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So now we know. We had hunches and suspicions about how three particular debuting managers would align their sides prior to MLS opening weekend—but you never really know until you know. You know?
New York's Hans Backe and Chicago's Carlos de los Cobos were new managers to MLS. We've seen Peter Nowak's handiwork before at D.C. United, but now he pulls strings at expansion Philly, which is clearly a whole new jar of Cheez Whiz. (Nowak, in particular, approached his selections of personnel and tactics with a "State Secret" level of caution.)
In preseason, Backe had shown himself to be a 4-4-2 guy, and sure enough, Sinisa Ubiparipovic and Joel Lindpere were central in a "straight line" four-man midfield.
Across the field, de los Cobos opted for a diamond midfield. Logan Pause screened the defense while Peter Lowry, and later, Baggio Husidic, worked closer to the strikers. So much for innovation.
Nowak also went with a 4-4-2. Here, it wasn't the alignment but the choice of personnel within that alignment that drew attention—and reminded everyone that it's more about players than tactical deployment.
Philly started Michael Orozco and Danny Mwanga in the middle. Orozco is a defender, inserted awkwardly and surprisingly into a central midfield role. Mwanga is a forward, inserted awkwardly and surprisingly into the same. All of Mwanga's scorer's instincts, all that size, skill and athleticism seemed wasted on a player clearly not comfortable with the 360-degree bustle encircling him in his first pro game.
Regardless, Philadelphia's shape and personnel were never going to matter so long as Seattle's Osvaldo Alonso was lurking. The Sounders' little fireball of a defensive midfield destroyer was all over the place, back to his early 20009 best. So Mwanga and Orozco, stationed centrally opposite Alonso and Brad Evans, were at a loss from the word "go."
Notes from the Chalkboard:
San Jose manager Frank Yallop made a great adjustment at halftime, removing one his brainy little skill saws in the middle of the park in favor of a sledge hammer. Brazilian Andre Luiz and Argentine Javier Robles started centrally in Yallop's 4-4-2. But they were being out-worked and pretty much out-everythinged by Kyle Beckerman and Will Johnson, who was stationed nominally wide left but worked inside liberally. So Robles came off for Brandon McDonald, who added considerable steel and effectiveness.
Problem was, San Jose already trailed by two goals at that point.
It will be interesting to watch Collins John and Brian McBride play in tandem in Chicago—though de los Cobos has said he's not sure if he'll do it. The pair partnered formerly at Fulham, but the reality is they might cancel each other out. John likes receiving service with his back to goal and the ball at his feet—a classic target man. If a defender is crawling up his shirt from behind, well, he seems OK with that. And we know this because he spent significant portions of his MLS debut (as a sub) reminding his Chicago teammates through word and gesture. McBride, of course, is also a classic target presence. So, de los Cobos either must find a way to blend their similar skills or stick with Patrick Nyarko in the big-man-little-man combo he started with against New York.
Geoff Cameron's first run-out as a central midfielder? Eh. He never really found the game, although he did finally pinpoint a couple of moments after the intermission to stretch those long legs and run at FC Dallas' defense.
Remember all the talk of Landon Donovan finally gaining a settled role? For LA late last year, for Everton in the winter and for Bob Bradley's national team, Donovan has recently spent his time out wide on the left. It has worked brilliantly. So in the Galaxy's 2010 MLS opener he was … yep, at striker. Donovan partnered Edson Buddle at forward while Eddie Lewis lined up on the left and Mike Magee on the right. Go figure.
Backe wants his fullbacks getting forward, adding pressure through extra numbers. Roy Miller listened. And how. He pushed forward liberally, overlapping left midfielder Danleigh Borman. And Chicago midfielder Julio Martinez never made Miller pay for it. Say what you will about former Fire attacker Cuauhtemoc Blanco, but he's the kind of player who would have noticed and exploited Miller's risky bravado.
Rapids boss Gary Smith provided the week's surprise, inserting Marvell Wynne into the center of Colorado's defense, alongside Drew Moor. This meant Kosuke Kimura kept his spot on the right for now. Wynne looked good, using that trademark recovery speed to atone for occasional slipups. (Although Wynne was lucky not to concede an early penalty kick when he ran down—literally—Chivas USA's Maykel Galindo.)


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IMF Survey Vol.34, No.4 March 2005
- What's On
- At a glance: IMF financial data
- In the news: De Rato vows IMF support for Palestinian reforms, urges stronger economic cooperation in Maghreb region
- In the news: Afghanistan's economy grows, but so does poppy production
- El Salvador's reforms pay off, but external factors dampen growth
- Hope rekindled for cooperation, economic progress in the Comoros
- Finland's robust economy faces challenge of aging population
- Technical assitance: IEO review Ownership, better implementation are essential for successful TA
- Forum: Top scholars debate how to ignite and sustain growth
- Forum: Central banks seek better—not just more—transparency
- Research: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lessons from the ashes of conflict
- IMF lending: HIPC debt relief
- Policy: More central banks try open market operations
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Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Spain, Italy and Greece must take "comprehensive measures" to prevent a worsening of the euro region's sovereign-debt crisis.
"The main worries are two-fold: First is whether Greece will leave the euro zone," Wen said today in Beijing, according to a pool report. "The second is whether Italy and Spain will take comprehensive rescue measures. Resolving these two problems rests with whether Greece, Spain, Italy and other countries have the determination for reform."
Europe's slump is deepening as governments struggle to restore investor confidence and companies eliminate jobs. Economies are stalling or contracting amid concern about a possible Greek exit from the euro and the ability of Spain and Italy to service their debts.
Wen said he was more confident about the euro area after meeting today with Merkel. Their meeting coincided with the signing of a $3.5 billion agreement for the leasing arm of Beijing-based Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. to buy 50 Airbus SAS A320 aircraft, one of more than 10 accords signed today, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
"After I heard her views, it increased my confidence," Wen said at the Great Hall of the People. "But I must honestly say, the implementation of these measures won't be completely smooth." Wen said he was "worried" about the European debt crisis.
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China is willing to keep investing in euro-area debt "on condition of fully evaluating the risks," Wen said to reporters.
The European Union is China's second-biggest export market after the U.S., and shipments are plunging, exacerbating the slowdown in China's own economic growth. China's exports to the EU fell 16.2 percent in July from a year earlier, with sales to Italy falling 35.8 percent, according to Chinese customs figures.
In addition to winning contracts for German companies, Merkel is trying to convince Wen and other Chinese leaders that the euro region is a good place to invest. Gross domestic product in the 17-nation currency bloc fell 0.2 percent from the first quarter, the EU's statistics office said Aug. 14.
Merkel said "it's very, very important that we regain confidence in all the countries" of the euro region and thanked China for maintaining confidence in the joint currency. Merkel said she told Wen that euro-area nations are overhauling their economies "and that there is an absolute political will in the euro zone to make the euro a stable currency again."
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What You <i>Really</i> Need to Know About Startup Financing
This story appears in the October 2003 issue of Entrepreneurs StartUps Magazine. Subscribe »
When physical therapist Jodi Medell opened a running store in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she had time on her side. Her home had sold, and as a result, Medell had a critical ingredient in any start-up financing plan: collateral to secure a loan, the lack of which can ground even the most inspired idea.
She also found a supporter in a local banker, a fellow runner who thought Medell's vision was well-suited to the Southwestern town; the nearest such store was an hour away. "Everything fell into place," recalls Medell, 33. "My house was on the market for a while. Right before I desperately needed money for collateral, it sold."
