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Introduction: Arduino for Beginners
Arduino is an open source platform based on AVR microcontroller and it is great for rapid prototyping. You can use it to read analog or digital sensors and control various outputs like motors and LEDs. Basically it opens up a whole new vista of interacting with the world.
The most popular Arduino board out there right now is the Arduino UNO although there are other variants like the Arduino Mega which basically has greater number of I/Os(Inputs/Outputs). There is also the Arduino Lilypad which you can use in e-textiles with conductive thread acting as wires.
The on board capabilities of Arduino can be expanded with the help of "Shields" which serve some special purpose. For example, there are shields out there to connect to the internet, there are motor controller shields and so on and so forth.
So why would you want to work with Arduino? If you have a great idea for any project in mind and you want to test it out quickly, then you can build it with Arduino and see how it works. Also, it is great for artists or makers who don't want to go in depth of electronics but simply want to produce art with electronics.
We are going to be running a very simple program in this instructable which can be considered as the "hello world" of hardware. It will introduce you to the syntax and environment of Arduino which is pretty much based on C and C++. If you have a basic understanding of programming then things won't be difficult. Even if you don't understand the program, you can always dive right in and learn on the go.
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Step 1: Materials
Since this is a very simple program that we are going to run so you won't need anything except the Arduino board itself which can be bought from:
2) Adafruit
Step 2: The Arduino IDE
Next up, you will need to download the Arduino IDE(Integrated Development Environment). This is again a free open source software which can be downloaded from the Arduino website. This software is used to write the code and then upload it to the Arduino board. You can select the appropriate board(in our case Arduino UNO) by going into Tools ---> Board ---> Arduino/Genuino UNO.
Step 3: The Program
Like I said, in the beginning we'll be writing the hello world of hardware which is basically the simplest program you ever write. So we'll be using the delay function to blink the onboard LED on and off. The on board LED is connected to pin 13 of Arduino UNO. An Arduino program has two fundamental and essential parts. One is the setup function and the other is the loop function.
The setup function is used to configure the mode of I/O pins as either input or output. If we are connecting a sensor or a switch to the pin, we declare it as input and if we are connecting actuators to it like motors or LEDs we declare it as output. It can also be used to start the serial monitor besides some other functionality.
The loop function is the part of the program which repeats itself indefinitely. The main part of the program is found inside this function e.g in our case we send a HIGH signal to the LED with the digitalWrite function and keep it HIGH for 2 seconds and then we send a LOW signal to the LED and keep it LOW for 2 seconds and this keeps on repeating. The program file is attached and it will become clearer when you read the code. You can upload it to the board by clicking on the Upload button in the top left corner of the Arduino IDE.
So this is it. You are ready to kick off. What you have learnt from this program is to:
1) The purpose of setup and loop functions
2) How to configure I/Os
3) How to use digitalWrite and delay functions


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- Region III winners, Dallas Texans, Solar, Sting, D'Feeters, Samuel Valadez
Six North Texas teams win Region III titles
Published 6/22/2011 3:55:50 PM by staff from dallas
Region III crowned their champions on Wednesday at the Southern Regionals as the winners punched their ticket to the National Championships July in Phoenix, Arizona. Dallas claimed six titles at the event.
North Texas claimed both the boys and girls titles as Sting 97 won the girls and Dallas Texans 97 took the boys title. Sting used an early own goal from Lonestar to cruise to an easy 3-0 win against their rivals from Austin. The Dallas Texans were just as dominant in their final win over Houstonians. It took a bit to get going, but a goal from Ivan Alvarado got the rout going in the 40th minute of play.
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scored a pair in the second half to help the Texans pull away. Valadez led the U14 boys age in scoring notching 7 goals.
Solar 96 took the U15 championship rallying to defeat GSA Phoenix of Georgia 2-1. Alan Winn was the hero as he scored both second half goals in the win. Sting 96 took the girls title as they won an all North Texas battle with D'Feeters 1-0. It was a drama filled match that wasn't decided until an 80th minute goal from Sydney Kingston.
Sting 96 was looking to make it a Sting sweep in the youngest three age groups, but came up short losing 1-0 to Hurricane FC from Oklahoma. Neither team had allowed a single goal until the final.
Dallas Texans made it a clean sweep at the U19 age. The Dallas Texans 92 boys won the U19 championship as they slipped past Cobb FC from Georgia 2-1 on a late Ryan Ritter goal right at the end of regulation. The girls won an all Dallas battle as they got by Sting 92 in an overtime thriller. After the match went to overtime scoreless there were three goals in the extra frame. Sting took the lead in the 94th minute through Samantha Howell, Texans rallied back. Alyssa Diggs scored in the 96th before Amanda Frisbie got the winner in the 116th minute of play.
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Movie Metropolis was born from my love of writing and my passion for the art of film-making. Six years ago today (October 19th) the site was set up by myself in an effort to channel my reviewing tendencies into something a little more concrete.
Over half a decade later, the website has grown at an astonishing rate, attracting thousands of visitors from across the globe and connecting them through their love of cinema.
In 2016, Movie Metropolis launched MM Play, a dedicated YouTube channel aimed at providing fun and engaging multi-platform content, moving away from the usual reviews that have formed the backbone of the the site's online presence.
Here, as a birthday special, I look through the five articles that have been viewed more times than any other posts on the site. Continue reading


text: MOTHER FALCONwith THE FAMILY CREST Friday, June 6, 2014 at 8:00pm$10.0018+Presented by: Radio KVenue: First Avenue7th St Entry Info TabsDetails PerformersPerformer: MOTHER FALCON WEBSITEFACEBOOKTWITTERBANDCAMPMother Falcon began as a jam session among a group of high school cellists eager to break out of the classical repertoire that predominated their musical training. Since then, the band has evolved as an organic collective of classically trained young musicians determined to push their artistry into new musical territory. Read more about MOTHER FALCON Special GuestsSpecial Guests: THE FAMILY CREST WEBSITEFACEBOOKTWITTERBANDCAMPThe Family Crest have already earned widespread national applause for their extraordinary orchestral pop ambition but with THE WAR, the San Francisco-based collective makes their boldest, most fully articulated musical statement thus far. The second installment of what promises to be an epic musical saga, THE WAR: ACT I represents "the next version of The Family Crest," says frontman-founder Liam McCormick and indeed, the album reveals a band more in tune with its own large-scale Baroque eclecticism. Read more about THE FAMILY CREST


