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Aerial equipment makers discuss their solutions for the economic slowdown and their initiatives in regard to the greening of the construction industry.
Aerial equipment manufacturers continue to innovate in new machine designs and safety initiatives as well in cost containment and green building and operating practices. RER interviewed several of the leading aerial equipment providers to find out how component cost increases, the slowdown in construction and the growing trend toward green building are impacting their sales and engineering efforts.
Linda Mayer, vice president and general manager, global marketing and product management, Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Redmond, Wash.
Kirsten Skyba, vice president of global marketing, JLG Industries, McConnellsburg, Pa.
Christophe Debatisse, chief financial officer, Haulotte US, L'Horme, France
Brent Hagedorn, director, marketing and national accounts, Bil-Jax Inc., Archbold, Ohio
RER: All equipment manufacturers are being hit with major cost increases, including steel, tires, components, copper and more. How are you handling these higher costs and are they affecting any of your design/engineering decisions?
Mayer: Like other manufacturers, we are facing unprecedented raw material and commodity cost increase pressures. Impacts are coming from the rising cost of oil, which affects transportation costs (inbound freight and global shipping costs), and dramatically higher costs for steel, fabrications and hydraulics.
These increases are real and we are working hard to mitigate them as much as possible. We are examining all aspects of our business, including cost containment, cost avoidance, improved productivity, and the way we staff and support the organization. Continuous improvement is a part of our culture. Cost reduction efforts will not compromise our design integrity although we naturally prioritize our resources on those projects that are the most impactful in the market. Additionally, we have announced a price increase effective Sept. 1.
Skyba: Certainly that's a concern for us. We've seen steel go up by close to 100 percent in the past few months. Copper and aluminum have increased as well. We're all in tune daily with what's happening with oil. What I can tell you is that, with our type of equipment, it's not as though you would see a migration from one type of material to another. Because if you think about the idea of trading off steel for aluminum, aluminum is almost as effective as steel is, or if you think about trading off a steel engine cover for a plastic one, well, plastics are petroleum based so you're seeing a cost increase there as well. So we really haven't done a lot in that respect in terms of our engineering.
One of the things that we have done is take a look at expanding our remanufacturing programs, because what it's doing is recycling steel. So as those steel prices and other commodity prices continue to increase, you're putting new life into existing equipment; you get the benefit of whatever price that steel was at a few years ago.
We've long been at the forefront of that remanufacturing movement. We've really made sure we've got the capacity to accommodate our customers in that regard and we see a lot more discussion around that. What we're also seeing is probably more focus on our electric-powered product lines versus diesel and engine-powered.
As we look to integrating the Tier-4 engines, one of the areas of focus for us is trying to understand if we can accomplish the same work and the same performance with lesser horsepower. That, of course, brings more fuel efficiency to each operation. Obviously we can't sacrifice performance at any point, but if we can do what we need to do with lesser horsepower it means that the equipment is always going to be more fuel efficient. That is an area of focus for us in the coming years.
Debatisse: We are making decisions on this subject with new suppliers to see if it's possible to get the same components at a lower price from different parts of the world, and to find equivalent components with the same technical condition that can be use in machines.
Hagedorn: We have been faced with the issue of rising costs. Bil-Jax worked every alternative to keep the costs down for our customers but was ultimately forced to have an increase in pricing.
We have been researching replacement construction materials and designing new products with alternative metals as opposed to our traditional materials. We are, however, committed to the highest-quality products. We will not make rash choices in materials to save costs that may affect the quality of our finished goods.
Do you have plans to develop any hybrid technologies for future models? Are you looking to modify your equipment to be more fuel efficient or to be approved for use with biofuel?
Mayer: We manufacture several products that reduce or eliminate emissions, including scissors and booms utilizing battery power. In addition, we have produced a hybrid-type boom for years. The Z-45/22 Tri-Fuel and Z-45/22 Bi-Fuel were popular in the late 90s. These machines were an early form of parallel hybrid featuring battery power as well as internal combustion power. They were replaced with the currently manufactured series hybrid Z-45/25 Bi-Energy and Z-34/22 Bi-Energy.
Over time we plan to introduce battery-powered/electrical technology to our other machines. Our technology-development team is constantly working to find ways to apply high-performance, battery-powered technology and low-emissions engines in all of our product lines.
We are also working on a fuel-efficiency project to match the engine-speed requirements to the demands of the machine load.
Skyba: We've really offered hybrid products since 2000. We've got two hybrid scissor models available; we've got six hybrid booms that combine electric and battery power. We offer the tallest electric boomlift in the industry. We offer a full product line from 30 to 60 foot in both hybrid and electric, so certainly we see continuing to evolve that product line, but it's one we've been in for a long time.
We're very proud that we do offer the largest line of environmentally friendly lift equipment. And those offer lower emissions, lower energy consumption, higher efficiency and spill resistance on our electric scissor line. There are four hydraulic points that potentially would be leak points whereas on a typical scissor it's more than 30 or 40.
Those little things really add up to making for more environmentally friendly products.
Debatisse:Of course we are already working on long-term solutions and on hybrid technologies.
Hagedorn: This certainly is a possibility and there has been discussion, but no final products have been manufactured. We only recently added diesel engines to our trailer-mounted and self-propelled lifts.
What was the motivation behind really concentrating on hybrid manufacturing before it became chic to do so?
Skyba: It has become very chic hasn't it? I think we've really had a focus on environmental stewardship for years. I can go back in our records, and in 1997 we had a Pennsylvania Governor's Award for environmental excellence because we were striving for zero emissions in certain parts of our manufacturing process.
I think that was reflected in our product line too because one, we saw good applications for electric equipment, but also the benefits that it brought to our customers in terms of efficiency and environmental friendliness. We continue to see that focus on green construction methods. We also saw, and maybe we were a little bit ahead of our time, that that would start affecting the type of equipment used on a construction site. In the end, for us, it really is always about trying to be ahead, but also doing that based on our customer feedback, so a lot of our conversations with our customers led us to believe that we really needed to add that type of product line.
Today we've got more than 20 scissors or boomlifts that are, what I would call, hybrid, electric or environmentally friendly. I think we're seeing more focus on that type of equipment.
All of our diesel engines to some extent or another can use or integrate biofuels — boomlifts, telehandlers — all of them are able to use some level of biofuel, though that percentage varies by engine model.
Are there any other green manufacturing initiatives that your company has implemented or is considering?
Mayer: Green initiatives are already a focus for Terex Aerial Work Platforms (Genie Industries) and we are always searching for new ways to improve our green practices. We use the Washington State environmental laws as a guide for policy even in locations that have less strict regulations.
Genie places an emphasis on recycling in every area of its business. For example: We have operated under an Environmental Management System since 2002. Because of this EMS, Genie can track per-unit use of electricity, water, natural gas, solid wastes, hazardous and industrial waste.
Terex AWP has recycled cardboard, steel and wood for many years, while actively tracking it since 2002. Paper and cardboard are combined and sent to Waste Management for recovery. Wood waste is either directly reused (pallets) or sent to Waste Management for conversion to hog fuel and energy recovery. Steel is sent to a metal recycler and shipped to various steel mills.
In terms of water use, our production facilities have seen steady declines in water use, with increases in production output. Serious considerations were given to water reduction starting in 2001. In 2003, Genie Industries received the Business and Industry Resource Venture's Water Conservation Award. In 2006, Genie Industries won the Silver Award from the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Industrial Waste Program for maintaining compliance with its wastewater permit and continuing to help protect the King County treatment works and water quality of the Puget Sound Region.
As for lighting, we have actively sought the lowest-energy-use lighting fixtures while re-lamping our production facilities.
Toner cartridges are sent out to be re-manufactured. Binders, report covers, section tabs, hanging files and other office supplies have been collected and re-used for many years. This cuts down on the annual demand for new office supplies.
In addition, composting café wastes began on April 22.
