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2012 Heritage Award Acceptance Speech
by Kerry Emanuel '73
October 10, 2012
On the morning of December 9th, 1953, the nation awoke to the New York Times headline shown here. The article went on to state that "The meeting marked one of the first occasions in which medical researchers, reporting before a professional group, have joined in insisting firmly that it is indeed smoking, and not some other environmental factor, that has caused the great increase in lung cancer among males noted in disease statistics of the last two decades."
Six days later, on December 15th, the presidents of four of the largest tobacco companies met at the Plaza Hotel in New York. There they engaged one of the largest and most successful public relations firms, Hill and Knowlton, to plan a campaign to defend their business. They would all work together to convince the American public that there was "no sound scientific basis for the charges" leveled by the medical professionals, that the recent reports were simply "sensational accusations" made by publicity seeking scientists hoping to get more funding for their research.
Over the next 50 years, the tobacco industry, following the advice of Hill and Knowlton, established the Tobacco Industry Research Committee to challenge the mounting scientific evidence for the high risks of smoking. They funded alternative research to cast doubt on the link between smoking and cancer and conducted a vigorous public relations campaign to persuade doctors, journalists, politicians, and the general public that there was no cause for alarm. As the U.S. Department of Justice later put it, the industry had mounted an energetic propaganda campaign to "deceive the American public about the health effects of smoking".
Thus were two scientific endeavors pitted against each other. On one side was biomedical research, much of it funded by the government, but some of it, ironically, funded by the tobacco industry itself, all of it in pursuit of the truth about smoking and cancer. On the other was the relatively new science of marketing, employing advanced techniques in psychology and receiving vastly greater funding, deployed in defense of an industry.
It was an unequal match. The campaign of disinformation waged by the tobacco industry succeeded beyond its fondest hopes. It was aided by the fact that, well, it is really difficult to give up smoking. And the industry found it surprisingly easy to persuade journalists to present a "balanced" view of the "controversy"; after all, controversy sells far more copies than consensus ever did. The industry's success was also aided by the fact that they had so much more money.
The next graph shows a full 20 year lag between the 1953 New York Times article and the peak per capita rate of smoking. Given the additional lag between smoking and the onset of cancer, lung cancer rates did not peak until about 1990. We might conservatively estimate that smoking raises the mortality from lung cancer by about 40 cases per 100,000 people per year. Given the 20 year lag and the U.S. population of around 250,000 million during this time, the tobacco industry's campaign probably killed about 2 million Americans.
Could scientists have saved at least some of those 2 million souls? Once they had determined that smoking posed serious risks, what did they do to inform their fellow citizens? What should they have done? These questions are all the more pressing as today history replays itself. Once again, scientists have stumbled upon a serious threat and once again industry has mounted a well funded and spectacularly successful campaign of disinformation to protect itself. But this time the stakes are much, much larger. And this time, the risks are being borne not by those who are incurring them, but by their children. You. I am here today not to amuse or entertain you, but to tell you unequivocally that you will very likely have no choice but to fight a battle that my generation has utterly failed to win, and to suggest how your Deerfield education can help you win it.
When I entered Deerfield as a freshman way back in ought '69, I already knew I was going to be a scientist, but avoided science-oriented technical high schools because I sensed that I would emerge far too narrowly educated. Instead, I encountered that brilliant mix of faculty talents that makes Deerfield such a special place. The journey from my first chemistry course with Larry Bohrer to my last physics course with David Howell was one of sweat and tears, and most of all, joy. But Deerfield taught me to read and write…tasks many of my scientific colleagues struggle with. I only wish they had taught me how to speak! If only I had joined the debating club.
But in hindsight, Deerfield equipped me to confront the greatest dilemma of my scientific career. Give me a minute to explain.
Science is a culture unto itself. Scientific culture is not something taught in college or graduate school, but rather absorbed through daily interactions with one's colleagues. To fans of Hollywood Sci-Fi movies, it may come as some surprise that science is an intensely social endeavor, particularly today. We spend a great deal of our time with students, at meetings with colleagues, on conference calls, you name it. A far cry from the lone mad scientist laboring away in an isolated tower high in the Alps. The culture of science emphasizes rigor, honesty, and objectivity. Bias – of any kind – is toxic to science and we constantly strive to identify and rid ourselves of it. As individuals, we seldom succeed at this, simply because we are human, but the enterprise as a whole is self-correcting. If there is bias in a research paper, for example, it will soon be discovered by other researchers. A great way to make a name for oneself in science is to overturn an important piece of the scientific canon.
But the scientific cultural striving toward objectivity constantly gets warped – mostly by less gifted scientists – into an emphasis on a mere appearance of objectivity – a kind of reverse vanity. This superficial form confuses dispassion with objectivity and revolts against any serious interaction between scientists and citizens. One can always tell who has bought into this deception; they are the ones who speak in dull monotones and who never, ever, let on what they are really thinking. Far from producing the desired objectivity, this dispassionate veneer hides one's inevitable human biases from one's colleagues and thus compromises the enterprise as a whole.
Yet the truly problematic aspect of scientific culture is the strongly enforced dictum that a scientist should never be an advocate. The idea here is that if a scientist tries to warn fellow citizens about the hazards of air and water pollution, or the dangers of smoking, he/she has irreversibly compromised his/her reputation for objectivity and can never really go back to being a scientist.
There is some truth to this and I, for one, have long preached against scientists being advocates. Let the advocates come to us for the facts, we say, and let them do the advocating. There are plenty of advocates, and no need for scientists to sacrifice their objectivity and their careers by getting in front of cameras, writing Op-Eds, or lecturing Congress.
Up to a point. It was almost certainly this attitude that stopped medical researchers from countering the tobacco industry's disinformation campaign in the 1950s and 60s. That's part of the reason why the tobacco industry found their campaign so easy to wage and why they were so successful. It does not take much money and effort to fight the facts when those whose job it is to find them have their hands tied behind their backs by their own professional culture.
A few brave souls buck this culture and stand up for the truth. One of those was Henry Kendall, Deerfield class of 1945 and winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was an MIT faculty colleague of mine until his death in 1999. A gifted and accomplished physicist, he co-founded the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1969 to provide a direct conduit between scientists and citizens, undistorted by government officials or journalists. Henry spoke out against the politicization of science and was an early proponent of taking measures to reduce the risks of global warming, having advised President Clinton on the matter in 1997. Naturally, he was criticized by some of his scientific colleagues (including me!) for taking such measures, but he persevered and made a difference. He inspired me to speak out on the issue of climate change, and it is to his memory that I dedicate this talk.
The case for a serious risk posed by manmade climate change is strong and compelling. Here is a very brief synopsis, set in some historical context.
What has been the reaction to this clear if not-so-present danger? Most prominently, an energetic mobilization of the one-trillion-dollar-a-year fossil fuel industry in opposition to any efforts to migrate away from our reliance on gas, oil, and coal.
So where do we stand today? Let me close with an allegory.
Imagine that you have a three-year-old child – let's call him Jimmy – who doesn't seem to be doing too well. You take him to a doctor who confirms that there is something wrong and proceeds to perform a battery of tests. After studying the results for awhile, she calls you into her office and tells you and your spouse that Jimmy suffers from a rare condition about which little is known. There is an effective treatment for it, but it is expensive and somewhat painful. Without it, there's a 20% chance Jimmy will die before he turns 18 and a 60% chance that he will live with serious problems, including physical disabilities and pain. But there is also a 20% chance that Jimmy will grow up more or less normally.
You and your spouse spend some time discussing the options; occasionally, the discussion becomes heated. Your finances are already rocky, and to pay for the treatment you would have to stretch your borrowing ability, forcing you to scale back your life style and forgo any chance of sending Jimmy to good schools (like Deerfield) or to college. Because the decision is so tough, you decide that you had better get a second medical opinion. The second opinion comes back very similar to the original opinion, but your spouse, not being satisfied, gets a third. And a fourth. In fact, your spouse ends up getting 40 doctors to weigh in. All but one say more or less the same thing, but that one exception – Dr. Smith, a reputable doctor with a great track record – thinks there is nothing to worry about and advises you to ignore the others.
What would you do?