Getting collateral was only half the battle. Although it took just three months from the time she drafted a business plan until she received an SBA loan from a local bank, in that short period, Medell learned the harsh reality of start-up financing. To begin with, she qualified for only two-thirds of her loan request, despite putting up the money from her home, her car and life insurance for collateral. She also had the daunting task of developing a three-year financial plan. Lacking a business background, Medell struggled with the estimates. "It was phenomenal how much paperwork I had to go through," she says. "You spend so much energy trying to get funding that you're wasted before you even open."
The rigors of the credit process didn't end with the launch of her store, The Running Hub. The $98,000 loan was mainly for inventory, and she needed approval before accessing funds. "I had to copy my invoices and send them to the bank so they had proof it was going back into the inventory," says Medell.
Despite the strings attached to her financing, Medell is one of the lucky ones. While there may seem to be a boundless supply of business credit, little is flowing to start-ups. Even SBA dollars generally fund existing companies, not start-ups like Medell's. And other programs for unbankable entrepreneurs have such strict requirements that many people don't qualify.
Complicating the credit search are misconceptions about start-up financing. One of the most common myths is that the strength of a business idea can secure a bank loan when assets are scarce. "My first question is, 'How much do you have [available] to put in?' I make it clear that I will not be their venture capital partner," says John Milbauer, chair of Minnesota's Lino Lakes State Bank, which requires an owner's equity investment of 25 percent of project costs.
Jumping the Gun
Unfortunately, entrepreneurs are so obsessed with financing, they often neglect details like critiquing the business plan. Even a banker may not uncover flaws in the strategy, particularly when the borrower is a strong contender in terms of credit history and collateral. "If people have good credit and are willing to put up their house, they will get the loan," says Therese Flaherty, director of the Wharton Small Business Development Centerin Philadelphia, "but they may not be able to generate the payback."
There was no danger of Jamila Payne, 26, falling into that trap. Payne was a recent college graduate when she launched a mail order clothing business, Milla by Mail Direct. Without collateral, traditional credit sources were out of reach. But instead of plunging headfirst into a frustrating credit search, she planned her business to the smallest detail. By the time Payne needed a loan, she had incorporated her company, drafted a business plan and saved $8,000. Impressed with her initiative, a nonprofit lending group accepted her in its program for entrepreneurs 30 and younger. Payne got $15,000 and completed a 10-week training program, an invaluable experience for the young business owner.
|How Low Can You Go?
|Entrepreneurs tend to overlook an obvious way to reduce their debt dependence: trimming the fat from their business plans. "One of the biggest sources of financing is not needing to spend the money," says Therese Flaherty, director of the Wharton Small Business Development Center in Philadelphia. "If they can buy used equipment and furniture and not need the money, they're taking much less risk. They should look at their whole operations plan and see if they can minimize the amount of investment they need. It's better not to take out the loan if they don't need it."
It's not uncommon for start-up entrepreneurs to seek credit simply because they believe it lends validity to a brand-new business. "I've seen people who just want a line of credit because they think it makes them look more legitimate," says Flaherty.
She urges start-ups to think of alternatives to credit, especially to fund short-term spending. For instance, a painting business could finance certain operating expenses, such as paint and other supplies, by asking customers for a portion of the payment upfront. "If you can get staged payments, you can avoid the line of credit."
Expand the Search
For every thoroughly prepared entrepreneur like Payne, another fails to fully explore their options. "The only idea a lot of people have is that they need to go to the bank," says Michael Mykris, director of the Santa Fe Small Business Development Centerin New Mexico. "We plant the seed that there are other sources of funding."
Some start-ups may actually fare better because of their inability to access mainstream credit. Family members, for instance, are more forgiving than banks and provide flexible terms at a time when entrepreneurs need it most. You should consider a family loan not only an important first step in business ownership, but also a critical component of your credit history. Like other types of credit, family loans demonstrate that your business has handled credit responsibly, often a precursor to future funding from a bank or investor. In addition to hiring an attorney to authenticate a family loan, you should also document the payment history, including an amortization record.
Angel investors also offer advantages beyond funding, serving as mentors to the entrepreneur. Even so, many start-ups fail to include them in their funding search because they assume investors target only technology start-ups with vast growth potential. Not so, says veteran investor Hans Severiens, founder of the Band of Angelsin Silicon Valley. "The businesses we're interested in tend to be technology-based businesses that make a better widget or better software," he explains. "But that's only a small portion of the overall angel activities. The angel that invests in a restaurant is happy to put his money in and, in two or three years, get two or three times his money back. He's not looking for a restaurant to become the new McDonald's."
That's the good news. The bad news is that a start-up may need several angels because investments are typically $10,000 to $20,000 per angel. Says Severiens, "If you need to raise a million dollars, you have to talk to 50 people."
Persistence is paramount, not only because start-ups have to network extensively, but also because they should make repeated appeals to individual investors, says start-up manufacturer Edward Tucker. "I would strongly encourage people trying to raise money not to accept 'no' for an answer," he maintains. Tucker, 42, didn't veer from that advice when lining up funding for his company, Philadelphia-based Plasticoncentrates Inc., which manufactures components for coloring plastic. When he encountered resistance because of the technical nature of his presentation, he rewrote his business plan to make it more palatable. During meetings with socially conscious investors, he stressed that his manufacturing plant was located in a low-income area.
Tucker got additional dollars by highlighting his company's location and social objectives, which include $100,000 in "opportunity grants" from the state of Pennsylvania. Other states and localities offer programs to help new businesses, and some offer lower loan rates to start-ups in certain urban and rural areas.
A few entrepreneurs, however, find these government programs and local loan funds too restrictive. "A lot of times, they're for a specific purpose," says Vandell Hampton Jr., executive director of the Enterprise Center Capital Corp., a Philadelphia company that recruits, trains and grows start-ups in urban communities. His group funded Payne's business through its young entrepreneur program.
Before obtaining her SBA loan, Medell, who is part Chocktaw Indian, investigated a Bureau of Indian Affairs program. "The restrictions were so stringent," she recollects, "that you had to be on a pueblo or on native land."
Also, loan funds like Hampton's generally link training to financing. If a start-up needs credit quickly, it may have to forgo a business opportunity because of the funding delay. The loans are also more expensive, with interest rates as high as 14 percent. However, they still aren't as costly as many credit cards, which are not suitable for long-term financing, such as equipment purchases. "These assets are not going to produce significant revenue anytime soon, but the credit card bill comes in every month," Hampton emphasizes. "You need a term loan for longer-term working capital needs."
More Misunderstandings
The SBA 7(a) loan program, in contrast, is tailored specifically to long-term capital needs, offering borrowers lower monthly payments due to an extended repayment term; the funds can be used for most business purposes, including real estate, construction, inventory and working capital. But while the federal program has been around for 50 years, it's one of the most misunderstood financing resources. Despite what many entrepreneurs think, their credit history is critical because SBA loans are less collateralized than conventional credit. Many view SBA loans as a bailout program for distressed companies, and lots of start-ups consider the SBA a likely funding source. Neither belief is really accurate. "Most banks have credit policies that require two to three years in business, even for their SBA program," says Heather Endresen, director of SBA lending for Citibank's Western division.
Citibank has bucked the trend by offering up to $50,000 in SBA financing to qualified start-ups. Borrowers must have a three-year financial plan and a net worth equivalent to the amount they want to borrow. However, the bank doesn't take personal assets as collateral, only business property. "Maybe they'll use the equity in the house for another source of borrowing," Endresen says. "In most cases, $50,000 is not enough to do the whole start-up. We're generally dealing with companies that have some other source of capital."
While Medell's SBA loan helped her get started, she has relied on credit lines with several vendors to keep store shelves stocked. Most are limited to $5,000, which restricts the amount of merchandise she can buy.
