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Apple has revealed that it will moves it UK headquarters into the redeveloped Battersea Power Station. The iPhone maker will merge its London offices and bring 1,400 staff into the new space when it's completed in 2021.
The deal is said to have taken a year to thrash out. The 500,000 square foot space being leased means it will be one of the largest offices in the capital outside of the City and Docklands financial districts.
Apple will take up residence in the top six floors of the former power station's rejuvenated boiler house. It will be the largest single tenant in a development which has taken years to get off of the ground and has been dogged by controversy.
"This is a great opportunity to have our entire team working and collaborating in one location while supporting the renovation of a neighbourhood rich with history," said Apple.
The move could mean space for the company to launch new products, as well as be a home for designers of its future products.
Apple has recently launched its new iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2. Sales of the former are said to be well down on previous models.
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Police, Wilsonville Honda care for stranger in need
As Parker Johnstone's Wilsonville Honda recently showed, a random act of kindness can go a long way.
The dealership recently repaired a then homeless woman's car free of charge and in turn extricated her from further hardship and boosted her morale.
The owner of the repaired car, who spoke to the Spokesman anonymously for safety reasons, was shocked to learn that the dealership would fix her car's various damages without remuneration.
"I was just shocked and humbled. It was awesome. I just couldn't believe that they could care so much about a stranger," the woman said.
The incident that led to the damaged car and a man's arrest occurred in November. The man is facing a slew of charges, including assault and harassment. The alleged perpetrator also damaged the women's car — breaking a window, a headlight switch and damaging a rearview mirror.
"My boyfriend attacked me on various occasions and that was the result of one of those occasions," the woman said.
The woman is living paycheck-to-paycheck, and the car was her home and means for navigating to work and other destinations. For her, paying for extensive repairs would have been devastating.
Empathetic of the woman's situation, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Jason Ritter, Deputy Brett Ethington and a few of their colleagues initially agreed to pay for the repairs out of their pockets, a not uncommon gesture, according to Ritter.
"There's so much stuff done under radar — filling cars with gas, buying a meal, getting someone a hotel room for the night. We don't have a pot of cash to go out and do these things. A lot of it is done by deputies and officers. We enjoy spreading holiday cheer," Ritter said.
So they called the Honda Dealership to inquire about the price. But instead of providing the police officers with a price estimate, Service Manager Jose Moreno thought the dealership should perform the services free of charge. And after Moreno received the go-ahead from his boss, that's exactly what they did.
"I thought it was really nice of them (the police officers offer to pay for the expenses) and I thought we were in a position to take care of it for them," Moreno said. "It just felt right. It felt like something we should
The day of the repair was supposed to be service technician Tyler Tacla's day off. But he came in to perform a morning shift anyway and agreed to complete the repairs in the afternoon. The job took a few hours and Tacla received help from colleagues Mark Martin and Roy Shafer.
"He volunteered to work on his day off. When we told him about the situation he stayed late to make sure it would get done," Moreno said of Tacla.
Ritter said Wilsonville Honda embodied the spirit of giving that day.
"It's that time of year. It's important that people reach out to people in need and that's what we do and that's what Wilsonville Honda did. We're super appreciative of their actions," he said. "I wouldn't be afraid to reach out to them again if we had a similar set of circumstances. We're not expecting them to do it every time but I would reach out to them again because they were fantastic."
Since the Honda Dealership's act of kindness, the woman has found a place to stay and is hopeful for the future.
"Things are falling into place. They're getting better," she said.

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Bruce Chapter #53 marks 150 years of Royal Arch Masonry in the Town of Petrolia
Petrolia's Bruce Chapter #53 recently celebrated 150 years of Royal Arch Masonry in the Town of Petrolia.
A special luncheon and presentation ceremony was held Jan. 12, 2013,
at the Petrolia Masonic Hall in conjunction with the organization's annual installation of officers.
Founded in 1872, Bruce Chapter is among the town's oldest continuously-functioning institutions
with many of its founding and early members being among the area's oil pioneers.
While the organization's original ledger and minute books were lost
in one of the many fires that often threatened Petrolia's very existence in its early days thanks to the lack of an adequate town water supply at a time when most of the town's buildings were wooden structures, most of what is known of the Chapter's
early history has been derived from two old by-law books, dated 1897 and the other 1908.
