizen crews.
But U.S. manning laws (46 U.S.C. 8103) require that on U.S.-flag
vessels all licensed officers and 75% of unlicensed crew be
U.S. citizens.
The general purpose of the Jones Act was for national defense
and to enhance commercial strength by creating and maintaining
a merchant marine fleet. The requirement that vessels be built
in the U.S. also served the purpose of finding use for cargo
ships that had been built by the U.S. Shipping Board during
World War I. The Jones Act authorized sale of these vessels
to the private sector.
A Maritime Administration (MARAD) study showed that "the
total average cost of operating a U.S.-flag vessel in foreign
commerce was 2.7 times higher than the cost incurred by foreign-flag
equivalents." 1 This cost difference increases consumer
costs for petroleum, and affects the competitive landscape for
U.S. refiners.
1 U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, "Comparison
of U.S. and Foreign-Flag Operating Costs," September 2011,
Note: Transportation costs are estimated based on information from publicly-available sources. The values should not be relied upon by individual refiners. Transportation costs typically vary by length of journey, type of ship, capacity, market demand for transportation services, and other market forces
The entire U.S. Jones Act fleet is large and contains many
vessels not suitable for moving petroleum. These vessels travel
inland waterways as well as coastal routes. MARAD indicates
on its website that "U.S.-flag domestic cargo fleet supporting
this massive inland and ocean trade was made up of more than
38,000 vessels (mostly tugs and barges)."
Petroleum (crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals)
is moved on large vessels. The smallest petroleum vessels (10,000 –
30,000 barrels) are barges that travel the inland waterways
such as the Mississippi and coastal canals. Larger ocean-going
vessels move petroleum along the coasts. These vessels include
coastal barges, such as large articulated tug barges (ATB's),
which might run 200,000 barrels or more; and self-propelled
tankers, which carry over 300,000 barrel of crude or refined
product. 1
This presentation is focused on coastal water movements.
The total coastal Jones Act fleet is about 5,400 vessels, and
coastal vessels carrying petroleum represent about 25 –
30 percent of the tonnage capacity of this total coastal fleet.
1 For more Jones Act vessel background, see John Frittelli, "Shipping
U.S. Crude Oil by Water: Vessel Flag Requirements and Safety
Issues," Congressional Research Service, July 21, 2014,
This table details the larger coastal vessels that move petroleum.
It excludes the 11 dedicated tankers that move Alaskan crude
oil down to West Coast ports. Note that most of the vessels
are on the Gulf Coast, although these vessels sometimes travel
up the East Coast to deliver product or crude oil to the Northeast.
The West Coast vessels are mainly used to distribute product.
Pipelines do not connect the major refining centers in Washington,
Northern California and Southern California, so waterborne movements
provide the balancing transportation.
The remaining slides illustrate some regional volume balances
for crude oil, gasoline and diesel, and how waterborne transportation
costs impact that balance.
In general, Jones Act vessels cost more than foreign flagged
alternatives. In many regions, imports compete for U.S. market
share with U.S. crude and refined product suppliers. And in
some regions, the transportation cost gap between Jones Act
vessels and foreign-flagged vessels results in some suppliers
seeing better economics exporting petroleum than moving it to
other U.S. locations. Overall, the higher operating cost and
limited capacity of Jones Act vessels vs. foreign-flag ships
create higher costs to transport petroleum, and thus contribute
to higher costs for consumers.
Please note that the information on volumes and costs represents
averages and estimates from publicly available sources. Generally
the data reflect the first half of 2015, which is typical for
most regions. The West Coast is an exception, which is highlighted
in later slides.
Also note that product volumes do not include biofuels such
as ethanol or biodiesel.
The Northeast refiners only supply a little over 1/3
of the gasoline demand in the Northeast (supplemented marginally
by refineries in Ohio) leaving the region short by 850 to
900 thousand barrels per day (KBPD) of gasoline. The first
two choices to fill this void are 1) from the Gulf Coast
via the Colonial Pipeline and 2) from Eastern Canadian refineries
(excess of Canadian demand). These have strong transportation-related
strategic advantages over other options. The combined volume
of these two choices (through the first half of 2015) equaled
just over 500 KBPD.
The remaining void (about 340 KBPD) in the gasoline balance
is made up by other waterborne imports, primarily from Europe.
Incremental increases or decreases in gasoline consumption
will directly impact the volume of these waterborne imports.
Very little gasoline volume (1.2 KBPD) travels via Jones
Act vessels from the Gulf Coast into the Northeast, mainly
due to the high transportation cost of this route, which
increases the waterborne delivered product costs from the
Gulf Coast refiners relative to Gulf Coast refiners'
European competitors serving the Northeast.