Her ongoing financial challenges underscore a truth of start-up financing: Seed money can take a new company only so far. Nearly two years after her launch, Medell isn't living large. But she's still in business. "If you start a business without having deep pockets, even after you've gotten your loan, they really sock it to you," says Medell. "It's not easy at all. You have to be cautious."
|Paving the Way
|How one entrepreneur braced herself financially when launching a new business
Before launching a mail order clothing business, Jamila Payne was paying off credit card debt and scaling back living expenses in anticipation of her entrepreneurial plunge. The 26-year-old even sold an expensive car to purchase a cheaper one. "I think that's something the loan officers and venture capitalists evaluate. 'How are you living? You just bought a new car but don't have any money to put in your business?'" says the founder of Milla by Mail Direct. "People underestimate how much [investors] look at your personal spending habits."
Along with wanting to send the right message to potential financiers, Payne knew being able to skip a salary was crucial to her survival. "I've talked to other entrepreneurs who have to go back to work because they don't have enough money for their personal expenses," she says. "It's important not just to save for start-up capital for your business, but to save so you can sustain yourself until the business is generating revenue."
Crystal Detamore-Rodman is a Charlottesville, Virginia, writer who covers the small-business finance market.


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The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series of Hope College will feature poet Marjorie Agosin on Monday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre.
She will also be featured during a question-and-answer session on Monday, Nov. 12, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the DeWitt Center Herrick Room.
The public is invited to both events. Admission is free.
Pulling stories from the margins of society, poet and human rights activist Marjorie Agosín illuminates pain and beauty in the lives of those often overlooked. In her most recent book of poems, "Secretsin the Sand: The Young Women of Juarez," as in her more than 20 other published volumes, Agosín focuses on the plight of women in developing countries.
Her book, "Scraps of Life: ChileanArpilleras" (Red Sea Press, 1987, translated by Cola Franzen), tells of Chilean women who make their struggles known to the world through the exposition of "arpilleras," folk tapestries which tell of their bravery and hardships in the face of oppression. Money from the sale of these handicrafts aids them in supporting families in which the men have been arrested or murdered, or have simply "disappeared." Her concern for women in Chile has also been the focus of feature articles in "The New York Times," "The Christian Science Monitor," "Ms. Magazine," and the "Barnard Occasional Papers on Women's Issues."
Among her many honors, Agosín has received the Neustadt International prize for world literature, the United Nations Award on Human Rights and the Letras de Oro - distinctions that showcase her seamless pairing of poetry with human rights advocacy. As acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez has observed, "Agosín gives voice to the voiceless, songs to haunt us and move us to tears and compassion."
The Hope College Jazz Ensemble will precede the reading at the Knickerbocker with a 6:30 p.m. performance.
Additional information may be obtained online by visiting www.hope.edu/vws.
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This week is Mariana's last with the IYA2009 Secretariat. It is hard to overstate how vital Mariana's role has been for the IYA2009 Secretariat and IYA2009. Since joining the team in 2008, Mariana has been consistently dedicated and professional. IYA2009 has been the largest science outreach project ever and Mariana has been at the centre of this effort. This fact is something Mariana should certainly note with well-deserved pride, as we are all certain that it would not have been the success it was without her contributions. The many positive comments about the Secretariat from the SPoCs unquestionably reflect this sentiment. The Cosmic Diary in particular embodies Mariana's success stories; as a global Cornerstone it was important for it to be released on 1 January 2009, a tight deadline admirably achieved. Throughout the project's duration Mariana's skills ensured that it consistently ran smoothly and to plan, fitting perfectly with the aims of IYA2009. We all wish Mariana every success with her future projects.
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Boulder isn't harboring the danciest dance scene around.
But there are still places to get that groove on — especially if you're willing to drive.
We've got some suggestions here on where to bust your move. Never fear. Between Boulder and Denver, you'll find ample places to shake that ass.
Absinthe House
1109 Walnut Street, Boulder
A place with many a reputation. But no matter your thoughts, its thudding bass, strobe lights and club feel draw in even the most skeptical, anti-dance folks (after a few shots, at least). With a loaded bar just above the dance floor, those avoiding the fray have a view of the movers and shakers below. Friday nights, DJs battle it out for the best beats, while Saturdays bring the house party to downtown Boulder. Don't let the line discourage you, it's worth heading in for a quick dance session.
Walrus Saloon
1911 11th Street, Boulder
A block away from Absinthe is the Walrus, infamous for its grungy feel and night-ending fishbowls. It wasn't built for dancing, but it certainly gets the crowd moving on a busy Friday night. So if the pool tables are busy at this basement bar, never fear. A dance party always starts up, with plenty of seating nearby for those too tipsy to move.
Tahona Tequila Bar
1035 Pearl Street, Boulder
This bar gets a dance crowd when the DJs arrive at 10 p.m. Restaurant by day, Tahona's margaritas become lethal by nightfall. And with everything from hip hop to house to funk to reggae, the dance floor's got you covered. And in this half-bar, half-dance setting, there's something for everyone, so your non-dancer friends have nothing to fear.
Club Vinyl
1082 Broadway, Denver
Tucked away south of Colfax, the beauty of Vinyl is its variety. Four floors with four different types of music should be able to appease anyone in your club-hopping group. And when the dance floor's a little too hot? Their rooftop patio offers a great place to enjoy that crisp Colorado air. (Heaters, fire pits and Denver skyline views are all part of the package.) Latin Night hits on Fridays, for the 18 and up crowd. Saturday, electro, progressive, hip hop, house and top 40 hits blast from the speakers. With a $5 cover most nights, it's definitely worth a stop.
Beta Nightclub
1909 Blake Street, Denver
Here's a club that advertises going green with its DJ lineup. Beta's known for technical flair, coordinating audio and lighting to create an all-consuming club experience. But for you environmentally conscious folk, it boasts sustainability throughout its design. The cover is generally $10, but its massive dance floor and quality club feel can help amp up any night out.
The Church
1160 Lincoln St., Denver
Talk about a twist. Built in 1865, this nightclub inhabits a church with a history of its own. From the stained glass to Gothic build, it's a place you go for the experience. The Church is open Thursday through Sunday, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; it's 18 and up Friday and Saturday, 21 and up on "Sin Sundays," as they call it. Each night has its own feel — Global Fridays, Latin Night Saturdays and a mix of dark techno with electro and industrial on those sinful Sundays. It's something new for your weekend.


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The 2014 Spring League Meeting kicked off Monday in Atlanta, where several key issues will be discussed.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport dropped a breakdown Monday of some of the topics owners plan to discuss, according to league sources:
» The host for Super Bowl LII is one item on which we know owners will vote on Tuesday. The three finalist cities for the 2018 bonanza are: New Orleans, Minneapolis and Indianapolis.
It's presumed that New Orleans is the front-runner heading into the meetings. The Crescent City is undefeated in its bids to host a Super Bowl (10 for 10). It is also worth noting that New Orleans is celebrating its tricentennial in 2018.
Minneapolis, on the other hand, will be sporting a brand-new stadium for the league to show off. Indianapolis has been given high praise for Super Bowl XLVI and is a city the league likes working with, which could make a return tempting.
» Expanding the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams will be discussed. Rapoport reported that a vote is unlikely, however. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell previously said if the owners didn't vote at the spring meeting, the earliest that playoff expansion could take place is 2015.
» Owners will talk more about workplace conduct and environment, following up on the NFL/NFL Players Association meeting a few weeks ago.
» The future of the draft will be discussed. The NFL is considering several options, including changing the date, changing the city (or even utilizing multiple cities) and stretching the draft out over four days.
Moving the draft from Radio City Music Hall has become a commonly discussed proposition. Multiple cities already are openly campaigning to host the draft. Given the draft's popularity, the NFL might consider moving it to a different city each day. While that plan might be toughest on TV personnel, it might hold fans' attention deeper into the weekend.
