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Surviving the storm
Hurricane Sandy causes damage, strengthens resolve of metal fabricator
Hurricane Sandy wasn't kind to Architectural Grille, Brooklyn, N.Y., in late October 2012. Waters from a nearby canal flooded the shop and ultimately destroyed all fabricating equipment, which was paid for. The insurance companies and local officials didn't offer much help either. The Giumenta family didn't throw in the towel, however. They are determined to rebuild and do it with the latest technology available.
Architectural Grille was a company on the move in the fall of 2012. The manufacturer of custom grilles and decorative metalwork had just installed a modern powder coating line a couple of years earlier, was on the verge of installing solar panels on its roof to generate its own electricity, and had made plans to invest in automated fabricating equipment that would help it to be more competitive. Brooklyn, N.Y., which hardly has any manufacturing left, was going to be home to a fabricating shop that would rival any in the area.
A 100-year storm, however, put the five-year plan on hold.
Sandy Storms Through
On Oct. 28, the Giumenta family and the Architectural Grille employees who worked for them were preparing for a storm that they knew was going to be big. Hurricane Sandy was slowly moving up the Atlantic coast, growing larger as it moved toward the northeastern U.S. By the time it reached the Jersey shore, it had become the largest Atlantic hurricane on record.
Unfortunately, when you don't live through hurricane threats on an annual basis, you really don't know what to expect. The shop employees had created a barrier of sandbags about 3 feet high around the shop, which sat only about 20 ft. away from a canal on the building's one side and 150 ft. away from another canal on the building's other side. Both canals fed into Gowanus Bay, part of the Hudson River.
Some people expected to get some water in their basements because of the heavy rains associated with the storm. But, again, no one was sure. Architectural Grille had been in the same Brooklyn location for 12 years, and during that time, no one there—and perhaps in the entire borough—had been through a hurricane preparedness drill.
As everyone was about to depart to hunker down in their homes, Stephen Giumenta, vice president, moved the company's tradeshow exhibit to the top of a steel shelving unit, at least 4 ft. off the ground. His father, Anthony Giumenta Sr., president, turned to his son and asked, "You sure that's high enough?" The son quickly replied, "If that's not high enough, we've got a lot bigger problems."
On Oct. 29 the storm hit the Northeast like nothing before. As winds, estimated to have reached close to 100 miles per hour, tore across the Hudson Bay, water leapt from the canals and battered nearby buildings. One of Architectural Grille's two roll-down doors couldn't stand up against the wind and blew down as if it were a sheet of paper. From there, the water filled the shop.
As soon as the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge reopened on Oct. 30, the Giumentas returned from their homes on Staten Island to the shop in Brooklyn. They found everything, including their future plans, wrecked. About 5 ft. of water had entered the building, moving everything that wasn't bolted to the floor (see Figure 1). The saltwater from the bay had trashed the sophisticated electronics on the multimillion-dollar pieces of machinery. Rusting of every piece of metal in the shop became a concern (see Figures 2a and 2b).
"We were a disaster site," Stephen Giumenta said.
Time to Rebuild and Rebound
Almost 70 years of manufacturing history was trashed by one historical storm. Architectural Grille officially was founded in 1983, but traces its roots back to Anthony Giumenta Sr.'s father's business, Utility Brass & Bronze. Federico Giumenta Sr. founded his company in 1945 and focused on handcrafted ornamental metalworking. Even with the addition of modern laser and waterjet cutting equipment, Architectural Grille hadn't strayed far from the high-quality, specialty fabrications produced by Federico. It was still being called upon to create custom metalwork for all sorts of high-end applications.
Architectural Grille circa November 2012 had one more thing in common with the beginnings of Utility Brass & Bronze: It was starting from scratch.
Actually, Architectural Grille might have had it worse. The initial cleanup of the 55,000-square-foot shop was done by flashlight. The fabricator wouldn't have electricity for almost three weeks after the storm (see Figure 3). Even without the lights, it was painfully obvious that most of the equipment was unsalvageable.
"We lost a waterjet, an F1 Amada laser, an EMLK combination machine, a 3510 punch press, eight Lincoln Electric welding machines, an automatic polishing machine, several dust collectors, and a Timesavers finishing machine. Those are things we lost to scrap," Stephen said. "We had to repair our shear, brake, and rollers."
The company also had major work to do in its finishing area. Stroke sanders and bumping wheels had to be repaired. The three-stage washer in the powder coating line had to be completely rebuilt.
While cleanup was being done, the fabricator notified customers of what had happened and what they could expect from Architectural Grille. The company's customer base runs the gamut from a multinational retailer ordering thousands of decorative grilles to an interior designer searching for a one-of-a-kind piece of metal artwork. What the customers have in common is that they come to Architectural Grille for something they can't find easily elsewhere. With that type of relationship, most understood that some orders would be delayed as the fabricator got back on its feet.
For those customers that needed orders in a timely fashion, the shop had to get back to some sort of fabricating. It needed equipment, and it needed it quickly.
Steve Schneider, sales engineer, Amada America Inc., was called two days after the storm hit. He visited the shop the very next day.
"I've never seen anything like this in terms of damage. This was the first time anything like this has happened in my area," Schneider said. "I've heard of rivers overflowing in other areas, but not like this."
Before Sandy wreaked its havoc, Amada officials were slated to visit Architectural Grille in early November and take a day to observe how the fabricator conducted its operations, according to Schneider. The goal of such a visit is to collect production data and then make recommendations related to material handling and production automation.
Initially the Giumenta family, including Anthony Jr., a vice president, thought perhaps the equipment could be repaired. But as they thought about the money and time needed to repair machine tools that could never be sold as used because of the water damage, they decided to embark on their modernization campaign without the data related to material usage and handling and machine uptime. It was time to rebuild, and the company didn't have much time to sit around for data collection on equipment that no longer worked.
"Before they knew that their punch/laser combination could not be replaced, they'd already determined that they would get rid of the stand-alone punch press," Schneider said.
Amada had a 2,500-W EMLK 3610 NT in a New Jersey warehouse ready for delivery. The equipment-maker hurriedly processed the financing with helpful terms for Architectural Grille and had it up and running in a little over two weeks (see Figure 4).
"So maybe mid- to the end of November, we were producing again with some sort of normalcy. Work-in-process, we were trying to get out," Stephen said.
The new punch/laser combination machine didn't have the 4,000-W resonator that the damaged unit had, but it was available. Stephen said he didn't fret much about it because the company also had placed an order for a new 4,000-W F1 laser cutting machine that was to be installed during the holidays at the end of 2012. Future plans call for another punch/laser combination machine.
"So eventually there will be an upgrade, but right now we still haven't fully ramped up to where we were," Stephen said.
Whereas the punch and laser machines weren't salvageable, the Architectural Grille management team thought they might have some success with rebuilt welding units. The cleaned-up power sources, however, wouldn't work for high-frequency welding, which is necessary for working with aluminum.
That led the fabricator to order eight new Lincoln Electric welding machines, which its distributor, Airweld Inc., was able to turn around in 48 hours (see Figure 5).
"There's no chance to rehabilitate the equipment because we don't know the effects of the saltwater on them," said Vin Cusumano, an Airweld salesman. "These machines can get wet. At first I said, 'Just wash them out, and they should be fine.' But they weren't. They had problems. Machines today, half of them are computers. The circuitry gets eaten by saltwater."
