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Crocodylus moreletii
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|There are indications that Crocodylus moreletii and Crocodylus acutus are hybridizing in sympatric zones of Belize and Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula, although the frequency and degree of genetic contact has yet to be established (Ray et al. 2004, Cedeño-Vázquez et al. in revision, Rodriguez et al. in revision).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Cedeño-Vázquez, J.R., Platt, S.G. & Thorbjarnarson, J. (IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group)
|Bohm, M., Collen, B., Ram, M., Ross, J.P., Dacey, T. & Webb, G.J.W.
|De Silva, R., Milligan, HT, Wearn, O.R., Wren, S., Zamin, T., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Lewis, S., Lintott, P. & Powney, G.
Although Crocodylus moreletii was heavily exploited during the early and mid 20th century, populations have recovered considerably, and healthy populations thrive throughout much of the species range, therefore this species has been assessed as Least Concern. Monitoring of this species should be carried out to ensure that any future population declines are noted.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is distributed from northeastern Mexico's central Tamaulipas area, through the Yucatan Peninsula to northern Guatemala and central Belize. From 2002 to 2004, Mexico developed the "COPAN" project to assess the presence of the species across its historical range and in outlying areas; 63 localities were surveyed in 10 States (Sigler and Dominguez 2008). In Mexico, C. moreletii occupies an estimated area of 396,455 km² (estimated by GARP algorithm and based on historical and actual localities). Total historical distribution across all three range states has been estimated as 450,000 km², of which 88% lies in Mexico (CONABIO 2006).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Belize; Guatemala; Mexico
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|While this species has suffered population declines throughout its range, it is thought to be widely distributed in much of its original habitat (Ross 1995) and in protected areas there are healthy populations (Ross 1998). This species suffered severe population declines in the early 20th century due to exploitation (Casas-Andreu and Guzmán 1970) and was nearly extirpated in several portions of its range, however, after conservation action and legislative protection, many subpopulations are recovering (Platt and Thorbjarnarson 2000, Dominguez-Laso 2006). According to recent survey data, Domínguez-Laso (2006) estimated the population size to be between 79,000 and 100,000 individuals in Mexico. Available survey data for the three range states: Guatemala (Castañeda 2000), Mexico (CONABIO 2006) and Belize (Meerman pers. comm. in CONABIO 2006), suggest the relative abundance of C. moreletii is similar to other crocodilians that are not endangered. Morelet's Crocodile populations in Belize recovered rapidly following cessation of skin hunting, and the species is now regarded as common, even occurring within urban areas such as Belize City (Platt et al. 2008).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|The species inhabits mainly freshwater areas such as marshes, swamps, ponds, rivers, lagoons and man-made waterbodies, but occasionally is found in brackish or saline habitats (Alvarez del Toro and Sigler 2001, Escobedo-Galvan et al. 2008, Platt et al. 2008). Females construct a mound nest of fresh and decomposing vegetation and soil, into which 20-50 eggs are laid at the end of the dry season (usually mid-May to late June or early July). Hatching occurs in August and September, when the wet season is at its peak, after approximately 75 to 85 days of incubation (Alvarez del Toro 1974, Perez-Higareda 1980, Platt et al. 2008).
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
|Use and Trade:
|Morelet's Crocodile is legally protected in the three range states. Legal trade in the species from Mexico is restricted to animals from CITES-registered captive breeding operations. Total annual production from the two CITES-registered farms (in 2009) was around 8,000 skins, with half going to local markets and the remainder being exported (CONABIO 2006). None of the three range states have established legal use of wild populations (CONABIO 2006). Mexico successfully downlisted C. moreletii populations in Mexico and Belize to CITES Appendix II, with a zero quota for commercial trade in wild specimens, at the 15th CITES meeting (March 2010). Although no use of the wild population is proposed at this time, it is a possible option in the future.
|Major Threat(s):
Populations of Morelet's Crocodile were greatly reduced in many areas due to unregulated skin hunting, which occurred principally in the 1940s and 1950s (Alvarez del Toro 1974, Platt and Thorbjarnarson 2000). A prohibition was decreed for the region in the 1970s, but illegal hunting persisted into the 1980s and 1990s. Due to severe sanctions, illegal hunting is now thought to be minimal, but still considered to be the principal threat to population recovery in some areas. Traditional use of the species persists, especially in rural communities (Merediz-Alonso 1999, Zamudio-Acedo 2002).
Tests on wild eggs of this species show that exposure to chemical pollutants including pesticides may be a significant threat to the long-term survival of some populations (Wu et al. 2000).
|Conservation Actions:
|There are diverse, ongoing conservation measures in place for this species, including captive breeding programmes, protected areas and national and international legislative protection. Monitoring of this species should be carried out.
|Cedeño-Vázquez, J.R., Platt, S.G. & Thorbjarnarson, J. (IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group). 2012. Crocodylus moreletii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T5663A3045579. . Downloaded on 25 September 2018.
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Chef and food activist Alice Waters inspected damage to the facade of her famed Chez Panisse on Friday after a fire blazed through a landmark dining section of the Berkeley restaurant.
A small eating area with signature woodwork within the restaurant's front porch burned, but firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly and the bulk of the building was not damaged, fire officials said.
The fire apparently started in a sub-floor area of the building in the pre-dawn hours, but the cause has yet to be determined, said Berkeley Fire Department Deputy Chief Avery Webb. The location and circumstances of the blaze were unusual for a restaurant fire, Webb said.
"The business was closed at that time. There was nobody in the building that was encountered. People aren't usually in that area of the building. So that's just drawing our attention to the fact that we need to look at this pretty closely," he said. "There's not an obvious reason for the fire yet. The investigators are taking a look at it and not starting with any preconceived ideas of how the fire may have started."
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
I will definitely have to work tomorrow, depending on where I am after tomorrow, Saturday remains in question.
Either way I expect to take Sunday and Monday off, which in and of itself is a holiday!
I expect we might hit the Bay House again, but I don't know for sure. Clinton is going to Garner State Park with his friends. He will love it! I'll keep you guys posted as to my plans, but what about yours?
Tell how you plan to spend the holiday.
Well? I'm waiting . . . . .
22 comments:
- Bob said...
"How do I plan to spend the holiday?"
The same as I do every day - trying to take over the world.
/Brain voice
- May 22, 2008 at 1:25 PM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Nice, . . . . Pinky approves.
- May 22, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- Bee said...
No idea!!
We are going to a concert tomorrow -- classical. And after that, who knows? I hope that I will get some sleep and be able to catch up on my reading. I hope that we will be buying a table and a BBQ for the garden, but if it rains we might be too demoralized to invest in any outdoor equipment.
My oldest daughter is going to Spain for a week . . . nice, huh?
I'll let you know, as the weekend develops . . . and please let us know what you are up to as well!
- May 22, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Spain for a week sounds perfect.
As long as she stays off the plain.
(The rain ans all, you know.)
School trip? Or fun?
- May 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM
- Anne said...
Here's hoping you get a full three days of holiday relaxation!
