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Long before the phrase "Jersey shore" conjured images of heavily made-up young women engaging in booze-fueled casual sex with "gorilla juice heads"—as Snooki Polizzi sweetly characterized her male ideal—many of New Jersey's beach communities had a genuine air of glamor about them. No one would mistake the state's beach towns for St. Tropez or Ipanema; but there was, nevertheless, an excitement about some places "down the shore," like Atlantic City, that fed on New York's electric proximity while providing visitors with a feeling of escape as well as wider (and perhaps bawdier) vistas.
For instance, one of the signature draws along the famous boardwalk in "the world's favorite playground" was the annual Miss America pageant, long held every September in that neon city by the sea. Conceived in 1921 as a way to keep at least some of the summer crowds around and, of course, spending money after Labor Day, the pageant lit up Atlantic City for nine decades before packing up and moving, in 2006, to Vegas. (The contest returned to Atlantic City in 2013.) As the granddaddy—or rather, the grandma—of beauty contests, the pageant seemed to say something at once profound and quite silly about the culture that spawned it.
In fact, the reader will notice that that description might well apply to the pictures in this gallery, as well—photos made by LIFE's Alfred Eisentaedt during the 1945 competition in Atlantic City. (Only one of the pictures here, the first slide, ever ran in the magazine; the rest remained unpublished.)
Sure, there were speeches and displays of genuine talent on stage. But more often than not, the images that emerged from the two-day (now three-day) affair featured scores of women, most of whom seemed—and who still seem—to be cut from very much the same physical mold, wearing very small bathing suits and posing or parading in high heels.
That the Miss America title for many decades really meant Miss Caucasian America certainly undercut the pageant's unspoken but strongly implied claim to celebrate—and judge—an entire nation's loveliest and most talented women. African-American women did not even begin competing in the pageant until the 1970s, and the first African-American Miss America, the wonderful Vanessa Williams, would not be crowned until 1984—a full six decades after the pageant began.
But that sort of problematic history aside, the Miss America pageant remains a signature cultural happening, while the Miss America Organization provides tens of millions of scholarship dollars annually to thousands of young women who, without that money, might not be able to attend college. In fact, it just so happens that the Miss America featured in this gallery, Bess Myerson—incidentally, the first Jewish winner of the pageant—was the very first Miss America to receive a scholarship as part of her victory prize.
So . . . laugh if you will at the bathing suit competition, and the contestants' occasionally stilted speeches filled with platitudes about world peace. If the folks who run Miss America keep up their mission of helping young women achieve their goals—and if they keep backing up their support with hard cash—chances are pretty good that at least some of the women up there on the stage will be laughing with you, all the way to careers that might otherwise be beyond their reach. And that really is something to celebrate.

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• Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Store – As you'd expect, the first one will be in Seattle.
• Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Smart Thermostat Developer Nest – Honeywell says many of the advances in Nest's "smart" thermostat are its own.
• Super Bowl Spike: 12,233 Tweets Per Second Is 300% Above Last Year's Game
• Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours, militant culture – CNN follows Mike Daisey and the NYTimes with its own look at conditions in China's electronics manufacturing plants.
• RedBox Partners With Verizon, Launches Streaming Service – However, it won't be available until later this year.
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• Somebody's watching: how a simple exploit lets strangers tap into private security cameras – Do you have TrendNet IP security cameras in your home? The Internet may be checking you out.
• Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online – Do you have photos you thought you deleted from Facebook long ago? They may still be accessible via direct link.
• Facebook's Mobility Challenge – Is mobile Facebook's Achilles' heel? So far, the company admits, it has not found a way to make money from mobile usage. Also How Facebook uses your data
• Google, Facebook have already removed disputed content, Indian court is told
• Windows 8 Start button removed by Microsoft in 'Consumer Preview' – Also gone from the traditional desktop view built into Windows 8 is the Start menu, if leaked screenshots of an upcoming public beta release are accurate.
• A New Question of Internet Freedom – The NYTimes looks at the controversy surrounding the ACTA treaty.
• Wind-powered Texas data center moves closer to reality – It's in Austin, fueled by warm coastal winds.
• Why Apple's A5 is so big—and iPhone 4 won't get Siri – Technology that helps filter out background noise is built into the A5 chip, which may explain one reason why the iPhone 4 doesn't have Siri.
• First Legal Streaming Super Bowl A Success, But Audience Still Denied The Real Show – The commercials didn't play in real time for the online audience, and Madonna's halftime performance wasn't included. Also In the final three minutes of the Super Bowl tonight, there were an average of 10,000 Tweets per second.
• Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free and It's got a pen?! – Samsung again makes fun of iPhone users in an ad for the Galaxy Note during the Super Bowl. Is mocking potential buyers of your device the best way to sell it?


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Deloitte Payroll Transformation Senior Manager in McLean, Virginia
Are you a leader with a passion to dig in and pioneer new Payroll methods and processes for some of the largest corporate entities in the world? Our team works on the cutting-edge building and delivering the next generation of Payroll services to clients. We re looking for the very best individuals who thrive on what s possible.
Work you ll do
As a Payroll Transformation Senior Manager , you should expect to be involved in the following :
Navigate the client effectively
Identify new business within existing clients while establishing business new clients
Leading/managing more than one person/team
Design workplans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationship, etc.
Manage and deliver, craft your brand
The HRT team
At Deloitte Consulting LLP, helping our clients exploit new technologies like employee engagement tools, advanced workforce planning and analytics we empower HR to better support the business and create value. HR organizations now reduce costs and improve operating effectiveness through process improvements, shared services, outsourcing and employee self-service, but that s only part of the story, we help them to drive the value this delivers and help the business achieve its strategic objectives in performance and growth. Learn more about our HR Transformation practice at http://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/human-capital/solutions/about-our-hr-transformation-services.html .
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With the emergence of the gig economy, the change in the demographics of the workforce and the ever-evolving business needs, it s clear that the workforce of tomorrow will look very different than the workforce of today. To be a true business partner with the credibility to lead the business not just sit at the table - HR can t just be managing talent, you need to be building the workforce of the future. Working with Deloitte enables you to gain the insights you need to build and execute a workforce strategy that will help the business survive today s disruption.
8 years of related experience
Consulting experience required
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Superior knowledge of the HR function & processes
Experience with Payroll software such as ADP GlobalView, (SAP), Ceridian, ADP eTime, PeopleSoft, Workday, Oracle or Ultimate
Experience in one or more of the following areas: Payroll Operations, Payroll transformation, Global Payroll, Payroll integration, Payroll interfaces, Payroll tax, Payroll processes
Experience leading requirements gathering workshops or facilitating meetings
Experience leading the vendor selection process (client and supplier sides) including RFPs, RFIs, scoring and evaluating products and services
Ability to interact at all levels of the client organization
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
Experience with and desire to mentor junior staff
Up to 80% travel required
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External consulting experience with a big consulting firm.
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At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Center. at https://zoomforth.com/s/deloitte/du#home
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I don't have the link but read where DOD is notifying personnel in combat zones that, upon their return, they will be subject to dismissal from the service due to budget cuts.
This is especially hard on captains, just the leaders one would think they would want to keep. Men and women who serve as company commanders, the backbone of the army.
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Introductory workshop on Prevention and Fight against Illicit Trafficking of Libyan Cultural Property
Tripoli, Museum of Libya, 27- 30 April 2013
Within the framework of a broader training programme funded by the Government of Italy, the workshop offered an important opportunity –for the first time after the new Libyan political course- to investigate the issues pertaining to the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural heritage.