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LEGO Dimensions Sonic the Hedgehog Level Pack
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most influential and popular video game characters of all time. Now he's making his mark in LEGO Dimensions with the Sonic the Hedgehog Level Pack. And his special LEGO level is almost better than some of the recent Sonic games released lately. Well, maybe. You'll just have to read on to find out! LEGO Dimensions is available for nearly all the current game consoles, but reviewed on Wii U here.
LEGO Dimensions is essentially like Skylanders, except you build and play with LEGOs instead. I even wrote a big article about it a year ago that you can read. The Sonic the Hedgehog Level Pack comes with a character and two vehicles. You get Sonic the Hedgehog as a playable character, as well as the Sonic Speedster car and Tails' plane: the Tornado. The game gives you instructions on how to build the vehicles as you play the unlockable Sonic level. Here's a closer shot of the box they come in.
As a playable character, Sonic the Hedgehog controls a little differently than other LEGO stars. He can still punch enemies and breakable objects, but his other moves are more akin to his original games. He can spin dash, do a homing charge on enemies and trampolines, air dash, and even do a move where you can hold down the attack button and aim at enemies and he'll warp to them. It's actually pretty nice to have a character who plays so differently from the other LEGO cast. Although he looks a little weird in his LEGO form. His head looks all right. I think they could've done a little better with the ring he holds. It looks more like a yellow inner tube than a gold ring.
The first vehicle you build in the Sonic level is the Sonic Speedster, which is a blue car. I wonder if it's the same car from Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing? It's just a regular car and doesn't seem to have any special abilities aside from going up ramps and powering treadmills. And Sonic runs faster without it. When you hop in the car, Sonic even says something like, "I can go faster without the car, but at least I can rest my feet!"
The other vehicle you build later on in the level is Tails' plane: the Tornado. The propeller even spins around. I'm glad that they gave Tails some attention, too, since he's my favorite Sonic character. There's one point in the special Sonic level where you ride the plane in a little shooting stage. Otherwise, it just rides like any other vehicle, although Sonic doesn't drive the plane. He just stands on top of the wings and Tails pilots it. Anyway, here is a shot of the included LEGO figures out of the box and all put together.
The Level Pack unlocks a new level and a hub world. These are some of the coolest unlockables in LEGO Dimensions, and reminds me of some of the stuff SEGA did with Sonic Generations. In the level, Dr. Eggman has found one of the portals from LEGO Dimensions, and is using it to summon a limitless army of robots. You first start out in a Green Hill type area, then move on to an Emerald Coast section from Sonic Adventure. Next is a mechanical Metropolis zone, followed by sendoffs of Marble Hill Zone and Labyrinth Zones from the first game. In between these areas, you'll run through a half-pipe bonus stage where you can collect rings and nab a Chaos Emerald at the end, similar to the bonus stages from Sonic 2. Except it's easier here because you'll get the emerald no matter what, you don't have to collect a certain number of rings. You'll also fight a bunch of mini-bosses throughout the level, like various forms of Dr. Eggman and Metal Sonic. And at the end you'll have a final showdown with Chaos where you can turn into Super Sonic. Unfortunately, the level end a bit anti-climatically and on a cliffhanger, but the rest of the stage is cool.
You also get to explore a Sonic-themed hub world. It's like any other hub world in LEGO Dimensions, with missions to complete and structures to build. You'll explore 3-D areas based on classic Sonic levels like Green Hill, Chemical Plant, Carnival Night, Sandopolis, and Ice Cap Zones. Unfortunately, some of the missions you must complete in these areas require other characters, which wouldn't be so bad if they would let you quit the mission and come back to it later. Rather, I had to quit the whole hub world entirely and start over if I couldn't do some of the missions.
Even though a lot of the Sonic areas play like a classic Sonic title, it's still a LEGO game through and through. I do like how they changed the LEGO studs to rings, but they still act like the studs. Sonic has a health bar, and while he can still drown, the game is much more forgiving since when you die, you just come back where you were, like other LEGO titles. And like other all things LEGO, there is lots of self-referential humor. I think my favorite was when you meet up with a robot Chao named Omochao. In the regular Sonic games, Omochao acts as a tutorial, but in this game, he's pretty ridiculous. One time he said, "Jump on blocks to pass safely," to which Sonic sarcastically replied, "Thanks Omochao, I thought I could just stroll through the lava!" What's interesting is that Traveler's Tales, makers of all the LEGO games, are no strangers to Sonic either. They even developed one of the Sonic games back in the day: Sonic 3D Blast! And some of the music in the Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast was later remixed into Sonic Adventure!
Unfortunately, the Sonic Level Pack has some big problems, too. While it's one of the most interesting levels in LEGO Dimensions, it's also one of the buggiest. During the main level, the game froze up on me three times, and once more during the hub world. The hub world's framerate also dips down into Sonic Boom territory at times, too. If I wasn't so interested in seeing all this pack had to offer, I would've quit it a long time ago. There are some other more minor problems, too. The level seems tailor made for Sonic's abilities, so I can't imagine how it would play with any other character, especially in two-player mode. And while they use a lot of classic Sonic music for some of the areas, some places they don't, which I couldn't understand. But if you are a die-hard Sonic fan and don't mind slogging through the bugs (which you should be used to by now if you've played some of Sonic's recent 3D entries), you'll probably enjoy this pack regardless.
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LEGO Dimensions is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Violence and Crude Humor. It's a LEGO game, so it's pretty safe for kids. Anything you destroy just falls to pieces. Kids love Sonic, so they'll probably love this LEGO pack, too. While I would recommend most LEGO games to all ages, I think LEGO Dimensions is best for older kids. One, the things you build are pretty complicated sometimes, so they would need to be experienced LEGO handlers. And like other LEGO toys, the sets are pretty expensive so kids would need to know how to keep up with and take care of their toys, as the game is useless without them. And plus using the pedestal is not very intuitive. Also don't forget the whole choking hazard thing with small LEGOs!


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Vastavam web: Nine French authors will be attending the Kolkata Literature Festival that will be hosted as part of the International Kolkata Book Fair this year.he five authors will be Volodine, Christian Garcin, Gerard Meudal, Jean Claude Perrier, Katia Legeret, Philippe Forest, Sabine Wespiser, Sebastian Ortiz and Shumona Sinha, the general secretary of the Kolkata Book Fair organisers Tridib Chatterjee said at a press meet here today.France is the focal theme of the International Kolkata Book Fair this year and the theme country's pavilion will be bigger than last year.
"The French pavilion will cover a large area of 14,000 square feet and it will have the latest digital look reflecting the change in technology over the years. It will showcase the French culture and heritage," the French Consul General in Kolkata Damien Syed said.The minister will also attend the Book fair and visit the French pavilion.In addition, five authors from Russia, including Peter Voltsit, Lev Danilkin and Tatiana Moskvina, will be attending the Kolkata Literature Festival (KLF) at the Book fair.A total number of 65 authors will be attending the KLF.


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This week's guest blog post is an abstract from the original published in The Data Source by Audrey Thompson, Director, Data Science, Oracle Data Cloud and Christa Hammond, Data Scientist, Oracle Data Cloud.
Audience matters in advertising: even the most clever, compelling and timely placed dog food ad is wasted if shown to a person who doesn't have any pets and has never purchased pet food.
Money spent showing this person creative is money wasted by the advertiser because there is very little chance the ad will influence their behavior.
In marketing, targeting helps by identifying the right audience for a given campaign objective — those who are likely to buy, or buy more, because of advertising.
By knowing what people buy, what they like to do and what they see online we can create purchase, interest and demographic-based audiences.
However, in digital advertising, even the most perfect offline-based audience can be ineffective if you aren't able to find the users online.
So, how can we find these online users? How do we know the devices we are targeting are actually linked to the users we care about?
And what difference does it make if those links are incorrect?
In order to reach an offline-identified audience in an online space, an identity (ID) graph is used.
An ID graph, like The Oracle ID Graph™ from Oracle Data Cloud, enables an audience from one ID space to be translated or converted into another ID space.
ID spaces include individuals, cookies (unique identifiers for a web-browsing session), email addresses and mobile ad IDs (unique identifiers for mobile devices).
By traversing connections within the ID graph, for example, you can figure out which mobile ad IDs belong to an audience of individual dog owners then serve them advertising as part of a campaign.
When a mobile campaign is executed with a target audience that has been converted to the mobile ad ID space via an ID graph, the key assumption is that these links are correct.
That is, the devices we are targeting are, in fact, 100 percent accurately associated with the users we want to reach. Unfortunately, this assumption is often wrong.
The reality is that all links within an ID graph are not created equal and no link can be assumed to be 100 percent correct.
Even the so-called "deterministic" link of a mobile ad ID to an email address can prove incorrect.
Sure, a given mobile ad ID and email address may be observed during an event (an observed "fact"), but how do you know the email address entered is for the owner of the phone?
What if they logged into an application with their friend's email address?
Or what if they made up the email address? "Deterministic" cannot be assumed to be correct all of the time.
This means that all linkages are "probabilistic" and while some connections are highly likely to be correct, others are lower quality and will be wrong more often.
So, what happens when an ID graph compromises on quality?
What difference does it make to a campaign's success?
Read more from this article in The Data Source, Fall 2016 edition.
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Kwabena Owusu is an experienced drum maker and drummer born in Takoradi, Ghana. Kwabena specializes in West African drums and music. He carves, repairs, and tunes more than 20 types of drums, including congas, Djembes, and Doundouns. Kwabena also makes beaded shakers and clappers out of gourds and wood. Many of the instruments Kwabena makes can also be made out of recycled materials. Kwabena also has a rich repertoire of rhythms and songs.
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The black and yellow plates that border traffic signals at some intersections are meant to catch your eye. In 2015, you'll be seeing more of them.
The black and yellow plates that border traffic signals at some intersections are meant to catch your eye. In 2015, you�ll be seeing more of them.
Columbus plans to install reflective back plates on signals at 28 intersections identified as problem areas for crashes caused by red-light runners. The $675,000 project is part of a pilot program by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and the Ohio Department of Transportation to reduce crashes in three counties.
Nine intersections already have the plates, and a �handful� of others use an older version, said Melanie Crabill, a spokeswoman in the city�s Department of Public Service.
The black plates, trimmed with a yellow reflective border, are meant to provide a contrasting background that makes the stoplights easier to see.
The Federal Highway Administration has billed the plates as �a very low-cost safety treatment� that can cut down on crashes caused by drivers failing to see red lights.
City design standards now require the plates when traffic signals are new or replaced if the existing poles can support the weight and maintain enough clearance for passing vehicles.
In 2015, 18 Columbus intersections will be retrofitted with new LED lights and back plates on signals in every direction. Ten more will be outfitted with back plates on lights facing two directions.
The new back plates will be installed at lights in some of Columbus� busiest corridors, including intersections with Cleveland Avenue, Morse Road and E. Broad Street.
Construction funding for the project will come from ODOT. The ODOT/MORPC partnership will upgrade traffic signals, add lighted stop signs at rural intersections, and improve signage at stop-controlled crossings in rural areas.
A total of 58 intersections will receive upgrades in Columbus, Dublin, Hilliard, Grove City, Upper Arlington, Pickerington, Pataskala and Obetz and in Franklin, Delaware and Fairfield counties.
The improvements are aimed at reducing three types of crashes in central Ohio: angle crashes at red lights, pedestrians struck by vehicles and fixed-object crashes.
�All of the locations identified will be implemented at no, or very little cost, to the jurisdiction itself using ODOT�s safety funding,� Kerstin Carr, MORPC planning director, said in an email.
ODOT frequently uses the plates to give traffic signals a more-visible backdrop, spokeswoman Nancy Burton said. For example, the plates are installed on traffic signals along Rt. 23 in northern Franklin County.
�It improves visibility � it�s a controlled-contrast background,� she said. �We use them all the time.�


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October 31, 2019, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ Española Public Library
Tammy has a Special Surprise for Story Hour. All kids can come dresses in their Halloween Costume. We will be showing " Casper" the movie and light snacks will be available.We hope you can make it, for more information please call. Tammy
October 31, 2019, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Beatrice Martinez Senior Center
A safe and fun alternative to Halloween.
City of Española and Volunteers are hosting the first Trunk or Treat event. Put on your Halloween costumes and join us for some family fun! Event is free for all and will take place at the Beatrice Martinez Senior Center Parking Lot.
Event will be from 5-7 PM on Halloween day. The Teen Center will also be having their annual Harvest Youth Parade.
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text: Newborn photo sessions are always a sweet time but when your friend of over 25 years has a baby…that's special! Leslie and Colin welcomed little or should I say big boy into their family early on August 3rd. He weighed 9lb 6oz and was 21 1/2 inches. His blue eyes and stylish hair had me the first time I saw him! I will say though, DJ was on his own schedule the day he was born and for his first photo session. This little man did NOT sleep the entire session. (I snuck a few sleepy photos) He was however super chill and loved watching my every move. He loved his mommy's lap so we worked with his likings. I can't wait to watch DJ grow!


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Exchange of confidential information
Dutch central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank, and gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit will cooperate on issues concerning the financial supervision, money laundering, financing terrorism and sanctions acts through a formal agreement signed this week.
The two entities have agreed to exchange confidential information and will advise and authorise in collaboration prior to launching any enforcement action.
In related news, Kansspelautoriteit released a comprehensive advertising guidance this week, one which bans online gambling advertising.
In general terms the advertising guidance says consumer advertising must lead to a legal offer, however, operators may not actively promote participation in gambling and given that online gambling is currently illegal, no advertising may take place.
This extends to "touting of online gambling companies in press releases related to sponsorship deals".
Furthermore, public advertising that generates a favourable impression of a "particular online gaming business" is not permitted, the guidance reads.
Kansspelautoriteit will enforce the guidance with sanctions and, as it has shown in the past, it will not hesitate to take action.
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Tragic outcome to search
The search for a missing couple, who set off on a trip to the Thomson Dam and Walhalla area, ended on Friday morning with Victoria Police confirming the couple had been found dead inside their vehicle.
In a statement Victoria Police said Caleb Forbes, aged 22 from Kilsyth and Shannon Lowden, 21, from Lilydale, were found dead inside a green Nissan Patrol wagon that the couple took on a camping trip on September 6.
"Sadly, the pair were found deceased in their car on Trig East track, east of Thomson Dam about 11am," police said.
Family members of the couple began to worry about their safety when Mr Forbes failed to show up to work two days after setting off for the trip in the Thomson Dam area.
Police said they will investigate the cause of the couple's death and would prepare a report for the Coroner.
Police, the State Emergency Service and members of the public joined forces to search for the couple for days in areas that included dense forest which met the snowline.
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The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards.
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), crime drama Thelma & Louise (1991), historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator (2000), war film Black Hawk Down (2001), crime thriller Hannibal (2001), biographical film American Gangster (2007), and science fiction films Prometheus (2012) and The Martian (2015).
Scott is known for his atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style.[1][2] Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, whether 2nd century Rome (Gladiator), 12th century Jerusalem (Kingdom of Heaven), medieval England (Robin Hood), contemporary Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down), or the future cityscapes of Blade Runner. Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down).[1] In 1995, both Ridley and his brother Tony received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema.[3] In 2003, Scott was knighted for his "services to the British film industry".[4] In 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Art in London.[5]