I have no plans as of yet. The two people with whom I spend the most time, the Suitor and Katie, are out of town until mid-week next week, so I'm a bit at loose ends this weekend. There will certainly be housework; maybe a long bike ride; probably cooking and bread baking.
- May 22, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Bread baking sound good. Our weather doesn't look very promising for outdoor activities.
But we'll see . . . .
- May 22, 2008 at 3:27 PM
- Just a Plane Ride Away said...
Possibly a walk of some sort on Saturday if it doesn't rain. It's supposed to pour on Sunday--good weather for studying for finals (Roxi), catching up on sleep, and a little cooking (making bread and gumbo).
Have a good long weekend! Take lots of photos!!
- May 22, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- Bitty said...
I forgot it was a holiday weekend.
I'll probably continue to be working on the Big Work Project (a/k/a accreditation), the success of which determines the future of my school. Fortunately, I'm only a support cog, not the main wheel on whom all depends.
1. The more I can get done now, the more I can afford to take a real vacation, not the working vacation I took recently, and go see my mother next month.
2. I'll bet paint will be on sale this weekend!!! I might go buy some.
(Aside to Bob: hurry up. I suspect you would do a better job than most.)
- May 22, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Mmmm Gumbo . . . If it rains, that just might be the ticket!
The more I can get done now, the more I can afford to take a real vacation, not the working vacation I took recently,
- May 22, 2008 at 5:14 PM
I think I'm holding down the fort while MathMan takes Cupcake to a wedding. Otherwise, I plan to do absolutely nothing on purpose.
Have a lovely weekend.
- May 22, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- Robin said...
D'oh! Bob, I was thinking the same thing before I clicked on the comments!
No major plans here to report.
- May 22, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- Bitty said...
Do you have good gumbo recipes? Share, please!
I grew up in Maryland where all things crab (including soup) are king, but in my adulthood I've made good friends with gumbo. But strangely, I've never cooked it.
- May 22, 2008 at 6:59 PM
- GourmetGoddess said...
I am going to the Jonestead in northern Wisconsin to see my mom and hang out with a friend. I am not sure why I am going, other than I can bear to sit around the house again this weekend.
- May 22, 2008 at 7:51 PM
- Boxer rebel said...
I am going to a minor league baseball game on Saturday as this might be the last time i see this kid I used to work with and I feel as though I owe him one more game. Sunday I plan to go to the laudromat and do laundry since I have sold my washer and dryer and Monday I plan to do nothing.
- May 22, 2008 at 8:01 PM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Gumbo details coming to a blog near you soon.
- May 23, 2008 at 6:55 AM
- GourmetGoddess said...
Sir Robin, I am attempting to grow okra this year in my garden... should be an interesting experiment....
- May 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Plant lots!!
(Okra loves heat, it might be too early for you.)
I LOVE okra.
- May 23, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- Petra said...
With everybody out on the road - we are staying put. There is nothing lovelier than a big city when empty. As we only need to drive just 15 minutes or so to get to fabulous hiking areas, there is no need for travel. I am also planning to go out on a photo safari in the city, lots of interesting motives there. Oh, and I have to work one day - or a bit on every day over the long weekend; I have not made up my mind yet.
- May 23, 2008 at 10:29 AM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Petra, I'll be looking forward to the pictures!
- May 23, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- pidomon said...
Golf Beer Golf Beer
Repeat :)
- May 23, 2008 at 9:26 PM
- Elizabeth said...
My weekend will be spent getting things ready for the packers who will be here in--ack!--10 days! to move me home. I did take yesterday off to make it a four day weekend. Drove my car to Munich and dropped it off to be shipped home.
That was the only part of the weekend that I had looked forward to....
Ah, well, the basement and its piles-o-crap call me even as I write this...
- May 24, 2008 at 1:24 AM
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A lifelong sailor, Jean-Paul Agon, chief executive officer of L'Oréal, has no fear of uncharted waters, even in the roughest of seas.
Business conditions are far from serene, in the view of financial analysts. Lurking beneath the surface is growing competition, particularly in the U.S., where mass is heating up, especially with private label brands, hair care share wars and the persistent challenge to L'Oréal's dominance by archrival Procter & Gamble.
But Agon exudes the confidence of a new chief who finished his first year with a resounding exclamation—an 11.9 percent increase in profits to 1.83 billion euros, or $2.3 billion, on a sales gain of 8.7 percent to 15.79 billion euros, or $19.84 billion. During a recent far-ranging interview in his 10th-floor office at L'Oréal headquarters in the Paris suburb of Clichy, he seems at ease—poised and affable, quick to laugh and show flashes of wit. He has a ready smile and always seems charming. But as his friend Publicis Groupe president Maurice Levy cautions, Agon's affable personality and Latin warmth cloaks an iron determination. "He will not abandon his position until he has the solution," Levy warns. For a man of his obvious drive, Agon can seem laid back. He likes to spend his summer holiday sailing through the Greek Islands, bantering with his crew in their native tongue. That same down-to-earth openness allows him to feel completely at ease in a humble taverna in Astoria, Queens. Above all, a piercing intelligence enables him to frame complex issues adroitly, with his favorite punch line: "It's simple."
Optimism comes naturally to Agon, who started his career at age 25, struggling to make something of L'Oréal's tiny, flyspeck of a business in Athens. He steadily rose up through the ranks for 29 years, wrestling with the challenges of one division after another, to finally take the helm last April.
It's a job that he has been groomed for by Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, his charismatic predecessor who, during his 22 years as ceo, transformed L'Oréal from a French export power to the industry leader of globalized brands and who remains the company's chairman. Now the 50-year-old Agon is steering Owen-Jones' L'Oréal through the chop of the 21st century, predicated on his vision of the company's vibrancy and how it lives in the world. "The first part is to make L'Oréal an even greater business success," he says. "The second part is to make the L'Oréal experience a great satisfaction for the employees, more than ever a great place where people really can have great personal and professional lives." The third part is to make L'Oréal "a great citizen of the world," Agon says. "The leading beauty company also has to take care of the beauty of the world. We cannot just be focused on our own success or our own satisfaction. We also have to share with who's around us and to contribute to make the world a little bit better, a little bit more beautiful."
Following in the footsteps of Owen-Jones may seem daunting, but Agon stepped right in, at least in the view of the maestro himself. "Jean-Paul really did have a very successful first year," says Owen-Jones, adding that "He justified the confidence I had placed in him. Right away he found the right combination between modesty and ambition, and between continuity and renewal. People followed him immediately and instinctively. The company didn't miss a beat. He gave a new sense of dynamism to an already successful model, with a lot of energy and youth."
Indeed, Agon has set out to map a new world of opportunity fueled by the emerging markets of China, India, Russia, Brazil and Mexico. He has also blazed new avenues of growth in the masstige segment with the acquisition of The Body Shop and in the rapidly emerging "bio-organic" category of products. In the process, L'Oréal seems to be morphing from a company that was founded 98 years ago by Eugène Schueller, a chemist who invented the first synthetic hair dye, into an organization that employs nearly 3,000 scientists in 30 different disciplines practicing a more holistic definition of science designed to also harness the power of natural ingredients.