As Architectural Grille tried to get its fabrication operations up and running, it turned to other metal manufacturers for assistance—specifically Bassett Industries, Pottstown, Pa., and Linda Tool in Brooklyn—in processing orders. Stephen called this "manufacturers helping manufacturers" one of the keys to helping them get back on track as quickly as they did.
Bret Milks, a manufacturing engineer with Bassett Industries, actually knew Stephen from their days as college students at Syracuse University in upstate New York. Bassett mostly works with tube and metal 0.125 inch and thicker.
"I was talking to Steve and said, 'I wish I was closer so I could help more,'" Milks said. "He said, 'If you were closer, you'd be in the same situation!' Well, that's true.
"These kinds of situations work better that way. If it's competition, it wouldn't fly," he added. "You have to have that level of trust."
Milks said that he was able to offer any free time on his seven laser cutting machines to the Giumenta family. They sent some flat work his way, and the only thing that Milks asked was for them to pick up the parts. When you live and work out in the country, driving in New York is not a task that is quickly embraced. Payment would be addressed at a later time.
"It's definitely amazing the way he has rebounded, and I'm glad things are working out for him," Milks said of Giumenta and his company.
Fighting for the Future
For a company that lost almost $6 million in equipment and raw material as a result of Hurricane Sandy, Architectural Grille looks to be in fighting shape (see Figure 6). In addition to the punch/laser combination and the laser cutting machine, the fabricator bought a brand-new 4- by 8-ft. waterjet, and one of its four CNC saws was rebuilt and back in operation at the end March. About half of the company's 50 employees, which were laid off shortly after the storm hit, are back at work, and most of these employees represent core talent who have the manual skills to create one-of-a-kind grilles, which are hard to replicate without years of experience, according to Stephen.
"We repainted and cleaned. The shop actually looks better less a couple of machines. We've gotten them all organized," Stephen said. "We've gotten leaner because we've been forced to throw things away. We were keeping little scraps, jigs, and fixtures for jobs we haven't done in five years. We got rid of everything.
"We're going to find a silver lining to this eventually," he added. "It will be better. It will take time, but it will be better."
Architectural Grille still is trying to work with its insurance companies. The fabricator thought it was fully covered for an event such as Sandy, but it's still waiting to hear back from its main insurance provider. A payout from a smaller flood insurance policy has helped the rebuilding effort.
"Water was the eventual killer to the machines, but it was the wind that was the driving force that blew in our door and caused the water to surge into our facility," Stephen said.
Architectural Grille also is hopeful that city officials recognize that getting small businesses up and running is integral to the local economy because these firms put people to work. Anthony Jr. said the company has received a small grant, and letters have been sent out to New York City and other local authorities exploring similar grant opportunities.
Meanwhile, a metal fabricator can't run its business based on hope. That's why Architectural Grille is preparing for the next 100-year storm.
As part of its equipment purchasing process, company management is not only inviting rigging specialists and electricians to help with the installation, but also its insurance broker. They will know exactly how much the equipment is covered for and exactly what type of protection the policy offers.
The fabricator also likely will invest in a backup generator, so that its operations aren't dependent on power being restored. Being without power for more than two weeks really stalled the shop's ability to get back on its feet.
There's even talk of setting up another production facility somewhere outside the New York area. Such a move would be made as part of a growth plan, but another facility also could prove helpful should the Brooklyn shop be forced to close again for an extended duration.
"We were committed to get the guys back to work, keep customers happy, and get vendors paid," Stephen said. "We're not going to just give up, declare bankruptcy, and let everyone else sort it out."
This superstorm didn't destroy Architectural Grille's big plans. Hopefully, its tale of tribulation and recovery will help keep other fabricators from having to delay their own big plans for the future.
Dan Davis
FMA Communications Inc.
Elgin, IL 60123
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The FABRICATOR
The FABRICATOR is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The FABRICATOR has served the industry since 1971.


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LYNN — Masconomet's defense withstood constant pressure from North Andover's strong frontline and capitalized on its chances to win the Division 2 North sectional final, 2-1, Monday afternoon.
The Chieftains scored in the opening two minutes. Freshman Bryan Gilbert took a long throw-in that reached senior defender Jeffrey Panella. Panella's header almost looped over North Andover goalkeeper Marc Patnaude.
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Small copper coins becoming scarce, several individuals, without permission, issued tokens; but the practice was stopped. In 1680 Sir William Armstrong, son of Sir Thomas, with Colonel George Legg (afterwards Lord Dartmouth), obtained a patent for twenty-one years, granting them the right to issue copper halfpence. Coins were actually struck and circulated, but the patent itself was sold to John Knox in the very year of its issue. Knox, however, had his patent specially renewed, but his coinage was interrupted when James II. issued his debased money during the Revolution (see Monck Mason, p. 334, and the notes on this matter to the Drapier's Third Letter, in present edition).
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Harvard Loses an Investing Star
By William Symonds
How do you replace Babe Ruth? That's the dilemma facing Harvard University, following the Jan. 11 announcement that Jack R. Meyer, the legendary CEO of the in-house firm that manages Harvard's endowment, will be stepping down this summer.
Since he took over Harvard Management Co. in 1990, Meyer has compiled a stunning track record that has enabled Harvard to bolster its position as by far the world's wealthiest univeristy. When Meyer arrived, Harvard's endowment was just $4.7 billion. Today, it has ballooned to $22.6 billion (see BW, 12/27/04, "How to Invest Like Harvard").
Some of that growth is due to Harvard's fund-raising prowess. But over the past decade alone, Meyer's ability to outperform the typical large institutional fund has generated an extra $12.2 billion for Harvard's coffers -- or nearly as much as the endowment of Yale, the nation's second-wealthiest university.
Meyer's departure was something of a surprise. Just last month, in a wide-ranging interview with BusinessWeek in his spacious office overlooking Boston Harbor, Meyer said, "This is the best job in the investment business. There's no other job where you can try to aggressively add value across all the asset classes," adding: "It's enormous fun."
So why is Meyer suddenly bolting this great job for the unknown rewards of launching his own private investment firm? Meyer says after 15 years, "It's time for me to start a new chapter." He readily admits that he has also grown awfully tired of the annual debate over how much he and his top managers are paid for generating so much wealth for Harvard. In fiscal 2004 (ending last June 30), when Harvard Management earned 21.1%, Meyer and his five top managers were paid $78.4 million -- far beyond what anyone earns in Harvard Yard, or anywhere else in American academia.
Meyer makes the case that his people are hardly overpaid by the standards of Wall Street -- the relevant benchmark for investment managers. But after all the controversy, "I wouldn't mind dropping out of the spotlight a little bit," he confesses.
Meyer wasn't brilliant just on the upside. Apart from devising an aggressive, highly diversified strategy to not just maximize returns, he also sharply reduced the risk of sizable losses. His "model portfolio" called for sinking just 26% of Harvard's money into conventional U.S. equities and domestic bonds. All the rest was scattered much further afield, from real estate to foreign equities to massive holdings of timber, including a $600 million forest in New Zealand.
Thanks to this diversification, Harvard was barely buffeted during the savage bear market of 2001-02, when Nasdaq lost more than 80% of its value. In contrast, Harvard Management was down a mere 2.7% in 2001 and just 0.5% in 2002.
In departing, he's also taking four of his top managers with him -- most notably David Mittelman and Maurice Samuels. "These two gentlemen are the best fixed-income managers in the world," Meyer boasts. Over the last five years, Mittelman has helped Harvard earn an annualized 17.8% return on domestic bonds, over twice the 7.6% industry benchmark.