Similar to the gasoline balance, the Northeast is also
dependent on outside sources to meet diesel demand, with
local refiners supplying about 44 percent of regional demand.
The region relies on base volumes sourced from the Gulf
Coast and Eastern Canada; however, very little volume travels
to the Northeast via Jones Act vessels. The balance
of supply, after those volumes from Gulf Coast and Eastern
Canada are accounted for, is relatively small (~50 to 60
KBPD) and comes from a variety of locations, with the Former
Soviet Union generally being the largest supplier.
Western Europe is in short supply for diesel, and does not
typically export much product to the Northeast.
While annual average diesel imports outside of Canada
are not large compared to gasoline imports, they are highly
seasonal. These imports help to meet winter heating needs
and can be quite large in some months. Historically during
cold snaps, diesel imports have been the major source of
surge supply rather than volumes from the Gulf Coast suppliers.
These suppliers face high Jones Act transportation costs
and limited Jones Act vessel surge capacity to meet unusual
Northeast demand increases.
Pipeline product transportation costs from the Gulf Coast
and waterborne shipping costs from Canada are generally
the lowest. Colonial Pipeline transportation costs are well
known since they are regulated by FERC. Shipments from Canada
come into the Northeast from many different ways that impact
the cost of transportation. Products from the Eastern Canadian
refineries in St. John and Come by Chance come down the
Eastern seaboard about 500 miles to Boston and New York
Harbors. Waterborne movements from the Quebec City and Montreal
refineries have to go around Prince Edward Island, a trip
that is about three times longer than the Irving or Come
by Chance trips. The longer trip results in higher costs.
Additionally, there are some limited movements into western
New York from Ontario refineries.
With transportation costs from Europe to the Northeast
averaging about $2.50 per barrel, compared to about $5.00
using Jones Act vessels from the Gulf Coast, imported products
from Europe have a significant transportation cost advantage
over waterborne U.S. products from the Gulf Coast. Furthermore,
Gulf Coast refiners see lower transportation costs to move
their supplies to foreign ports (on foreign-flagged vessels),
such as Brazil, than to use waterborne transportation to
the Northeast.
At a minimum, the Jones Act is encouraging more product
imports in the Northeast and exports from the Gulf Coast.
It may also be pushing consumer petroleum product costs
higher than would otherwise be the case in an open market
As previous slides indicated, there is much product market
competition from suppliers outside of the local refiners
operating in the Northeast. In 2010 and 2011, 60 percent
of the refining capacity in the Northeast (over 900 KBPD)
was either shut down, idled, or put up for sale while still
operating. These refiners were almost totally dependent
on imported crude oil, and product market competition was
creating a difficult economic environment. But with the
increased production of U.S. light tight oil, Northeast
refining economics improved. While some of that capacity
at risk in 2010/2011 is operating today, ultimately almost
400 KBPD (25 percent of the 2010/11 Northeast refining capacity)
closed permanently.
Currently, this region is less dependent on waterborne
crude imports than in the past, as it now receives an increasing
share of crude by rail from the Bakken region and Canada.
Very little crude oil travels from the Gulf Coast to the
Northeast via Jones Act vessels.
The Northeast refiners' current crude oil supply
reflects dramatic changes with domestic light tight oil
(LTO) development. As the shale revolution caused a drastic
upturn in domestic production, the industry invested in
rail transportation assets to move inland-produced crude
eastward. Recently, about 40 percent of crude sourced into
the Northeast has come via rail from the U.S. Bakken formation,
which produces crude oil well suited to Northeast refiners.
Rail also allowed for Northeast refiners to source heavy
Canadian crude from Alberta.
Very little crude oil volume moves via Jones Act vessels
from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. Rail transport proved
a more economic solution to access Bakken crude due to transportation
costs and lack of available tanker capacity. Jones act vessels
have been diverted to move growing volumes of domestic crude
oil along the Gulf Coast, from areas like Houston and Corpus
Christi, to refiners in Louisiana.
Despite longer voyages to Canada and Europe, shipping
U.S. crude from the Gulf Coast to those destinations1
costs significantly less than to the U.S. Northeast
due to Jones Act requirements. The significant crude
transportation advantage to Canada and Europe is important
in that these foreign areas compete for product demand
in the Northeast against both U.S. Northeast refiners
and Gulf Coast refiners.
Since mid-2014, some volumes of processed condensate
have been exported to Europe and elsewhere, but until
the recent change (end of year 2015) removing all crude
export restrictions, U.S. crude could not be sent to
Europe (although re-exports of Canadian crude were allowed).
Also, exports of U.S. crude to Canada were not restricted,
although historically, very limited volumes (primarily
advantaged cross-border movements) were actually exported.
As U.S. domestic crude production increased, those allowable
exports to Canada grew significantly, exceeding 450
KBPD in the first half of 2015.