Co-organized by UNESCO and the Department of Antiquities of Libya, the workshop aimed at fostering national and international networking and action against illicit trafficking of Libyan cultural property, as well as at exploring critical threats and challenges underpinning the enforcement of an efficient protection system in Libya. In addition, it adopted a set of recommendations which offer a shared road map for short- and medium-term action, preparing for sectorial technical tailored training and to guide, in particular, the creation of a heritage police.
More than 70 participants belonged to different public institutions such as border patrol, customs and tourist and antiquities police, criminal investigation departments, Libyan INTERPOL, as well as civil society associations. In addition, representatives of the General National Congress, the Ministry of Defense, and Libyan university researchers and archaeology professors also took part in the workshop.
INTERPOL, the World Customs Organization, UNIDROIT and the Carabinieri participated as the key institutional partners and facilitators, as well as representatives of three international archaeological missions in Libya.
The meeting allowed to strengthen the relationship between the different national police forces, the INTERPOL National Central Office and the Department of Antiquities.
The recommendations for the action plan target training and awareness-raising, a dedicated specialized unit, the enforcement of a robust legal framework, the upgrading of storage and security standards, the enhanced identification and traceability of cultural objects through the setting-up of centralized databases and systematic inventories, as well as setting-up a coordination and intra-stakeholders information sharing mechanism.
On the occasion of the workshop, a temporary exhibition displayed some retrieved works of art from museums and archaeological sites, such as the Roman head of Flavia Domitilla Minor, stolen from Sabratha in 1990, then surfaced at Christie's in London, and returned to Libya by the Italian Prime Minister Prof. Mario Monti, during his official visit to Tripoli on 21 January 2012.


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Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare disorder in which a weakened heart is diagnosed within the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months after delivery, without other identifiable causes for dysfunction of the heart. The heart muscle becomes enlarged and weakened and cannot pump blood efficiently. Decreased heart function affects the lungs, liver, and other body systems.


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EVERETT — The speed limit was 50 mph. The driver was drunk.
Kathi Sturgeon was riding her bike when she was hit by a car in 2008.
She doesn't remember the two months before the crash, or the year afterward.
Living near Sacramento, Calif., she'd taken up cycling two years before. It was great exercise. Through cycling, she made good friends.
Since the crash, she's spent the past six years recovering her body, her mind and her independence. Sturgeon, now 53 and living in Everett, speaks on a victims panel as part of Snohomish County's efforts to combat drunken driving.
She hopes her story makes offenders reconsider a choice that changed her life forever.
Only vague memories
The morning of the crash, Sturgeon and a friend were training for the "STP" ride from Seattle to Portland. They both were in the bicycle lane, and both were hit from behind.
Sturgeon was airlifted to a hospital in Roseville, Calif., and taken into surgery. A portion of her skull was removed to allow her swollen brain time to recover.
She was in a coma for a week. She stayed in the intensive care unit a total of three weeks, and then spent another six weeks in an acute rehabilitation unit. In addition to a traumatic brain injury, she suffered a separated shoulder and a severe gash that nearly cost her the lower part of her left leg.
Sturgeon doesn't remember waking up. She has a vague memory of being wheeled through a hallway, but she's not sure if the memory is real.
At the rehab unit, friends and medical staff had to feed her. She needed physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.
Her progress at times was frustrating. She was someone who'd ridden her bike 100 miles in one day. For a while, she couldn't walk by herself, even with a walker.
A rare survivor
As she healed, Sturgeon started speaking for Mothers Against Drunk Driving and another victim advocacy group in California.
In her former life, she was a director of women's ministries for a church. She had experience speaking to groups.
"It just is an opportunity to show the other side of the story," she said.
When she appears on panels about drunken driving, she's usually the only victim to have survived to speak. She doesn't know how people who've lost children and siblings find the strength to get up and talk about that pain, over and over again.
"I'm glad my sister doesn't have to get up and tell my story," she said. "It's important that people hear from survivors. My life is not the same. I might look normal on the outside, and people can't tell what I've been through."
In 2013, more than 1,800 people attended Snohomish County's DUI Victim Panels, coordinator Jan Schemenauer said. The county has 17 speakers, including survivors, families who have lost someone and offenders who've taken lives. Sturgeon was the county's first survivor speaker, Schemenauer said. They met at a MADD event in Seattle last year.
"There are very few survivors of DUI crashes, and she's definitely one of them," Schemenauer said. "She's an articulate woman, and she's come so far in her journey."
Snohomish County's panels are open to the public. Parents sometimes bring their teenagers who are beginning to drive, Schemenauer said.
Others come on their own. Some are ordered to attend by the court after they are convicted of traffic or drug and alcohol offenses, including but not limited to a DUI.
In her speeches, Sturgeon shares photos from when she was in the hospital. Her relatives didn't recognize her at first, she said. In one photo, her head bandage had a note scrawled across it warning medical staff where the bone was missing.
Sturgeon brings a loving, kind and encouraging message, and one of zero-tolerance, Schemenauer said.
"What she talks about a lot is the ripple effect," Schemenauer said. "It's not just what happens to you. It's what happens to your friends and your family."
Slowly coming back
Sturgeon still struggles to find the right words sometimes. That's because of her brain injury. She knows the words are there, but they take time to come to the surface. She's developed a fear of fender-benders and of hitting her head. She feels like she's slowly come back as herself, though her confidence has lagged behind other progress. She's training again, for two big rides this year.
In 2013, she completed the 204-mile STP ride in two days.
After five and a half years of not being able to work, she started part time in late February as a supply drive coordinator for Housing Hope. She feels lucky to once more have a job where she can do good for others, she said.
Early on, her physical therapist told her she would do well because of her support from family and friends. A co-worker let Sturgeon stay at her home for five months when she couldn't live alone after the accident. In early 2012, she moved to Everett to live with family.
"I had so many people cook me meals, just all the things people did, just sitting with me. They were incredible," she said. "I couldn't have done it without them."
Finding forgiveness
The driver's life was changed, too, Sturgeon said. She thinks about her sometimes. The driver had her own life ahead of her. So much was taken from both of them.
The 19-year-old woman who hit Sturgeon blew a .10 on the breathalyzer. She said she hadn't been drinking the morning of the crash. The young woman spent a year in jail and now, because of recent probation violations, risks years in prison, Sturgeon said.
Sturgeon, her sister and others spoke at the woman's sentencing. Sturgeon's Christian faith made forgiveness an important part of her recovery.
She wanted to protect her own heart from anger or bitterness, she said. She preferred to seek peace.
"It wasn't about letting her off the hook," Sturgeon said. "It was saying, 'You've got to experience your consequences, but I don't want it hold me back.'"
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; email@example.com.
Victim panels
Snohomish County's DUI Victim Panels are open to the public. For more info, go to http://snohomishcountywa.gov/466/DUI-Traffic-Safety or call 425-388-7269. Presentations also are held about four times a year at high schools in the Arlington, Snohomish and Stanwood school districts.


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Photo Challenge: Football
Every four years the world's attention shifts to the World Cup. Since it's the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, people everywhere will be living, breathing, and watching football (or for you Americans out there, soccer).
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LEE — The deliberative session of the annual Town Meeting will begin Saturday at 9 a.m. for residents to discuss eight warrant articles to include increasing the town budget, implementing a racecar driving school, and building a new field at Little River Park, among other items.