Samuels has helped Harvard achieve a 23.2% return on foreign bonds, more than triple the 6.7% benchmark. Their ability to beat the market is a key reason why Harvard earned a a total annualized return of 15.9% over the past decade, vs. just 10.1% for the average large institutional fund.
Because Meyer paid his managers for performance, Mittelman and Samuels were squarely in the line of fire from Harvard's critics, since each was paid about $25 million last year. Meyer argues those big paychecks were richly deserved. "Our compensation system is superior to any I've seen," he contends. "We don't pay for benchmark performance. If you simply match the benchmark, you get no bonus. And every time you earn a positive incentive, we withhold a substantial portion, and it stays in the bank and is subject to clawback if you underperform in the future."
Harvard has formed a blue-chip committee to find a successor to Meyer. Led by Harvard Treasurer James Rothenberg, it will include two former U.S. Treasury Secretaries: Robert Rubin, now vice-chairman of Citigroup (C ), and Harvard President Larry Summers. "We'll cast the net pretty broadly, looking both inside and outside -- and even overseas if we need to in order to find the best available talent," says Rothenberg.
But in the end, Harvard may well conclude that it's impossible to recreate the house that Jack built. In recent years, several of Meyer's most successful managers have already left Harvard to go out on their own. As they did, Meyer often gave them some of Harvard's money to manage. As a result, the amount of Harvard's wealth that was managed in-house fell from 85% seven years ago to about 55% now.
In the end, Harvard may well decide that its best bet is to stick with one of the nation's most respected investment teams and simply ask Meyer's new firm to manage a good chunk of the university's money. Rothenberg says while no decisions have been made, "it's conceivable that Jack might get some."
In that case, Harvard would increasingly resemble most other wealthy universities, who hire outsiders to manage all or most of their money. Still, Rothenberg has no intention of dismantling Harvard Management, and it will no doubt continue to manage some holdings, such as its massive timber assets.
Meyer neatly framed the issue that's now before Harvard in his interview with BusinessWeek just before the holidays. "I'm very confident that [Harvard Management] has been a good deal for Harvard. If Harvard had achieved the same results as we have using external managers, it would have cost more than twice what it actually cost us," he said. "The thing I'm not confident about is whether you can maintain world-class portfolio managers in an academic setting. It's increasingly difficult to do with all the focus on compensation."
That's the dilemma that Summers and Rubin, along with other members of the committee, will now have to resolve.
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Dairy Free Chocolate Pudding No sugar – Avocado Style!
That's right chocolate pudding made from Avocado's! This is a great treat for small and big kids alike. Very healthy.
1. 2 whole Avocado's
2. 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup Blue Agave (Glycemic index of 11 compared too sugar or honey which ranges between 55 and 83)
3. 1/4 cup of carob powder
4. 2 tbs of coconut or rice milk
5. 1 tbs of organic vanilla extract
6. Dash of sea salt
7. Dash of cinnamon
8. OPTIONAL- Add one drop of Young Living's Peppermint oil to make it a peppermint chocolate flavor. CAUTION – only use Young Living's essential oil for this as they have been approved by the FDA for internal consumption and others have not.
Blend the ingredients together in mixing bowel with hand blender. You can add chocolate chips if you want, just keep it nominal.
You can eat right away, or refrigerate for a bit first. I like it better cold. Our daughter ate this for years not realizing she was eating Avocado.
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Among the first bills moving through the Legislature this session is one that would provide significant new religious protections, some say to the point of legalizing discrimination.
Senate Bill 1062, pushed by the conservative advocacy group Center for Arizona Policy and introduced by Sen. Steve Yarbrough, R-Chandler, would allow individuals to use religious beliefs as a defense in a lawsuit filed by another individual.
Specifically, the bill proposes to:
- Expand the state's definition of the exercise of religion to include both the practice and observance of religion;
- Allow someone to assert a legal claim of free exercise of religion regardless of whether the government is a party to the proceedings;
- Expand those protected under the state's free exercise of religion law to "any individual, association, partnership, corporation, church, religious assembly or institution, estate, trust, foundation or other legal entity."
Proponents say the bill would, for example, protect a wedding photographer who declined to take photos of a same-sex couple's commitment ceremony due to the photographer's religious beliefs.
Opponents say it could also protect a corporation that refused to hire anyone who wasn't Christian and could block members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from access to nearly any business or service.
Similar debates have occurred nationwide as more states legalize same-sex marriage.
Some states that have legalized same-sex marriage exempt religious officials from any legal requirement to perform such ceremonies. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Arizona.
Yarbrough called the bill a "modest clarification" of the state's existing religious-freedom law.
"Prohibited discrimination remains prohibited," he said. "In no way does this bill allow discrimination of any kind."
But Rebecca Wininger, president of Equality Arizona, said state law does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.
State law does offer protections based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or disability.
"To swing the pendulum too far toward religion would upset the delicate balance," Wininger said. "It is wrong to treat people differently because of who they are."
The bill passed the Senate Government and Environment Committee 4-2 on Thursday, with Republicans supporting it and Democrats opposing it.
"In America, people are supposed to be free to live and work according to their faith," said Sen. Kelli Ward, R-Lake Havasu City, in support of the bill.
Sen. Katie Hobbs, D-Phoenix, was among the dissenting votes.
"I don't oppose anyone's right to their religious freedom, but people have a right to access goods and services," she said. "This infringes on other people's rights."
The bill has a strong chance of becoming law.
It is nearly identical to one last year the Legislature passed but Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed.
The bill's death was more due to the political battle over Medicaid expansion than any objection to the legislation on Brewer's part.
"I warned that I would not sign additional measures into law until we see resolution of the two most pressing issues facing us: adoption of a Fiscal 2014 state budget and plan for Medicaid," Brewer wrote in her veto letter.
The House and the Senate must pass the bill before it goes to the governor.


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There have been so many negative posts about the Kindle Publishing for Blogs initiative by Amazon, mostly centering around –
- How Amazon gets 70% of the subscription amount.
- How Kindle users would never subscribe to blogs that are free online.
That I'd begun to feel these bloggers were signing up to the program themselves just to overwhelm it and cause it to break down so that Amazon could no longer steal 70% of their subscription fees (never mind that some portion of the 70% gets eaten up by hosting, maintenance, and bandwidth costs).
Surely, given that bloggers and other content creators like newspapers are making so much money online, getting their content on the Kindle would hold little value.
Wait a minute … no … that's not right.
99% of Bloggers are making next to nothing online.
If we leave out the top 1% of bloggers and the top 10% of affiliate marketers (who're making a lot), and Google (who're making perhaps even more) we're left with the vast majority of people who are adding value to the Internet and, because they are not specialists at monetizing, getting nothing in return.
Amazon is providing a channel for these bloggers to get value back, and they ought to see it and admit it.
Kindle Publishing for Blogs lets you make money – directly
Think about it – almost every online monetization channel is indirect i.e. if you can sell product x; if you can get your readers to visit our site; if you can endorse our product.
Your readers are coming to you for Reason X, and almost every currently existing monetization model depends on you upselling something else or advertising to them. With the KP4B program you can make money off of what attracts users to your blog in the first place i.e. your content.
And you can cut out the middlemen i.e. the advertisers, companies selling products, search engines, marketers, and so forth.
In direct contrast to complaints that Amazon shouldn't get 70% and complaints about how its not going to work, every blogger is signing up for the program. There are now 4,400 blogs available on the Kindle.
