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Offense: Quite simply, Plumlee is one of the most NBA-ready and offensively talented big men in the 2013 draft class. He is borderline dominant in the post, with a good combination of back-to-the-basket and face-up moves.
He finishes comfortable with either hand down low, and this year developed a running jump hook that makes it even more difficult for defenders to anchor themselves to his hip when defending.
Plumlee shows very good elevation both going up for shots and in situations (alley-oops, jump balls, rebounds) where he is expected to go get the ball. He is a huge target for his guards, and has soft hands that have developed tremendously during his time at Duke.
Plumlee shows a quick first step when he turns and faces to attack the rim, but in general is nothing special as far as quickness for a big man goes. One major concern is his ability to score efficiently against the kind of size that will make up starting NBA front lines.
The best example of the that we saw this year was when Plumlee went up against Maryland's 7-footer Alex Len; Plumlee was active and involved, looking more comfortable than Len, but struggled to finish down low even when he had earned superior position.
He is almost 7 feet tall, but only has a 6'10 wingspan, which is slightly concerning and makes me worry that finishing at the rim will always be a concern for him.
He has clearly improved the ways in which he finishes comfortably, looking to dunk more and more during his time at Duke, and has good strength combined with large hands that make it very difficult to pry the ball loose, either in offensive or rebounding situations.
Plumlee is a comfortable passer out of the post, and handles consistent double teams with patience and savvy. He does not have great vision, and I worry that he will struggle to read quick-shifting NBA defenses, but his improvement over his college career is a good sign.
He delivers crisp passes, and has good anticipation for where his passing targets, especially weak-side shooters, will want the ball. He is an especially good big-to-big passer, but again struggles with elite length and size.
Plumlee forces a lot of high-risk passes, and while his team-leading 2.9 turnovers per game are concerning, they are also a reflection of the amount of time he spends with the ball in his hands.
The coaching staff and his teammates have a very high level of trust in him, and Plumlee often directs the offense from the top of the key, especially in secondary break situations
Plumlee does not have much range to speak of, although he has shown an improved jumper off his face-up in the post. He is a fantastic scree-setter, and rolls to the hoop with his head up, always looking for the lob.
He has huge limbs, and although his lower body is a bit plodding he will be quicker than many opponents moving forward. Although he lacks a main go-to move, his high comfort level with a variety of moves will be very valuable, as it is difficult for defenders to sit on any particular move.
- Quick first step for a big guy
- Soft touch even through around the rim; efficiency
- NBA-ready size
- Variety of post options
- NBA-level finisher as a big man?
- Can he process defenses quickly enough
- Can he handle elite size; Len matchup is concerning
Defense: Plumlee has good strength and size for an NBA interior defender, and despite lacking any ability to guard on the perimeter he is actually a versatile defender. He rarely falls for fakes or other misdirections, and stands his ground incredibly well.
He long legs and big lower body allows Plumlee to cover a lot of ground down low, and he switches interior screens well. He actually handles superior size better defensively than offensively, and 2.6 fouls per game in 35 minutes is not a bad number at all for a big man.
Plumlee has very broad shoulders and clears out space very well on the defensive end; a good portion of his 10 boards per game are uncontested, surprising for a big man and a reflection of the work he does in his box-outs.
There are some worries about Plumlee's activity level; he tends to relax a bit once he has gained position. This does not really matter in college where he is so dominant physically, but moving forward could lead to lazy mistakes.
There are some questions how he will be able to handle quick size, as he struggles to recover when he has been beaten down low. He is not a dominant shot blocker and is good but not great as a rim protector.
There has been much praise for Plumlee's discipline, but the one area where this is an issue is in his challenging drives; he goes for too many blocks out of his area, leaving the rim unprotected. NBA coaches place a high priority on their five-man's ability to be a consistent presence at the rim, and will have no patience for this.
Plumlee is a good defender, but there might not be a whole lot of potential improvement. He is already a senior and an NBA-level rebounder and post defender, but if his lack of elite quickness and wingspan are exploited early on, he may have trouble adjusting.
He has a very good understanding of defensive principles, a skill that will be very important moving forward as he will likely be involved in a good amount of screens and potential switches.
- Size and strength combo
- Disciplined defender
- Rebounding; clears out space
- How much room for improvement does he have?
- How will he handle quick size
- Activity level
Overall: For most of the year many thought Plumlee was one of the most underrated NBA prospects in the nation. He can score, pass and rebound at an NBA level for a big men, and he will be a good first big man off the bench at the very least.
He was one of Duke's team leaders this season, and down the road he assume a similar role for an NBA team, even if he is not the most talented moving forward.
Like everyone else in the 2013 draft, he is not without flaws, but he has the skills to overcome them. He has a great array of post moves and is confortable with the ball in his hands for long periods of time. He shows good patience and has the right level of aggressiveness, looking to dunk whatever he possibly can.
Defensively, the worries are about how he will handle superior size when he does not have a quickness advantage, and also about his potential lack of growth. But Plumlee is a fantastic rebounder and it is easy to see he has NBA-level size and strength simply by watching him run around.
He will never be a star, but Plumlee should expected to be an NBA contributor for a long time. Right now he should rank him anywhere from the 3rd-5th center on the board, and he should impact the lottery of the 2013 draft.


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Beyond the School Gates has reached the end of its funded period. Provided below is information on how Beyond the School Gates can continue to assist schools, community organisations and young people with intellectual disability with information, referrals and volunteering opportunities.
For the last five years, Beyond the School Gates has addressed barriers to social inclusion for young people with intellectual disability and learning differences by providing increased access to education, training, employment and community participation opportunities. During this time, more than 350 young people from schools across the Bayside, Kingston, Glen Eira and Port Philip regions have accessed over 12,000 hours of vocational, recreational, health and family support programs. Thanks must go to Berendale School, who successfully applied for the original funding, and to the BGK LLEN, who managed the initiative from its inception in 2012. Beyond the School Gates would not have been possible without the support of a wide range of community organisations, schools, local councils and business, all who gave generously of their expertise and time.
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So, my house is not perfectly insulated, but it's not bad. House is wrapped in Tyvec, all new energy efficient windows and doors, and the attic has some insulation in it. My furnace is about 8 years old, and works well (forced air).