Skyba: In terms of green manufacturing initiatives, again, that's been something we've been focused on for a number of years and, I think as your article, and a lot of the conversations we've been having indicate, environmental stewardship is becoming a concern not only for the access industry but everybody.
We have a whole matrix of strategic environmental objectives as it relates to our production and our processes, meeting and exceeding regulatory and, what you call societal-compliance expectations, minimizing and preventing any damage to the environment where we're operating.
We maintain very active regulatory and community relations on the topic of the environment. We put in place what I would call robust sustainability and stewardship principles throughout our processes and that means we work to manage waste. We have waste reduction programs in place in all our facilities.
We have a real focus on energy efficiency and utilization. We're in the process of developing energy footprints for all of our manufacturing and service facilities. We do things like install automatic lighting management so that you're not lighting an area when it doesn't need it.
We're putting in variable-speed motors in overhead cranes so we're not always maxing out that engine, but we're operating at the lowest level of electrical load.
We've even hired energy management consultants to work on evaluating our energy usage, so it's a very comprehensive, holistic program that we have in place, and certainly emissions reduction is also an area where we've spent a lot of time. We've reformulated paint formulas to reduce emissions. We've got water recirculation reuse systems. Things like that really affect how much energy we use, how much waste we generate on a daily basis, and we find all of those little things really add up to make a significant impact.
One of the things I find really exciting is we've put together a human resources initiative to pull together an employee green team to take a look at generating any other ideas for what we as a company can do — whether that's installing large water-bottle coolers for people drinking bottled water, rather than putting that waste into the landfill. Offering opportunities for employees to bring household items in to the plant that need to be recycled if they don't get it picked up automatically at their homes. The purpose of the green team is to determine ways to get our employees individually more involved.
Debatisse:We are always aware of green manufacturing principles from the beginning of manufacturing to the sale of the machine: including components, paint, recycling waste, hydrocarbons separators and sewage-treatment facilities.
In the context of a real awareness of environmental issues and the tightening of legislation, Haulotte Group is taking steps to control and reduce its environmental impact and is integrating its environmental approach into its global management system.
In order to prepare for this next stage, the Haulotte teams and their partners are already working on the development of devices and processes adapted to more environmentally friendly machines, including particle filters, advanced cooling systems, electronic fuel injection, and better quality and ultra-low sulphured fuel.
In the group's five European manufacturing plants, measures have been taken that illustrate a commitment to the environment. In the design of buildings a better insulation is used in the roofs, and there is an increase in the number of translucent surfaces increasing natural light and decreasing electricity and energy consumption.
Internal processing waste is pushed to the maximum: recycling waste, hydrocarbons separators and sewage treatment facilities.
Finally, Haulotte Group pays special attention to the products present in its plants, and to the way they are used: for several years, lead-containing paint has not been used, and dry-extract paintings are favored, allowing a significant decrease of volatile organic compounds. And on several sites powder paints are used, which have zero VOC emissions. Hydraulic oil is distributed using pipelines in order to reduce storage areas and the number of stored barrels.
And to reaffirm its commitment to control the impact of its activities on the environment, the Haulotte Group is working towards obtaining ISO 1400 certification.
Hagedorn: Bil-Jax has recently committed itself to a green initiative. This includes the creation of a committee to investigate and implement a variety of initiatives designed to reduce the environmental impact of the company's manufacturing practices and day-to-day operations.
Bil-Jax Go Green has been active for just over a month. In its first month, Bil-Jax employees recycled 3.67 tons of material. This includes 1.34 tons of paper, 1.04 tons of wooden pallets, 0.40 tons of plastic bottles and more.
Bil-Jax has partnered with a local recycling center, Werlor Inc., to help identify waste materials and recycle them instead of sending them to landfills.
Progress and current information can be found online at Bil-Jax Go Green's website www.biljaxgogreen.com.
I've noticed some talk of moving to solid rubber tires and away from foam-filled and standard pneumatic tires as a way to reduce downtime, increase productivity and reduce waste. What are your thoughts on the topic?
Mayer: We recently introduced off-road semi-pneumatic tires for the GTH-5519 compact telehandler models. The tires provide customers further options to the current air and foam tires, offering overall improved performance and a lowered cost of ownership.
Semi-pneumatic tire technology offers many benefits, including engineered side walls that are resistant to cuts and snags in severe cutting conditions that would normally destroy a typical foam-filled tire. With its deeper directional tread and heavy-duty rubber, this design lasts up to three-times longer than foam-filled tires lowering cost of ownership, including recycling costs.
Semi-pneumatic tires offer exceptional off-road performance for improved terrainability. Due to their deep-lug self-cleaning tread design, traction effort is improved in dirt, snow, sand and deep mud over standard rough-terrain tires. The resilient pneumatic-type ride also absorbs shocks from rocks and rough terrain. The design offers the durability of a solid tire, but with the smooth, cushioned ride similar to that of a pneumatic tire.
Skyba: We absolutely believe they can have a positive environmental impact and not only that, but there are also financial benefits to our customers for using them. We offer solid tires on almost every product that we build. I believe in most cases they're optional for people who elect to use them.
In the case of RSC, we partnered with them to make solid tires standard on all of the telehandlers that they're buying from us. We see more and more of our customers going to solid tires as standard. It reduces the likelihood of downtime because you're not dealing with flats, but it also increases reliability. It saves costs over the life of the tire because you're looking at probably four times the useful life. And then because they've got that longer lifespan, you just reduce the number of tires going to the landfill. Using solid tires literally cuts landfill waste by 75 percent, making a pretty substantive impact.
Debatisse: We are doing the same test with tires for different countries. We are waiting for the technical answer to make a final decision whether to sell machines like this.
Hagedorn: The only products we offer foam-filled tires on are our new X-Boom line. The X-Boom is a lighter-weight self-propelled lift that utilizes hydraulic outriggers as opposed to a heavy counterweight, as found on traditional self-propelled lifts. This makes it possible to use an X-Boom on pressure-sensitive applications, such as a gymnasium floor or on a beach. Foam-filled, because of their lighter weight over solid rubber tires, allows for adequate traction in this application.
Standard road tires and bar lug tires are used unless specified otherwise.
Are there any new design trends in aerial equipment or new attachments or accessories?
Mayer: The Terex Aerial Work Platform division continuously evaluates its equipment and designs based on its customers' needs and perspectives. We also believe strongly in the opportunity to develop new and innovative solutions to address the requirements of the end-users who operate our equipment. Although we can't talk specifically about concepts that are on the drawing table, we are investing in research and development that will ensure we offer the most up-to-date, reliable and productive equipment for the market.
Skyba: There is more focus on electric and hybrid equipment. We continue to see that being the case. A renewed focus for JLG, and something that's always been important, is creating longer lifecycles for our equipment. Because when you do that, obviously, your equipment lives longer, which means more value to the customer, and it also reduces the waste of that actual equipment.
And we are seeing a trend in the interest of remanufacturing for all the reasons we talked about. Basically, you're getting the cost benefits of recycling existing steel, you're seeing a longer lifecycle for the product where people can put it back in their fleet and get another 5 or 6 years of life out of it, maybe even more, and you're saving the energy that it would take to produce a new one, as well as the materials. Unfortunately, I can't quite quantify that, but it's an area that we are working on to quantify for people.
A good value for rental companies and users, like with any product that uses gas or diesel, is to focus on maximizing fuel economy.
I know you're familiar with the fact that we've been developing our own telematics or connected asset technology. We see that being a pretty big factor in the industry and, frankly, as it plays into the issue of environmental topics, the idea that you'd be able to save unnecessary trips to the field without knowing what the problem is. That has a substantive impact on fuel cost, service cost, and again has an environmental benefit as well.
One of the areas of focus for us on that system was really providing highly customized, highly useful equipment information very specific to AWPs and rental, so the type of information could influence being able to know that the engine information you're getting is not just based on standard operating hours, but it gives you specific information on that engine and that operating environment.