In promising Wall Street organic sales growth of 6 to 8 percent a year, Agon plans on hitching L'Oréal's marketing engine and financial muscle to the emerging markets outside of L'Oréal's bastions in Western Europe and North America, what the company has referred to as the rest of the world. "We computed that every year, roughly 70 million new [consumers] in the world gain access to a level of income that allows them to buy our brands and products," Agon says, noting that globalization is one of the most powerful cylinders in the L'Oréal growth engine.
These "other" markets are already larger in sales volume than North America. "They are now almost 30 percent of our business, and contribute to 60 percent of our growth." He predicts that one day—"very soon"—the emerging markets will generate 50 percent of L'Oréal's volume.
"What we're seeing right now is a completely new condition of the worldwide economy," he says, while discussing China, India, Brazil, Mexico and Russia. "Because of the transfer of wealth around the world, these markets opened up 10 or 15 years ago, but it's really now that they're booming in terms of economic growth. This economic boom creates new social classes and new categories of consumers who now have access to our products. This is a historic opportunity.
"We still have the ambition to grow our business in North America and Europe," he continues, "but if you're able to grow your business in the rest of the world by between 12 percent and 15 percent a year, mathematically it helps you a lot. It accelerates your growth worldwide."
Since he was named ceo, market sources have speculated about the possibility of L'Oréal making more acquisitions. "It's kind of a paradox," he says. "But an acquisition for us is first and foremost an opportunity for future organic growth. We're not looking for an acquisition that increases our size," he says, underscoring the point by citing Maybelline New York as an example. The color cosmetics brand was doing a little less than 200 million euros when Owen-Jones decided it could go global. Now a decade later, it's number one in the world with 1.4 billion euros or $1.9 billion in sales. For 10 years, the Maybelline acquisition has fueled the organic growth of the company.
"We have to be opportunistic and pragmatic, and if there are opportunities to attack new segments or new markets or with a new positioning that we don't have in our portfolio, we should look at it," he continues. Agon adds, "Sometimes people think that we won't be able to use our money because there are no targets in the beauty industry. I don't agree. There are and will be interesting opportunities," he says, declining to give examples.
Instead, he points to L'Oréal's three major moves in 2006, the acquisition of The Body Shop, Laboratoires Sanoflore and the license with Diesel. The Body Shop deal caused the most stir because at first blush, it appeared that L'Oréal was flirting with retailing. But Agon has been tireless in knocking down that notion. A retailer, like Macy's and Wal-Mart, sells the brands of others, he maintains. The Body Shop simply is a brand with an integrated distribution system with its own retail outlets, no different from Kiehl's, Gucci, Chanel or Hermès. "Who ever said that Hermès is a retailer?" Agon asks. "They believe that in order to communicate the magic of the brand, it's very important to sell the brand in their own stores." Alluding to the Body Shop's founder, Anita Roddick, he says, "Because she invented a brand that was different from the existing brands, either in mass or luxury, she realized that in order to communicate the values and maximize the experience of her brand, she needed to sell it in her own stores."
Agon says he would be open to adding a retail component to other brands, but "we have our plate quite full with the Body Shop." He describes the chain, which has 2,250 stores in 50 countries, as "the absolute worldwide leader of masstige—between mass and prestige and a real channel in itself."
Still, he sees unlimited potential. "Body Shop is very small in North America. They have no stores in South America and are still quite small in Asia," he says, reiterating that the company could be doubled to 5,000 doors.
Reached in London, Roddick describes her current role in L'Oréal-owned Body Shop: "I'm an agitator, a s–t stirrer and a rabble-rouser. My job is to do what I've always done here—to collect stories, myths and legends."
The crusader and beauty maven notes that her controversial decision to sell to one of the multinationals she'd derided in the past was influenced by the respect shown to her by L'Oréal's top brass. "They didn't use BlackBerrys during discussions," she recalls. "They were well-mannered and seductive."
As for the U.S., which has been seen as something of an Achilles' heel for the Body Shop, Agon acknowledges that America is the country "where masstige was born" and therefore, the toughest competitive market.
He adds, "From what I know, The Body Shop had difficulties more in the execution of the strategy. At the same time as we are able to fix our own issues and get it right, the U.S. will be one of the most interesting markets."
Asked how L'Oréal can use its strong suit of applying research and development to add value without nudging up prices or alienating the constituency of what has been an anti-animal testing, anti-science brand, Agon tackles the issue head-on.
"I think the opposite, he says. "It's a great opportunity for us because of the weakness of our competitors in the masstige segment is the lack of innovation, quality and star products." His second point involves an admitted shift in direction for L'Oréal toward marketing natural products. "The L'Oréal mission is to bring quality and innovation to all consumers, whatever their choices or preferences," he says, "and there is a growing tendency in the world for consumers wanting natural ingredients." He continues, "Some people really want the best of technology because they want the best results. Other people just want something that is organic and natural. The L'Oréal mission should be to bring quality to all these consumers."
In expanding the scope of R&D, Agon seems to be leading L'Oréal into new territory. "Science can be what it chooses to be," he said. "Science can bring high technology to people who want this or science can bring the best of nature to people who want organic products." He described a new upcoming line of products as "a great combination of Body Shop values and L'Oréal expertise."
That marriage concept was also applied to the acquisition of Laboratoire Sanoflore. It is miniscule, with a sales volume of only 15 million euros, or $20.3 million at current exchange, Agon concedes, but it's one of the French leaders of the budding bio-organic market and has been earmarked by L'Oréal to be the leader of a new category. "In our portfolio, each brand is a champion of its positioning." He notes that Sanoflore's bio certification imposes "some very clear restraints; L'Oréal can bring even within these constraints more efficacy, more quality."
Speaking of how definitions have broadened in the L'Oréal labs, Agon says, "It's not only about the chemistry, that's the past. The science of beauty today is about chemistry but it also is about
biology, it's about natural ingredients, it's about dermatology. If you meet our scientists, you will find all types of disciplines. The science of beauty is very, very comprehensive today."
He then drew a parallel with one of the champions of the past decade, La Roche-Posay, which did only 16 million or 17 million euros, or $21.7 million or $23.1 million, when L'Oréal bought it in 1989. As a brand recommended by dermatologists, "We identified this trend as something really emerging and really maybe important for the future." Today the brand is 20 times larger. "We passed the 300 million euro level [$407.2 million] last year and we think La Roche Posay has a huge potential worldwide because everywhere in the world there is segment of people who want and prefer a dermatologist brand."
He continues, "It's exactly the same story for bio-organic. Today it's small but it's growing and it's also universal. Because of this type of attitude, you can find it everywhere in the world—you find it in Europe, in the U.S., in Japan. We believe that the potential of Sanoflore will be similar to that of La Roche-Posay and it will be another brick in the L'Oréal building."
L'Oréal's edict for global propositions of high organic potential does have its exceptions. Although Agon points out that when L'Oréal is hunting for a new avenue of growth, the possible acquisition target "has to be clearly identified as something that's going to be strong and also something that's going to be completely worldwide. We're not interested in a local thing."