The crowd on Day 3 of the draft usually thins out. Placing it in a location that hasn't previously hosted the event could theoretically rejuvenate the on-site experience. Perhaps placing the latter days in cities where college football is popular might make the most sense.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" plays the post-draft version of the game "What's More Likely" and breaks down all the latest news.


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The French Cultural Studies Colloquium at Hope College will host a lecture in French on Francophone African Cinéma Wednesday, March 10, at 4 p.m. in the MaasCenter conference room.
The address, "Interview en direct avec Dramane Deme, Cinéaste et Professeur du Burkina Faso," will be presented by Professor Dramane Deme, visiting professor of French and film at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, and Dr. Cynthia Running-Johnson, professor of French and chair of foreign languages at WesternMichiganUniversity.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Running-Johnson will interview Dramane about the African Cinéma with invited participation from the audience. Dramane will also present and explain a scene from one of his own movies, "Tomisun Kôro," and answer questions about his movies and Francophone Cinéma in Africa in general.
"Tomisun Kôrô" ("In the Shade of the Tamarind Tree") is a modern tale about the African conception of knowledge and the way in which it relates to power. Its narrative and visual styles stem from the exploration of an original cinematic storytelling approach which harmoniously combines the aesthetics of the Euro-American classical narrative film with the poetic allegory of the West African tale.
Dramane Deme, originally from Burkina Faso, is a specialist in cinema and West African cultures. He has earned a BFA in Audio-Visual Sciences at the Université de Ouagodougou, Burkina Faso, and an MFA in Film from ColumbiaUniversity. He has extensive experience in film production in West Africa and in the US. He has worked as writer/director for three short films, including "Tomisun Kôrô" ("In the Shade of the Tamarind Tree"), winner of the Special Prize for Best Short Fiction Film at the 2001 Pan African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO); assistant director on feature and short films; and film editor and script consultant. He has taught as a visiting assistant professor at Kalamazoo College, the University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University and Temple University. Western Michigan University has invited him to teach courses in film and film history as part of a King/ Chavez/ Parks Visiting Professor Grant during the current spring semester.
Cynthia Running-Johnson is a specialist in 20th-century French literature and has taught French language, culture and literature at WesternMichiganUniversity since 1986. She teaches and writes about modern and contemporary French and Francophone drama, film and prose, including the work of Jean Genet and Hélène Cixous. In her writing she focuses on issues of cultural and gender identity and connections between literature and the visual arts. She is the chairperson of the Foreign Languages Department at Western Michigan University.
The Maas Center is located at 264 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street.


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text: Share: August 1, 2013 Climate Change, Disease Ecology Millbrook, NY – Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team of leading disease ecologists, with serious impacts to human health and biodiversity conservation. Writing in the journal Science, they propose that modeling the way disease systems respond to climate variables could help public health officials and environmental managers predict and mitigate the spread of lethal diseases. "Biodiversity loss is a well-established consequence of climate change," said coauthor Richard Ostfeld of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. "In a number of infectious disease systems, such as Lyme disease and West Nile virus, biodiversity loss is tied to greater pathogen transmission and increased human risk. Moving forward, we need models that are sensitive to both direct and indirect effects of climate change on infectious disease." When it comes to Lyme disease and other tick-borne maladies, climate change is tied to greater pathogen transmission and increased human risk. (Credit: Cary Institute staff) The issue of climate change and disease has provoked intense debate over the past decade, particularly in the case of diseases that affect humans. "For a lot of human diseases, responses to climate change depend on the wealth of nations, healthcare infrastructure and the ability to take mitigating measures against disease," said lead author Sonia Altizer of the University of Georgia. "The climate signal, in many cases, is hard to tease apart from other factors like vector control and vaccine and drug availability." "We need to transcend simple arguments about which is more important—climate change or socioeconomics—and ask just how much harder will it be to control diseases as the climate warms?" Ostfeld adds. "Will it be possible at all in developing countries?" Climate warming already is causing changes in diseases affecting wildlife and agricultural ecosystems, Altizer noted. "In many cases, we're seeing an increase in disease and parasitism. But the impact of climate change on these disease relationships depends on the physiology of the organisms involved, the location on the globe and the structure of ecological communities." At the organism level, climate change can alter the physiology of both hosts and parasites. Some of the clearest examples are found in the Arctic, where temperatures are rising more rapidly than elsewhere, resulting in faster developing parasites. A lungworm that affects muskoxen, for instance, is now transmitted over a longer period each summer, with crippling impacts. "The Arctic is like a 'canary in the global coal mine,'" said co-author Susan Kutz of the University of Calgary and Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre. "Climate warming threatens the health and sustainability of Arctic plants and animals, which are adapted to a harsh and highly seasonal environment and are vulnerable to invasions by 'southern' species—both animals and parasites." A changing climate also is affecting entire plant and animal communities. Coral reef ecosystems are particularly vulnerable. In places like the Caribbean, warmer water temperatures have stressed corals and facilitated infections by pathogenic fungi and bacteria. When corals—the framework builders of the ecosystem—succumb, the myriad of species that depend on them are also at risk. Study co-author Drew Harvell in the Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Ocean, photographs a giant plating Acropora coral colony with tumors. Climate warming is associated with the loss of coral symbionts and the proliferation of lethal coral diseases. (Credit: Bette Willis/James Cook University) Where human health is concerned, there is not only the direct risk from pathogens like dengue, malaria, and cholera, all of which are linked to warmer temperatures, but indirect risks from threats to agricultural systems and game species crucial for subsistence and cultural activities. "Earth's changing climate and the global spread of infectious diseases are threatening human health, agriculture, and wildlife. Solving these problems requires a comprehensive approach that unites scientists from biology, the geosciences and the social sciences," said Sam Scheiner, program director for the joint National Science Foundation-National Institutes of Health Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program. To respond to that challenge, the paper's authors—Altizer, Ostfeld, Kutz, Pieter T. J. Johnson of the University of Colorado Boulder and C. Drew Harvell of Cornell University—laid out an agenda for future research and action. One recommendation is to develop early warning systems by expanding data about the physiological responses hosts and parasites have to temperature changes. "We'd like to be able to predict, for example, that if the climate warms by a certain amount, then in a particular host-parasite system we might see an increase from one to two transmission cycles per year," Altizer said. "But we'd also like to try to tie these predictions to actions that might be taken." Such forecasting is well established in crop disease management and has been used to both preventatively close coral reefs and target areas at risk of malaria outbreaks. "We face a tough task in the oceans, where disease outbreaks can be out of sight and undetected," Harvell said. "Because some coral disease outbreaks are predictable from warming events, we are developing forecasting programs to help us respond before the outbreak begins." The researchers also pointed out that certain human communities, such as those of aboriginal peoples in the Arctic, could be disproportionately impacted by climate-disease interactions due to a reliance on at risk wildlife as a source of food, income, and cultural activity. Johnson concluded, "Given the rising importance of infectious diseases not only for human health but also wildlife conservation, it's also a challenge for which we are in sore need of a solution. We hope our work contributes to that." The study was funded in part by the National Science Foundation. Expert Contacts: Richard Ostfeld, 845-677-7600 x136, firstname.lastname@example.com Sonia Altizer, 706-542-9251, email@example.com Susan Kutz, 403-210-3824, firstname.lastname@example.com C. 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UCSF Mission Bay marks 10 years
MISSION BAY UCSF campus still growing as it marks 10th anniversary
When Keith Yamamoto moved into his fifth-floor office at UCSF's Mission Bay campus a decade ago, he felt like a pioneer - and maybe, just a little, like a pariah.