Its because bloggers at some level are beginning to get it. They're beginning to see how its a win-win situation.
Geek MBA Blog does a simple analysis (just suspend belief and go with it) –
Let's say that you can attract 5% of the overall Kindle user base, which is 50,000. The total monthly revenue from your blog would be $100,000. Amazon will get $70,000 while you get $30,000. You get paid at a rate of $0.6/user.
Note: He also talks about an established blogger who gets about $0.2/unique user AFTER years of hard work and after monetizing his blog to ridiculous amounts.
Here's the most important part of the analysis – for every kindle subscriber you can attract and retain, you get 60 cents per user, per month. Without trying to get that user to buy something else.
Kindle Publishing for Blogs lets you focus on Your Core Competency
Note: Consider the model in terms of when there will be tens of millions of Kindle users (whether it be through Kindles or iPhones or Blackberrys). You have to look at it from the long term perspective.
Every Kindle user you get to subscribe to your blog gives you 60 cents a month. You already have the RSS feed so thats zero cost. You already blog and you already have your web presence. You just add a new channel that lets you get paid for your work.
Get a thousand subscribers and that's $600 a month. You don't have to worry about finding an affiliate program, getting advertisers, running Google Ads, asking for donations.
You get paid for your core competency i.e. the value of your expertise and/or the value of what you write. And even more importantly –
You can focus on your core competency – writing/creating content you're passionate about (and hopefully an expert at).
Closing Thoughts
Kindle Publishing for Blogs is a good, good step by Amazon. Sooner or later bloggers are going to realize that letting them get paid for something that they're currently giving away for free online doesn't make Amazon the enemy. Discoverability is an entirely different problem and hopefully that gets sorted out soon.


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Wagner Lab Meeting
Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology
Course #: EEB 5895 Section 028
Date/time: Mondays 11:15-12:15
Location: TLS 471, the Wag Lab
Contact: David Wagner, Brigette Zacharczenko
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.
The main goals of these meetings are to:
- Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology
- Discuss general lab matters
- Brainstorm research ideas and present results
- Tell biology-related jokes
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations.
- 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week
- 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events
- 10 minutes for a mini student presentation
- 25-30 minutes to discuss paper
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates.
- Email Brigette Zacharczenko to reserve your date -or-
- Grad students may edit this page themselves
- A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)
- Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded
- Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week
- All uploaded files will be password protected
- Wags lab pinback buttons available
- Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. CT EntSoc. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.
Presentation schedule Spring 2014
Date | Name | Paper and presentation | Show-and-tell |
January 27 | Dave and Brigette - intro meeting | Moth pheromones Scent structures (review paper) |
Love songs of the dengue vector mosquito Love songs video |
February 3 | Joe Medwid | Scent structures (review paper) (cont.) Male butterfly scent scales |
New fossil arthropod |
February 10 | Ben North | Viral pathogen in honey bees | "Sticky" movie preview |
February 17 | Ben Gagliardi | Yack 2001, Acoustic caterpillars | |
February 24 | Brigette Zacharczenko | Scott 2010, Evolutionary origins of ritualized acoustic signals in caterpillars | |
March 3 | Ben Gagliardi | Grad symposium talk Miller 2007, Barcoding |
March 10 | Ben North | ||
March 17 | Ellie Clark | ||
March 24 | Ben Gagliardi | ||
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April 7 | Ellie Clark | ||
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April 28 |
Lab Events
- January 17 - CT EntSoc meeting: 6pm Willington Pizza, 7:30 talk at UConn, Sports Bar afterward
- February 21 - CT EntSoc meeting: 6pm Yale University (catered dinner), 7:30 talk
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U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson paid tribute to the late Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy and Nimrod McNair of Stone Mountain as he saluted servicemen and women as part of the 70th anniversary of D-Day in World War II.
Johnson, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, represented Georgia as part of a congressional delegation to Normandy, France.
More than 215,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded during D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the ensuing three months it took to secure the capture of Normandy.
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- David Gergen: Two debates in two weeks have transformed presidential race
- Gergen says the polls have tightened, partisans on both sides are fired up
- CNN poll gave a slight edge to Paul Ryan; Gergen says he had edge on style
- Gergen: Tuesday's town hall debate looks increasingly important
What a difference two debates have made.
Before the first presidential debate last week, President Barack Obama appeared to be cruising toward re-election and possibly a thumping victory. After the first presidential debate, that changed dramatically: Suddenly, we had a horse race. Now after the vice presidential debate Thursday night, we not only have a horse race, but partisans fired up on both sides.
Joe Biden relit the fire under Democrats in a passionate, often dominant tangle with Paul Ryan. Going into that encounter, Democratic spirits were not only drooping but some were beginning to panic that they were throwing away the election.
Biden put a forceful stop to the caterwauling -- or, as Gloria Borger put it, righted the ship. He was especially effective in countering Ryan on Medicare and (as Van Jones argued after the debate) in making a case that a Romney administration could mean the end of Roe v. Wade. An old pro, Biden knows how to play to seniors, women and the middle class.
But Republicans took equal encouragement from Ryan's performance. And well they should. Ryan was a steady, unflappable presence onstage who made an articulate set of arguments in favor of conservative principles while also seeming sensitive and reasonable to many moderates. Ryan was also surprisingly strong on foreign policy, holding his own against a man far more schooled in the subject. Overall, he more than justified Mitt Romney's judgment in choosing him as running mate.
On substance, I called it a draw right after the debate (as did Wolf Blitzer and a few others on our CNN team). That was good news for both Biden and Ryan. The latter could claim credit for being one of the only two challengers who has ever fought a sitting vice president to at least a draw, the first being Al Gore against incumbent Dan Quayle in 1992.
The CNN poll of registered voters who had watched the debate reached a similar conclusion: Forty-eight percent said Ryan won, 44% said Biden, though the difference was within the poll's margin of error. A CNN focus group thought it was a draw as well. (Note to candidates: What the focus group liked most was when Biden and Ryan said what their administrations would do to fix the economy. Could we possibly hear more of that in the remaining presidential debates?)
But there was another element to the debate that has aroused more controversy. As it did in the first presidential debate, CNN chose to show the two candidates on a split screen throughout the evening. (Good call). Watching that, I found Biden's frequent laughs at Ryan to be off-putting -- and indeed, condescending. That plus the interruptions were in stark contrast to Ryan's calm, even-keeled performance. So on style, I thought the edge went to Ryan.
As often happens in these highly charged times, many Democrats sharply disagreed with that judgment on Twitter. They thought I along with some colleagues were jackasses (that is a very polite rephrasing of their language). Many cited a CBS poll after the election that found Biden a clear overall winner.
What was lost in translation is that the CBS poll was of uncommitted voters and the CNN poll of all registered voters. Recognizing there can be honest differences, I stand by my call -- Biden was overbearing in the early part of the debate and that diminished the impact of his arguments.
Taken altogether, the vice presidential debate did make a difference: Biden was able to help his boss out of the hole -- he helped to stabilize the race. But Ryan was able to keep the GOP fired up, too. Both campaigns now gallop forward, looking toward the next showdown this coming Tuesday night when CNN's Candy Crowley is the moderator. It's a close horse race with passions high, fans on their feet.


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An attorney for Queen of Hearts, an Astoria bikini bar that raised the neighborhood's ire last week because it did not disclose it would feature adult entertainment when it applied for its liquor license, said the establishment is closing.
State Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria) held a rally Jan. 17 in front of the bar, at 26-12 Hoyt Ave. S., saying she had introduced legislation requiring bars to reveal to the state Liquor Authority if any adult entertainment is performed on the premises, whether the girls are topless or not, in response to Queen of Hearts' actions.
"I'm pleased that the owner realized that an establishment that degrades women has no place in Astoria or anywhere else," Simotas said.
Manhattan attorney Peter Marc Stern, who represents Queen of Hearts, said the owner is 84 years old and decided not to get involved in the controversy.
"It's a good community effort that seems to have yielded results," Stern said.
At the rally last week, Simotas said the bar, originally known as Wild Rose, had made a filing in September with Community Board 1 and the SLA for a liquor license without mentioning that it would be opening as a bikini bar. At bikini bars, the dancers are not naked or topless but wear skimpy clothing. The bar also did not inform the SLA when it changed its name, which is a requirement.
"We're here to say that this must stop," Simotas said at the rally.
Applicants to the SLA are required to disclose a number of features about their establishment ranging from whether or not the place is a restaurant or a bar or a catering place to whether it has live music or a jukebox to whether it has stage shows. Owners are also asked to answer if their bar specifically has "topless entertainment" but not adult entertainment in general.
Simotas' bill requires the owners to also disclose if their establishment has any type of exotic dancing, whether topless or not, as well as pole or lap dancing.
"They should be forthright in their application," Simotas said.
The assemblywoman had the support of her fellow electeds, activists and residents at the rally. CB 1 District Manager Lucielle Hartmann said the SLA must take the input of the community boards more seriously when reviewing license applications.
Simotas' bill also received support outside the borough in Rafael Samanaca, the district manager of the Bronx's Community Board 2.
"We will be working with all community boards in the Bronx and all our elected officials, telling them to support this bill," Samanaca said.
Simotas had previously held a protest in October against Racks, a bikini bar set to open on Steinway near 20th Avenue not far from a playground.
Reach reporter Rebecca Henely by e-mail at rhenely@cn
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Mackenzie, A. (2005) Untangling the unwired : Wi-Fi and the cultural inversion of infrastructure. Space and Culture, 8 (3). pp. 269-285. ISSN 1552-8308
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Cultural and social studies of technology have regarded infrastructure as less significant than the interfaces, devices, materials, and practices where processes of consumption, representation, attachment, embodiment, identification, and sociality are most visible. Infrastructural elements of new technologies usually remain in the background of analysis. What would it mean to invert the figure-ground relation between technology and "infrastructure"? Via a case study of an increasingly popular, everyday contemporary wireless networking technology, Wi-Fi, the author suggests that infrastructures have begun to figure as sites of cultural contestation. Infrastructures work as highly potentialized fields, triggering a multiplicity of interpretations. Using textual and ethno-graphic materials, the author suggests that rather than being the immobile grounds of technological cultures, different imaginings and practices of connectivity run through the many Wi-Fi projects, enterprises, and visions of the past 2 years. In seeking to understand these different imaginings of connectivity, the author suggests that contemporary infrastructures embody cultural logics at odds with each other.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | mobility • infrastructure • Internet • communications technology |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > School of Computing & Communications Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Sociology |
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Author: Jenings, Edmund
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 1779-03-10
From Edmund Jenings
March 10 1779
Dear Sir
I Hope this will meet you in good Health at Nantes and that you will find every thing there Agreable to your Wishes.
By the Mail from England we learn Lord Norths Plan for raising the Money already voted.
1stly. a Surcharge of 5 per Cent on the Amount of all the Articles of the Duties of Excise and Customs, except, Beer, Soap, Candles and Hides
*2dly. 9d. per Stage for last Horse in Post Chaises
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3dly. the Right of Franking to be Abolished.
& 4thy. a Duty to be laid on Cambricks which have been hitherto prohibited.
The whole of which Taxes will produce £478 771. to pay £472.510.
They will fall lightly upon the several Articles; but as they go to almost all the Necessaries of Life, and as Rapine and Extortion will double them on the Consumer I have no doubt, they will Cause great Uneasiness.
When the Minister was asked About Spain, He said He
not satisfied the Doubts of the Money Lenders, removed their Fears nor given them Hopes about her Conduct. That As to the American War, He certainly intended to prosecute it, but on a Narrower Scale, than it had been; that reinforcements were to be sent to Sir H. C. but it was not yet Time to send them.
On a Supposition that One or More french fleets are out the West and East India fleets are prevented Sailing.
Keppel has been closeted by the King, but it is supposed He Will not Act with the present Ministry.
It is positively reported in the London Papers, that the Peace between the Emperor and Prussia is concluded, that the Emperor is to establish the Paletine in his Estates in Bavaria, and is to have some foederal Rights renounced to Him in return.
It is said in the papers that Campbel has demanded reinforcements of Clinton. They certainly do not mean to stay in Georgia unless they meet with great Success by the Countrys Coming in, but will plunder and leave it. This at least is political.
I Trust you will excuse the Liberty I took in putting the Pamphlet, entitl'd
Considerations &c.
in your Hand.
It has been published some Time in England, and gave me the opportunity of Knoing the Sense of Many Leading Men of the Minority on the important Question of Independancy, but the occasion of its publication Arose from a Conversation with one, of the Ministerial Party, of Rank and Power.
Meeting Him one day, I was long backwards in entering into discourse with Him, until He told me, that there then appeared some Signs of a Change in the Kings Mind. This lead me to open myself to Him on the Subjects, then Current about London relative to a Pacification. Having listened to me Attentively, He said He wished to talk further on the Subject, and for that purpose desird that I would go with Him into the Country. I had my reasons for refusing, but drew up a few Sheets, Containing the Substance of the Conversation, and
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presenting them, gave Him, at his request, the Liberty of Shewing them to others. His and their opinions were flattering; He Himself told me, in particular, that if ever the Question of Independancy came before the House it should not be lost for want of his Vote. And As Others might b'Affectd as He was, He desired it might be published. In Consequence of which, I entrusted it to the Care of a Friend who published it since I came to Paris, carefully concealing my Name, being fearful of appearing a busy Man.
I shewed it to our Friend at Chaillot
who told me, He had left it with You. I wish it may now Obtain your Attention, and meet with your Approbation; altho it has not succeeded in its principal object, such attention and Approbation will be a Proof your Sense of my Sentiments of my Disposition towards my Country. Should it not meet with your Approbation, I shall at least have your free thoughts, to Correct Mine.
In perusing the Pamphlet, I trust, you will not Think me presumptuous, in venturing on such a great Discussion. In particular in pointing out what Concepions and Stipulations might be made, it was necessary to point out some, to draw the Attention of a Selfish People, and to make the bitter Pill of Independancy somewhat Paleatable.
You will see plainly, that the Propositions are grounded on such a View of the Interests of our Country, as one, who has lived too long seperated from Her, might be supposed to have. You, who have mixed in all Transactions and have a Knowledge of her True Interests, may perhaps see Matters in another Light. You may see, that tho there are things which might be adopted, yet that the workings of Ambitious Men and the temper of rising States may Expect some thing more. But you will be pleased to Observe, that the Concepions are expressed in the most general Indefinite and doubtful Manner, that the Object of the whole was to gain an Immediate Acknowledgement of the Independancy, which is so essential, as to warrant perhaps the making some Sacrifices. Sacrifices however, which the Acknowledge
of the Independancy would, by a prudent Management, be soon recovered. I could have made it much fuller, but I wished to set people a thinking and reasoning on the Subject.