A new police cruiser will be considered with voters asked whether they wish to raise and appropriate funds totaling $27,964 for a new cruiser and changeover of radios and safety equipment, an appropriation recommended by selectmen by a 3-0 vote.
Article 3 deals with the current Racetrack Ordinance and petitions voters to amend the ordinance and to define race car education as a "fully insured and licensed school" that would use NASCAR-like stock cars. Hours of operation would be between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. and allow no more than four vehicles on the track at a time. The school would not operate more than four times per month between April and October.
Article 4 would raise the operating budget to $3,525,365, a 1.8 percent increase over last year's budget if approved. If this amount should not be approved, last year's amount of $3,495,183 is the default budget.
Residents will also discuss appropriating $80,000 of capital reserve funds to construct a field at Little River Park. This will take consideration of raising and appropriating $387,000 to be added to existing capital reserve funds. This appropriation was also recommended by selectmen by a 3-0 vote.
Deliberative session will be held at Mast Way Elementary School. Voting will take place March 12 at the Public Safety Complex on George Bennett Road from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.


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BREAKING NEWS (March 26): World Vision has reversed its decision after intense criticism from conservative evangelicals.
Read below for the exclusive interview on why World Vision made the controversial change in the first place. Then click thru for why the decision was reversed 48 hours later.
World Vision's American branch will no longer require its more than 1,100 employees to restrict their sexual activity to marriage between one man and one woman.
Abstinence outside of marriage remains a rule. But a policy change announced Monday [March 24] will now permit gay Christians in legal same-sex marriages to be employed at one of America's largest Christian charities.
In an exclusive interview, World Vision U.S. president Richard Stearns explained to Christianity Today the rationale behind changing this "condition of employment," whether financial or legal pressures were involved, and whether other Christian organizations with faith-based hiring rules should follow World Vision's lead.
Stearns asserts that the "very narrow policy change" should be viewed by others as "symbolic not of compromise but of [Christian] unity." He even hopes it will inspire unity elsewhere among Christians.
[Editor's note: All subsequent references to "World Vision" refer to its U.S. branch only, not its international umbrella organization.]
In short, World Vision hopes to dodge the division currently "tearing churches apart" over same-sex relationships by solidifying its long-held philosophy as a parachurch organization: to defer to churches and denominations on theological issues, so that it can focus on uniting Christians around serving the poor.
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People always need a place to live. Shelter is one of the basic requirements of man. This fact alone, gives multifamily residential properties an advantage over other types of real estate investments. You can rest assured knowing that there will always be a demand for residential housing whether the market is going up or down.
Because of this, there has always been a traditionally demand for rental housing. Let's look at a number of factors that will cause demand to soar even higher in the next decade to come.
ECHO BOOMERS (children of Baby Boomers)
Echo boomers are a group of individuals comprising of those born between 1982 and 1995. It is estimated that there are around 80 million echo boomers, currently living in the United States. This makes up the largest demographic group in the United States since the "Baby Boomers" of the 1960's. As a group they comprise over one-third of the total U.S. population. The media has labeled them echo boomers because they are the offspring, the "echo" of the last great population surge in America, the baby boomers.
The reason echo boomers are so significant, is that it is estimated that over the next decade approximately 4 million of them will become adults each year. According to a study generated by Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies, 80 percent of all households who residents are under the age of twenty-five are renters, and 65 percent of those with residents ages twenty-five to twenty-nine are renters. That's a lot of renters!
Until their children (Eco boomers), came along, Baby Boomers (1960's) were by far the largest demographics in American history, generally estimated to be around 78 million. Baby Boomers are are generally considered to be those having been born between the years 1940's and 1960's. The first individuals born to this era are just now beginning to reach retirement age.
According to the same Harvard study (we quoted for the Echo Boomers), a large portion of Baby Boomer aged sixty-five and older are renters. It is estimated, that there are currently 4.1 million households aged sixty-five or older, where an individual rents in the United States. This number will grow exponentially in the coming years as more and more of these (78 million) Baby Boomers begin to retire.
The National Association of Relators, wrote an interesting article. - where is said, 19 percent of all Baby Boomers are renters and 37 percent of them, admit that they will have difficulty making ends meet. Many of these households rely on dual incomes. It is inevitable that the financial pressures of retirement (unexpected medical costs, or if a mate dies) will force some of these households to rent after retirement.
Retiring Baby Boomers will thus be an important factor in the rental market in the years to come. For this reason, I believe one of the best investments to make at this time, are multi-family residentual communities.
If we put Baby Boomers with Eco Boomers, this represents 158 million households - comprising of two-thirds of the entire U.S. population - who will potentially be renting in the years to come. This will put a huge upward pressure on occupancy and rental rates. Which means, we could be seeing the beginning of the golden age as it relates to investment housing. When you are looking at numbers like this, it may seem like pay day everyday. And as if that weren't enough, there is another demographic group that we have not even considered yet as to potential renters: Immigrants.


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If you're reading this post, then it's highly likely that your email inbox has had email forwards dumped into it on a regular basis. Some of us have received some shocking forwards and immediately forwarded them to others only to find out by a return email (which can be anything from a kindly "heads up" to annoyed and snippy) that the letter is not true, or is a mixture of some truth and a lot of false information. And you cannot always be certain that an email is true even if someone you believe to be reliable has sent it. You need to check it out for yourself. If you don't have time, don't send it on.
Forwarding false information, phony virus alerts, and chain letters takes up precious time and can very well be a security risk in some cases, or be a harvesting ground for email addresses for internet spammers--at best it clogs up inboxes with junk.
Please know that it is possible to spot these legendary spoofs and hoaxes.
Here is some advice from one of the web sites that tracks the internet legends and hoaxes:
How To Spot an Email Hoax
Here are some web sites dedicated to squashing the propagation of internet propaganda. It's a good idea to go to these sites, and bookmark them on your own computer so that you can quickly verify the truth of a particular bit of information--and squash it before it goes anywhere else. Type the subject line, or a phrase from the email into a search engine box to find out what you need to know. Purportal.com has five different search engines you can use.
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Growing up in Singapore, Teo Mui Poh was surrounded by a hub of Shell activity – the Shell brand was instantly recognisable to her. It seemed only natural for her to apply for a job at Shell upon graduation, she says. She joined the company as part of its graduate scheme in 1994 after obtaining her degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
During her career, Mui Poh has worked both in the oil and gas sector, in a variety of roles across several countries. She began in Shell as a process engineer in the Base Oil Manufacturing Plant in Pulau Bukom Refinery in Singapore and subsequently took several positions in areas that spanned technology, Health, Safety, Security and the Environment (HSSE) and Change Management.
In 2004, Mui Poh took an assignment in Australia, working in operations management in the Shell Geelong refinery. She returned to Pulau Bukom Refinery as a Production Unit Manager in 2007 before moving to Bintulu, Sarawak in 2011. She is currently based there as Senior Manager – Operations at the Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis (SMDS) plant, which was the world's first commercial Gas-to-Liquids plant.
"Shell has always lived up to my expectations – it is respected as a company that looks after its staff, not only in terms of salary packages but also in terms of development," she says.
Mui Poh's favourite thing about working at Shell is the opportunity to move around within the company. "It's not a single job kind of company. It strives to meet the individual's needs, and I can explore different parts of the business. Shell is willing to take chances on developing its people and offering them the opportunity to stretch."
The fact that she works in a production environment means that she has to balance many different roles and priorities at the same time, always being aware of the wider implications of her actions, with safety being the top priority. "People can get hurt in our environment, so it's imperative to ensure people's safety."
