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If a few glasses of mezcal don't scrub empathy from your emotional repertoire, please take pity on the diners seated in the back room of Mezcaleria Oaxaca, the vibrant uphill offshoot of Ballard's tremendously popular La Carta de Oaxaca. Removed from the open-kitchen hubbub that consumes the trunk of this T-shaped restaurant, the aft annex houses a counter set with a trio of self-service salsas, a clear barrel of horchata—positioned so closely to the salsas that you'll wonder if you're meant to help yourself—and a water station. Smack in the center of the room is a table big enough to accommodate most wedding rehearsal parties. Tables for two are pressed against the cramped room's perimeter, an afterthought arrangement that forces servers to take orders from five paces and deliver plates over other guests' heads. Enhancing the studio-apartment feel is a silver goat roaster wedged in the back corner, monopolizing precious elbow room.
MEZCALERIA OAXACA 2123 Queen Anne Ave. N., 216-4446, mezcaleriaoaxaca.com. 5-11 p.m. Mon.-Tues.; noon-3 p.m. & 5-11 p.m. Wed.-Thurs; noon-3 p.m. & 5 p.m.-midnight Fri.-Sat.
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The meat that emerges from that roaster, however, has riveted residents of Queen Anne, a neighborhood rarely associated with culinary bravery. Since its opening last fall, Mezcaleria Oaxaca has drawn a steady crowd of eaters equally intent on demonstrating their gustatory bona fides and not straying too far from home. (On my first visit, I spied a Canlis.) They've lapped up the goat with a fervor born of countless meals of mushroom tarts and caramelized carrots, often neglecting to leave any for fellow diners who have the temerity to show up after 7 p.m.
Like them, I wanted to love the barbacoa de cabrito, but I wasn't wowed by my serving of shredded goat. The sweated puddle of grease and chili marinade that encircled the plate was rich with the jagged flavors of fat and heat, but the meat itself was dry and overwhelmed by a slightly stale smokiness, the sort which sticks to clothes after a campfire. The plate's a pie chart of Oaxacan staples, with equal portions of goat, black beans puréed to a pudding consistency, and masa scribbled with red chile sauce. At its edges, there's a lime wedge and a clump of diced white onions to help the goat along.
But Mezcaleria Oaxaca's success isn't contingent upon goat. The restaurant excels at basic dishes which elude lesser kitchens, and the stylish bar's so spunky that it probably wouldn't matter if it didn't. My favorite experience at Mezcaleria Oaxaca didn't involve ambitious meats or the aggravatingly crowded rear dining room: Late on a Saturday night, I had an off-menu quesadilla and a Pacifico at the busy kitchen counter, and couldn't imagine a better venue in which to end the evening. A mezcalería is a showcase for the finest smoky distillates of the maguey plant, of course, but if the Perez family's rendition of the genre is any indication, young Oaxacans must use these joints the way Midwesterners use Denny's. Mezcaleria Oaxaca is a locus of evenhanded hospitality and salty comfort food.
With its sleek bar and honeyed lighting, Mezcaleria Oaxaca's front room looks extraordinarily polished, even though it's furnished with more tchotchkes than auctioneers uncover in abandoned storage lockers. There's a stuffed turkey and leather suitcases in nooks above the bar, and the yellow-slatted walls are covered with shadow boxes, mirrors, and black-and-white photographs of agave, shot from various angles. The riot of dissonant, colorful objects spawns the sensation of being cocooned in a lotería card box.
The cocktail list is short, probably because it takes a strong liqueur or a bushel of supporting ingredients to cut through mezcal's persistent smoke. Mezcaleria Oaxaca makes a lime margarita with mezcal, which serves mostly to persuade drinkers that it's a better idea to take the stuff straight. Every mezcal approved for sale in Washington state is on Mezcaleria Oaxaca's list, and $15 buys a flight of three, giving first-timers the chance to decide whether they belong to the white, dorado (golden), or reposado (aged) camp.
The mezcals are served in traditional footed clay cups, a tangible reminder that the centuries-old drink—which owes its existence to the Moors or a bolt of lightning, depending on which creation story you prefer—is meant to be sipped, not shot. The older, more complex, low-valley mezcals are a bear to match with food; like single-malt scotches, they're best enjoyed with cheese, perhaps in quesadilla form.
Also like single-malts, mezcals vary tremendously according to where they're produced. But there's very little information on the menu to guide a drinker who's craving a mezcal with notes of vanilla and fig. A spirits list doesn't have to be detailed if there's a staffer on hand to explain the differences among various drinks, but that was never the case when I visited Mezcaleria Oaxaca. The servers are perpetually swamped, in proper greasy-spoon fashion, and the lone bartender is usually preoccupied with muddling.
His muddling duties are multiplied by a list of fresh non-alcoholic options, including a limeade and a lemonade that strikes exactly the right balance of tart and sweet. Now that fried chicken is gracing food-magazine covers, it would be terrific if folks started thinking about well-made lemonade: Mezcaleria Oaxaca's version is a model worth copying.
While the lemonade wasn't too sugary, nearly every dish I tried was sweet, possibly a calculated response to the smokiness of the restaurant's signature spirit. A grilled steak was nearly obscured by a heap of stewed tomatoes and onions rife with natural sugars. Shrimp cocktail usually bends toward the far end of the sweet meter in Mexican traditions—a popular online recipe suggests goosing the appetizer with orange soda—but the tomato sauce sharing a stout glass with half a dozen quarter-sized shrimp had an intense candied flavor. A roasting spit harpooned with flaps of glistening pork, framed between a bisected pineapple, looked appealing, but the tacos made from its aggressively marinated meat and fruit tasted like a confection Betty Crocker might have designed for a Mexican dinner party.
Yet for every dish that doesn't hit the mark, there's one that works wonderfully. (Your odds of encountering the latter are pretty good, as this is not a restaurant where a $10 chicken enchilada suffices as a meal.) The pork ribs slathered in a fine-tuned mole negro, earthy and aromatic, are fantastically tender. A seafood stew, brimming with shrimp, bony fish, and a slender crab leg, prickles with chili and brine. The soup can be attacked with a spoon or sopped up with a warm white-corn tortilla, the single best thing at Mezcaleria Oaxaca.
Most meals start with tortilla chips and a swirl of knobby guacamole, but it's almost a shame to fry these specimens. Mezcaleria Oaxaca's tortillas are hand-patted by a crew of masa mavens in potters' smocks, women who've mastered the art of imbuing ground parched corn with plushness and froth. The tortillas have a subtle springtime sweetness and a gratifying chew. The math which led to so many seats in the back dining room may have been faulty, but customers free to do their own figuring will find the counter, corn tortillas, and a cup of mezcal add up to an experience worth having.