From those sources we can conclude that Bruce Chapter was granted dispensation
on June 25, 1872 and a warrant was granted Aug. 14, 1872. Charter members were listed as being George E. Murphy, J.E. Nesbitt, J. Clement, C.W. Chamberlain, Hugh Smiley, David Trotter,W.H. McGarvey, O. Prince, J. MacKenzie, G. McDonald, W.B. Clement, E. R.
Jones, W. Oliver, L. Bigelow, N. Sinclair, W. E. Reynolds, R.Sawyer, T.E. Lombard and T.G. Melrose.
Wawanosh Chapter No. 15 of Sarnia (instituted in 1859) is credited with coming to Petrolia to assists in starting
Bruce Chapter and it in turn was instrumental in forming Vimy Chapter in Inwood. A very close relationship existed between Bruce and Vimy Chapters over the years and in 2001 they were amalgamated.
While minute
books don't exist to substantiate it but it is thought that prior to 1889 Bruce Chapter held its meetings in the same building as did Petrolia Lodge #194 and Washington Lodge #260 which were in rented quarters above J.H. Watson's tin shop in the
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William Hay, my uncle, served on Petrolia as cook. My picture dressed in a navel uniform with an H.M.C.S. hat band, I was told was the " JACK" (Mascot)
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IXSEA has announced the appointment of Fiona Mackenzie as Sales Manager for the company's Offshore Division, based in Aberdeen, UK and Ed Cheesman as its new Gulf of Mexico Sales Manager based out of IXSEA's new offices in Houston, Tx.
Fiona Mackenzie has eight years experience in the offshore industry in which she introduced new product and equipment.
Speaking of her appointment Mackenzie said: "IXSEA is an innovative company who have a reputation for excellence within the subsea industry, both with their equipment and the service that they offer to their clients. I have joined the Offshore team in Aberdeen with the intention of building on the growth enjoyed in recent years. I am excited about working with IXSEA and increasing awareness of IXSEA products - which have significant benefits for the users - within the UK region."
"Ed Cheesman being reallocate in Houston, Fiona will bring a new eye on IXSEA expansion in Aberdeen and will contribute to market our subsea positioning solutions as OCTANS, RAMSES and the recently launched ROVINS as well as the geophysical seabed mapping product line with ECHOES, DELPH and SHADOWS. This comes in the IXSEA policy to have a close support and contact with the market, now other Houston, Macae, Aberdeen, Stavanger, Dubai and Perth," said Olivier Cervantes, Global Sales Manager, Offshore Division.
Having recently relocated from Aberdeen, Scotland where he has been heading up UK Sales, Ed Chesesman brings with him a wealth of application knowledge and experience in the Offshore sector.
Ed Cheesman said: "I am delighted to be in Houston and relish the opportunity of spending time working on solutions with our customers here in the Gulf. IXSEA continues to lead the market worldwide, manufacturing navigation, positioning and seabed mapping technologies, which not only bring real time and cost efficiencies to our clients' existing work scopes, but allow for new methods to be developed, designing out inefficiencies and bringing fresh possibilities to the subsea sector.
With the expansion of IXSEA's Offshore division over the past two years, IXSEA is better placed now than ever before to provide first class service, training and support to our clients wherever they are on the globe."


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Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade. Each of their screams was ours. When they were humiliated, we were humiliated. The U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq - mostly volunteers in a poverty draft from small towns and poor urban neighborhoods - are victims just as much as the Iraqis of the same horrendous process, which asks them to die for a victory that will never be theirs.
After using the 'good offices' of UN diplomacy (economic sanctions and weapons inspections) to ensure that Iraq was brought to its knees, its people starved, half a million of its children killed, its infrastructure severely damaged, after making sure that most of its weapons have been destroyed, in an act of cowardice that must surely be unrivalled in history, the 'Allies' / 'Coalition of the Willing' (better known as the Coalition of the Bullied and Bought) - sent in an invading army!
The whole privatisation of health and education, of natural resources and essential infrastructure - all of this is so twisted and so antithetical to anything that would place the interests of human beings or the environment at the center of what ought to be a government concern - should stop. The amassing of unfettered wealth of individuals and corporations should stop. The inheritance of rich people's wealth by their children should stop. The expropriators should have their wealth expropriated and redistributed.
