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Ah December. This entire month is pretty much just about Christmas for me. In my head it's Christmas Christmas all the time! And living in New York City, the decorations are on par with my thoughts.
Now, as I'm sure you've noticed I love cookies. Another awesome thing about this season.
To celebrate this cookie-licious time of year, I am so excited to announce the official kick-off of...
Kristina and Kayle's Christmas Cookie Exchange!
As you guys know, Kristina (of Whipped Baking) is my girl. And she and I were like, "Um, let's get everyone together to cyber-share their favorite cookie recipes!" Because we're (ok, it was Kristina's idea, I just jumped on board enthusiastically) brilliant like that.
So, starting today, December 5th, Kristina and I invite ALL OF YOU to join our Christmas Cookie Exchange! We want you to bring your favorite cookie recipe and link it up at the bottom of either my post below or over on Kristina's yummalicious blog to share your favorite recipes. Kristina and I are blogging a couple of our own cookie recipes today, so make sure to check hers out too, after you're done here!
*Cheesy announcer voice* But wait-there's more! Not only do you get tons of wonderful cookie recipes, there's also a priiize up for grabs! After you've all linked up your tastiest cookie recipes we're going to vote! And the winner gets (in addition to Cookie Queen/King bragging rights) a $10 Starbucks Gift Card! Voting begins on December 13th and ends December 15th (then the winner will be announced December 16th)!
Here's the agenda:
- Today (December 5th) starts Kristina & Kayle's Christmas Cookie exchange! Enter your favorite cookie recipes by linking up your cookie posts to either the bottom of my post here or over at Kristina's blog, Whipped Baking. You can use new or old posts as long as they're delicious cookies!
- December 10th a very special cookie related GIVEAWAY!
- December 13th starts the voting period where you all can vote on your favorite cookie recipe. You can vote by coming back to this post and clicking the 'vote' button below the individual pictures. Voting ends December 15th at 11:59pm.
- December 16th we will announce the winner of the Cookie Exchange Contest who will receive a Starbucks Gift Card for $10! And we'll also announce the winner of Monday (Dec. 10th)'s giveaway!
Don't have a blog? Send Kristina a pic of your favorite cookie and the recipe to her e-mail, email@example.com, and we'll share your pictures on our Facebook pages! Unfortunately you are not eligible for the gift card (because we have no way of voting for your recipe) but we would LOVE to be able to share your yummy recipes too!
Now, on to the matter at hand-these cookies. When Michael's friend Katina was visiting, I decided I wanted to bake her up a special treat, and that was these cookies. They're a fairly basic (and delicious) chocolate chip cookie, but throughout it are swirls and chunks of amazing peanut butter truffle. These cookies were soft, chewy, and wonderful, with a fabulous marriage of sweet, rich, and just a hint of salt. They're a wonderful twist on a classic, just special enough to impress during this holiday season, yet traditional enough to please all members of your family (who like peanut butter, anyway). This cookie monster could have gobbled these all up in a heartbeat...but I had to share. And that was even better. :)
Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter Truffle Swirled Cookies
Adapted from Picky Palate
Makes 2-4 dozen cookies (depending on size).
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter (homemade/natural pb is fine)
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 sticks (16 tbsp.) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. kosher salt + more for sprinkling
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- Line an 8 x 8 pan with aluminum foil and coat in cooking spray.
- Mix peanut butter and powdered sugar together. Press into the 8 x 8 pan. Freeze for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare baking sheet(s) with parchment paper/silpat.
- In a large bowl (or stand mixer bowl), cream butter and sugars together.
- Beat eggs and vanilla in.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Slowly add to the wet ingredients, with the chocolate chips, and mix together until just combined.
- Remove peanut butter truffle pan from freezer and cut into cubes (and/or tear apart). Freeze truffle chunks for 10 minutes.
- Add chunks of peanut butter truffle to dough and mix just a few turns on low speed-you want there to be swirls and chunks throughout dough, not for it to be fully incorporated.