Price Guide
Shrimp cocktail $8
Seafood stew $10
Mole negro $10
Steak $11
Goat $13


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From Healthy Families to Medi-Cal: Kids' Health Care Access in Jeopardy
By Stephanie Snyder, California Watch
Low-income children in rural California are in danger of losing their doctors and health care plans under Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal, state lawmakers, doctors and health advocates say.
The governor is proposing to transfer nearly 900,000 children enrolled in Healthy Families, the state's Children's Health Insurance Program, to Medi-Cal – a program aimed at serving the state's poorest families, seniors and disabled residents.
One major concern is that many doctors who accept children in the Healthy Families program do not accept Medi-Cal, because of Medi-Cal's lower reimbursement rates.
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While combining the two programs might be a painless transition for children in urban areas with doctors who typically provide care to both Healthy Families and Medi-Cal patients, the transfer could make it tough for families in rural areas to find doctors who accept Medi-Cal.
"In the more rural areas or outlying areas, there would be quite a loss or quite a strain," said Stuart Cohen, a San Diego pediatrician and California chairman-elect for the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Access to care would be a huge issue."
And there would not be much incentive for rural doctors at full capacity to continue caring for their Healthy Families children if they do not already serve Medi-Cal patients, Cohen said.
The governor's proposal requires doctors to accept Medi-Cal's monthly reimbursement – an average cut of nearly 20 percent over Healthy Families rates. Doctors currently receive a monthly average of $103 per patient in Healthy Families, but Medi-Cal pays $84 on average per patient.
A survey referenced by the Legislative Analyst's Office asked pediatricians who now provide care to Healthy Families patients, but not Medi-Cal patients, if they would be willing to make the switch. The February report said 29 percent would not accept Medi-Cal and 46 percent were not sure.
Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, an advocacy group, said there likely would be a disruption of care for Healthy Families patients in rural areas when their doctors face the decision of whether they can accept a smaller payment.
"People have doctors, they have networks of physicians, children are getting care as we speak," Wright said. "Will they have access to the same physicians if they're in the middle of treatment?"
Assemblyman Bill Monning, D-Monterey, said the health department addressed questions about access to care during last week's budget subcommittee meetings.
"We already face shortages in rural areas of providers – not only in primary care, but specialty services and providers," says Monning, who serves on the health subcommittee. "We have to be very cautious that we don't maneuver ourselves out of access for families. … You can't move children who are currently in Healthy Families to an environment where there aren't providers that accept Medi-Cal."
"There's no program that isn't facing cuts or reductions and yet when you look in the area of health and human services we have to be mindful of the imminent consequences," Monning continued. "We understand the need to achieve savings, but at what cost?"
Legislators hope to find some middle ground on the issue of children's health care and last week, the Senate budget subcommittee on health voted to support an alternative plan. The Assembly budget subcommittee is expected to follow suit, Monning said.
Opponents to the governor's proposal say the state should make the transition more slowly, instead of all it once. They suggest first transferring to Medi-Cal only the 186,000 Healthy Families patients from families earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level.
The proposal to move all 878,000 patients enrolled in Healthy Families to Medi-Cal creates several administrative concerns by transitioning too many kids too quickly, said Cohen, the San Diego pediatrician.
"We don't think that the state has the capacity to smoothly transfer all of the patients at once," Cohen said. "The only one that's not in agreement is the governor's office."
But there would be some benefits to combining the programs, he said.
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Medi-Cal patients are treated with a "richer benefits plan," Cohen said. Unlike the Healthy Families program, children would have greater access to free vaccinations and speech and developmental treatment, Cohen said.
Access to care is a concern with such a large potential transition of patients, said Wright, of Health Access. But transitioning a smaller number of children to Medi-Cal would help "work out some kinks."

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Friday, December 31, 2010
Fruit & Veggies
The image below is for DH. He complains that he should eat better food. So, for start, I gave him bunch of veggie slices. No dip, he eats them plain. New Year, making ourselves better...well, kinda...he he he
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Feeling Festive
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pier 1 Imports. All opinions are 100% mine.
Like I mentioned before, I don't feel very festive this holiday. It was probably the fact that, families have other things in mind, and we are the youngest sibling, and have the youngest grandchildren. However, when we were starting, we are always there for them to watch open their presents. Now, they hardly come even just to chat and catch up.
I love it when my whole house is decorated for the season. I like matching table cloth, napkins, table liner and curtains. This is the time of the year that I do my spring cleaning too. I find all the things I needed at Pier 1. My husband enjoys browsing through all the exotic things we can add to our old decorations. We both love their papasan the most. Furthermore, make sure you go back after the season, because seasonal are on sale.
I urge you to stop by at one of their locations before the month ends. You can help support Toys for Tots by dropping unwrapped toys and/or making a cash donation at the register. Spread the love with holiday gifts from Pier 1 Imports by liking on Facebook. For every fan they get, they will donate $1 to Toys for Tots.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Holidays Are Over
I made pot roast for Christmas dinner. Actually, that's all I have because my SIL told us that she will not be staying long. However, it changes because she had cold and their plan did go through. They are supposed to visit an ill step mother in law. This is the 3rd time we got a late noticed for Christmas dinner. And yes, she was late again.
DH was sure that his parents was not staying long because his sister is not staying. Well, they all stayed. Not enough food to choose from, and I told my SIL, that I only made one dish because she said that she will not be eating here. I just don't like it when there is no other food choice.
If it's my extended family, they will be more than happy to stay longer. Or until the food meant for the occasion are all gone. I know, I'm just saying. They don't waste food, not like here...lol.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
All Natural?
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Toms of Maine. All opinions are 100% mine.
I don't have any experience using Tom's Of Maine products as of yet. However, I have plenty of thoughts on the product. I will try to elaborate the way that do not discriminate a product that I have not used.
First of all, when I want to use a product it should be all natural. Are soothing and moisturizer ingredients are really needed to have all natural toothpaste? I do not believe so. I like my toothpaste with only three or four ingredients, for example, baking soda, food grade peroxide, peppermint oil and distilled water. If I have to refrigerate it to last longer, that is just fine. My family enjoys eating sweet delights, and I make sure they have the best and healthy toothpaste to clean their teeth with. I also make sure that I can personally read the ingredients on any products I buy. Any ingredients that I cannot read will be at the bottom of my list. Furthermore, there are natural ingredients that are bad for human consumption too. So, make sure you know what is good and bad for you.
I do believe life is full of Wicked Fresh Moments. Once you find out the truth, you can never go back and doing things the old ways. I have plenty of those moments. I hated some of it and embraced many, even the hated ones. You can share some of your own by following That's Wicked Fresh contest page. Yes, you will have a chance to win great prices. You can also join them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter@TomsofMaine.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Gave In
So, today, I brought my deep fryer outside the house and fried my four little fish in the cold. I can't bear to smell my house all day with fish scent. Not to mention my family can eat a well dressed fish but not the way I like them...ha ha ha.