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Roi Bomb
When we reflect on 4 years since the passing of LeRoi Moore, it seems like only yesterday that I was watching Roi perform at Hersheypark Stadium. Little did I know, that show would be not only the last time I would see him on stage, but the second to last show he would ever play. Sometimes tragic events like this need to happen to remind us, as humans, nothing should ever be taken for granted. Time is one of those things that can play to our advantage or be completely evil, but ultimataly our time on this earth is very short.
With tragedy comes change, almost always unwanted, but with the right attitude, change can be good. Clearly there is nothing we would love more than to hear the sweet sound of LeRoi's saxophone again, and thankfully we do have memories and a pile of tapes to listen to.
This past Sunday twitter and facebook feeds blew up with overwhelming love for LeRoi as we honored and reflected on his life and great music he gave us. Twitter was blowing up with "Roi Bombs", as Stefan Lessard puts it.
Stefan briefly described a "Roi Bomb", but this morning posted a more detailed description of this terminology.
"One day after the first iPhone were in all our hands LeRoi Moore asked to see my phone. I reluctantly handed it to him. He opened up the sticky notes and began to type viciously without looking at the phone, he just stared at me while hitting my phone like Jack Karouac on a typewriter. He handed me back the phone and said Roi Bomb!! Then he walked away.
On my screen, there was a mess of letters and numbers, it made no sense but I wish I had saved it. We honor LeRoi with our Roibombs here, but make sure your Roi bombs to be true Roi bombs are typed without looking at the phone. That is a true Roi Bomb. Spread the knowledge."
What a beautiful memory of a friend and how gracious of Stefan to share and spread the love with fans.
The state of the band was understandably in question after the death of LeRoi, and while "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" served as their of tribute to Roi, on September 11th will come the release of "Away From The World", which will be the first studio recorded album without any contribution from LeRoi.
Whatever your actions or thoughts are when reflecting on LeRoi Moore's life, it is the little things like a "Roi Bomb" that can make it a little easier to cope. Dave Matthews Band will never be the same without LeRoi, however they are coping and moving forward. DMB reuniting with producer Steve Lillywhite gives fans plenty of reasons to be anticipating the new material.
We are excited for the future of DMB, but we never forget many of the elements that brought Dave Matthews Band to where they are today.
You can find an abundance of performances with LeRoi Moore in on our MP3 page. If you would like to dig a little deeper, LeRoi was featured on other various non-DMB albums through the years. Most notably, Code Magenta and "In November Sunlight", by Soko (now Sokoband). Jazz fusion at it's best and worth checking out.


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Laniakea Transformational Arts Festival 2017
- Respect the land and your neighbors!
- Come with a Ticket, Will Call pass, or Money to enter.
- Bring your own beverages (no alcohol sales on site)
- NO refunds or exchanges
- NO glass bottles (broken glass is bad for bare feet)
- NO violence (any aggression will result in instant expulsion)
- NO outside firewood
- NO fireworks, explosives, or weapons
- NO camping outside designated camp areas
- NO unregistered vending, respect the vendors.
- NO bikes or motorized vehicles outside parking area
- NO illegal substances
- NO under age drinking (no warnings, instant expulsion)
- NO nitrous (seriously no warnings, instant expulsion)
- Play smart. Mind your stuff. Laniakea Transformational Arts Festival and Hannon's Camp America is not responsible for any lost or stolen items. Please keep all valuables locked in a car or other safe place.
- Exit and re-entry to Hannon's Camp America is possible however we CANNOT guarantee that you will be able to access the same parking spot when you return.
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Gates open at 12:00PM on Thursday 9/7
All Ages
$60.00 - Early Bird tickets
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•Perferred Camping
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More info: www.laniakeafestival.com
Be apart of the Laniakea community and join in the unification! Let's embrace our culture, backgrounds, ages and ideas! Let us celebrate enlightenment and our communication on a creative spectrum!
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Laniakea is the name given to the galaxy supercluster that is home to the Milky Way, our galaxy, and therefore to the Solar System and the Earth. The Laniakea Supercluster encompasses 100,000 galaxies stretched out over 160 megaparsecs (520 million light-years). The name Laniakea means "immeasurable heaven" in Hawaiian. A fitting name for the vast community we are apart of.


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After one of the most resounding election victories in recent history, the GOP establishment–not "leadership," because there's none of that to be found–has surrendered, granting an undeserved victory to an embattled, lame-duck president, whose policies were roundly rejected by voters.