A career highlight for Mui Poh has been managing a project between 2009 and 2010 in which there was some construction work in a live plant environment. "We managed the whole project over 18 months without any significant safety incidents – a great achievement considering there were between 400 and 500 contractors on site. Safety is a real priority for Shell."
As a young graduate, she felt that there was a stereotype about operations not being for women, but that has changed in the 20 years since she joined, Mui Poh says.
"There are more females in technical roles than there was at the start of my career – and we're constantly looking out for new candidates. It's not just about the company's attitude though, it's also about breaking down society's stereotypes and convincing the candidate that this could be the right role for them."


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The 7 Habits of a Healthy Heart
By Michael A. Smith, MD
But this might surprise you: Less than 2% of Americans meet the seven recommended heart-healthy habits. These healthy habits could dramatically reduce the risk of heart disease if we practiced them.
Fewer People Practice Healthy Habits1The new research shows that the number of people who follow all seven heart-healthy habits recommended by the American Heart Association — like eating a healthy diet, being physically active, and having normal blood pressure — has actually declined in recent years.
Does this surprise you? Before you answer, remember this fact: We spend billions of research dollars on cardiovascular disease, yet it remains our number-one killer. Why is that? We know more about heart disease and how to treat than ever before, and yet it kills more people every year than any other disease including cancer.
Could our bad lifestyle habits really impact heart disease this much? Maybe all the research in the world doesn't matter if we continue to practice unhealthy habits. The research, published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association, followed a group of nearly 45,000 adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1988–2010.
The results found that the percentage of Americans who followed all of the health behaviors dropped from 2% in 1988–1994 to 1.2% in 2005–2010. And that's with more research, more awareness and more pharmaceuticals and procedures to treat heart disease. It looks like our bad habits reign supreme when it comes to heart disease.
The Seven Healthy HabitsThe seven habits of a healthy heart seem like they're no brainers. But let's be honest with ourselves and ask, "Is this really a habit of mine?" Here are the seven behaviors that support a healthy heart:
- Not smoking
- Being physically active
- Working to have normal blood pressure (under 120/80, optimal is 110/70)
- Working to have healthy fasting blood-sugar levels (below 100, optimal is 70–85)
- Working to have healthy total cholesterol (below 200, optimal is 160–180)
- Maintaining a healthy weight
- Eating a healthy diet
Breaking Unhealthy Habits Reaps Great RewardsNot surprisingly, the results showed that the more heart-healthy goals people met, the lower their risk of heart disease and death. Meeting a higher number of the good habits was also associated with a lower risk of cancer.
For instance, people who met six of the seven goals had a 76% lower risk of heart-related death and a 51% lower risk of death from any cause, compared with those who met one or fewer.
Here's what we suggest before going any further. Take a habit inventory. Which ones do you do, and which ones don't you do? This is the best place to start.
Strategies for Breaking Unhealthy Heart HabitsWhat we're going to do now is look at each healthy habit and our suggestions for helping you make it a reality in your own life.
1. Don't smoke or stop smoking — obviously, don't start smoking. But if you have already, take heart in the fact that millions of people every year kick the habit. It's not easy, but you can do it. Try these suggestions.
- Nicotine patches work for many people. A step down approach seems to work best. This is where you start with a higher dose patch and decrease the patch dose each week for 9 weeks.
- Join a support group. The group should meet on a regular basis. From the group, develop a relationship with someone that not only encourages you, but also holds you accountable.
- Replace the bad habit with a healthy one. This is extremely important because when you're faced with a trigger in life that normally leads to lighting up, it's now replaced with walking, cleaning or anything that is less detrimental to your health.
- Walk before and after dinner.
- Ride a bike, especially long rides on the weekends.
- Playing catch or Frisbee or tag with your kids (dogs work here too, cats not so much).
- Swim. Play "Marco Polo" in the pool with kids. Try water aerobics.
- Play softball or tag football.
4. Have optimal fasting blood sugar. Stop eating so many things that are white: white rice, white pasta, white sugar. Being more active is a big plus here as well. Instead of having sugar build up in your system, you'll burn it with activity. Nutrients to consider include cinnamon, chromium, apple cider vinegar, and magnesium.
5. Have healthy total cholesterol. More fruits and vegetables and less animal meat is key to following this healthy habit.
6. Maintain a healthy weight. Every habit discussed so far will positively affect your weight. And don't forget to do this … eat less. We know that's easier said than done, but it's a true statement. To help control your appetite, consider extracts of saffron, African mango and pine nuts.
7. Eat a healthy diet. How? Colorful fruits and vegetables, essential oils, seeds and legumes. Eating less bread and pasta will help too.
Let's compare a typical American dinner plate to a Mediterranean dinner plate.
A Typical American Dinner Plate:
A Typical Mediterranean Dinner Plate:
Notice anything different?
- Yang, Q. Journal of the American Medical Association, published online March 16, 2012. News release, American Medical Association.


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4 Moms 35 Kids is back from summer break/maternity leave! Did you miss us?
Just for the fun of it, we've agreed to kick it off with an Open House to show you how big families live. Join me, Kimberly, Smockity and the Headmistress by linking up with a post and pics of your own.
Our Open House this week highlights the outside of the house. Here in south Texas, we have 2 seasons: Summer, and Not-Summer. Each lasts about 6 months.
Since we don't use a/c and things get pretty steamy down here, we spend a lot of time outside in the summer. Of course we also spend a lot of time outside during the more pleasant not-summer time.
Needless to say, we love our deck. My hunney has been buying me wrought-iron tables and chairs by bits and pieces over the last year or more. We eat dinner out here nearly every night, especially when we have company.
Last year I also added a table built out of leftover scraps from deck repairs. We usually serve dinner buffet style from this table.
We were thrilled to add some shade on our deck last year…
and even more shade last month.
See? Lots of shade!
We already thought our view was stunning, but somehow it seems even nicer when your brains aren't baking in the sun.
Unfortunately, our garden isn't nearly as happy on the deck as we are. I think it's languishing for freedom, but the deer run rampant down there. The garden wouldn't last a week.
If you've ever been to our house in real life, you were probably expecting to see our laundry hung out to dry. No, I am not posting pics of our undies flapping in the wind for the whole world wide web to see. Only our closest friends and family get that view.
If one were to venture off the deck – something I do with shameful infrequency – one would be accosted by chickens who assume that you are on your way to the compost pile with a bucket of goodies.
The full-grown hens are very friendly, but we're curious to see if our little Leghorn pullets will stay as sweet as they are now. Leghorns have a reputation for being shy and skittish. Too bad they can't stay tiny and fluffy, but I suppose that would defeat the purpose of having chickens.
Further down the driveway is our little bit of flatland, where you'll find a used bike lot and the trampoline.
Wait – did I say that? Bikes? What bikes? There's just a trampoline.
You're welcome to walk about our 5 rocky, hilly acres if you'd like – there's lots of live oak, spanish oak, agaritas (loaded with delightfully tart little berries in the spring), and prickly pears (another edible fruit, though we aren't fond of them), with small scrubby cedar everywhere. Oh, and rocks. Lots of rocks.
And that's all there is to see, folks. Would you care to sit a spell and have a glass of iced tea? Or come in and see the baby?
Or you could link up with a post of your own. Just link here and your link will show up on all 4 Moms' blogs! Please remember to include a link to this post to keep your link from being deleted.


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What's in a Name – Alphabet Railway
January 15, 2010 by © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy.