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Peter has worked on CRU's Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid analysis since joining the company in early 2011 and is Head of the Sulphur team. Peter also works across other nutrient areas, including both market and cost analysis. Prior to joining CRU, Peter completed a PhD in Industrial Chemistry at Durham University.
Oliver Lieske is working within the global advisory practice Capital Projects and Infrastructure. His focus is the evaluation of digital business models in the areas of plant engineering and construction & particularly in the chemical industry. Oliver also worked as commercial project director for large scale fertilizer projects (> 500m €) all over the world.
Ben Walton is a Process Engineer with Sulphur Experts Inc. He has been with Sulphur Experts since 2004 providing advice and support in the area of plant inspection, testing and plant optimization for the sour gas and oil refining industries. Originally starting in the analytical department based in Calgary, Ben specialized in all aspects of the analytical chemistry work conducted by Sulphur Experts. However, in 2011 Ben was moved to the Sulphur Experts office in the Netherlands to be the engineering representative for the European market. Ben spent 6 years representing Sulphur Experts in Europe and then returned to Canada in late 2017.
Nicolas Lepeu is Business Development Manager at DuPont Clean Technologies, based in France. In his role, he plans and oversees new plant and revamp projects for customers in the sulfuric acid industry. He began work at Elf Atochem as a process manager in 1998 and joined DuPont in 2002 where he held roles as technology and operations manager. With 20 years of experience in the chemical industry, he has developed extensive expertise in managing change and multi-cultural environments, as well as maintenance, process and SHE operations. Mr Lepeu holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Ecole National Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, France and a Masters in Finance from MIT, USA.
Naveen Kumar Chenna has performed doctoral research on catalytic pulp bleaching process at Aalto University, Finland and before joining Valmet Technologies Inc to work in recovery line business as product engineer. Naveen is responsible for developing sulphuric acid production plant concept and optimization processes. Naveen's interest focuses on increasing the chemical recycling of the pulp mill, and on gas collection and cleaning systems. Naveen graduated from the prestigious Erasmus Mundus with a double degree Masters of Science in Chemistry
Ciro Di Carlo is an Italian chemical engineer having more than 30 years working experience.
He started working as process engineer and grew up during the years till playing managerial roles as Head of Process Dept and later on Head of Engineering in different EPC Companies. He earned a significant, long-lasting international experience in plant precommissioning, commissioning and start-up having successfully put on stream about 20 process Units. A multi-discipline engineering background completes his professional profile. He's currently holding the position of Head of Commissioning and Start-up Dept in Siirtec Nigi Milano, Italy
Bodrick Mumba works as Superintendent Smelter Acid plant - Kansanshi Copper Smelter (Kansanshi Mining Plc, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals Ltd). He has over 12 years experience in Sulphuric operations and Commissioning both Metallurgical and Sulphur Burning Acid Plants e.g.: Nkana acid plant (1000tpd), Nkana smelter, Zambia-Konkola Copper Mines, TenkeFungurume acid plant (800tpd), DRC-Freeport Macmoran, Ruashi acid plant (500tpd), DRC-Metorex, acid plant No.5 (1000tpd), Kansanshi Mining PLC, Zambia-First Quantum Minerals Ltd, Smelter acid plant (4,400 tpd), Kansanshi copper smelter, Zambia-First Quantum minerals Ltd.
Juan Daniel Pedrero Reyes is the Acid Plant Operations Manager at Atlantic Copper's Smelter (Spain) and I have carried out several projects and studies in metallurgical sulphuric acid plants, Gypsum plants and water treatment plants. Moreover, I have participated in several general shutdowns.
Prior working experience; Mechanical Supervisor, Assembly Project Phenol III Ertisa, Huelva (2006-2007). Applus Norcontrol, Quality Manager, Assembly Project "Electric Power plant of Endesa", Huelva Initec Energy (2005-2006). Applus Norcontrol, Quality Manager, Assembly Project "Electric Power plant of Union Fenosa", Palos de la Frontera, Huelva (2004-2005). Applus Norcontrol snf Regulatory Inspector, Norcontrol (2003-2004)
Twenty-Five (26) years of experience in Manufacturing of following Chemicals and Fertilisers:
Vice president – Acid division, Foskor, Richards Bay. (KZN) South Africa. (Jan'15 till date).
Vice president – Operations, Paradeep Phosphate ltd. India (Sep'13 to Dec'14).
General Manager – Manufacturing, Coromandel International ltd, India. (Aug'10 - Sep'13)
Head Fertiliser, TATA Chemicals, India. (Jul'07 to Aug'10)
Bob van de Giessen is the Business Manager for Sulfur Recovery Catalysts at Euro Support in the Netherlands. He started his academic career with an undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Utrecht University. During his studies in Utrecht he spent considerable time doing research at the Debye Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. In 2011 he finished his joint post graduate degree in Chemistry and Entrepreneurship at the University of Nottingham after which he joined Euro Support in 2012.
Torsten Weber is a senior process specialist and owner of the company Smart SCOPE. After his graduation from the University of Essen, Germany he started working in the Engineering department of Bayer AG. There he took over the role as project manager in international CAPEX-projects. Between 2004 and 2007 Torsten was heading the technical department of Bluecher Adsor Tech GmbH. After that he returned to Bayer to take over growing responsibilities in Bayer's sulfuric acid technology development program. Torsten was in charge of the sulfuric acid technology business for five years before he became global head of Contract & Claim Management in 2016. Since 2018 Torsten is with Smart SCOPE.
Nelson Clark has a degree in chemical engineering by the Polytechnic School of Sao Paulo University and an MBA in Business Administration from IMT. He holds several patents, and has published several papers on sulfuric acid and mass transfer.
Mr. Clark has more than 30 years of experience in sulfuric acid, mist elimination and mass transfer. He started his career as an engineer at Monsanto Enviro-Chem Systems Brazil where he held various management positions.
He founded Clark Solutions in 1991. Since that time he has been involved in hundreds of projects in the sulfuric acid field, from small mist elimination replacement to full scale plant design and construction projects.
Andrés Mahecha-Botero has worked on numerous engineering and applied research projects involving advanced modelling of chemical processes, conceptual design and implementation of experimental programs, design of new chemical processes, as well as the exploration of innovative ideas. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2009 with emphasis on advanced modelling of chemical reactors with experimental validation. Dr Mahecha-Botera worked in university research in addition to graduate and undergraduate teaching, and currently is an Adjunct Professor of at the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at UBC. He has worked in various engineering projects for companies worldwide. Currently, he works as process development engineer, senior chemical process engineer, and project manager for a number of projects at NORAM Engineering.
Bernhard Schreiner obtained his PhD in Chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Germany in 1991. He then started to work at Linde AG, first in the R&D department of the Engineering Division specializing on gas processing, esp. sulphur recovery units. These activities included services as analytically based start-up assistance and pilot plant operation. Since 1999 he is with the central application department of Linde's Gas Division, aiming at oxygen uses at air oxidations in the refining and chemical process industry. Such process intensification is often compounded by field trials performing oxygen enrichment. Most of respective activities were related to the Claus process.
Leonid Anisimov is a Chief Researcher for LUKOIL-Engineering, Volgograd, Russia. He works as a petroleum geologist and reservoir engineer in the South Volga and Caspian Region. Previously, he worked at Saratov State University as a Head of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology Department. His scientific interests focus on the geochemistry of H2S, shale and tight reservoirs, origin and geological setting of unconventional hydrocarbons. He graduated from the Grozny Petroleum Institute and holds a Candidate degree in hydrogeology and Doctor degree in geochemistry.
Sven Andersson is Manager R&D at Babcock & Wilcox Vølund AB in Sweden, previously Götaverken Miljö AB, where he has been working since he earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Design in 1998. Sven Andersson also has a position as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology.
Anthony Schneider is an unskilled fisherman with a knack for using chemical instrumentation. He got his M.S. Degree from Michigan State University in chemistry in 2012 and has since been working for the Ohio Lumex Company. He started out in the company as a field technician where he quickly learned that he had a fear of heights. He started managing Ohio Lumex's analytical laboratory in 2015 and has contributed to the development of several novel measurement techniques.
Prior to his role at Air Products, Thayer was Global Technical Director for AstroCosmos Metallurgical, a division of Mersen, for 10 years. They are a global leader in design and fabrication of titanium, tantalum, zirconium and nickel- based alloys.
Mike Allenspach is a registered Professional Engineer with 35 years of experience in the engineering and heavy construction industry. He served as Project Director for the engineering and construction of the pipeline heating systems for the world's three longest heated Sulphur pipelines. Mr Allenspach has served in numerous technical and executive management roles during his career and is currently Director of nVent's Specialty Applications Group, which supports their organization's business development and project execution around the world.
Helge Rosenberg holds a position as Senior Licensing Manager at Haldor Topsoe A/S with responsibility for the African and the Middle East markets as well as business development of the WSA technology globally.
Helge graduated with a master degree in Mechanical Engineering and has since then added several titles to his CV including a bachelor degree in Management & Economics.
Jerry d'Aquin entered the sulphur and phosphate fertilizer industries in 1972. He formed Con-Sul in1987 to provide commercial advice on all matters sulphur – including but not limited to sourcing, marketing, quality, economics and arbitration. His particular highly-sought out specialty is the forming, handling, transport, use and SHE dust issues associated with formed sulphur.
The North American Quarterly Sulfur Review is one of Con-Sul's publications and is the longest established US sulphur publication wholly focused on the mission- critical commercial and market forces insights that drive the dynamic sulphur industry.
Mr d'Aquin is a frequent presenter at sulphur conferences across the globe, including at IFA, TSI, TFI, Oil and Gas Journal, SYMPHOS and SOGAT.
Marco Kennema, started his research career in Canada where he completed his bachelor and masters degrees at the University of Guelph in Ontario. He continued his studies at the Max-Plank Institute für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim Germany, where he graduated with a PhD in Chemistry related to heterogeneous catalysis in 2016. In 2017 he joined the research team at BASF where he took the lead for new research related to sulfuric acid catalysts. Together with the BASF research team he is using new technology to further develop the next generation of BASF sulfuric acid catalysts.


