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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — With the eyes of the basketball-loving public focused squarely on the playoffs and who will emerge from the Eastern Conference semifinals, we decided to take a mini-detour this week on the Hang Time Podcast.
With all the news coming out of Orlando, we simply could not let an opportunity to dig a little deeper into the goings on down there slip away.
So we turned to our good friend of the program Evan Dunlap, the founder and managing editor of the Orlando Pinstriped Post blog, which covers all things Magic. We had to know if Dwight Howard was really behind the departures of both Stan Van Gundy and Otis Smith, as so many people believe, or if someone else is really calling those shots?
We also had to talk about the potential replacements for both Van Gundy, the coach, and Smith, the general manager. Names like Brian Shaw, Jerry Sloan and Phil Jackson, yes the Zen Master himself, have popped up on the short list of replacements for Van Gundy. Meanwhile, names like Donnie Walsh, Jeff Bower and TNT's very own Shaquille O'Neal have popped up on the surprising short list of candidates to replace Smith.
(We first heard these rumblings about O'Neal being a candidate Monday night … talk about things getting interesting if the Big Fella were to return to the Magic after all these years.)
You get conversation about all that and more, we talk plenty of playoffs, flagrant fouls, suspensions and everything else with our main man Evan Dunlap of the OPP.
Check it out on Episode 80 of the Hang Time Podcast:
As always, we welcome your feedback. You can follow the entire crew, including the Hang Time Podcast, co-hosts Lang Whitaker of SLAM Magazine and Sekou Smith of NBA.com, as well as our superproducer Micah Hart of NBA.com's All Ball Blog and the best engineer in the business, Jarrell "I Heart Peyton Manning" Wall.
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Has anybody here jumped from hobby to business?
I've been considering exiting the corporate rat race and opening a sandwich shop. Not a franchise but a small, artisan-type of place where I can bake bread and have a deli case, maybe pizza, too (maybe wine, too-too). Probably crazy but it's what I dream about. I've no business experience nor professional baking experience but I've been gathering data from SBA to learn more about the business side. My wife's friends' family own a local bakery so I'll be asking to volunteer there very soon. I've cooked and baked at home for ten years, enjoy it and receive very positive feedback from family (of, course - they have no choice :-) ) and friends.
I'm in no hurry and will never jump without a full awareness and a (business) plan to succeed. Not interested in getting rich - just (1) being happy pouring my energy into this passion of baking and making people happy via good food (yup, I'll have liability insurance in case I fail in that latter aspect) and (2) supporting my family.
Anybody take this plunge, live to tell about it and willing to share your experiences?


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It has become trite to say that an art exhibit is revelatory, but when a show like the Museum of Modern Art's "Abstract-Expressionist New York: The Big Picture" comes along and manages to debunk the very history and assumptions that the museum has encouraged since the first stirrings of the Modernist impulse, it is difficult to find other words to describe it.
Drawn entirely from the museum's collection, with many of the works not likely to have seen the light of day in decades, the exhibit reminds us of the exclusive role the museum had in forming what would become the accepted Modernist cannon.
Any student of early-20th-century art will immediately recall the chart Alfred H. Barr Jr., MoMA's first director, devised to explain the derivation of the major movements of that period. This exhibit shows how that same influence moved into the midcentury. It presents the almost exclusively New York artistic phenomenon that could really only be navigated and understood by a New York institution.
According to the exhibit's catalog, the last time the museum mounted a similar comprehensive show of these artists was in 1969 by William Rubin, the museum's curator through the last part of the 20th century. Ann Temkin, the curator of this exhibit, noted that generations of museum visitors and even museum staff have not had a similar opportunity to examine this period of the museum's collection in depth.
The "superstars" of the collection have always been on view, whether in the old museum or in its remodeled and expanded galleries. Rather than gallery upon gallery of "high" Abstract Expressionism, the show presents several artists' journey there, with their work sometimes mixed in with the rest and other times given a monographic treatment in solo galleries.
Surprises occur just in the breadth of examples of some artists' work and the dearth, or at least lack of good examples, of others' work. That represents a lost opportunity for the museum, which could have collected so many more works at the time of their creation had it wanted to do so.
The Willem de Kooning painting "Woman I" is here, of course, because of its iconic stature, but it is only one of four paintings included by the artist. A black- and-white "Painting" from 1947 is also included. Both of these paintings were purchases by the museum and show an early commitment to the artist.
Jackson Pollock's "One: Number 31" is another work never likely to go off view and was also a museum purchase. But the exhibit also shows 12 other works by Pollock, including a painting called "The Flame" from the mid-1930s and a number of Surrealist-inspired abstract works in addition to the iconic drip paintings and those quirky ones that came after.
Mark Rothko has received similar career-spanning treatment by the museum. He is so well collected by the Modern that in a series of rooms and walls devoted to him, a viewer can trace his Surrealist beginnings through his first patchy departures, to the solidification of those patches into the striated mass of colors that would define his mature style, up to one of the last paintings he completed before he died.
More surprising is the treatment of Adolph Gottlieb, who spent the last decade or so of his life in East Hampton, and whose mysterious blasts and pictograms have always defied a neat inclusion among this group. Gottlieb is represented by six works, a respectable number, and the paintings are shown in small groupings in different rooms, demonstrating their easy assimilation within the other tendencies in painting happening at the time.
Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, and David Smith are also granted a range of examples in this show.
With a public used to the "greatest hits" kind of presentation that most museums can afford these days in terms of space, it bears acknowledgement that the assumptions these "drive-by" examinations foster and preserve need to be shaken up once in a while.
By its inclusionary nature alone, this show manages to engage in some welcome revisionism. Larry Rivers's "Washington Crossing the Delaware" might have been unthinkable in such company even a decade ago. His proto-Pop realism was never embraced by the formalists championing the abstract artists of this era, even though Frank O'Hara, a curator of the museum, was a friend and supporter. That the painting was acquired thanks to an "anonymous gift" around the time of its painting seems to be a kind of rebuke to the museum.
The quality of the museum's Franz Kline paintings also points to a similar oversight or even slight of the artist during his lifetime. The paintings are certainly not his strongest works. Had the museum made him a priority, there are far better examples it could have collected. Instead, the assemblage of gifts and bequests are weakened by the circumstance and take away from the artist's actual achievement.
Hans Hofmann's three works early on in the show are a nod to the artist's overarching influence on this group, stemming from his education of many of them, but again show a surprisingly lax approach by the museum to acquiring his work.
The inclusion of women in any significant way is always news in this group known for macho attitudes and behavior. Lee Krasner is represented by three very strong paintings, but all of the women in show have important pieces there. Hedda Sterne, Grace Hartigan, Louise Nevelson, and Joan Mitchell look right at home and should because in the early days their work was included in many cooperative gallery shows with the same male artists. The women's work is particularly powerful because it had to be exceptional in order to attract the same attention as the men's.
Many male artists of the period whose recognition at the time was lost to history are back on the wall. It is great to see a painting by East Hampton's James Brooks included here, and there are still more by artists, some of whom I had not heard of, who were doing great work at the time. Photographers are also included and given a context for their point of view during this time.
In a separate exhibit of art and documents that ran concurrently with "The Big Picture," the museum examined the role of the Eighth Street club of artists led by Philip Pavia, known informally as "The Club," whose weekly discussions and panels solidified the ideas that underpinned the movement. That show, along with an exhibit of works on paper from the era, closed in February. "The Big Picture" is on view through April 25.