I had an old style thermostat until last night, when I bought this guy:
I set it up using mostly the default settings, so it does 62 degrees at night, 68 degrees when I am home, and I set it to run on a 20 minute cycle (3 times per hour). After fiddling around with it, I noticed that it did come on every 20 minutes, but it stayed within about 3 degrees of the set temperature. The house would warm up to about 69 - 70 degrees, and then within 20 minutes, it would get down to 67 or so, where it would come back on again for about 5 - 8 minutes.
So my question, is this the best way to do this? It seems like the furnace is running quite a bit, but the temperature never drops that much. The house is very comfortable, but I don't want to get slapped with a HUGE energy bill this year. Last year, with the old thermostat (but keeping it cold as hell) my bills were between 60 and 80 a month for gas (heat and hot water).
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Energies 2009, 2(4), 873-899; doi:10.3390/en20400873
Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides as Electrode Materials for Low Temperature Fuel Cells
Eco-friendly Catalysis and Energy Laboratory (NRL), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Pohang 790-784, Korea
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AbstractTransition metal carbides (TMCs) and transition metal nitrides (TMNs) have attracted attention as promising electrocatalysts that could replace noble metals of high price and limited supply. Relative to parent metals, TMC and TMN behave like noble metals for electrochemical reactions such as oxidation of hydrogen, CO and alcohols, and reduction of oxygen. When TMC and TMN are combined with other metals, the electrocatalytic synergy is often observed in electrochemical reactions. Thus, combinations with a minute amount of Pt or even non-Pt metals give performance comparable to heavily loaded Pt-based electrocatalysts for low temperature fuel cells. It appears that TMC based electrocatalysts are more active as anode catalysts for oxidation of fuels, whereas TMN based catalysts are more active for cathode catalysts for oxygen reduction and more stable. View Full-Text
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Closely Observed Duck
We've talked of ducks before, but there are always ducks to photograph. I came upon this one having a quiet nap beside the canal. It was so asleep that I was able to creep up on it and get very close with the small camera. I never realised how nice duck markings were. What a wonderful design it is and probably rather good camouflage. Now ducks, as we have already seen, are not quoted in Celtic folklore but are very important to American Plains Indians as symbolic guides. They fall into the same category as swans, cranes, herons and geese and for the Celtic world, amphibious birds are like messengers who bridge this world and the Otherworld. If you dream of a bird, then probably it's saying something about your personality and what that contributes to your current situation. If you dream of a duck, then consider what it might be like to be one. What parts of you are similar to a duck? Ducks are seen mainly on the water, but groups of ducks do fly in formation as geese do, changing direction rapidly and seemingly without need for communication. So if you dream of flying with ducks, perhaps you feel you need to change direction. You may be wondering how to communicate your message to others effortlessly and without disruption.


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Among the most distinctive cars on display at the Chicago Auto Show are the trio of Winter Warrior Concepts rolled out by Nissan.
Based around the Pathfinder, Rogue and Murano, the cars are concepts in the truest sense of the word and have been dreamt up to show how rugged the three SUVs can be.
Most significantly, each get heavy-duty tracks from American Track Truck in place of the standard wheels and tires. To accommodate the tracks, a new suspension setup has been fitted while the wheel wells have been modified. Completing the most noticeable custom touches are the matching matte red wraps adorning all three.
While the snow tracks and the wrap are aftermarket elements, the Winter Warrior Concepts do include a number of genuine Nissan Accessories including the roof rail crossbars, all-season floor mats and rear bumper protectors.
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Does The D Have Enough?August 8, 2010
Looking ahead to the Pittsburgh Penguins new season, there were plenty of off-season changes to the team. One included the departure of Sergei Gonchar leaving town to join the Ottawa Senators blue line core. You know by now that Ray Shero traded away Ryan Whitney not long ago, and to know that Gonchar left the team, the offensive attack will be in question. On the other hand, the defensive defensemen such as Rob Scuderi, Hal Gill also took turns going to the LA Kings and Montréal Canadiens. These 4 players are definitely big pieces to the Stanley Cup winning squad, but they are all somewhere else now.
That begs the question: Does the new-look defense have enough to overcome the hurdles?
Let's look at some of the players looking to become mainstays on this Penguin defense:
D Paul Martin--signed in free agency from rival New Jersey Devils, good two-way d-man
D Zbynek Michalek--signed in free agency from Phoenix Coyotes, good stay-at-home d-man
D Brooks Orpik--perhaps the most experienced D on the Penguins left over
D Kris Letang--smooth puck-moving D who is growing into his own, should play a bigger role
D Alex Goligoski--offensive-minded D who excels at rushing the puck and playing Powerplay
D Unknown--we have yet to see Ray Shero sign his sixed defenseman, but we know that will be filled before opening day.
One of the biggest concerns with the new defense is its overall toughness. There isn't one particular player other than maybe Brooks Orpik that will scare away the fast skating forward out in the Atlantic and Eastern Conference. Martin and Michalek may be solid defensively, but can they help clear traffic in front of Marc-Andre Fleury? Many questions left unanswered...if you have a question of your own, feel free to share with us on the Pittsbugh Penguins.
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Testing of Transmission of Tobraviruses by Nematodes
Virus diseases often are spread between plants by vector organisms, some of which live below ground (e.g., fungi and nematodes) and feed on the plant root system. Tobraviruses are one of only two groups of plant viruses that have nematode vectors. They are primarily viruses of weed plants but can cause significant economic damage in a range of cultivated crops including potato, peas, beans, and many ornamental species. Identifying these viruses and their nematode vectors is a very important part of the struggle to combat disease in crop plants, and requires specialized techniques that will be discussed further in this unit. Curr. Protoc. Microbiol. 12:16B.5.1‐16B.5.16. © 2009 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Keywords: virus transmission; tobraviruses; trichodorid nematodes; TRV; PEBV; PepRSV; Trichodorus; Paratrichodorus
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Basic Protocol 1: Viruliferous Status of Field Populations of Nematodes
- Basic Protocol 2: Virus Acquisition by Nematodes
- Basic Protocol 3: Virus Transmission by Nematodes
- Basic Protocol 4: RT‐PCR Amplification of TRV RNA from Infected Plants
- Reagents and Solutions
- Commentary
- Literature Cited
- Figures
- Tables
Basic Protocol 1: Viruliferous Status of Field Populations of Nematodes
Basic Protocol 2: Virus Acquisition by Nematodes
Basic Protocol 3: Virus Transmission by Nematodes
Basic Protocol 4: RT‐PCR Amplification of TRV RNA from Infected Plants
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Fiduciary comes from two Latin words: fide, or faith, and fiducia, or trust. It refers to one who is bestowed trust and defines a sacred legal and ethical relationship between the fiduciary and the beneficiary.