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#history #Canada What's in a name….lots apparently! Punnichy, Quentin, Raymore, Semans, Tate, Viola, Undora, Watrous, Xena, Young, Zelma. Do you see a pattern here? I grew up near Nokomis, Saskatchewan. Dad was into history so we heard often about the naming of the little prairie towns along the Canadian National Rail line. We'd head for [...]


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Suits Boss on Harvey's [SPOILER] and That Darvey Scene
Jan 25, 2017 11:00 PM EST
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about Wednesday's winter premiere of Suits. Read at your own risk.] It's finally time to meet Mama Specter on Suits. As expected, Harvey (Gabriel Macht) is having a tough time with Jessica's (Gina Torre… Read more


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A.C. Cooper had to beg the forgiveness of the person beside him in the stands that afternoon in Hattiesburg, Miss.
The former Georgia state high school athlete of the year couldn�t help himself when he finally � finally � caught sight of his son running onto the field in a large, crowded stadium to live out a dream that had seemed so unlikely just months earlier.
GREENVILLE � A.C. Cooper had to beg the forgiveness of the person beside him in the stands that afternoon in Hattiesburg, Miss.
The former Georgia state high school athlete of the year couldn�t help himself when he finally � finally � caught sight of his son running onto the field in a large, crowded stadium to live out a dream that had seemed so unlikely just months earlier.
Tears of joy, pride, satisfaction, love, vindication and relief poured simultaneously down Cooper�s cheeks as he got a firsthand look at the third of his five children doing the only thing the kid had ever wanted to do in his whole life.
Vintavious Cooper, the unlikely star East Carolina running back who came out of nowhere, was about to arrive.
�I was just so happy for him because he�s come so far,� A.C. Cooper said, describing the thrill of watching his son play Division I football for the first time, on Sept. 15 at Southern Miss. �He�s really, really come a long ways to get where he is now.�
And he�s done it in a startlingly short amount of time.
Vintavious Cooper, known to family and friends as �Tay,� wasn�t even in the conversation among ECU�s coaches on the eve of signing day in February. A true 11th-hour need at running back brought him to Greenville, but not until he reported for camp on Aug. 7 and participated in his first practice five days later.
Less than three months on, the 5-foot-9-inch, 190-pound Cooper has a team-high 891 rushing yards, five touchdowns and his own chant from the grateful faithful at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
That he�s already a star is remarkable. That he�s playing for ECU at all is the real miracle, a study in the pitfalls and serendipity of major college recruiting.
The beanbag incident
It started with a phone call in the middle of the night, one that completely altered one life while making another infinitely easier.
At about 6 p.m. on Jan. 31, the night before national signing day, ECU�s coaches got wind that a handful of recruits they had expected to land had fallen through, including a promising high school running back.
As he arrived home from the war room at around 11:30 p.m. that night, his brain wracked from trying to plug a gap in the backfield, offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley remembered a junior college player down in Mississippi who had impressed him on film with his athleticism and football acumen. Riley made some calls and tracked down the player�s number.
Tay Cooper, in the long rows of his spring semester at Southwest Mississippi Junior College after rushing for 1,273 yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore option quarterback, lay asleep on a beanbag chair in his apartment, the TV providing the lullaby of background noise.
He had committed to sign with Football Championship Subdivision school Murray State the next day. It wasn�t the level of football he had dreamed of playing while growing up in South Georgia, but he figured that was that for a guy who just wanted to play and was otherwise out of opportunities.
At midnight, Cooper�s phone started him awake, but not quickly enough. The screen reported a missed call.
�Lubbock, Texas?!� he thought. �That sounds like Texas Tech.�
He called back immediately to find, shockingly, Riley on the other end, introducing himself for the first time and explaining quickly that something unexpected had happened and that if he could get his transcripts together and send them in the morning � if everything checked out � ECU was prepared to offer him a full scholarship.
It was enough to put a guy off his beanbag.
�My heart dropped to my stomach,� Cooper said.
�It was just like a dream. I couldn�t believe that I was getting the call that late. I was confused. You wouldn�t think something like that would take place.�
Cooper called his dad, who reminded him how he had always said � over and over throughout his life � that it was his dream to play in front of 50,000 fans. He told his son he had a decision to make.
The next morning, hours before Pirates head coach Ruffin McNeill introduced his 2012 signing class to the media, Cooper got his paperwork to Riley and passed his regrets to the staff at Murray State.
Cooper and ECU were about to take a chance on each other.
Riley, a former Texas Tech assistant with the phone number to prove it, said there were �trust issues� on both sides at the beginning.
Unlike in normal recruiting scenarios that breed intense familiarity, the Pirates staff had never met Cooper or his family. They had talked with him on the phone twice. Defensive coordinator Brian Mitchell had seen him peripherally as he recruited other players in Mississippi.
Cooper visited ECU�s campus the following weekend, fell in love with the place and signed.
He has since emerged from what was designed to be a stable of running backs, leading the team in carries in every game but one since his dad saw him at Southern Miss.
The versatile Cooper, who also has 19 receptions for 196 yards and a touchdown, epitomizes the player who nearly slipped through the cracks, serving as hope for lesser-known prospects without multiple stars attached to their names.
�This guy�s produced,� Riley said. �This isn�t a project. You�re not taking this guy because he�s 6-2, 200; you�re not taking this guy because he runs 4.4, because he�s not either one of those things. You�re taking him because he�s a good football player and he produces. I don�t know � sometimes maybe we make too much of this recruiting deal.�
Indeed, Cooper�s teammates recognized his talent right away.
�When he first got here, we thought he was the quickest, fastest dude we�d seen,� said nose tackle Michael Brooks, who chases Cooper in practice. �He�s got a combination of everything. He�s powerful, he�s fast, he�s quick. He�s a real good back for us.�
The right direction
Cooper, a friendly Homerville, Ga., native with an easy disposition and thick, shoulder-length dreadlocks, almost wasn�t a recruit at all. Having football nearly taken away from him during his childhood served as a turning point, his father said.
The son of a forklift operator/car-detailing entrepreneur and a pharmacy technician, Cooper was a mischievous boy who fell short of being a troublemaker.
�If he knew the iron�s got heat on it, he would want to touch it just to prove that there was heat on that iron,� A.C. Cooper said by way of explaining. �He was one of those kids.�
When Cooper was in the fifth grade, his parents were called in to discuss his declining grades with a teacher. Cooper�s mother, Meriel Cooper, immediately wanted to take the boy off his youth football team as punishment.
A.C. Cooper, who spent his childhood playing baseball, football and basketball �all day, every day,� wasn�t so sure.
The teacher, a woman named Eve Miles, agreed with him, fearful that without football Tay wouldn�t have anything to motivate him.
After much discussion, he was allowed to keep playing. The threat was enough.
�By us just getting on him and him knowing that if he didn�t get his stuff together, he really wasn�t going to be able to play no more, you could just see the difference in his grades and all,� the father said. �He really, really started focusing more, and he really got himself on track.�
It was a track already paved. A.C. Cooper won six state championships in three sports at Clinch County High School, and he is widely considered the best athlete to ever pass through the school.
After the Atlanta Braves invited him to a tryout but passed on him, A.C. Cooper went on to play baseball at South Georgia College, a two-year school.
He frequently teases his son, who came close but never won a state title in high school, about his collection of championship rings.
�He loves to talk and reminisce on his old days,� Tay Cooper said, smiling.
�I can show him up if we get a conference ring.�
Coop birds
Even after a standout high school career that included statewide honors, Tay Cooper didn�t receive a single Division I offer. Too small to play quarterback, he wasn�t viewed as a candidate for other skill positions by major college teams until Riley�s late call.