(Note that crude transportation costs per barrel
generally are less than product transportation costs
since crude oil can be moved on larger vessels (economies
of scale) and products need "clean" vessels
that prevent product contamination.)
1 While crude exports to Europe (and most other countries)
were effectively banned through 2015, shipping costs
are available because some crude imports to the Gulf
Coast are re-exported to Europe, and some condensate
is being exported as well.
Today, the Northeast receives gasoline and diesel
from foreign sources, even though Gulf Coast refiners
have excess product that is being exported. With pipelines
full from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast, additional
Gulf Coast volumes would have to travel via Jones Act
vessel to the Northeast, which is less economic for
Northeast consumers than foreign product supplies delivered
via foreign tanker. Such inefficient market hurdles
can result in higher regional prices for gasoline and
Northeast refiners today are getting most of their
crude via rail from the Bakken region and from Canada.
In contrast, East Canadian refiners can import U.S.
crude oil from the Gulf Coast at a transportation cost
of $2/bbl versus $6/bbl to move the same crude oil to
Northeast refiners. Canadian refiners then produce products
from Gulf Coast crude oil to send back into the Northeast
market. These products travel back to the U.S. on foreign-flagged
vessels that also help to keep their costs down.
Furthermore, with U.S. crude oil exports now allowed,
those European refiners that export product to the U.S.
should see a waterborne transportation cost advantage
for U.S. crude oil from the Gulf Coast over Northeast
refiners' waterborne costs from the Gulf Coast.
Simultaneously, crude export opportunities may add upward
price pressure to some U.S. crude oils, including Bakken
crude favored by Northeast refiners.
The Southeast market has different supply arrangements
than the Northeast. With no internal production, it
depends entirely on sources outside the region. In general,
the Southeast states, except Florida, are almost entirely
dependent on pipeline product supply from the Gulf Coast.
Florida, on the other hand, is mainly dependent on Jones
Act vessel delivery of product from refining centers
on the Gulf Coast.
The Gulf Coast is by far the most significant source
of gasoline to the Southeast. Gulf Coast refiners are
estimated to have supplied over 1.1 million BPD of gasoline
(93%) into Southeast markets during the first half of
2015. This is done through two major pipeline systems –
the Colonial Pipeline and the Plantation Pipeline (760
KBPD), which serve nearly all of the Southeast markets,
with the exception of Florida, which gets about 350
KBPD by Jones Act ships. Imports from Europe, Eastern
Canada and elsewhere make up the difference, generally
averaging less than 100 KBPD in recent years (86 KBPD
in the first half of 2015).
While Florida relies heavily on Gulf Coast gasoline
supply, it is also the major recipient of Southeast
gasoline imports, which averaged over 60 KBPD during
the first half of 2015. However, imports generally represent
less than 10 percent of the state's supply, with
the rest arriving by Jones Act vessel from other parts
of the Gulf Coast.
Nearly an identical story to the region's gasoline
balance (previous slide), the Southeast relies heavily
on Gulf Coast diesel, primarily delivered by pipeline,
to supply the region's 600+ KBPD of consumption.
As with gasoline, Florida is the exception, with much
of the state's demand being met by Jones Act vessel
movements from the Gulf Coast, amounting to 93 KBPD
in the first half of 2015. Eastern Canadian refineries
supply almost 50 KBPD of diesel to the Southeast and
waterborne imports from other countries are very limited
(6 KBPD in the first half of 2015).
Most of the southeast is not directly affected by
the Jones Act, as it is mainly supplied via pipeline.
The Jones Act is an issue with Florida, which receives
most of its gasoline and diesel fuel via Jones Act vessels
from refining sources on the Gulf Coast. Despite high
Jones Act costs, Gulf Coast suppliers remain the most
economic source of product for that state.
Florida competes with the other markets served by
Gulf Coast refiners, including foreign export markets.
But Florida is close enough to Gulf Coast suppliers
to remain more attractive than some export markets despite
the high Jones Act costs. For example, Jones Act product
transportation costs from Gulf Coast suppliers ran about
$2.50 – $3.00 per barrel for the first half of
2015, while foreign flagged vessels delivered product
from the Gulf Coast to Brazil (one of the significant
export markets) for $4.00 per barrel. (See Northeast
Products Transportation Costs slide.) This implies Florida
was not generally at a transportation disadvantage to
this export market.
However, Florida's dependence on Jones Act
vessels can become an issue during times of emergency,
such as when hurricanes hit the Gulf Coast region and
disrupt infrastructure. During hurricanes, Jones Act
waivers can be a solution to delivery problems, but
without Presidential support, waivers are not usually
Petroleum product supply and demand are not evenly
distributed on the West Coast. Furthermore, pipelines
do not exist to connect refining centers in Washington,
Northern California and Southern California. As a result,
Jones Act vessels serve to move products from West Coast
regions with excess supply to areas with less supply
than demand.
