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ADM Pipefitter - ADM Construction - Clinton IA in Clinton, Iowa
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Pipefitter - ADM Construction - Clinton IA
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For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital needs of a growing world. Today, we're one of the world's largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with approximately 31,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately 500 crop procurement locations, 270 ingredient manufacturing facilities, 44 innovation centers and the world's premier crop transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn more at www.adm.com .
Pipefitter – ADM Construction - Clinton IA
ADM Construction
This is an hourly level position.
Position Summary :
Lay out, assembly, fabrication, maintenance and repair of mechanical piping systems in a wet corn milling facility. Work involves precision cutting, threading, grooving and welding of carbon steel, stainless steel and many different alloy metals.
Job Requirements :
Promotes the ADM Way and Core Values
Strong safety values
Pipe grinding
Pipe welding (mig, tig, and stick)
Plasma cutting
Layout, blueprint reading, pipefitting, pipe threading, mechanical pipe cutting, oxy-fuel cutting, and valve installation preferred
Experience in the use of power tools
Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision
Flexibility in accepting change
Communication (spoken and written) and teamwork skills
Reliability in reporting to work; willingness to work overtime as required
Willingness to participate in training to continue developing skills
Direct industrial experience or high exposure to industrial work preferred
High school diploma or equivalent with strong fundamental skills (math, reading, writing)
Knowledge of ADM-Clinton plant – a strong plus
Physical Requirements :
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. walk long distances, stand for long periods, climb stairs and ladders, work at heights and work in extreme temperature conditions
Starting pay is dependent on skills & background from $15.90/hr to $28.50/hr. Selection methods include testing (National Career Readiness Certification). Candidates should apply online at ADM.com.
Relocation assistance is not available with this position.
This position offers a complete benefit package including 401K/ESOP, pension, health, life and dental insurance.
ADM requires the successful completion of applicable pre-employment drug screen, medical questionnaire and a background check.
ADM is an Equal Opportunity Employer for minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with a disability.
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Shares of energy wholesaler and utility owner NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) fell as much as 10% on Tuesday after winning an auction for SunEdison assets. As of 3:30 p.m. EDT, shares were still down 8.8%.
So what
The big news today is that NRG Energy won an auction for 2.1 GW of SunEdison assets for $144 million. What's strange about the news is that it was the only bidder. No other utility or renewable energy developer got close to the assets and investors are at least a little curious as to why not.
The auction was for a variety of assets held by SunEdison, some of which are complete and some aren't. What's uncertain today is how much the company will have to spend to complete projects or if it will be able to unlock maximum value for projects given that contracts to sell energy to utilities may have to be renegotiated. But for $144 million, the price is right and NRG Energy has an opportunity to make a windfall if it can execute on completing the projects.
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There's a massive market sell-off taking place today, which didn't help NRG Energy's stock, either. Oil is down and with it went most of the industry, even though low oil prices could be good for wholesale energy companies like NRG.
When it comes to the SunEdison asset purchase, NRG Energy is taking a fairly small risk that it will be able to complete projects and generate solid returns on the renewable energy projects. And given the long-term cash flows that usually accompany such projects, I think it's a solid bet. Look for more information when management reports earnings next quarter, but for now I would be bullish on NRG Energy's acquisition and not as down on the stock as investors are today.
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Location is everywhere, customer expectations are soaring and location intelligence is being hit by a huge storm of business drivers...
It has been said that over 80% of business data now holds a component of location, but the question that still remains on everyone's mind is how do you utilize this information to see a profit?
There are some extremely creative uses of location intelligence out there at the moment, from insurance companies, retail and advertising, to tracking, transportation and site selection. But with this rocketing growth of Location Intelligence, everyone wants to know where the revenue streams and business models are that will ensure this is not just a trend but here to stay.
Here the opinions of two top executives from Oracle and ESRI, about what is driving the Location Intelligence forward, where the real revenue streams are and what needs to be overcome to get there.
Location Intelligence is definitely on the up, but what is specifically driving Location Intelligence forward?
"The geo-spatial market has consistently grown over the last several decades, including through the recent recession." says SJ Camarata, Director at ESRI, Inc. "Users realize that it provides a valuable, sometimes mission critical capability for them. The fact that Locational Intelligence is in fact an outgrowth of or an extension of the geo-spatial world in and of itself should be a driving factor in leading to successes in the market."
Xavier Lopez, Director of Spatial & Semantic Technologies at Oracle says "The underlying technologies are now mature – it's now a matter of integrating them into a service. The delivery of location services is possible when single players can intermediate the necessary technologies and workflows into one service (eg. Google Maps, Apple iPhone, Microsoft, etc.)"
Given that there are so many uses for Location Intelligence, and location data is now integrated in to most business data, there are still certain issues that are holding full progression back.
"In the past with the early attempts of Location Based Services to impact the market, this new movement, 'Location Intelligence', struggles to some extent with trying to move beyond market positioning to real revenue generating business model" Says Camarata.