I Know not whether I ought not to make some Apology for what is said, relative to the Power of the Commissioners to treat of Terms of Peace in Europe.
The Congress ought to be, and is considered by me, as the best Judges of the Interests of America, and therefore cannot be Supposed, will trust to any Man the final Adjustment of them. That is not proposed, but only, that as the Interests of one or more of the Powers of Europe may be mixt with those of America, there ought to
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be Authority entrusted here, not only to receive Propositions but to treat of Preliminaries. I Hope I shall not be Misunderst
on this Head.
There is No one, who wishes more Earnestly than I do, that you may Arrive Safely and Soon in America; and that you may find Things there in the best Situation—you can give much Information, which is apparently much wanted. I wish I had had an opportunity and that I could have taken the Liberty of opening my Mind to You in the fullest Manner. I am Happy to think, however, that as far as I can Judge of your Sentments, mine are entirely Conformable to them. I am obliged to you for the Confidence you shewed me on your Departure. The Respect I have for You, and the Honor and Interest of my Country, will induce me to Endeavour most studiously to make myself worthy of it. The Honor you have done me in demanding my Correspondance is highly flattering to and shall be cherished by me in the most willing Obedience. For this purpose give me leave to Suggest the Necessity of Changing your Name, and writing under a feigned Signature—your real one is too Important to be seen by the Enemies of the States, and mine is of no Consequence to Keep. And therefore after praying God to bless You and Yours Give me Leave to Subscribe myself Dear Sir Your Most Faithfull & Obt Hble Servt.
Jean Clement
P.S. *this tax is alterd and it now stands thus on
penny per mile for every pair of Horses travelling post in Chaises. Inn Keepers letting Horses pay 5 £ per Ann
Adams Papers
); docketed: "Jean Clement March 10. 1779."
. This letter is the first of over 200 that Edmund Jenings and
would exchange in the course of an intensive correspondence that lasted until June 1784. Relatively little is known of Jenings, and there is some debate over whether he was a loyal American living in England or a British double agent. Edmund Jenings was born in 1731 at Annapolis, Md., but early went to England, where he was educated, and remained there or on the continent until his death in 1819. With the approach of the Revolution he became a pamphlet critic of British policy and in private letters provided intelligence on British policies and actions. For detailed accounts of Jenings' life and relationship with
, see
Diary and Autobiography
Letters from a Distinguished American
, ed. James H. Hutson, Washington, 1978, p. x–xvii.
It is unclear when Jenings arrived in Paris or when
met him. A letter of
29 Oct.
from Genet to
seems to indicate his presence, but
's first mention of him occurs in a Diary entry for
4 March
, which noted that he and
had "walked with Mr. Jenings to Calvare" (
Diary and Autobiography
, 2:355). In any event, during the time remaining before
left for America he and Jenings exchanged twelve letters and their relationship became firmly established.
. The new taxes were introduced in and adopted by the House of Commons on 1 March. They were intended to pay the interest (given here as £472,510, but differently elsewhere) on the £7,000,000 loan that North had announced on 23 Feb. For accounts of the budget debate, which differ in some particulars, see
Parliamentary Hist.
, 20:163–174;
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, 27 Feb.–2 March. The account in the
indicates that the second point, starred by Jenings and referred to in the postscript, was changed in the course of North's presentation.
. No such statement by Lord North about sending reinforcements to Sir Henry Clinton has been found.
. Following his acquittal on 11 Feb., Keppel wrote to the King concerning his reluctance to serve under the North ministry, which he naturally blamed for his court-martial. On 18 March, after a sharp exchange with the admiralty, he was ordered to strike his flag as commander of the channel fleet. His next service was in 1782 as first lord of the admiralty in the Rockingham ministry (
. Jenings gives the broad outline of the settlement as it appeared in the
London Chronicle
of 27 Feb. – 2 March. The final agreement embodied in the Treaty of Teschen was not signed, however, until 13 May (
Cambridge Modern Hist.
, 6:633).
. Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell captured Savannah on 29 Dec. 1778 with little trouble. His detailed report on the victory was dated 16 Jan. and printed in the
London Chronicle
of 23–25 Feb. In the
, 25–27 Feb., two items referred to reinforcements for Georgia, one reporting that Campbell had requested additional troops, "the provincials being found stronger than they imagined them." Such reports were only rumors, for no reference to such a request appears in Campbell's report of 16 Jan. or in later ones, and, considering the ease of his victory and the reported willingness of the populace to flock to the British flag, reinforcements were unnecessary. Campbell's troops were joined to the force under Gen. Augustine Prevost that marched from St. Petersburg, but Clinton sent no additional troops from New York (
War of the Revolution
, 2:679–681).
Considerations on the Mode and Terms of a Treaty of Peace with America
(London, 1778) was issued anonymously and printed for Edward and Charles Dilly and John Almon, all supporters of the American cause. A second London edition of the pamphlet also appeared in 1778. In 1779 it was reprinted in Philadelphia, Hartford, and Charleston (
, Nos. 16245, 16246, B4861).
Jenings criticized both past efforts and current proposals to end the war. He was particularly harsh in his comments on the Carlisle Commission and one of its members, George Johnstone. Jenings believed that negotiations could succeed only if recognition of American independence was granted as the first step, British negotiators proceeded in an open and candid fashion, and there was an acknowledgment that it was in the British interest to establish an amicable relationship with the new nation. From this Jenings proposed that recognition of American independence be granted immediately and then that the American Commissioners should be approached directly to act as mediators between the British and French. The novelty of the second proposal arose from his belief that the Americans would not sign a peace treaty so long as Britain and France were at war; and, therefore, since the Americans would have achieved their paramount objective, independence, they would be highly motivated to bring about an end to the Anglo-French conflict. For other points raised in the pamphlet, see
notes 10
. That is, a busybody (
. Arthur Lee. Jenings, Lee's second cousin, had engaged in an extensive correspondence with him during 1777 and 1778 (
Letters from a Distinguished American
, ed. Hutson, p. x, xii).
. Jenings proposed that in exchange for the British recognition of American independence and a treaty of peace, the United States might be induced to forego trade with the East Indies, guarantee British possession of the West Indies, and abandon claims to western lands. In addition, the United States might agree to supply naval stores, enter into a fisheries agreement, and refrain from interfering in the business of the Hudson's Bay Company (p. 13–15). With all of this Jenings emphasized continually the commercial advantages that would accrue to Great Britain from its reentry into American trade.
. Jenings was apologizing for his presumption that the American Commissioners possessed powers to negotiate a peace and that, even if they did not, their recommendations would "have the fullest effect in Congress" (p. 10–11).
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. Jenings did not use a pseudonym again until his letter of
21 July 1780
Adams Papers
) and then it was E. Freeman.
never adopted Jenings' advice that he use a pseudonym in his own letters to Jenings.
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'C'est pas moi' wins best Canadian film prize
Canadian critics praised "Milk" as the year's best pic at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards Jan. 12. The drama also won best male performance for star Sean Penn.