A director is a fiduciary of a joint stock limited liability company. Even if nominated by the management or the promoters, she is legally appointed by the shareholders.
As a director, especially an independent director, she is expected to oversee the company's affairs, and to ensure two things: First, that management strives to increase long-term shareholder value; and second, that it does nothing which may be inimical to the reputation and value of the company.
Unfortunately, many directors forget who appointed them and, hence, whose fiduciaries they are. Non-executive directors (NEDs) are usually invited to join the board by the promoters or management, often due to prior friendships.
Thus, many NEDs feel that they are de facto appointed by the management -- and need to be more agreeable to management proposals than to be trustees of the shareholders.
This happens especially if an NED has been on a board for a long time. It takes discipline to have a mindset that says, "While I am a friend of the management, my primary responsibility is to be a trustee of the shareholders."
Independent directors -- who are a sub-set of NEDs -- have an even greater responsibility. They are appointed to exercise carefully-reasoned independent judgement on management proposals and strategic directions that companies want to take.
It is not enough for an independent director to satisfy the Sebi checklist given in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement -- although I know of instances where even this formulaic list has been imaginatively interpreted to satisfy the minimum Sebi requirement of independent directors.
The fact that you (i) are not related to the promoters or senior management, (ii) have not been an executive of the company for the last three years, (iii) are not a partner or executive of the statutory or internal audit firm, or the legal firm that gives advice to the company, (iv) are not a material supplier or service provider, and (v) are not a significant shareholder, may make you 'unrelated'. These don't make you 'independent'.
That requires a very different persona -- one which gives comfort to minority shareholders that you will not only perform the duty with care and reason, but also apply independence of judgement.
Like it or not, such persons are relatively uncommon -- people who demand the right kind of data, read the board papers thoroughly, ask for regular briefs from the management, follow the fortunes of the company through the press and electronic media, take deep dives when the occasions so demand, give enough time and effort to board and committee meetings, and are unafraid of going against the management's wishes if they feel that a proposal may be inimical to the long-term interests of the company and its shareholders.
This breed is as much a rarity in the United States and the United Kingdom as it is in India.
Three other factors muddy the play in India. The first is cultural. We Indians can't say "No" to those whom we regard as our friends. Since the promoters who nominate NEDs and independent directors are friends, the responses to borderline or dodgy board proposals are either gently qualified "Ayes" or elliptical talk that ought to be interpreted as a "Nay" but is never categorically stated as such.
This is especially true for succession planning and compensation in promoter-managed companies. I have rarely seen independent directors stand up and say that the relative who is being proposed to take over doesn't fit the bill and that the promoter must look elsewhere; or that the suggested remuneration is way out of line compared to performance.
The second factor is NED compensation, which cuts both ways. If you pay an NED just sitting fees, it's too much to expect her to give high quality time, effort and care to her board duties.
Equally, if you pay her an amount which forms a significant portion of her annual income, she may be naturally reluctant to call a spade a spade. Both come into play in India: Type 1 error of "Why bother too much when I'm not being paid for my time and effort?" and Type 2 error of "Should I risk a sizeable part of my annual income by strongly disagreeing with management?"
The third is the category of nominee directors -- people nominated typically by lending institutions as a part of loan covenants. In general, they are disinterested. At best, their fiduciary interest is aligned to the institution that nominated them, and not the shareholders of the company itself.
Now, the Satyam-Maytas case. I write here not as an independent director on the board of a competing company, Infosys, but as a public advocate of corporate governance.
To me, this has been a staggering case of a related party transaction. Satyam's promoters own only 8.74 per cent of the company's shares, and manage the listed entity.
Despite representing such a tiny percentage of the stock, it proposed using $1.6 billion of Satyam's cash to buy 51 per cent of Maytas Infra for $1.3 billion, and 100 per cent of Maytas Properties for $300 million. Over 36 per cent of Maytas is owned by the promoter's family.
Forget valuations, or the strategy of an IT company wanting to de-risk by purchasing infrastructure assets. It was a massive related-party transaction.
Irrespective of law, good corporate governance demanded that such a proposal be rejected by the board or, at best, be first sounded out to the FIIs and FIs, who together owned almost 61 per cent of the stock. It wasn't. The denouement: Embarrassment, poor denials and tragic-comic about-turns.
But there is a silver lining. Institutional shareholders and the press are now flexing their muscles. This is the second instance in recent times where FIIs and the media have forced management to rescind decisions that are inimical to shareholder interests.
That's great news. Because, Clause 49 can never be a watchdog. The press and institutional investors can. And must.
Also see
World Bank bars Satyam for 8 years
Sebi finds no violation by Satyam
Did Satyam err with the Maytas episode?
Satyam-Maytas deal: Impact on the companies
A new low for India Inc
Just what went wrong?
How Satyam case has dented India Inc's image
Satyam clients likely to re-evaluate contracts
Satyam blames investors, media
Satyam may launch shares buyback to appease investors
Satyam calls off $1.6-bn Maytas deal
It made sense to buy an infra firm: Raju
Satyam under fire for $1.6 bn Maytas deal


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When creating small projects for my 2012 reel, I asked myself what would be cool to see, that would be "impossible" in real life.
And I though about a good classic brainstorming word: contrast.
Seeing unbendable, rock hard things become gummy and inflatable like, would have been cool, also I wanted to give Cinema 4D soft bodies a go in a long time.
One does not simply pick a complex 3D model and apply a soft body tag on it.
Indeed, my first tests with the soft body tag were a disaster: the model was collapsing on itself, the processing was so slow sometimes the CPU would freeze and part of the model were compenetrating.
Luckily Cinema 4D has an intelligent solution called mesh deformer.