When you get a maintenance alert, it's specific to that engine it's not just some standard, pre-programmed algorithm. That helps improve the efficiency of the use of the equipment and efficiency of the service operation, and saves you trips to the field. I think it's definitely got an environmental tie-in as well as general productivity and lowering operating costs.
Debatisse:Yes, we are always working to introduce new designs on our products.
Hagedorn: At least for Bil-Jax, the accessory/option that is one of the most desired is our DC/Gas Hybrid option. This allows our Summit Series lifts, and X-Boom lifts to run on battery power or an engine. This is very useful for indoor applications as there is no concern about fumes in an enclosed area.
Have you implemented any new safety initiatives?
Mayer: Safety is a top priority throughout our organization. In 2007 we began focusing on behavior-based safety and ergonomics to complement our existing health and safety programs and are pleased with the results we are seeing. We set aggressive safety and health targets and strive to significantly improve it each year. Our long-term vision is to create a work environment that continuously improves the health and well-being of our team members.
In addition to our in-house safety efforts, Genie continues to be a leader in product safety and the promotion of operator safety. Our engineering staff is actively involved in standards writing and compliance as well as pursuit of continuous improvement of our equipment.
Skyba: That's something that's always in our eyes and that we keep in mind in everything that we're doing on a new product development project. We're starting to put training programs online to make them even more accessible for our customers.
Hagedorn: Bil-Jax has always been very committed to safety. We are continually looking for ways to not only streamline manufacturing and workflow, but for ways to make it as safe as possible.
Is there a cost associated with the online programs?
Skyba: We're just starting to get into it so, honestly, I don't have any cost information for you on that, but the idea that safety and operating training is more readily available, is an important topic for the industry in general. Anything we can do to facilitate that and allow more people to go through those types of programs is really important. These days, it gets back to the whole environmental thing too, as well as cost containment — not having someone travel for two days to do a one-day training course is really beneficial.
The smaller the company, the more you want to leverage what other companies are doing and not recreate the wheel.
Debatisse: We develop safety training in the U.S. every time we design a machine. We also develop safety devices.
Are you adding work platforms to your telehandler line? Explain why or why not.
Mayer: Currently, Genie telehandlers are not retrofitted with work platforms in North America, however, our telehandler engineers and product experts continually explore new avenues and options to safely enhance productivity for all classes of Genie telehandlers.
Skyba: Work platforms are already available and they have been for years.
Debatisse: Yes we are adding work platforms to our telehandlers, both standard and rotating, because our customers request this option.
How has the downturn in the housing market affected your sales and marketing initiatives?
Mayer: Terex AWP is investing in the necessary capacity to meet the demands of our customers on a global basis. Part of our annual planning process is to match our manufacturing capabilities with the demands of the market. We've worked hard to stay competitive and innovative, while maintaining our reputation as a customer-first business. Our relationships are what matter and they continue to be our strength.
There is continued demand in the lift market in infrastructure construction, maintenance and repair applications. There is a direct correlation between improvements and growth in infrastructure and demand for lift products. Although residential construction is clearly declining, we are seeing opportunities elsewhere that offer growth potential for the rental companies. Our efforts are focused on balancing the decline in residential construction demand with the areas of strength in the economy. The decline in residential construction really only has a measurable impact on the telehandler segment of our business. Overall, our sales and marketing efforts have focused on the areas of growth.
Skyba: Certainly it's affected us, particularly in telehandlers. We've seen a fall-off in that market because they tend to be used in residential construction. It's a tough market, but like anything else we're working through it. One of the things unfortunately that we did need to do is have a workforce downsizing in response to the market conditions that we're seeing. It's not just in North America, it's also Europe is starting to catch some of that flu. We're working to manage through it, really containing our costs and making sure we stay close to our customers, and that we're giving them everything they need including financing, which can be helpful in making sure they're able to update their fleet. We're going to keep working through it.
Debatisse: We are less affected than our competitors by the downturn in the housing market because our size in the U.S. makes us less vulnerable to its market.
Hagedorn: We have been forced to redirect some of our focus from independent rental locations to larger-scale and industrial-focused operations.


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Canadian RV rental firm CanaDream Corp. today (July 22) announced financial results for the year ending April 30.
Revenues for the year of $25.0 million is 12% higher than last year, while cash flow from operations of $7.2 million (36 cents per share) is 43% higher. Operating income of $901,000 represents a 98% increase from the previous year.
The Calgary-based company said that rental revenue increased $2.1 million due to increased rental nights combined with a $605,000 increase in fleet sales revenue. The increase in revenues, combined with the $657,000 increase in direct expenses. resulted in the gross margin increase of $2.0 million, or 22%.
Investment in rental fleet was $24.8 million at April 30, an increase of $6.9 million from 2010. The investment in fleet inventory available for sale was $5.0 million, a decrease of $215,000 from 2010 year-end levels. Fleet, capital asset and other financing increased $6.3 million, or 35%, to $24.3 million from the year prior.
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This was your final and only warning.
There is a new article in the Mercury News <pdf> on today's hearing regarding releasing child molester william hamilton ayres from Napa State Hospital, where he has been locked up for the last six months justly, in accordance with the law, following his claims that he was suffering dementia, and therefore couldn't defend himself like a man against his multiple accusers in a court of law.
I suggest you click the link and read the article first, so that you clearly understand my frame of mind before proceeding to read the rest of this post.
The article discusses the content of the motions submitted by the defense, including letters to Grandsaert from the child molester's adult children, pleading for the release of the child molester from Napa, citing the difficult time he's having there; having difficulty being able to differentiate between food types, and such...
According to the Mercury News article, the molester's son, Robert Ayres, a poorly reviewed actor/director in the Chicago area, wrote the following in his letter to the court:
...there is no hope for his father's condition to improve, and keeping him at Napa, separated from his family and without stimulation, serves only to punish him. "It's utterly heartless and unconstitutional to deliver a punitive ruling when my father's presumption of innocence remains intact after the prosecution's failure to convict him in 2009"
The idiot son doesn't seem to understand that his child molesting father chose to use an incompetence defense, and due to the heinous nature of his continuous, decades of crimes against multitudes of young boys, the state law allows for his incarceration at a state mental facility. There is no violation of constitutional protections.
There is no violation of presumption of innocence. At any time, ayres can come clean, and admit that he's not demented, and face the possibility of criminal trial, meanwhile the taxpayer is providing him with safe room and board, and forcing him to take the appropriate medications that are needed given the condition that he is alleging to suffer, and which he was refusing to take on his own.
If ayres and his dumb-shit son wish to sue ayres' scumbag attorney for recommending this course of action without prepping him for the inevitable outcome, then they should do just that. I suspect that the scumbag attorney has his case well documented, and that ayres, and vapid Solveig and dipshits Robert and Barbara were fully aware of the likely outcome, and there will be no such lawsuit.
Jackass Robert doesn't seem to have a firm grasp on what "utterly heartless" really means - his father molested many young boys while charging their parents for his access to them.
All of the creature comforts that the spoiled shithead and his sister enjoyed growing up were paid for with money from parents whose children were molested by ayres, and by taxpayers who were paying ayres to "evaluate" young boys in the juvenile court system. This went on for decade after decade.
For Robert Ayres and Barbara Ayres:
For decades, your father continually asked boys to describe how they masturbated, while playing with his cock in his baggy pants, and then when that wasn't enough for him, he jacked the young boys off, he made them piss into dixie cups while holding their dicks, and he stuck his fingers up their asses to massage their prostate glands, telling them that it would be OK if they came, while his face was INCHES from their penis. When they tried to get away, he jammed his finger in harder, trying to see if he could successfully force them to ejaculate on his face. These were 9, 10, 11 year old boys.