I ate some fried fish and my house does not smell like it. My neighbor who is very sensitive about things, like your foot on their property, might have said something if they were home. A comment like, "I don't want that stench going into my breathing air." I feel like putting a high wall between our property. They will never see the sunset after that.
All in all, I am pretty happy with my dinner tonight. It's not dried fish, but it will do for now.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Craving for Something
I could have fresh fish easily, but somehow I want something different. Not to mention I haven't had any of my usual Filipino food lately. Vegetables do not cut it anymore. I might look like a vegetable one of these days...:))
Have a great day everyone!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Too Much Take Out
I bought so much, that I think the total was the same for us for the last 7 years. That is too much in my opinion. For the past seven years, we use all the take out in one year, which is this year 2010. It is too much easier when my college child was still in high school. Every time I don't know what to cook, I'll just asked him and that is what we eat.
Now, I will ask anyone of them, and it takes them forever to get back to me. By the time they figure out what they all wanted, I am tired or just not enough time to thaw anything from the freezer. Or if I decide by myself what to cook, the food will sit inside the fridge forever. Then DH will say, (when he sees me throwing it away) "I didn't know we had that." Ah, yes, I told you. "Well, I probably wasn't paying attention to what you are saying." Great, now it's my fault.
Yup, fast food corporation made a lot from us this year. :(
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Too Many Excuses
I can't win...gezz! Anyway, I will coming back more often now. I free myself from another none sense activity that I used to do. Yay! More posting for me...lol.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Holiday Came and Gone
I only cooked cheese cake, pumpkin pie and chocolate cake this time. We left our untidy house and came back after eating dinner at her house. She set up the dinner at 2pm, but we did not show up until 3pm, because I told DH that she was always late showing up in my house for the whole 7 years the gathering was done in my house.
She called around 1:45pm to make sure we are on our way, but we're not even ready to go yet. I forgot to tell her not to wait for us. Oh, well...I don't feel bad. lol, no remorse at all. High almighty forgive me. We never gave her time when the dinner was in my house, but she always gave us the time. So, I worked around that. However, when everything was done a set, she was no where in my house. That is why, I don't feel bad when I made my husband late this time.
She don't have young children to dress before leaving her house. I have four to keep on reminding to not get dirty or find something to wear for. We were always on time, before their (DH family) tardiness caught up to me. I am sick of it, and I don't care anymore.
So, how was your Thanksgiving?


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Congratulations. You received your first job or internship offer. The only problem is you think the offer is too low. Now you must enter into the anxiety-ridden task of asking for more money, benefits, etc. Before entering into negotiation make sure to research the salaries offered in your field. There are many resources below to help you out with this process and help you identify credible salary information.
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Don't be reluctant about bargaining, but do it the professional way. Be sure to be professional and courteous in your negotiations. Being confident in your approach is fine but being arrogant and demanding is not ok. Showing too much ego can cause an employer to pull a job offer because she/he does not want that type of person on their team. If the salary seems low, offer valid examples from your work history and education that highlight why you should be paid more. Also make sure you discuss salary surveys that support your request. If there's no room to negotiate the base pay, ask if the employer can be more open to additional vacation time, flexible work arrangements and other benefits.
If the pay is less than thought it would be, but the employer offers a generous package of additional benefits (flex time, vacation, dental care, etc.), perhaps you should accept. However, this is a great time to speak to the employer about asking for a raise at an early performance review, or by indicating that you'd like to revisit your salary in six months or a year. If the offer just isn't enough and there is no way to make it work, by all means, turn it down. But do so in a gracious way that doesn't burn bridges.
If you are asked, "how much do you want?", hopefully you have done your homework.
* Find the going rate for their chosen profession on the BLS/Occupational Outlook Handbook-(OOH) or America's Career InfoNet website.
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* If you have experience, you have more bargaining power.
* Give the employer a "range" to work with. i.e. Mid 40's to low 50's.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities seized the assets of Mustafa Sarigul, the main opposition party CHP's candidate for Istanbul mayor, an official said on Friday, ahead of a crucial local election due to take place in March.
Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) seized Sarigul's assets after he and his business partners failed to repay a loan dating back to 1998, the TMSF official said.
The move coincides with heightened political tensions amid a far-reaching corruption scandal that has led to the detention of prominent businessmen as well as sons of former cabinet ministers close to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
Sarigul will run against Istanbul's incumbent mayor, Kadir Topbas of Erdogan's center-right AK Party. Polls suggest Topbas, who has run Turkey's largest city and business capital for about a decade, will beat Sarigul, though the race may prove tight.
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Review: Christmas Concert
A review of the Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Department Christmas Concert…
At the end of a mammoth term, both in length and in musical content we were treated to one 'last hurrah' and true to form this event didn't disappoint.
Under the eagle eye (and direction) of Departmental Head, Alex Arkwright, this was a concert of immense polish and variety featuring the major ensembles from this area alongside some notable solo contributions. An impromptu tribute to the late Nelson Mandela kicked things off (a nice touch without being sentimental) and thereafter flavour flowed.
The Big Band, fresh from their Romeo and Juliet bonanza, set the mood with Bella Imi (EL Hu) as a fine featured vocalist, and after a truly remarkable virtuoso flute duo from Emily Venn (MM U6) and Sarah Mattinson (MM Re), Archie Lynas (LI U6) delighted the enthusiastic audience with a tuba concerto by Eddie Gregson (Miss T providing the usual classy accompaniment). A well-crafted and characterful performance from the Saxophone Ensemble followed (under expert guidance from Hayley Lambert) leading to a fizzing razzle-dazzle display from the Percussion Ensemble led by the flamboyant Sacha Johnson.
A final farewell to our marvellous bagpipes guru Bernie Aitken (who will be sorely missed) saw her team deliver a stirring performance of several numbers and the grand finale to conclude a memorable evening came from Brasser.
Brasser is part of the musical fabric of Marlborough College: inclusive, brimming with passion and preserving a long standing tradition of high quality music making – and on this hearing, preserve that they did.
Hurrah indeed. Bravo all.
Philip Dukes
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Chipotle Mole Cream - Chocolato Cabernet Tagliarini
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
Slice tomatoes crosswise in half. Scrape out seeds and roast for approximately 10 minutes. Let cool, then peel, discard skins.
Roast peanuts for 8 minutes. Let cool then coarsely chop.
In large sauce pan, heat olive oil add spices, peppers and tomatoes. Bring to a simmer, add chocolate, sherry and chicken stock.
Cool mixture, remove cinnamon and puree. Add cream during puree.
Heat puree and toss with cooked pasta (following cooking directions on package).
Season with salt and pepper.
Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with favorite meats.
*Serve with grilled pork, chicken, turkey or fish.