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I've watched American Idol since its inception and am a fan. Months ago, I predicted that Angie would win this year. we will know for sure in a few weeks.
In the post-Simon Cowell years of American Idol, the quality of judging has become tedious, cloying and adoring of the young contestants. There has been little instructive teaching for the kids competing or the audience at home. That's a shame because American Idol used to feature legendary artists every week as mentors who would perform a quickie masterclass for contestants (and audience) who otherwise would enjoy no such access to expertise. One of my favorite mentors a few years back was Harry Connick, Jr. It was also one of the lowest rated episodes of the season. Despite the relative (un)popularity of Mr. Connick, he taught the kids, played with them and wrote charts suited to their talents. He was a great mentor.
I was thrilled to see Harry back on Idol again this week and he ignited a firestorm when he refused to agree with the incredibly terrible advice being dispensed by an incredibly disingenuous Randy Jackson. You can the details of his awful advice in the well-written article linked below, but suffice to say that Mr. Jackson knows better. He may not have the talent and musical knowledge of Harry Connick, Jr., but he has enjoyed a great deal of success in the music business. If Randy Jackson had been paying for Kree's studio time as a producer, his advice would have been exactly the same as that of Mr. Connick.
After Wednesday night's show, an educator colleague of mine posted the following message on Facebook:
Harry Connick seems sort of mean and opinionated. #justsayin
TEACHERS SHOULD HAVE OPINIONS and be great at what they do!I could not disagree more. American Idol vs. Harry Connick Jr. is a great metaphor for everything wrong with American culture. The entire season has been spent repeating clichés and telling the contestants that they are geniuses. Celebrity and popularity are not the same as talent or artistry.
How dare those kids call themselves artists? Artist, reformer and revolutionary are terms that must be bestowed upon you by others. As Seinfeld said, "I'm 17. Why aren't I huge?"
Harry Connick, Jr. is an incredibly gifted singer, pianist, composer, arranger, technology pioneer and he acts too. He has been a professional musician since he was 5.
He is an expert in jazz history and the American songbook.
Amber and Kree's performance of classic standards was atrocious. It is NOT unreasonable to expect "singers" about to get rich beyond their dreams to learn or understand a song. Countless thousands of peers of the "Idols" studying music around the country do so. In fact, jazz majors at Julliard are required to memorize every piece of music they perform, including full big band arrangements.
My friend Emmet Cohen is 22 years old and knows a few thousand songs that he can play and improvise on in 12 keys. That's artistry and talent.
Harry gave Kree incredibly good advice and she ignored all of it. She added runs to almost every note. It was unmusical.
Harry Connick is the expert. Kree is the student. She should behave accordingly and be open to instruction. Randy's advice to her was completely disingenuous. He would NEVER tolerate such a shambolic performance if he was spending his time or money producing her.
The judges do the kids no favor my not teaching them or asking them to "just be Kree." Being Kree is terrible advice. She's an amateur with a lot to learn.
I sure wish every American student could have a good music teacher. It would make the world a better place!
- As Randy Jackson reminds us constantly, "this is a singing competition!" Singers should be able to sing anything.
- The #1 album today is by Michael Bublé, a guy who sings the Great American Songbook. These classic songs are contemporary hits.
"The point Connick tried to make, which Jackson didn't want to hear, was that the show's contestants didn't know these classic songs well enough to take liberties with their melodies and lyrics. In doing so, they were murdering the music." – John Stark
You must not tell a 17 year-old that she needs to "figure out who you are as an artist."
That really cheapens the notion of an artist.
Eight or nine nights each week for the past several months my family and were caught up in the American Idol phenomena. 38 million Americans watched the show's season finale. I am encouraged that it is still possible to bring generations together around a wholesome event. In addition to being wildly entertaining, American Idol offers many lessons for educators.
All sorts of kids have talents we have yet to discover
The extraordinary drive and talent of the young adults participating in American Idol should remind us of the untapped potential in our students.
Hard work pays off
The American Idol contestants worked their tails off to prepare for each week's show. Teachers involved in the performing arts know how hard children will work to prepare for a performance and similar opportunities need to become the norm in other subject areas.
Learning occurs best with an audience
An audience for one's work gives that effort greater purpose. It not only motivates the learner, but also provides occasions for authentic assessment.
You need to be well-rounded
American Idol contestants needed to sing, dance and speak articulately. Only folks possessing the whole package would advance.
Cooperation is valuable
Nothing is learned in isolation. While American Idol was a competition, the finalists were required to perform together. This cooperation gave the performers greater respect for one another and taught valuable life lessons for the future.
Achieving ones goals is not a zero-sum game
I believed the "idols" who said that participating was reward enough, even if they did not win the competition. The television show sustained this community of practice by having the "losers" in the top ten return frequently for choreographed ensemble performances. Some of the "losers" have embarked on successful careers due to this exposure and their willingness to give it their all regardless of the situation. Clay seemed genuinely happy for Ruben when he was named "The American Idol."
There are no makeup tests
You get one chance at the plate and have to hit it out of the park every time. When Clay forgot the lyrics to a song in the final rounds, he had to recover with grace and move on.
Talent trumps superficiality
I was impressed by how often the viewers rejected "sexier" contestants for those with more talent. This is all the more remarkable when viewers are picking a pop "idol." Perhaps folks aren't as shallow as we thought.
Education is growth
The contestants actually improved each week. That demonstrates their willingness to incorporate advice, experience, talent and risk-taking in order to improve their future performance.
You need to be able to take a punch
Responding to the audience may enhance all human expression. Some of Simon's critiques were brutal, but honest. The successful performers respected that criticism. learned from it and responded in productive ways. This helped them improve.
A life in the arts is full of rejection, not often so lovingly offered. Students need to recognize the difficulty that lies ahead while not abandoning their dreams or desire to bring beauty to the world.
You learn by working outside of your comfort zone
While it was clear that some idols were better dancers than others, each contestant did their best to improve in areas outside of their comfort zone.
Master as many genres as possible
The requirement that contestants perform in a number of different genres leveled the playing field while causing the singers to stretch. You don't have to like everything asked of you, but you must do your best. Flexibility and versatility are extremely desirable virtues.
Respect history
While you can hardly consider Bee Gees or Neil Sedaka relics, millions of American youngsters were introduced to their songwriting talents. Great songs are timeless. The American Idol contestants benefited from the wisdom dispensed by these elders.
Production values don't matter
Educational software and television producers believe that kids won't watch anything without the latest in 3-D special effects. Great storytelling or music trumps production values. The American Idol set was ghastly and the background videos were distracting.
Teaching is storytelling
Part of what made millions of viewers tune into each show was the compelling use of storytelling that held your interest, recapitulated what you may have missed and introduced you to the lives and work of various musicians.
You care about great characters
The biographical profiles of each finalist and footage of them clowning around allowed viewers to identify with the contestants and get behind their favorites.
You must be graceful in defeat
Perhaps the most astounding part of American Idol was that seconds after being eliminated, that youngster needed to put on a happy face and belt one more song out for the audience. This demonstrated a remarkable level of graciousness, professionalism and poise.
Young people are willing to vote
…but apparently only if they like the candidates.
Americans are ahead of the media on race
I was frankly considered that America would not choose an overweight African American as their American Idol, regardless of his talents. The selection of Ruben Studdard proved that Americans were a lot hipper and talent than the national media whose magazine covers screamed, "Was American Idol Fixed?" following the final episdoe.
Originally published in the August 2003 issue of District Administration Magazine