Declining demand on the West Coast has opened the
door to more product exports when all refineries are
operating under normal market conditions, but there
are times when refinery outages require a shift in waterborne
movements along the coast to fill the temporary supply
gap. Generally there are no extra Jones Act vessels
on the West Coast, so any needed increases in volumes
transported by water may not be possible in the short
run. In addition, the unique clean-burning gasoline
California requires cannot be produced by all refiners,
so suppliers on the West Coast have limited options
to draw on outside the region when unexpected supply
losses occur.
In 2015, the West Coast experienced some loss of
refining capacity due to an unexpected shutdown. Production
in 2014 represents something closer to normal operation
on the West Coast.
In general, refineries on the Pacific Coast Northwest
(PCNW) supply gasoline to the states of Washington and
Oregon, with some additional volume flowing to California
via Jones Act vessels. A small amount of excess also
is exported to Alaska or foreign countries. Some product
also moves from refineries in Utah and Montana into
Eastern Washington to help meet West Coast needs.
The San Francisco refineries supply northern California
and northern Nevada, and have surplus supply for other
areas. The surplus volumes help supply southern California
and make up the majority of foreign exports from the
West Coast.
The Los Angeles refineries supply southern California,
southern Nevada, and a portion of Arizona demand. Even
with normal throughputs, the Los Angeles refineries
are short product. With no pipelines connecting Los
Angeles and San Francisco refining centers, waterborne
transportation is the only option for balancing those
two parts of the state.
In 2015, supply flows were significantly impacted
by the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) outage at a refinery
in Torrance, California, which resulted in lower gasoline
production in the Los Angeles area. Additional production
was incentivized from Bay Area and Pacific Northwest
Comparing the 375 KBPD regional gasoline production
estimate for the first half of 2015 to our 2014 estimate
(see preceding slide), gasoline volumes were down roughly
30 KBPD on average for the region. Generally, there
would not be extra Jones Act vessels available to increase
waterborne flows of product on the West Coast, which
could (and have) create(d) a temporary bottleneck. Additional
vessels have to come from the Gulf Coast, presumably
loaded with product, but it takes weeks for that to
occur. After a vessel is loaded on the Gulf Coast, transit
time alone to Los Angeles through the Panama Canal takes
around 13 days, with the costs including an empty return
The diesel balance on the West Coast is similar to
the gasoline balance. Washington and the Bay Area have
surplus product, while Los Angeles is reasonably close
to being balanced. This results in some exports going
to Central and South American countries on the Pacific
side, and relatively little movement by Jones Act tankers
in the region when all refineries are operating.
(Note that the 2015 FCC unit outage did not have
as much impact on West Coast diesel volumes as it did
on gasoline since an FCC unit primarily produces gasoline.)
Product movements on the West Coast have several
destinations as previously discussed. Generally the
high-cost Jones Act vessel transportation costs from
Washington and San Francisco to Los Angeles are less
than transportation costs to send or receive products
from Latin America or the Middle East.
Similar to Florida, the main Jones Act concern relative
to product movement is when supply disruptions occur
and more waterborne movement is needed. Unlike Florida,
the West Coast supply disruptions are generally not
widespread events like hurricanes, but more localized
like a serious large unplanned refinery outage. In many
cases, a Jones Act waiver might help to relieve regional
imbalances quickly, but this has not been done on the
West Coast.
Crude supply to the West Coast shifted towards imports
as Alaskan crude production declined. But the emergence
of domestic light tight oil production has begun to
counteract that shift toward more imports. Jones Act
vessels have a potential role in how that shift evolves.
During the first half of 2015, the West Coast
imported more than 750 KBPD of crude from outside the
U.S., sourced primarily from the Middle East, Colombia
and Ecuador. Also arriving on the water is Alaskan
North Slope (ANS) crude via Jones Act shipping.
This amounts to more than 450 KBPD in 1H2015.
Because ANS production has been slowly declining for
many years, these volumes have also been declining.
The most economic crudes for California and Washington
refiners come from local production and Alaskan North
Slope crude that is shipped down via Jones Act tankers.
The remainder is supplied as follows:
Sweeping gains in domestic crude production over
the past decade led to stranded crude oil in some inland
crude production areas. Midstream operators could
not build pipeline capacity fast enough, and rail movements
grew. While dollar/barrel rail transportation
costs are higher than pipeline costs, refiners value
the flexibility that rail transportation gives, and
thus, a significant volume of Bakken, Niobrara and other
crudes move by rail.