THEY WERE NINE, TEN, ELEVEN YEARS OLD, Robert, you stupid fucking turd.
ayres would take the blood money that he was paid by the parents for enjoying their boys. He would take the money home and buy nice stuff for Robert and Barbara. Robert has such a "good heart" that he's whining now about his dear old dad being locked up after working so hard to molest all those boys so that Robert and Barbara could live the good life.
All of those young boys will suffer for their whole lives, Robert, so that you could grow up in a nice Hillsborough house. They will drink to oblivion, they will take drugs, they will act out against society and authority because nobody stepped up to protect them, and they trust no-one, they will end up in prison, they will suffer more heart disease, digestive disorders, and cancers than others who have not been molested, some will get in violent fatal accidents, some will commit suicide.
Did you like the house that our parents bought for you at the cost of our souls, you spineless, ungrateful prick?
And yet the two of you greedy asshole kids sit there and whine about your molester father's legal state, and you weep that the taxpayer has taken good care of your father, in spite of his crimes, getting him the medicine and psychiatric care that he allegedly needs; all because you're not going to inherit as much of the money that your father got for molesting all of us, if you don't speak in your child molesting father's defense.
None of us will ever fully get out from under the "Utterly hearless, punitive ruling" that your father made against us. We were ACTUALLY innocent of any crime, and yet your father was judge, jury, and executioner against us, so fuck your ignorant "unconstitutional punitive ruling" rant, you chickenshit little twerp.
Unfortunately, there were apparently at least two occasions in which Satan decided to fuck your cunting mother, and he was actually able to get himself off. Do you suppose she had to dress like a little boy?


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Every time I made a thread on EVE-O forums since the Lemmings campaign, Goons shown up in large numbers. Or to be specific, a handful of Goons shown up with large number of posts. This one, about RvB protecting Goons long before POCOs, is a perfect example. Compare Goon posters to RvB ones! The RvB posters depending on being directors or simple members, either tried some damage control or argued (that they are not pets, but allies). On the other hand Goon posters didn't even bother to present an argument or even opinion about the topic.
Their posts are all focused on one things: personal insults. Pages after pages they did nothing but questioning my sanity or simply informing me that I should be embarrassed or mad. Or parroting that "Marmite is scamming you", despite I already dedicated a post to it which they did not debate. Actually they never debated anything I claimed, their activity is limited to personal attacks. Weird. It doesn't make any sense.
Then, when reading some articles about supercapitals, a name hit me: Baki Yuku. During the TEST and EMP campaigns, Goons blamed every single failure on Baki Yuku. While I don't like him due to the EULA compatibility of his methods of gaining ISK, it's clear that he can't possibly be responsible for all the things Goons blamed him.
Then it became clear: social people want to upkeep a positive image about their person. They want to be liked and respected in the "community". The apostrophes are there, because usually this community is non-existent. I mean "random people who care to post on a forum" isn't a community. Read up wikipedia: "social unit of any size that shares common values". What common values do you share with Goons? But social people don't work this way. Their brain is hardwired to consider "people around me" a community. After all in prehistoric ages the people around you were your clan. The truth is that he is in his room watching the screen and the "people" he talks to might not even exist and just crafted troll personas. But it doesn't change how a social feels.
What he feels is "I'm here with these people and they don't like me". He becomes emotionally affected. He either wants to get out of this negative social situation (ragequit) or wants to prove himself (getting mad). Of course it was totally impossible for Baki Yuku to do anythign that the Goons didn't scorn. Similarly it's impossible for me to do anything that the Goons aren't considering failure. If the Lemmings would headshot VFK and kill 50 Goon titans, these guys would keep telling how big loser I am and how embarrassed I should be for my lack of progress and how all the money I spent is stolen by Tora (Marmite CEO) who is laughing on me now.
The Goon propaganda squad isn't arguing. They aren't even trolls. Their personal attacks is just their job, it's nothing personal. Their job is to make enemy leaders mad or ragequit. It worked on DotBros, probably had some effect on EMP/TEST, but will clearly not work on me.
Now sould come the part how my superior a-social mind is unaffected, but it's not true. They give me a headache. Literally. I don't bother you with details of the limbic system, so just laymen's terms: the emotional-animalistic part of my brain is yelling "They hate you! They want to eat you! Fight or run!" while the conscious-rational part is saying "these are just letters on your computer screen coming from people you despise." and their conflict makes the headache.
How can you protect yourself, especially if you a self-admitted social who cares about other people?
Do this every time someone spew insults, or simply posts garbage like "First!". Then, reading the forum will be much better and you'll be protected from their trolling:
Block them in-game too to neutralize the local trolling. Use every block, ignore and such features to remove them from your head. If you don't, they'll make you mad. Or just have a bad headache.
I've just realized how - accidentally - we created a method that neutralize their efforts: Lemmings is lead by a pilot named "General Lemming". He was born in the day Lemmings were formed. He is an alt of a director of Marmite Collective, who run Lemmings. I have no idea which one. Yep, I pay to a 1 month old alt without knowing who is the main behind him. Because I don't care, as long as the job is done. Good luck making an alt mad! This is why Goons spam "Tora (Marmite executor) is scamming you", because he is their best guess. And this is why their comments are sent around in mails among the directorate for laughter.
PS: I didn't know that Deklein anoms can escalate to Uedama. I also wrongfully thought that only frig and destroyer hulls can be bonused for small blasters.


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This Week in Sesame Street: Our Furry Friends Visit the White House
By Graydon Gordian
On Tuesday, February 7, beloved Sesame Street monster Grover stopped by the White House to help White House Chef Sam Kass and the children of chefs who currently work in the White House learn about the ways kids can help their parents prepare a tasty and healthy meal. The Sesame Street MuppetsTM have a long history of visiting the White House, so in today's edition of, "This Week in Sesame Street," we're talking about some of the times our furry friends have had a chance to hang out with the President.
The Sesame Street MuppetsTM made their first appearance at the White House on December 20, 1970, when Big Bird, Mr. Hooper and the rest of the gang joined First Lady Pat Nixon, wife of Richard Nixon, to perform a Christmas show for an audience of excited children.
That would hardly be the last time our friends from Sesame Street would stop by the president's home. Big Bird made Christmas time appearances during both Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter's administrations, the latter of which included a performance with Kermit the Frog and Joe Raposo, composer of the Sesame Street theme song, in the East Room of the White House. In fact, Sesame Street MuppetsTM would go on to visit the White House of every subsequent president: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama have all invited Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster and other Sesame Street MuppetsTM back to the White House for various reasons.
Whether it be for Christmas celebrations, Easter egg hunts, to encourage literacy at the National Book Festival, or in order to teach kids lessons about healthy eating like their most recent visit, the Sesame Street MuppetsTM have been welcomed guests at the home of the president for over 40 years.


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Artists in Residence: Lacey at HI-Point Reyes
From National Park land to downtown streetscapes, hillside perches to coastal lighthouses, HI hostels are located in some of the most beautiful settings Northern California has to offer. So perhaps it's not surprising that so many staff members across our hostel network are talented (and prolific) artists: they've got a lot of inspiration to work with! And now they're sharing their inspiration with you in our new interview series, "Artists in Residence." First up: Lacey Bediz, a Front Desk Agent with a passion for travel and an eye for photography at HI Point Reyes.
Lacey Bediz has been working at HI-Point Reyes for nearly two years, and when she's not behind the front desk, she's often out on the trails, in the forest, or on the beach with her camera. A longtime world traveler, Lacey's found plenty to inspire her right here in Northern California, especially around Point Reyes.
"A lot of times, I'll just say to myself, 'All right. Go see something new, take your camera, and see what happens,'" she says.
And guests at HI-Point Reyes can now see the area the same way Lacey does: several of her photos of Point Reyes have been blown up and hung around the hostel, providing guests at this former ranch house with a little preview of everything there is to experience just outside their front door.
"It's cool to have the pictures up," Lacey says. "Ever since they went up, guests have been coming up and asking me about them. We get into these big conversations about photography and Point Reyes."