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In September 1997, a 30-year-old designer at Apple was on the cusp of quitting.
Fifteen years later, after a shake up of the company's executives yesterday, he's Apple's most important employee.
In 1997, Apple had lost its way. The top executives were focused on maximizing the company's profits, instead of building great products.
The focus on profits made sense at the time, because Apple was down to its last dollars. It was on the cusp of dying.
But there was a reason for hope. Apple bought NeXT Software for $400 million, bringing estranged co-founder Steve Jobs back to the company.
Jobs, while not yet CEO of Apple, immediately began changing the culture of the company. He gave a speech to employees saying Apple's focus was on making great products, not making money.
As soon as the 30-year-old designer heard Jobs speak, he changed his mind about leaving the company, according to Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.
The designer's name is Jonathan Ive, though everyone calls him Jony.
His decision to stay at Apple ended up being one of the reasons Apple staged the most impressive comeback in corporate history, going from near-death to the world's most valuable company.
Ive rose through the ranks to become the company's lead hardware designer.
Yesterday, he was given more responsibilities. CEO Tim Cook promoted him to lead the company's software design, or as Apple calls it, Human Interface. This means he's the lead designer for both hardware and software at the most influential technology company in the world.
While Cook is Apple's most powerful employee, Ive is now its most important. He will be guiding all major product decisions.
When Steve Jobs died, everyone wanted to know who was going to fill the gaping void he left behind. For the last twelve months, the answer was, "A committee of executives." That committee has been considerably shrunk down, and today it's not unreasonable to answer the question by saying, "Jony Ive."
There is arguably no better executive to fill the role. Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson, "If I had a spiritual partner at Apple, it's Jony."
Jobs and Ive were so close employees referred to them as Jives, a portmanteau of their names. The duo were often spotted walking around Apple's campus, or talking in Apple's dining room.
"Jony had a special status," Jobs' wife Laurene Powell told Isaacson. "He would come by our house, and our families became close. Steve is never intentionally wounding to him. Most people in Steve's life are replaceable. But not Jony."
The relationship started when Jobs returned to Apple. He was touring the company's design labs and found Ive's work.
At the time, Jobs was looking for a designer from outside of Apple to lead the company's rejuvenation. But eventually, he saw Ive's work, struck up a relationship with Ive, and together they went on to produce the most iconic computer designs in history.
Ive, who was disillusioned with Apple at the time says, "We discussed approaches to forms and materials," adding, "We were on the same wavelength. I suddenly understood why I loved the company."
Their first major product was the all-in-one colorful iMac. While most people focus on the the curvy translucent colorful computer design in an era of boring beige boxes, Ive added a very subtle touch to the computer that reveals much about his personality and design philosophy.
The iMac had a handle built into the top of the computer. Ive explained the decision, saying, "Back then, people weren't comfortable with technology. If you're scared of something, then you won't touch it." He continued, "I thought, if there's this handle on it, it makes a relationship possible. It's approachable. It's intuitive. It gives a sense of its deference to you."
Perhaps one reason Ive emphasized the importance of making a computer that was easy to approach is that for years he didn't think he was a technically adept person because he was confused by computers.
In an interview, Ive said, "I went through college having a real problem with computers. I was convinced that I was technically inept, which was frustrating as I wanted to use computers to help me with various aspects of my design."
Then, as he was at the end of his time in school, he discovered the Mac. "I remember being astounded at just how much better it was than anything else I had tried to use. I was struck by the care taken with the whole user experience. I had a sense of connection via the object with the designers."
At the old Apple, Ive's handle would have never been approved because it was a superfluous feature that only added cost. At the new Apple with Steve Jobs in charge, the handle stuck.
After the iMac came out, Ive's relationship with Jobs grew stronger, and thus his role at the company became larger and larger.
Before dying Jobs said of Ive: "The difference that Jony has made, not only at Apple, but in the world, is huge. He is a wickedly intelligent person in all ways. He understands business concepts, marketing concepts. He picks stuff up just like that, click. He understands what we do at our core better than anyone."
And perhaps in a bit of foreshadowing of power struggles to come after his death, Jobs said, "He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me. There's no one who can tell him what to do, or to butt out. That's the way I set it up."
This explains why Ive won what appears to be a fight for control over the direction of Apple with Scott Forstall, the former leader of iOS.
He reportedly couldn't stand to be in the same room as Forstall. He was also said to deplore the direction Apple's design was heading. Under Forstall, Apple was implementing more and more skeuomorphic design, which is a fancy way of saying making digital animations that mimic real life devices. For instance, in Passbook, if you delete a pass, a fake paper shredder cuts the paper. It's a neat animation, and it's supposed to make people feel comfortable with technology — see it's just like real life! But this design takes a lot of time and looks increasingly goofy.
Now that Ive is in charge, expect skeuomorphism at Apple to fade away.
(It's worth noting that Steve Jobs was a big fan of this design style. Perhaps Forstall was overdoing it, though.)
Another reason Forstall is out at Apple is that he wore "his ambition in plainer view than the typical Apple executive. He blatantly accumulated influence in recent years, including, it is whispered, when Jobs was on medical leave," according to Adam Lashinsky.
Forstall wanted to be CEO. He was amassing power, and challenging Tim Cook.
While Ive understands "business concepts," he doesn't want to be CEO, according to various reports. He wants to be the product guy.
Well, he is the product guy now. Once, only in charge of hardware, he's now responsible for software, too. Only one person at Apple has ever held those same responsibilities: Steve Jobs.


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If you enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, own a smartphone and are active on social media, chances are you snapped a few photos and shared them across your networks.
That happened in record-breaking fashion on Instagram yesterday, as the growing photo-sharing community saw over 10 million photos with Thanksgiving-related words in their captions. From about 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., more than 200 photos were being shared per second.
It was the busiest day ever for Instagram, the Facebook-owned company that continues to pick up momentum with over 100 million users. Thursday's big day broke the previous record of 1.3 million photos on the day Hurricane Sandy hit.
Instagram isn't just gaining traction among friends and family. Businesses have taken notice and a recent study from Seattle-based social media analytics startup Simply Measured showed 54-percent of the top 100 brands on Instagram.
And that wasn't the only online hub celebrating big traffic numbers this week. Seattle-based Allrecipes.com enjoyed its biggest Thanksgiving ever as a record-breaking 7.9 million cooks worldwide visited the site the day before Thanksgiving. Not surprisingly, smartphones had a lot to do with that. Mobile devices accounted for 12 million visits to Allrecipes.com the week leading up to Thanksgiving Day, a 97 percent increase over the same period last year.
These impressive statistics can only make you wonder: What kind of records will Christmas and New Years bring?
UPDATE, 2 p.m.: Fixed the "200 photos" stat to 200 per second, not minute.
Previously on GeekWire: Study: 54 percent of top brands on Instagram


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Rams Downed by #14 Wesleyan
Wesleyan University - 16, Farmingdale State - 7
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Farmingdale State fell to #14 Wesleyan University, 16-7, today in a non-conference men's lacrosse game in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams held the Cardinals to six goals over the final two periods, but could not overcome the 10-3 halftime deficit.
Wesleyan scored the first three goals, before freshman attackman Erick Thomson (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park) netted his first of two goals off an assist from freshman attacker Gerald Trovato (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford). The Cardinals went on to score seven consecutive goals and held a 10-3 lead at the half, and added six more for the 16-7 win.
Wesleyan was led by senior attacker Jason Ben-Eliyahu (East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) with six goals and one assist. Senior attacker Russ Follansbee (Deerfield, Mass./Deerfield Acad.) scored four goals and three assists. Senior goalkeeper Mike Borrero (Bayport, N.Y./Saint Anthony's) made two saves for the win.
Farmingdale State sophomore midfielder Joe Stroessenreuther (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage) finished with three goals, while Thomson had two goals and one assist. Senior attacker Sean Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) had one goal and two assists, and senior midfielder Mike Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) scored one goal and one assist. Senior goalkeeper Teddy Leone (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) made 12 saves in 37 minutes played.
The Rams now host Cobleskill on Saturday, March 21st at 1:00 p.m.