A.C. Cooper used his connections to get his son a junior college look, and he thrived at SMCC enough to get Riley�s attention � eventually.
Tay Cooper entered ECU�s open date this week third in Conference USA in rushing and fifth in all-purpose yards.
He unofficially made a name for himself among the fan base on Sept. 29, when he rushed for a career-high 151 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries in a 28-18 win over Texas-El Paso.
That night gave birth to a tradition. Every time Cooper touches the ball, the home fans chant, �Coooop,� which was great once Cooper figured out what they were saying.
�Damn, we just got a 5-yard gain,� he said on the field that night before a teammate straightened him out. �Why they booing?�
A.C. Cooper heard the chant for the first time two weeks later, when his son rushed for 96 yards against Memphis.
�Oh, my God,� he said. �Man, you talk about some adrenaline.�
For a player who spent his first two years of college playing before crowds less than a tenth of what Dowdy-Ficklen holds, the chant is fuel.
�It makes me want to work harder and it makes me want to compete and continue to get better, just hearing it,� Tay Cooper said.
Moral support
When the Coopers attend ECU football games, they do so in droves, and there is both history and significance in that.
A.C. Cooper, 42, has made the eight-hour drive to Greenville twice this season and has attended road games at Hattiesburg, Orlando, Fla., and Birmingham, Ala., with as many as 15 friends and family members in tow.
He goes if humanly possible because he knows what it�s like to long for support in the stands.
When A.C. Cooper was 9 years old, his father, Alvin Cooper, packed his belongings into a car and departed for Los Angeles, leaving the boy and his mother, Shirley Carter, behind in Homerville. He left because, A.C. remembers, �he decided he wanted to go to another state and try something different.�
A.C. went to live with his dad in California for a year but couldn�t bear being away from his friends and returned to Georgia.
He then began piling up state championships and accolades in a football-crazy town of about 3,000, but he couldn�t share it with his dad.
�He never got a chance to see me play, man. Never,� A.C. Cooper, who still speaks with his father regularly, said.
�If I can get up and go, I will be there for (Tay). And I told him that.�
The support doesn�t go unnoticed. In a town where star athletes routinely flame out when it comes time to qualify academically for college, Tay Cooper knew how good he had it.
A friend who had all the physical tools to play collegiately sits in jail while the Coopers rally around their progeny.
�I grew up with both of my parents, luckily,� Tay Cooper said. �A lot of people aren�t too blessed to have that opportunity. I�m thankful for them being there through all of my life.�
And there they were that day in Hattiesburg, the first of many eight-hour drives behind them and a budding star, at last, in front of them and more than 34,000 others.
A.C. Cooper turned to his son�s girlfriend, Tipheri Grimes, and apologized in advance.
�I shed some tears for a couple of minutes,� he said later. �To be inside that stadium, to think about what he had told me about playing before a large crowd and just to see everything that he worked for was right before my eyes and to see him run on that field before that crowd, it was just an emotional moment for me.�
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This past week I taught two cooking classes that focused on using seasonal produce in Asian stir-fries, dumplings, salads, and noodle dishes. They were both really fun, and I got a lot of great feedback from students who loved that it was traditional cooking with a twist, using super fresh, locally sourced vegetables.
We used farmer's market produce in dishes such as a lamb and fava bean stir-fry, dumplings with Swiss chard and ramps, and miso cod with roasted red radishes. It goes to show that just because you're cooking Asian food doesn't mean you're limited to the usual suspects like bok choy, cabbage, and daikon, some of which aren't the best right now.
Throughout the year I like to adapt my fried rice ingredients to suit the seasons, such as using more root vegetables in the winter or pumpkin in the fall. Right now asparagus stalks are looking mighty fine at the Greenmarket, so this is my fried rice du jour.
Here, I also added a bit more ginger than usual for a sharper flavor. You can serve this as is or even with a bit of mint on the side, as we did in class this week in a fried rice using freshly shelled peas. Spring in a bowl!
Asparagus and Ginger Fried Rice
Serves 3 to 4 as a side
- 3 cups cooled leftover white rice
- 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon minced or grated ginger
- 2 scallions, finely chopped
- 1 pound asparagus, cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Break up the cooled cooked rice into smaller clumps.
- Heat a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat until a bead of water sizzles and evaporates on contact. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil and swirl to coat the base. Add the ginger and scallions and cook for about 30 seconds, until just aromatic.
- Add the asparagus and stir-fry for about 3 minutes, until tender crisp.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to pan. Toss in the rice and break up any remaining clumps with a spatula. Continue to stir-fry until the rice starts to turn golden, about 2 minutes. Add the soy sauce and stir until well-mixed with the rice. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer the rice to a large communal bowl or individual bowls and serve.


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The just-concluded Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE), held at the Michigan State University's Management Education Center in Troy, Mich., USA, included two facility tours: the Fraunhofer Project Center in London, Ontario, Canada, and Plasan Carbon Composites' (Wixom, Mich.) technical development center, which opened in 2011. CompositesWorld had the opportunity to visit the Plasan facility and see first-hand the results of radical strides that the company has made over the past several years in reducing carbon prepreg cure cycle time.
Plasan Carbon Composites, formerly known as Vermont Composites Industries, which was purchased by ballistic armor giant Plasan Sasa in 2006, produces composite body panels for the Corvette, Dodge Viper and Ford Shelby GT sports cars. Gary Lownsdale, Plasan's CTO, explains that initial processing included an autoclave cure, with a total cycle time on the order of 90 minutes even with optimizing tweaks. Fast by aerospace standards, he believed there had to be a better solution for producing prepreg panels for the faster-paced automotive arena.
"We undertook a $6 million gamble to develop out-of-autoclave technology for our commercial future," he states. That gamble involved a Vermont winter of painstaking study of various resin chemistries and prepreg styles using thermal and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) techniques, as well as correlations between various processing methods and resulting laminate properties. What the research ultimately showed was that a seven-minute cure time was possible, using the group's existing primary prepreg system, if the right process could be developed.
After the move to Michigan from Vermont, to be closer to the OEMs' engineering centers, Plasan looked for a collaborative equipment partner to help realize its fast-cycle production vision. It found Globe Machine (Tacoma, Wash., USA), known for industrialization of wood processing, including oriented strand board. What the two companies ultimately developed is remarkable for its simplicity and elegance, which was demonstrated during the tour using sample parts.
"What we have is essentially a small autoclave inside a press, but without the energy needs, nor the nitrogen nor the consumables," comments Lownsdale. The process consists of automated cutting of plies and layup of the four-layer prepreg kit on a tool, then positioning of the tool on the Globe Machine's shuttle mechanism. At this point, workers place a "canopy" or reuseable silicone rubber membrane over the layup, and clamp it to the tool. The tool itself, which has been reported previously by CompositesWorld as supplied by Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (Midland, Ontario Canada), has a very thin nickel-shell tool face backed with heating and cooling tubing and sensors, and is equipped with a large, single "smart" connector. This means that once the tools shuttles into the Globe machine, dubbed a "pressure press," and the connection is made between the tool and the press via the connector, the machine automatically identifies the part and cure recipe and saves the production data for manufacturing quality control.