This simply uses another object as a cage for your main object, the best thing is you can use it for whatever you want, but in my case I wanted to apply a soft body tag to the cage and use the deformer on the main object.
Having a cage made of few polygons, helps the simulation and the calculations for the CPU, keeps the collisions more realistics and makes the model more solid.
I don't own any right for the models, I just found them on some free 3D models websites.
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Back in February I wrote that this August my husband and I would renew our vows after 35 years of marriage. We did it for reasons deeply personal and because we wanted to celebrate the life we have built around us. We also like a good party. It was one of the perfect days of my life surrounded by a beautiful place, loving family and wonderful friends some whom we have known a very long time.
We chose the 5 Buddhist Precepts as the basis for our vows and I thought I would share them with you perhaps to inspire you to renew your relationship with someone close to you. We drew our inspiration from several places; the Precepts are to refrain from killing, from stealing, from harmful misuse of sexuality, from harmful speech, and from taking in things that are harmful and cloud the mind.
The vows were:
I vow to support the life we have together and the intentions that brought us here today, to respect the life that is yours alone, to be aware what we share is a living, changing and evolving thing like no other before and life no other after.
I vow never to take from you what is not freely given to me.
I commit myself to the intimacy of our relationship and I will honor it with openness. I trust you with the secrets of my body as well as my heart and I promise to hold your secrets as a sacred gift.
Aware that deception and dishonesty plant seeds of delusion in another and that speech can cause deep wounds, I vow to be mindful of the words I choose when we speak and to speak carefully.
I vow to be clear in my thoughts and actions and to protect you when you cannot protect yourself.
We had chosen the title of one of our favorite reggae songs as a theme for the day: Love Is the Only Law to Obey; following the ceremony we invited everyone to dance with us to this song. Our children surprised us with a big banner they had made that had written on it the name of another song we like very much: Love is My Religion. Instead of dancing to that we were honored with our son and his wife and their 9-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son playing instruments and singing it for us. Everyone there joined my granddaughter (the soloist) in the chorus. A uber perfect moment. What a memory for her and for us all. The banner stays hanging in my house.
Mindfulness opens you up for all that life brings. This was one of those days I was grateful to be present for each precious moment.
May all beings be happy!
Lenore teaches mindfulness in Albany, classes begin 9/16. For information go to www.solidgroundny.org


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4 Faces You Must See at Ohio Growth Summit
My company Vlog Boss Studios has had the pleasure of working with the Ohio Growth Summit for the second year in a row and the experts they bring in to speak only get better and better.
I'm particularly excited for this year because there are so many people I admire presenting. It's always nice to be able to connect with my favorite thought leaders anytime through social media and blogging, but there's nothing quite like the experience of seeing someone share their craft in person. The connection is unmatched.
These are four must-see faces who will be at this year's Ohio Growth Summit:
Face 1: Amber MacArthur
I've been a fan of This Week in Tech for a long time for all things tech news. One of my favorite shows is The Social Hour with Amber Mac and Sarah Lane. This is where I first became acquainted with Amber and started following her. How could I not when she's an awesome video personality who talks about social media and tech? Hello, Internet twin! When I found out Mike had asked Amber to keynote #OGS13 I was like "Mike! Get out of my head! How did we not talk about this and yet you chose the best person?!" Yeah or something like that.
Anyway, I'm stoked that she's visiting from Toronto to talk social media at the Summit. She's very experienced with building an online presence not only for her personal brand but for companies she has assisted through her business: Konnekt. Check out the video interview I did with Amber about her upcoming session. If you've started tapping into the social media world by reading/watching my blog, I think you're really going to enjoy her presentation at #OGS13. (Register with "Amy" in the promo code area for 20% off your badge price!)
Face 2: Cheryl Harrison
Cheryl needs no introduction. If you've been following me for awhile you're probably very aware of who she is. Not only my partner in crime for TechKaraoke here in Columbus (good times), but a brilliant lady in social media management absolutely killing it with the alcoholic beverage-friendly establishments around town. She's been a blogger since before it was an official title and I've actually been following along since before I jumped into the marketing industry. She's always been someone I've admired in this space so it brings me all kinds of beautiful smiles to be able to say she's now a good friend. Thank god for our equally passionate love of 90's pop.
I also did a video interview with Cheryl to help attendees get an idea of what they can expect from her session this year. Not only do you get to hear her tips and advice for starting relevant conversations through social media with your audience, but she is also bringing along a panel of other local management specialists to share their tips with you. Cheryl was good enough, for sure, but now this is one of THE go to breakout sessions for the Summit this year. (Again… Register with "Amy" in the promo code area for 20% off your badge price! Because who pays full price for these things?)
Face 3: Jess Ostroff
I had the pleasure of meeting Jess in Los Angeles for BlogWorld West at the end of 2011 through a mutual friend. She was helping Jay Baer pass out laser pointers to attendees of his session (needless to say it was a very interactive presentation). And that was the beginning of what I learned about her incredibly successful virtual/personal assisting business: Don't Panic Management. Hello, name envy! She works with some of the biggest names in digital marketing and business consulting by helping them with the smaller tasks they can't bother to spend time on anymore. Not that they aren't important, but when you're very good at something that is making you money, you should delegate the rest to be as efficient as possible. Jess and her people are the best complement for that.
If you're wondering how you could become more efficient and focus on the important stuff for your business, Jess' #OGS13 session is a must. The biggest take away by far is to hear from someone with experience what you actually should be outsourcing versus what you think you should. Sometimes a small task might be just that, but it might also be pivotal to be handled by you, the business owner. Getting an idea of what you should start delegating so you can get re-focused on your specialty is so huge for making sure you don't get burnt out on what you love. (Would you just register already?! Use "Amy" in the promo code area for 20% off your badge price!)
Face 4: ME
I may not be presenting at Ohio Growth Summit this year (I'll be too busy tweeting) but I'll definitely be there the entire day so I don't miss a thing (and also because it's my job to be there all day.) These are four awesome ladies in social media in addition to so many other great business consulting specialists who will be at the Summit this year. It's a can't miss event in Columbus so if you're in town, I'm talkin' to you. The amount of value in one day is incomparable to other events. Even Gini Dietrich announced last year to the attendees AND her Twitter network that Ohio Growth Summit was the best conference she'd ever spoken at. And she speaks a lot so that makes me so proud to be a part of this.