Now let's change the scenario just a little. Turns out that Jimmy has an older sister – call her Jane – who has just turned 17, attends an elite (and expensive) boarding school, and has her heart set on attending an ivy league college. She realizes that Jimmy's treatment would force her to transfer to a public school and give up her ivy league dream. At first, she tries to dissuade her parents from opting to treat little Jimmy. She emphasizes the large uncertainty in the doctors' predictions, and that by their own admission they do not know much about the disease. But she senses that her parents are leaning toward going for the treatment. So she calls up her favorite aunt, who happens to be a marketing researcher who knows a good deal about the art of persuasion. Jane tells the aunt that if she is successful in changing her parents' mind, Jane will pay her a great deal of money once Jane becomes a successful ivy league-educated lawyer. So Aunt May gets to work. On her next family visit, Aunt May asks to have some time alone with you and your spouse. She is calm, collected, and very persuasive. She first reminds you that some of the doctors get paid to research treatments like the one proposed for Jimmy, and that if no one used those treatments their grant money would dry up. She goes on to state that plenty of other children have symptoms similar to Jimmy's and yet do not have the rare disease the doctors claim Jimmy has. Recently, someone hacked into the computers of several of the doctors and discovered that one of them, in an email to another, openly worried that Dr. Smith might persuade you that there is nothing to worry about. Aunt May had contacted Doctor Smith and was told that the other 39 doctors were alarmists whose professional opinion about Jimmy was influenced by their personal opinion that a high price ought be attached to human life, the saving of which justifies even expensive measures. Just think, Aunt May tells you, what other great things you could do with the money you save by not doing the treatment. Not only would the expense of the treatment deprive Jane of a first-rate education, but you yourselves would have to make sacrifices. You'd no doubt have to give up your big van for a small car, sell your big mansion, and move into a smaller house. All this because of uncertain predictions by so-called professionals with suspect motives. Children are always getting sick, what's so special about this time? If Jimmy's condition continues to worsen, well he can adapt. The dosage of his pain medication can be increased. If his legs continue to weaken he can get crutches, or leg braces, or if need be a walker. What's the big deal? Just focus on earning income, spend it as you always do, and be happy.
After Aunt May drives off to meet some new clients, you and your spouse get into an argument. You want to undertake at least that part of the treatment that is affordable and which will definitely reduce, but not entirely eliminate, the risk to Jimmy's well being. But your spouse has been persuaded by Aunt May's arguments. Children are always getting sick and after awhile they get better. The doctors are corrupt and incompetent, except for Doctor Smith. Jimmy can adapt. And even partial treatment will reduce our spending money to unacceptable levels. Jimmy's problem, if he has one, will take years to really become serious and in the mean time we have more urgent issues, like braces for Jane's teeth.
Over the next few days, the argument escalates and you and your spouse start shouting at each other. It gets bad enough that the big "D" word is floated (that's divorce, not Deerfield) and you start to wonder whether you'll be forced to choose between Jimmy and your spouse. So, without actually planning it, you and your spouse simply stop talking about Jimmy's condition. Things settle down and although your marriage has suffered a decided blow, it's at least still intact. Besides, Jane seems happy.
And that, my friends, is where matters stand.
You are all Jimmys. Your parents, my generation, supplied the doctors who recognized the risks to you and your children, but who admit to uncertainty about the level of risk. We also proposed various treatments for the disease. But our generation also has its Aunt Mays who have succeeded in persuading many of us, and perhaps some of you, not to worry about you or your children, to just get on with our lives. We've stopped talking about global warming. My generation has failed you and your forthcoming descendents. The important question is whether you will succeed where we failed. Will you put your heads in the sand as we have done, or will you insist on taking action? Will you be seduced by money and marketing or will you stand on principle? Will your efforts stop at the voting booth, or will you go further? Protests? Divestment of fossil fuel stocks? Civil disobedience? It's up to you. A Deerfield education is giving you the tools to think this through. God bless, and may you be worthier of your heritage than my generation was of ours.

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LOUISVILLE — Most of the immediate and dramatic impacts of the past week's flooding — the evacuations, the street closures, the power outages — have dissipated in east Boulder County's cities and towns as the sun burned brightly Monday, bringing down water levels and soothing frayed nerves.
Most of the road network is back to normal operation and the Erie Community Center, which served as an evacuation shelter for the last five days, went back to regular programming Monday afternoon.
But there are, and will be, lasting scars from the epic rain event that dumped more than a foot of water on parts of Boulder County and swelled creeks well beyond flood stage.
Two bridges — one of which serves as a critical entry point for downtown Louisville — were wiped out by floodwaters. Several roads remain closed, too damaged to accommodate traffic. And large segments of the Coal Creek/Rock Creek Trail system are in utter ruin, gouged out by rushing water, submerged under several feet of muck or simply wiped away.
Louisville and Erie took the brunt of the damage, with Weld County Road 101/2 in Erie still closed after being submerged for the better part of a week and a pair of wrecked bridges in Louisville making two roads there impassable for the foreseeable future.
At one point during the height of the storm late last week, Erie had nearly a dozen road closures in place and was thrust into the position of helping Weld County evacuate 20 or so homes from a small neighborhood just north of Kenosha Farm. As recently as Monday morning, Jasper Road between 119th and 109th streets had to be closed because of a fallen tree.
But town spokesman Fred Diehl said given the scope of the natural disaster that tested Erie, the town came out of it in fairly good shape.
"Throughout the event, the town was able to continue providing basic services to our citizens," he said.
Despite the town having to bat down a rumor last week that its water was under a boil order — the result of a notification mistakenly sent by the Left Hand Water District to households outside its boundaries — Diehl said Erie's sewage plant and water treatment facility functioned just as they should.
Not holding up quite as well were the creekside trails that wind through the town of 21,000. A foot bridge just west of the Grandview neighborhood was choked with branches and brush on Monday, with the paved trail leading to it shattered and sunken into the mud.
Loss of bridge 'a big deal'
Damaged trail, especially Coal Creek Trail, is a familiar sight in Louisville. City Manager Malcolm Fleming estimates that as much as 90 percent of Coal Creek Trail in the city is destroyed, including bridges, drainage infrastructure and the trail surface. A new section of trail on Davidson Mesa Open Space, which was just completed at the beginning of this month, also suffered some damage.
But of much larger concern for Louisville is the washout of the bridge on County Road, which brings people traveling from the south into the city's downtown district. The bridge is missing two large pieces of road surface that fell into Coal Creek and it could be out of commission for a significant amount of time.
Mayor Bob Muckle said the loss of the County Road bridge is "a big deal" due to the fact that the road doesn't have an at-grade crossing with the BNSF rail line.
"It is the only way into town from the east that is not affected by the railroad," Muckle said. "It is the only way to move emergency vehicles through if a train is stalled on the tracks."
In a related issue, BNSF told the city that it will not run any trains through Louisville until it is able to determine the integrity of the train trestle on the south side of town.
Louisville also experienced four water line breaks during the flooding, saw its golf course badly damaged and experienced flooding in several city buildings, in addition to hundreds of residential basements taking on water.
But Muckle said that overall the city's storm drain infrastructure worked very well and that flooding did not occur in many areas shown on maps to be in the 100-year floodplain.
"Considering this was a 100-year storm or more, I think our infrastructure held up remarkably well," he said. "And we were fortunate not to have any issues that were life safety issues."
Superior dodges bullet
Original Town in Superior appeared to be in dire straits late Thursday, as Coal Creek rose to precarious levels and threatened to take out the Second Avenue bridge. The Boulder County Sheriff's Office placed that part of town under a mandatory evacuation order.
But in the end, Superior Town Manager Matt Magley said, the bridge held and is deemed to be "intact and stable." Some houses in the downtown area south of the creek sustained some flood damage, but those homes already were identified to be in the floodplain.
Superior's sewage and water treatment facilities were never overwhelmed, Magley said.
"And most of the drainage system worked the way it was designed to work," he said.
'Lafayette fared very well'
Debbie Wilmot, spokeswoman for the city of Lafayette, said Lafayette's crisis moment during the flooding was short-lived. A number of residents in the Centaur South subdivision were evacuated to the Bob L. Burger Recreation Center on Thursday night, she said, but all had returned home the next morning. The city closed a couple of roads during the height of the storm late last week, but had those reopened on fairly short order.
"Lafayette fared very well compared to many of our neighbors," Wilmot said.
She said damage assessments still need to be performed on trails that parallel Rock and Coal creeks in the city before it can be determined how long it will take to get them back in working order.
But a visual survey by a Camera reporter on Monday indicated that a lot of work lies ahead — underpasses for both creeks at 120th Street are submerged in several feet of water and mud and the paved trail leading under the road has buckled and cracked in several places.
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- Stalking can be defined as persistent and unwanted attention where the victim feels pestered and harassed. There are many forms of harassment ranging from unwanted attention from somebody, seeking a romantic relationship, to violent predatory behaviour. The video above is from the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which operates the National Stalking Awareness Hotline.