Several of his colleagues had told Yamamoto, who was helping plan the new campus, that they would refuse to ever work there. Mission Bay at the time was a "wasteland," he said.
"There was really nothing," said Yamamoto, a molecular biologist and executive vice dean of the UCSF School of Medicine. "There was no campus. Just a building and a shuttle bus. And some ambitious plans."
A decade later, those plans have largely been realized. Mission Bay is still a work in progress, but what was once a dusty outpost is now a sunny, vibrant hub of medical research.
On Wednesday, UCSF will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of Genentech Hall, the first building to rise at Mission Bay. A dozen buildings are now scattered around the campus, with more to come, including a hospital in two years.
Mission Bay, once a dead industrial site on the edge of San Francisco Bay, is home to not just UCSF but also the independent Gladstone Institutes and several startup companies. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has set up a lab.
Searching for cures
The emphasis at Mission Bay is on research, and scientists there are studying the basic mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease and HIV, heart conditions and cancer. They're hunting for molecules that may someday be made into drugs to fight aging.
The goal is ultimately to build up Mission Bay to 4 million square feet of lab and office space - a little less than half of that is filled now.
While the bulk of the work is basic research, there are clinical components now, including outpatient centers for heart disease and sports medicine.
There's also a community gym with a rooftop pool offering sweeping views of the San Francisco skyline, and several meeting halls for conferences among scientists and for the public in general. There are living quarters too, for students and faculty.
In all, about 3,400 people live and work at Mission Bay, and the campus still has at least another decade of growth before it's filled out completely, say the faculty and administrators who were involved in the initial planning.
"We still need some more restaurants," said Tejal Desai, a bioengineer trying to improve techniques for drug delivery.
Nonetheless, the appeal of Mission Bay - a modern campus being built from scratch, focused on interdisciplinary research - was enough to draw Desai back to UCSF in 2005, several years after she'd earned her doctorate in bio-engineering there.
A diverse team
Desai and her team have been building nano-devices that can be transplanted into the eye to deliver drugs to treat macular degeneration, or that can be swallowed and attached to the intestines to release drugs there. On her scientific team are chemists and biologists and an assortment of engineers - a widely varied lot compared with the engineering departments she'd grown up in academically.
"Mission Bay was a very different environment than what I was used to. I was really excited by what they were trying to create here," Desai said. "It's been amazing to see this campus emerge, and a really vibrant entrepreneurial community built around it."
So vibrant, in fact, that these days scientists sometimes find themselves defending UCSF's classic site at Parnassus Heights against suggestions that it's been overshadowed by its sister campus. That's quite the turnaround in a decade's time. In 2003, Yamamoto's colleagues weren't the only ones reluctant to move to the flatlands, where they feared they'd be out of sight and mind.
Unlike many of his peers, Charles Craik was eager to move. At Parnassus, he was stuck with a cramped lab and a broom closet for an office, and the promise of creating his own new space in Genentech Hall was hard to resist.
"We were all crammed in at Parnassus. For a while that was a good thing, but there's a point where it's too crowded," he said.
Craik was part of a team of scientists that identified a protease enzyme associated with HIV that turned out to be a target for drugs to fight the virus. Since moving to Mission Bay, Craik has branched out, looking for proteases that could be targets for treating cancer or infections other than HIV.
A synergy at work
Craik is a chemist by training, but he works with scientists across a wide swath of other sciences, and while he said it can sometimes be intimidating to step outside his field of expertise, it's exhilarating, too.
"There's a synergy that occurs here that's greater than the individual parts. We're all constantly bumping into one another," he said. "You're constantly having to stay on your toes and reinvent yourself. But it is a very supportive environment."
Craik and Desai both said they've taken advantage of the entrepreneurial opportunities at Mission Bay, if only to have conversations with industry experts about how they might eventually get a treatment through the federal approval process and into patients.
A widely publicized cornerstone of Mission Bay is UCSF's QB3, the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, a business incubator that bridges the academic and private sectors. QB3 is designed to give startups the space and access to high-tech equipment to get off the ground safely.
The technology isn't just for the entrepreneurs. Scientists such as Cynthia Kenyon, a specialist in aging who is best known for her work studying longevity in worms, have come to rely on the access to equipment that is often available only to people who are actively making drugs to treat human diseases.
Shortly after she moved from Parnassus to Mission Bay in 2003, Kenyon began using QB3's "small molecule discovery center," which includes equipment to screen for molecules that could eventually be made into drugs. In Kenyon's case, she was looking for molecules that were unique to cells from long-lived species.
"We already knew that there were certain properties that cells from longer-lived organisms have that set them apart," Kenyon said. "What we'll do with the molecules we find is put them into various disease settings, in human cells.
"It's really thrilling," she said. "And it's really, really fun."
A wind-swept prairie
Kenyon said she misses Parnassus sometimes, if only because many of her long-favored colleagues still work up there. And there was an energy to the crowded labs and halls that can't quite be re-created in the open spaces at Mission Bay.
But the weather is nicer where she is now, she said.
"When we first got here, Mission Bay, it was kind of like standing on the prairie," Kenyon said. "It had this wild air and this saltwater smell."
"Initially there was this idea that Mission Bay was a wasteland, and people didn't want to go," she said. "Then there was kind of a social switch. They'd put some really great scientists down there, and people didn't want to be left behind. And suddenly, it became cool to be here."
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If a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, does a thorn by any other name hurt as much when you prick yourself? No, this is not to be a dissertation on pricks. I'm not that kind of girl; but I could be with very little effort. That brings to mind that old expression, if a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, did it really happen? There are so many versions of that one; one in particular has something to do with bears and their bodily functions. Poor bears, guess we'll leave them alone. My favorite one is on a plaque I gave Jim a couple of years ago. It boldly states, "IF A MAN IS ALONE IN THE WOODS, AND SPEAKS, AND THERE IS NO WIFE TO HEAR HIM, IS HE STILL WRONG?"
Another one of my favorite expressions is on a tiny magnet on my refrigerator and is attributed to Dolly Parton as she says, "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." I love her humor and her self-deprecating way. I'm always amazed that very talented and well-endowed woman doesn't constantly fall on her face. Gravity is a witch at times. On the wall next to my bed is another tiny wood sign, "If the broom fits, ride it." In the hallway coming up our old stairs which are strewn with family photos in an assortment of interesting frames, I am greeted by a small sign which is just for laughs, "Trust in God. SHE will provide."
I don't believe there is anything quite as personal as what goes on between our ears and that includes our sense of humor. When a person doesn't have a sense of humor, how do they make it through any of life's little torments? They arrive in various packages besides health problems. Sometimes we forget that and can only see as far as our pain. "Pain sightedness" is very unwholesome and generally bad for your health.
Yesterday I was awakened by the sounds of street workers as they began to tear up our street to improve it. I had the fleeting thought that it would probably be the day for a loveseat I ordered about a month ago to finally be delivered from Virginia. As soon as the thought flew through my brain, the phone rang. Indeed. The trucking company would be out in about 30 minutes. I explained the situation to the trucker and he assured me he'd find a way. With city construction trucks and orange cones surrounding my home I didn't see how that would be, but he's a jolly, positive soul and assured me he'd make it work. When the time came for the delivery, I heard voices as the city workers and the truck driver were finding a place for him to park. I love a small friendly town. After the poor man unloaded the huge box, he had to leave it on the lift and knock on our door. "Ma'am, I think you'd better come out and look at it. It appears to be damaged." Yes it was. Some fool had dropped it or found some way to be irresponsible in handling it; the carton was torn and had been taped up. When we pulled off the tape, a large gaping hole peered at me from within. Stuffing hanging out in a forlorn way when it became clear I would not be taking delivery on that particular piece of furniture. By this time the city guys with their hard hats on were interested to know what was going on and one of them hollered out to me, "Is it damaged?" It all struck me as so humorous. The poor truck driver was far more upset than I because he feared my reaction. I assured him it just meant I'd have to wait awhile longer and would have to be a bit rude with the folks at the factory and offer a few suggestions about their packing standards. He continued to stress out about it as he filled out the paper work for rejection and finally I heard myself say, "It's okay. Nobody died." That was followed by more hail and farewell in the street as he reloaded the shipment, accompanied by more kind words from the workers.