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Rochester Hills, MI (PRWEB) February 19, 2013
Filsorb XP20, the revolutionary oil reagent that extends the life of cooking oil, will make its debut to global markets at the 7th International Symposium on Deep Frying on February 20-22, 2013 in San Francisco, CA.
The high cost of cooking oil is a concern to food preparers around the world. In North America, Filsorb has been proven to extend the life of cooking oil, and require 20% less powder than the nearest competitive product.
Introduced at SNAXPO 2012, the oil-purifying reagent is an effective, and cost saving way to combat the high price of cooking oil.
"We're excited with the success of Filsorb," said National Sales Manager, Kevin Hunter. "Our clients are realizing savings immediately. It took two years to perfect the formula in the lab, but the results are immediate."
Developed by Crystal Filtration, in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Filsorb XP20 helps frying oil stay cleaner longer while lowering free fatty acids (FFAs) up to 70 percent.
Filsorb XP20 also generates up to 50% less soap, resulting in much less foam. The formula is ideal for continuous treatment systems and batch treatments, especially at elevated temperatures over 300º.
Now in production in the United States, Filsorb is available to snack food manufacturers globally.
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Filsorb XP 20, is owned by Crystal Filtration of Rochester Hills, Michigan. The company specializes in the design, development, manufacture and application of proprietary and patented filter media. In addition to its US facilities, Crystal Filtration has own warehousing centers in Mexico and Germany.
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Heard all the fuss about the "Mad Max: Fury Road" trailer released at Comic-Con, but couldn't make it to San Diego? Don't worry: the first teaser has now hit the web.
Warners Bros. released the trailer at their Comic-Con presentation on Saturday (full panel coverage here) and the next installment in the "Mad Max" series was one of the hot topics at the convention.
"Fury Road" stars Tom Hardy, who's taking over for Mel Gibson as the new star of the franchise. George Miller is directing the upcoming action film.
Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley also star. It's set to release May 15, 2015.


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babysitter, native British speaking (Athens)
Hi All. We live in the Southern Suburbs of Athens and we are looking for a native British speaking nanny for a baby girl 1,5 years old. The nunny will be needed ASAP, Monday to Friday, 8 hours a day, overtime will be extra if and when required. Previous experience with kids is essential. Experience with one's own kids is always great. She should be a non smoker. Preferably able to drive. Her duties would be anything related to the baby (feeding, bathing, interaction, baby clothes, baby food) and basic housework. Salary negotiatable. Please contact me if inerested or if you know somebody who could assist.


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By Franklin Alli, with Agency Report
GLOBAL rating agency, Fitch, Wednesday, revised Bank of Industry's (BOI) Outlook to Negative from Stable, due to the health of the country's economy. Fitch, however, reaffirmed the bank's National long-term rating at AA+, as well as its Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+'.
Reacting, Mr. Waheed Olagunju, Acting Managing Director of BoI, said the reaffirmation of the bank's National Long Term rating by Fitch at 'AA+(nga)' is the most important thing for the development bank.
He stated: "It reaffirms that our bank is well managed and our books are good. However, because we are owned by government and Nigeria's outlook was reviewed from stable to negative, therefore, it also affected the bank's rating because we are government owned."
Revision of Nigeria's Outlook
"Because Nigeria's outlook has been revised it follows that BoI, too was downgraded. There is nothing we can do about that because we are government owned, but on standalone, they reaffirmed our bank AA+. We also know that the downgrade of the country's outlook was because of the recession."
Fitch in its latest rating, said: "The revision of the development bank's outlook to negative is premised on "The recent revision of Nigeria's Outlook to Negative. BOI is a state-owned development bank and its IDRs are driven by its Support Rating Floor (SRF) of 'B+', which reflects a limited probability of sovereign support.
"The SRF factors in BOI's 99.9 per cent state ownership, policy role and strategic importance to Nigeria's economic and industrial development. It also reflects the authorities' stronger ability to support BOI than for commercial banks, as BOI's operations are almost entirely in local currency.
"BOI's funding is long-term and almost exclusively sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). BOI's Negative Outlook mirrors that on the sovereign rating. BOI's National Ratings reflect the bank's creditworthiness relative to the best credits in Nigeria. Fitch does not assign a Viability Rating to BOI as its business model is entirely dependent on the support of the state. "BOI's IDRs, SR and SRF are sensitive to a weakening in the ability of Nigeria to support the bank, which would be indicated by a downgrade of Nigeria's sovereign rating.
"The ratings could also be downgraded if Fitch's view of the state's willingness to support the bank changes adversely, for example in the event of a material change in the government ownership or a change in the bank's policy role.
"BOI's National Ratings are sensitive to a change in Fitch's opinion of BOI's creditworthiness relative to the best credits in Nigeria. The rating actions are as follows: Bank of Industry Long-Term IDR affirmed at 'B+', Outlook revised to Negative from Stable Short-Term IDR affirmed at 'B' National Long-Term Rating affirmed at 'AA+(nga)' National Short-Term Rating affirmed at 'F1+(nga)' Support Rating affirmed at '4' Support Rating Floor affirmed at 'B+," said the statement.


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Orion Advisor Services, LLC ("Orion"), a premier portfolio accounting service provider for financial advisors, has announced it has been added as a participating provider in Schwab OpenView Gateway, the flexible, open-architecture platform that enables integration between Charles Schwab custody systems and participating technology providers. Advisors who custody with Schwab will now have access to easier integration of custody data with their CRM and other technologies using Orion's portfolio management and accounting services through Orion Connect™.
Schwab OpenView Gateway offers a client-centric approach to integration, with a flexible, open architecture framework that makes it ideal for advisors to use when choosing technology solution providers. This is in line with Orion's own advisor-facing world-view, which is as CEO Eric Clarke often says: "If you've met one advisor, you've met one advisor." As such, Orion has created the most 'integration-friendly' technology platform available in the independent advisory space.
"The OpenView Gateway platform's initiative is designed to help make it easier for advisors to choose integrated technology solutions, which aligns exactly with our philosophy that each advisor is unique and, in turn, needs a personalized solution," said Clarke. "This integration is an acknowledgement of Orion's leadership in providing a dynamic solution that combines smart data with user-friendly reporting to support a framework that supports the industry's leading players."
The Orion integration in OpenView Gateway allows advisors to view their clients' Schwab account balances, documents, asset positions, account owner profiles, and transactions all in real-time within the Orion Connect™ platform. Advisors will now also receive alerts from Schwab through the Orion integration and be able to request money movement through the Orion platform.
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The Minister for Industry and Science provided this Statement of Expectations to CSIRO on 18 November 2016.
A PDF of the original letter containing the Statement of Expectations is available to all staff.
Statement of Expectations
Dear Mr Thodey
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is a world class organisation with a history of national achievement in science, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
CSIRO's researchers and scientists have collaborated with Australian universities and industry to develop the world's first Hendra vaccine, to feed millions through agricultural breakthroughs and to implement its discovery enabling fast and reliable Wi-Fi.