- Scoop cookies (I used my large scoop but you can use whatever size you prefer, just keep an eye on baking time) onto baking sheet(s), leaving enough space between cookies. Sprinkle tops of dough with a little bit of kosher salt. Bake 9-13 minutes, until cooked to your preference.
- Cool on sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack or tablecloth, etc. to cool completely.
And enjoy the ooey gooey, peanut butter swirled splendor!
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In facilities management Automation 2.0 is about harnessing AI and IoT to generate ongoing and real-time value creation in built assets, enabling far more viable and agile business models for FMs and CREs.
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The facilities management industry is undergoing a steady but dramatic
change driven by the possibilities of technology. The hardware-based
solutions, prevalent since the introduction of automation in building
systems, are being transformed with the use of the software. A new era
of optimal and highly efficient solutions is taking shape through the
next generation in AI, and IoT enabled integrated management and
efficient energy use. Real-time and unified visibility, and highly
responsive management and operational advantages are empowering CRE
owners and FMs in an evolution from passive asset management to active
value creation.
Built spaces are one of the elements that form the very basis of human civilization. With the rapid urbanization of the entire world projected to transform the way people live, the emergence of Smart Cities, Smart Buildings and Smart Infrastructure is inevitable. AI and IoT based solutions are leading the way in enabling the efficient, convenient-led and people-centric societies of tomorrow.
Integrating Automation, and helping it scale
Modern buildings have been enhanced by automation dramatically in the last two decades. From security and optimized environments to waste disposal and peripheral services, every aspect of the modern built space has been subject to technological intervention. Legacy BMS models, however, have had siloed and mutually isolated solutions, limited to individual buildings. The Smart Building revolution has now converged with the Smart City momentum, creating a demand for integrated solutions that are not only data-led and intelligent but also connected and scalable across portfolios of buildings.
Proprietary sensors to control, maintain and administer infrastructure have been the norm for automation. However, the data-driven approach made possible by AI and IoT-led, software-based applications, is disrupting how modern day buildings are managed. Not only in terms of integrating systems and insights for one building, but also by helping CRE owners and FM's scale these efficiencies across portfolios. Analyzing and contextualizing data to generate real-time actionable insights enables informed decisions, better occupant experience and a highly resource-efficient and predictive business model for CREs and FMs. Together, AI & IoT can help CRE owners and FM's manage building operations, maintenance and sustainability performances under one umbrella. But automated intelligence is now moving into its next phase to enable efficiencies through solutions that are real-time, data-led, and unified, but in the cloud.
Beyond sensors: Cloud-based and data-driven facilities management
Some of the primary concerns of facilities managers has been the management of multiple mechanical assets; coordinating service providers and workforces and; the management of multiple sites coherently. From an occupant perspective, being able to access environmental control, services and access control – among other functions – generates another set of desired outcomes.
Clearly, leveraging technology to achieve these results can help address the concerns around all the three elements that drive these needs - people, sustainability, and machines. The ability to create optimal conditions across these parameters in real-time can enable continuous operational efficiencies, sustainability and enhanced occupant comfort.
The connectivity of IoT and the intelligence of AI transforms the facilities experience for users and creates ideal outcomes in workforce operations and building performance. In this context Cloud computing based SaaS solutions can have a tremendous impact in integrating end-to-end solutions that address maintenance, operations, sustainability, and tenant experience cohesively, across assets and portfolios. Not only does a Cloud deployment allow unrestricted flow of the entire available set of data streams being generated, it also enables easy and continuous access for all stakeholders.
Automation 2.0 – Continuous real-time facilities management like never before
The mechanization of society was always about adding a high degree of convenience and the ability to process outcomes for large numbers of people or machines. With technology adding distributed processing power, inter-connectivity of mechanized elements and data-driven decision making, automation is no longer simply about ease of use. This newly empowered automation can aim for macro efficiencies that were previously unavailable to infrastructure administrators i.e. automation is now moving beyond basic controls or maintenance or energy efficiency and is extending to day-to-day facilities management.