We recently caught up with Lacey (just before she skipped town to spend two weeks taking photographs in Croatia) to talk landscapes, lighting, and those magical moments that, with a little luck, you can only capture on film in West Marin.
How did you get started with photography?
I had traveled the world for about nine years, and I started a blog because I was traveling. It sounds funny, but there were so many words that I needed something else, so I started taking pictures for the blog. People kept telling me that the pictures were awesome, so I just kept buying the next camera up and the next camera up. People started asking me to shoot weddings and events for them, and it all just snowballed from there.
What are some of your favorite places to shoot around Point Reyes?
Tomales Point is one of my favorite places to shoot because it's where the elk are. Also, I really like shooting in the fog because it creates a really nice light, and Tomales almost always has fog.
I also really like to shoot on the Bolinas Ridge Trail out by Olema. I find a lot of wildlife, like hawks, there. It's a ridge with all kinds of pastoral farmland; it's very wide open without a lot of trees, so I can get a good perspective. And I like to get up early in the morning and shoot on Tomales Bay when there are a lot of animals, and a lot of boats, out.
What's the best time of day to take photographs in the area?
A lot of people like the "golden hour," which is an hour before sunset. But here, with the hills, I like to do an hour before that. This time of year, I'll go around 6:30 because the sun's not behind the hills yet – I just like to give myself a little extra time before sunset. Also, the early morning – like, 6:30 or 7:00 – is perfect if you can get yourself out of bed!
What's the best place to shoot…
The Coast Trail on Limantour Beach. Keep going towards Sculptured Beach and go a little bit off trail, then follow the Deer Trail up to the top of the cliff and you can get a really good perspective of the waves.
That's something people really love – surfing pictures! I go to Bolinas Beach a lot for those.
The Estero Trail is really great – people don't really know about that one. It's along the estuary, so there's a lot of bird life that hangs out there, and sometimes you'll see the harbor seals with their babies. Also, Bolinas Lagoon near Stinson Beach. There's a lot of amazing wildlife there, a lot of different birds. It's right by where the Audubon Society is.
I've been meaning to go up and shoot in Samuel P. Taylor State Park, where all the redwoods are. Shooting the redwoods is difficult, because you don't necessarily need sunrise or sunset. But when I drive through at 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning, it's always a really magical light.
What's something that's come out of nowhere or surprised you while shooting in the area?
One of people's favorite photographs that we have hanging up here at the hostel is one of a hawk. It was just sitting on a wire fence and I was just shooting it, and then the person I was hiking with stepped closer to it and scared it. So I was able to get a picture of it in flight. You never get pictures of hawks like that, with their wings all spread out. So that was really lucky.
Also, I remember one time there was one of those big bicycle tours of California going on and it came through Point Reyes Station. I was in town and just happened to have my big lens on me, and I got all these great shots of the cyclists. That's the thing – I guess you just always have to have your camera on you!
Is there anywhere in the area you'd like to shoot that you haven't made it out to yet?
Alamere Falls. Everybody talks about it and it's supposed to be amazing, but I've never been there. You could get there from the hostel on the coast trail; it would be an all-day hike. Or you can go down to Bolinas and park at the Palomarin Trail Head, then it's a little bit of a climb to get down to where the waterfalls are.
To see Lacey's favorite settings through your own lens, base yourself at HI Point Reyes, the only accommodation within the boundaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore. Then, grab your camera and get hiking! And don't forget, you can Tweet us your own Point Reyes snapshots @HIUSANorCal.
All photos in this post ©Lacey Bediz. To see more of Lacey's photographs, from Point Reyes and beyond, check out www.laceybediz.com.
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Letters, legislation, minutes and memoranda on proposed diversion of water from Klamath River watershed into the Sacramento River basin; counter-proposals for irrigating Butte and Shasta Valleys. 1945-1949.
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wombatK wrote:A cyclist was busy sweeping the cycleway with a small branch of trees just north of Lamb St around 6 pm-ish today. The area was actually much clearer of glass that it had been for a few weeks.
Either zozza hard at work, or he's inspired others to help with it or maybe some clean-up Australia activities have helped.
'onya if it was your handiwork again Zozza.
Went south as far as Liz Dr only today and have to agree path was as clean as I have seen it. Anyone going out this evening maybe take care. Looks like a local quarry must have had sand on special this week! Maintenance boys were out ladling copious amounts of the stuff onto anything resembling a crack on the pavement. Could be a bit slippy if you catch any while changing direction. Mind you it's blowing such a gale out there probably all be blown away by this evening!


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The New York Times also chimes in on the reduced orders, and they have numbers which seem more realistic. "Apple does appear to be cutting back on orders for its latest iPhone from its manufacturing partners, as Nikkei of Japan and The Wall Street Journal reported earlier. Paul Semenza, an analyst at NPD DisplaySearch, a research firm that follows the display market, said that for January, Apple had expected to order 19 million displays for the iPhone 5 but cut the order to 11 million to 14 million. Mr. Semenza said these numbers came from sources in the supply chain, the companies that make components for Apple products." Some suggest this is stock manipulation, and while that is an exciting story to be sure, would respected and well-informed newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times participate in something like that? Somehow, I highly doubt it. A far more logical explanation, as NYT details, is that the iPhone simply isn't doing overly well outside of the US.


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Last week I was at Dell's Annual Analyst Conference, but the product at the event I most wanted wasn't a desktop, laptop, a tablet or even a smartphone. It was a scooter. It turns out that Dell had actually helped create Current Motor's electric Super Scooter.
What makes this particular scooter unique is that it both uses a hub motor, and was designed to use vehicle wraps instead of paint. That last point is something that I think the car industry will eventually adapt as well. Wraps have a number of advantages over paint, yet outside of advertising, you rarely see them used. Current Motors is the first manufacturer I've seen use this capability.
I've been following electric vehicles for some time, but for now, I think electric scooters and bikes (I have two) make far more sense than electric cars do. Let's take a look at why, then take a closer look at Current Motor's M Electric.
Why electric scooters make more sense than electric cars
Right now, electric cars make little sense because the charging infrastructure for them just doesn't yet exist, and charging mid-trip is problematic. Electric vehicles are the opposite of their gas-powered equivalents in terms of where they're best used: They are less efficient at speed on freeways, and more efficient in city stop-and-go driving. Why? The faster you go in an electric car, the more current per mile you consume, because they don't have transmissions, which help make gas cars more efficient at freeway speeds.
So electric vehicles are best for short hops, or lots of traffic. Coincidentally, this is where motorcycles and scooters tend to stand out, because they can maneuver through traffic (lane splitting) and are far easier to park in cities. In addition, electric cars are pretty pricy, typically costing at least $30,000, yet still making major sacrifices in terms of range, performance, and other amenities. Good electric motorcycles and scooters typically cost under $12,000, and since these vehicles rarely have many amenities anyway, there's not much to sacrifice compared to the gas equivalent.
For instance, electric cars like the Tesla S tend to be relatively noisy compared to gas-powered cars because they omit insulation to keep weight down. Bikes are open air, and tend to be noisy to begin with; electrics are almost silent in comparison. Granted, the deep rumble of a Harley is sought after, but scooter buyers aren't exactly Harley types. Gas scooters try to be quiet, but electrics start out nearly silent.
So what works against electric cars actually seems to benefit electric scooters, largely because they are used in very different ways, and what is left off the electric cars is mostly never put on a bike or scooter.
Current Motors Super Scooter
This takes us to the Super Scooter, which is a relatively unique offering in the market. It uses a hub motor very similar to (but much more powerful than) the motors I have in my E+ Electric Bicycles, about five times the power actually. A hub motor is rare in a high-performance scooter or motorcycle — most use a centrally mounted motor connected to the rear wheel with a chain drive. The advantage to a hub motor is that it is simpler and far quieter. The noise that you get from a typical bike or scooter that uses a chain comes from the chain, and regenerative braking (which recharges the battery as you come to a stop) can be more difficult to implement, because manufacturers tend to use a freewheeling hubs. You want regenerative breaking because it gives you far more range, particularly in the high-traffic conditions that these things are best at.