- The British Crime Survey suggests up to five million people experience stalking or harassment in any given year and that many victims will suffer up to 100 incidents before talking to the police.
Most common forms of harassment
- Frequent, unwanted contact e.g. appearing at the home or workplace of the victim,
- Telephone calls, text messages or other contact such as via the internet (i.e. social networking sites)
- Driving past the victim's home or work
- Following or watching the victim
- Sending letters or unwanted gifts to the victim
- Damaging the victims property
- Burglary or robbery of the victim's home, workplace, vehicle or other
- Threats of harm to the victim and/or others associated with them (including sexual violence and threats to kill)
- Harassment of people associated with the victim (e.g. family members, partner, work colleagues)
- Physical and/or sexual assault of the victim and even murder
Other forms of stalking behaviour can be:
- Breaking into victim's home
- Abusing victim's pets
- Threatening to harm children
- Identity theft
Sometimes stalkers are not known to the victim, but in the vast majority of cases there will be some association - either casual or intimate – between the victim and their stalker. In most cases, the victim and their stalker will previously have been in an intimate relationship. This is the most dangerous type of stalking situation.
It is important to remember that stalking isn't a 'one off' crime. It's a series of incidents which when taken in isolation can appear trivial but when put together they become far more sinister. The challenge for the police service and other agencies is to protect victims by recognising the danger signs, by effective use of legislation and by effective and co-ordinated investigation.
The law
- Since 1997, there has been a specific law on harassment, The Protection from Harassment Act, which can be used in both the Civil and Criminal Courts. It makes it unlawful to 'pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment of another and which the defendant knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of another'. The Act says that conduct amounts to harassment if a reasonable person in possession of the information would think that it amounted to harassment.
- Stalking or harassing behaviour often breaks other laws too.
- Many harassment offences can be tried in a magistrates' court and are punishable by a maximum of six months imprisonment, a fine up to £5,000 or both.
- More serious offences, which can be tried in either magistrates' or Crown courts, are punishable by up to five years imprisonment or a fine up to £5,000 or both.
- Courts can also impose a restraining order, which bans the defendant from doing certain things for a certain period of time. Since September 2009, courts have been able to make a restraining order even if the defendant is found not guilty and regardless of the offence for which they are being tried.


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Lo Hsing Han, 80, a former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the U.S. government, died Saturday at his home in Myanmar's main city of Yangon. The cause was not immediately known.
For decades, Lo was considered one of the world's biggest traffickers of heroin.
In the 1990s, he and his son Stephen Law founded the conglomerate Asia World, allegedly as a front for their ongoing dealings in the drug trade, said Bertil Lintner, author of "The Golden Triangle Opium Trade: An Overview."
They quickly became two of Myanmar's most powerful business tycoons, winning contracts from the country's military junta to run ports, build highways and oversee airport operations.
The U.S. Department of Treasury, dubbing Lo the "Godfather of Heroin," put both father and son on its financial sanctions list in 2008.
Lo, of Chinese descent, first got involved in the drug trade in the 1960s.
In exchange for heading a local militia set up by then-dictator Ne Win to help fight local communists in the region of Kokang, he was granted the right to traffic opium and heroin, said Lintner. With one of the best-armed militias in Myanmar, also known as Burma, he quickly became one of the region's most powerful drug kingpins.
In 1973, Thai police arrested Lo in northern Thailand and handed him over to the Burmese government. His initial sentence of death was commuted to life in prison, not for drug trafficking but for treason. This stemmed from a brief stint with the insurgent Shan State Army, Lintner said.
In 1980, Lo was released as part of a general amnesty.
Joe Conley
Actor on 'The Waltons'
Joe Conley, 85, a veteran actor best known for playing storekeeper Ike Godfrey on the long-running TV series "The Waltons," died Sunday at a care facility in Newbury Park, said his wife, Louise. He had dementia.
When the show made its debut as a weekly family drama on CBS in the fall of 1972, Conley took over the role of Godfrey from character actor Woodrow Parfrey, who appeared in the 1971 TV movie "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story." The movie and series were based on author Earl Hamner Jr.'s story about growing up in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression.
Joe Conley: A brief obituary of actor Joe Conley in the July 9 LATExtra section said that the name of his character on "The Waltons" was Ike Godfrey. It was Ike Godsey. —
Conley held the supporting role during the series' entire 10-year run, as well as in periodic TV movies that followed.
Beginning in the mid-'50s, Conley had guest appearances on other TV series, including "Bracken's World," "Mister Ed," "Richard Diamond" and "Dragnet." He also made dozens of TV commercials and had small parts in movies, including as a dinner guest in Tom Hanks' "Cast Away" (2000).
Conley was born into an acting family March 3, 1928, in Buffalo, N.Y. His mother was a vaudeville entertainer, and he began performing on radio programs while growing up in Buffalo.
After high school he moved to California to pursue an acting career. He served in the Army during the Korean War, then returned to California to resume acting. For many years he also maintained a side career selling real estate in the San Fernando Valley.
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Yet even with his Disney Channel days in the rear-view mirror, the actor has maintained a reputation as the upbeat boy-next-door. Careful not to isolate his tween fan base, Efron's first post-"Musical" projects were relatively innocuous: a body-switching comedy, a Nicholas Sparks tearjerker. He even took the more benignly likable route with his character in Lee Daniels' R-rated melodrama "The Paperboy" (though Nicole Kidman did urinate on him).
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HELENA, Ark. -- Grain producers in the northwest Mississippi/east central Arkansas areas now have a new market for their crops with the reopening of the ADM Grain facility on the Mississippi River at Helena.
"We're really excited to be in this market," David Glidewell, manager of ADM Grain's Memphis territory, told area growers at a get-acquainted meeting recently. "ADM has invested a sizable amount of capital to serve this market. We're making a serious commitment to be here for the long run."
They will buy soybeans, wheat, corn, milo, and post-harvest dry rice.
Gene Hosey and Chris Kale, partners in Farmers Supply at Marvell, Ark., expressed an interest in loading barges at the facility and contacted ADM.
"We at ADM Grain saw this as an opportunity," Glidewell says, "and with Farmers Supply, we started loading barges here. Business growth was excellent, and we reached the point we felt we needed to expand and provide more services.
"We've been loading directly onto barges since January. In May, we'll have two more loading pits in operation, which will allow us to access some of the concrete storage bins and to receive more than one commodity at a time. The three loading pits will be able to handle 25,000 bushels per hour, which will be by far the largest capacity operation in this area. We now have about 770,000 bushels of storage capacity.
"We have a very efficient operation here, with state-of-the-art equipment, and we have a good team in place, headed by Vince Horton, our elevator manager.
"We feel these facilities are unsurpassed in the area, and we're committed to doing everything possible to meet our customer's needs — getting their trucks unloaded and back in the field as quickly as possible. The prices we pay for grain will be competitive, and payment will be quick; we issue checks the next day unless the grower specifies otherwise."
Customers will have E-ADM Web-based personalized accounts, which can include market prices, weather, daily market commentary, futures/options/charting, market calendars, loan deficiency payment information, and grain market intelligence. They can also check their truck deliveries daily, including weights, contract and settlement information, etc.
"Our grain marketers are experienced in various strategies," Glidewell says. "We can help farmers find the best tools for their business, work with them to identify the most appropriate strategy, and then put the right mix of marketing alternatives to work for them.
"This means personalized attention to helping growers combine a variety of tactics to best market their grain. We'll provide as much or as little assistance as a grower wants."
Farms are getting bigger, yields are increasing, and markets are getting more complicated, Glidewell notes. "With ADM's vast resources and a knowledgeable staff of marketers, we can help our customers sort through the challenges of marketing grains in today's global arena."