Contemporary CREs are looking for decisive competitive advantages and differentiation as operators of smart, modern, service-led and integrated facilities. Legacy CAFM systems are limited in their ability to proactively manage facilities or offer the agility & flexibility that a real-time, predictive model demands. In facilities management Automation 2.0 is about harnessing AI and IoT to generate ongoing and real-time value creation in built assets, enabling far more viable and agile business models for FMs and CREs. And the cascading benefits are aplenty. By embedding this software-led approach at the core of everyday operations, continuous efficiencies can be realized, across the board. a) Centrally integrated technologies work better, scale faster and provide enhanced customer experiences. b) The result is dramatically improved quality and empowered teams that deliver value-added services. c) Real-time data analysis allows FM's to monitor and address issues faster, predict anomalies and proactively manage facilities. d) The resulting seamless experience for occupants translates into greater return on investment for CRE owners as well.
Essentially, the positives are across the board and the improvements all-encompassing.
Predictable systems are the basis for enhanced administration
In a hyper-connected world, human beings are becoming accustomed to an unprecedented level of convenience in every activity they indulge in. And this expectation is not just in speed and quality, but also in a continuum of the speed and quality. And delivering such efficiencies, continuously, can be greatly enhanced by centralizing data.
Centralizing automation data allows FMs and CRE owners to learn from patterns and apply at scale. This predictive capability empowers them to understand patterns of consumption, usage, etc., and deliver optimal outcomes continuously.
Software and Data as the enablers of cohesion between stakeholders
Facilities management involves a lot of stakeholders, and it is influenced by the needs of even more. For a system as complex and diverse to perform optimally, it needs all these entities to be on the same page and be confident of an outcome that is the best possible one for the bigger picture. A unified and centralized software led approach means wider exposure of the automation data to a broader set of stakeholders. And this is another truly transformative aspect of AI and IoT enabled Smart Facilities Management – its ability to introduce each stakeholder to the real-time performance of the building and to the predictive outcomes based on past patterns. This helps all teams to collaborate and for people-machines—sustainability to work in tandem, enabling continuous and agile operations.
buildings assuming strategic importance as structures of urban
consumption and competence, cities and nations are diverting their
energies to reimagine how these facilities are managed. Facilities
Management has transitioned from sensor-based automation to real-time,
data-led decision-making. And in its next phase of automated
intelligence, the software will emerge as the key enabler, accessed
from the cloud, centralized to offer seamless transparency across
building portfolios, making continuous efficiency a sustainable
This new era of smart facilities management led by AI & IoT is moving the function out of the BMS Room and into the Board Room.
The tide has turned.
About the author
Prabhu Ramachandran is the founder and CEO of Facilio Inc., headquartered in Atlanta (US). Facilio is a facilities optimization platform that harnesses IoT and AI to drive real-time operational efficiency across real-estate portfolios. Prabhu's career spans over 18 years of product, business and customer experience focused on enterprise-scale software for IoT-based connected services, sustainable building solutions, and telecom network management.
About Facilio:
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (US), with operations in Chennai, India, Facilio is a facilities optimization platform that harnesses IoT and AI to drive real-time operational efficiency across real-estate portfolios. It offers an all-in-one software suite to help facilities centrally manage maintenance, operations, sustainability, and tenant experience, in one place. Funded by Accel.com and founded by enterprise SaaS and IoT veterans, Facilio was established in May 2017 and started its operations in 2018. For more information, please visit: https://facilio.com/
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An interview with Billy Collins :
Me: Billy, what did you feel when you wrote the poem "Introduction to Poetry" ?
Billy: I felt angry, angry of all those teachers that teach in a wrong way! Teachers who won't let their students use their imagination.
Me: So, what is exactly the message that you tried to convey in your poem?
Billy: Well, I tried to explain to students that they can learn literature in a much more fun way.
Me: and in a different way, are all of your poems are created in order to convey a message?
Billy: I think that every poet tries to convey some messages in every one of his poems, because this is the purpose in poems.