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Prepared by C. A. Gresham, Associate Professor, The Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology & Forest Science, Clemson University. (New 04/06.)
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Beach vitex (Vitex rotundifolia) is an exotic, deciduous, woody shrub that does not grow tall but forms thick patches by long runners at the soil surface. It is in the same genus as the commonly planted ornamental, chastetree (Vitex agnus-castus), and has flowers similar to those of the chastetree. The main difference between beach vitex and chastetree is that beach vitex, as the name implies, tolerates the harsh conditions of beach dunes. Beach vitex can tolerate droughty conditions of the sand dunes, can tolerate salt spray from the ocean and is not eaten by deer. Although beach vitex will also grow on the marsh side of barrier islands and coastal areas, it is not found in the tidal zone.
Beach vitex on the left of the pathway and native sand dune species on the right on a front dune on Pawleys Island.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
If you own beachfront property that was damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and planted the rebuilt dunes with species other than sea oats (Uniola paniculata) or American beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata), you could have planted beach vitex as many of your neighbors in the early 1990s. Beach vitex is woody, vine-like plant with almost round leaves (hence the specific name rotundifolia meaning round foliage) up to 1" to 1.5" in diameter, that are in pairs along the woody stem.
Leaves of beach vitex are in pairs on a woody stem and are nearly as long as they are wide.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
The leaves feel smooth like a fine leather or velvet. If you pick a green leaf and crush it you will smell a spicy fragrance. In May, the plants will produce a cluster of purple flowers on a stalk at the tip of the shoot. Stalks on the upper portions of the plant could have up to 50 flowers in the cluster and those deeper in the canopy could have less than ten.
Beach vitex flowers are on stalks at the end of the new shoot and mature from the bottom up toward the tip.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
When the flowers fall off, a green, hard, spherical seed between ⅛ inch and ¼ inch in diameter is left which gradually dries and turns black through summer. The leaves turn tan with white undersides in November and fall off in December. During the winter, beach vitex is a tangled mass of woody vine-like stems with clusters of hard, dry black fruits still attached.
Beach vitex in winter with the dry fruits on a leafless, woody mass of stems.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
There are several woody plants that are native to our beach dunes that may at first look be confused with beach vitex, but a closer examination reveals clear differences.
Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) is a woody shrub that can grow to be a small tree, with the multiple stems and branches growing vertically. It is found landward of the front dunes and not on the front beach dunes. It is easy to identify because it is evergreen, the leaves are not in pairs on the twig, and the leaf length is at least 4 times the leaf width.
Wax myrtle leaves are much longer than they are wide and the stems grow upward to form a shrub or small tree.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
Sea rocket (Cakile harperi) is an herbaceous annual that grows in a small clump on the front beach. Sea rocket leaves are thick and not in pairs on an herbaceous stem. The plant forms a green, segmented, linear fruit in March and the terminal section will dry out and fall off during the summer.
Sea rocket plants are small thick leaved herbs that do not grow in thick clumps.
Photograph by Linda Lee, USC Herbarium.
Silver-leaf croton has oval-shaped leaves like beach vitex and may be thought to be a beach vitex seedling. But the leaves of silver-leaf croton are not in pairs, the leaves are on a longer stalk, the leaves and stems are covered with short fuzz and, with a 10X magnifying glass, you can see small brown dots on the bottom of the leaves. The silver-leaf croton plant is rarely 6 inches tall, has a bush growth habit, has slim branches, and does not have long shoots growing on the beach sand.
Silver-leaf croton is a small woody plant that might be confused with beach vitex seedlings. The leaves of silver-leaf croton are not in pairs and are more oval shaped compared to the nearly round beach vitex leaves.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
Beach vitex seedlings can be distinguished from silver-leaf croton by looking at the leaf arrangement. Silver-leaf croton has one leaf at each location on the stem; beach vitex has leaves in pairs on each side of the stem. Beach vitex leaves are also more round.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) is a federally threatened plant that is commonly found in wash-out areas between front dunes. The leaves look like spinach leaves, the stalks of the leaves are red, and its growth habit is of a small herb with a cluster of leaves. Because of its status as a threatened species, it is illegal to harvest or move the plant, so if you notice some of these plants, notify the property owner.
Seabeach amaranth is a rare plant that is listed as threatened in South Carolina and is commonly found in washed out areas between front dunes. If you see this plant, notify the landowner.
Photograph by Mike Walker, Huntington Beach State Park.
Seashore elder (Iva imbricata) is a woody shrub commonly found on front dunes and a nearly identical species, marsh elder (Iva frutescens) is found at the salt marsh edge. Seashore elder is a woody shrub, but the leaves are long and narrow and green on both sides. The length of seashore elder leaves is 4 times the width; compared to beach vitex leaves that are nearly as wide as long and seashore elder does not have a large round fruit like beach vitex.
Seashore elder is a woody frontbeach plant that has thick, linear leaves and vertical stems. Although it grows in clumps, it does not produce horizontal rhizomes that grow at the surface of the dunes like beach vitex.
Photograph by C. A. Gresham, Clemson University.
The most apparent characteristics of beach vitex are the rapid growth of runners along the beach sand surface and the thick clumps it forms after a few years. Although it provides a vegetative cover for the dunes, it does so at the expense of the native dune vegetation. Beach vitex leaves and stems can cover 100% of the dune and this heavy cover creates a deep shade which allows less that 5% of the sunlight to reach the soil surface. This shade and perhaps some other growth characteristics, kills shorter beach plants and prevents seedlings of native species from becoming established.
The thick clump of stems and leaves formed by beach vitex on the front dunes and upper beach may contribute to the nesting decrease of the federally threatened loggerhead sea turtle in South Carolina. Female sea turtles seek an open beach area to dig a nest and will not attempt to dig in an area with a thick vegetative cover.
Seabeach amaranth is another federally threatened species and, like other native dune species, is sensitive to vegetative cover. Seabeach amaranth is rare and is found in an overwash between dunes where other vegetation has not established. Clearly, seabeach amaranth will not become established nor co-occur with beach vitex.