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Alicia Keys launched her latest album "Girl On Fire" in style by throwing a star-studded party in New York on Tuesday night.
The singer kicked off the week with the lights of New York's Empire State Building being synchronized to her fifth record's title track and her huge hit with pal Jay-Z, "Empire State of Mind."
She continued the celebrations on Tuesday by hosting a VIP bash at Big Apple club The Box, where she was joined by her record producer husband Swizz Beatz and a host of A-list pals including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake and designer Tommy Hilfiger.
Keys was presented with a cake featuring her image made out of icing, and reportedly hit the dance floor with Beyonce while her partner, Swizz Beatz, acted as MC on the decks.


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Rescue Profile: Stan
Case #: 15054
On a Tuesday morning in June, experienced hiker Stan Reese set out on a solo 4 day hike in the mountainous area outside of San Bernardino, California. Everything was going great until day three of his hike. As Reese started to hike towards San Gorgonian Mountain, he looked over his left shoulder to the north and saw heavy smoke. Being a southern California resident, he knew that meant a wildfire had broken out and he would need to abandon his plans immediately.
Reese quickly returned to his campsite, crammed all of his stuff into his pack and started to hike out of the increasingly dangerous area. He visualized the direction of the fire and felt there was no immediate risk in his plan since the smoke was pushing to the east and away from where his car was parked.
Rescue Profile: Frank
Case #: 14356
Frank Rawley is an avid sailor and said he always checks the weather prior to setting sail. Although conditions were listed as fair, he and his crew found themselves in bad weather on the second day of their journey from North Carolina to Pensacola. The forecast had been wrong in both directions and the wind grew extremely rapid, damaging the sails and rigging. It was then that Frank activated the S.O.S. on his SPOT Gen3, alerting GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center of his location.
"If the boat had been parallel with the waves, we would have capsized," said Frank. "We were 63 miles offshore in 30 foot breaking seas with wind gusts at 50 miles per hour. We deployed a drogue, but eventually the waves ripped it off."
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Tom Madlem had been riding motorcycles for 50 years. Death Valley was one trip he had never taken before though. He and a friend had planned to take 2 weeks off and make the ride. However, the first part of the trip was going to force Madlem to commit the "cardinal sin" - biking alone.
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Chatham Outreach Centers
A Chatham education is supported by our "pillars of excellence" – women's leadership, environmental awareness and global understanding. Representing the strengths of our World Ready Women, these attributes are woven throughout the curriculum and are championed by our centers and institutes.
Housed on the Chatham University campus, each center interacts with the campus community and the surrounding region and sponsors events open to all throughout the year.
- Center for Women's Entrepreneurship at Chatham (CWE)
Never has there been a more exciting time to be a woman business owner. This century will be the century of the entrepreneur in general and of the woman entrepreneur in particular. Women continue to move to entrepreneurship in record numbers due to the flexibility, control, and catalyst for change offered through business ownership. Housed at Chatham University, a recognized pioneer in creating educational and innovative programs for women since 1869, our center for women entrepreneurs focuses on shortening the learning curve to success by providing hands-on, cutting edge practical programs specifically for women business owners.
- Fourth River
The Fourth River features writing and art as well as provides links to valuable writing resources, publisher web pages, contest sponsors and other literary sites. The site encourages free speech and welcomes literary critique, social/environmental commentary, and may be used as an unbiased sanctuary for naturalistic writers.
- Global Focus
Begun in 1995, the Global Focus Program at Chatham University concentrates on one region of the world each year to enable the university community to engage in a comprehensive study of that region through coursework, class assignments, campus events, community activities, co-curricular programs and service learning projects. By the time she graduates, a Chatham undergraduate will have been immersed in four world regions in her curriculum work and co-curricular activities.
- Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics (PCWP)
The Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics is the first to focus specifically on women's political involvement in Pennsylvania. The Center seeks to increase the level of political participation of women in Pennsylvania through its mission of education, public service, and research.
- Pittsburgh Teachers Institute (PTI)
The Pittsburgh Teachers Institute, which replicates the 25-year-old model developed by Yale University and the New Haven Public Schools, offers academic seminars to public school teachers. Teachers who participate-Institute Fellows-are treated as members of the university community. Fellows prepare a curriculum unit, use this unit in their teaching and the Institute makes these units available to other teachers in the district.
- Rachel Carson Institute (RCI)
The Rachel Carson Institute was established at Chatham University in 1989 to continue the legacy of Chatham's most distinguished alumna, Carson 29' by promoting the awareness and understanding of significant and current environmental issues through national and regional conferences, debates, lecture series, seminars, panel discussions and other educational programs.
- Office of Sustainability
Chatham University's Office of Sustainability is the administrative home of all campus sustainability projects. This office works to initiate change on campus with the hope of moving Chatham to carbon neutrality. This office works with University departments, faculty, and student groups to take steps to a more sustainable living, learning, and working environment for the campus community.


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It has been eight years since Charles W. Sandor walked the halls as a student at Penn State Brandywine, but he makes sure to stop by whenever he can to visit the faculty and staff members who helped him succeed. Since earning his bachelor of arts degree in English, Sandor went on to become a physician at Riddle Memorial Hospital, located less than 2 miles south of his deep-rooted alma mater.
Sandor currently specializes in general surgery under the supervision of Hassan C. Vakil, who was chairman of the department of surgery for more than 30 years. Sandor encounters a variety of medical cases on a daily basis, including abdominal and gallbladder issues, appendicitis, hernias, skin lesions, breast diseases and skin cancer.
Sandor explained that he spends most of his time in the outpatient setting, where medical cases are referred to the general surgery unit. When patients come in, Sandor analyzes their symptoms and presents a diagnosis while educating them about their situation.
"I like to take the time to explain what their condition is. I've noticed that it really puts the patient at ease," he said. "If you really give them a friendly ear, their recovery time is incredible."
Sandor has a great passion for his role with Riddle Memorial Hospital and explained that the most rewarding part of his career is the gratification he feels when helping others.
"We have cases where the patient has an advanced form of cancer and you're able to treat them, and they're so happy. It really pulls your heartstrings," he said.
After graduating from Penn State Brandywine in 2006, Sandor was debating what he truly wanted to do with his future. Holding a bachelor's degree in English, he had a strong passion and skill for creative writing but was always interested in medicine. With guidance from his professors and family he ultimately made the decision to attend medical school. The summer after he graduated he left home and enrolled at the University of Szeged, located in Szeged, Hungary.
Sandor explained that his parents were from Hungary and he spent most of his summers in that European country. Having the ability to write and speak fluently in Hungarian made the challenge of living and attending medical school abroad possible. Although the university was located in Szeged, the program was taught in English. When making clinical rounds in the local hospital and seeing Hungarian patients, he explained, his heritage gave him an added advantage. "I became the most popular student during those rounds because my classmates knew I spoke the language," he chuckled.
While at Brandywine, Sandor was an involved member of the student body. He was a Cooper Honors Scholar, a member of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society, a member of the Student Government Association and proudly explained that he served as the Nittany Lion mascot for three semesters, calling it his "three tours of duty."
"Here the professors are so nice. I really do think I found myself at Penn State (Brandywine). I have nothing but fond memories of this place," he said. "There's a charm to it. The administration, the entire faculty, everyone is here for one thing, to help the students. They really care about their students."


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Optimizing Processes That Lose Money
So far, we've discussed Stupid Six Sigma Tricks #10: Conflating systems, methods and tools and #9: Confusing breakthrough with continuous improvement. This month, I'll spend some time on a more subtle, and no less costly mistake that, in its extreme form, we'll call Stupid Six Sigma Trick #8: Optimizing processes that lose money. "Well," you might say, "Isn't that what Six Sigma is all about? Taking unprofitable processes and fixing them or making profitable ones more profitable?" And you would be right. For the explanation, we need to dip briefly into the world of accounting. As your dentist says, "Don't worry, it won't hurt much and will be over soon."