By funding ObamaCare and executive amnesty, Republicans surrendered their political capital without firing a shot. What did they get in return? Nothing.
Certainly, nothing they wouldn't have gotten after they swear in even more Republican members, increasing their majority in the House and taking over control of the Senate.
In November, voters did not fall in love with the GOP all of a sudden–they simply responded to a powerful strategy that put Obama's policies on the ballot. Given a chance to vote on these unpopular policies, voters weren't shy. They resoundingly rejected Obamacare and Obama's threatened executive amnesty. The results were astounding, even in blue, blue California, where no-name grassroots conservatives–with no help from the establishment GOP–outperformed registration by staggering percentages, coming close to victory in seat after seat.
Obamacare's polling in California is abysmal. 45% of Californians now oppose it, in a state that's only 28% Republican. That's a lot of Democrats and independents who are concerned about its impact on their lives.
And after the murder of two police officers by an illegal alien that everyone thought was a nice guy–the group to whom Obama's amnesty would apply–more Californians are having second thoughts about a mass amnesty, even if it is called "comprehensive immigration reform."
Standing WITH the people against the political class is how the GOP emerged from the wilderness under outspoken Speaker Newt Gingrich in the 90's. When they focused on the issues that concerned voters and communicated their concern for the people effectively–think "Contract With America"–they won, and the GOP grew as a party.
In the days following the election, all the pundits advised Obama to be contrite and heed the mandate of the people Instead, Obama ignored them and said "it's my way or the highway," signing amnesty for almost 5 million illegals.
The reaction of the GOP? Instead of digging in their heels and listening to the unmistakeable voice of the people to defund and oppose this constitutionally questionable move by the President, the House Republicans voted to fund all of it, without even picking a battle.
It's not as if they couldn't have put forth a Continuing Resoluiton to keep the government open through the end of the year. That way there would be no government shutdown for the media to hammer relentlessly over Christmas.
But no, the GOP establishment would rather be hated by the people who just elected them than criticized by CNN. How dumb is that?
In politics, if you aren't being attacked and called names, you aren't being effective. And being singled out for taking a principled stand on behalf of the people is the fastest way to raise your political stock.
That's why I believe there may be a silver lining yet to come. This short-term mess creates a perfect opportunity for Senator Ted Cruz or Rand Paul to ride in on a white horse and filibuster this beast of a bill to death. Given the political landscape with 2016 fast approaching–and the presidential race the only real show in town–a hero could rise from the ashes of what was formerly known as the Republican Party.
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This Week's Links 6.24.16Friday, June 24, 2016
Happy Friday! Summer is in full swing around here — the temps are hitting the triple digits, AthFest is in full swing, and I'm hoping to squeeze in some pool time. Stay cool and enjoy these fun links from the week:
The oldest form of punctuation is dying. Can you guess what it is?
Why you should make time for side projects
A fun travel guide to Atlanta
Made me laugh: Please try refreshing your tote or try again later
Anthropologie is rocking it in the dress department lately: this and this one would make such great summer dresses and this one would be perfect for a summer wedding
Why we need a "faving grace period" on Instagram
An argument for the six-hour workday
Who turned this humble Midwestern seltzer into a status symbol?
Have a great weekend!


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Impromptu Cooper's Hawk
Submitted by Rick Reisdorph
Chapter: I: Trapping
It had been awhile since I had flown a passage Coop and I decided if the opportunity presented itself I would take it. I started keeping my eyes open for an urban bird, thinking I would test an idea that I had read about; that urban birds were steadier, presumably because they were accustomed to human activity. I set an automatic trap at a friend's house where he had been seeing passage birds but we had no luck. Time passed. It didn't look like it was going to happen and I wasn't too worried about getting a Coop this particular season so I pretty much quit thinking about it. After awhile I decided to concentrate my time and efforts on my Gos. I didn't need another bird.I was good. That was before we went on the trip.
Our plan was to be gone for about a week, Wolf Bruggeman and I. We would be looking for flights for our birds as well as looking for a passage prairie for Wolf. On about day four it was raining and the wind was blowing about 25 mph with higher gusts. After wasting away in the hotel room for half the day, hoping the weather would settle down, we decided to focus on trapping for the day. It had at least stopped raining. Knowing that most of the birds would be lying low and difficult to spot we were looking for them on low perches, particularly on the downwind side of grassy fence lines, round bails, etc. We drove randomly for about three hours and did see some birds, most of them hunkered down, but only one prairie. And we lost site of her after she flew into an area with no road access.