The large majority of railed crude oil that goes
to the West Coast is directed to Washington refineries
that built out rail-unloading capacity. But crude
delivered into Washington State could flow by water
to California via Jones Act vessels.
While interest sometimes turns to the coming widening
of the Panama Canal, which will allow larger tankers
to pass through, this route still is not likely to be
economic for crude flows from the Gulf Coast to the
West Coast. The 5,000 mile journey on expensive
Jones Act tankers, along with Canal fees, may keep that
route from carrying much U.S. crude volume.
The cost to move crude oil from Alaska to California
is comparable to moving volumes from the Middle East
or from South America.
Several new crude terminal facilities are being considered
in Washington state (primarily on the Columbia River)
for the purpose of receiving crude from inland U.S.
locations and then transporting it by marine vessel
to California refinery destinations. If these new facilities
are permitted and constructed, recent Jones Act vessel
costs indicate that moving the crude oil from these
terminals to California would cost a similar amount
to transporting crude oil from the Middle East or South
America to California. However, if "all in"
costs (handling, transhipping from rail, etc.) are included,
foreign producers would have a transportation cost advantage
over U.S. inland crude producers whose crude oil is
available from these terminals in Washington State.
Jones Act restrictions impact crude and product movements
differently on the West Coast. As domestic crude production
increases from tight oil formations like the Bakken,
the opportunity for moving that crude oil from Washington
State terminals to California via water will evolve.
All-in crude oil shipping costs from Washington to California
may exceed transportation costs for moving crude oil
from foreign locations to California, which would give
foreign crude oil an economic advantage over U.S. crude
Regarding products, Jones Act vessels currently balance
the supply and demand flows among the Pacific Northwest,
northern California, and southern California regions.
Under normal conditions the network works well. But
when a local disruption like an unplanned refinery outage
occurs, flows need to change to fill the gap. There
generally are no extra West Coast Jones Act vessels
to adjust that flow, and at this point, waivers have
not been seen as an option. This leaves the West Coast
market with temporary product imbalances that can take
some time to resolve.
Jones Act waivers are provided for in the law, but
are difficult to obtain.
The difficulty of achieving waivers without explicit
presidential support means this relief valve is generally
not available except during hurricanes or other widespread
events that destroy energy infrastructure.
In most cases, Jones Act waivers have been granted
in association with widespread damage caused by hurricanes.
While the shipping industry resisted granting waivers
during hurricanes Rita and Katrina, it did not object
to a waiver during Sandy.
Jones Act waivers have not been used to help relieve
supply shortfalls on the West Coast mainly due to high
hurdles for obtaining a waiver, including obtaining
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Three locations under review for second Kim-Trump meeting to take place sometime after November 6 midterms.
US President Donald Trump said his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place after congressional elections in November, with at least three locations under consideration.
"It'll be after the midterms," Trump told reporters as he flew to Iowa for a political rally on Tuesday. "I just can't leave now."
The midterm elections take place on November 6.
The US president said earlier "incredible" progress had been made in bilateral talks with the isolated North Asian country.
Trump and Kim held their first summit in June in Singapore where they discussed ending the reclusive state's nuclear weapons programme and formally ending decades of hostilities between the two countries.
'No rockets flying'
Trump was upbeat on de-nuclearisation progress so far, as well as his relationship with Kim, whom he once called "Little Rocket Man".
"You got no rockets flying, you have no missiles flying, you have no nuclear testing," Trump said in the Oval Office. "We've made incredible progress - beyond incredible.
"We have a very good relationship with Chairman Kim. I like him, he likes me - the relationship is good."
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who met Kim on Monday in Pyongyang - his fourth visit this year - said the two sides were now "pretty close" to agreeing on the details for a second summit.
"While there is still a long way to go and much work to do, we can now see a path to where we'll achieve the ultimate goal, which is the full and final verified denuclearisation of North Korea," Pompeo told reporters.
Limited progress
Pompeo said Kim indicated he was ready to allow international inspectors into North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear testing site and the Sohae missile engine test facility as soon as there was agreement on logistics.
Trump welcomed the recent return of remains of US soldiers killed during the Korean War, but said sanctions could not be lifted without further action from North Korea.
"I'd love to remove them, but we have to get something for doing it," Trump said.
Kim has yet to comply with US demands for a complete inventory of its weapons and facilities, or to take irreversible steps to give up its nuclear arsenal. Experts said the North Korean leader appeared to be only repackaging and dragging out past pledges.
The World Food Programme said on Tuesday the supply of food remained precarious in North Korea, where one in five children is stunted by malnutrition.
More than 10 million North Koreans, nearly 40 percent of the population, are undernourished and need humanitarian aid, it said.