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My character (pending Scrasified approval, of course): João "Obutsu" MatosJoão Matos was born in the burnt-out favelas of Novo São Paulo, depopulated during the wars of the Petroleum Era and rebuilt as desperately impoverished as ever. A moreno of mostly African descent, Matos and his family struggled to survive in the shadow of Novo São Paulo's massive arcos. When most of his friends were recruited into the various gangs that skirmish in the favelas, João was approached by a Japanese-Brazilian McDojo operator named Thiago Watanabe. Watanabe was an idealist reformer, trying to get kids out of gangs by teaching them Bushido discipline and self-defense. He convinced João to join, and the young man took an instant interest. He trained in the native Capoeira as well as Karate, Kenjutsu, and whatever else Watanabe offered. Within a few years, Watanabe promoted him to sensei and had him open another McDojo franchise studio.The high-minded ideals of Watanabe shaped João, and he soon found himself attracted to other pieces of Nipponese culture. He began to style himself as a samurai, wearing hakama and a sword in the streets, driving the dishonorable biker gangs who bullied his streets. This drew unwanted attention from the favela's crime lords, who increased their raids and eventually put a hit on Matos. They burnt down his dojo, killing Thiago Watanabe for having the misfortune of being there at the wrong time. Devastated at the disaster he'd brought down on his own, João fled the favela for Greater Rio.In Rio, João started taking odd jobs, mostly security work. He made a bit of a name for himself locally with his seemingly unbreakable honor and warrior ethos. João fell in with a zaitbatsu outfit, Tsurogi Industries - a small outpost group since the USSA had officially banned Nipponese imports. The outfit mostly hired natives as grunts, saving the higher rankings for its own. His Nipponese commanders thought João a bit of a bad joke, a mockery of true Bushido. They got to calling him "Obutsu", garbage, saying it's where he came from and where he belonged. Matos nonetheless continued his meditation and samurai sensibilities. His break came when the USSA launched a sting on the outfit and João personally saved the life of a Tsurogi executive, the mononymous Mr. Ken. Ken had João put onto his own personal squadron, a special operations team that did body guard work and whatever else needed done. Ken had João outfitted with the latest cybergear, turning the fighter into an even deadlier weapon. Though he mostly earned the respect of his Nipponese comrades, he couldn't shake the name Obutsu.The silent war between the USSA and the zaibatsus raged on, eventually driving Tsurogi Industries' outpost out of Greater Rio. The crackdown came down quick and hard, as Tsurogi Industries was a small and easy-to-hit target. Mr. Ken and his executives were arrested in a raid, and his team was dispersed. Matos got out of Rio, heading back to Novo São Paulo where he could find refuge and maybe revenge. After settling in back home and reestablishing his dojo, João began working again, providing security and spec ops to various parties around the São Paolo arcos and beyond. He also began concentrating on parapsychic ability - something that had revealed itself in meditation, though João suspected something of it since his youth.
how about a siebertronian that is hunter/sniper, tracker, survivalist type....so he was designed/raised to be custom guide for a wealthy hunting type. He would travel to the terrain ahead of his boss's hunting party, learn the lay of the land, assess hazards, coordinate with the security detail and then guide the expedition. Recently he has developed a condition, his brain is developing a limit, soon he will be entirely unable to make new memories..like a full usb stick. This character concept takes on two conceits, one the AIs have not fully mastered human vision. Humans actually take in very little information with our sense but our imagination and more importantly our memories fill in the process to allow us "see" the detail we are use percieving. This character will soon be unable to see new things, he will see the person in front of him, but he will see a remembered person. This is extreme example of when everything reminds you of the one that broke your heart. The second conceit is that there is underground or limited access/elities only siebertronian creation guild. They make, raise, indoctrinate and train siebertronians to be servants. "All the loyality of a dog, the imagintation of man and the reliability of a Toyota" (or some other brand).
Yeah, we should all have related backgrounds.Anyways, my guy. I'm thinking a augmen hacker, who does criminal work mostly, but occasionally is hired by the government for mercenary work. Maybe me and Dozus were enemies at some point? Like I was part of a team that was trying to assassinate some guy Dozus was protecting? We could then have some quips relating to that job during the game, which would add some nice flavor. Or we could have done a job together at some point, if Dozus/scrasmax/axelerowe's prefers that.Anyway, summed up, augmen criminal hacker.
I'd like your character to be a hardware hacker (someone has to bypass those semi-intelligent door locks and retrieve mission data) rather than Matrix style VR hacking. What sort of augmentation are you wanting to have? Cosmetic or something else?
I like the idea of having a negative, hate-hate relationship, and have Dozus be a sort of intermediary between us (and of course have the scene where one of us realizes he loves the other and sacrifices himself to save the other)
For the siebertronian I would like to drop the political stuff from his personality/behavioral pallet (unless that is essential to the plot than I will joyfully roll with it) . I would like to play him prior to his becoming strongly political. I will pm you stuff about the mental disorder I have in mind, and for appearance I was thinking he could either be humanoid (though not human looking) to aid with dealing with people in his role as a servant/guide. Or I was think he would be a smaller creature 60-80 lbs, spider like, designed to move through the wilderness is a manner similar to his prey. A built in rifle, nothing fancy, a hunter's model (could drop this if I can't afford it)Low light and thermographic vision a sensitive artificial nosea rigger type remote up link so he can communicate with his client's stereo tactic smart rifle, help his client make a shotmapping softwarea built in set of carbon blades for cleaning animalsSkill areasCartographycookingetiquette training Fire ArmsFirst aidTracking StealthSurvival Knowledge SkillsAnimal Lore/Hunting Lore he has hunting stories to tellConservation Law Veterinary medicine Ecology
I don't know about the rest of that back story, not I will take the name Muldoon.
Is there a free spot for a rogue Echo?I'd fill that spot nicely!
Wünderbar! Then we're well on our way.Scras, what do we need to do in terms of stats/character sheets?
So, here is my guy (that is, if our lord and master of the universe Scrasamax deigns to grant his approval).Brian Bolles, hacker extraordinaire:Brian was born in the New York arcoplex to a family of four. He lived near the bad side of town, near where the criminals would play. When Brian was thirteen, his father got involved in a certain gang. The exact events were never revealed, but the police suspected the fire was a result of Brian's father not paying up. Whatever did happen, both of Brian's parents died as their house fell to the flames. Brian was the only survivor. Lacking any relatives to go to, he was sent to foster care, where he became known as a cold, pessimistic, and cynical child. "Who can blame him?" the owner of the foster care, Matilda Watkins, would say. "After all, his house was firebombed. Nasty business."It was at foster care where he met Lorenz Hoffman. Lorenz was an older child, hailing from Germany, who was involved with another of New York's gangs- the Pure. The Pure were an anti-augmen gang, who regularly attacked augmens, and especially neo-ethnics. Lorenz gave Brian the basics of how to hack. Eventually, after Lorenz passed the Pure's initiation rite, he convinced (easily- Lorenz was Brian's mentor figure) Brian to join the Pure. There, Brian gained a new family.Time passed. Brian became a better and better hacker. He gained some basic self-defense skills, which is unavoidable when you're in a gang, but not any real skills. He go by with brains and hacking than anything else. Eventually, the Pure treaded on Nip- a Nipponese gang- turf. Gang warfare broke out, and the Pure lost. Brian managed to survive by abandoning New York. It was pure coincidence that a police task force raided the Pure's headquarter the day after he had left.Brian became a freelance mercenary after that, doing jobs for anyone with money. He cultivated contacts (through which the Fixer that's hiring us contacted him), robbed the rich (not because he's Robin Hood, but because the rich have more money than the poor), and occasionally indulged in ruining augmen and neo-ethnic lives (but not too much, in case the law enforcement got him). His time with the Pure had either enhanced or started his bigotry towards the cybernetically enhanced.Technical Stuff:Brian typically wears non-nondescript, practical clothes. He can easily blend in if he needs to. All his worldly possessions is in a backpack, that he wears constantly. In it, he has his laptop, an old book on hacking, and his other tools of the trade (note to self: find out hacker's tools of trade from Scrasamax!). He also has the bland stuff- money, clothes, hygiene, two extra identities, etc. He also bears two knives in special holsters on his arms that he can take out at a moment's notice. His hacking skills easily allow him to get his knives past puny metal detectors any other such devices. He generally only uses his knifes when he has to.
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Adorable toddler mug shot
Alphonse Bertillon was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who was responsible for standardizing the modern mug shot. (Fun fact: the profile shot was included because Bertillon thought our ear shape might become a unique identifier, in the days before fingerprinting). This freaking adorable mug shot features his two-year old son François Bertillon, a hardened criminal who was caught nibbling all the pears from a basket on 17 October 1893.
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I would like to know if anyone knows any other SW, or Fett sites/clubs. I've checked out some of the other member's websites and I'm thinkin about joinin one! Anyone else know any more?
I'm sorry if theres already a topic about this.:|
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Weight loss isn't easy. And with countless programs and plans out there it's easy for your members and clients to get lost in the weight-loss world. To help with the confusion, here are three new studies that shed some light on what diets are best and -- surprise, surprise -- dieting may not be all that it's cracked up to be.
Two recent studies on popular diet plans found that no plan is better than another, but no plan is really a standout winner either – unless of course you put in the hard work.