I had had enough of driving and gave up the wheel to Wolf. We turned down a dirt track road that descended slightly into a draw, more of a depression really, with tall grass and a couple of scraggly low trees. The road rose up as we drew near to an intersection. I looked to my right and saw a bird sitting on a power pole. It was sitting there straight up and down like an extension of the pole, as if it didn't know the wind was blowing 30 mph. I yelled "Stop! Stop! Stop! Back up! Back up! That's a gos sitting there". O.K. I'm not ashamed to admit it, I mis-identified the bird. But it looked BIG. I got excited. What can I say?
Wolf said, "It can't be a Gos." Not necessarily true I argued but that isn't relevant to this story. Well it's an accipiter anyway" I responded, a little out of breath. I was pumped up.
We backed up out of site of the bird. I grabbed a B.C. with a pigeon in it and checked the nooses. I looked up and saw the bird fly in front of us to our left. It landed low in the scrub trees about 250 feet away, hidden from view. I told Wolf to creep the truck forward a bit until we could see her. There. Sitting about two feet off the ground on a small dead fall. A passage female Coop. No doubt about it. She was well protected from the wind. Apparently it had gotten to be too much for her after all. I got out of the truck and crouching down, looked around the front of the truck to make sure I could still see her. There she was, calm and relaxed, seemingly oblivious to our presence. There was a barbed-wire fence on the right side of the road. The grass on the far side of it was cropped short, offering the only area free of cover that would allow her to see the pigeon from her low position. I moved out quickly and placed the B.C. on the other side of the fence and hurried back to the truck. Then we backed up some more. And we waited.
It took about three minutes. She streaked out of the cover, crossing in front of us, and hit the B.C. She danced on it a bit and then it was clear she was noosed. We powered the truck within running range, I jumped out and ran to her. She was caught by one foot and baiting hard. I reached under the lowest wire of the fence, trying to grab the one needle-filled foot that wasn't caught. She was damned fast. And damned good at trying to get away while trying to foot me at the same time. Not wanting to risk her escape I resigned myself.....and gave her my hand. She took it with gusto. In the words of Happy Gilmore, Oohh that hurt a little but it felt good! I was then able to quickly secure both of her feet and get her back to the truck. With a little help I was able to pull out the needles and release her from the nooses. Then we headed back to town.
I have to admit that when we embarked on this trip the thought of trapping a Coop was in the back of my mind. I even brought some Coop-sized hoods just in case. So we were good in that regard. But I didn't have a perch. We put equipment on the bird, jesses and a tail clip. We built a tail saver out of X-ray film and put it on. O.K so I was more prepared than I let on, but I wasn't counting on a Coop. I swear.
Back at the hotel I made two holes in the bottom of the litter box, one near each end. I flipped the litter box upside down, bent the hose in a C shape, and put one end in each hole, shoving the ends all the way to the floor. It served the purpose quite well. I even used this perch for a few days after I returned home.
From the beginning this bird demonstrated she had a great disposition. She sat on the fist calmly while hooded, with erect posture. I did a little basic manning that night. She was relatively bonkers with the hood off. She bated a fair amount of course but easily regained the fist. I hooded her a few times then put her away.


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WHAT: DWELL/Arkitip Poster Series
WHEN: Friday, October 15th, 6-8pm
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EVENT: 2015 Race For the Cure Hartford
EVENT DATE: Jun 06, 2015
Lindsey Downing wrote -
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Race for the Cure Greater Hartford started in 1994 and has remained a staple in the Greater Hartford community ever since. Through funds raised by our Race participants, Komen Connecticut has contributed to funding more than $23 million in breast cancer research, local education, screening and treatment. Every dollar raised by Race for the Cure makes a lasting impact in the fight against breast cancer.
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The South Florida Sun-Sentinel captured 13 awards from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors in the large newspaper category Friday, including two first-place finishes.
Taking first place in the editorial cartoon category was Chan Lowe for "Iraq government factions playing on U.S. coffins."
"This cartoon tells a complete story without words. It is artistically balanced and appropriate in tone and substance," the judges said.
Lowe also took second place in the same category for his depiction of "How the South could have avoided Civil War."