But L'Oréal also makes purchases for other reasons, such as its recent upping of its stake from 30 to 100 percent of the Beauty Alliance, a Tampa, Fla., based salon distribution company to "understand better the way [the distributors] work with their hairdressers and how we could improve the relationship between our brand and the hairdressers."
The market is complicated because of the practice of booth renting. "If you have a salon with 10 stylists," he said, "you have 10 [businesses] to deal with, because each is buying his own products."
On May 9th, L'Oreal gave them another salon hair care line to choose from when it
acquired PureOlogy, aimed at women with color-treated hair.
Agon's lofty vision will have to be propelled to fruition by the piston power of the L'Oréal financial machine. Agon maintains that the L'Oréal business model, as created by Owen-Jones, consists of six cylinders: scientific innovation, product creation, the power of "a portfolio of amazing brands," the ability to create added value, the power of globalization and acquisitions, or the "cherry on the cake that allows us always to find new territories, new segments and new categories on which we can build our future expansion." He counts L'Oreal Paris as "the number one beauty brand in the world" and Lancôme as the world's top prestige brand.
Some critics question whether that machine needs retooling for the Internet age. Specifically, how can a company cope with the apparent price polarization, as consumers seem to opt for either inexpensive mass brands or ultra-pricy specialty store models. Many of L'Oréal's brands sit squarely in the unpopular middle.
That question drew a quick and animated response. "It's absolutely just wrong," he replies. "The segment of cheap brands is not expanding anywhere in the world. The private labels are not expanding that much and when they are, they're taking share from the very cheap brands."
"On the top of the pyramid, it's true that we've been seeing recently the expansion of very expensive brands, but it's not a question of polarization. It's just a question of permanent trading up. People more and more want better quality, better technology, better products.
"Polarization of the business is just an illusion," he continues. "If you take the skin care market, you'll see in the U.S., for example, that there is absolutely no polarization at all. There's just an amazing trading up with new products launched by L'Oréal, by Olay, and Vichy in the drugstores; with Lancôme, and also with the expensive brands. They have a very small market share but they are contributing to the expansion of the market."
He was equally dismissive of the criticism that L'Oréal is mired in traditional forms of advertising in an age when the prime consumer has gone digital. "Advertising is just a way to communicate about our products," he retorts, adding, "My kids never watch TV. They spend several hours a day on the Internet. The new generation have new habits in terms of media and we have to adjust our strategies to that. And that's what we're doing."
He points out that more than one-third of L'Oréal's brands don't depend on traditional
advertising and, in many cases, are going digital. As for electronic retailing, L'Oréal did 75 million euros , or $102 million, worldwide last year, mostly with brands that target a younger demographic, like Kiehl's.
Much has been made on Wall Street about upstart indie brands, like Bare Escentuals, the mineral makeup concept that quickly shot to over $300 million in sales. Asked how he can build in enough flexibility in the huge L'Oréal machine to compete with nimble entrepreneurs, Agon says, "We said, 'Wow', this lady had a great idea, we should have had this idea. But okay, we had 100 others. So you can't always have ALL the ideas and you can't prevent other people from being clever. It doesn't change the business model because there was one Bare Escentuals in the past five years."
His prescription for corporate flexibility is decentralization. "We're not a big machine. We're a flotilla of boats. When you visit our divisions, you don't see a big structure with one man in charge of everything. You see almost completely autonomous brands and divisions and each brand is made of a team that is completely fanatical."
During a February meeting with security analysts, Agon outlined the difficulties in the American market, stemming mostly from the consolidation of department stores. He followed up in the interview, saying, "when Federated [Department Stores Inc.] and May [Department Stores Co.] merged, this clearly creates some turbulence in the selective business. On the professional side, we reorganized our distributor's network and this also had some consequences. I hope that now the situation is clear again."
He continues, "I don't believe in the extinction of the department store. [They] have to reinvent themselves, but they have a great role to play. Macy's has a national coverage and can do national promotions and advertising." Agon says he considers freestanding stores opened by brands like Lancôme as purely a complement to department stores, not an alternative. Particularly in city centers, he says, "It's good to have a place where the brand is completely optimized—optimal space, optimal merchandising, optimal staff, because this is also a place where you learn a lot about your relationship with the consumers."
A bright spot in the U.S. is the mass skin care market. "Skin care has been the most obvious category where trading up has happened," Agon said. "When you see what is the skin care market today, compared to what it was five years ago or even 10 years ago, it's an amazing transformation."
As for another aspect of the American market, his nemesis Procter & Gamble, he acknowledged feeling that the fuss made about the rivalry between the two giants is overblown. Breaking into a slightly sly smile, Agon says, "We have the pleasure to compete with them in many categories. We compete in hair color and we're doing fine. We're competing in makeup and doing fine. We are competing in hair care and we did fine, I think. We have the pleasure to compete in skin care. But you know our main purpose in our life is not to compete with P&G."
When pressed again with the question of whether he pays special attention to the folks from Cincinnati, Agon laughs heartily, "It's not my hobby."
"There are several players in the market and P&G is a serious player. We're a serious player. But there are still many other manufacturers and players in the market and that's fine."
One question that hovered over Agon's ascendancy was how well he could work with Owen-Jones, 61, who remains chairman. In the words of both men, it's just fine. "We are doing exactly what we said we would do," Agon says. "He's doing exactly what he said he would do. He's in charge of all the relationship with the shareholders, with the board. We discuss together key strategic decisions regarding acquisitions, regarding key human resource issues. We meet once a week and we have absolutely no conflict."
Agon praises Owen-Jones' decision to step down and hand over power as "absolutely a miracle. And he has never changed his mind. That's a fantastic example of strength and determination," says Agon, who attributes their bond to the quality of a relationship that goes back 20 years. When asked how their management styles differ, Owen-Jones says, "A ceo of a cosmetics company shares his time between the conceptual part, the development of worldwide brands, and the terrain, visiting the brands. He spends a little more on the second and a little less than on the first. He seems a lot cooler and laid-back. As Jean-Paul says, 'He is not as nice as people think and I am not as tough as people think.'"
Both Wall Street analysts and L'Oréal executives talk about the seamlessness of the transition, particularly in New York where Agon's last post was as ceo and president of L'Oréal USA. More than one executive there says, "It's like he never left."
There is also talk in the industry about Agon's easy accessibility, compared to the latter years of his predecessor's storied tenure. In discussing differences in their styles, Levy of Publicis, a friend of both men, points out that Owen-Jones rose to the top at the unusually young age of 38, when he was named ceo in 1984. He was made chairman at 42. In contrast, Agon was plucked from the operational ranks and named ceo at 49, meaning that his identification with those he now oversees is still fresh and he is closer in age to them, resulting in a sharper sense of kinship. "OJ is such a brilliant man that people were in awe," said one executive, using the familiar nickname for Owen-Jones. "Some people were intimidated; Jean-Paul is much more approachable."