That whole incident reminded me of the relativity of humor and loss in our lives. We are all so very different yet so much alike. At various stages of our lives, living with chronic pain we find ourselves making a decision. Is this going to always be this way? Sometimes, the answer is yes. That is when we set out on the journey to find the most help for our money and our lives. We search for the best doctors, the finest treatments our insurance will allow and find ourselves thinking absolutely nothing is humorous. Our problems are the only ones we can see. Every problem adds to another and soon we're overwhelmed and often buried beneath a pile of loss, bereavement, and self-centeredness which is displayed as self-pity. That doesn't justify it as a good place to be. May I recommend humor and laughter as a way of life? It's very effective for squelching pain. It fills your brain with something far more pleasant as well as accompanying endorphins.
Where does one find humor you might ask? First of all, consider your pain. Is it being treated well with medications, therapy and physical movement? Are you doing your share to help yourself or are you the lazy slug on the bed? I would start by cleaning up and fixing up. I know, that sounds strange but if we are clean and try to look our best, we then feel good about ourselves. That's just basic life. Wash it, replace it or hide it.
Secondly, I look for humor. Put away that "slasher" flick unless it's so campy it's funny and read a book, call a friend or get out of yourself. Turn off the 24 hour news; what an awful idea that was. A brief trip to the market is usually full of funny incidents. You have to love human nature in all its forms and it's usually there…humor. That is not unkind to see the humor in others, especially if you see it in yourself first. There are days I am scruffy, always wear a hat, drag along my steroid chins and fear to go near a mirror. Sometimes that's all you can do, even with effort.
Try to think funny thoughts. Oh I know, send for the little white coated gents but it really works. Two days ago I had to go to the doctor and waited longer than usual before I went in because they had worked me in. I forgot to visit the restroom before I left and had to drive out to the vet's office to pick up pills for one of our dogs. Needing to relieve myself, the thought occurred to me to ask the vet if they had a litter box I could use. Now, I realize that's not all that funny but sometimes I crack myself up…and don't get me started about cracks. That's how I got into this fix many years ago but that's for another day. Laugh. Open your eyes and look around you.
Yes, a thorn always hurts if you're pricked but you have to go through them to get to the roses.
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A visit to Wagner Farm affords you the opportunity to take part in and experience first-hand the workings of a genuine American farm. Wagner Farm is an 18.6 acre farm preserved for the educational and recreational enjoyment for all. See how bread was made in a wood cook stove, hear the rooster making time with his crow or milk one of the farm's many cows. Explore the world of agriculture and rural life as it existed in 1920-1950's.
The mission of the museum is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States through the preservation and operation of railroad and mass transit rolling stock and the display of related artifacts in a realistic setting. These exhibits provide an interactive, educational experience for visitors of all ages. We welcome all to our Museum and encourage you to join in our education, restoration and preservation efforts.
Tour Mayslake Hall, a Tudor Revival style mansion, formerly owned by coal baron F.S. Peabody. Witness restoration in progress at this nationally registered historic building by renowned architect B. Marshall. Portiuncula Chapel is available for weddings.
CITY:Oak Brook
See a Wild West show and museum of Western memorabilia, then dine at Donley's Old West Steakhouse.
Naper Settlement welcomes visitors to explore our outdoor history museum that features fun, immersive learning experiences for all ages. Engaging exhibits, professional educators and hands-on activities teach visitors about the history of Naperville from the pioneer times to present day. Our 12-acre museum campus features: award-winning Brushstrokes of the Past exhibit, the Martin Mitchell Mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Harvard Early Learning Playscape, Century Memorial Chapel, Blacksmith Shop, Log House, Paw Paw Post Office and more!
Spring Valley Nature Center/ Volkening Heritage Farm
135 acres, natural history museum, handicapped-accessible trails, 1880's living history farm and pioneer cooking demos. Cost for some programs.
Great shopping, dining and professional services are waiting for you in our picture-perfect downtown. Enjoy the turn-of-the-century buildings along Milwaukee Avenue or relax among the roses in Cook Park. Downtown Libertyville is a delightfully unique shopping and dining experience. With over 70 shops, boutiques, and restaurants, it's why we say "spend an hour, spend a day!"
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Mill is the only operating waterwheel gristmill and one of three authenticated underground railroad stations in Illinois.
CITY:Oak Brook
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - This prize-winning museum features changing interpretive exhibits on Elmhurst history as well as national touring exhibits. Programs for children, families and adults throughout the year. The Elmhurst Historical Museum is located in a historically significant structure known as the Glos Mansion, which is the former home of Elmhurst's first village president, Henry L. Glos, and his wife, Lucy.
The opulent Cuneo Museum and Gardens, located on 75 acres and dotted with formal gardens and statuary was the perfect setting for the wedding scenes in "My Best Friend's Wedding." The gazebo where the best friends were caught kissing was built specifically for the film, but Cuneo's owners liked it so much they decided to keep it permanently. Take a guided tour through the historic Mediterranean-style Cuneo mansion to see Renaissance artworks and lavish European furnishings.
CITY:Vernon Hills
This museum is a replica of the first McDonald's restaurant opened by Ray Kroc on April 15, 1955. View an array of memorabilia, from the original kitchen equipment to the 1950s classic cars parked on site.
CITY:Des Plaines
The Grove National Historic Landmark
The prairie grove, covering 123 acres of ecologically diverse prairie land, is preserved and maintained as former home of the visionary horticulturist and educator Dr. John Kennicott, who brought his family from New Orleans to settle on his land in 1836. The Grove, located in Glenview, is a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Registry of Historic Places. It offers many opportunities for educational, environmental and historical enjoyment including two historic homes, the Kennicott House and the Redfield Estate; the Grove Interpretive Center, a Native American Village, a Log Cabin, a Schoolhouse, a Wetlands Greenhouse and numerous interpretive trails.
Theatre Historical Society of America
Theatre Historical Society of America features archives and gallery space showcasing the history of America's theatres in photos, blueprints and artifacts.Rotating exhibits highlight the history of different theatres.
Wild west displays and genuine cowboy memorabilia including train rides, horse rides, panning for gold, cowboy shows and more. Extensive antique phonograph and music box collection on display. Seasonally open April - October.
Millennium Carillon in Moser Tower
The Millennium Carillon, a unique musical instrument consisting of 72 bells, is one of only four Grand Carillons in the world. Carillonneurs from around the world perform during the summer concert series. Climb 253 steps to the observation area to marvel at the views.
Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple of Greater Chicago
This temple is one of only three Sri Venkateswara Hindu temples in the United States, constructed by Native American artisans.
Come visit our 30-acre antique theme park. Anchored by the nationally recognized Volo Auto Museum, the site also boasts great shopping in five separate malls selling antiques, unique gifts and collectibles. Over 400 dealers.
Lakeside Arts Park at The Dole
Lakeside Arts Park at The Dole is a 12-acre beautiful arts education center that features two award winning art galleries and the Listening Room a entertainment venue that offers year round performances. You can step back to a simpler time to explore the brilliance of a Civil War era architectural masterpiece, when you take a tour of the historic Dole Mansion. We are a gem of McHenry County that can be enjoyed now and with future generations!