Jon Boho won first place for sports design for illustrating "Global Shift," a story about a golf tournament at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa.
"There were a number of traditional ways to illustrate this story, but none of them would have been as powerful and telling as this dynamic illustration," the judges said.
Boho also took third place in the same category.
Earning second-place awards: Sally Kestin, Peter Franceschina and John Maines in investigative reporting for "Fast Fortune, Big Spending," about the Seminole Tribe of Florida's gambling operations, while Megan O'Matz and John Maines took second in the freedom of information category for "License to Carry," about Florida's flawed weapons law.
Also placing second: Mike Stocker for spot news photography of a police shooting; Robert Duyos for sports photography of NBA star Shaquille O'Neal; Renee Kwok for a graphic/illustration, "How Solar Power Works"; Gail Gedan Spencer and Laura Kelly in the blog category for The Skinny, a diet and fitness Blog; and Angela Brennan for feature page design for "Back to School Goodie Bags."
Steven McGrath won third place for headline writing. Emma Trelles won third place for features and arts writing.
The Miami Herald and The Palm Beach Post each won two first-place awards.
Earlier this week, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel took 13 honors in the Sunshine State Awards sponsored by the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.


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DENVER (PRWEB) June 09, 2015
Meshach Y. Rhoades, an attorney with the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Denver office, has been selected to receive the University of Colorado's 2015 Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award. The prestigious award is presented annually by the University of Colorado Boulder Alumni Association to honor alumni who have made exceptional contributions to their field within 15 years of graduating. This year's recipients will be honored at the ceremony scheduled for Oct. 15.
"Meshach is most deserving of one of the university's top honors," said David G. Palmer, managing shareholder of the firm's Denver office. "She has created a unique litigation and regulatory practice and formed a team to serve our clients, in addition to having extensive community involvement and leadership abilities that have benefited the firm and service to our clients."
Established in 1982, the award was renamed in honor of Kalpana Chawla, who received her master's in aerospace in 1986 and doctorate in 1988 from the University of Colorado Boulder. Chawla's impressive career as a scientist and astronaut ended on the fateful journey aboard space shuttle Columbia in 2003.
Rhoades is of counsel in the firm's Litigation practice, with a focus on Federal Regulatory and Adminstrative Law, counseling clients on regulatory, commercial, and telecommunications litigation, including dispute resolution, antitrust, business torts, contract, intellectual property, labor and employment, non-compete agreements, trade secrets, and other civil litigation matters. Rhoades also represents businesses in regulatory enforcement actions to ensure compliance with statutes and regulations enforced by the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission and other federal, state, and municipal regulatory agencies.
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"1bike2stories is a project that invites people to share their story on my tandem bicycle while raising funds for charity."
I love to ride my bicycle, I love to entertain people and I love to share good stories on the road. I soon found out that a tandem bicycle would be my perfect partner for an exciting ride. 1bike will carry 2stories.
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There is no specific numerical goal. Instead, it is my intention to visit various charity projects on the road, discover what items they need and set these as a goal to sponsor for. In this way the story will guide me to the goal. The first goal is already set, please see Sponsor Me for more information.
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This high-quality rallye-style rear shock,made exclusively for Rally-Raid Products by Tractive Suspension in Nederlands,has been specifically designed to increase the rear wheel travel of all KTM 690 Enduro models to 300mm,and give increased performance under race conditions.It uses our own CAD designed shock body top,to give the correct clearance between the KTM 690 airbox,fuel tank and frame,as well as allowing easy access to the MX-style high & low speed comression adjusters.
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Kalamazoo, MI – Hundreds of people gathered at Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo, MI this afternoon to protest the Trump adminstration's environmental policy.
More than 300 people gathered at the park to speak out on Proesident Trump's 100th day in office as a demonstration of resistance. People in cities across the United States gathered in public places to coincide with the People's Climate March in Washington D.C. which drew at least 200,000 people.
Protestors held a variety of signs mostly related to climate change. Trump was not the only public official being protested in Kalamazoo. As one protestor stood nearby wearing a giant puppet caricature of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schutte, Kathy Loveland of Muskegon said, "Schutte is a big friend with polluters and he is right in there with them. He opposed having standards for mercury and toxins in our air and water. I really don't like having to breathe mercury."
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Ditch the excuses about walking to school
Has your family used any of the lines below to justify not walking to school? If so, challenge yourself to come up with a work-able, walk-able solution.