Still, with the change in power there's a sense of a loosening. "There's more open-mindedness in terms of finding different ways to bring beauty to the consumer, especially in developing markets," says one colleague. "He has this supernatural power to conceptualize things. In a meeting you will present him with a problematical situation and he will listen then give his conceptualized version back to you with a solution, all at once."
Agon likes to say there are no taboos, which turns out to be more than a slogan. "You can discuss anything with him," says another executive. "If you don't bring up a subject, he may do it himself."
"What I like about him is that his sense of energy is great," says Robert Salmon, a retired L'Oréal executive who worked with Agon twice, when he was rebuilding Biotherm and when he oversaw Asia. "And he has great vision," Salmon says, adding that Agon "knows how to motivate people." He urges the new ceo to surround himself with bright young minds in tune with the digital age. He also suggests that Agon should consider forming alliances around the world, such as with Natura in Brazil.
One Wall Street analyst, talking on the condition of anonymity, says of Agon, "His colleagues respect but don't fear him. It allows Agon to be challenged internally much more than Owen-Jones was in the last few years of his tenure." Another analyst says Owen-Jones was "clearly someone who cared about his legacy, especially in terms of financial matrix" during his last few years as ceo, whereas "Jean-Paul Agon is incredibly engaged in the day-to-day business."
When Agon was running the American subsidiary in New York, he acquired a reputation for rolling up his shirt sleeves and delving into the details of a launch plan offered by subordinants. To some, this was micromanaging. But to him, it's simply taking an interest.
"I like to understand and I like to contribute and I like to work with the people rather than at the end, taking a decision based on reports," he says. "I like to share and discuss and understand the issue." He says it's unfair and inaccurate to say that he has a controlling personality. "I'm not a control freak at all because I don't control anything at the end," he says. "What I do, it's a very different management style. I want to agree with the teams at the origin of the project. So when we work on a project, for example, I really want to be part of it, because I like it. But also because I think that I can contribute to the right definition of the project. So we discuss that quite at length at the beginning of the project and once it's done, I don't control anything. They do it the way they want because, very honestly, I think they are very good at doing it—much better than [me]—and it's not my job."
Agon also has a passion for foreign travel. Even when he is discussing difficult markets, like Japan, his optimism bubbles up. "This is a great country for beauty," he says. "Japanese women really love beauty and they are really experts. Mathematically, we have 2 or 3 percent market share and it's the second market in the world. So there is 97 percent of the market to conquer," he says. "As these consumers are very demanding," he continues, "it's a very important market for us because it's a way to test the level of quality of our products, of our packaging, of our concepts of our brands, of everything. It's a way to harden, strengthen, sharpen up a position for Asia and for the world."
He's also looking for new ideas. "During a visit to Brazil last year, I was absolutely amazed by the creativity of Brazilian hairdressers in terms of hair care." Explaining that the market has a multi-ethnic population with all types of hair, "It's a real challenge for the Brazilian consumers and for Brazilian hairdressers. I find in Brazil the most creative hairdressers of the world in terms of invention of new hair care techniques."
As a result, L'Oréal set up a lab in Rio de Janeiro to invent new hair concepts for worldwide distribution. "Some of the innovations that we made for Kérastase and L'Oréal worldwide last year, in fact, came from Brazil," he says.
Like China, Agon expects India to become one of the great markets of the world. As in China, L'Oréal went into India with all its brands blazing, instead of introducing them one at a time. "India first is a great country, it's a beautiful country and it's a very large country. People are very educated and they have a huge potential," he says. "They are clever people. They all speak English, which is a huge advantage in this modern world.
"What held it back until now was the fact that there was no modern distribution. Until very recently, there were no department stores, no malls, no hypermarkets and very few supermarkets and very few pharmacies or modern pharmacies." But that is now changing, Agon notes. "In the very near future, there will be many new forms of distribution." Whether entering markets or acquiring brands, Agon exhibits a voracious curiosity and a questing intellect. "I compare a brand portfolio to a puzzle," he says. "Each piece of the puzzle has a very special role and mission. To maximize the potential of the company we just have to fill in the puzzle.
So there may be still some pieces missing."


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HOUSTON - With positive momentum long since departed and home-field advantage lost during a forgettable December, the Texans sought a fresh start on Saturday, something to erase the stench of their collapse.
While their offense, led by six Pro Bowl selections, failed to deliver convincingly, the Texans welcomed the timely return of their dominating defense and outlasted the Bengals for a second consecutive postseason, winning 19-13 in an AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Reliant Stadium.
The Texans (13-4) amassed 420 yards, including 140 yards on 32 carries from running back Arian Foster, yet settled for four Shayne Graham field goals. Quarterback Matt Schaub earned his first postseason win despite an uneven performance, passing for 262 yards. An offensive line featuring three Pro Bowl selections won its battle with the Bengals' celebrated defensive front led by standout tackle Geno Atkins.
"We had a rough patch for about a month," said Texans center Chris Myers, a Pro Bowl pick along with left guard Wade Smith and left tackle Duane Brown. "As long as we're confident in what we're doing and everyone is communicating, I think that's the biggest thing."
Atkins and ends Michael Johnson, Carlos Dunlap and Robert Geathers combined for 33 sacks and led the Bengals' resurgence from a 3-5 start. But the Texans negated the Bengals in the trenches and compiled 158 rushing yards on 39 attempts. Their commitment to the ground game provided stability in support of Schaub, who struggled down the stretch in the regular season and merely managed this victory.
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Ron Fletcher, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the
exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday at his home in Stonewall, Texas. He was 90.
The cause was
, said Kyria Sabin, director of
which trains instructors in the exercise methods Fletcher developed based on the teachings of Joseph and Clara Pilates.
Forty years ago, few people outside of New York, where the Pilates method was first taught, had heard of the unusual fitness regimen, which involved strange-looking machines and movements similar to
and calisthenics. Today it is practiced by millions of people around the world, a popularity due in part to the celebrity buzz that surrounded Fletcher's Beverly Hills studio.
Located above an exclusive salon at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, it attracted a who's who of Hollywood in the 1970s, including
, Katharine Ross,
, then California's first lady, dropped in for raucous gabfests with Fletcher, whom she had known since her acting days in the 1940s.
"I saw every actor and actress you ever heard of in there … all the time," MacGraw recalled in an interview last week. "It was fun. You'd crawl in and say, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to really work for this hour' … but you laughed all the way through it because Ron … was hysterical."
In the Pilates world, he was seen as a pioneer who took the fitness program in new, sometimes controversial directions, expanding it to include standing exercises, floor work derived from his early studies with dance icon
and upper-body work done with the aid of a rolled towel.
"We revere him as an elder teacher," said Kevin Bowen, a co-founder of the nonprofit
which sets international training standards. "He opened the first studio in Los Angeles … and immediately made an impact."
The "elders" were a small core of instructors who were trained by the Pilateses, German immigrants who established a studio in New York in the 1920s that attracted many dancers with injuries. One of them was Fletcher, who was a Graham student in the late 1940s when he sought the Pilateses' help to treat a sore knee.
When he walked into their studio and saw the collection of odd contraptions Joseph had invented for Pilates work, he nearly turned around and left.