This is about working with existing industries and supporting new firms to become innovative.
The Government strongly believes in the fundamental role of CSIRO in facilitating the application and use of science and research to benefit Australia, including to address major national challenges. The Government will oversee an increase in CSIRO funding and staff over the next four years. Through this Statement of Expectations we express our commitment to the long-term future of CSIRO as a global scientific research leader and to enhance its research and standing even further.
One of CSIRO's greatest strengths is, and should continue to be, to operate at scale to tackle problems of national significance.
I am writing to outline my expectations of CSIRO to assist with the Government's commitment to the effective governance and performance of its agencies, guided by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act).
The Government and CSIRO share a vision of CSIRO building on its current standing and capabilities to become the world's premier public research organisation. This will be a decade long task but should be guided by a unifying vision involving the Government, the organisation, its staff and the Australian community.
During this decade, I expect CSIRO to cement its position as a world leader in scientific excellence, to be an employer of choice which will attract the highest calibre researchers in Australia and from around the world. In addition CSIRO should be a preferred industry research and commercialisation collaborator and a trusted advisor to government and industry.
CSIRO's longstanding mission is to create benefit for Australia through impactful science and innovation. In short, this is about CSIRO progressing science for public benefit.
This mission is about the great task of pursuing pure public good science as a foundation stone for our national benefit, knowledge and capabilities. It is equally about translating that knowledge to outcomes that will improve our health, food production and quality, environmental resilience and national economic capability.
In outlining the following priorities for CSIRO, I reaffirm that across the breadth of its functions a fundamental requirement for the organisation is the delivery of societal and national benefits through striving for excellence of its scientific endeavour, including in the conduct of public benefit research.
The National Science and Research Priorities outline the areas of immediate and critical importance to Australia and its place in the world. CSIRO should conduct its activities recognising the framework of these and other sector specific priorities, as well as the Industry Knowledge Priorities identified by the Industry Growth Centres. This should include:
- pioneering in plant biology and agriculture.
- enabling development of new research and technologies for human health, food and nutrition, and biosecurity.
- leading climate change science, mitigation and adaptation research, including decadal forecasting as part of the work of the Climate Science Centre.
- developing new environmental research and technologies for air, land, water and oceans.
- collaborating with industry to help sustainably manage our resources, mining equipment and energy sectors.
- collaborating across the research community to maintain and build our astronomy capability.
- collaborating with industry to help develop our advanced manufacturing capabilities.
- collaborating with industry to improve Australia's digital and data management capabilities.
I encourage CSIRO to develop additional priorities based on its engagement with staff and the broader community, including industry and academia.
CSIRO should encourage its researchers to assist in addressing and solving the great challenges facing Australia as well as to assist in research translation. This will be achieved by driving scientific excellence throughout CSIRO, providing training and appropriate incentives, and providing an intellectual property and research translation framework to support realisation of commercial and industry impacts.
This includes both creating new or significantly transforming industries and assisting with innovation for existing industries. In particular, consistent with CSIRO's rich history in this regard, priority should be given to sub-sectors where there is clear evidence of both a growing global opportunity and both our existing and potential Australian advantage.
I endorse CSIRO's emphasis in its strategic plan to become Australia's innovation catalyst. This ambition will need to be reflected in the engagement model with Australian industry and the broader community.
CSIRO should aim to be an international employer of choice, promote careers in science and provide a career path for research and technical staff, and be an exemplar in cultivating a diverse workforce. In particular CSIRO should invest in quality research training, encourage engagement between researchers and business (particularly SMEs) and facilitate mobility between CSIRO, businesses and other research organisations. CSIRO should continue to be custodian of national collections, data sets and major research infrastructure.
Together with delivering the AcceleratiON program under NISA, I encourage CSIRO to seek for its researchers to be entrepreneurial by providing training and appropriate incentives, including an intellectual property and research translation framework to support realisation of commercial and industry impacts. A fundamental purpose is translating the work of CSIRO scientists and researchers to the benefit of both Australia and the rest of the world. I expect that CSIRO will identify and take, where practicable, opportunities to create and support new companies to commercialise CSIRO discoveries and expertise to the benefit of Australia.
I encourage CSIRO to support risk-taking as part of resilient strategies to solve the big problems facing Australia, within the context of maintaining good governance and learning from failure.
CSIRO should play a significant role in implementing the Government's science and innovation policies, in particular through:
- improving science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education through brokering partnerships between STEM professionals and schools to help primary and secondary school students and teachers to understand how STEM is applied in the real world. This will include activities aimed at supporting women in STEM and closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement and employment in STEM.
- maximising use of its national scientific facilities by Australian and international researchers, including by encouraging industry access to relevant facilities and maintaining collections of national importance.
- communicating with and educating research institutions and businesses about the benefits that research and such facilities can provide.
- consistent with government policy as articulated in the ARC and NHMRC policies on Open Access, increasing public access to CSIRO research by ensuring that research publications produced by CSIRO researchers that arise from public funding are openly available. This provision is not intended to interfere with the commercial operations of CSIRO Publishing.
- supporting the nation's future science and research capability through ongoing horizon scanning or foresighting activities.
- examining opportunities for increasing collaboration with universities and industry through simplified contracting arrangements, including related to IP.
- using Australia's existing national and international collaborations as well as its own resources to increase the capacity and responsiveness of the nation's ability to translate research into outcomes.
- implementing the CSIRO ON Accelerator, an intensive education programme for researchers and their collaborators to develop and validate clear paths to impact and national benefit.
- delivering the $200 million CSIRO Innovation Fund to commercialise breakthroughs from CSIRO, universities and publicly funded research for the national interest. This should include sharing of innovation and investment lessons with the investment community and with the government so as to be applied to other government priorities.
- improving Australia's data science research capability by CSIRO's Data61 partnering with private and public sector partners to capitalise on the data revolution. CSIRO's Data61 will have a range of benefits including to connect government datasets and publicly release them on an open data platform, increase industry cybersecurity, and build a Digital Research Network (D61+) to link business with data researchers; and to improve the data literacy of Australian businesses.
- developing transparent metrics and indicators to benchmark and measure its performance, progress and success against these outcomes.
Future Vision
In advancing the Government's policy priorities, I expect CSIRO to collaborate globally with universities, other publicly funded research agencies, medical research institutes and industry, to achieve common objectives that will benefit Australia.
I expect CSIRO to continue, and further foster, strong engagement with the university sector including strategies to increase the quantity and quality of training of science graduate students and higher degree research candidates. CSIRO should aspire to be a leader in training young Australian graduates who are capable of both pure academic research and applied collaboration and translation with industry, including Industrial PhDs with appropriate partners.