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Clarkson University Director of University Events Christina Lesyk Receives Professional Certification
Clarkson University Director of University Events Christina Lesyk has received designation as a Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) by the International Special Events Society.
The CSEP designation recognizes event professionals who successfully demonstrate the knowledge, skills and ability needed to plan and implement all aspects of a special event. In order to qualify for the CSEP, potential candidates are evaluated through examination and an assessment of several years of professional event experience.
The CSEP designation is globally recognized and one of the two most highly regarded in the world for event professionals. It demonstrates dedication to enhancing individual and professional performance and the promotion of professional ethics and standards.
"The CSEP designation is considered the hallmark of professional achievement in the special events industry, and I am truly grateful to Clarkson University for giving me the opportunity to hone my skills over the past eight years to qualify for this honor," said Lesyk.
Lesyk has also been approved to sit for the examination for the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation, the second of the two most highly regarded global certifications. She anticipates taking this examination in the spring.
Lesyk has worked at Clarkson since 2005 and has been director of university events since 2009. Prior to that, she worked in various positions at SUNY Plattsburgh, Empire State College, Clinton Community College, and the Community Action Agency of Franklin County.
She received her bachelor of arts degree in women's studies at Columbia University/ Barnard College, and her master's in community organization and planning from the Hunter College School of Social Work in New York. She will complete her event management certificate from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst this March.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Feb. 25, 2013 — Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in a deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events, a team from the University of California, San Diego and a colleague from France have found.
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Anomalies in oxygen found in sulfate particles coincide with several episodes of the world-wide disruption of weather known as El Niño and can be distinguished from similar signals left by the eruption of huge volcanoes, the team reports in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published the week of February 25.
"Our ability to link of reliable chemical signatures to well-known events will make it possible to reconstruct similar short-term fluctuations in atmospheric conditions from the paleohistory preserved in polar ice," said Mark Thiemens, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, who directed the research and dug up much of the snow.
Thiemens, graduate student Justin McCabe and colleague Joel Savarino of Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnment in Grenoble, France, excavated a pit 6 meters deep in the snow near the South Pole, with shovels.
"At an elevation of 10,000 feet and 55 degrees below zero, this was quite a task," Thiemens said. Their efforts exposed a 22 year record of snowfall, a pileup of individual flakes, some of which crystallized around particles of sulfate that formed in the tropics.
Atmospheric sulfates form when sulfur dioxide -- one sulfur and two oxygen molecules -- mixes with air and gains two more oxygen molecules. This can happen a number of different ways, some of which favor the addition of variant forms of oxygen, or isotopes, with and extra neutron or two, previous work by Thiemens's group has shown.
Unlike polar ice, which compresses months of precipitation so tightly that resolution is measured in years, relatively fluffy snow allowed the team to resolve this record of atmospheric chemistry on a much finer scale.
"That was key," said Robina Shaheen, a project scientist in Thiemen's research group who led the chemical analysis. "This record was every six months. That high resolution made it clear we can trace a seasonal event such as ENSO."
ENSO, the El Niño Southern Oscillation, is a complex global phenomenon that begins when trade winds falter allowing piled up in the tropical western Pacific to slosh toward South America in a warm stream that alters marine life crashing fisheries off Peru and Chile, and disrupts patterns of rainfall leaving parts of the planet drenched and others parched.
The warmed air above the sea surface lifts sulfur dioxide high into the stratosphere, where it's oxidized by ozone, which imparts a distinctly different, anomalous pattern of oxygen variants to the resulting sulfate particles.
In the Antarctic snow samples, the chemists found traces of these oxygen anomalies in sulfates trapped within layers of snow that fell during strong El Niño seasons.
Volcanoes too can shoot sulfur compounds high into the atmosphere where they react with ozone to produce sulfates with oxygen anomalies. Three large volcanoes, El Chichón, Pinatubo and Cerro Hudson, erupted over the course of this time sample, which stretched from 1980 to 2002 and encompassed three ENSO events as well.
Journal Reference:
- S. Chakraborty, T. L. Jackson, M. Ahmed, M. H. Thiemens. Sulfur isotopic fractionation in vacuum UV photodissociation of hydrogen sulfide and its potential relevance to meteorite analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213150110
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Every 1st Saturday of the month, the notaires of the Conseil du Coin offer you legal advice in several cafes in France.
From 2 to 5 June 2019, "Brussels Expo" receives the 115e French Notaries' Congress about the international private law: International family and estate issues, the notarial profession is faced with the challenges of international mobility.
From February 23 to March 3rd 2019, please come to get free notaires advices at the Paris International Agricultural Show.
French property market trends, french property prices in the 3rd quarter of 2018: French notaires analyse property market in France.
On January 16, 2019, Mr. Pierre-Luc Vogel, notary in Saint-Malo, officially took office as President of the Council of Notariats of the European Union (CNUE).
French Notaires are present at the "France Show" which take place at Olympia Center exhibition center, 25-26-27 January 2019.
French property market trends, french property prices in the 2nd quarter of 2018: French notaires analyse property market in France.
On 9 October, in Brussels, The Council of the Notariats of the European Union concluded its European project on cross-border mediation co-financed by the European Commission.
On September 26 and 27, 2018, take advantage of the advice of notaires offered! In a train, in your city, or by telephone, the notaries of France offer you free legal consultations. Family law, wealth or real estate: in September, french notaires come to meet you!
The Notaries of Europe opened a new information website today for the general public: " Authentic Acts in Europe "
French property market trends, french property prices in the 4th quarter of 2017: French notaires analyse property market in France.
Jérôme FEHRENBACH succeeds Patrice TARTINVILLE in the General Management of the High Council of French Notariat (Conseil supérieur du notariat), the professional organisation of the french notariat, from May 2018.
On March 21, 2018, the exhibition "S'expatrier : mode d'emploi" will open the doors of its 9th edition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris. Notaries of France will be present and will welcome you on their stand from 9AM to 8PM to give you personalized legal advices.
From February 24 to March 4th 2018, please come to get free notaires advices at the Paris International Agricultural Show.
French property market trends, french property prices in the 3rd quarter of 2017: French notaires analyse property market in France.
Marius Kohler, notaire in Hamburg (Germany), took office as President of the Council of Notaries of the European Union on 19 January 2018.
French Notaires will be at the "France Show" which take place at Olympia Center exhibition center, 27-28-29 January 2018.
Me VOGEL he has just been unanimously elected Vice President of The Council of the Notariats of the European Union.
French property market trends, french property prices in the 2nd quarter of 2017: French notaires analyse property market in France.
From 5 to 7 October, Notaries from 22 European countries are set to meet in Spain as they look to improve consumer protection in the digital environment and the mobility of companies within the EU.
Buying property is often akin ti clearing an obstacle course.What precautions should I take?
What documents should I provide?As soon I reach an agreement with the buyer, I give the notary documents pertaining to my personal situation...
One of your relatives has just died.Who inherits? In what proportion? At what cost? You notary is at your service to help you and assist you in any formalities required to seettle the estate...
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Role and Pratice Areas of the Notary
A Notaire is a legal specialist with a public authority mission who draws up authenticated contracts on behalf of his clients. He is self-employed.
- Notaire - a public officer
A Notaire is a public officer who operates in every area of law including family, property inheritance, asset, company law, countryside law, local authorities, etc.
He acts on behalf of the State and is appointed by the Minister of Justice, and the fact that an instrument is drawn up by a Notaire is a guarantee of its legality and authenticity. All this means that the Notaires are vested with prerogatives of official authority which they receive from the State.
Under the terms of Article 1 of the Order dated 2 November 1945 regarding the status of Notaires, "Notaires are public officers authorised to record any instrument or contract the parties to which are obliged, or may wish, to invest with the type of authenticity associated with public authority instruments".
- Notaire - a professional for authenticating instruments
The Notaire is empowered to authenticate instruments by affixing his seal and signature. By so doing he officially witnesses the wishes expressed by the signatories and gives hispersonal guarantee regarding the content and date of the instrument. Such instruments then have the legal status of a final judgment. As such, the Notaire is an amicable judge and dispensers of out-of-court justice.
- Notaire - a self-employed professional
Although he has a public authority, the Notaire operates on a self-employed basis and is responsible for his own office, thereby providing a modern type of public service that costs nothing to the State. He isa self-employed professional who is paid by his clients (and not the taxpayers) on the basis of a rate fixed by the State for the services he provides.
See the page dedicated to the notaire's fee.
- Notaire - a professional present throughout the country
The Notaire is present throughout the country according to a zoning system worked out by the Minister of Justice to best serve the needs of the population. The Notaire is therefore able to provide a locally-accessible public service focused on legal matters. His office is not subject to "numerus clausus" restrictions which would limit the number of notaires operating at any one time. Instead they are subject to a zoning system which ensures in order to cater to the needs of the population in any given area.
Consult the last figures of the profession.
The location of Civil Law Notary offices is reviewed on an ongoing basis under the supervision of the Central Administration of the Ministry of Justice, known as the chancellerie.
This location review has three objectives:
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- to take account of geographical and population change,
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Man Has an Awkward Situation With Some Unattended Laundry in Speed Stick's Commercial for Super Bowl 2013
Alright, this is Super Bowl 2013 commercial is pretty funny. Except for how angry we would be if somebody took our clothes out of the dryer the *moment* it turned off at the laundromat. Not cool.
Basically what we're saying is that this guy deserves to get caught holding a stranger's underpants. Fortunately for laundry jerk, his deodorant helps him keep his cool. Unfortunately for laundry jerk, he's the kind of jerk who would mess with somebody's laundry, so he quickly makes a mess of things all over again. Some people are beyond help from even the strongest of deodorants.