Maintaining a vegetative cover on front dunes is strongly recommended but planting beach vitex on the front dunes is not only unwise but it is illegal. First, property owners should contact the Office of Coastal Resource Management (Charleston 843-744-5838; Beaufort 843-846-9400; Myrtle Beach 843-238-4528) to get a permit to plant on the front dunes. Once a permit is obtained, a planting of 70% sea oats (Uniola paniculata) and 30% bitter panicum (Panicum amarum) on an 18" grid is recommended. Your county Extension Office can direct you to sources of seedlings for planting. Be sure the sea oat seedlings were raised from seed collected within 50 miles of your planting site; otherwise seedlings from out of state seed will not grow as well as plants from local seed. Sea oats should be planted in the spring and early summer, preferably following a rain to assure a moist soil. Healthy seedlings 15" to 24" tall should be planted at least 8" deep; the deeper the better. Include in the bottom of each hole a tablespoon of time-release 18-6-12 fertilizer that can be obtained where ever hardware or plants are sold. Bitter panicum should be NRCS Accession Number PI421957, the 'North Pa' variety. Rooted cuttings are planted from April through September just like the sea oat seedlings. A few sweetgrass (Mulhenbergia filipes or M. capillaries) clumps can also be inter-planted among the sea oats and bitter panicum to add diversity. Sweetgrass should be planted landward of the front dune because it does not tolerate direct exposure to the salt spray.
If beach vitex is growing on your property and you have decided that you wish to keep it, there are several things you need to consider. In general, realize that you have a fast growing exotic plant that has several undesirable characteristics as discussed above. Specifically, property owners need to first check with local town and county land use ordinances to make sure maintaining beach vitex is legal. If there are no ordinances prohibiting having beach vitex on your property, then the beach vitex should be kept trimmed at the property boundaries to make sure it does not grow on to adjacent lots, where it may not be wanted.
Likewise the beach vitex should be cut off the seaward face of the front dunes. Use hand clippers or lopping shears to cut the stems near the soil surface. The cut stems should then be taken to a county compost facility for proper disposal or piled on a concrete surface until the leaves drop off, then composted. Because of its rapid growth, the property lines and dune front face should be checked every other month from April through November for regrowth that should also be clipped.
The easiest and safest way to eradicate beach vitex is a two step process involving cutting the stems just above groundline and immediately applying a glyphosate herbicide to the cut surface. Most beach vitex stems can be cut with lopping shears however the larger stems may require a limbing saw. Sections of the horizontal stems growing on the surface should be cut diagonally such that the cut surface is facing upward. On the front beach there may be a thick cover of small beach vitex stems, approximately ⅛ inch in diameter. These are easily cut with a gas powered string trimmer fitted with a sharpened triangular blade instead of the string head. Cut material should be taken to a county compost facility for proper disposal or piled on a concrete surface until the leaves drop off, then composted. As soon as possible after cutting, a 10% (active ingredient) glyphosate solution with 1% blue dye and recommended surfactant in water should be mixed in a 5-gallon plastic bucket. While wearing protective gloves, paint the cut surfaces with the herbicide solution using a 1" paint brush. Apply only enough to cover the surface; do not let any run off the surface. A 10" paint roller on an extended handle can be used to apply the herbicide to the small stems cut with the string trimmer. Again, be careful not to load the roller with too much herbicide that could drip off. Hold the roller at the cut height and pull it across the cut stems; do not let the roller touch the sand surface. Labels change frequently; refer to the current herbicide label for specific application information. Never exceed the rates recommended on the label of the specific product applied. The label is the law. The cut plants should be monitored monthly for re-sprouting and if sprouts are noticed, they should be recut to expose a fresh surface and re-painted with the herbicide solution. Beach vitex seedlings should be pulled up as soon as they can be safely identified.
Two weeks after the herbicide is applied, sea oats and bitter panicum seedlings should be planted on an 18" grid as discussed above. Remember that property owners are required to obtain a permit from the Office of Coastal Resource Management (Charleston 843-744-5838; Beaufort 843-846-9400; Myrtle Beach 843-238-4528) before planting on the beach dunes.
Beach vitex does become established in areas that are distant from an established planting. It does so by a combination of seed being washed to a new beach during storms or by storms breaking off sections of the rapidly growing shoots and depositing these shoots on new beaches. If you notice plants on uninhabited beaches that resemble beach vitex, contact the Beach Vitex Task Force online at www.beachvitex.org, by mail at 320 Bonnyneck Dr., Georgetown, SC 29440 or by fax 843-436-0273. The Task Force web site has a reporting form to document the location. Once you report what you suspect is beach vitex, the Task Force will follow up and provide a positive identification.
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Auction #33 – KidLit Cares: Picture Book Dummy Critique from Editor Jessica Garrison and Art Director Lily Malcom (Dial BFYR)
Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. KidLit Cares was started by the very awesome Kate Messner, but I'm taking over Round 2. Agents, editors, authors, illustrators and other generous people have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here.
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Lily Malcom and Jessica Garrison have worked closely together on many picture books at Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Jessica is an editor at Dial and Lily is the Executive Art Director.
Lily and Jess are happy to offer an author/illustrator the opportunity to have your picture book dummy critiqued. We will review the manuscript and sketch dummy along with any final art samples you may have. In addition, we will offer a portfolio critique of your illustration work. As the winner of this auction item, you will receive a written critique of both the picture book dummy and your portfolio. And this isn't just for author/illustrators—if a separate author and illustrator would like to collaborate on a project and bid together, we welcome that too.
Opening Bid: $30
This auction closes at 10pm Eastern Standard Time on November 24. Any bids placed after that time will be void.
If you'd like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I'm not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time. After you've made your donation, you'll forward your receipt to me, and I'll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when. All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction's end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.
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Wow! $55
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I'll up it to $100!
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My bid $150.00
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Hi I was wondering what is the time limit to receive the dummy? eg. still working on art work so if we win, does this have to be sent right away, or is there a time limit like a month, or more?
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Copper Users Press London Exchange to Reduce Warehouse Backlogs
A group of industrial copper users is pressing the London Metal Exchange to reduce growing queues at warehouses that they say are contributing to supply constraints and rising fees.