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The Bath House Cultural Center presents The Intentional Hand: A Photographic Exhibition of Manipulated Imagery, from May 4 to June 8, 2019. The exhibition, curated by local artist Frank Lopez, features the work of ten art photographers from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, North Carolina, and Texas. The artists featured in the show are Peter J. Blackburn, Kimberly Chiaris, Ross Faircloth, Ellie Ivanova, J. Jason Lazarus, Frank Lopez, Marcy Palmer, Beverly Rayner, Dawn Surratt, and Claire A. Warden.
New stimulating forms of artistic expression have surfaced as a result of the coexistence of digital and traditional photographic techniques in the last few years. For some artists, the early concerns that digital technology and photographic practices from the past were in discordance with each other eventually turned into an interest and desire to find the aspects of analog and digital artistic methods that could be complementary and mutually constructive.
Frank Lopez, the curator of The Intentional Hand, offers his views on the subject of the evolution of the photographic medium and its state in contemporary art-making when he writes: "The advent of digital seemingly doomed analog photographic expression, particularly with the ubiquity of the digital smartphone. The response to digital has had quite the opposite effect as the syntax of photography has evolved to include, adapt and transform this new way of expression. All the while, artists have been afforded the freedom to explore aspects of photographic language that utilizes any previously considered historical techniques. Often times, artists will combine elements of digital to aid in fostering the execution of their ideas; however, many artists choose to live completely in the analog workflow."
Presented in this exhibition are artists who take part in the conversation of challenging and changing photographic norms through their innovative and experimental imagery. The use of time, light and/or chemical experimentation is an element of their images. Similarly, symbolism, interpretation, and culture also play an important part in the final execution of the artists' work.
Reception with the Artists: Saturday, May 4, 2019 (7-9 p.m.). Featuring music by Stephen Houpt. Exhibition on display through June 8, 2019.
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This walk was led by Norma and superb photographs were taken by Norma herself together with more from Wendy and Kathy. You can see all these photos as three separate slideshows by scrolling down the page. (Tony)
Norma writes:-
Fifteen of us met at another new temporary CP at Noss Marina! The amount of construction work going on for the new development is truly amazing!
Noss Marina kindly agreed we could use their facilities as so many public WCs are at present closed…
Another lovely dry, bright day.
We walked up through the woods to Bridge Road and onwards – but today, doing this beautiful walk in reverse. Thus, going up a slippy path rather than down.
At the end of the Hoodown woods we followed the path around Waterhead Creek down to Kingswear.
Taking a loop in between the cottages, we paused to look at at the little community garden. It was so nice to find that the overgrown vegetation had been cleared and the garden extended. A lovely spot to sit and view the surroundings…
We then had a laugh seeing who could manage some pebble skimming – quite hard as the river was a bit choppy! I think Rene was the champion!
Whatever time of year, there is always lots of interest walking along between the R. Dart and the railway. Today we saw the Higher Ferry high and dry up on the slip having its annual overhaul
After returning to our cars we met at the Whiterock Beefeater for one of their bargain lunches and a chat.
Here are Norma's photos below, followed by Wendy's and then Kathy.
And lastly photos by Kathy