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It is lovely Rose.My daughter went to USA for 3 months a couple of years ago and brought me back a GES paperweight as a memento. It is the same shape as yours, but clear with a lovely internal swirl and shimmer. It is packed away at present but I think it said it has volcanic ash in it from Mt St Helen's volcano. An interesting thought ! JAK
They are gorgeous Rose, I like the blue one particularly JAK
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Unicorns are everywhere in art. They frolic in the garden of Eden, protect damsels, and sometimes, they kill elephants. For a while, they were the most popular ride in town; even Jesus got to ride a unicorn.
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Whenever contemporary jazzmen make jams full of melodic horn lines and bebop-type solos that reach back to Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, they're called "young lions." At least, they were. At 43, Texas-born trumpeter Hargrove isn't so young, but he sounds that way, both on his own boisterous albums such as 2008's "Earfood" and appearances on forward-looking R&B and hip-hop tracks by artists from Common to Erykah Badu to Femi Kuti. 8 and 11 p.m. at Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court. $60; 312-360-0234 or jazzshowcase.com
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Why brown fat is 'good' in the fight against obesity
What produces 300 times more heat than any other organ in the body? What stops a baby from freezing to death if left in the cold? The answer to both questions is "brown fat".
Scientists have discovered that this type of fat is a good thing because it produces lots of heat by burning calories.
Unlike white fat, which clings to our hips and expands our ageing waistlines, brown fat keeps the weight off.
And that's why the race is on to find out more about brown adipose tissue, also known as brown fat, and how humans could use it to our advantage.
When we're born we have lots of brown fat in our bodies, wrapped round the central organs to keep us warm, to help us adapt to life outside the womb.
As we grow, however, the brown fat content of our bodies decreases.
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have been using heat-seeking technology to find out if brown fat is still present in children and adults.
In the neck
Professor Michael Symonds and Dr Helen Budge from the University's School of Clinical Sciences say their research, published in the Journal of Pediatrics , shows that the neck region in healthy children produces heat.
"There is only about 50g of brown fat in the neck region and it switches on and off throughout the day as it's exposed to different temperatures or if you exercise or eat," says Prof Symonds.
But this capacity is much greater in young children compared with adolescents and adults.
He says that the challenge is now to use this knowledge to find out what factors might switch on brown fat, and therefore prevent excess weight gain.
"The more we know about what switches on brown fat the better. It may have an immediate effect which can be retained as you get older.
"This may provide new insights into the role of brown fat in how we balance energy from the food we eat, with the energy our bodies use up."
But could it have a role to play in fighting obesity too?
It's well-known that the UK has a weight problem. Just over a quarter of adults were classified as obese in 2010, a report from the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre said earlier this year.
Sweaty bodies
If the power of brown fat can be harnessed then white fat's days could be numbered.
It's a nice theory, says Prof Sir Stephen Bloom, head of division for diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at Imperial College London.
"If we activate brown fat, we can eat more and not gain weight. But we would waste energy unnecessarily, we would sweat a lot and forever be opening windows.
"We'd be hot and thin."
Anything that could mean calories are burned rather than being stored as fat sounds like a good idea - but there are dangers in using agents to activate body tissue.
"Agents have potential for toxicity. It's great if it works and it's safe, but everyone is nervous of the side effects of obesity therapies," Prof Bloom says.
Previous research on rodents and small mammals shows that they, like babies, rely on brown fat to keep warm.
"But this might not be so applicable in humans, particularly adults. That much brown fat is not natural in humans.
"It would be hard work to stimulate everything that way."
Burn rate
Prof Symonds is more positive, believing that his team's research using thermal imaging could lead to more useful information on what we eat.
"Potentially we could add a thermogenic index to food labels to show whether that product would increase or decrease heat production within brown fat.
"In other words whether it would speed up or slow down the amount of calories we burn."
So fat is not as simple as it seems. There are different types and the brown stuff is much better than the white.
But we have no control over the quantities of each kind in our bodies, nor how it is managed.
In the future, Nottingham researchers will look at how nutrition, exercise, and environmental and therapeutic interventions could have an impact on brown fat and its unique heat-generating properties.
In the meantime, Prof Bloom says it's a very promising area to work on.
"It could be a help in the fight against obesity, diabetes and heart problems."
Are we nearly there yet? "There's a long way to go. A decade at least."
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Matthew McConaughey has just cracked open his second Corona when the man wearing Mardi Gras beads and a Village People policeman's cap approaches his car.
"Do you know Duane?" the inebriated-looking man asks with suspicion, poking his head inside the window and gesturing to the house the car happens to be parked in front of. "Because I'm just giving you a word to the wise. He's hypersensitive about security and things like that. He'll have his people come and shake you down."
It's 9:30 on a Tuesday night, and McConaughey is sitting in the back of a black SUV with crime novelist Michael Connelly. They're high above the lights of Los Angeles on a twisty and noiseless street in Laurel Canyon, nursing beers and reflecting on the actor's role as on-the-make attorney Mickey Haller in the adaptation of Connelly's "The Lincoln Lawyer."
Parked down the street from Connelly's onetime residence — which served as inspiration for Haller's home — they discuss the building's remove from the city and how it symbolizes Haller's status as a legal-system outsider. Neither of them know Duane.
"You like Mardi Gras?" Connelly deadpans to the 50-ish interloper, who has emerged from a home nearby to offer his unsolicited warning. The man begins an enthusiastic affirmative answer, and Connelly further defuses a fraught situation, saying he used to live up the street, and downshifts to small talk about Beverly D'Angelo, who lives here too. Growing excited, the stranger responds with a semi-coherent story about how D'Angelo has been engaged in a rivalry with actress Carrie Fisher over a role. Then he walks away.
"Well, daa-yam," McConaughey says in his trademark Texas drawl, laughing as he turns to Connelly. "You could have written a whole novel right there. The Croatian gangsters come, Mickey Haller sorts it all out. Beverly D'Angelo is saved."
It's a scene that wouldn't be out of place in McConaughey's new legal thriller, where Haller, a small-time lawyer who instead of an office works from a Lincoln Town Car, offering backseat banter and attitude to clients and antagonists alike. Brad Furman's Los Angeles-shot and -set film, which opens Friday, examines what happens when Haller is called upon to defend Louis Roulet, scion of a wealthy Beverly Hills family who's accused of attempted rape and attempted murder (Ryan Phillippe). It's less a victim tale than a chess match; Roulet is not as innocent as he appears, and Haller soon finds himself in a legal and moral quagmire.
But if McConaughey's rakish playfulness is evident as he talks about the movie, the part — his first dramatic role after five years of romantic comedies — also has him in a philosophical mood. "With a romantic comedy, the goal is not to hit too hard. It's a jab. It's a spar," McConaughey says. "This is like a Frazier-Ali fight. Ali could have his best day and still lose. This is basic survival."
It's also the actor's first role as a lawyer since his turn as Jake Brigance in "A Time To Kill" vaulted him to stardom 15 years ago, and McConaughey says the job of conflicted counselor suits him.
"I always thought I was going to do criminal defense law for a living," he says. "It's actually close to the job of an actor or an artist. The defense attorney is a storyteller. He has to weave the web of reasonable doubt, tell the story that could" — he puts his hands together and snakes them through the air — "have happened like this, or could have happened like that."
As McConaughey has his driver take him and Connelly to the author's former home, the actor pulling Coronas from a cooler next to his seat and offering bottles and limes to his ride mates, he says the experience of shooting across the city was an education. "We'd go to neighborhoods I'd never been to, that many people in L.A. have never seen, areas where you can feel a sense of desperation. Mothers and kids are walking in the park in the same square footage as the guys from the gang," he says.
Furman explained in a separate interview that he included neighborhoods such as Inglewood and Echo Park because "we're so used to seeing Hollywood in movies but not used to seeing other places." The director, who replaced Tommy Lee Jones when Jones left the film over apparent creative differences, said that he thinks that McConaughey, after a string of lighter parts, here "gets back to his early signature roles like 'Dazed and Confused' and 'Lone Star' where he was like Marlon Brando; he was roughneck but he was cool."
Connelly has written more than two dozen bestsellers, nearly all of them crime fiction and most of them set in Los Angeles. But "Lincoln Lawyer," which features his best-known character after Det. Harry Bosch (not yet seen on screen), marks only his second book ever to be filmed. (The Clint Eastwood-directed "Blood Work" came out in 2002.) He is poised to win a long legal battle with Paramount over rights to the Bosch character.
A former Times reporter who now lives in Tampa, Fla., the novelist had little input on "Blood Work," which proved to be a critical and commercial disappointment. He was more involved this time, meeting with McConaughey before production and coming to the set to talk to Furman, who directed from a script by John Romano. Months before McConaughey was even cast, Connelly recalls watching the actor on-screen as Rick Peck — best friend and agent to Ben Stiller's Tugg Speedman in 2008's "Tropic Thunder" — and telling his wife he thought McConaughey would make a good Mickey Haller.
"Really? I didn't know that was my audition tape," McConaughey says.
"This story requires constant momentum," Connelly replies. "Things are always in motion. And Matthew looks like he's in motion even when he's standing still."
McConaughey nods his head in agreement. "Momentum and hunger are baseline components of that character. He's always running to something … even if he's not sure where he's going."
The 41-year-old has just flown in from a press stop in Toronto and, though he lives with his girlfriend, Brazilian TV personality Camila Alves, and their two young children in Malibu, he's staying at the Four Seasons this night ahead of press appearances the following morning.
"Movement is something I instinctually really like. Even if you're standing still," he says. "It's part of what gets me turned on. I have some sense of movement in every relationship — to my work, to my life, to my own happiness." He turns reflective, his voice taking on a certain musicality. "Sitting still does not mean you're not moving. Sometimes you go backward. In youth you go and head butt certain things, and you stop and you bang 'em and you bang 'em and you bang 'em. As you get older you realize — just dance on around it. Slide on by. Dance between the raindrops."
But when asked what specific hurdles he's learned to sidestep, the actor chooses to keep it abstract. "I love sports, spatial sense, athleticism," he answers. "You bob and you weave, and you dance and you move and you roll and you come out the other side dry as a bone."
Raised in Longview, Texas, McConaughey spent many years as a favorite of the celebrity media. He was a poster child for the bachelor life, palling around — sometimes shirtless — both solo and with other celebrity players such as Jake Gyllenhaal. That changed several years ago when he got together with Alves. But McConaughey says that family life hasn't affected him that deeply. "For me it was a bit of a myth where people go 'You have kids and your life screeches to a halt,'" he says. "You just recalibrate certain things."
McConaughey took two years off for his family after "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," a romantic comedy that performed decently at the box office but was panned by critics, and now wants to delve more into dramas like "Lawyer" and the movies of his early career.
"I'm more inspired by what I get to do an as actor than I've ever been," McConaughey says. (At one point, he even began signing some of his work-related e-mails with the acronym "DSTT," a reference to "Don't Sweat the Technique," a hip-hop song used in the movie.) "I'm more excited to act than I've ever been." He's trying to develop several passion projects, including "The Dallas Buyer's Club" a 1980s drama about an AIDS patient that many stars have tried to get off the ground.
As the car wends its way down Laurel Canyon and across Sunset Boulevard, the conversation turns to "Lincoln Lawyer" themes. "I like promoting it because there's something to engage with and talk about. It's life and death," McConaughey says.
As for his desire for more dramatic roles, McConaughey takes an Eastern approach. "I think it comes down to that Confucius line: Change the things you can," he says. "Don't worry about the things you can't."