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After playing some test games with the old list, I have decided to change a couple things. nothing major, but I found myself lacking and wishing I had another unit on the field. Especially one that could reach out and hurt units I couldn't see. I decided to add in some Vaul Batteries from the Eldar book. The new list is:
x5 Warriors, Venom
x5 Warriors, Venom
x5 Warriors, Venom
x5 Beastmaster, Fiend, x5 Khymera, x6 Flock
Ravager w/ Nightshields
Ravager w/ Nightshields
Farseer, Bike, Stone, Shard
x5 Fire Dragons, Serpent w/ Scatter and Cannon
x5 Dire Avengers, Serpent w/ Scatter and Cannon
x10 Guardians w/ Lance Platform, Serpent w/ Scatter and Cannon
x3 Vaul Batters, Shadow Weavers
So I essentially took out 2 Dragons and swapped 1 of the Guardian units for Dire Avenger to grab some Shadow Weavers. They have been money recently in games and have very nice damage output as well.
I have played some practice games where I intentionally handicapped myself (No Fortune, No First Turn or tying to Seize) to see how bad things could get for me and if I could handle it.
I played against an 8 FMC list using Skyblight. I didnt take Fortune, First Turn, and for shits I rolled to Seize which I would have, but decided just to let the Nid player go first. Boy does that list have a nice alpha strike. I would get my ass kicked but would take down 7 of the FMCs but couldnt handle the Gargoyles or the Tervigon that was pooping babies out. My opponent just sat on objectives and buried me in FMCs. I do think that if I went first, I could not only kill 2-4 FMCs but restrict the firts turn casualties. Without being able to Vector Strike, Crones arent too mean, but the Haywire Missiles and the Flamer can still kill my vehicles, but not as easily as the Str. 8 Vector Strikes.
I also tested the list against 5 Space Wolf Drop Pods with a Thunderwolf Deathstar that included 3 Wolves, 2 Fenrisian Wolves, Lord on Wolf, Rune Priest on Bike, and White Scars Chapter Master. Again I didnt take Fortune or First turn (both of which I rolled and won). Allowing the pods to drop and to get his TWC Star close enough without hindering it with all of my shooting was tough. Matt "Fat Ninja Hodor" Bess squeaked a victory out and won. However, we both agree that without being able to Jink and allowing his Star to come up unscathed was game changing. Had I had first turn, we both felt I would have won rather easily.
I played against Daemon w/ CSM Allies FMC spam as well. This game wouldnt be very close as only having 5 FMCs with little to no shooting is quite an easy army for me to take to down. The Helldrake proved difficult but it could only kill max 2 units a turn.
I fought against a Tau w/ Space Marine allies list. This game would go down to the wire with a loss for me as I couldnt dislodge his troops off of objectives who continually grabbed points for him every turn.
Lastly, I played against a 7 flier Necron list. I chose to go first and to score points every round because if I kept First Turn (I didnt, Imotekh Seized for the win!) I would have been able to grab 3 points off the bat and forced my opponent to either kill my firepower (which he did 2nd turn... 2 Serpent, 2 Ravagers, and 2 Venoms) or my troops. I would win because my Fire Dragons manned up and shot 2 fliers out of the sky (only 2 I killed) and I eliminated his troops. I got up to 9 points and with only 2 troops remaining, my opponent couldnt win. Also, the Baron was scoring via my Warlord trait, he would score with the Beasts for 4 rounds, giving me 4 points. Tough game, but well fought and very fun.


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When You Have a Big Rollout, Start SmallBy Ken Lacy | Posted 2005-04-06 Print
Make sure your new system is bulletproof. If it's not, it will be the shot heard around the world.
When I became chief information officer of United Parcel Service in 1996, I encountered my biggest challenge as a technology manager. The staff was developing shipping software that resided on a customer's computer, and was intended to help automate the shipping and tracking of packages.
The customer would enter information such as his or her name and address along with the delivery address, and print out a shipping label that would be placed on a package. At the end of each day, the customer would dial into our network, and the information would be loaded into our centralized system.
The software, however, wasn't working right. The labels didn't always print properly. Our business development staff got swamped with complaints from customers, who returned to using hand-written shipping labels to send packages.
With only three months on the job, I went to my boss, CEO Jim Kelly, and said, "Jim, I cannot let any more of these systems go out of the door. It's the right technology for our customers, but I need six months to fix the problems."
He let me shut down the deployment for six months. We reprogrammed the software, and did a lot of testing. We fixed the application within six months. Eventually, the software was in place on more than 500,000 computers in corporate shipping centers around the world.
If you roll out an application or system to a large number of peopleeither external customers or internal employeesthe technology needs to be bulletproof from the start. You have to test as much as possible and run pilot projects to make sure your system is going to work right the first time, before you launch it nationally or globally.