"It looked like a medieval torture chamber," he told the Allentown Morning Call in 2003. "But within an hour I knew I was in the right place." He followed the exercises, which emphasized using the mind to stretch, strengthen and control the body, particularly the abdominal core. Fletcher healed his knee without surgery.
Born of Irish and Sauk Indian descent on May 29, 1921, in Dogtown, Mo., Fletcher grew up there in humble circumstances. After
, when he was working in the advertising department of Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, he went to a performance of Graham's company and decided he wanted to join it. Undeterred by his lack of formal dance training, he showed up at her studio every day for three weeks but couldn't get past the receptionist.
Finally, the elegant doyenne of modern dance emerged to find out who the bothersome young man was. After asking a few questions and observing his graceful movements, she agreed to let him take classes with her.
He parted with Graham when he joined the cast of the 1946 Broadway musical "The Lute Song," starring
, a move that launched his career as a dancer and choreographer.
He staged shows for the Ice Capades for 13 years, a run that ended because of a
. During what he called "one of my worst benders ever," Fletcher missed the opening of the 1965 Ice Capades in
and was fired. Two years later he joined Alcoholics Anonymous.
During his recovery, he returned to Pilates, working closely with Clara after Joseph died in 1967. He credited Clara with pointing him to his next career.
With her approval, he opened the Beverly Hills studio but deliberately didn't advertise it, which gave it an aura that appealed to the in crowd. His first client was Judith Krantz, a journalist married to a Hollywood producer who later wrote the bestselling novel "Scruples."
When they met, he announced that he was a gay recovering alcoholic of mixed parentage with a humor that, she wrote later, "won my heart instantly."
"He was ultra-charming," Krantz, who still practices on a custom pink-leather Pilates machine, recalled in an interview last week
As Pilates classes proliferated, especially after a federal district judge canceled a studio owner's trademarking of the Pilates name in 2000, Fletcher complained that standards were falling and wished that the fad he had a hand in shaping would end. One of his pet peeves was people who called it "pul-LAH-tees"; he insisted that it was pronounced "pul-LAH-tis."
He gave up his studio about 20 years ago and moved to Texas but continued to travel the world giving workshops. He taught his last class in May at a 90th birthday celebration in Tucson.
His longtime partner, John Battles, died last year. He is survived by a half sister, Fran Herrera, of Los Angeles.


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Lima Mennonite Church (Lima, Ohio, USA)
First Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), located in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, was organized 1 October 1935 as a mission. It was a member of the Middle District Conference (later Central District Conference). The meetinghouse, erected in 1936, was a brick structure with a seating capacity of 125. The membership in 1955 was 76; the pastor was Sylvan Lehman.
In 1995 First Mennonite Church merged with the Northside Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) to form the Lima Mennonite Church. The new congregation operated at the former Northside location.
|Sylvan Lehman
|Sam Steiner
|Date Published
|February 2008
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Lehman, Sylvan and Sam Steiner. "Lima Mennonite Church (Lima, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 2008. Web. 19 Sep 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lima_Mennonite_Church_(Lima,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=64012.
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Lehman, Sylvan and Sam Steiner. (February 2008). Lima Mennonite Church (Lima, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lima_Mennonite_Church_(Lima,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=64012.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 346. All rights reserved.
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Many species of birds and small mammals rely on the cavities that form naturally in dying and dead trees as places to raise young and shelter from harsh weather. The "nest boxes" and "roost boxes" we humans put up are an attempt to provide birds with the equivalent of cavities in dead trees, but most animals prefer the natural cavities if they can find them. Unfortunately, because humans often cut down dead and dying trees, these animals have a tough time finding natural homes.
If a big old tree falls in an area inhabited area, the result can be damage to life or property. (So it's important to get a consultation from a trusted arborist if you think a tree might present a hazard.) But these events are natural and beneficial in the forest. The roots of a fallen tree, along with soil and other vegetation that was attached to the roots, are known as the "rootwad" or "root plane." This big mass of soil and decaying plant matter is great habitat for many animals and a good location for new plants to germinate and grow. Photo by Tim Skelly.


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What's the difference between a Girl Scout and a man selling vegetables on the side of a road?
It sounds like the beginning of a corny joke, but it was actually one of many questions Lancaster County Council members lobbed at each other as they discussed the exact definition of peddlers and hawkers during their Jan. 28 meeting.
The lines at the unemployment office in Lancaster are about to get a little longer.
Starting Feb. 19, the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) is reducing the number of its statewide offices for employment services from 56 to 40.
One of those offices is in neighboring Chester County.
That means those in Chester who need face-to-face help with unemployment benefits must drive farther and come to the office here, at 705 N. White St.
KERSHAW – The S.C. Highway Patrol has not forgotten the ultimate sacrifice of one of their own.
Monday, Feb. 4, marked 74 years since Patrolman Walter T. Bell was killed in a head-on collision in the town of Kershaw.
The Camden resident had been assigned to license-inspection duty in Lancaster County that day in 1939 – a Saturday – and was on his way home when he was instantly killed in an accident.
He was 36 years old.
Tensions between a Lancaster County School District school bus driver and a student's father led to accusations of intimidation against the father, but no charges.
According to the Feb. 3, incident report, a bus driver dropping children off at a stop near Elm Street and Blue Lane called the Lancaster County School District bus depot to report a man "sitting on the sidewalk with a long gun across his lap."
Today, Feb. 8, has been proclaimed National Girl Scout Cookie Day.
All 112 councils across the country are celebrating the world's largest girl-led business. The venture brings in a yearly revenue of $790 million and sells to 50 million cookie fans.
All the revenue earned from cookie activities – every penny after paying the baker – stays with the local Girl Scout council that sponsors the sale.
Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile has three words of caution this week for people who don't remove sweepstakes gaming machines from their businesses: "Take your chances."
With the state Legislature on its way to closing a perceived loophole regarding the legality of sweepstakes machines, Faile is joining with several law enforcement agencies throughout the state to crack down on those using or possessing the machines.
Only a charred, burned-out shell remained hours after a blaze tore through a shop building along a quiet county street over the weekend.
Firefighters and sheriff's deputies both responded to a 911 call about a structure fire just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in the 3100 block of George Carnes Road, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
A responding deputy noted the shop was fully engulfed in flames when he arrived at the scene.
A man was shot outside a Lancaster nightclub early Sunday morning, Feb. 3, and deputies are still trying to piece the incident together.
Sheriff's deputies found the 23-year-old man at 1:36 a.m. after responding to a reported shooting outside Grown Folks night club, 1418 Kershaw Camden Highway, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office press release.
The victim told deputies he was standing in the club parking lot when he heard gunshots and then realized he had been shot.
Lancaster County School District officials began laying the groundwork for the coming school year last weekend during the annual school board/superintendent's planning session
This year's meeting, attended by board members and school administrators, was held Friday, Feb. 1, and Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Home Place Bed and Breakfast in the Tradesville community.
Among the many topics under consideration during the two-day meeting were school safety, technology and the 2013-14 school year calendar.