However the really cool feature is that this is the first time I've seen vehicle wraps used as a paint alternative by a vehicle manufacturer. If you haven't checked into them, wraps not only can look nearly as good as custom paint, you can get finishes you just can't get with paint, like purple chrome. (These are huge in Europe where they wrap high end cars in gold and chrome.) And you can wrap your helmet to match!
The other nice thing about wraps is that if you change your mind on the color, it is a fraction of the cost of new paint to change the color of your vehicle. Oh and wraps, which are similar in material to the clear bra (which I put on all my cars) are much more resistant to scratches and dings. The fact they aren't used more widely showcases how slow industries adjust to new and potentially better technologies.
Going electric
It is kind of amazing that Dell of all companies helped actually create this scooter. After all, it uses a technology, vehicle wraps, that you'd think HP (which leads in printers) would be driving into the market instead. At Dell's event, the goal was to showcase a very different company. Helping build a unique vehicle likely showcases that difference.
In the end, I'm one of those folks who actually believe that getting off fossil fuels is a good idea for the nation, and that initially, bikes and scooters are the better way to do this. So suddenly I'm a fan of Current Motors, go figure?
Guest contributor Rob Enderle is the founder and principal analyst for the Enderle Group, and one of the most frequently quoted tech pundits in the world. Opinion pieces denote the opinions of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of Digital Trends.
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If you're looking for a sign of progress from the Dodgers' farm system, here's one: MLB.com released its annual list of the top 100 prospects yesterday, and the Dodgers occupied four spots.
Four decent spots, too: Shortstop Corey Seager came in at number 34, outfielder Joc Pederson at number 36, and pitchers Zach Lee and Julio Urias at 63 and 64.
Compare that to a year ago, and the Dodgers' system seems to be inching up. Pederson was the highest-ranked Dodger in 2013 at number 44, Seager at 48. Lee slipped a bit — MLB.com had him ranked 57th in 2013 — but Urias vaulted 25 spots from 89th overall.
Don't get bogged down too much in the specifics. One quick general takeaway is that, in a perfect world, 30 MLB teams would have an average of 3.33 prospects ranked in the top 100. On the high end, then, the Dodgers are still only slightly above average. The Astros, who picked first in the June draft each of the last two years, had seven prospects among MLB.com's top 100. The Angels, who haven't had a first-round pick since 2011, had none.
Upward movement is always good. In 2011, the first year that MLB.com ranked prospects, the list ended at number 50. The final slot belonged to a Seattle Mariners pitching prospect from Yucaipa named Taijuan Walker. Walker jumped up to number 4 in both 2012 and 2013, then slipped to number 6 in 2014 — after posting a 3.60 ERA in three starts in 2013. He's slotted to start this season in the Mariners' rotation.
MLB.com's number-45 prospect in 2011 was Matt Harvey. If a 6.1-WAR season at age 24 is what the Dodgers can expect from Pederson or Seager (and not Tommy John surgery), they'll take it. That's an extreme example of course, and it's too soon to issue passing or failing grades on any 2011 prospects. Paco Rodriguez was in college in 2011.
So the immediate meaning of this list is that several teams are in better position to trade for David Price than the Dodgers. The long-term meaning? Who knows.
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Volunteers and staff carry out move to Old School
Work has started on moving some of the museum's collection to the Old School in Grey School Passage. Purchased in March, the building will provide both temporary and long-term space for storage of collections.
As well as being needed during the redevelopment phase, the Old School offers a nearby offsite facility for the longer term, and additional space for researchers to access deep storage.
The Fine Art and Textiles collections will move over from the Colliton Street cottages. Natural History will remain, the freed up space allowing for research and conservation work ready for display in the new galleries. Much of this collection will then be on display for the first time in many years. Social History has already moved to the Old School, leaving the stable block clear to be developed as soon as permission is received from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Old School provides much improved facilities for volunteers and staff to work on the collections. A prime example is the framing equipment, generously loaned to the Museum by the Moule and du Boulay Trust for Art, which has not been fully utilised because of lack of space in Colliton Street. Now in its new home at the Old School – thanks to some heavy duty lifting equipment and strong muscles – it is already being prepared for use by a volunteer with picture re-framing experience.
The role of volunteers has been critical in achieving this move. Led and project managed by DNHAS Trustee John Hilton, volunteer curators of collections have managed the move of their collections alongside the Heads of Collections and Maintenance Team. John said "It is wonderful to bring these items out of storage so they can be on public view, in some cases for the first time".
There are ambitious plans to open the new facility for public tours once the move has been completed, so people can view collections previously not on display in advance of the Tomorrow's Museum for Dorset project.
Dorset County Museum Awarded Over £11 Million National Lottery Grant
Dorset County Museum has received one of the largest single Heritage Lottery Fund grants ever made to Dorset, a whopping £11,349,200.00!
Museum planning application for new extension and development approved
The planned extension and redevelopment plans for Dorset County Museum have finally been given the green light by West Dorset District Council.
Exhibition designers appointed
Highly regarded creative team Real Studios Ltd has been appointed as exhibition designers for the new galleries in Tomorrow's Museum for Dorset
Volunteers and staff carry out move to Old School
Work has started on moving some of the museum's collection to the Old School in Grey School Passage. Purchased in March, the building will provide both temporary and long-term space for storage of collections.
Project team gets thumbs up
The Tomorrow's Museum project team has received the thumbs up at its mid-point review with the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Dorset whale to surface again…
Our new Natural Dorset gallery will give visitors the opportunity to discover over 200 million years of Dorset's natural history and will allow our Natural History collection to go back on display after a period of almost 20 years in storage.
Tomorrow's Museum for Dorset takes another step forward
On the evening of Tuesday 9th August, the Museum welcomed members of the public to have their say on the latest outline plans for the Tomorrow's Museum for Dorset project.
Dorset County Museum wins £10.3 million Heritage Lottery Funding
Dorset County Museum has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting new Collections Discovery Centre project, it was announced today.
Dorset County Museum selects Award-winning architects for new project
Dorset County Museum in Dorchester has selected architects Carmody Groarke to renovate and expand their Grade II listed building in Dorchester.


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Maybe the Indiana Pacers thrived this week where other NBA teams might not have survived by playing mental tricks with themselves: They weren't playing three games in three nights, really – they were just playing a couple of back-to-back's all squished together.
Maybe the Pacers beat the Bulls, the Hawks and the 76ers in rapid succession Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday – three victories in fewer hours than any other team in the league this season – because of the motivation they drew from persecution and paranoia. Let Indiana deal with three in a row. Who'll notice? So the Pacers played 144 minutes while balancing chips on their shoulders and turned perceived disrespect into something distinctive.
Or maybe the Pacers simply met the latest challenge thrown at them, grew in the process and will be better off for it going forward. Sounded a little like that, from guard George Hill's postgame comments in Philly.
"I don't think anyone expected us to go 3-0 when this thing was put in place" Hill said. "We knew we could do the unthinkable and get the job done. We had the confidence to do it. I just think we wanted it more."
Well, not exactly, since no one else in the NBA has faced or will face three in three nights this season. That bit of post-lockout nostalgia was dropped on the Pacers after their home game against Chicago Dec. 26 was postponed by a snowstorm (both teams were present for that night's game but Indiana's front office was worried about fans traveling to/from Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and the league agreed).
The Pacers felt there were enough other seams in their and the Bulls' schedules that the NBA need not have stuck the make-up game immediately in front of the home-road couplet against Atlanta and Philadelphia. The coaches and players, however, didn't get a vote. So the former tried to downplay it, lest it loom large as an ordeal. The latter felt a little sorry for themselves but mostly got busy.