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By now, you've probably heard of the EMP Impression Series E5Ti speakers (the "i" stands for Impression and the "R" designation in the review title refer to the Red Burl finish on the review pair). They've pretty much taken the Internet by storm. EMP Tek, sister company to the well respected RBH Sound, has a history of great sounding speakers that get great reviews. What they usually don't do well on is looks. Well, EMP has remedied that with the E5Ti's. One glance at any of their pictures (professional or even the amateur ones in this review) will show gorgeous finishes with a stunning overall aesthetic. But that's not what has sparked people's interest. No, for that, you have to speak to their wallets.
At a $730 a pair asking price, you've got people doing double takes. They can't help but re-check the pictures and the claimed specs. When they see that the introductory price is a mere $400 a pair, I'm wondering if EMP will have a class action lawsuit brought against them for either causing keyboard damage or head trauma as people faint with disbelief.
Build Quality
One problem I've never encountered with RBH or EMP speakers is packing deficiencies. Again this was the case. The EMP E5TiRs arrived individually boxed with large foam endcaps and a center rib. For a speaker that is only 35.5″ tall, that's a lot of protection. Of course, they came in a cotton sock but they weren't double boxed. While this would have added an additional layer of protection, in my opinion it would have been unnecessary with all the foam included. There was very little possibility that any damage that would have gotten past the other protection would have been stopped by an additional layer of cardboard.
Unboxing the speakers, I noted they came with a manual describing the entire Impression line including the E5Ti tower, the E5Ci center, E5Bi bookshelf, and ES10i sub. The speakers also came with a set up "jester cap" style of carpet spikes. These carpet spikes look as if they should come to a point but then end with a small ball. This will prevent much of the damage that you might incur from setting a sharp spike on your foot but also hampers the spike's ability to penetrate your carpet (the true function of the spike). I'm not a huge fan of this type of spike but it seems that manufacturers are choosing this type more and more often these days. I was a bit disappointed that there was no option for hardwood or tile floors. Most speakers will come with two sets of feet (especially with a speaker with threaded inserts like the E5Tis) – one a spike for carpets and a second with a rubber tip for harder floors.
As soon as they come out of the sock, you're going to be amazed by the finish. The Red Burl is glossy and handsome and frankly, quite stunning. While a very close inspection will reveal a few imperfections including splash over of the stain on the brass threaded inserts on the bottom and some dimpling on the surface, you can spend your whole life with them an not notice. In a darkened room, they will be flawless. Frankly, at a $730 a pair (never mind $400) asking price, a few imperfections are to be expected. One thing that I didn't quite understand was some of the QA issues I found. While finish blemishes can be forgiven, there were some fit and finish issues that might affect sound quality. Case in point was the tweeter on one of the speakers. While it looked flush to the eye, if I ran my finger across it I could tell that one edge was slightly recessed while the other was slightly elevated. This means that the tweeter was actually pointed slightly to one side which can certainly affect the sound quality of the speaker.
Once you get past the finish of the speaker (which is gorgeous), the first thing you'll notice is its size – It's small. At only 35.5″ tall, this is a speaker which places the tweeter well below ear level. Most manufacturers (Dynaudio not included) will aim for keeping the tweeter as close to ear height (when seated) as possible. Most speakers measure the best somewhere between the tweeter and the mid (which in this speaker is about 30″ off the ground). Unless you own some ultra-modern low to the ground furniture, bean bags, or maybe you've got the whole traditional Japanese mats or Indian pillow thing going on, you're going to be seated quite a bit above that. This means that you'll either have to live with it as is, tilt the speaker back, or raise it up. I've heard suggestions to invest in aftermarket outriggers (not a bad idea in general as you'll see in a bit) but unless they are outrigger stilts, they aren't going to be high enough. You're going to need about 6-8″ and I've never seen an outrigger set that high (though you might want to check the discussion thread for this review as I'm sure someone out there will find one just to prove me wrong).
The speaker is designed like many I've seen in recent years with a wide front baffle, a smaller rear panel, and a gentle curve to the sides. There are many sonic reasons for this (internal standing waves being the most prominent) but structurally, it is not one of my favorite designs. Frankly, the smaller rear panel makes it so that the speaker just isn't as stable as it could be. No matter how much I messed with the carpet spikes, I couldn't get it to sit as solidly as I'd like. I don't think this was due to anything other than the shape of the cabinet. Here is where aftermarket outriggers (like the Soundocity ones reviewed a while back) would come in handy. They'd give you a bit of extra height. Plus they'd add some much needed stability to the E5Ti speakers. Unfortunately most aftermarket outriggers would bump up the cost of the speaker by nearly 50%. Fortunately, that still wouldn't get the $400 E5Ti back up to its full MSRP!
The front baffle of the speaker is black and extra thick while the rest sports of veneered finish. There are two 6.5″ poly-matrix woofers, a 5.25″ aluminized poly-matrix midrange (with a true phase plug), and a 1″ fabric dome tweeter under a dedicated screen. The driver compliment alone belies the price of these speakers. Usually, at sub-$1000, phase plugs are for show only and move in and out with the driver. This, however, was a real phase plug. From the front, the speaker really has a very impressive appearance. The only mar to this is a pair of screws near the bottom of the front baffle that are uncovered. If the grille had covered them, the grille would have had to take up the entire front of the speaker – a look to which I am not partial. While the screw head is black and near the bottom, I did notice it right away. I wish EMP had found a way to cover this for a more uniform finish.
The grille is very sturdy for its size. While I generally see plastic grille frames at this price point, the E5Tis instead have an MDF frame. This is only a bit heavier than the plastic but much MUCH sturdier. The grille posts are plastic but hold very securely. The grille is easy to remove and replace and the connection point is secure enough that I never worried about them falling off even with heavy jostling. There is a small EMP logo on the bottom of the grille which is the only branding on the front of the speaker. With a speaker that looks as good as this one does with the grille off, I'm surprised that EMP didn't include some branding under the grille. Hey, you've got those two big black woofers, how 'bout you grab some whiteout and color in your name?
The back of the speaker is, as mentioned, smaller than the front. There is a port at the very bottom with two pairs of binding posts in a plastic case just above. This is all pretty standard until you take a look at the sticker on the binding posts. It informs you that you are NOT to use the dual binding posts for bi-amping and that doing so would damage your speakers. Well, then what are they for? We here at Audioholics have long maintained that the only reason for bi-wiring speakers is if you wish to add to the coffers of your favorite wire manufacturer. My guess (and I may be wrong) is that the dual binding post plates are in much more demand and therefore are cheaper than the single pair plates. Frankly, I think that EMP is setting themselves up for some complaints as guys, in general, don't read stickers on the back of their speaker much less the directions. Once these speakers start changing hands, you're going to run into a lot of these that have been bi-amped to death.
Manufacturer's Note
Even before the review was undertaken we had decided to replace the dual pairs of binding posts with a single pair to reduce confusion and to eliminate the possibility of damage that Tom mentioned. Units that have already shipped will still have the dual pairs and we remind owners to heed the warning on the speaker and in the manual and bi-wire only, do not bi-amp.
Taking apart the speaker, you'll find a bit sturdier cabinet than what you would expect at this price point. The box (sans the extra thick 1 inch front baffle) is constructed out of 1/2″ MDF. There is a dedicated box behind the midrange that is stuffed full of polyfill which also serves as a brace since it's connected to the side walls of the cabinet. There is an O brace between the woofers which is concealed by the damping material. There are several wedges placed strategically around the edges of the cabinet for further shoring up.
There is minimal insulation within the box with a few pieces glued to the edges. The port is only flared on the outside. The woofers are a bit light for their size with stamped baskets and modest magnet structures. None of this is really a slam against the speaker as this is basically either at or above the level you'd expect in a $730 tower speaker. The crossover is a second order asymmetrical design that utilizes a mixture of steel and air core inductors and polypropylene and electrolytic capacitors. There is definitely some cost cutting here but you would be surprised at the lower grade parts we've found in some very well known brands costing 2-3 times more than the retail price of these speakers. At least EMP utilized the better parts where it matters most, the mids and highs.