"C'est pas moi, je le jure!" was won the prize for best Canadian film, while its helmer Philippe Falardeau won for best director and star Suzanne Clément took home the honor for best supporting actress in a Canadian film. Kate Winslet followed her double win at the Golden Globes with a prize for best actress that recognized her work in both "The Reader" and "Revolutionary Road." And the winners are: FILM:"Milk" CANADIAN FILM"C'est pas moi, je le jure!" FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
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David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
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Sean Penn, "Milk" ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road"/"The Reader" ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING
Rosemarie DeWitt, "Rachel Getting Married" ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Natar Ungalaaq, "The Necessities of Life" ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Marianne Fortier, "Maman est chez le coiffeur" SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Randy Quaid, "Real Time" SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Suzanne Clément, "C'est pas moi, je le jure!" Achievement Award for Contribution to the British Columbia Film Industry
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The Iowa Department of Revenue issued an Assessment Limitations Order, or "rollback," on property values in Iowa. The Order adjusts the property values used by local governments to compute property taxes for agricultural, residential, commercial and industrial property. State law allows no more than a four percent (4%) increase in taxable values for these property classes from year to year in order to cushion the impact of inflation. The Order sets forth the following taxable values:
The taxable value for residential property is 52.8166% of the assessed value. This is an increase from the 2011 level of 50.7518 %. (Residential assessed value in Iowa is $137.5 billion; the taxable value is $72.6 billion, which is 52.8166% of the assessed value.) Residential property includes farm dwellings.
The taxable value for agricultural property is 59.9334% of the assessed value. This is an increase from the 2011 level of 57.5411%. Agricultural property is assessed at its productivity value. (The 2012 assessed value is $47.7 billion; the taxable value is $28.6 billion, which is 59.9334% of the assessed value.)
No adjustments were ordered for the commercial, industrial, railroad, and utility classes, because their assessed values did not increase enough to qualify for reductions. Utility property is limited to an 8% annual growth. Railroad property is adjusted by the lowest percentage applied to commercial, industrial, and utility property.
County auditors will apply the adjustments to each property class to compute the taxable values used for property taxes. Tax liabilities based on the 2012 taxable values and payable in fiscal year 2013-14 will not be determined until local taxing bodies establish their property tax needs early next year.
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What do giant footprints mean when seen at the site of a vicious murder? On the upcoming "Castle" episode, "The Fast and the Furriest," the tracks may just lead to Bigfoot. The investigation leads Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) through the world of primate research, big-game hunting and mythological creatures — but will the detectives be the ones who end up on the endangered species list?
The first of the two video previews for this episode shows the police (and Castle) arriving at the murder scene. Apparently, the victim was dropped at the hospital but didn't make it. Considering that Bigfoot is a suspect in this case, we can probably guess that an accomplice was driving the car.
The second video features guest star Raphael Sbarge ("Once Upon a Time") as Dr. Meeks, a Bigfoot expert.
Would a sasquatch actually wander into a city? It seems unlikely. It seems even more unlikely that the cryptozoological beast would pick New York for its first urban adventure. But Dr. Meeks is the expert, after all. Also, yeti finger?
Seriously, yeti finger! "The Fast and the Furriest" airs on Monday, April 15 at 10pm on ABC.


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Many young baseball players fantasize about one day playing professional baseball. For Pleasanton resident William LaMarche, this childhood dream has become a reality.
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text: Depression: Self-consciousness, Pretending, and GuiltMost studies of depression focus on the psychiatric or medical interpretation of the experience. Sadness and guilt are human experiences, Keen argues, not disease symptoms. They involve the intricate layers of enacting a style for others, of coping with moral crises, and enduring disappointment. Depression tells us of life and death, good and evil, but not sickness and health. Keen begins with human consciousness, in contrast to the non-reflective consciousness of animals. It becomes clear that the social meanings of being depressed complicate and may even obscure the experiences of sadness and guilt that must be lived through and survived in human depression. The uniquely human and moral content is highlighted; the dysfunction of disease is demystified. Of particular interest to practitioners, professors, and students involved with psychology. |


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The 9 day fortnight
Starting to see some details around the vexed question of who pays for the 10th day if workers go on a nine day fortnight.
Obviously the business can't still pay staff for the tenth day, when the whole idea is to help businesses survive by reducing their costs. Having them pay the same wages for one less day's work would make things worse, not better.
So that leaves either the workers not getting paid for the tenth day, or the Government paying.
As usual, John Key looks to be heading towards a pragmatic compromise, according to Tracy Watkins in the Dominion Post:
The Government has ruled out a wage subsidy on the grounds of cost, but is considering an allowance based on a "benchmark", such as the average or minimum wage.
Government sources say a 100 per cent wage subsidy for the lost day's pay is too expensive and would send the wrong signals to business, which might see it as an opportunity to trim wage costs by getting the Government to pick up the tab.
The minimum wage is $12.50 an hour which is $100 for an eight hour day. So the Government would be paying around $2,600 a year to a worker on their day off. If 100,000 workers go onto this scheme, then the cost is $260 million a year plus admin costs.
Some unions have said they want it higher, such as the median wage. The problem with that though, is some employees who earn less than the median wage will actually get paid more by having the tenth day off for training, than is otherwise the case.
In the long term is is silly to think a sustainable business model is to have the Government pay 10% of the wages of every worker, to save businesses model. If that is a good idea, then why not have the Government pay 100%.
So the key is that it has to be temporary and targeted. It arguably is not economically efficient – but if it can avoid unemployment hitting double figures, that will reduce the downstream effects in terms of crime and benefits etc.
I am nervous about the ability of the Government to target it only to firms that really need it. They team that has to implement this will need to be very good.


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The domestic help who was brutalised by her employer at south Delhi's Vasant Kunj and rescued on Monday night was sold to a Kotla Mubarakpur placement agency for Rs. 35,000.
Sources claim the girl had been sold several times since she was brought to Delhi by her 'aunt' three years ago and as a result the chain of trafficking is not clear.
The girl, who had several small injuries all over her body when she was rescued, is showing signs of improvement and spoke at length on Wednesday with the national child rights panel (NCPCR) team.
The girl told the team that her employer Vandana Dhir, who was arrested on Tuesday, had paid Rs. 5,000 to her 'aunt'.
"At this time we don't know whether this woman who she calls her aunt is actually related to her. The girl told us that Dhir did not pay any wages for the four months she worked," said Vinod Kumar Tikoo, an NCPCR member.
Police are now looking for the placement agency owner and the girl's aunt. "Their arrest will reveal the trail of trafficking," said a senior police officer.
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I really like the interaction between the characters here. It's IMO, a pivotal point in reinforcing the theme once again that contractors and dolls ARE humans. The car chase hammers that point home by having those three work together and care for each other.
July's great!
2009-11-21, 06:30 | Link #42 |
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I liked the part Suou threw those shards,but it was horrible for that pretty woman to die just after an episode,I wonder what dream she had (: .July + Suou moments are adorable as hell! I still need more action from this series,its not going to be 20+ eps?
2009-11-21, 08:29 | Link #43 | |
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Amber was the one that observed Hei's sister apparently was still within him. Whether it was semantics or not, we do know that the machine used to take away Hei's power is very significant. The last time when the syndicate tried to eradicate every living contractors by blowing up the gate in Japan with that particle accelerator, it was Hei who emitted some sort of power to disrupt the accelerator. If such thing is tried again by the syndicate, the only one who could get in the way was Hei. However, Hei doesn't have his power anymore. So the question is.... Is there another attempt coming up in the near future to eradicate the contractors? A very good poster pointed out to me that this season makes much more sense if S1 is revisited, especially the Amber arc from the point where they were blowing buildings and such before leading up to the conclusion. As for this episode, I've enjoyed it the most out of this season thus far..
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I kinda figured that was a given.