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Recruitment may be an increasingly fraught issue in the PR industry, but judging by the number of excellent PR professionals under the age of 30, the future of PR is safe.
Earlier this year, PRWeek embarked on its second quest to shine a light on some of the brightest young things in the industry. The only criterion for entry was that candidates had to be under 29 on 31 May this year.
The response was exceptional, and it took a panel of four judges to come up with a refined list.
The final 29 were chosen purely on their submitted entries (which listed the three reasons why they should be regarded as one of the UK's 29 best PROs under the age of 29), but the final 29 have among them a rich mix of skills and talents.
Their roles span in-house and agency, corporate and consumer, public and not-for-profit sector, public affairs and healthcare. And these individuals are agency heads, divisional heads and heads of departments, but also account directors, board directors, freelancers and even a lecturer.
The gender split is almost equal (13:16, male:female) – food for thought for those who grumble about PR being a female-dominated profession.
The four judges were PRWeek features editor Alex Black, Beatbullying's director of comms Niall Cowley, Burson-Marsteller UK CEO Jonathan Jordan and the University of Westminster's visiting professor of PR and former CEO of the Chime group's public relations division, Trevor Morris.
Here, over the following five pages, we look at the careers and aspirations of what should be the next generation of senior managers in the sector.
With thanks to the University of Westminster for the use of its Regent Street Campus.
(Names in alphabetical order)
# 16. Daljit Bhurji, Age 28Bhurji was one of agency Hotwire's first members of staff and rose through the ranks to become associate director and head of the agency's digital practice at the age of 26. With a passion for online technology, Bhurji spearheaded the pitch to win internet giant Tiscali. He was also given the title 'graduate tsar', having been instrumental to the company's graduate recruitment programme. Bhurji is now leading the PR operations of a suitably trendy, yet-to-launch mobile communities company, as well as co-authoring a guide on the impact of social media on PR practice for PR students and executives.
Independent consultant
15. Eileen Boydell, 29Boydell joined Bite in 2002, originally as an account manager overseeing speaker opportunities for EMEA clients. Her portfolio of clients included McAfee, DHL and Sun, and her role was to get their key executives on the right platforms at industry events. She grew the service offering to include events, analyst relations and influencer relations, and by 2006 she was leading a portfolio of accounts worth £700,000. Last year she became Bite's youngest associate and now leads the agency's international team, handling European and emerging markets briefs.
Associate director, Bite PR
1. Crissie Bushell, 28As head of consumer lifestyle shop EdenCancan' celebs and events team, Bushell handles PR for showbiz clients such as model Caprice and Liberty X star Michelle Heaton. Indeed, such is her reputation that EdenCancan director Nick Fulford admits Bushell's guaranteed involvement was a deal-breaker when the agency was negotiating with Caprice. Fulford adds Bushell has 'a contact book that PROs twice her age can only dream of', and 'every paparazzo worth his or her salt is on first- name terms with her'.
Head of celebrity PR and events, EdenCancan
25. Rachel Cameron, 29
External comms manager, Hewlett-Packard
Cameron is responsible for managing UK and Ireland media and analyst relations at electronics giant HP. Since joining HP a year-and-a-half ago, she has managed two of the company's most widely reported press announcements. One was the company's partnership with the BFI (British Film Institute) and the other was 'The Grand Tour' – a joint project with the National Gallery to bring works of art to the streets of London.
7. Fran Chambers, 27Taking charge of internal comms at one of the UK's largest transport PPP operators means Chambers is responsible for keeping 3,500 employees abreast of developments as they work on the London Underground's massive improvement programme. Chambers joined Tube Lines as an internal comms officer and was promoted to internal comms manager within 18 months. Eighteen months later she rose to become head of internal comms, making her the youngest senior manager in the company. A recent staff survey found the number of staff who said the firm kept them up to date with what it was doing had doubled to 64 per cent in the past two years.
Head of internal communications, Tube Lines
4. Simon Cohen, 28Cohen is MD of "values-driven" PR agency Global Tolerance. He is a flag-bearer for the ethical role of the PR industry and has spoken all over the world on the subject, including at the Economic Forum in Poland last year. After starting the agency in 2003, Cohen's client base now includes Gandhi's grandson, The Wallace & Gromit Foundation, The Gallup Organization, and the 'living Buddha' Karmapa Thaye Dorje. Cohen claims his campaign last year involving two 'Jedi Knights' who pushed the UN for an 'Interstellar Day of Tolerance' reached in excess of 700 million people at a total cost of £30.
MD, Global Tolerance
14. John Coventry, 27
Senior media officer, ActionAid
Coventry joined ActionAid from War on Want 18 months ago. It was his brainwave to go to the media with the story of South Africa fruit picker Gertruida Baartman, who took on the might of Tesco with her one share at their 2006 AGM, winning huge amounts of media coverage as well as building contacts for the charity. Coventry was the charity's contact at the German G8 this summer, resulting in more than 60 pieces of coverage in the UK media alone.
22. Ben Dutton, 28Lexis CEO Margot Raggett describes Dutton as 'one of the most outstanding operators I have worked with in my career'. Dutton, who was lured to Lexis from The Red Consultancy, is one of the consumer shop's 'most senior and sought-after creatives', adds Raggett. His clients include Boots, Coca-Cola – with whom he launched Coke Zero – listings website Gumtree and its award-winning Sheila's Wheels campaign. 'Ben is just the sort of ambassador that our industry needs,' says Raggett. 'If he is not running Lexis or some other high-profile agency in the future then I will eat my hat.'
Associate director, Lexis PR
23. Manisha Ferdinand, 25Idea Generation MD Hector Proud credits Ferdinand with a series of 'near-faultless' campaigns, including running PR for the inaugural Manchester International Festival. That included publicity for 30 productions, managing 25 staff across six departments within Idea Generation, and acting as the central point of contact with more than 120 producers, directors and festival staff. 'I have just returned from Manchester having received eulogistic praise on our work from almost everyone I met, including the minister for culture, the director of the festival, the head of Manchester City Council, the head of the tourist marketing board, the headline sponsors and all principal producers, as well as 20 journalists. Rare praise indeed,' says Proud.
Account director, Idea Generation
27. Lisa Forni, 27
Account director, Tonic Life Communications
Forni joined Tonic Life nearly 18 months ago after a stint at Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster. At Biss she handled, among other things, the agency's Reckitt Benckiser work, but she is now a key component of Tonic's Procter & Gamble and GlaxoSmithKline accounts. Tonic MD Oliver Parsons, who worked with Forni while they were both at Fleishman-Hillard, describes her ability to work across ethical health, consumer health and consumer business as a 'rare commodity'. Parsons also cites Forni's leadership of her team and her ability to mentor junior colleagues as one of the reasons for the agency's low staff turnover.
3. Suzanne Griffiths, 27Griffiths is credited with growing one of Whiteoaks' biggest-billing clients by 100 per cent, largely due to her talent for client relationship management, as well as a flair for organising events. Press events and product launches involving 500 guests upwards are her forte. She also mentors others in the agency and is admired by clients. One, Laura Barber-Miller, vice-president of marketing and communications, Thomson, Systems Division, says Griffiths can be relied upon to generate extensive and 'high quality' press coverage.
Associate director and head of service delivery, The Whiteoaks Consultancy
21. Suzy Insley, 27
Director, Catalysis
Insley's ability to 'simultaneously manage the company, hold down a client portfolio and win new business' is part of the reason Catalysis MD Peter Sive is able to spend most of his time on client work. Insley, who handles day-to-day running of the 23-strong agency with fellow director Emma Walker, has a knack of thinking up new ways of working to reduce Catalysis' costs and help it win new business. Says Sive: 'At 25, Suzy was tasked with consolidating seven of our BT accounts into one while improving results. Within six months, she had improved the media results four-fold, improved profitability and morale across the BT team and the client marked us 8/10 for satisfaction.'
17. Lucy Jackson, 28After three years in the public affairs team at BSMG (now part of Weber Shandwick), Jackson joined the trust as its first ever in-house comms person. Her role has expanded as the charity has grown, and she is now looking for two more PROs to take her team to four. Jackson's PA experience (previous clients include BNFL and Severn Trent Water) has served her and the trust well, and she recently organised a reception with Gordon Brown on the eve of the then Chancellor's accession to Prime Minister. Teenage Cancer Trust chief executive Simon Davies says Jackson has 'single-handedly turned this great charity into a cool brand'.
Director of communications, Teenage Cancer Trust
2. Sujit Jasani, 27
Associate, Burson-Marsteller
Jasani set a precedent by linking a corporate partner with the BBC Question Time brand, creating the Schools Question Time Challenge, a BT CSR initiative. His skills did not go unnoticed by Question Time chairman David Dimbleby, who says: 'Sujit combines communications skills and terrier-like tenacity with an abundance of youthful charm.' He is also heavily involved in sports sponsorship marketing, and works on Visa's global sponsorship portfolio including the Olympic Games, IRB Rugby World Cup and FIFA. To capitalise on B-M's international experience in Olympic brand marketing, Sujit has independently created an Olympic new business initiative for the London office ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
10. Ben Mason, 28
Head of F-H Digital, Fleishman-Hillard UK
While he was head of F-H's entertainment team, Mason came up with the idea that what F-H needed was a digital group in the UK that could work across global clients. The digital team grew more than 200 per cent in 2006 and is already on track to surpass this figure in 2007. It now has three project managers, one online outreach expert who works with a creative team of three, and ten digital ambassadors representing teams in the London office and a further 18 offices across Europe.
11. Susan McMartin, 28
Head of food, Beattie Communications
McMartin had stints at Nexus PR and Harrison Cowley before joining Beattie and boosting its food and drink PR division from two to eight PROs in two years. She has brought in nearly half a million pounds of business, helping the agency triumph against established rivals and win accounts for Edam cheese, Mattessons and Wall's. McMartin, who cites fellow Scot Alan Twigg – also formerly of Nexus and Harrison Cowley, and now at Seventy Seven PR – as a 'key influence on my career', has retained 100 per cent of her Beattie team.
20. Kunal Mehta, 27Mehta currently holds four comms jobs. The 27-year-old teaches MSc students on corporate communication at Thames Valley University – a role that is set to expand next month as he takes charge of the university's CIPR diploma. He is a director for the university's annual Pharmaceutical Responsibility and Reputation conference. Mehta also works as a part-time consultant for CCD Healthcare and is an editorial board member for the Prison Service Journal. Mehta is currently writing a PhD in corporate comms and PR.
PR lecturer, researcher and freelance consultant
28. Charlotte Morris, 27 Last year, Charlotte Morris read an interview in which Jon Snow admitted to finding it difficult to say 'no' to requests, so she wrote to him and ended up shadowing the news anchor for a week on Channel 4 News. During almost seven years of PR experience, Morris has worked on projects ranging from convincing schoolgirls to consider a career in surgery, to winning coverage in Hello! for celebrity attendance at international development charity International Service's Human Rights Awards.
Senior media relations manager, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
24. Joe Phelan, 27As part of Good Relations' political practice, Phelan's clients include multinationals such as AMEC and Airbus. But as well as working in the multi-billion pound defence procurement industry, Phelan also gets the chance to promote worthier clients such as October's Woman of the Year Lunch. After stints working on The Sunday Times' home news desk and a few months working for a US congressman, Phelan joined Hill & Knowlton's graduate trainee scheme. After three years he moved to Good Relations in 2005.
Account director, Good Relations Political
9. Nerys Roach, 26Many PROs do not have so much as a whiff of a crisis during their first few years in the industry, but at crisis specialist Regester Larkin, Nerys Roach is often called upon to provide advice at the highest level. Roach's experience includes dealing with NGO activism, controversies around new products, workforce unrest, high-profile litigation and industrial accidents. She has also been involved with internal projects including managing the launch of the agency's affiliation with an Italian PR consultancy.
Consultant, Regester Larkin
6. Olly Scott, 29
Account director, Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial
Scott began his PR career six years ago at LLM Communications. Since then he has had stints at Grandfield, College Hill (where he worked on the agency's PRWeek Award-winning marcoms campaign for the British Chamber of Commerce), and Edelman, where he co-founded the agency's Strategic Media Unit. While at Grandfield, he worked on the Railtrack Private Shareholders Action Group account. The campaign resulted in the resignation of Stephen Byers and a cash settlement for the company's shareholders. Scott says his speciality is when a specific business issue must be addressed, 'whether helping an activist investor to attack the board of an underperforming portfolio company, or managing negative sentiment surrounding a troubled company'.
29. Katie Simpson, 27It was The Times editor Robert Thompson who nicknamed Simpson 'Katie the Catalyst'. The pair worked together on a youth mentoring campaign, in which Simpson convinced Times political editor Phil Webster to mentor Lee McConville, 22, and to take him to Germany to cover the G8 summit. McConville attended a Bush and Blair press conference on his own and received a joint byline for the paper. Katie also works on other charity projects, heading marketing and distribution for Mediabox. She secured £250,000 of funding from youth volunteering charity v and The Vodafone UK Foundation to set up Charge – a digital youth platform on the Community Channel.
Head of youth media, Media Trust
8. Mark Southern, 27Southern has a reputation for creativity. In recent project 'The 999 Challenge', Southern convinced a firefighter to live a Big Brother-like existence in the shop window of a Debenham's store for nine days, nine hours and nine minutes. The stunt generated acres of media coverage and £30,000 for the charity. Southern also has fantastic contacts with a range of journalists, even hosting some of their children on PR work experience. He is credited with raising the profile of the charity's previously small-scale annual awards show to become the 'most important event in the emergency services calendar', according to business development director Chris Burghes. It is now sponsored by The Sun and has a Downing Street reception for nominees.
Press officer, Fire Services National Benevolent Fund
5. Elen Thomas, 26 Thomas worked at National Savings & Investments as a media relations manager until June 2007. NS&I head of media and PR Mark Brooks says: 'Elen was highly regarded at NS&I up to CEO level and was promoted into a senior PR role at just 25 because of it.' Thomas was often involved in high-profile PR campaigns and worked well at times of pressure. It was common for her to appear on TV and radio as a NS&I spokesperson, says Brooks, because she 'fitted perfectly with the image that NS&I wanted to portray to listeners and viewers'.
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12. Jace Tyrell, 28Aussie Tyrell joined the New West End Company three years ago and was handed a brief to position London's West End as the world's top shopping destination. Since then, he has generated positive UK and international media coverage worth more than £22m for the company, and taken charge of PR for three traffic-free events, and three Oxford Street Lights 'switch-ons'. He has also hired six marcoms agencies, two of which – Fleishman- Hillard on public affairs and Rain Communications UK on consumer and corporate – are PR accounts.
Head of communications, New West End Company
13. Vicki Wallin, 26Property specialist Wallin is FD's youngest vice-president, and has carved out a reputation as a PRO who can handle big international briefs. As part of FD's property arm FD Tamesis, she played a key role in the sale and leaseback of HSBC's Canary Wharf Headquarters – the largest single property deal in UK history – and this year led the PR team responsible for launching the first World Retail Congress earlier this year in Barcelona. Wallin also leads FD's accounts for the £100m SouthGate retail development in Bath, and a new complex at London's White City.
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18. Benjamin Webb, 28Twinning the Mali town Timbuktu with Hay-On-Wye, launching an online racism-tester and locating descendants of Pocahontas in Huddersfield, are all in a day's work for Benjamin Webb – one reason he has a reputation for creating attention-grabbing 'leftfield and creative' stories. Webb launched his own consultancy, Deliberate, earlier this year with the aim of focusing entirely on generating news stories as an add-on to a company's existing PR arrangements. The company now has five staff and Webb's creative juices show no signs of drying up.
MD, Deliberate PR
19. Emma White, 27White came to the RLC NHS Trust two years ago after working at Radio Merseyside, The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and West Lancashire District Council's comms team. Almost immediately she had to take charge of comms for a high-profile legal case involving the withdrawing of treatment from a terminally ill child. Since then she organised an efficiency campaign that resulted in the Carbon Trust awarding Alder Hey Children's Hospital the top score for energy use. 'Despite having a "chequered past" we are besieged by requests for filming of sensitive and highly emotive situations involving our patients,' says head of comms Pat McLaren. 'Emma's skill with the media never ceases to amaze me.'
Comms officer, Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust
26. Owen Williams, 28
Press and publicity officer, House of Lords
Williams has the arduous task of dealing with the parliamentary lobby, which his former colleague Elliott Grady – now a consultant at Fishburn Hedges – describes as 'perhaps the most sceptical journalists in the UK', as well as convincing peers that they should talk to the media. He manages these tasks with 'natural enthusiasm, charm and considerable grace under fire', says Grady, who worked with Williams when the duo were at the Liberal Democrats during the 2005 general election. Recently, Owen helped the Lords Committee's criticisms of the Government's plans for 'super casinos' and Home Information Packs (HIPs) to win a raft of media coverage. The Government shelved its plans for the casinos, while the HIPs proposals were reassessed, a result Grady believes owes a debt to the Lords' media campaign.