Authorities are interviewing witnesses and searching for suspects after a Lancaster man reported he was beaten and robbed in a driveway early Friday, Feb. 1.
Police were called to a home in the 500 block of Miller Street at 12:48 a.m. about an assault, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
There, they spoke with a 47-year-old man who was upset, crying and appeared to have been assaulted, the report said. Officers noticed the victim had several knots on his head and face.
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BELLEVILLE, Ill.-- The Lady Panthers could not keep the Lindenwood-Belleville Lynx from clinching the win in the game's final minute and fell 2-1 on the road.
Lindenwood's Jessika Stiehr scored the game's first goal with just seconds left in the first half. The Lynx were up 1-0 heading into halftime.
In the 67th minute, GC's Maureen Murphy sent a corner kick deep into Lynx territory and Kelsey Panzau put the ball into the back of the net. Panzau's goal brought the game to a 1-1 tie. With just one minute left in regulation, Lindenwood's Gabrielle Jones scored an unassisted goal that gave the Lynx the 2-1 victory.
Goalkeeper, Heidi Koehl, was credited with 8 saves in the match.
The Panthers' record now stands at 2-7. The team's next match will be played on Saturday, October 5 when they travel to SLIAC rival Webster University for an important Conference match.


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Since the early days people have been making their own outdoor gear and selling it to mates. If you have enough mates the word goes around and hey presto you have an outdoor gear company. Things have moved on a bit. These days there are a few big retailers and less independent shops to sell the equipment. If the big retailers there are don't want your gear then you have no hope. Well we think we have got the solution. We design, manufacture and source the best outdoor gear and sell direct to you.
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We ran up on 6-27-09...
Got a late start, but the friendly folks ahead of us on the 4th pitch let us pass on through as they took a break and we got back to Bishop in time for a Whiskey Creek Works Burger.
The snow is still there all the way from Gem Lakes, but it's getting thin and you'll posthole into the talus as it softens up. A few small patches of snow on the route itself, but nothing you can't easily avoid. An ice axe is a good idea for the descent if you're coming down late in the day. Mosquitoes are still minimal, but hatching fast! Bring your bug juice.
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Chao Pan L'10 discusses Penn Law's generous loan forgiveness program
In this video feature, Chao Pan L'10 discusses his position as a Lieutenant for the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the United States Navy, and explains how Penn Law's Toll Loan Repayment Assistance Program (TolLRAP) helps eliminate his student debt while he pursues his public service career.
My name is Chao Pan, I graduated in 2010. I am a Judge Advocate for the United States Navy. I am stationed in Washington, D.C. Navy Yard.
I do a variety of law: I do disability, criminal law, a little bit of administrative law. Recently, I just came off duty as a disability attorney, where I was able to help a lot of, essentially, people I consider to be kids - 18 to 19 years old - who have just come back from war zones, Afghanistan or Iraq, and they have injures. Some are obvious, some are less obvious. And I am able to advocate for them… to get them higher disability percentages so they can continue to get medial care through the military system, and to ensure they will be set after serving their country.
In my third year [at Penn Law] I interned at Community Legal Services in downtown Philadelphia. I found it really helpful… for my career I also learned how to deal with clients and how to kind of manage expectations. That's something that is not traditionally taught in law school, where you kind of understand the law and you know case law and you know how to brief cases, but you might not know how to interact with people and effectively get their story out and to be able to advocate for them effectively.
The academic portion aside, Penn has been really helpful in the financial aspect, as well. Because I have taken great advantage, I think, of the TolLRAP [Toll Repayment Assistance Program]. It will pay your loans up to 10 years, I believe, and at the end of 10 years your loans will be all paid off, assuming you stay in public interest. In my line of work, we don't get paid too much money but at the same time I had significant loans that would have made a public interest career significantly more difficult, if not impossible, had TolLRAP had not taken a big chunk out of what my loan repayment otherwise would have been.
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Day 30 (April 30) – Recap
- You made it! 30 posts in 30 days! Today, write a recap of your experience. What was your favorite prompt? Least favorite? What have you learned? OR
- Describe your HAWMC experience in one word!
I have found this year's blog challenge harder than last year because I put the added constraint on myself of doing it in a healthy manner! For example, I'm publishing this post on the evening of April 30 rather than staying up too late last night. But you should have seen what it took for me to accept that I was too tired to finish this on April 29…
For the most part I think I met my goal of a healthy approach to the 2013 blog challenge. Maybe next year it will come more naturally. The biggest surprise for me was getting such positive feedback on my post on adversity! I loved writing the acrostic post because even after I found out what an acrostic is, I didn't think I could do it. And I'm feeling such gratitude for the people who made the post about kindness possible that I really can't remember what my least favorite prompt was.
Here are all thirty reality nibs for HAWMC 2013! If you let your cursor sit on a particular image it will show you the day of the blog challenge; click to display the post.


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In this article, I will teach you how to build a simple application that creates a tray icon and shows a simple menu. Also in this article, you'll learn how to hide the main form of your application. If you are Persian, you can find codes that convert the date of a system to Hejri Shamsi and show the date in a tray icon.In new version add many new feature including showing the calendar,scheduling tasks and also printing tasks.Please download the new version.
To create a program that shows a tray icon, you should add a notify icon control to your form from the toolbox. Notify icons have some properties:
Some important properties are:
I set all of these properties in a constructor of form:
public Form1()
/* some code there
string s = strDay + " " + Convert.ToString(dd) + " " +
strMonth + " " + Convert.ToString(yy);
s += "\n" + d1.ToLongDateString();
notifyIcon1.Text = s;
m_menu = new ContextMenu();
new MenuItem("Exit", new System.EventHandler(Exit_Click)));
notifyIcon1.ContextMenu = m_menu;
notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
In this project, I want a to hide my main form. For this, I did the following:
private void Form1_VisibleChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
this.Visible = false;
So, this program just shows a tray icon and the main form is not displayed. Therefore, for exiting from the program, I create a menu for the tray icon with an exit item. When the user clicks on the exit item, the program ends.
protected void Exit_Click(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
My program changes the tray icon related the date in Hejri Shamsi. For doing this, I created 31 icons and added them to the resource of my project. I created an array of form icons.
Icon[] Icon_ar = new Icon[32];
Icon_ar[1] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon1;
Icon_ar[2] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon2;
Icon_ar[3] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon3;
Icon_ar[4] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon4;
Icon_ar[5] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon5;
Icon_ar[6] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon6;
Icon_ar[7] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon7;
Icon_ar[8] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon8;
Icon_ar[9] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon9;
Icon_ar[10] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon10;
Icon_ar[11] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon11;
Icon_ar[12] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon12;
Icon_ar[13] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon13;
Icon_ar[14] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon14;
Icon_ar[15] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon15;
Icon_ar[16] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon16;
Icon_ar[17] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon17;
Icon_ar[18] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon18;
Icon_ar[19] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon19;
Icon_ar[20] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon20;
Icon_ar[21] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon21;
Icon_ar[22] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon22;
Icon_ar[23] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon23;
Icon_ar[24] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon24;
Icon_ar[25] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon25;
Icon_ar[26] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon26;
Icon_ar[27] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon27;
Icon_ar[28] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon28;
Icon_ar[29] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon29;
Icon_ar[30] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon30;
Icon_ar[31] = global::mytray.Properties.Resources.icon31;
In the above code, I retrieve Icons from the resource of the assembly. Retrieving has the advantage that, at run time, your EXE files have icons inside and don't need external files.
notifyIcon1.Icon = Icon_ar[dd];
In this simple project, you can find the solution for the problems of creating tray icons, creating menus and retrieving icons from resources.