I expect CSIRO to work in partnership with business to identify and develop the science to address industry problems and to underpin Australia's aim of increased competitiveness. The knowledge and ideas of its researchers can substantially improve the productivity of industry and businesses. CSIRO and business should work together to continue growth in the knowledge-based sectors, with an emphasis on translating research into commercial outcomes to benefit Australia. I expect CSIRO to engage with those industries where CSIRO's capability and intellectual property can help these industries to become globally competitive and in particular, create new businesses.
In writing this Statement of Expectations, I acknowledge the functions of CSIRO as set out under the Science and Industry Research Act 1949. In exercising its functions and meeting its legislated requirements, CSIRO must take into account the Government's broad and developing policy framework and its key priorities.
I expect CSIRO to comply with the principles of the Commonwealth Resource Management Framework as specified in the PGPA Act and to give effect to the governance, performance and accountability requirements covered by the Act applicable to a corporate entity.
Consistent with the Science and Industry Research Act 1949, CSIRO should prevent unnecessary overlap with existing activity across the system and promote the most effective use of available facilities and staff within its available resources.
I look forward to CSIRO supporting me in my role as Deputy Chair to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Science Council and I expect CSIRO to work with the Chief Scientist of Australia, including through its membership of the National Science, Technology and Research Committee, and working with Innovation and Science Australia.
I also look forward to CSIRO working closely with the department. I am keen to promote the scientific work of CSIRO and encourage you to work with my department in meeting this objective.
CSIRO should keep both myself and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science informed, in a timely and accurate way, of significant issues relating to the health and work of the organisation. I also expect CSIRO to provide input and information to the department as required, to ensure that advice to my office and the Government canvasses relevant issues and sensitivities and reflects a portfolio response. I expect CSIRO to provide copies of ministerial briefings and correspondence to my office and the relevant areas of my department, in parallel. Further, I expect CSIRO to provide prior notice, to my office and my department, of significant announcements and events that are likely to attract media attention.
In accordance with the PGPA Act, I expect CSIRO to develop an annual report and corporate plan and to provide these to me, as the responsible portfolio Minister, and the Minister for Finance. In developing the annual report and corporate plan, I expect the Board to consult with me and my department, and to take into account the priorities and policies of the Government, especially as articulated in this Statement of Expectations.
I look forward to receiving your response outlining how the Board proposes to deliver on these expectations.
Ultimately, the paramount vision for CSIRO is to become the world's premier public research organisation over the coming decade and to apply its knowledge for the benefit of all Australians.
Yours sincerely
Greg Hunt


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Adapting to Climate Change: Assessing the Adaptive Capacity of Tribal and Non-Tribal Communities in the Upper Great Lakes
Project Partners:
- Pamela Jakes, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, St. Paul, MN, email@example.com
- Mae Davenport, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, firstname.lastname@example.com
Project Summary:
A human community's ability to respond to changes in its environment is directed by its adaptive capacity—foundational and mobilizing resources that can be leveraged by the community to monitor and adapt to stressors and disturbances. While models exist that predict ecological impacts and responses to climate change, little is known about the social and cultural impacts of climate change or potential human community responses. This project will result in tools to assess and build adaptive capacity to respond to climate change in tribal and non-tribal communities in the Upper Great Lakes.
- Explore past community responses and future vulnerabilities to ecological and social stressors.
- Identify capacities at the individual, relational and organizational level critical to adaptation to ecological change.
- Establish opportunities and strategies for monitoring and building adaptive capacity.
- Develop, refine and disseminate adaptive capacity rapid assessment tools in collaboration with and for use by resource managers and community decision makers in tribal and non-tribal communities across the Upper Great Lakes.
Climate change has the potential to seriously threaten America's forests and impact forest-associated communities in the upper Midwest and elsewhere. As forests adapt to a changing climate, human communities that depend on forests and their ecological and social (including cultural) services will also need to adapt to minimize potential negative impacts and exploit new opportunities that may arise. If resource managers, decision makers and local organizations are to help communities adapt, they must be able to quickly assess vulnerabilities and the adaptive capacity of a community to efficiently and effectively employ resources (e.g., new knowledge, people and funds) that enhance conditions that contribute to adaptive capacity. This research will produce two rapid assessment tools (one for tribal and one for non-tribal communities) to allow local actors to conduct such an assessment.
Resource managers, community decision-makers, and other local stakeholders need an assessment and decision support tool that will enable identification of vulnerabilities and capacities so that resources can be targeted strategically. Because the PIs and project partners are keenly aware that elements of adaptive capacity and their relative importance vary both within and across tribal and non-tribal communities, we will develop two rapid assessment tools based on pilots in two tribal and non-tribal forest-associated communities.
The rapid assessment tools will be used by and integrated within Climate Chage Response Framework (CCRF). The geographic scope of the CCRF is broadly Province 212 (regional ecological unit) in Northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, so the proposed project will cover this same geographic area. A rapid assessment tool for non-tribal communities is currently being piloted in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station for one northern Minnesota community. The proposed project will pilot and refine the tool in one tribal community in northern Minnesota, as well as two tribal and non-tribal communities in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (i.e., five total communities). The communities selected are forest-associated communities which we define for our purposes as being proximate to a national forest (e.g., Chippewa, Chequamegon-Nicolet, and Ottawa National Forests).
Understanding human community adaptation requires a pragmatic approach tailored to a community's social and cultural conditions and characteristics. Secondary data collection, key informant interviews and focus groups are widely-accepted methods to explore complex issues in-depth and will be the primary data collection methods used in this study. While assessing community capitals such as physical and financial resources is relatively straightforward, an assessment of adaptive capacity requires integrative and participatory social assessment techniques in which diverse community actors are actively engaged in the design and assessment process. Gaining an insider perspective on community capacity is best achieved through triangulation of multiple data sources and collection techniques (Denzin & Lincoln, 1994; Janesick, 1994). We will examine individual, relational and organizational capacity to respond to ecological threats or stressors. The research activities will be carried out in five phases:
Phase I. Secondary Data Collection: In this phase we will inventory community conditions, characteristics, actors (e.g., gatekeepers, opinion leaders, and decision makers), and organizations (i.e., formal and informal) that influence responses to ecological and social impacts associated with climate change. We will compile secondary social, cultural and economic data available in U.S. Census, planning documents, and relevant research publications. We will also identify a core community research team (CCRT) comprised of local stakeholders who agree to serve as project advisors and liaisons with their communities. Questions we seek to answer in this phase include (a) How do we define community? (b) What do we already know about the community? (c) What do we need to know?
Phase II. In-Depth Interviews: In this phase we will conduct key informant interviews with community actors representing diverse interests and organizations (e.g., local government, natural resource management, economic development and forest industries, non-government organizations, education and extension) about community vulnerabilities and capacities. An interview script and participant recruitment strategy will be developed in collaboration with the CCRT. Up to 15 semi-structured interviews will be conducted in each community. Interviews will be audio recorded (with consent from participant), transcribed, coded and analyzed for common and divergent themes consistent with recommended qualitative analysis procedures (Charmaz, 2006; Corbin and Strauss, 2008). Questions we seek to answer include (a) What are community assets? (b) What concerns or challenges exist in this community? (c) What does the community have or need to address problems effectively?