Me: but sometimes because all of the metaphors in the poems it is very hard – for the reader, to understand the message or the deeper meaning of the poem, do you want to explain why you needed all those metaphors?
Billy: in poems it is all about the metaphors, without them it's just a regular song. Also with metaphors you can express yourself without the fear that someone will be hurt because of this.
Me: so, in conclusion, what do you think can provide students and teachers open their mind for poetry?
Billy: well, all I can say to help in this area is that before you read a poem, relax! Take it easy it's just a poem and you need to enjoy it and not to treat it like a punishment.
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A federal judge Monday dismissed former President Trump's claim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him in May after a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing the writer.
The day after the verdict, Carroll appeared on CNN and indicated Trump had raped her. The jury had not found Trump liable for rape under New York's definition, but instead found him liable for sexual abuse.
Trump then claimed Carroll's insistence on CNN amounted to defamation, filing a counterclaim in Carroll's other lawsuit that has not yet gone to trial.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday dismissed Trump's argument, ruling Carroll's statement on the cable network was substantially true and that "[t]here would have been no different effect on the mind of an average listener."
"The difference between Ms. Carroll's allegedly defamatory statements — that Mr. Trump 'raped' her as defined in the New York Penal Law — and the 'truth' — that Mr. Trump forcibly digitally penetrated Ms. Carroll — is minimal. Both are felonious sex crimes," Kaplan ruled.
Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, separately rejected Trump's defense that he has "absolute presidential immunity" in the case.
Trump attorney Alina Habba said the former president would be filing an appeal shortly, calling it a "flawed decision."
Carroll in June 2019 publicly accused Trump of raping her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s. She has since filed two lawsuits against Trump.
In May, a jury heard one of those cases and found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defaming Carroll last year by denying her story.
Carroll appeared on CNN the following morning, and Trump appeared on the network for a town hall hours after that.
Both addressed the jury's verdict during their appearances. Carroll added Trump's comments to her pending lawsuit, and Trump followed by filing the now-dismissed counterclaim.
The lawsuit had originally accused Trump of defamation when Carroll initially came forward in 2019. It cited three statements Trump made denying Carroll's story, including one he made during an interview with The Hill. A trial is scheduled for January.
"We are pleased that the Court dismissed Donald Trump's counterclaim," Carroll attorney Robbie Kaplan, who is not related to the judge, said in a statement.
"That means that the January 15th jury trial will be limited to a narrow set of issues and shouldn't take very long to complete," she continued. "E. Jean Carroll looks forward to obtaining additional compensatory and punitive damages based on the original defamatory statements Donald Trump made in 2019."


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Sunday, 6 March 2011
Mary Leishman Foundation is hosting a sports forum at 2pm on Sunday 6th March in PJ Molloys, Dunfermline. Mary Leishman Foundation is hosting a football forum afternoon in PJ Molloys on Sunday 6th March, from 2pm onwards.
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Hosted by The Scottish Sun's Sports Editor Bill Leckie, there will be entertainment from former Motherwell man John Gaghan. Anyone who has seen John on the after dinner speaking circuit will know how brutally funny he is!
John Watson and Jim Leishman will also be taking part in the forum, with further names due to be confirmed shortly.
Please come along and spend an informal Sunday afternoon of sporting stories and banter, whilst raising money for an excellent cause.


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Wake Island has the distinction of being the only time defenders were able to prevent a landing during World War II. The marines and naval personnel on Wake, a refueling station for the Pan American Clipper, would become heroes to the American public starved for good news as the Japanese advanced across the Pacific.
The President of the United States had a strategic dilemma throughout the start of World War II. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was secretly aiding the British in their war against Nazi Germany. He did not want war with Japan, because it would prevent the full weight of the United States military and industry from being brought to bear on Germany.


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We never did quite make it around to our official spring cleaning this year. Too busy. But this week we've started taking it one room at a time, scrubbing and reorganizing as we go. Are we the only family that has dust elephants (not bunnies, mind you) underneath our furniture?