The group, which includes Southwire Co. and Encore (WIRE) Wire Corp., the two biggest U.S. manufacturers of electrical building wire and cable, wrote to the LME this month asking the exchange to make accessing the metal easier as U.S. premiums climb, said Robert Bernstein, a partner at New York-based Eaton & Van Winkle LLP, the firm representing the companies.
"We want to see whether we can resolve things without legal action," Bernstein said in a telephone interview. "This is a situation that has now gotten sufficiently out of hand that it should require the intervention of LME officials to see what else they can do to bring the market back to a form of equilibrium that's fair to end-users."
The group is awaiting response from the bourse.
"We are aware of market comment," Miriam Heywood, a spokeswoman for the LME, said in an e-mail. "The warehouse system is under constant review, and we will communicate our responses when it is appropriate to do so."
While LME-monitored global stockpiles have climbed to the highest since 2003, some of them are tied into so-called financing accords and are unavailable. The clogs, along with reduced scrap-metal supplies, a port strike in Chile and an outage at Rio Tinto Group's Kennecott Utah Copper mine have combined to tighten supplies for immediate delivery, said Janet Sander, a vice-president at McKinney, Texas-based Encore.
U.S. Premiums
Orders to remove metal from LME warehouses touched a record 168,200 metric tons on April 25, bourse data show. Copper premiums in the U.S., the second-biggest user, rose to 6 cents to 7 cents a pound from 5.5 cents to 6.5 cents at the end of March, according to London-based Wood Mackenzie Ltd. The surcharge is added to the price of Comex futures in New York.
"All of this is just compounded together, and the bottom line is that in order for you to buy spot copper, you're going to have to pay a little more now," Sander said in a telephone interview. "We're either going to have pass it on or absorb" the increase, she said.
Copper for delivery in three months fell 1.6 percent to $7,039 a ton at 4:44 p.m. local time on the LME. Prices have slumped about 11 percent this year.
A spokesman at closely held Southwire, based in Carrollton, Georgia, didn't return a phone call and an e-mail seeking comment on the matter.
Copper ETFs
Southwire this month asked a U.S. court to review a regulatory decision that cleared the way for BlackRock Inc. (BLK)'s planned exchange-traded fund backed by copper. The company is among industrial users who've said ETFs would leave less metal available for manufacturers, creating shortages and boosting prices. The company also opposed JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s JPM XF Physical Copper Trust, the first U.S. exchange-traded fund backed by physical metal, which won approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission in December.
"We are voicing our concern about the warehouse backlogs to the LME," said Sander, who is Encore's purchasing director. "All options are open doors," she said, declining to specify what options the companies might pursue.
LME-registered copper stockpiles in U.S. warehouses are up 74 percent this year to 205,325 tons, and on April 26 reached the highest in 13 months. About 86 percent of the inventories were held in New Orleans.
Consumer 'Logjam'
"We're open to seeing how they react and what they do," Bernstein said, referring to the exchange. "But it's a situation that seems to grow worse by the day. Premiums are increasing, and consumers will end up paying more because of the logjam."
Consumers have said LME rules are also creating zinc shortages. Buyers can wait as long as 400 days to get the metal, which is used to galvanize steel, even as supply exceeds demand, according to the European steel industry's lobby group.
The lines are forming because the metal is stuck behind orders from the same warehouses for aluminum, inventories of which are near a record. There should be minimum delivery rates for each metal in each warehouse, Brussels-based Eurofer said in a report on its website.
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African leaders gather for Mali summit
West African leaders will attend a special Mali summit in Ivory Coast to discuss how to increase their role as the French-led military intervention to oust Islamic extremists from power enters its second week.
Neighbouring countries are expected to contribute about 3000 troops to the operation in Mali, aimed at preventing militants from advancing further south toward the capital, Bamako.
While initial contributions from Togo and Nigeria have arrived, concerns about the mission have delayed other countries from sending their promised troops so far.
Charles Koffi Diby, Ivory Coast's foreign affairs minister, said Mali's neighbours must "face up to the weight of our responsibilities in conducting and co-ordinating military operations in Mali."
At Saturday's meeting, the big issue will be sorting out a central command for the African force, a French official said.
Nigerian General Shehu Usman Abdulkadir is expected to be named the force commander.
As the military intervention entered its second week, Malian forces had reclaimed the key town of Konna whose capture prompted the French action, according to French and Malian military officials.
However, phone lines to the town were still down making it difficult to independently corroborate the claim.
France said it was keeping up the pressure around another key town, Diabaly, which was taken by the Islamists on Monday.
French forces have moved around Diabaly to cut off supplies to the Islamist extremists, said a French official.
Mali once enjoyed a reputation as one of West Africa's most stable democracies with the majority of its 15.8 million people practising a moderate form of Islam.
That changed last March, following a coup in the capital which created the disarray that allowed Islamist extremists to take over the main cities in the distant north.
The UN refugee agency said on Friday the fighting in Mali could force as many as 700,000 people to flee their homes in the coming months.
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: Ring In The New Year! by Isa Aoiffe Lynch
It's a usual New Year's celebration at the Potters' with all their family and friends. But When a certain old enemy and his son arrives, can Rosie resist? Or will she continue on hating him? *just read I'm horrible at summaries* ONE-SHOT
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Romance Era: Next Generation Characters: Albus, Harry, Hugo, James (II), Lily (II), OC, Rose, Scorpius, Teddy, Victoire Pairings: Rose/Scorpius, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Teddy/Victoire, Draco/OC
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: Always There Waiting by Isa Aoiffe Lynch
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Neville Longbottom. When most think of him they think "clumsy but smart. Stuttering but kind-hearted". So why don't girls go for him? It seems even Neville can't answer that question. But when he finally notices a girl who was always there and waiting, will he have the courage to be with her or will it be too late?
Genres: Drama, Fluff, Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Luna, Neville, OC, OtherCanon, Ron Pairings: Neville/Luna, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Luna, Ron/OC
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Genres: Drama, Romance, Angst Era: Hogwarts Characters: Hermione, Luna, OtherCanon Pairings: Other Pairing, Hermione/OC
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Contains Slash (Same-Sex Pairing), Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
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The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird's compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West.