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People You Know - July to September 2012
Igor Gonzales (Master's in Metallurgy, 1984) was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on May 2, 2012.
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Gonzales joined Barrick in 1998 and has more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He has played a key role in the successful growth of Barrick's South American business unit and has also been integral to the development of the Pascua-Lama project. Under Gonzales' leadership, the South America region consistently demonstrated strong performance in safety, production and cost management.
Gonzales earned his bachelor's in chemical engineering from the University of San Antonio Abad in Cusco, Peru. He came to New Mexico Tech as a Fulbright Scholar and earned his master's in Extractive Metallurgy in 1984.


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HEALTH experts and charities have welcomed new guidance on safer drinking levels.
Professor Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK's expert on cancer prevention, said: "The link between alcohol and cancer is now well established, and it's not just heavy drinkers who are at risk. There is no 'safe' level of drinking when it comes to cancer - the less you drink, the lower your risk.
Drinking levels in the UK are almost double what they were in 1960, so it's vital we invest in national health campaigns to provide people with clear information about the health risks of drinking alcohol, particularly at levels above these new guidelinesProfessor Linda Bauld
"Many people still don't know that alcohol increases the risk of seven types of cancer, including breast, mouth and bowel cancers.
"Drinking levels in the UK are almost double what they were in 1960, so it's vital we invest in national health campaigns to provide people with clear information about the health risks of drinking alcohol, particularly at levels above these new guidelines."
Professor Mark Petticrew, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who chaired the group developing the guidelines, said: "We have reviewed all the evidence thoroughly and our guidance is firmly based on the science, but we also considered what is likely to be acceptable as a low-risk level of drinking and the need to have a clear message."
Matt Field, professor of addiction at the University of Liverpool, said: "One of the most important changes is that there is no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption: any amount of drinking is associated with increased risk of a number of diseases; the often-reported 'protective' effects will not apply to the majority of people and where they do apply, they refer to very low levels of drinking.
"So, any amount of alcohol consumption carries some risk.
"However, it is important to bear in mind that most activities that people undertake on a daily basis (eg driving to work) carry some risk, and people need to make informed choices about the level of risk that they are prepared to accept."
Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive of Breast Cancer Now, said: "This is a real step in the right direction on alcohol in the UK. We welcome the recommendation as we've known for some time that regularly drinking alcohol increases your risk of developing breast cancer.
"There is unfortunately no 'safe' alcohol limit when it comes to increasing one's cancer risk. It's imperative that men and women fully understand the risks involved and that clear information about the alcohol content of all drinks is now provided."
A statement from the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment said: "The new studies show that people who drink even low levels of alcohol have a greater risk of getting cancers of the mouth and throat, gullet, and of breast cancer in women than people who do not drink alcohol at all.
"Drinking approximately 1.5 units per day (10.5 units per week) or more increases the risk of cancers of the voice box and large bowel, whilst cancers of the liver and pancreas are more common in people who drink approximately six units per day (42 units per week) or more."
Dr John Holmes, senior research fellow from the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, said: "Having the same guidelines for men and women reflects that there are only very minor differences in alcohol-related health risk between the sexes at this level of consumption (ie up to 14 units per week).
"At higher levels of consumption, health risks from the same level of drinking are greater for women than for men."