In a review of many weight loss studies, the Jan. 4 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine looked at Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, L.A. Weight Loss Centers, eDiets.com, Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), Overeaters Anonymous (OA), Optifast, Health Management Resources and Medifast/Take Shape for Life.
The article authors found reviewing the research to be difficult because those who dropped out of diet programs weren't included in the research results of most of the studies, making those studies of little value, the authors said.
"With the exception of Weight Watchers, the evidence to support the effectiveness of major commercial weight loss programs is limited," authors of the study wrote in a summary statement. "Patients considering the use of commercial weight loss programs should realize that these programs have not been carefully studied and that they vary greatly in cost."
Another study, this one in the Jan. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, compared the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers and Zone diets.
After assigning 160 participants to different plans, participants had to strictly follow their assigned diet for two months. For the remainder of the year, the participants could follow the plan as much as they wanted. And guess what? This time all of them were almost identical in weight loss and health benefits.
"Each popular diet modestly reduced body weight and several cardiac risk factors at one year," authors of the study wrote in their conclusions. "Overall dietary adherence rates were low, although increased adherence was associated with greater weight loss and cardiac risk factor reductions for each diet group."
And, finally, if you had any doubt in your head, it's official; fast food isn't good for you, your health or your waistline.
A study, published in the January issue of the Lancet, tracked the fast-food visits of more than 3,000 men and women ages 18 to 30 for 15 years. Researchers found that regardless of how much participants ate and exercised, those who ate fast food regularly (two or more times per week) gained about 36 pounds over the period of the study compared with 26 pounds for those who ate at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Arby's, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken less than two times per week.


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Quit smoking to cut cataract risk
Quit smoking to cut cataract risk, Smoking raises the risk of developing cataracts, but quitting may turn that around over time, according to a new study from Sweden.
Smoking raises the risk of developing cataracts, but quitting may turn that around over time, according to a new study from Sweden.
Researchers followed nearly 45,000 Swedish men and found a gradual drop in cataract risk among former smokers - 20 years after quitting, their risk had fallen by about half.
"This (adds) to the imperative that we have in counseling people," said Dr. Anat Galor, who was not involved in the study.
There was already good data that smoking and eye problems like cataract . . . could be related to smoking, she told Reuters Health. But this is one of the first studies to investigate whether quitting smoking makes a difference.
"We have previously investigated the association with smoking cessation and cataract extraction among 35,000 women in Sweden aged 49-83 years," Dr. Birgitta Ejdervik Lindblad told Reuters Health in an email.
"Among women who smoked 6 to 10 cigarettes per day the relative risk of cataract extraction decreased with time and the risk was not significantly different from the risk among never smokers 10 years after smoking cessation," said Lindblad, who led the new study at Örebro University Hospital.
But for women who smoked more, it took 20 years before cataract risk was no longer greater than for women who had never smoked, Linblad added.
To see whether the same held true for men, she and her team followed the middle aged and older men participating in a larger study through surveys and surgery records.
Between 1997 and 2009, the men had more than 5,700 cataract removals.
Men who currently smoked more than 15 cigarettes a day had a 42 percent greater risk of having cataract surgery than men who had never smoked, according to the results published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
More than 20 years after quitting, however, men who had smoked at that rate were at 20 percent greater risk for cataract removal compared to men who never smoked.
For men who had been lighter smokers, the increased risk of cataract fell more quickly after quitting, but never reached the level of those who had never smoked.
These results aren't very surprising, but they are useful, especially for eye doctors, said Galor, an assistant professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami.
Patients tend to value vision more than many other faculties, she said. "You can talk about cancer and death, but if you tell a patient they are going to go blind, that tends to have more of an effect," she said.
Anti-smoking campaigns in Australia that feature vision risks have been very successful, she noted.
Primary care doctors may not have eye problems at the top of their lists of things to look out for with patients who smoke, Galor said. But ophthalmologists are in a special position to counsel patients and should always remember to ask about smoking status.
"Maybe the general internist isn't thinking about this," Galor said. "The ophthalmologist can be an effective advocate for smoking cessation."
"It is never too late to stop smoking, but it takes a longer time for the lens to recover with higher smoking intensity," Lindblad said. "Smoking is increasing worldwide and health professionals and ophthalmologists should encourage people to stop smoking, or better never start to smoke."


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In its broadest sense, impeachment is the process by which public officials may be removed from office on the basis of their conduct. Strictly speaking, it is the decision by a legislature to accuse an official of one or more offenses that warrant removal according to constitutional standards. A vote to impeach then triggers a trial based on those charges. The most famous impeachment proceedings have involved presidents, but every state has its own procedures. Most follow the federal model in general, but vary widely in their specifics.
At the federal level, impeachment starts in the House of Representatives, where members may initiate resolutions to impeach a sitting president. The House Judiciary Committee decides if a resolution merits a formal impeachment inquiry. A simple majority vote in the full House can launch a formal inquiry. The House Judiciary Committee conducts an investigation to determine if allegations against a president warrant charges, or articles of impeachment.
If a simple majority of the full House votes to charge a president with at least one article of impeachment, that indictment will move to the Senate for trial. At that point, the president has been "impeached" by the House. House members act as or appoint congressional prosecutors. The chief justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial in the Senate chamber. A two-thirds vote is required to convict and remove from office.
The U.S. Constitution states that, "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." (Article II, Section ).
The House of Representatives has impeached two Presidents: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Johnson was charged in 1868 with eight articles of impeachment, but was acquitted by a single vote in the Senate trial (depicted in the above engraving). Bill Clinton was charged with four articles of impeachment by the House in 1998, but was acquitted by the Senate early the next year. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 before a final vote in the full House could send him to trial on three articles of impeachment.
Each state constitution outlines a unique impeachment procedure, including variations on the list of impeachable offenses, protocol for an impeachment trial and the body responsible for an initial investigation.
According to the Associated Press, seven governors in U.S. history have been removed from office following impeachment proceedings. The National Conference of State Legislatures said that a longer list would include states that have investigated governors for alleged offenses, voted to impeach a governor ahead of a trial, or held trials that resulted in acquittal. The only governor to be removed from office in the last 80 years was Gov. Evan Mecham of Arizona, who was convicted in 1988 of obstructing justice and misusing $80,000 in state money that he was charged with funneling to his car dealership to keep it afloat.
In January 2008, the Illinois House of Representatives voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich for abuse of power in connection with the federal investigation that had led to his arrest the month before. Mr. Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama and with seeking to extort campaign contributions in return for official actions, including providing reimbursement to a hospital.
Following the process that has been generally adopted by state legislatures in recent decades, the Illinois House created a special investigative committee, which made a recommendation in favor of impeachment to the entire body.
In all states except Alaska, Nebraska and Oregon, the House votes on articles of impeachment ahead of a trial. In Alaska, the process is reversed, according to The Book of States. That state's Senate must impeach a governor by voting on impeachment articles in order to initiate a trial in the House. Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral legislature. Without a state House, the Nebraska Senate votes to impeach before passing articles on to the state Supreme Court for a trial.
Oregon is the only state without constitutional provisions for impeachment of a governor or other executive and judicial officers, according to the NCSL. Those officials may be removed from office, but not by the state's legislature. State courts in Oregon may try public officials for criminal offenses, but the procedure depends upon the jurisdiction of a crime.
Nebraska convicted and dismissed from office its first governor in 1871, but has not fully impeached any governor since. Alaska has never removed a governor from office. —
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Honda is an 8 year-old Golden Retriever I rescued 4 years ago. It's pretty unbelievable that such a handsome, loyal guy needed to be rescued in the first place, but lucky for me he did. It didn't take me long to get to know Honda (now he mostly goes by "H") and the fact that he basically lives for four things: food, squirrels, tennis balls and me. Last Monday, when Honda wouldn't bat an eye at any one of those things, I knew something was really wrong. Vets will tell you that when an animal is very sick, he or she will do one of two things: cling to you or go into complete isolation. Honda's strange behavior prompted a call to my vet about my sick dog.
Last Monday morning I took Honda into the vet and after a quick look-over, she diagnosed Honda with a bacterial infection in his stomach. A little skeptical of the diagnosis, I took him home keeping a close eye on his behavior. That night, Honda refused dinner, water, a game of fetch, and my call for him to come inside for bed.
The next morning he seemed even sicker than the day before. He had a bloated stomach, no appetite, no energy and was showing no love. It was all so very un-Honda like. I called the vet's office that morning to report my observations and gut instinct that this was more than just some bacterial infection. They asked me to bring him back in for another look and a couple x-rays.