The result? Three victories in about 50 hours and a season-best five-game winning streak. Two at the Fieldhouse to run their home record to 20-3, then a roadie that gets them back to Indy for nine of their next 11 games.
Indiana won each game by 10 or more points. It shot 52.7 percent against Chicago, scored a season-high 114 points on Atlanta and (while shooting a rubber-legged 39 percent) held Philadelphia to just 69 points. No Joakim Noah or Derrick Rose, no Lou Williams or Zaza Pachulia and Thaddeus Young or Andrew Bynum? Well, no one was feeling sorry for the Pacers either.
Paul George played nearly 124 minutes in the three games, amassing 65 points, 21 rebounds and 16 assists, and both David West and Hill cracked the 100-minute mark.
Obviously, the Pacers wouldn't have chosen to put themselves through this relative ordeal. But coach Frank Vogel deserves credit for treating it merely as a freakish back-to-back – with two tails – and bonus points for using a clip from the 1989 movie "Major League" to motivate his squad.
That's way better that than slicing-and-dicing "Hoosiers" for the zillionth time in a basketball locker room. (It's not clear if he used this clip, since NBA schedule-meister Matt Winick or commish David Stern would not have made for attractive cardboard cutouts.)
Now that they're through with it, the Pacers can draw inspiration from having stuck their landing. Things are looking up, with George's breakout as an East All-Star and forward Danny Granger's imminent return from a season-long knee injury. After this, the players will have a reservoir of confidence to draw from when they feel picked on or disrespected. Like, for instance, when some playoff whistles stack up in Miami's or Chicago's favor.
"I guess we have to earn respect," Hill told the Indianapolis Star. "We're fine with that. We're used to being the underdog. Playing that way gives us motivation and a chip on our shoulder. It also forces people to rethink what they do to us."


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Loyola president receives MLK Jr. Jazz Award
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Loyola press release - February 1, 2012
Loyola University New Orleans President the Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., and six other community members were recognized as exemplifying the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his vision, receiving the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Jazz Award.
In addition to Wildes, the event recognized Marlin Gusman, Orleans Parish sheriff; Wm. Raymond Manning, president and CEO of Manning Architects; Bill Summers, master percussionist; Jim Singleton, chairman of the Dryades YMCA; Dwight Payne, director of VIP Services for the House of Blues; and Stephen Perry, president and CEO of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Jazz Award honors individuals who have contributed to enriching their community, advancing cultural awareness through music and art, and furthering economic opportunity while adhering to the principles of non-violence. Immediately following the awards presentation, the honorees and the public enjoyed a special performance of Tyler's Revisited, featuring jazz vocalist Germaine Bazzle and pianist Paul Longstreth.
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The Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis will prepare you to address significant challenges in today's society. Combining coursework and intensive practicum, this 39-semester-hour program will help you gain the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to become an effective applied behavior analyst.
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a field that utilizes basic behavioral principles to address behavior challenges of social significance. An applied behavior analyst uses methods of direct observation to gather information about how different environmental events influence behaviors of interest, and then systematically evaluates if/how modifications to these environmental events produce socially significant changes. As a graduate of the program, you will be on the leading edge of a growing field and be equipped with the knowledge and skills to make a difference in the lives of others.
What could I do as an Applied Behavior Analyst?
Applied behavior analysts work in any setting in which they can address problematic behaviors that are of social concern. Applied behavior analysts have been particularly effective serving individuals on the autism spectrum and individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In addition, applied behavior analysts also find meaningful roles in the areas of education, business and industry, treatment of substance abuse, sports and athletic performance, and animal training (just to name a few).
Where research meets practical application.
The ABA program emphasizes a natural science approach to the study of human behavior. The program will introduce students to ways of viewing everyday behavior that differs from the way behavior is typically talked about in everyday speak. You will be introduced to the basic research that serves as the foundation for applied behavior analysis, and how basic research has given rise to effective behavioral treatments addressing behavioral challenges. Then, you will have the opportunity to exercise skills learned in the classroom at practicum sites that have been selected because of the high quality services and the range of experiences the sites provide.
Careers in ABA
Upon completion of the ABA program, you will be prepared to work in:
- Hospitals and medical facilities
- Mental health centers
- Educational settings
- Forensic settings
- Research facilities
- Center- and home-based programs for individuals with autism and developmental disabilities


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(August 17, 2009) - After defeating Winthrop 1-0, the ETSU women's soccer team, along with the ETSU Athletic Department's Marketing and Promotions staff, took time from its busy schedule to hold a number of micro soccer games with local area kids on the field of Summers-Taylor Stadium, Sunday.
"The back to school bash turned out to be a great event," said head soccer coach Heather Henson. "Our ETSU soccer players were able to join in during the mini games, alongside the youth soccer players that came out to join us for a great day of soccer all-around. As a program we like to stay connected with the youth soccer organizations in our community and yesterday we felt truly happy to give back to the support we get from all our fans. As a coach I feel that you can truly reach the youth players if you get involved in things they like. To see both boys and girls playing together with our players, really shows the fans, parents and community what the game of soccer is truly about."
On the field ETSU closed out its preseason with a remarkable 2-0 record, while off the field the Bucs have excelled in the area of community service. During the busy season, the Bucs volunteer and host soccer camps for Fit to Play, Girls Inc and local Upward soccer programs just to name a few.
For more information on the ETSU women's soccer team please visit www.ETSUBucs.com. Also you can follow daily post and updates on the official ETSU women's soccer team Twitter page at www.twitter.com/ETSUSoccer.


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A new company founded by former executives from data deduplication vendor Data Domain today announced they've emerged from development with a new product aimed at simplifying the management of backups in virtual server environments.
Pancetera Software, founded two years ago, unveiled its first product, Pancetera Unite , a virtual appliance that can manage backups across an limitless virtual server environment, relieving sysadmins of the chore of deploying backup agents on virtual machines (VMs).
Pancetera Unite runs on a VM and creates backup export mount points along with a single mangement view of a virtual server backup environment, according to Bart Bartlett, vice president of marketing for the company. It runs regardless of the backend storage type, be it network-attached storage (NAS) or a storage area network (SAN).
"This gives you a simplified view into your entire VMware storage infrastructure, independent of the underlying storage topology," Bartlett said.
Storage administrators are shown a directory that points to a synthetic file system that represents each of a server farm's hypervisors. The underlying files on those VMs are then exposed to the Unite software and can be backed up in part or as a whole. "You just back up the Unite mount point," Bartlett said.
Unite uses VMware's published APIs for block-level access to the VMware environment. The product has also been architected to extend into other hypervisor environments.
Logan Lemming, director of IT for California's El Dorado County Office of Education, said server virtualization had allowed his IT team to be more responsive, but it also "dropped an iron curtain" around his storage that kept them from interacting with VM file systems. He had been using what he called expensive and complex agent-based backup software.
"Pancetera Unite blows that whole paradigm away," he said in a statement. "With Pancetera Unite, my environment is unlocked again. I can interact directly with my virtual file system, determining when and how to backup my systems depending on my organization's needs, not which features I've licensed."
Pancetera Unite includes several features, such as SmartView, which provides a single, unified view of all virtual storage across hypervisors and data storage. The tool allows sysadmins to browse, move and copy VM files in a Windows explorer view of a single network drive the same way the contents of any Windows folder can be manipulated.
Pancetera's SmartRead is aimed at reducing storage I/O by eliminating unused blocks of data from the backup process.
"VMs are commonly oversubscribed," Bartlett said. "A lot of times, you'll have a 20GB virtual machine disk that might only have 4GB of in-use data that a Windows file system is using. We actually just read the 4GB and ... clean up the rest of the file.
Bartlett claimed that by running VM backups through Pancetera Unite, up to 80% of the traffic can be eliminated.
Unite is available immediately and will retail for $1,000 per CPU socket.


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Hey everyone,
I was motivated today to paint something different from my usual work.