Let's say I'm an accountant who's used to doing something one way for 15 years. You give me a brand-new, slick system and I have problems the first time I use it. Word gets around. It's like the shot heard around the world. Not only do you have to fix the problem, you have to sell everyone on the fix.
You must also roll out technology in phases. You never want to change something for 500,000 or more people at once.
Last year, for example, we started to deploy new software and hardware that complements business process changes in our package centers. The new system simplifies the package sorting process by creating a label that identifies the spot in the driver's vehicle where a package should be loaded for optimal delivery. Previously, the UPS employee responsible for loading trucks had to memorize all the addresses on a driver's route, and figure out whether the driver had enough room in his vehicle or enough time to deliver the packages. Instead of deploying the new system to all 1,000-plus package centers in the U.S. at once, we phased in this technology.
First, we tested the system in a package lab, a highly controlled environment where we simulate a real production setting. Once we had put the system through this testing, we moved it to a small production area at a package center in Gainesville, Ga. Through the piloting process, the industrial engineering organization, which represented business users, and the information-technology staff worked together to test the system. When we both felt comfortable, we began a very limited deployment. As of February, 25% of our facilities were using the new system. We expect the rollout to be completed in 2007.
The new system works very well in most facilities. In those where the implementation has not gone as smoothly, we retrained employees on the system and its benefits. We also took the things that we learned from each deployment and applied them to the implementation process going forward so we wouldn't repeat an ineffective process.
How does UPS compare to its competitors? There's no silver bullet, no secret sauce. A single use of technology cannot give anyone an indefinite competitive advantage. Technology requires reinvestment and innovation. At the end of the day, it's how well the technology is integrated to support your business that gives you a sustainable competitive edge. —Written with Anna Maria Virzi
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We cannot arrive at a true understanding of God's Word by detaching texts from their
contexts to find personal meaning in them and be feeding them into the world of our
private preoccupations and letting that world impose new senses on old phrases.
A theological student whom later I knew as a senior friend had committed himself to
starting his ministry in the north of England when he received a very attractive
invitation to join a teaching institution in South Wales instead. He did not feel able to
withdraw from his commitments, but one day he read in Isaiah 43:6 (Authorized Version),
"I will say to the north, Give up", and concluded that this was God telling him
that he would be providentially released from his promise and so set free to accept the
second invitation. No such thing happened, however, so he went north after all wondering
what had gone wrong. Then he reread Isaiah 43:6 and noticed that it continued,
"...and to the south, Do not withhold." At this point it dawned on him that he
had been finding meaning in the text that was never really there. Instead, the concerns
which he brought to his reading of the text had governed his interpretation of it.
To impose meaning on the text is not the way to learn God's Law. Yet we constantly do
this (don't we?), and it is one chronic obstacle to understanding.
James Packer, Your Father Loves You, Harold Shaw Publishers,
At the height of her fame as the other woman in the Ivana and Donald Trump breakup,
Marla Maples spoke of her religious roots. She believed in the Bible, she told
interviewers, then added the disclaimer, "but you can't always take [it] literally
and be happy."
C. Colson, The Body, p. 124.
A bishop of a century ago pronounced from his pulpit and in the periodical he edited
that heavier-than-air flight was both impossible and contrary to the will of God. Oh, the
irony that Bishop Wright had two sons, Orville and Wilbur! Wright was wrong. Sure of
himself, but wrong.
Robert P. Dugan, Jr., Winning the New Civil War,
p. 38.
A professional boxer was converted to Christ. He felt it was wrong to continue hitting
people but only knew boxing as a profession. So he sought counsel of the deacons. One
responded, "Don't see why you can't continue. Bible says that it's better to give
than to receive."
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I had planned a day of compost spreading and cabbage planting and being outside. Instead I hid in the house all day, only venturing out for basketball watching. (Which, in combination with the weather made it feel like a miserable day, indeed.)
If it's 60 degrees and sunny this week all will be forgiven. And--weather gods take note--by "this week" I mean all five weekdays and next weekend. Peas, chard, lettuce, carrots--its beyond time to get planting!


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All of our lenses block 100% of UVA, UVB, and UVC rays and harmful, high energy light to 400nm. These rays are a leading cause of cataracts, skin cancer and wrinkles around the eyes—all great reasons to block them out.
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An altogether misleading name, this coating isn't nearly as scared of water as water is of the coating. In fact, water runs away at first contact, leaving clear lines of sight that are free from droplets and water marks. The Oleophobic characteristics repel dirt and grease, making the lenses very easy to clean.
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Mariposa Forest
The Mariposa Forest is located just a few miles south of Yosemite Valley, California. A forest with very old trees with a mix of different species. Periodically the trees will go through a renewal process through forest fires which the forestry authorities will allow so as to keep the forest alive. An odd concept at first but without the fires much of the trees will not have the nutrients needed to keep growing – or for the forest to replenish itself.