On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It marked the beginning of Hezbollah as a political force, but even more important, it eliminated America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East – CIA operative Robert Ames. What set Ames apart from his peers was his extraordinary ability to form deep, meaningful connections with key Arab intelligence figures. Some operatives relied on threats and subterfuge, but Ames worked by building friendships and emphasizing shared values – never more notably than with Yasir Arafat's charismatic intelligence chief and heir apparent Ali Hassan Salameh (aka "The Red Prince"). Ames' deepening relationship with Salameh held the potential for a lasting peace. Within a few years, though, both men were killed by assassins, and America's relations with the Arab world began heading down a path that culminated in 9/11, the War on Terror, and the current fog of mistrust.

Bird, who as a child lived in the Beirut Embassy and knew Ames as a neighbor when he was twelve years old, spent years researching The Good Spy. Not only does the book draw on hours of interviews with Ames' widow, and quotes from hundreds of Ames' private letters, it's woven from interviews with scores of current and former American, Israeli, and Palestinian intelligence officers as well as other players in the Middle East "Great Game."

What emerges is a masterpiece-level narrative of the making of a CIA officer, a uniquely insightful history of twentieth-century conflict in the Middle East, and an absorbing hour-by-hour account of the Beirut Embassy bombing. Even more impressive, Bird draws on his reporter's skills to deliver a full dossier on the bombers and expose the shocking truth of where the attack's mastermind resides today.


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Illinois Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (14th Dristrict) introduced an amendment to the Illinois Criminal Code of 1961, which would add protections for gender identity, military status and immigration status to the state's hate crimes law.
HB4725, filed in the General Assembly Feb. 3, is the result of efforts among Illinois lawmakers and local LGBT activists, including members of The Civil Rights Agenda, who authored the bill.
"As a member organization of the LGBTQ Immigration Coalition and as an organization that works with many transgender individuals that have experienced crimes motivated by hate and discrimination, as well as an organization that fought for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and is committed to the needs of LGBT service members and veterans, we recognized that hate crimes protection in Illinois must be expanded," said TCRA Executive Director, Anthony Martinez.
"One of my personal goals as an activist in the LGBT community is to ensure the expansion of trans rights in Illinois and throughout the nation," Martinez told Chicago Phoenix.
Transgender women make up 44 percent of all LGBT murder victims, according to a July 2011 study by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. The study also found a 13 percent increase in anti-LGBT hate crimes in 2010, and suggests that many more go unreported. More than half of survivors of hate crimes did not report it to the police, said the same study.
"Many of the transgender folks who come to us, especially transgender women, say that they don't feel comfortable reporting an assault because they think they are either going to face police harassment," said Martinez. "Or they are not going to be seen as a victim but as the person who brought on the attack."
In addition, the NCAVP study found that over 60 percent of victims say they were met by "indifference, abusive or deterrent" when reporting a hate crime. This response was most common among transgender people of color, according to the study.
If the amendment is passed, crimes against victims because of their gender identity, military status or immigration status will be, "accorded weight in favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered by the court as reasons to impose a more severe sentence," according to the bill summary.
Rick Garcia, a longtime local activist, played a vital role in developing the new legislation. Months ago, Garcia approached June Latrobe, the public policy director at Illinois Gender Advocates, about whether or not gender idenity was included in the Illinois Hate Crimes Act. After further discussions with Rocco Claps, the director of the Illinois Department of Human Rights, they approached newly-appointed Rep. Cassidy with a plan for an amendment, according to Garcia.
"And so we went to Kelly Cassidy, and she said, 'Sign me up,'" Garcia said. Thus launched the effort to draft a bill.
"We were very, very pleased that Kelly so quickly stood up, and with the help of Anthony Martinez, prepared legislation to get gender identity added to the act," said Latrobe. "For Kelly to make an announcement about it in the middle of a contested race is very impressive."
Cassidy will go up against Paula Basta, Regional Director for the City of Chicago Department on Aging, in the March primary election. Both candidates are staging weekly campaign events while attending to their current jobs.
"This amendment to the hate crimes bill will create a truly inclusive act that will give law enforcement the tools they need to protect victims who are targeted based on who they are," Cassidy said.
"Here is the issue," Garcia said. "In Cook County, the last three states attorneys, have always looked out for — and the culture has been to include — gender identity under sexual orientation protections. Illinois has over 100 counties, and the way Cook County responds to hate crimes is very different than how other counties respond to hate crimes."
Garcia said the bill was designed to equally protect every citizen of Illinois. Latrobe, however, emphasized the bill's implications for the transgender community.
"On a very personal level, I have never had an issue," Latrobe said. "However, I work at the Center on Halsted and with the Lakeview Action Coalition with young people. Particularly, young tans women of color. These kinds of challenges are just – they don't even think about it – of course it happens. To provide this kind of protection for trans women of color, this legislation is very, very, very important."
So far, Rep. Greg Harris (13th District), Rep. Deb Mell (40th District) and Rep. Edward J. Acevedo (2nd District) have been added as co-sponsors.
"The bottom line: People who are victims of hate crimes because of their gender identity are not officially protected under the state's hate crimes bill, which is one of the strongest in the country," Garcia said. "And so we are just going to beef it up and make it really, the best one in the country."


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Two wins from their last nine league matches have left the Swans firmly in mid-table and Chelsea will fancy their chances of extending that poor run.
Unbeaten in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge for 17 games and after a battling 0-0 draw away at Arsenal on Monday night, Chelsea are offered at 33/100 (1.33) by Betway for the win while Swansea are available at 8/1 (9.00) to claim their fourth away victory of the season. The same firm have the draw as a 15/4 (4.75) chance.
Naturally Chelsea are the clear favorites, yet at home this season the Blues have been conceding goals.
Indeed Jose Mourinho's men have kept just two clean sheets in their last 10 home league matches, conceding goals in each of their last five. Perhaps as a result of thier likelihood to take the initiative on their own turf, sometimes leaving them vulnerable at the back.
Swansea for their part have scored in four consecutive Premier League matches and have already netted against the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United this season so scoring at Stamford Bridge certainly looks an achievable task for Laudrup's men.
All this therefore means backing both teams to score at 9/10 (1.90) looks like a great option. This bet has paid out 13 times in competitive fixtures involving Chelsea this season, and has an excellent chance of doing so again on Boxing day.
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