CITY:Crystal Lake
A "living history" farm depicting life in the 1890s DuPage County. Original structures, authentic recreations and livestock combine to make a realistic 1890s working farm.
A historic 1800s family farm that is maintained in its original location. Programs depict settlers' lives with period accuracy.
CITY:Wood Dale
My Kind of Town Tours & Events
This company offers group cultural and educational tours. Reservations are required.
CITY:Highland Park
Experience railroad and war history alongside Batavia-related exhibits. The original bed and dresser from Mary Todd Lincoln's room at Bellview Sanitarium are displayed here.


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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Brian, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
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Surprise! There is no violation here because the 4/0 aluminum Type SE feeder cable shown is installed outdoors. However, if the SE cable supplying the meters on the load side of the service disconnect (which, by definition, makes this cable a feeder) was also installed indoors, it would be a violation of 338.10(B)(4)(a), which covers the use of SE cable as feeders and branch circuits indoors.
In the 2005 NEC, the requirements of 338.10(B)(4)(a) stated, "In addition to the provisions of this article, Type SE service-entrance cable used for interior wiring shall comply with the installation requirements of Parts I and II of Article 334, excluding 334.80." Here the Code is essentially requiring Type SE cable to be treated as if it were Type NM cable when used indoors as feeders and branch circuits. However, the exclusion of 334.80, which deals with the ampacity of Type NM cable, means that the ampacity of the Type SE cable conductors would be determined in accordance with 310.15 and its accompanying tables.
In the 2008 Code, the 334.80 reference was eliminated. The wording of 338.10(B)(4)(a) now reads as follows, "In addition to the provisions of this article, Type SE service-entrance cable used for interior wiring shall comply with the installation requirements of Parts I and II of Article 334." The new wording now requires compliance with all rules in Art. 334, including the ampacity requirements of 334.80.
The part of 334.80 that presents potential problems for installers is the second sentence. It says, "The ampacity shall be in accordance with the 60°C (140°F) conductor temperature rating." This means for a given wire size the ampacity of the SE cable conductors must never be greater than the value shown in the left-hand 60°C column of Table 310.16. So, if the SE cable exiting the service disconnect were run into the building it would not be permitted to be the same size as service entrance conductors supplying the service disconnect.
For example, 4/0 aluminum (which has an ampacity of 180A at 75°C, as noted in Table 310.16) is properly protected by a 200A disconnect and would be permitted to supply this 200A service. However, at 60°C, 4/0 aluminum has an ampacity of only 150A. Therefore, if the feeder supplying the meter bank were run inside the building it would have to be of a size that is properly protected by a 200A circuit breaker. In this case, the smallest sized aluminum conductor that would be permitted is 300kcmil. If 4/0 copper conductor was used here it would comply with the requirements of the Code.
With all this being said, remember that for one- and two-family dwelling units, the rule of 310.15(B)(6) would permit running a 4/0 aluminum conductor into the building, because this rule applies to both the service entrance conductors supplying the service disconnect and the "feeder conductors that serve as the main power feeder."
Keep these subtle changes in mind whenever running SE cable as feeders indoors. If you are not covered by the rule of 310.15(B)(6), then the size of any such feeder would have to have an ampacity in the 60°C column that is properly protected by the service disconnecting means.


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Pressure die casting
Vostermans Alu Foundries specialised in the production of relatively small batches of aluminum die cast work. Pressure die casting is a technique, whereby liquid aluminum is injected at high speed, under high pressure in a steel die. Our high pressure casting machines (with closure pressures up to 1200 tons) are equipped with casting and spraying robots and electric ovens for heating. The dies are equipped with cooling and heating devices. The great dimensional accuracy of pressure die casting eliminates the need to finish the product or at least reduces it to a minimum.
Production process
Pressure die casting is a completely automated process in which the molten aluminum is injected into the dies under high pressure. The high pressure casting machine mechanically opens and closes the dies. Once the mould cavity is filled, the pressure is maintained until the casting solidifies. The ejection of the cast work at the end of the casting cycle is also done automatically.
This technique permits complex and thin-walled cast work to be manufactured. The automated production combined with the continuous quality control reduces defects and rework to an absolute minimum.
Advantages of pressure die casting
- High degree of accuracy even in large series
- Surface area treatments are unnecessary or reduced to a minimum
- Thin-walled, while maintaining its strength
- The ability to cast complex designs
- The possibility of including bushings, pins, and number and letter characters on the casting


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Plan for shaping Waikato's future agreed
The 10-year plan for shaping the future of the Waikato region will be delivered on a rates revenue rise of just 0.4 per cent in 2015/16.
The 10-year plan for shaping the future of the Waikato region will be delivered on a rates revenue rise of just 0.4 per cent in 2015/16.
A multi-million dollar fund to support regional-scale development will be established by the Waikato Regional Council.
Waikato Regional Council has today agreed to continue collecting the rate for the national bovine tuberculosis (TB) programme, but at a reduced amount of $500,000.
Joint media release from TCDC and Waikato Regional Council
Processing of consents for flood control works at Graham's Creek in Tairua will proceed on a "non-notified" basis, meaning time savings before the work can go ahead if it is given final consented approval.
About 25 farmers have attended a second Waikato Regional Council field day focused on farm planning and environmental sustainability in the Waipā River catchment near Otorohanga.
Community environmental initiatives are to receive more than $40,000 in grants in the latest round of funding approved by Waikato Regional Council's finance committee.
As part of activities around Arbor Day in early June, Waikato Regional Council is offering Coromandel residents an opportunity to swap weeds for native plants.
With land-based activities in the Waikato and Waipa rivers catchments due to face new targets and limits to protect water quality, farmers are being encouraged to be on the front foot over environment-related changes to their operations.
Democracy must be at the heart of local government, says a Waikato Regional Council submission on the Government's ideas for the future of governance at Environment Canterbury, that area's regional council.
Peter and Sarah Hillary will be guests of honour at the opening of a new forest reserve near Raglan that bears their famous father's name, as well as that of a local farming family which has helped protect the area.


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Gunning for Damascus: When no one was watching, the Syrian rebels started winning.
Gunning for Damascus - by Michael Weiss
Mideast conflicts have a nasty habit of occurring all at once. And while all eyes have been on Gaza and Israel this past week, several major diplomatic and military developments have occurred on the Syrian front — some of which may prove decisive to the end game of a 20-month old crisis.
The rebels are winning. The insurgents on the ground in Syria appear to be winning more and more territory and confiscating more and more high-grade materiel from President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Just as Operation Pillar of Defense was kicking off over Gaza on Nov. 14, the Free Syrian Army took the entire city of al-Bukamal along the Iraqi border, where they also sacked two major airbases, giving the opposition a strong military foothold in Syria's easternmost province, a vital smuggling route for weapons.
The rebels then claimed a massive victory on the night of Nov. 18, sacking the Syrian Army's 46th Regiment, 15 miles west of Aleppo, after a 50 day-long siege. The real score, though, was in confiscated materiel: Rebels made off with tanks, armored vehicles, Type-63 multiple rocket launchers, artillery shells, howitzers, mortars, and even SA-16 surface-to-air missiles. Gen. Ahmed al-Faj of the Joint Command, a consortium of different rebel battalions, told the Associated Press: "There has never been a battle before with this much booty." (For a seemingly comprehensive video accounting of the rebel haul, check out Brown Moses's blog.)
The gains have only continued in the past week. On Nov. 20, rebels hit the Syrian Information Ministry in Damascus with two mortar rounds and stormed an air defense base at Sheikh Suleiman, about 11 miles from the Turkish border, where they seized stocks of explosives before withdrawing to elude retaliatory air strikes. "Assad's forces use the base to shell many villages and towns in the countryside," one rebel said. "It is now neutralized."