I hope this is useful.
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
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Choosing the right tool is the job half done. And it can make whatever you're trying to do a lot more fun.
For thousands of side-by-side owners, the right tool for the job is a Honda Pioneer 500. It's big enough to seat two easily, but at just 50 inches wide, it can fit where bigger side-by-sides can't, letting you explore trails with width restrictions. That means it also fits into a full-sized pickup's bed easily. But the Pioneer 500 still offers plenty of power, and is loaded with features, including for 2017, a new automatic transmission with AT/MT modes. And then there are the best features of all: Honda quality and dependability.
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UC Davis communication specialist Kathy Keatley Garvey recently won first prize in the Association for Communication Excellence photo competition for a rare photograph of a bee stinging a man and leaving its innards behind. The Sacramento Bee writes,
Garvey recognized an opportune time to capture this photo when she was walking with a friend. A bee came close to him and started buzzing at a high pitch. She said that's normally a telltale sign that a bee is about to sting, so she readied her camera and snapped four photos.
The images showed the progression of the sting, but the most interesting part was that the bee's abdominal tissue lingered behind, she said.
Garvey has captured over 1 million photos of bees throughout her life, but says that — as far as she knows — this is the first photo of its kind.
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Jeremy Johnson talks about the challenges of rejoining & serving in the military as a service member who was previously discharged under Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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Research on openly gay service is extensive, and includes over half a century of evidence gathered by independent researchers and the U.S. military itself, as well as the study of the experience of foreign militaries. The U.S. military's own researchers have consistently found that openly gay service does not undermine cohesion, and the military has repeatedly sought to condemn or suppress these conclusions when they emerged. Yet no research has ever shown that open homosexuality impairs military readiness.


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il padrone wrote:Ahah. OK, check your local definitions. We have something like these in Victoria and they may be with a bike lane or independent. Called a bicycle storage area (also known as advance stop line sometimes) they have a a different definition and a sign is not required:bicycle storage area means an area of a road before an intersection with traffic lights—
(a) that has painted on it one or more bicycle symbols;
(b) that is between two parallel stop lines, regardless of whether the lines are of equal length—
but does not include any stop line
So the green bit in the video is a bca??.
If thats the case the ute is also breaking the road rules .


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1. Re: Problem with DZ68DB mainboard/softwareJose_Intel Aug 19, 2011 10:16 AM (in response to Password)
The problems that you are having could be related to a number of causes.
To begin troubleshooting the system restart issue, please ensure that the memory you are using is fully supported. I can check that for you if you provide me with the system memory specifications (brand, model, speed, size, voltage and timings).
Also, please provide me with the model of the PCI Express* Graphics Card that you have installed.
2. Re: Problem with DZ68DB mainboard/softwarePassword Aug 19, 2011 10:38 AM (in response to Jose_Intel)
When I bought the RAM, I searched supported ones. I hope, I didn't made an mistake here.
I've got 2x4GB (Kit) DDR3-1333 from Transcend CL9.
Graphics card? None, since the MB has an integrated GPU. I'm not gaming just HD viewer and encoder. Several ratings said, the internal graphics are sufficient for HD.
3. Re: Problem with DZ68DB mainboard/softwarepwertz Aug 19, 2011 11:17 AM (in response to Password)
Thorsten - There have been numerous discussions in this forum re the IDU temp problem. Here is a link http://communities.intel.com/message/133666#133666. Regards. Peter
4. Re: Problem with DZ68DB mainboard/softwarersnelson Aug 19, 2011 11:33 AM (in response to Password)1 of 1 people found this helpful
You shouldn't be trying to enable Virtu if you don't have a descrete graphics card installed. It is intended to bridge the integrated graphics controller with the descrete graphics controller.
I doubt that is the cause of your freeze-up issue though. You should check your CPU temps to make sure that these are not being exceeded. I would suggest you also try to run some memory tests to verify the memory is working correctly.
5. Re: Problem with DZ68DB mainboard/softwarePassword Aug 21, 2011 10:26 AM (in response to rsnelson)
oh, virtu is only applicable when using a seperate graphics card? Thanks for the input, that solves one of the problems. I read in the usenet, that cou can configure energy savings on virtu, so I thought it's for all systems.
what's with UEFI, though? I did install it, but don't see anything configurable. In several HW tests, I saw screenshots of an UEFI config menu looking similar to the bios.
Where (which program) do you normally switch on SSD caching? I won't use the caching feature, since I installed windows directly on a SSD, but the windows start is extremly slow for an SSD (almost as slow as from HDD) since the windows updates were installed (before that, is was as fast as expedted).
Thanks and regards,
6. Re: Problem with DZ68DB mainboard/softwarefunctionalitytest Aug 22, 2011 12:45 AM (in response to Password)
must installed descrete graphics card in order to install virtu.
in bios must set always enable the IGD.


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Highest-Earning CEOs of Online Gambling
Internet gaming is a multibillion dollar industry and the executives at the top of the pile get a nice chunk of that rake. Here are some of iGaming's top executives and the compensation packages that keep them motivated.
Jim Ryan – Co-CEO PartyGaming Plc.
Jim Ryan's been the head honcho at PartyGaming since 2008 and gets around €1,108,214 ($1,452,890 USD). Like most big-time executives, his compensation isn't just based on an annual salary, which accounts for €573,000 of that number. The rest of his annual earnings come in the form of a €519,281 bonus.Ryan is also fortunate enough to be sitting on around €738,000 in company stock options.
So far he's only cashed in on €325,000 of those options. In all likelihood, he's betting on PartyGaming's continued success before putting the rest of his shares on the market. If the company's forays into the US market are successful, the value of those options should increase substantially.
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Page 5 - The chart has been revised to reflect a sunburst in knit stitches on a background of purl stitches. Furthermore, a new twisted stitch symbol defined as "purl through back loop on RS, knit through back loop on WS" has been added. This replaces the twisted stitch symbol that was on the left side of the chart and the right side of each sunburst flare.
Page 5 - The chart has had a minor revision. Ssk has been added so that row 43 now reads: P15, yo, k1, ssk, yob, k1, ssk, p24.
Page 4 - Under Sides, left column, 2 rows have been rewritten so that the rib pattern is maintained.
Row 1 (RS): K2, [p2, k2] 4 times, sl next 8 sts to cn and hold to front of work, [p2, k2] twice, then [p2, k2] twice from cn.
Row 11: K2, sl next 8 sts to cn and hold to back of work, [p2, k2] twice, then [p2, k2] from cn, [p2, k2] 4 times.