Phase III. Discovery Focus Groups: In this phase we will conduct up to 3 focus groups in study communities. The focus group script and participant recruitment strategy will be developed in collaboration with the CCRT. Study participants will be selected purposefully for their knowledge or experience with change in the study communities. Focus groups will be planned and facilitated following protocol recommended by Krueger and Casey (2000). Each will have a maximum of 12 participants. To best understand community adaptive capacity for climate change, focus group discussions will concentrate in part on community responses to past catalyzing events such as fire, drought, forest health issues, storms/flooding, and water quality impairments. In focus groups, participants will discuss community responses to past stressors, as well as explore future scenarios of ecological change based on climate change scenarios developed in the Upper Great Lakes. Focus group dialogue will be audio recorded (with consent from participants), transcribed, coded and analyzed for common and divergent themes. Questions we seek to answer include (a) How has the community responded to challenges in the past? (b) How did people work together and share resources to address problems? (c) What were the outcomes and what contributed to these outcomes? (d) What lessons were learned from this experience? (e) How might these lessons learned carry over into future community responses to ecological and social change?
Phase IV. Data Interpretation and Synthesis: Data gathered, generated and analyzed in Phases I-III will be interpreted holistically within and across tribal and non-tribal communities with the overarching goal to identify adaptive capacity attributes and indicators, establish rapid assessment methodologies, and determine opportunities and strategies for capacity building initiatives.
Phase V. Reflection and Action Workshops: In this phase we will host interactive workshops in each community that enable local actors to reflect on our study findings (i.e., their community's vulnerabilities and capacities) and to develop action plans for building adaptive capacity. The workshop agenda and participant recruitment strategy will be developed in collaboration with the CCRT. In each workshop the adaptive capacity rapid assessment tools (i.e., adaptive capacity attributes and indicators, assessment methodologies and opportunities/strategies for building capacity) will be presented, evaluated and refined through participant feedback. Following the workshops, the rapid assessment tools will be delivered to study communities in electronic and print form and to broader audiences including resource managers and decision makers in tribal and non-tribal communities across the Upper Great Lakes via the Internet (see Expected Results and Benefits section). The tools will be flexible to ensure relevancy to diverse tribal and non-tribal communities with a wide range of capacities and varied forest dependencies, yet it will also enable comparisons across communities to facilitate cross-community resource pooling, collaboration and coordination. The tools will be user-friendly and will produce qualitative and quantitative findings that are easily interpreted by diverse audiences.
We currently have funding to carry-out the study in one non-tribal community, Walker, Minnesota. We are pursuing funding for additional communities.
We will produce an adaptive capacity assessment handbook describing the tribal and non-tribal community rapid assessment tools by the end of the project period (12 month period). We will also produce community-specific summary reports which will be delivered approximately one-month following the completion of each community's assessment. We will publish at least one refereed journal publication within two years of the project completion date.


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The NY Times is running a profile of John Besh, a chef and restauranteur from New Orleans. The profile focuses on the growth of his businesses since Hurricane Katrina and how he used the disaster as an opportunity.
The nice little hug for PR comes right in the middle. I've pasted that section below. The complete article is here and it demonstrates the value PR can bring in building a business and building a brand. Great positioning also for his PR counsel, Simone Rathle.
"As he and his partner, Octavio Mantilla, began to rebuild, Simone Rathlé, a longtime friend in the public relations business Mr. Besh hired when he opened August six years ago, went to work.
"He was like numb and just freaked out," she said. "He owned this restaurant and owed a lot of money. He was doing things for survival. He needed to pay his bills and I needed to promote him to get people to go to his restaurant to help him to pay his bills."
She flew him to fund-raisers and put him in front of any journalist she could think of. Soon Mr. Besh was leaning into the role as spokesman for New Orleans like a politician with a cause. Even today, whether he's cooking at a charity event, shooting a holiday magazine spread or appearing on television, he stays on message."


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Deja Parrish has played a key role in the rise of the American Heritage School girls' track and field program this season. The eighth-grader has been a part of a resurgence in Plantation that recently culminated in the Patriots' first Florida High School Athletic Association 2A District 14 title.
On April 13 at Hallandale High School, Parrish, 13, posted three first-place finishes. She ran the 200-meter dash in 24.76 seconds, the 400 in 58.25 seconds and ran the fourth leg of the 4x400 relay, which the team won in 4 minutes, 4.24 seconds.
"I set goals and have achieved what I have wanted to at this point of the season," Parrish said. "My ultimate goal is to qualify for states and help my team win."
She will have that opportunity at the regional meet at Westminster Academy today. The top four finishers in each meet will qualify for the state tournament May 1 in Orlando.
Parrish started running at age 6 as a member of the Fort Lauderdale Track Club's summer team. She is now in her first year at American Heritage School and is also one of the top performers on the middle school squad. In a qualifier for states for middle school competitors at Westminster Academy on March 30, Parrish placed first in the 200 with a time of 25.14. She also was first in the 400, finishing in 58.73.
"I have trust in my coaches, and it's paid off," Parrish said. "I do not stress, and I pace myself little by little. I am more relaxed and know when to switch it into a different gear to out-sprint everybody."
Track and field is not the only sport in which Parrish has excelled for the Patriots. As a point guard on the junior varsity basketball team, she won the team's sportsmanship award at season's end in recognition of her hard work in practice and off the court.


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ACM has named John L. Hennessy , former President of Stanford University, and David A. Patterson , retired Professor of the University of California, Berkeley, recipients of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award for pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry.
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Meeting RuPaul , it's sometimes hard to imagine that the glamazon is the same punk that showed up to prom in '83 looking like an androgyne Adam Ant. You can't quite picture the mogul donning dollar-store leopard print and suspenders, as he did to promote his 90s fragrance WHORE , either. And put out zines with titles like Freak Sex and New York Is a Big Fat Greasy Ho ? But the ability to do all this, and more, is the power of RuPaul, drag chameleon ne plus ultra .
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Forest, Eisai announce slim-downs
Forest Labs said today that its cost-savings initiative—dubbed Project Rejuvenate—is aimed at reducing operating expenses by $500 million. The company said it's focusing on three areas to save costs: realigning R&D, reducing marketing expenses, and slashing SG&A and other expenses. The Manhattan-based drugmaker said it expects to realize these plans by the end of FY2016.