2009-11-21, 11:41 | Link #46 | |
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My appreciation for the 2nd season increased by large margin after I've picked up season 1 for a rewatch. The story is making much more sense.
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not my favorite episode this season but it was ok,
still even though Hei has lost his powers he still shouldnt be taken lightly. also after seeing this episode i am so convinced that for Hei to get his powers back it has something to do with the meteor fragment necklace. also im getting a bit worried that this is going to be wrapped up really quickly/badly or there will be a part 2 release because i just cant see them doing this properly in a 12 episode season.
2009-11-21, 14:08 | Link #48 |
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Interesting episode with few plot advancements. The father is still alive and Shion is up to something....
More conspiracies. Wait...did the Section 3's head called Shion as "Izanami", isn't Izanami = Yin? I like the Suou throwing glass shards scene. Very brutal...And finally, Hei gets to kill somebody after few episode of getting his ass kicked Hopefully there will be more answers in the next episode. There's too many questions and too many conspiracies
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At 06:25 the old guy ask if the info about Izanagi's father been already in tokyo is true. So Izanagi can be Shion or Suou. And they might think that Suou is Shion, so we have again the possibility that Shion is Izanagi.
Regarding Pólux, he was immortal, but not a god. His twin was Castor, who was a mortal. They are siblings from Helen (from Troy) and Clitmnestra. Then we have Pólux (who was immortal) and Helen, who are sons of Zeus and Clitmnestra and Castor, who are sons of a mortal man. Due to his immortality, Pólux was always absent minded, and during a combat his lack of attention cost his twin life. Because Zeus loved too much the twyns, Hades agree that Pólux trade shifts with Castor in the underworld, and by this way Castor come back to life. But it was a incomplete existence due to the fact that their relationship was too close. Feeling sorrow for that, the gods turned them into stars and cast them in the sky. |
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My fav char in this show. Too bad she's gone. Anyways, commenting on the new ep, I guess they're going back to the theme that contractors have human feelings too. |
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Yup, I'm starting to like where the plot is going. I can't say I've been entirely pleased with the development of the last 6 episodes, although I did enjoy them immensely. I echo popular sentiments when I say that I wish that Hei will eventually receive his powers back and go all GAR again.
The instances with July were especially entertaining. I laughed when he tried to stifle his shock at the freezing water going down his back. Ah, good ol' DtB. It's what I wait for every week. : ) |
2009-11-21, 22:48 | Link #54 |
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Just watched the episode again and I thought of 3 things
-Suou like how Hei called her name but she has yet to use his name in the series -Suou still thinks that Hei killed her father since there has been no explanation on their side otherwise -Seem like the whole meteor fragment ordeal is forgotten from the time being since it hasn't been an issue since episode....3?
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I'll also go against the grain and say that was an above-average episode. The most interesting element of this mythology for me is the question of the degree of humanity (or lack thereof) among the contractors and dolls, and we saw quite a bit of development in that area. For all the so-called rules about the emotional limitations of both classes, the obvious evidence is that they're flexible at best. Plus, July is fast emerging as the funniest character on the show so any ep that features him heavily can't be bad.
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btw, why is it connected with the doll ? o.o
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This is a refreshing salad that adds a little zip to a festive dinner. Our state is second to Florida in production of oranges, so this recipe truly represents my area. I hope you get the chance to try it soon.
77 Foods to Eat When You Have a Cold
- 3 cups shredded carrots
- 2 medium oranges, peeled
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Dash salt
- Place carrots in a medium bowl. Section oranges into the bowl to catch juices. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Cover and chill for several hours. Yield: 4-6 servings.
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"I had this at a friend's house, without the oranges. Very refreshing and great colour. If I were to use oranges, I would put in a can of mandarins and skip the peeling of oranges. Also, it is perfectly fine without the cinnamon too."
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This dish is a perfect side for roast chicken; or crumble feta on top for a vegetarian lunch. Quinoa freezes well, so cook a big batch, let cool, and freeze in resealable plastic bags until ready to use.
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- 1 cup quinoa, rinsed well in a fine-mesh sieve
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 small onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup olive oil plus more for baking sheet
- 2 tablespoons apple cider
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 3 medium carrots (about 1/2 pound), peeled, thinly sliced on a diagonal
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup pickled beets, cut into matchsticks
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh dill
- 1 head Bibb or butter lettuce, leaves torn
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Bring quinoa and 4 cups lightly salted water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 10-15 minutes. Add onion; cook for 1 minute longer. Drain; return quinoa mixture to saucepan, cover, and let sit for 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork and transfer to a large bowl; let cool.
- Meanwhile, lightly coat a large rimmed baking sheet with oil. Whisk cider and honey in a large bowl to blend; season with salt and pepper. Add carrots and toss to coat. Transfer to prepared baking sheet and roast until tender, 15-20 minutes. Let cool.
- Whisk vinegar, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a small bowl. Gradually add 1/4 cup oil, whisking until dressing is blended. Season vinaigrette with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Quinoa, carrots, and vinaigrette can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill separately.
- Add beets, dill, carrots, and half of vinaigrette to quinoa mixture and toss to coat. Add lettuce and remaining vinaigrette and toss to combine.
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- Carbohydrates50 g(17%)
- Fat16 g(25%)
- Protein8 g(15%)
- Saturated Fat2 g(11%)
- Sodium124 mg(5%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
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The USAG Junior Olympic gymnastics team of Galax competed in the Candy Cane Invitational in Roanoke, opening the new season for the team's new Level 4 competitors.
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He is in good company Nique - Hawks won 43 games that year and Nique finished with a 17.5 PPG for the year, second on the team to Roundfield's 19.0. Nique career 24.1 PPG The other 3 teams did not fair too well. Mash - Dallas finished 19 - 63 in Mash's rookie year and he wound up averaging 19.2 PPG tied with J. Jackson for the team lead. Career 19.1 PPG Kellogg - Indiana finished 20 - 62. Kellog lead the team in scoring 20.1 PPG. Career 18.9 in a very short 4 + year career. Ewing - Knicks finished 23 - 59. Ewing only played 50 games in his rookie year and led the Knicks in PPG with a 20.0 average. Career 21.0 PPG Durant - Sonics 0 - 5. Durant is leading them in scoring 22.6 PPG Comment: Nique was clearly the best career scorer of the group before Durant. Nique was the only one whose career PPG was substantially higher, if at all, above his PPG as a rookie. 24.1 vs 17.5. What might be worth noting here is that Nique was the only one to play on a team with a winning record in his rookie year and averaged the least ppg of the group in his rookie year. So maybe here we see an inverse relationship between points scored as a rookie and the record of team. Does this mean that as the Sonics get better in the future that Durant's ppg will be lower or maybe just not higher than in his rookie year? Stay tuned. It is too early to compare Durant to The Human Highlight Film, however it appears to me that Durant's game comes closer to being like Nique's than the other 3. ESPN - Daily Dime: Shaq older and slower, but still quick with a quip - NBA Basketball-Reference.com - Basketball Statistics, Analysis, and History
It is a true blessing to be drafted by a crappy team if you are planning on becoming a star player. Also, think how much luckier it would be to be the 31st pick of the draft vs. the 30th pick. On one hand, you will probably come off the bench every game all year and on the other, you will either go to the D-League or sit the bench for the Spurs, Mavs, Pistons, etc. I wonder if that effect can be seen by looking back through draft history.
Agree on your point. However, it appears to me to be a question of Objectivism vs Ubuntu. Objectivism (Ayn Rand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ubuntu (philosophy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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