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If you missed our 13th Annual International Women's Day Forum, hosted in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, fear not – we are sharing key moments and takeaways here.
As the demand for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs continues to grow, companies need to focus on sustainably building equity into such opportunities. Discovery Education strategically partners with like-minded organizations, such as the Caterpillar Foundation, to deliver engaging learning experiences every single day to classrooms in the U.S. and across the world to foster more pathways for STEM careers.
Digital Empowers' "The Power of Data and Predictive Analytics in Pandemics" webinar was the first event of a three-part virtual series on COVID-19 response designed to bring the innovation and social impact communities together, and p
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new era of urgent innovation. While the utility and application of technology is continuously evolving, its goals remain constant: to solve real-world problems, fulfill human needs, and present new opportunity for innovation and growth.
As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is engaging with corporate leaders across the country regarding the impacts of this health and economic crisis on businesses and communities.
Nalini Polavarapu has always been interested in taking an interdisciplinary approach to solving challenges on a global scale. She currently works as the Head of Data Sciences – Customer Centricity at Bayer. With a strong foundational background in STEM coursework, she developed a lifelong passion for AI and agriculture, that she has been able to combine when she began her work as Bayer's first data scientist over 10 years ago. Since then, the team has vastly expanded and the overall data science community within Bayer Crop Science alone employs 700 + people. We sat down with her learn more about her experience as a woman in the tech industry and advice she would give to women looking to follow a similar path. — Alexa Miller, Director, Digital Empowers National Campaign
Over ten years ago, just a couple of months into starting my first job, I was asked by leadership to develop and deliver a presentation on artificial intelligence (AI). During that time, AI was pretty much unknown in our industry except among a few visionary leaders.
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Everyone knows that ham comes from the leg of a pig. But did you know that there are only 2 hams per pig? Only the rear legs are used for ham. The front legs are used for pork shoulder.
But that is not what makes our ham special.
What makes it special is that Le Batistou ham is made only from French pigs!
The pork is butchered using a technique that removes the rind, resulting in a "Parma" cut famously used in Italian hams. We ensure that the meat is of the best possible quality and freshness before it is sent to the Le Forez plant for grading and preparation.
What is our secret to top-quality hams? While we cannot reveal everything, we can tell you a few things.
To make the perfect dry-cured ham, you need:
1. A good-quality fresh ham.
2. Leave the leg in a salting tub for, er, a while. And if you are like us, you will rub the meat with dry salt by hand.
3. For the salting to be effective but mild (the salt acts as a preservative), the salting time must be precise.
Temperature and humidity play an important role. But that is all we will say on the matter!
4. Add flavoring (all-natural, of course!) to the salt—you can use herbs, spices, pepper or whatever you like. The flavorings we use give the meat a very distinctive flavor.
5. Then slowly, very slowly, let the water evaporate from the meat and let the salt penetrate deep into the ham.
6. Set the ham aside in a dry, well-ventilated, temperate environment and leave it alone for 7 to 9 months (depending on its weight) to cure.
7. Note: When we say "leave it alone," we actually mean you should inspect the ham, smell it and listen to it every day to make sure it is curing properly.
8. About halfway through the curing period, gently coat the meat with a "glaze" made of lard and starch. This helps slow the drying process, ensuring the ham stays tender, and prolongs the curing time to develop the most refined flavors possible.
The final step is our favorite. Slice the finished ham thinly with a sharp knife and serve on hearty bread, with a pat of butter if you're feeling decadent. Nothing tastes better!
Some may say that every part of the pig is tasty. But not every part is good enough to be used in Le Batistou sausages.
All of our ingredients come from the finest cuts of the pig. We use the belly, shoulder, backfat and tip of the ham leg in our products, in varying proportions, depending on the recipe.
Sausage is meat stuffed into a casing, and Le Batistou uses only NATURAL pork and beef casings.
Each Le Batistou product has one or more secrets to its preparation. You can discover them on our product labels or by tasting and discerning the ingredients we use!