"There isn't enough time in the morning."
The start of the day is chaotic in every household, and some honest reflection might reveal areas for improvement. Could you be more organized? Could you wake up earlier, or pack lunches the night before? While everyone's getting ready, how can you minimize or eliminate distractions such as screen time? You'll likely all be happier if you have a structured plan instead of a daily mad dash out the door.
"It's boring."
Students in Waterloo, Ontario are having a livelier walk-to-school experience thanks to a joint initiative called the School Wayfinding Project. In the past two years, fun activities such as footprints, hopscotch, letters and numbers were painted on the sidewalks leading to 15 local schools. Signs were also added in the surrounding areas, indicating the remaining travel time to the school by bike or on foot. These signs can also serve as a convenient drop-off or meet-up point, to promote walking part of the way and reduce vehicle traffic in school zones.
"The goal is to encourage as many students as possible to walk to school, for the social, health and environmental benefits," says Christine Koehler, Traffic Operations Program Manager for the City of Waterloo, one of the key partners in the program. "Students and parents alike have been enjoying the various sidewalk markings, and the signs are a visible reminder to use active transportation whenever possible."
"It's too far."
Is it really? Map it online or do a "test walk" with your child and a GPS watch. If the distance is reasonable and the kids are complaining needlessly, consider showing them this short preview for a documentary entitled On the Way to School. The film follows groups of children in four different countries – Kenya, India, Morocco, and Argentina – and the harsh terrain they willingly cover to reach their schools. It makes our Canadian sidewalks look like red carpets.
"It's too dangerous with all the traffic."
We, the parents, are a major part of the traffic problem. We all agree that student safety is the top priority, yet there are still frazzled parents making unsafe driving decisions such as pulling in to fire lanes, rolling through intersections, parking illegally, or speeding in a school zone, all in a last-ditch effort to get there before the bell rings. If we genuinely care about protecting our kids, then we need to act more responsibly.
The thing is, if more kids walked, it would naturally lead to less vehicle traffic, congestion, and impatient driving in front of the school. On days when I drive my kids, we park on a quiet side street nearby and walk over together. It takes two extra minutes and gives us a calmer, safer start to the day.
Every neighbourhood has traffic hot spots, so seek out alternate routes if you can. Talk to the school crossing guard to get a sense of what the challenges are. Review and practice the proper way to cross the street with your child. On our walk home the other day, my kids and I witnessed a car driving recklessly. We used it as a teachable moment to talk about why it's important to cross the street in a safe way, because sometimes cars won't see you. "Yeah, especially if they're driving crazily like that," said my nine-year-old.
"I'm worried that my child will be kidnapped."
Again, safety and common sense must always prevail. No one is advocating for children to walk alone or to put themselves in harm's way. You know your child best, and if you don't feel he is ready to take responsibility for his own safety, your efforts should start there. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has a family-friendly website, BillyBuddy.ca, with resources, activities and games to help start the dialogue about personal safety and "the buddy system." We need to train our kids to be aware and confident about their surroundings, during school travel as well as unstructured play in the community.
Walking to school is a trend worth promoting, because as more kids and parents choose to walk, the safer it becomes. In the 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, the RCMP provided the statistic that the odds of a child being abducted by a total stranger are approximately one in 14 million. Just to be sure, many elementary schools have implemented a "safe arrival" policy where parents will be contacted if a child is absent without the school being notified in advance.
"I can't accompany my kids, and they're too young to walk alone."
Most walk-to-school resource websites seem to agree that students in the primary grades (kindergarten to grade 3) should have adult supervision when walking. By the age of 9 or 10 (grade 4 and beyond), students generally seem to be ready to walk with groups of peers or older siblings.
It's worth checking if your school or neighbourhood has a formal or informal program where children and parent volunteers walk as a group. Do an online search for "Walking School Bus" and the name of your province or city to see what efforts are already under way. A Canadian Cancer Society initiative called Trottibus has successfully established a network of walking school buses, all listed online for easy access.
"It's the school's job to promote it."
Progress is far more likely when school staff and parents work as a team. Approach the right people at your local school to see if you can start a campaign to promote long-term change. A group of parent volunteers in Vancouver partnered with their school to create "Freedom Fridays", with the goal of inspiring active transportation to school every Friday. Resources to start a similar campaign are available from Active and Safe Routes to School, which is part of Green Communities Canada.