I love astronomy and I think that the universe is the ultimate artist - it is an incredible source of inspiration to me. I am so fascinated with the cosmos and all the possibilities of finding other earth-like worlds - even in our own Milkyway galaxy.
I decided to create my own planet, which I've made to look somewhat similar to our world but incapable of supporting life from earth. This planet would be 3-times the mass of Earth and is surrounded by rings of diamond-rich asteroids. The 4 moons create enormous tides in its seas of liquid argon. The argon atmosphere ignites with light caused by surges of radiation of a nearby pulsar. If this planet could support any form of life, they'd likely be very flat and luminescent from the electrified atmosphere.
I'm planning on painting a landscape based off of this planet soon!
About a few hours of work done in Photoshop.
Thanks for looking and for your visit! :)
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
New Painting titled "Pink Super Earth (Xianthen-18)"Posted by Tanya Wheeler Varga
Hey everyone,
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Monday, May 23, 2011
New artbook cover art work-in-progressPosted by Tanya Wheeler Varga
Hey everyone!
Here is a small work-in-progress preview section of the new cover art for my upcoming art book which I hope to finish soon. As I've mentioned before (in my previous posts) the art book will include many new paintings (which will not be featured on my website, blog or other online galleries) as well as short stories and painting walk-throughs explaining a bit about my work-flow and painting process. This painting should be finished soon (as well as the art book) but there is still quit a lot of work I want to do on it and a lot more detail that I want to add. I love painting small details! :D
Hope you all like it so far and thanks for your visit!
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Sailor Moon Fan-art work-in-progress titled "After the Battle"Posted by Tanya Wheeler Varga
Update: This painting is now finished! you can see it here
Hey everyone! :)
Just thought I'd post a work-in-progress that I recently started.
When I was a young teen, I used to watch Sailor Moon with my little cousin after school. I recently happened upon an old episode on YouTube and decided to watch a bit of the series again. It brought back a ton of memories and inspiration to create this painting.
The show is geared toward young girls so it doesn't contain much more than Serena and Darien (aka Usagi and Mamoru) kissing and I guess since I'm now older and I've watched so many R-rated shows such as The Tudors and Spartacus - I wanted to paint a slightly more erotic/sensual and realistic depiction of them together.
This image is for all you older Sailor Moon fans who always hoped to see a bit more from Serena and Daren. ;)
Overall I think the image is coming along nicely and it's been a lot of fun to work on. There is still so much work I want to do on it. His face especially needs a lot of work most of it is still in shadow now. I want to maintain as much likeness as I can to the original anime characters whilst making them look more realistic.
I should be able to finish it soon.
Thanks for your visit :)
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For all the Team Blabador supporters & people who just want to see a bunch of dogs having the times of their lives, these are the dates that our dogs, Colby & Parker, will be on ESPN2. We competed in the PIDC (Purina Incredible Dog Challenge) in Orlando, FL, for the diving dog competition, but I included the dates for the Western Regional finals too, because the winner of that competition is the dog father of our puppy, Abraham. His name is Kody. And, the second place winner is Abe's awesome Aunt, named Missy. Set the recorder!!!
2008 PIDC Regional Competition Air Dates:
ESPN2 Sunday July 27th, 2-3pm EST (Austin, TX)
ESPN2 Sunday August 3rd, 2-3pm EST (Austin, TX)
ESPN2 Sunday August 10th, 2-3pm EST (Orlando, FL)
ESPN2 Sunday August 16th, 12-1pm EST (Orlando, FL)


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Statement of Chairman Wellinghoff's on national action plan for demand response
"Today the Commission fulfills the second part of the actions directed by Congress in the Energy Independence and Security Act - FERC staff today releases the National Action Plan on Demand Response. In the National Assessment published by FERC staff last June, significant potential for electric demand response was identified. With publication of this Action Plan, the FERC staff has identified a set of concrete actions that will help achieve this potential.
In developing this Action Plan, Commission staff consulted broadly with all interested groups over two years to formulate an effort to help the nation develop and deploy its consumer demand response resources. I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to all the organizations and individuals who have taken the time to provide FERC staff with guidance and assistance. One of the innovative steps called for in the Action Plan is the development of a private-public coalition. As David noted, this coalition will coordinate and combine the efforts of state and local officials, demand response providers, utilities and load-serving entities, regional wholesale power market operators, consumer advocates, residential, commercial and industrial customers, the federal government, interest groups and other stakeholders for implementing the Action Plan.
As David noted, FERC staff is working together with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop an implementation proposal. This joint implementation proposal is another step in the development of demand response as a resource. The Plan's idea of a Coalition to bring together public and private actors and seek funding for implementing the actions in the Action Plan is novel and one that will be discussed at the National Town Hall meetings next week. I am speaking there and look forward to discussing ideas for implementing the National Action Plan
I thank the Team for their work."
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In the first match of the day against Lipscomb, Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) and Tara Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) defeated Emily and Olivia Ellis, 8-7 (7-5) in No. 1 doubles. In the No. 2 positions Sylwia Ziolkowska (Warsaw, Poland) and Masha Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) defeated Jamie Aid and Erin Moakler, 8-2 to clinch the doubles point. Elena Volobueva (
In singles action, junior Masha Ilina defeated Erin Moakler, 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 1 position, while Elena Volobueva defeated Emily Ellis, 6-3, 6-3, in the No. 2 position. In No. 3 singles Sandie Knight defeated Olivia Ellis, 6-0, 6-1. Freshman Tara Byrne defeated Caitlin Khouri, 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 4 slot, and in the No. 5 position senior Sylwia Ziolkowska defeated Casey Hall, 6-2, 6-1, while Vita Moskaliova (
In match two against
In singles play, the Lady Bucs again dominated winning all six sets in straight sets. In No. 1 singles, Masha Ilina defeated Linda Johansson, 6-4, 6-0, while Olya Batsula defeated Tatiana Pozo, 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 2 position. In No. 3 singles Elena Volobueva defeated April Bradley, 6-0, 6-1. Senior Sandie Knight defeated Katie Rhodes, 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 4 slot, while Tara Byrne defeated Christina Griffith, 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 5 position. In No. 6 singles, Slywia Ziolkowska won by default.
"I'm very proud of the way the girls played today. They all played with a lot of professionalism and a lot of energy," said ETSU head coach Steve Brooks. "They played like the solid team they've been trying to be the entire year. Today was a very good representation of who they are and the level that they are. I'm just real proud of the way we played today and if we keep fighting like that we're going to keep having a good season."
The Lady Bucs return home for their next match against Gardner-Webb on Friday, March 24 at 2:30 p.m.
No. 1- Masha Ilina (ETSU) def. Erin Moakler (LU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2- Elena Volobueva (ETSU) def. Emily Ellis (LU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3- Sandie Knight (ETSU) def. Olivia Ellis (LU) 6-0, 6-1
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No. 5- Sylwia Ziolkowska (ETSU) def. Casey Hall (LU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6- Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) def. Mary Beth Muncher (LU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 1- Batsula Byrne (ETSU) def. Ellis/Ellis (LU) 8-7 (7-5)
No. 2- Ziolkowska/Ilina (ETSU) def. Aid/Moakler (LU) 8-2
No. 3- Volobueva/Knight (ETSU) def. Muncher/Hall (LU) 8-2
No. 1- Masha Ilina (ETSU) def. Linda Johansson (BU) 6-4, 6-0
No. 2- Olya Batsula (ETSU) def. Tatiana Pozo (BU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3- Elena Volobueva (ETSU) def. April Bradley (BU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4- Sandie Knight (ETSU) def. Katie Rhodes (BU) 6-1, 6-0
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No. 6- Sylwia Ziolkowska (ETSU) by default
No. 1- Ziolkowska/Ilina (ETSU) def. Rhodes/Bradley (BU) 8-5
No. 2- Batsula/Byrne (ETSU) def. Johansson/Pozo (BU) 8-4
No. 3- Volobueva/Knight (ETSU) by default