Twenty minutes later I got a devastating call at work. X-rays of Honda's stomach showed large pockets of air that were obstructing his digestive tract. If they didn't perform emergency surgery on him to find out what was causing the blockage, I was possibly going to lose him. It had gotten so bad that quickly. Turns out Honda suffered from an intestinal torsion. Out of 25 feet of Honda's intestine (humans have 40 ft.), 10 feet were twisted up (picture a balloon animal twisted at different parts). The vets needed to untwist his intestine and hope that only a small portion of it was badly damaged. If too much of the intestine was damaged, Honda's chances of surviving were minimal. It turned out only 2 ft. (of the 10) were really bad. During surgery, the doctors cut the damaged part out and sewed the other ends back together. Honda's vets told me that if I had waited any longer to bring him in, the damaged part would have been too bad and he probably wouldn't have made it.
The five days of recovery following an intense surgery like Honda's are the most crucial. In fact, recovery can be so painful and traumatic that animals sometimes do not survive. Honda remained in the hospital for 2 days under the vet's watchful eye, hooked up to IVs that provided him fluids and pain medication. Every day, Honda's recovery was "amazing" and he was healing the best he could under the circumstances. Now, it's over a week later, and all is still amazing. Honda is back to carrying 3 tennis balls around in his mouth–a true sign that the old "H" is back!
If you're like me, you sometimes wish your pet could just talk! But, if you trust your gut and look for signs from your companion, you too may catch a sickness before it's too late.
Oh, and here's a picture of "H" on Thanksgiving Day!


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OKLAHOMA CITY — Steve Nash moved all around the court at a brisk pace, knocking down jumper after jumper.
But Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni officially ruled Nash out for the remainder of the 2013-14 season a week after strong doubt he would play because of persisting nerve issues in his back and hamstrings,
"He's not going to play," D'Antoni said. "It doesn't make any sense for him to come back for 15-18 games."
Nash has appeared in only 10 games this season, averaging 7.6 points on 36.4. percent shooting and 4.7 assists in 22 minutes. He has missed the past 12 games after colliding with Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich on Feb. 9, which opened up nerve irritation in his previously fractured left knee.
"I've been ready to play for the last two weeks," Nash told this newspaper. "But they want to see these guys, evaluate for next year and see if they bring back a lot of guys. The tenuous nature of my health, they probably don't need the distraction of me coming back in and out of the lineup. I'm just here if needed."
Nash still traveled with the Lakers for their two-game trip with a stop tonight in San Antonio, participating in shooting drills and rehabbing his back and hamstrings. But D'Antoni has said Nash's return could compromise the Lakers' ability to evaluate a crop of young perimeter players, including Kendall Marshall, Jordan Farmar, Kent Bazemore and MarShon Brooks.
The Lakers are also fearful Nash could derail his progress if he returns.
The next question regarding Nash entails whether he has played his last NBA game.
Nash has vowed he will return for the 2014-15 season in the final year of his contract worth $9.7 million. But the Lakers could waive him by Aug. 31 through the stretch provision, which would allow the Lakers to pay Nash's salary through three seasons. But the Lakers could hold onto Nash since his salary would then be completely removed from their books following the 2014-15 season, giving them more purchasing power in that offseason.
"I've proven I can play. I just haven't been able to sustain," Nash said. "I'm trying to make the most of that route and build some resilience for the future. They know I'd like to play, but I also understand their situation. I completely get it."
Injury update
Forward Nick Young told this newspaper he has aimed to return Wednesday when the Lakers host San Antonio at Staples Center. He missed 14 of the past 15 games because of left knee soreness and hasn't progressed his rehab beyond weight training, spot-up shooting and running on a weight-bearing treadmill. Young has ranked second on the Lakers in scoring, averaging 16.8 points.
Forward Jordan Hill said the soreness in his right knee that has kept him out for the past six games stemmed from a hyperextension he felt during the exhibition season. He has no idea when he'll return and has had treatment involving icing and massage therapy. Hill has averaged 8.2 points and 6.8 rebounds, but he has bounced in and out of the lineup because of D'Antoni's preference for smaller and quicker lineups.


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My inspiration comes from studying the nature around us. The intricate structure of a leaf, robustness of grass wind blowing through an open window, or moon reflecting in the water, all create the logical harmony of our nature's "building blocks". The nature is pure, clean, and precious in its own creation. Such insights are on my mind when creating sculptures. Created with intention to decorate and above all distinguish the space as beautiful flowers or morning sunlight would. In my latest sculptural work I have incorporated into my abstract vision a timeless beauty of a human form. Is obviously the most loaded of all forms because we live in one.
Instead of more common casting and assembly of ready made parts, I prefer fabricating process, physically shaping and forming a flat sheet of metal into a sophisticated curvilinear form. Bronze, the material used by sculptors for a thousand of years, is my preferred medium. To reflect a true poetry of the form, I enhance the character of bronze with color patinas. I also like to work with a stainless steel. Beautiful contemporary metal which high-mirrored surfaces transform a simple natural shapes into elegant creations.
But whether I work with bronze, stainless steel, aluminum or raw steel, I apply my knowledge, expertise, and talent to create a unique sculpture of fine quality and perfect execution. Sculpture is my primary medium, but you will also find in my portfolio wall relief, custom and functional art, hand-pulled prints and paintings.
Technical school of Machinery Construction, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Academy of Arts Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic;
- Master Degree in Sculpture and Industrial Design
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
MoMA, New York, NY
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Art, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Catskills Garden Club, Catskills, NY ("Winter Flower)
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, GA ("Porcupine Caribou")
Raiffeisen Bank, St.Polten, Austria ("Fountain")
Chamber of Commerce, Tarrytown, NY ("Headless Horseman" design & artist proof)
Lechner Food Chain, Austria ("Bronze relief & Sign")
Castle Restaurant, Opava, Czech Republic ("Bronze sculpture")
City Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic ("Fountain")
Vitkovice Steel, Czech Republic ("Man of Steel" -sculpture series)
Bohumin Steel, Czech Republic ("Award Medals")
Department store, Ostrava, Czech Republic ("Relief")
Executive office of Garment Factory, Fridek-Mistek, Czech Republic (Relief series)
Vitkovice Steel, Czech Republic ("Entrance Wall Relief")
Shopping Center, Ostrava, Czech Republic ("Sundial")
High School, Karvina, Czech Republic ("Spring Blossom")
North Moravian Power Plant, Czech Republic ("Wall Relief")
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USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Russia, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic.
United States Patent 6,640,605 B2, coauthor, Non-deformational bending of metal
New York Foundation for the Art, Grand
Marry O Fritchie Art Show, Best in Sculpture
Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Best in Show
Cambridge Who's Who, Life time Membership
Woodstock Artists Ass. & Museum, The People's Choice Award
Cooperstown Art Association, National Exhibition, Best in Sculpture
Artist Talk on Art, Annual Competion Curator's Choice
ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Monika Olko Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY (solo sculpture)
Kleinert-James Gallery, Woodstock
ADC, Cincinnati, OH
Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY
Gallery 1, Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
Gallery Beseda, Ostrava, Czech Republic (solo)
Marleau Gallery, Saugerties, NY (solo sculptor)
The Gallery at the Factory, Saugerties, NY
The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY
Art Along the Hudson, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL (solo)
Boscobel House & Gardens, Cold Spring, NY
RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY (solo)
Doghouse Gallery, Saugerties, NY (solo)
John Raimondi Gallery, Rockport, MA
The National Arts Club, NYC, NY
721 Gallery, Kingston, NY (solo)
Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Clove Church Studio & Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Oriole 9, Woodstock, NY (2person)
Artefact Gallery, Lake Worth, FL
Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Chase Edwards Gallery, Oyster Bat, NY
Towbin Museum, Woodstock, NY
Merz Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY (solo)
Union Mills Gallery, Catskill, NY (solo sculptor)
OPUS 40 Gallery, Saugerties, NY
RVS Gallery, Southampton, NY (2person)
Merz Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Onessimo Fine Art, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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When Dallas Clark opened the season with seven catches for 87 yards in the first week, it seemed that the Ravens had found a useful piece to take the place of the injured Dennis Pitta in their passing game.
Things didn't really turn out that way, though. Clark caught 24 passes over the rest of the season and then wound up as a healthy scratch for the final four weeks of the regular season with Pitta back in the lineup. Clark turns 35 in June and he'll be spending some of the time between now and his birthday to figure out if that will be his last hurrah in the NFL.