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Guide to Geologic Hazards in Alaska
- Lahar
- A mudflow composed chiefly of volcaniclastic materials on the flank of a volcano. The debris carried in the flow includes pyroclasts, blocks from primary lava flows, and epiclastic material. Syn: mudflow (Neuendorf, K.K.E. and others, 2005)
- Hot volcanic debris erupted onto the flanks of the volcano can melt snow, forming floods or fast-moving slurries of water, mud, rocks, and sand. Lahars may also occur when thick deposits of proximal ash are rapidly eroded by heavy rainfall following eruptions. http://doi.org/10.14509/7042" href="/pubs/id/7042">(RI 2004-3)
- DGGS online catalog of government agency publications relating to: Lahar
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Volcano hazards program
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Kevin Rudd, in full Kevin Michael Rudd, (born September 21, 1957, Nambour, Queensland, Australia), Australian politician, who served as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP; 2006–10; 2013) and prime minister of Australia (2007–10; 2013).
Rudd grew up on a farm in Eumundi, Queensland. Politically active from his youth, he joined the ALP in 1972. He attended the Australian National University in Canberra, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Asian studies before embarking on a diplomatic career. From 1981 to 1988 he served in Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, holding embassy posts in Stockholm and Beijing. He left the department to become chief of staff for Queensland opposition leader Wayne Goss—a position he retained after Goss became premier of Queensland in 1989. Rudd served as director general of the state cabinet office from 1992 to 1995. Entering the private sector, he worked for two years as a senior consultant for the accounting firm KPMG Australia.
Rudd was first elected to the federal House of Representatives—as the member for Griffith, Queensland—in 1998 and was twice reelected (2001 and 2004). In Parliament he held a series of positions that gave him increasing responsibility within the Labor Party. After the 2001 election, in which Prime Minister John Winston Howard's coalition secured a strong working majority, Rudd was appointed shadow minister for foreign affairs. Frequently appearing in televised interviews and on political talk shows, Rudd became known as a vocal critic of the Howard government's handling of the Iraq War. He was given the additional shadow ministry portfolios of international security in 2003 and trade in 2005. At the ALP caucus held on December 4, 2006, he was chosen party leader, defeating former head Kim Beazley by a vote of 49–39.
In 2007 Rudd increased his calls for Howard to set a date for the next federal elections and urged the prime minister to meet him in face-to-face debates. Rudd—who was riding a wave of popular support at the same time that Howard's voter-satisfaction ratings were dropping—promised to bring a new leadership style to Australian politics. He called for a clear-cut exit strategy for Australian forces in Iraq, and he criticized Howard for recent rises in interest rates. In addition, Rudd stressed the importance of improving health services. To that end, he announced a comprehensive public health reform plan that he vowed to set in motion early in his administration if he was elected prime minister. In the November 2007 elections, the ALP easily defeated Howard and the Liberal Party. Rudd was sworn in as prime minister on December 3, 2007. Following through on a campaign promise, he formally apologized to the Australian Aboriginal peoples in February 2008 for abuses they had suffered under earlier administrations.
Rudd made climate change a centrepiece of his administration, calling it the "greatest moral challenge of our generation" and pushing for adoption of a carbon emissions trading scheme. He negotiated a deal with Malcolm Turnbull of the opposition Liberal Party of Australia to secure passage of the bill in the Senate. However, Turnbull faced dissent within his own party that led to his ouster and replacement by Tony Abbott, an opponent of the emissions trading scheme, and the bill was defeated in the Senate in December 2009. Because of this and other policy setbacks, Rudd's popularity declined, prompting an internal challenge by Julia Gillard, his deputy prime minister, in June 2010. Sensing his imminent defeat, Rudd chose not to contest the leadership vote, and Gillard was subsequently elected ALP leader and succeeded him as prime minister. Later that year Rudd became foreign minister, but he resigned in late February 2012 amid speculation that he was planning to challenge Gillard for leadership of the party. Within days Gillard called for a poll among the members of Parliament who belonged to the government coalition, and the vote resulted in a decisive defeat for Rudd.
ALP infighting continued, and in June 2013 Rudd's ALP supporters began petitioning for Rudd to challenge Gillard for party leadership. Gillard responded with a call for a decisive ALP leadership vote in which the loser would retire from politics, to which Rudd agreed. On June 26, 2013, Rudd emerged as the winner, once again assuming leadership of the ALP, and he was sworn in as prime minister the next day. The change in leadership did little to reverse the party's decline in public approval, however, and less than three months later Rudd and the ALP suffered a decisive loss to the Liberal-National coalition in the September 7 general election. Rudd retained his parliamentary seat but stepped down as party leader. Two months later he announced that he was retiring from politics, and he resigned from Parliament.
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Australian Aboriginal peoples: The Europeans…in February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a formal apology for the past mistreatment of Aboriginal people.…
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Australian federal election of 2010…deputy prime minister, had replaced Kevin Rudd as prime minister after successfully challenging him in a bid for the ALP leadership. Although not nearly as rapid as Gillard's ascent to power, Rudd's rise and fall had come quickly. He had ridden into office on a 2007 election victory over Prime…
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Reviewed by A.M. (age 6) and I.G. (age 7)
I (A.M.) think this is a really good story with funny details. We liked when the characters were making faces at each other. The illustrations show a lot of detail and make the animals look real. This story reminded me (I.G.) of the sharks in the movie, Finding Nemo.
Other people should read this story if they want to laugh. If you are a funny kid you will probably like this funny story.


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Call for Presentations – APTNE 2013 Annual Symposium: Historic Concrete Restoration
The Association of Preservation Technology, Northeast Chapter invites the submission of presentations for the February 1, 2013 Symposium to be held at a venue in Stamford, Connecticut. There will be 1 Keynote Speaker, approximately 8 presentations, and 2 student presentations. The focus of the Symposium will be Historic Concrete Restoration.
Papers on the following topics are encouraged:
- History of concrete.
- History of a unique concrete building or structure.
- Concrete restoration at historic buildings.
- Cleaning and/or coating of historic concrete.
- Finishes, pigmentation.
- Thermal improvements to historic concrete.
- Structural upgrades to historic concrete.
- Cathodic protection.
- LEED relationship to concrete restoration.
Abstracts are due September 30, 2012.
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I'm trying to prepare RNAlater in the laboratory. This buffer is a solution of EDTA, sodium citrate and ammonium sulfate. Must be brought to pH 5.2. The question is: I have nuclease-free water for its preparation, but the reagents are not. What is the risk to preserve my RNA In this coditions or should I buy nulcease-free salts?
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You should buy nuclease free salts and only use them for RNA work, you should also never use a spatula to get these out of the container (just tip and tap the container to get them out) and never return to the container any excess you tip out.


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