Here are some of our secrets:
1. Start with the meat of a fully grown female pig (a sow)
2. Enhance the sausage with wine: You can use Côtes du Rhône, a great Bordeaux, Costières de Nîmes or even Muscat de Lunel. Become a wine expert and see if you can guess which one we use!
3. Use your imagination when it comes to flavorings (all-natural flavorings, of course!). Complement the sausage meat with a little thyme, a pinch of pepper, some herbes de Provence, nutmeg, cinnamon or a hint of garlic.
4. Create a perfect blend of pork and other meats (boar, venison, bison, bull) while maintaining a tender texture.


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Shooting rampage at California social services agency leaves 14 dead, 14 wounded
Updated: 2015-12-03 06:53
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party on Wednesday at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 17 others before fleeing, authorities said.
As an intense manhunt for up to three suspects ensued, San Bernardino police reported one "suspect down" in an exchange of gunfire with officers but did not immediately confirm whether the individual was connected to the shooting.
The shooting rampage at the Inland Regional Center about 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles marked the deadliest US gun violence since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012, in which 27 people, including the gunman, were killed.
San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said in a televised news briefing three hours after Wednesday's shooting that the suspects were believed to have made their getaway in a dark-colored sport utility vehicle.
A vehicle matching that description turned up at the shootout with police several hours later, city police spokeswoman Sergeant Vicki Cervantes. She said the number of wounded rose to 17.
With suspects at large, authorities ordered a security "lockdown" of all local schools, as well as city and county buildings, and area hospitals were placed on alert, Burguan said.
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April 23, 2012
News Release 12-045
Inv. Nos. 701-TA-479 and 731-TA-1183-1184 (Final)
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of galvanized steel wire from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are subsidized and from China and Mexico that Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun and Commissioners Daniel R. Pearson, Shara L. Aranoff, and David S. Johanson voted in the negative. Vice Chairman Irving A. Williamson and Commissioner Dean A. Pinkert voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the USITC's negative determinations, no antidumping or countervailing duty orders will be issued on imports of these products from China and Mexico.
The Commission's public report Galvanized Steel Wire from China and Mexico (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-479 and 731-TA-1183-1184 (Final), USITC Publication 4323, May 2012) will contain the views of the Commissioners and information developed during the investigations.
Copies may be obtained after May 24, 2012, by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com, calling 202-205-2000, or by writing the Office of the Secretary, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may also be made by fax to 202-205-2104.
Galvanized Steel Wire from China and Mexico Investigation Nos. 701-TA-479 and 731-TA-1183-1184 (Final)
Product Description: The scope of these investigations covers galvanized steel wire, which is a cold-drawn, carbon quality, steel product in coils, of circular or approximately circular, solid cross section with any actual diameter of 0.5842 mm (0.0230 inch) or more, plated or coated with zinc (whether by hot-dipping or electroplating). Galvanized steel wire subject to these investigations is currently classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States subheadings 7217.20.30, 7217.20.45, and 7217.90.10.
Status of Proceedings: 1. Type of investigations: Final antidumping and countervailing duty. 2. Petitioners: Davis Wire Corporation, Irwindale, CA; Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc., Johnstown, PA; Mid-South Wire Company, Inc., Nashville, TN; National Standard, LLC/DW-National Standard-Niles, LLC, Niles, MI; and Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc., Madill, OK. 3. Investigations instituted by the USITC: March 31, 2011. 4. USITC hearing: March 22, 2012. 5. USITC vote: April 23, 2012. 6. Scheduled date for USITC notification of Department of Commerce: May 3, 2012. U.S. Industry: 1. Number of producers in 2011: 10. 2. Location of producers' plants: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington. 3. Employment of production and related workers in 2011: 815. 4. Apparent U.S. consumption in 2011: $792,727,000. 5. Ratio of the value of subject imports to total U.S. consumption in 2011: 14.0 percent. U.S. Imports: 1. Total value of imports during 2011: $202,320,000. 2. Leading sources during 2011: Mexico, Canada, and China (in terms of total value).