In place inside the press, the canopy-covered tool is then enveloped by a steel hood or "box" that moves downward hydraulically and locks into place, forming an airtight enclosure. Vacuum is pulled beneath the tool and the heat cycle begins, to bring the tool face up to temperature within a few seconds, heating the prepreg and causing the resin to flow (important to achieving a Class A finish). Meanwhile, compressed air is pumped into the box, exerting downward pressure against the canopy for consolidation during the cure, which Lownsdale asserts is currently between 7 and 9 minutes: "We believe that we have the capability of achieving a 2-minute cycle, with an alternative resin system."
For now, the company is operating a 17-minute part cycle, from start to finish, which includes automated cutting of plies and ply layup, cure in the pressure press, demolding and any finishing steps, which Lownsdale claims is a "balanced" production flow that is sufficient for an approximate 50,000 vehicles per year scenario. "We don't want to build up excess parts at any one step in the process and become like a supermarket — we are operating in a lean manner."
Seven work cells have been built and delivered so far, each of which includes a pressure press, to Plasan's new manufacturing plant in Walker, Mich., slated to open in January 2013, for an as-yet-undisclosed program. But, watch for announcements of a much faster rate approaching that of thermoplastic processes.
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Five years into a rough, twenty year energy transition in which the global economy has been deprived of cheap oil, new trading relationships have emerged for the remaining BTU, as fossil fuels from coal to natural gas are consumed and traded with increasingly regularity. The United States for example has seen a massive decline in its own oil demand. In its place, the US has moved to take advantage of domestic natural gas, for which its pays some of the lowest prices in the world. This means the US has been free to export coal, which helps countries like Japan and even Europe to deal with their own rough exposure, to energy transition. Arbing Quads, the April, 2013 issue of TerraJoule.us, quantifies the unfolding story of this global energy transformation, as the next phase of energy transition unfolds. There are winners and losers in this story, some countries and economies will have to suffer through ongoing, structural disadvantages while others will reap windfalls. But most intriguing of all is that natural gas is starting to emerge as a partner of coal, as the oil age continues to recede. Indeed, despite recent story-telling, the oil age has been in steady retreat for over ten years now, and that trend shows no signs of slowing down. Arbing Quads explains who are the price takers, and the price makers, as the world looks set to burn the next tranche of BTU.
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The Trayvon Martin shooting is at the center of a new video that advocates changing gun policy. The internet video reenacts George Zimmerman's shooting of the unarmed Florida teen, and includes tape from the 9-1-1 calls that night.
At the end of the ad, the camera slowly pans over a scene of several young people, all wearing hoodies, all lying across the ground as if they had been shot. Finally a message comes on screen, asking viewers to fight so-called 'Stand Your Ground' laws across the country. The video comes from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Josh Horwitz, the organization's Executive Director, joined Celeste Headlee on Tell Me More today.
"I think those pictures of George Zimmerman have been shown ad nauseum [to] the public. I think what hasn't been shown is the true affects of 'stand your ground.' Every time someone claims a stand your ground defense there's a dead body at the other side. And we don't talk about that enough."
The Trayvon Martin shooting is at the center of a new video that advocates changing gun policy. The Internet video recreates, to a certain extent, George Zimmerman's shooting of the unarmed Florida teen, and it includes tape from the 911 calls from that night. Here's an excerpt.
UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR #1: All right, sir, what is your name?
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: George.
UNIDENTIFIED CALLER: I think they're yelling help, but I don't know. It sounds like someone's saying, stop.
UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR #2: Does he look hurt?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Help!
CALLER: I can't see him. I don't want to go out there. I don't know what's going on, so...
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Get your coat - in the car.
CALLER: They're screaming.
911 OPERATOR #2: Do you think he's yelling help?
CALLER: Yes.
CALLER: There's gunshots. (Whispering) Down! Get down.
HEADLEE: At the end of the ad, the camera slowly pans over a scene of several young people. They're all wearing hoodies. They're all lying across the ground as if they'd been shot, and finally, a message comes on screen asking viewers to fight so-called "Stand Your Ground" laws across the country. To form your own opinion, I highly suggest you watch it for yourself. The video comes from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and Josh Horowitz, the organization's executive director, joins me now in our Washington, D.C. studios. Welcome.
JOSH HOROWITZ: Thanks for having me.
HEADLEE: Even just listening to that 911 tape now, it's chilling. You yourself describe it as chilling. Why bring back to us such a really upsetting moment?
HOROWITZ: It is - an upsetting moment and it's an upsetting moment for a lot of different people. But I think one of the things that we've learned the hard way is that when the public are focused on these things, it's the time to make a point. And if we waited a year, the point would be lost, and while people still understand what was going on, are still focused on it, it's the time to do it. I'll never forget, after the Virginia Tech shooting, we sort of stood down for a week or so and thought about it and we were asked to show a lot of respect. Later, I met the survivors of the Virginia Tech shooting, and many of them said, we wish you were out there on the first day. So I think we honor the survivors and victims of these shootings by getting to work immediately on these things.
HEADLEE: Did you speak with the Martin family about this ad before you made it?
HOROWITZ: I have not spoken with the Martin family on this. This is something that...
HEADLEE: ...At all?
HOROWITZ: I have not spoken with the Martin family. I was on a show yesterday with Benjamin Crump, their attorney. They have not contacted us about this, and of course, if they did, we would of course listen to what they had to say. But, you know, they have been very adamant about repealing these laws, and we feel like we're contributing to that effort.
HEADLEE: What about the idea that the shooting - Trayvon Martin, obviously, very tragically lost his life. This was an unarmed young man, but this was a tragedy for George Zimmerman, as well, right? I mean, you could make a PSA from George Zimmerman's point of view, showing a very upsetting, chilling video of a man who was in fear of his life.
HOROWITZ: You could, sure. You could make that video, but I think it's important to tell the story of Trayvon Martin. And I think just because George Zimmerman was acquitted, doesn't mean he didn't do anything wrong. And I think when you listen to the PSA and you listen to the actual 911 tapes, the operator said don't get out of your car, don't follow this person. But armed with a concealed carry permit and a weapon and knowing about Stand Your Ground law, we feel that emboldened him to go down that alley and Trayvon Martin, an unarmed young man, is dead.
HEADLEE: George Zimmerman's brother, you may have seen, has tweeted about this ad. He says you failed to show the injuries that his brother sustained that night. Why - let me take you back to the - elaborate a little bit on the previous question. Why not maybe have an accompanying ad saying Stand Your Ground hurts everybody?
HOROWITZ: I think the ad shows that pretty clearly. I think those pictures of George Zimmerman have been showed ad nauseam in the public. I think what hasn't been shown is the true effects of Stand Your Ground. Every time someone claims a Stand Your Ground defense, there's a dead body at the other side, and we don't talk about that enough. We can show violence in Egypt - the bloody things we've seen the last week - but we sanitize what happens in the United States, and I think this video, I think, tastefully evokes what really happens when somebody gets shot and someone then claims Stand Your Ground defense.
HEADLEE: To be fair, George Zimmerman did not use the Stand Your Ground as a defense in his trial. So maybe the Trayvon Martin shooting was not about "Stand Your Ground."
HOROWITZ: Well, I think, you know, that's sort of a fallacy that some people have been trying to push, that this wasn't about "Stand Your Ground." First of all, "Stand Your Ground" came up at the trial. George Zimmerman had taken a self-defense class where "Stand Your Ground" was discussed. But most importantly, when the jury got into their deliberations and they opened their jury instructions, they found the "Stand Your Ground" jury instruction in their packet. So is it - do you have to mount, you know, talk a lot about "Stand Your Ground" or just giving them the papers with what the laws is - that's what jury instructions are.