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callings lifestyle Aug 25, 2016
Most people remain stuck in mediocrity because they ask the wrong questions. Instead of following their inner Voice to discover inspired truths that dismantle conventions, they blindly believe in those old looping shadow voices from the past and get stuck in the rat race forever. Thinking this way, we see life as a perpetual series of survival dilemmas to which we must adapt by compromising our deepest passions.
To change the game, we must suspend belief in our habitual thinking. If we don't, we stay frame locked, asking the same "have you stopped beating your wife yet?" questions of life over and over again, vainly hoping that things will get better.
The Questions We Ask:
Why can't I find work that brings me money and meaning?
Should we focus on quality or profitability?
When can I retire so that I can do what I love?
Why does this always happen to me?
These aren't really questions--they are limiting beliefs with question marks added. They frame reality as an irresolvable dilemma in which inspired "both/and" solutions remain forever out of reach. Here's what the four questions above implicitly declare to be true:
The Beliefs We Imply:
I must compromise my heart's truth make money.
Quality and success are polar opposites
Enslavement now creates future freedom.
I am a powerless victim of circumstance.
When we choose the wrong inner guidance, we end up arguing for our own limitations as if our lives depended upon it. Everything we see and every choice we make brings us new evidence that we must compromise our heart's knowing in order to survive. Our lives become a self-fulfilling prophecy of lack from which we desperately yearn to escape, imagining some rose colored future of blissful freedom that never comes. There's only one-way to get out of this confusing maze: remove the rats from our minds. These rodents are nothing more than unchallenged beliefs from the past, but they keep us forever limited when we fail to question them.
We can claim our stake to freedom whenever we want by choosing again. When we get tired of the treadmill we can choose "none of the above" and stand for our inner Voice authority. This powerful choice changes everything, moving us to ask new, more honest questions that bring gifts beyond our wildest dreams when shadows rule.
Objective non-judgmental awareness in a spirit of inquiry to uncover simple truth—this is the mighty mental weapon that helps us dissolve limitations to reclaim the unbridled freedom that is our natural inheritance.
Society dares your brain to discover a dangerous truth that your heart has always known: You are a force of nature with no limits whatsoever. To unleash your unique genius, follow your instinctual curiosity until your brain and heart become radically aligned partners in the the pursuit of your passions. This is how all game changing visionaries in history achieved the impossible. Using the new Voice Code map, anyone willing to shift thinking can now join them. The only barrier is belief.
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Dream Properties Abroad: A List for When I Win the Lottery
Admit it: you play the lottery game. I play the lottery game. We ALL play the lottery game from time to time. Sitting around with friends and dreamily listing all the purchases we'd make if multiples of millions fell into our laps is part of the human condition. (Wait, did you think I meant actually playing the lottery? No way, I'm far too practical for that!)
Since homes and travel are two of my greatest passions, most of my imaginary windfall goes toward property in far-off places. If you'll allow me to indulge, here are five properties currently on my dream shopping list…
My London Base
First up, I'd need a base in my hometown. Nothing fancy, just a couple bedrooms, somewhere East-but-still-central, with a garden and a bit claw foot tub to soak in at the end of the day. This charming-as-anything end of terrace in De Beauvoir Town should do. Bliss.
My Parisian Pied-a-Terre
For those weekends when I just want to escape London, you know? An apartment in a traditional Haussmanian building would do me nicely, perfectly situated for walks along the Seine, shopping in the Marais and browsing des brocantes. I've always fancied designer Joseph Dirand's apartment; maybe he'll sell it to me?
My Italian Villa
Paris may be my favourite city in the world, but Italy is definitely my favourite country. So it's only natural that I'd invest in a little place for relaxing amid the olive groves, dining al fresco and generally enjoying la dolce vita. Puglia would be my region of choice, but I'd settle for this newly made over villa in Le Marche.
My Marrakesh Party Pad
Ok, so I've never been to Morocco (it's on the very top of my list), but I feel 100% confident in saying that with properties like this, it'll be right up my alley. Maybe I'll just buy the incredible Riad el Fenn hotel; this place is just begging for a pool party, don't you think?
My Canadian Retreat
My parents will be relieved to see that one of my property investments would be back home in Canada, so I can re-connect with my roots whenever the mood strikes. Cottage country is sacred to this Ontario girl, but as see-and-be-seen Muskoka just isn't for me, my dream cottage would be tucked next to a tiny lake in Gatineau, Quebec. I've always fancied a bit of prefab, so perhaps one of these Form & Forest designs (shown here in BC) would do the trick.
Please tell me I'm not the only person who does this! Where would your dream properties be?