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The crisis of confidence rocking the former ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not abating.
This is even as PDP Governors' Forum has requested that the party's Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus to stand down.
The Governors directed Secondus to hand over the leadership baton to the party's National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo in line with provisions of the party's constitution.
In a communique issued at the end of a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday night, the Governors chided a former Presidential Adviser, Ahmed Gulak for what they described as his unacceptable conduct.
Gulak had on Wednesday invaded the party secretariat where he declared himself the national chairman of the PDP.
The Governors frowned at the refusal of Secondus to respect the judgment of an Abuja high court ordering him to vacate the office for a member from the Northeast zone to take the position.
"We take cognizance of the judgment by the court in Abuja which ordered the acting chairman to vacate office for any other person from the Northeast zone of Nigeria.
"Our party constitution has enough provisions for that and the necessary process has been put in motion," the communique said.
Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko read the communiqué on behalf of his colleagues.
The Governors flayed Gulak's invasion of the party secretariat where he declared himself national chairman without recourse to the appropriate organs of the party.
"The invasion of the party headquarters by Ahmed Ali Gulak who reportedly assumed the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party is regrettable and condemnable," Mimiko said.
According to the Governors, the issue of the chairmanship of the party would soon be resolved to enable someone from the Northeast complete the tenure of the last national chairman, Adamu Muazu who resigned in May 2015.
"The appropriate organs of the party will meet soonest to elect a national chairman of the party from the appropriate zone," he said.


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The North American Cup is a second tier of competitions ranking below the World Cup. Women's monobob is slated to make its Olympic debut in 2022, while bobsled and skeleton athletes, between the ages of 15-18, are using this event to gain valuable points in order to qualifying for January's Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. Racing begins Monday, Nov. 18 and continues through Thursday, Nov. 21.


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Hainan Airlines adds third Chinese connection to Israel
- Hainan Airlines introduced a new connection from Guangzhou (CAN), the host of next month's World Routes, to Tel Aviv (TLV) on 2 August. The Chinese carrier will operate the 7,612-kilometre route three times weekly. The airport pair will be flown by the airline's 787-9 fleet facing no direct competition. This is Hainan Airlines' third connection to Israel from it's home country, with It already operating a three times weekly rotation to Tel Aviv from both Beijing and Shanghai Pudong. The only other airline offering flights between Israel and China in peak S18 is El Al, with the SkyTeam member offering a three times weekly service between Tel Aviv and Beijing when referencing OAG schedules.


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Sometimes ghosts follow us home. Frequently this isn't such a good thing. The first ghost to follow me home was a humdinger. That was when my guides taught me how to help ghosts cross over to the presence of the divine. Sometimes they need a little help.
The first suicide I cleared followed me home from Port Townsend. We had gone to an old Jesuit seminary for Christmas that had long been converted into a hotel. We got assigned to a room directly below the room a former Jesuit hung himself in. He was a well-known, well documented ghost on the property and has made it into many books about hauntings in Washington State.
When I first encountered him I knew nothing about his existence. After watching him pace the halls and the covered walkway outside our window the first night I cultivated the front desk clerk and learned his story. We stayed a few more nights and he was never far away and always terribly unhappy believing he was doomed to hell as a suicide.
He followed me home and frankly I was frightened. A black-faced, depressed ghost in a monk's habit wasn't exactly my idea of Christmas cheer. (Black face due to congestion from hanging.) Finally I asked my guides if he could pass into heaven as I figured he had been paying for his suicide for a good fifty years or more. Fortunately the answer was yes and I was allowed to see the transformation as he realized he was a beloved child of God and entered heaven. It was literally awesome.
These days no ghosts or dead or allowed to follow me home or even off site if I am part of a ghost hunt. Just like everybody else I need my down time. If a spirit is terribly desperate they may be pushy but if I stay firm and consistent my private time remains mine.
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John Lewis has announced plans to close its Edinburgh distribution centre and axe nearly 80 jobs, stating it can no longer support the retailer's growth.
The high street stalwart will move operations to its central distribution hub in Glasgow, where 40 new jobs will be created and all regional online orders will now be processed.
The depot, situated in the port district of Leith, is set to cease operations next month.
In March, the retailer's managing director Paula Nickolds announced that redundancies would take place throughout the year as back-end operations became increasingly automated.
A month prior to this, 400 jobs were axed at its head office.
"Our site in Leith is no longer suitable to support our growing business," a John Lewis spokeswoman said.
"At the beginning of this year we began discussions with partners at our Edinburgh distribution hub about the future of the site, and after a consultation we have now confirmed that the site will be closing.
"Our site in Leith is no longer suitable to support our growing business, and by consolidating work in our more modern facility in Lister St, it will enable us to run a more productive model.
"We created an additional 40 new jobs at our Glasgow site as a result of this change, with the hope that a number of partners currently at our Leith site would apply for these roles, or others elsewhere in our business."
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