And what's interesting about the new Florida jury instructions is before 2005, there's a very different instruction. And if the jury had gone back and opened up their package of instructions, it would have said something like, you know, if there was an opportunity to get out of the situation without taking human life, you had to do it. The new jury instruction, which the jury had - it's in their instruction packet - talked about "Stand Your Ground" and not having to exit a situation. And so we really believe that change is part of this picture and people need to understand that now juries in Florida routinely get the "Stand Your Ground" defense as part of their jury instructions.
HEADLEE: What was - I mean, there was a good intent - was there a good intent behind "Stand Your Ground" when it was first bounced around as an idea do you think? This idea that you can defend yourself?
HOROWITZ: Look, I think that there's never been a good rationale for "Stand Your Ground." We have, in the United States, we have a very, I would say, liberal interpretation of self-defense. There's never been a case - and there was never a case discussed in Florida prior to "Stand Your Ground" that made any sense. If you're in a situation out in the street where you cannot get out of the way, you cannot get out of harms way, you - you know, under the law of this country and the law of these states, of course you can defend yourself. There's a very robust self-defense law in states that don't have "Stand Your Ground." But this - what's different about "Stand Your Ground" is that when you have the option to leave the situation, you don't have to take it.
And so there's just no cases out there where, you know, juries are over reached and were starting to convict people wrongly. That's just not the case. This was pushed, I believe, by the National Rifle Association with their friends at the American Legislative Exchange Counsel to 26 states as a way to normalize gun carrying, gun - you know, public gun carrying. And we think that that should not be normalized. And there's just never been a good instance where this made any sense.
HEADLEE: What are you hoping people take away - what are you hoping - what action do you hope that they take?
HOROWITZ: Well, what we really want to do is we want to galvanize people to action in the upcoming legislative sessions. We think that obviously in places like Florida and Louisiana and Ohio - and some of these other states - that people should take action and make it very clear to the legislators that this is - look, this is a change in American jurisprudence. This jurisprudence goes back to the Jewish Bible about sparing human life, through the common law, through most of American law. And we think that we should morally, ethically and legally roll this law back because it is - every instance of its use is a dead body.
HEADLEE: Well, the ad is controversial, as I can only imagine that you intended it to be. So again, if you're listening, make up your own mind. Take a look at it yourself. Josh Horowitz is the executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and he joined us here in our Washington, D.C. studios. Thank you so much.
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NSTAR is receiving national honors for its successful efforts to assist other utilities in the massive restoration following Superstorm Sandy. The Edison Electric Institute's (EEI) Emergency Assistance Award was presented today to Northeast Utilities (NU), NSTAR's parent company, in recognition of the extraordinary work by NSTAR and other NU crews to restore electric service to areas that had been disrupted by the devastating weather conditions. Close to 400,000 NSTAR customers lost service due to the powerful Superstorm at the end of October. Once restoration work for their own customers was completed, NSTAR crew members joined other Northeast Utilities employees in working around-the-clock to assist in the massive rebuilding and power restoration efforts in New York and New Jersey. "Assisting fellow utility workers and their customers, whether they're across the country or across state lines, is a long-standing tradition for which our employees enthusiastically volunteer," said Werner Schweiger, President of NSTAR Electric. "Just as we've been assisted by others in the past, NSTAR workers stepped up when asked, leaving their families behind for nearly two weeks to help those most affected by Superstorm Sandy." "NSTAR's restoration assistance following Hurricane Sandy was truly remarkable," said EEI President Tom Kuhn. "Getting the lights back on quickly and safely following a major storm is never easy. Working through the industry's mutual assistance program, NSTAR crews were essential in helping their fellow utility companies restore service in affected neighborhoods. Importantly, the work of NSTAR crew members also shows their compassion in helping others in their time of need. I congratulate them." Along with sending its own workers to hard-hit states, NSTAR also joined fellow Northeast Utilities companies in sending a total of approximately 1,900 private line contractors who were previously assisting NU's repair efforts throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The electric power industry's Emergency Assistance Award has been presented each year to EEI member electric utility companies since 1998. The award recognizes extraordinary efforts undertaken in restoring electric service to another utility company that has been disrupted by severe weather conditions or other natural events.
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The Vandalia Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new home of Fayette County Real Estate at 725 W. Fillmore St., with Mayor Rick Gottman (center) cutting the ribbon.
Those attending included broker/owner Kelly Washburn and her husband Jared; broker Kris Nalley; Kelly Washburn's mother, Susie Pontious; chamber members Sally Emerick, Brock Brannon, Joe Schaal, Sandy Michel and Audrey Givens; and Sandy Kleinik, Cheryl Snow, Kelly Coker and Margie Wall of Bond County Title.
Fayette County Hospital is expanding its health and wellness services with the addition of a bone densitometry machine.
At the Feb. 11 meeting of the Friends and Families of Fayette County Hospital Foundation, the organization's board authorized the purchase of a new bone densitometry system that is used to detect osteoporosis.
That machine is manufactured by Hologic, a well-known brand of radiologic equipment.
Though he just opened his gun and coin shop last month, buying and selling those items is something Justin Arndt has been doing for 30 years.
Veteran Effingham attorney Rockney L. Weber has joined the Vandalia-based law firm of LeFevre Oldfield Myers Apke & Payne Law Group Ltd. He will continue to practice in the areas of real estate, banking law, and estate and business planning.
As Weber joins the firm, the attorneys of LeFevre Oldfield Myers Apke & Payne Law Group Ltd. have purchased the building in which he practiced in the firm of Schniederjon, Weber & Orr. The Law Group will be moving its Effingham practice to that building, located at 304 E. Jefferson St. in Effingham.
Five Vandalia Community High School senior girls were recently treated to a meal with the Vandalia Rotary Club to honor them as the Rotary Club Senior Students of the Month for the first semester.
Honored were, front row, from left, Iris Daiber, Kristyn Nichols and Brandy Protz. In the back row, from left, were Kendall Leander and Kathryn Shields. Pictured with the honorees were Rotary President Steve Ainscough, far left, and VCHS Principal Randy Protz, far right.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently at the new Huddle House restaurant in Vandalia.
Located adjacent to the Holiday Inn Express, the restaurant is owned by Vicki and Robert Ellsworth, who also own Huddle House restaurants in Greenville and Highland. Vicki is pictured in the center of the front row.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently at the new location of Words, Wicks and Wood in downtown Vandalia.
The new location, 529 W. Gallatin St., is across the street from the bookstore's former location. It is owned and operated by Joanna Helm, center. The telephone number remains 283-1432.
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Schaal & Associates Real Estate announced this week that Andy Lester of Vandalia has joined its sales firm as a broker asssociate.
Following a nationwide trend, Fayette County Hospital has adopted a new model for in-patient physician care.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gehle of Shobonier were the winners of a certificate for a turkey from County Market in a recent drawing sponsored by The Leader-Union.
Included in that drawing were the names of new and renewal subscribers to The Leader-Union. At right is Leader-Union Circulation Manager Jenn Philbrick.
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Rolls-Royce has secured an agreement to provide its RR300B1 engine for RotorWay International's new Eagle 300T helicopter. The development of the RR300-B1, the second new model in the engine program, came together quickly since its launch in 2007, with production and deliveries starting in 2008. Ken Roberts, president of Rolls-Royce's Helicopter Engine business, notes that RotorWay's selection of a gas turbine engine for the Eagle 300T is an opportunity "to demonstrate the power, versatility and benefits of the RR300 engine." Under the deal, deliveries are scheduled to run through 2017.