Additionally, Forest announced it purchased US marketing rights for Merck's Saphris—a treatment for schizophrenia and acute bipolar mania. Merck will be paid $240 million in an upfront payment with the possibility of future payments for "defined sales milestones," Forest said in a statement. Saphris recorded net sales of $120 million for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2013.Eisai, meanwhile, announced late last week that it will cut 130 positions in the US and Europe. According to a statement by the Tokyo-based drug manufacturer, the cuts are a part of its goal of "focusing and strengthening product creation capabilities."


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The organizers of the 2017 ORC World Championship selected OneSails as exclusive sailmaker to manage the sails assistance and services during the event. Roberto Sponza, President of the Yacht Club Porto San Rocco, leader of the Organizing Committee, declared: "After a careful selection, we decided to rely on OneSails that has a specific expertise and outstanding results in sailing as the 2016 ORC World and European championships, as well as a renowned efficient and comprehensive service."
OneSails will guarantee maximum support to over 130 crews, regardless of the brands of the sails, thanks to a h24 mobile sail loft in Porto San Rocco with sailmakers speaking many languages, and the two closer lofts in Verona and Materija (Slovenia). A rib boat will be dedicated to pick up and delivery the sails directly on board the boats.
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The ORC 2017 World Championship will take place in Muggia (Trieste) from June 30th to July 8th, organized by Yacht Club Porto San Rocco, Yacht Club Adriaco, Triestina della Vela, Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano, Circolo della Vela Muggia e dal Club Nautico Triestino Sirena.
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Vince Gill can do whatever he wants.
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Country Music Hall of Fame member doesn't have a record deal. He got signed by a label in 1983 and had been on the MCA Records roster since 1989.
"My contract ran out. I'd been there for 23 years, and I very well may run right back there and take my next record to them," he said in an interview at rehearsals for Keith Urban's "We're All For The Hall" event last month. "There was no disappointment. ...It got put out there that I'd `left the label,' and it just was not true."
His tenth and final album for the label was last year's "Guitar Slinger," recorded in his state-of-the-art home studio. It contained the Grammy-nominated song "Threaten Me With Heaven," but the single didn't even break the top 40 on the country chart. Despite the lack of radio airplay, the 55-year-old Gill is optimistic about the future.
"I'm inspired by the freedom to do as much as I want," he said. "I've watched Willie Nelson probably record more music in the last 10 or 20 years than he did in the first 30. That's my goal, is to make 10 times the music that I've made to this point. I'm beyond still inspired to be creative, and I see time running out in a sense. At some point it will be hard to draw breath and sing a high note like I can now. I want to continue to do what I've done, but in much larger doses."
Gill is hitting the road in June for a dozen bluegrass shows. It kicks off June 13 in Richmond, Va. Gill has sold more than 26 million albums and is a 20-time Grammy winner. He is known for dozens of country hits including, "One More Last Chance," "Whenever You Come Around" and "Go Rest High On That Mountain."
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Every time we talk on Skype (which isn't much) it seems like the signal is lost within about 1-2 minutes. If we're lucky you'll have up to 5 minutes of talk time before we're cut off. This has been going on for about 2 years and it seems to be getting worse. We had a discussion a while ago on exactly how to improve your internet. I don't expect you to remember all what was said, so I'll post the brief version of what we discussed in this blog.
These are several methods that I think could improve your internet tremendously and you really should explore these 3 options.
Option #1 – Get a WiFi range booster:
This is by far the quickest, cheapest and easiest method in attempting to improve your signal. Nowadays just about any electronics store has them for about $35 and you'll find them even cheaper on eBay. If the extender doesn't help much, then chances are there's a bottleneck going on with your landlord's internet. Since your WiFi connection is shared by about 40 tenants I have a bad feeling this method will only give you mixed results. Since this is the easiest method I suggest trying this one first.
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Mother declined to comment on the appointment, but executives close to the deal expect Mr. Deitchman to take up his new role and start recruiting staff for the New York office next month. No clients have yet been confirmed, although it's believed there is at least one piece of business in the pipeline.
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Are Standards Wars a Myth or Reality?
Mar 10, 2011, 11:02 EST
May 12th ANSI Workshop to Examine Market Forces on Standards Development and Conformance Activities
NEW YORK, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Is there such a thing as too many standards? And if there are multiple standards and conformance solutions available, how can a company, organization, or government agency choose the best option for their needs? These and other questions surrounding the forces of competition, convergence, and coordination have been hotly debated within the standards and conformance community for years.
In an effort to address these issues in an open, neutral forum, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), will convene Standards Wars: Myth or Reality? – an interactive workshop on May 12, 2011, in Washington, DC. As standards and conformance underpin more than 80 percent of worldwide commodity trade, well-coordinated standardization activities are critical to advancing U.S. competitiveness on the global stage.
In today's standards wars, there are two prevailing schools of thought:
- There are too many standards. Many are duplicative, and some are even conflicting in their specifications. How can we choose the best option?
- Standards developers and consortia work to meet marketplace needs. If there are multiple standards in a given area, that is because there is demand for multiple standards-based solutions.
ANSI's day-long workshop will take a highly interactive, panel-based approach to examining the impact of competition, convergence, and coordination in different areas of standards development. Attendees will uncover instances where conflict and duplication have been intentional in response to stakeholder needs, and unintentional due to lack of awareness of existing standardization efforts. Participants will also discuss tools to identify potentially conflicting and duplicative standards projects as early as possible in their development, including NSSN, the search engine for standards, which is currently under redevelopment.
To be held on May 12, 2011, at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC, the event is free of charge and open to all stakeholders, including representatives from U.S.-based and international standards developing organizations, consortia, trade associations, industry, government agencies, consumer and labor groups, and academia. Registration closes Wednesday, April 27, 2011.
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- Pressy adds a button to your smartphone which you can be fully customized.
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Not entirely sure if this is a Linux problem or not, but can't hurt asking...
Some time in the last two weeks or so, my SL6.5 laptop has developed a new problem. The sound keeps cutting out.
It'll work fine for about an hour from a typical power-on, then suddenly all output will cease. The sound configuration utility suggests nothing abnormal in the output.
Oddly, this problem only seems to affect the speakers - plugging in a pair of headphones allows me to hear sounds as normal.
Most strangely, the problem can be fixed by suspending and then immediately resuming the laptop - but only temporarily. It's only a matter of time before the sound goes dead again, at which point another suspend/resume is necessary.
I have found that the rate of cut-outs accelerates over time. As I said, it's normally good for about an hour initially. After the first bout of silence and suspension, it's usually only good for about another five minutes. After a few more broken/suspend/resume/working cycles, this goes down to about two minutes. My current record for shortest time between resuming and the speakers going dead again is 53 seconds.
Any ideas?
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Maybe heat is affecting the signal path to the speakers (or the speakers themselves)?
It doesn't seem a software issue to me as you say the sound still works fine through the headphones.
My personal SL6 repository, specialized in audio/video software: http://pkgrepo.linuxtech.net/el6/
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