"I don't know right now," Clark said on SiriusXM NFL Radio with Alex Marvez and Gil Brandt. "The body feels great. It's just got be the right situation. Being the third down guy, just coming in on third down, that's tough. I love being a bigger part of the game plan and things like that. It's just gotta be the right situation, we'll see what happens."
Clark was unemployed into August last year before the Ravens signed him and there wasn't much about his 2013 performance to suggest that people will be clamoring for his services this time around. An injury or otherwise unexpected shortfall at the position could lead a team to look in Clark's direction, but the right situation will likely otherwise elude him this offseason.


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VANCOUVER, WA -- Nautilus Inc. notified its customers this week that it would not take new orders for commercial equipment past Oct. 30. All outstanding orders will be shipped by Dec. 31, according to a letter sent to customers. The notice essentially dates Nautilus' previously announced exit from the commercial fitness equipment business at the end of the year.
In August, Ed Bramson, Nautilus chairman and CEO, notified shareholders that the company was investigating a plan to divest itself of the commercial side of the business and focus solely on the consumer business (retail and direct). The company has not given an official date for the exit, but Bramson said in August that he expected to present the commercial business as a discontinued operation starting with the third quarter. Nautilus has engaged Robert W. Baird & Co. to find a possible buyer for the business. The company is looking for a buyer to continue the Nautilus, Schwinn and Stairmaster brands, the letter states.
In the second quarter, Nautilus' commercial business experienced another quarter of losses ($7.2 million in losses compared to a loss of $1.1 million in second quarter 2008). However, the company's retail business generated $1.2 million in income from operations compared to a loss of $0.2 million for the previous year period, and its direct business generated $0.6 million of income from operations compared to a loss of $0.6 million in the same period last year.
The letter noted that Nautilus will accept orders for the new Schwinn AC line, IC Pro and Stairmaster SM/SC 916 models if delivery can be completed by Dec. 31.
The letter noted, "[While] it is not possible to make predictions about the future of the commercial business, the company remains hopeful about the future availability of these products, albeit under different ownership, beyond the end of 2009."
Nautilus also assured customers in the letter that warrantees on products made and manufactured through Dec. 31 would be fully supported by the company.
TV station WSLS-10 in Roanoke, VA, noted that the Nautilus plant in Independence, VA, that manufactures Nautilus' commercial strength equipment would likely close in December if Nautilus did not find a buyer for its commercial business by then. The company has stated that it hopes a buyer would continue to manufacturer equipment at the plant under the company's license.
The senior vice president told the TV station that the 173 workers at the plant received a Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice this week. The WARN Act requires employers to provide 60 days advance notice about plant closings and mass layoffs.Nautilus' commercial cardio equipment is manufactured at a plant in Tulsa, OK. Nautilus has not responded to inquiries about whether workers at this plant also received WARN Act notices.


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Une arrivée bien fragrante!
Published: July 4, 2017
Among the myriad proverbs from the French-speaking world, there's one from Senegal that seemed particularly apt today, a proverb in the Wolof language: Ciin bu naree neex, subaxee xeeñ. It translates roughly to, "If the sauce is going to be good, you'll know it when the smell comes out of the pot." As we welcome three new groups of villagers today here at Lac du Bois, we can smell the fragrant aromas of the session -- and this session is going to be AWESOME! We saw villagers arrive from near and from far, bringing with them their energy, their friendliness, their courage to walk into the unknown, their curiosity, their spark. We can tell: we are in for a truly magical couple of weeks!
We've got a few sessions running concurrently -- our four-week fonceur program, wherein villagers earn a year's worth of high-school credit. (The program takes its name from the verb foncer, meaning to go forth boldly, to dive deep.) We also have our one-week and two-week villagers here, whose programming you'll hear more about soon. And lastly, our new credit abroad program has also arrived -- they'll spend two weeks here with us on site before heading on a voyage for two weeks in France and Belgium, including staying with host families. Camp is bourdonnant (buzzing) with life!
Soon we'll have some photos up of each cabin -- in the meantime, please enjoy the photos below. (While it's possible to flick through some of them here, if you click the album and find your way to our Flickr page, there are even more!) There are so many smiling faces; hopefully they make you smile as well. We can't wait to share this week with you.
Sandals Jelly On Spot Womens Transparent White À bientôt, (see you soon)
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Vivant features international cultural art from the Caribbean, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America while specializing in Haitian art.
Vivant is a bridge between the art world, business sector, and the community as it is a meeting space for various social receptions, fundraisers, and lectures.
As a servant of the community, Florcy sits on many boards, including Chairman of the Haitian Professionals of Philadelphia, and Steering Committee of the IDea Coalition.


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There are only four classifications of certificated, public school employees: permanent, probationary, temporary, and substitute. Your classification will dictate what rights you have under the Education Code. To determine if you have been properly classified, first review your written contract. Sometimes contracts can be wrong, and if you have any doubts, be sure to check with CTA. Permanent In general, "permanent" employees are those who passed their two years of probation and are reelected to serve a third year. To be a permanent certificated employee, the person must hold either a preliminary or clear credential.Under the Education Code, permanent employees can only be terminated for just cause or if you are a part of a layoff. If notified that the termination is for cause, they must be afforded the opportunity to have a full evidentiary hearing before a three-person panel that is independent of the school district or governing board.If a permanent employee is laid off because of a reduction in services, she has a 39-month preferential right to rehire. Probationary employees must be laid off before permanent employees, even if the probationary employee has more seniority. ProbationaryAn individual who is hired as a probationary employee ("Probe") usually must serve in that capacity for two consecutive, complete school years (at least 75% of the number of school days) before being eligible for permanent status. Probationary employees may be non-reelected for the next school year without a hearing for any or no lawful reason, at any time up to March 15 of their second year. After March 15 of her second year, a "Probe 2" cannot be terminated without a full evidentiary hearing, and she is deemed to be permanent on the first day of the following school year. During the school year, a Probe cannot be summarily dismissed unless the District proves at an administrative hearing that there is just cause for the dismissal. However, in these hearings, the governing board, and not an independent panel, has the final say. If a probationary employee is laid off because of a reduction in services, she has a 24-month preferential right to rehire. A person who is hired into a "categorically-funded" position and remains in a categorically-funded position can never attain permanent status. In other words, he will be probationary forever, unless he is subsequently placed in a regularly-funded, probationary position and serves in it for at least one school year. The preceding, complete year he served in the categorically-funded position will count toward permanent status. If an employee was initially hired to fill a regularly-funded, probationary position and is subsequently reassigned to a categorically-funded position, service in both positions will count toward attaining permanent classification. And, a permanent employee doesn't lose her permanent status by accepting a categorically-funded assignment.A person who holds a provisional credential, such as a Short Term Staff Permit ("STSP") or Provisional Intern Permit ("PIP"), which replaced emergency permits, must be classified as probationary unless she is correctly classified as a Temporary or Substitute (see below). However, she will not be eligible for permanent status until she obtains a preliminary or clear credential and serves in a probationary position for two years. A person holding an Intern credential is treated a bit differently: a year as an intern will count toward permanent status if the employee obtains a regular credential and subsequently is reemployed in a probationary position. An employee's seniority date is determined by the first date of paid, probationary employment. Ironically, this means that an employee who was first hired with less than a preliminary or clear credential and served for several years in that capacity may actually have more seniority than a fully-credentialed employee who became permanent after serving only two probationary years. Similarly, an employee who is probationary because she has always served in a categorically-funded position might have more seniority date than a permanent employee. None of this matters, however, in a lay off situation, because a probationary employee must be laid off before a permanent employee with the same certification and qualifications. If a person doesn't receive any employment contract or receives a contract after her first paid day of the school year, then she is deemed to be probationary. TemporaryIn general, school districts may hire people employees with a temporary classification ("Temps") to replace regular employees on leaves of absence or to fill in for regular employees who have been given categorically funded positions, like TSA's, department heads, and class size reduction. The Temp doesn't actually have to replace a particular person; but the number of certificated employees on leave throughout the district cannot exceed the number of temporary employees.Temps are at-will employees who serve on contracts for one school year or shorter periods of time. This means the District can release them at any time during the first 75% of the school year, with or without cause and without a hearing. If they receive a release notice from the District, Temps don't have an automatic right to reemployment the next year, but under certain circumstances, they must be given some preference if there are vacancies. A person may be a temporary employee for many years. But, if she is rehired into a probationary position for the next school year, then the one previous year in a temporary position will count toward permanent status.In the event of a layoff, Temps don't receive layoff notices and do not have the same guaranteed rehire rights as Probes or Permanent employees because their contracts simply terminate at the end of the school year. Because Temps have fewer rights, it is especially important to verify the accuracy of the temporary classification. SubstituteTo be hired as a substitute employee ("Sub"), a person does not have to possess any kind of regular teaching credential, but only a 30-day Substitute permit. A Sub permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing requires only a bachelor's degree and passage of CBEST. Even a sub hired for a long-term assignment during the school year may be released at any time, with or without cause, and without a hearing. 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Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2010, 47.5% abv (95 Proof), $40/bottle
Welcome back Birthday Bourbon. Well, to be truthful it never went away, but recent offerings have been sub standard in comparison to earlier years. The 2010 release is right up there with some of the best from this limited edition product. That same deep red, amber color yields a big and rich nose of vanilla custard, clove, nutmeg, dark brown sugar, ginger, candied citrus peel (orange), and dried fruits. The oaky nuances are there, but never overpower the nose – love it! In the mouth, Birthday Bourbon assures with wonderful winter spices – clove and nutmeg, hot ginger, brown sugar, vanilla, raisin, and bitter orange. Sounds like the best the fall/winter has to offer doesn't it? Again the oak is there but well integrated and a supporting character in spite of the fact this whiskey spent 12+ years in the barrel. The finish of this whiskey is superb – long and lingering hot and spicy with the bitterness of orange, sawdust and wood. Old Forester B-day is a fantastic pour of whiskey just in time for the holiday season.