With a little effort, creativity, and initiative, your family can walk away from the excuses and start "kicking it old school."


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Collins, Jane. 2003. Threads: Gender, Labor, and Power in the Global Apparel Industry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Collins uses a case study ethnography method to perform a commodity chain analysis in the global apparel industry. In it, she examines four firms: Tultex, Confitek, Burlmex, and Liz Claiborne.
Tultex and Liz Claiborne are two very different companies. Tultex mass produced sweatshirts and you've probably never heard of them. It actually produced the sweatshirts in its factories in Virginia, for decades, until it went out of business shortly after Collins performed her research there. Liz Claiborne designs and markets branded fashion apparel but it makes nothing; subcontractors produce the garments. Unlike the nearly identical sweatshirts Tultex workers made every day, Liz Claiborne sells many different styles with great variation.
Some theorists believed that jobs performing simpler work like producing Tultex sweatshirts would leave the U.S. for the Global South but the more complex work of producing apparel for Liz Claiborne would stay in the U.S. due to the level of skill required for the job. In fact, that is not the case. Liz Claiborne was a pioneer of offshoring production in the industry.
The other two firms are both in Aguascalientes, Mexico. One produced apparel for Tultex; the other for Liz Claiborne. The production processes in the two were remarkably similar. Both used a 'progressive bundle' system and paid piece-rate for the number of bundles a worker produced. The major difference is that Burlmex, which produced for Liz Claiborne, used a statistical quality control method. Using statistical quality control, a number of measurements and assessments are made of each worker's work. The measurements are graphed and tracked, and workers must stay within a certain range. This might be a quantitative measurement, like the depth of a seam, or a qualitative one. Instead of hiring more experienced or higher skilled workers, this company hires low skilled workers and controls them more tightly.
Both firms take a low road strategy of hiring unskilled workers, paying them little, offering them few benefits, and working them hard. The workers under statistical quality control are particularly stressed. Turnover is frequent and expected, if not built in. They recruit from a large geographic area, up to two hours from the factories. This gives them a larger pool to hire from to deal with turnover, but also means that some workers have an extra four hours of travel time added to each workday and that increases the stress. Additionally, the companies seek a docile labor force to put up with the stressful conditions and low pay, and they hire mostly women. The jobs given to men (operating machines) have higher pay.
Another theme in the book is that although globalization seems placeless, nowhere and everywhere, we can see examples of it in real places, affecting real people and communities. Terms like "offshoring" and "outsourcing" sound like nameless, faceless concepts, but Collins describes real factories that hired real workers in two cities. When a company selects a location for a factory, it must work with local laws, politics, norms, language, and other facets of that particular place. Collins examines how these companies adapt to each place in their workplace, their relationship with the community, and in terms of social reproduction. In terms of the community, she mentions how they work with the legal and political systems, whether they pollute, whether they invest in the communities, whether they offer daycare, whether they house workers or provide them transportation to work, etc. They are also interfacing with the local labor market. In this case, she mentions Tultex's paternalism in Virginia (until the workers unionized), comparing it to the subcontracted workers in Mexico who had no immediate relations with the U.S. firms employing them. The two parties (the workers and the U.S. companies) were connected by a general manager who ran the Mexican firm and dealt with both the U.S. company and the Mexican workers. The general manager was socially distant from the workers despite living in the same country. It was only relatively minor supervisors who had family and friends and other outside relationships with those they supervised. (This was not so for Tultex in its town in Virginia.) Collins says that by outsourcing to Mexico, the U.S. companies deterritorialize the social relations of work.
The nature of subcontracting makes the bargaining position of workers' worse. Contractors bid for jobs, trying to give the lowest price in order to win the contract. This drives down wages. But the low wages workers can get when the contractor wins a contract are better than the no wages they would get at all if their employer increased their wages and but got no contracts because it could not offer the best price.
The third area is social reproduction. Do employers pay a living wage so that workers can raise families and educate their children? In the case of the two Mexican firms in this book, they do not. Employers use their workers' gender against them, claiming that because they are women, their income is supplemental, so they do not need to earn enough to raise a family on. Of course this is ridiculous, as many women do not have a husband who earns more than they do, or any husband at all. Collins then speculates that the high turnover rate is desirable to firms because workers do not stick around long enough to organize and demand higher wages or better conditions.