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The man whose brief life on the lam paralyzed Boston clung to life today as investigators waited for a chance to ask him why he and his brother attacked the Boston Marathon.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center today. It is the same hospital where Tsarnaev's older brother Tamerlan, 26, was brought early Friday after a shootout with police. Tamerlan died of his wounds.
A hospital spokesperson said early this morning that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was still alive, however the FBI asked they give no updates on his condition.
When he was taken into custody from the bottom of a boat in the backyard of a Watertown home Friday night, the suspect was bleeding badly and too weak to resist any longer, officials said.
Police believe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev he was initially wounded Thursday night in the gunbattle that killed his brother. Police said they found blood in a car he abandoned and blood at a house. Police said he went undetected by the massive manhunt because he had managed to get just one block outside the search perimeter.
It is unclear whether Tsarnaev was hit again during a final volley before his arrest in the boat.
Investigators -- who are expected to be the country's elite counterterror unit -- are hoping that Tsarnaev survives because they are intent on determining what triggered the shocking attack and whether he had any help. The bombing killed three, including a young boy, and wounded about 170. An MIT security officer was allegedly killed by the duo on Wednesday night and a Boston transit cop was badly wounded in a subsequent shootout.
One focus of the probe so far is a six month trip Tamerlan Tsarnaev took to the semi autonomous Russian province of Dagestan in 2012. Dagestan has become a hotbed of militant Islamic activity.
The capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev set off a night of celebration in Watertown and Boston, a spontaneous relief after the region was ordered indoors for an entire day as heavily armed SWAT teams searched for the surviving suspect. Jubilant residents high fived police and chanted "Boston strong" and USA.
RELATED: Boston Bomb Suspect Captured Alive in Backyard Boat
"It brings a sigh of relief and I think that it really allows us to start the healing process," Boston resident Heather Budda said, according to ABC News Radio. "He's still alive so we still have a chance to hear what the reasoning behind it is."
Crowds gathered around Boylston Street in Boston, the sight of Monday's twin bombing at the finish line of the marathon.
RELATED: Boston Bomb Suspect's Dad Tells Him to Surrender, Warns ' Hell Will Break Loose' if Son Dies
"Let's go Boston," was chanted while others climbed trees and draped themselves in American flags.
The dragnet came to an end shortly after the lockdown was lifted and Watertown homeowner David Henneberry walked into his backyard and saw something amiss with his boat, according to Henneberry's neighbor, George Pizzuto.
RELATED: Watertown Hero David Henneberry Points Police to Bomb Suspect
"He looked and noticed something was off about his boat, so he got his ladder, and he put his ladder up on the side of the boat and climbed up, and then he saw blood on it, and he thought he saw what was a body laying in the boat," Pizzuto said. "So he got out of the boat fast and called police."
Henneberry notified police, and minutes later gunfire erupted and dozens of law enforcement officers rushed to secure a perimeter around Franklin Street in Watertown, where residents were immediately warned to stay indoors and "shelter in place."
According to police, a helicopter with infrared technology then located Tsarnaev in the boat and noted that he was moving about within it. The helicopter directed officers on the ground to the boat, where they briefly exchanged gunfire shortly before 7 p.m.
Police halted their gunfire and sent hostage negotiators to try and talk Tsarnaev out of the boat Davis said. But the suspect was not responsive, and after about an hour and 45 minutes, officers went to the boat and took Tsarnaev into custody.
A senior Justice Department official told ABC News that federal law enforcement officials are invoking the public safety exception to the Miranda rights, so that Tsarnaev will be questioned immediately without having Miranda rights issued to him.


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Robert Wise has been named chief innovation officer at MTN Satellite Communications, charged with building up the company's product and technical team in Seattle. Wise most recently served as an engineering vice president in HP's public cloud computing business, and before that served as an executive at Seattle mobile music startup Melodeo and as a vice president of engineering at Vsys.
In the new role, Wise said he plans to bring some of Seattle's innovative spirit to MTN, a company backed by Ignition Partners that specializes in bringing mobile communications to ships at sea. Board members include Seattle area venture capitalists John Zagula, Rich Tong, Steve Hooper and John Chapple. Wise said he's yet to determine how many employees he plans to hire in Seattle, but he assures us the technical team will be growing in the near future. MTN's Seattle office also includes marketing, sales and legal employees.
Brian Aker — an open source database legend known for his work on systems such as Apache and MySQL — has taken over from Wise as the head of HP's Seattle cloud computing office.
RealNetworks continues to transform its executive offices under the new leadership of CEO Thomas Nielsen. Today, the company named Tim Wan — a 12-year veteran of the Seattle software and digital media services firm — as chief financial officer. He previously served as vice president of finance at the company. Wan will earn a base salary of $285,000 in the job, with the ability to earn a bonus of 75 percent of his salary if certain performance goals are met. He also will receive 16,000 in restricted stock units.
John Holdcraft has been named vice president of sales and business development at Highlighter, a Seattle startup and TechStars grad that's developing new technologies that allow students and professors to highlight, comment and share content. Holdcraft previously worked Amazon, O'Reilly Media, Pearson and Cengage, and he becomes the first sales executive at the company. While at Amazon, he oversaw efforts related to the textbook category.
"I love how we are right in the middle of the disruption in the industry as professors and students look for online software and tools that are simple and have a clear benefit to use," said Holdcraft in a blog post.
Seattle outdoor gear retailer REI has promoted Bill Baumann to senior vice president of Information Technology and Brad Brown to the position of senior vice president of eCommerce and Direct Sales. "Bill and Brad's promotions recognize the strategic importance of the Information Technology and eCommerce divisions to provide the infrastructure required to support REI's growth over the next five years," said Brian Unmacht, REI's executive vice president, in a release. Baumann joined REI in 2008 as vice president of Information Technology, while Brown joined the company in 1998.
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So I Can't Run Marathons
"So I can't run marathons - big deal, I never wanted to anyway." Many times I encounter a smoker who claims that his smoking isn't a real problem in his life. Sure, he can't do vigorous activities, but generally he is able to meet life's essential demands.
Unfortunately, many fail to consider that giving up strenuous activities today means possibly giving up essential capabilities in the future. Today, jogging may not be possible, but tomorrow, getting up stairs, walking, and eventually getting out of bed may be more than the smoker can handle.
Hundreds of thousands of smokers become permanently crippled every year by diseases like emphysema. Typically, the smoker was warned by his physician to quit smoking before the disease caused minor impairments. But even when this threat became a reality, the smoker failed to quit.
However, once a breathing impairment becomes evident, every day of smoking makes it progressively worse. It will get to the point where normal breathing becomes painful, then impossible. Day by day he must give up yet another essential activity.
Soon he becomes totally dependent on his family to carry on his responsibilities. Not only can't he shovel snow, he can't leave the house if the temperature drops below freezing. He can't help prepare dinner, he hardly has the strength to chew it. And then one day breathing becomes impossible. His entire world becomes an oxygen tent, and death becomes his only way out. At this point, death is not an unwelcome alternative.
The dying patient may think back to when he made the comment "So I can't jog. Big deal." If he only knew then what he knows now, he would not have treated the subject so lightly. Unfortunately for him, it is too late to repair the damage.
You may feel that you have smoked so long that it is too late to quit now. But the odds are, you are not at this tragic point yet. If you quit, your odds of ever becoming this impaired are dramatically reduced. If you continue to smoke, well then every day this nightmarish existence becomes a closer possibility.
Consider what activities you can do now. They may seem insignificant or unimportant. But what will life really be like when you can no longer do them. If this type of life, or more accurately, slow death does not appeal to you, then - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!
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