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Jon Richardson, the son of Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 53 years old.
Jon Richardson was the president of the Panthers Stadium LLC, handling the building and grounds during the team's early years, while his brother Mark worked more closely with the football side. Both sons were fired by their father in 2009, after Jerry Richardson's heart transplant surgery.
Those who were closest to Jon Richardson marveled at his common touch, and ability to connect with stadium workers from the top to the bottom. When the team eliminated playoff bonuses for team employees during a cost-cutting binge in 2008, he went around to each of his employees (the plumbers, the electricians, the security guards), passing out cash from his pocket and apologizing that he couldn't do more. It was the kind of genuine gesture he'll be remembered for.
A former wide receiver at North Carolina, he built his own successful business before joining his father in the mid-1990s. He left behind a wife and three children.
Our deepest condolences go out to the Richardson family.


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McDonald's uses the SITEFORUM platform to build the McDonald's Franchise Web.
Main objective is to supply each McDonald's restaurant in Germany with its own website. This can then be turned into a Social Community later and helps restaurant owner to better communicate with their customers. Read the full story here:
McDonald's created a nice video to show franchisees what the SITEFORUM-powered Franchise Web can do. Feel free to check it out:
http://www.mcdonalds.de/unternehmen/fnweb/fnweb.html (the video is on the right side of the page)
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — If this is the Los Angeles Clippers' way of wooing Chris Paul, they might want to come up with a new strategy.
Hanging your superstar out to dry by indicating he's the reason coach Vinny Del Negro was not retained and that whatever other decisions are made rest on his shoulders is not a sound strategy. That's especially true with Paul just a month away from the full-court press of free agency from suitors around the league.
Paul is reportedly upset about being thrown into the middle of this Del Negro mess, by Clippers owner Donald Sterling of all people, and he should be upset. CP3 has been mindful throughout this entire process to stay clear of any controversy regarding the Clippers' front-office plans. Both he and All-Star forward Blake Griffin have been thrust into this drama, as the main culprits in the decision-making process that they are believed to have influenced, despite no evidence to support this.
Chris Broussard of ESPN The Magazine reports, via sources, that Paul is upset that he's being portrayed as some sort of coach killer:
"He's angry right now and his anger is directed toward the Clippers organization," the source said. "Chris is a man of principle and if he feels like you've gone against his principles, it will affect how he feels about you. He's very agitated that his name has been put out there as the reason for Vinny's firing. He had nothing to do with it."
This fire started last week, when Del Negro was fired and T.J. Simers of The Los Angeles Times put Sterling on the hot seat about the decision. Sterling didn't name names, but he made it clear that the wishes of the players were a part of the process:
"The coach is a wonderful man, and I'm sad about the whole thing," Sterling said.
"Was this done," I asked, "just to hang on to Chris Paul?"
"I always want to be honest and not say anything that is not true," Sterling said. "So I'd rather not say anything.
"But you know, the coach did a really good job. I think he did. And I liked working with him. There are just factors that make life very complicated and very challenging."
So the Clippers are trying to hang on to Paul.
But don't they already have him locked up? The team has done everything to make him comfortable, even hire his favorite PR guy from New Orleans.
Do the Clippers really think he would accept almost $28 million less to sign elsewhere?
"Here you have two inexperienced people running your basketball operation in [GM] Gary Sacks and [son-in-law] Eric Miller," I told Sterling. "And Andy Roeser doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to basketball personnel decisions.
"So I wonder, is this decision being made because the players are now calling the shots? Am I off base?"
"No, you're not off base," Sterling said. "This is a players' league, and, unfortunately, if you want to win you have to make the players happy. Don't you think that's true?"
I answered: "No. Money makes players happy."
As stated, the Clippers can offer Paul more money than any other suitor that will chase him in free agency. Anyone assuming they'll be able to buy their way out of this mess with Paul doesn't really know the man.
Del Negro isn't the first coach (and he won't be the last) thrown in the trash bin because he didn't get a ringing endorsement from his star players. Paul didn't force the Clippers' hand in this matter and didn't have to. Trying to make Paul the scapegoat for the fact that Del Negro's ego is bruised because his stars didn't lobby on his behalf is childish at best.
It's a cheap shot for a franchise that can't afford to squander the opportunity it has with this star-studded core capable of leading the organization to new places — namely on the right side of the divide in a city practically painted in Lakers' purple and gold.
The fact the franchise is throwing Paul under the bus long before free agency begins only reinforces the belief that the Clippers often serve as their own worst enemy in the court of public opinion. There have been rumors that Del Negro was going to be fired from the moment he was hired by the Clippers. To lay it all on the doorstep of Paul and Griffin after the fact is disingenuous to say the least.
Paul has every right to be upset about the way he's being portrayed. He was going to weigh all of his free-agent options anyway, including the rumored joining of forces with Dwight Howard (and Al Horford) in Atlanta, where there is cap space galore and the chance to for the Hawks what he did for the Clippers.
If Del Negro is such a wonderful man and coach, Sterling should have stood by his guy and then allowed Paul to make a decision on his own future without the sort of foolishness that will be involved in the process now.


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Recent celebrity sightings at OpenTable restaurants…
* President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dined with family friends at Alan Wong's in Honolulu. [KHON]
* Southern food maven Paula Deen breakfasted at Asellina in New York's Meatpacking District. [NY Post]
* Sly Stallone took the ladies in his life to dinner at BOA Steakhouse in Los Angeles. [Daily Mail]
* Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, and Kate Bosworth were spotted at Cecconi's in West Hollywood. [People]
* Henry Kissinger and former Senator Bob Kerry showed up for the power lunch at The Grill Room at the Four Seasons in New York. [NY Post]
* Michael's in Manhattan's midtown played host to politicos and CEOs, including New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Oxygen Media founder Geraldine Laybourne. [NY Post]
* Newlyweds Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively came down from the 'burbs to dine at Nobu Fifty Seven in Manhattan. [People]
* On-again couple Katy Perry and John Mayer caused a commotion when they were spotted exiting Osteria Mozza in West Hollywood. [NY Daily News]


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Thanks for the article introducing Community Supported Art Colorado, "New program aims to connect artists, patrons," Daily Camera, Jan. 6. This is an interesting idea, organized by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and Denver Botanic Gardens.
I question just how supportive this program is for artists. It also trains art-buyers to undervalue unique creations.
Eighteen artists will receive a $1,000 honorarium and make 59 pieces of art. Sorry, but as an artist who uses expensive materials, I do the math and know that less than $17 per piece means artists will make quite a contribution so CSA art collectors can enjoy nine new pieces each. The collector, investing $400 pays about $44.50 per piece -- an unreasonable bargain (will they collect sales tax?). There is also the cannibalistic benefit that each artist receives a piece from other artists in their group.
Artists consider such programs as marketing. We often donate art to various community auctions, but 59 pieces represent too many hours of work and considerable expense for exposure to 50-100 art "enthusiasts."
It is valuable for an artist's career to receive a stamp-of-approval from these organizations. Because of the terms, many creative people can't afford to apply.
Artists, if their work is good enough for this program, deserve more "support." Perhaps the terms will be tweaked in future years. In the meantime, if you love art, grab this deal. It shouldn't last long.