"The consumer market for the web has been successful to a degree because of its ability to capture revenue through ads. As Location Intelligence becomes more popular and useful, ad revenue models will aid some companies and allow them to gain traction and be successful. Others will need to find a model that will allow them to convince customers that what they offer is worth paying for – whether targeted toward the consumer market, the enterprise market or the areas in between. There are many examples of this and time will tell if new players can find success. Partnerships and cooperative agreements with creative business models may also help as developers and vendors craft useful tools and solutions and couple those with models that allow them to monetize their offerings in ways that scale and generate profitability."
Camarata is not the only one who is of this opinion. Lopez also agrees on the business model perspective "From a business perspective, a sustainable business model is still problematic. In the technical side, location services, particularly when it involves wireless, has significant dependencies outside of any particular service provider. There is the device which needs to host the application and manage location positioning technology (lat/long). There is the wireless provider that needs to provide accurate location positioning and transmit it. There is the application provider (or mapping service provider) that needs to fuse location, with background mapping and other geocoded data, and with personal preferences."
"Another potential reason is that Location Intelligence can be viewed as just another 'repositioning' of geo-spatial technology cast under a new name" says Camarata. "Some argue that it connotes less powerful or less analytical capabilities, which may be true, but there should be a way, if the market demands it, for vendors to make revenues and execute smart business plans to become successful. As in any market, it can be difficult to enter a crowded field and distinguish oneself in a way that generates the rapid growth and success desired by many."
The question that remains on everyone's mind is how and where are the real revenue streams and paths to profit when we're talking about Location Intelligence?
Lopez is of the opinion that "the opportunities will be in providing targeted enterprise location services that the consumer mapping applications cannot easily deliver. For example applications aimed at vehicle routing and scheduling, indoor positioning, asset tracking, analytics on tracking data."
Camarata is of the belief that "customers are willing to pay for products/services, whether on mobile devices, the desktop, on servers, on the web or in the cloud, as long as they provide value and solve users problems. Revenue will come from a variety of sources including licensing and maintenance fees, subscriptions, service deployments, professional services (e.g., consulting) and more. Many vendors today are seeing revenue streams coming from each of these (including Esri) and all are growing."
Lopez believes that wide-scale adoption of Location Intelligence will be prevalent in the next 3-5 years….
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Buffy: Chosen (7.22)
What Chosen does so successfully is undermine that very prophecy, spreading her power through every other potential slayer. After so many years of being the stoic leader, Buffy suddenly isn't as important in the world. That vast journey to some kind of freedom is finally realized, and it's the happy ending she's so long deserved. On a thematic level, it also brings to a head Buffy's journey this season, a year in which she's constantly battled with her own persona in the pursuit of success. She's led an army, but harsh treatment, repetitive speechifying and an absence of her vulnerability only led to group division and split loyalties. Because as much as the Scooby Gang and the potentials were wrong to throw her out of her own house, Buffy too was looking at all of this incorrectly. Slayers, by their nature, were lone warriors doomed to an early fate. But Buffy bucked that trend early on, utilizing a powerful ensemble of supporters to consistently save the day. She lost track of that need for unity early on this year, but her epiphany here enabled that togetherness to shine through once more. Every player was essential in the final battle, and sharing the power equaled ultimate victory.
Season seven has undoubtedly been a problematic year. Nobody exactly needs to reiterate this point anymore, but the potentials were a flawed presence from the get-go. The characters we knew and loved grew cold and alien. The First itself wasn't a hugely effective antagonist at the best of times. But, with Chosen, it's arguable that the destination somewhat justified the rocky journey. There's an undeniable sense of scale to that final battle. It's messy, violent, brutal, and the busy army of potentials really feeds into that intensity. It looks plain impressive on screen, and as much as I was crying out for certain girls to meet their ends, even the toughest whiner out there would struggle to not feel pumped up by the relentless action; these powerful women tearing uber-vamps to shreds.
Joss' script also pieces together a lot of the goodwill lost back in Empty Places. There's a ton of friendly banter between the Scooby Gang here, characters bouncing off each other like true friends would. For the last stretch of season seven, the group seemed to be working together out of an old sense of loyalty, rather than because they actually liked each other anymore, but Chosen salvages the humanity. Willow is allowed to be nervous and funny again. Xander's gags don't seem inappropriate or strained. Giles gains back his warmth. The potentials, for once, are treated like a nameless army; remaining in the shadows as a collective rather than as a loud presence unwilling to pipe down. Faith is strong and badass and sexy, finding an equal in the similarly jaded Principal Wood. It feels like a script written by somebody with an intimate knowledge of these characters. Just that final group scene before the battle is evidence enough: the knowing humor, the sarcasm, the funny. It's like the good ol' days once again.
That sense of regained goodwill is also notable in Anya. She's the 'casualty of war' death here, perishing in one fell swoop of mid-battle brutality. But before that she gets to be funny again, reminding us of a time when she wasn't this weirdly bitter caricature who says "penis" a lot. Part of me feels like she should have died back in Selfless, the last episode to fully utilize Anya's unique charm, but I do appreciate the casual harshness of her demise: a character whose always had a strained relationship with human emotion actually going out fighting for their cause.
Whedon stumbles a little when it comes to the second of the contrived deus ex machinas dropped in Buffy's lap to save the day. It's even more annoying because it comes so soon after an Angel episode that cleverly poked fun at the sudden existence of some kind of inanimate object that can avert apocalyptic crisis. But I take it as more a statement on the writers struggling to come up with any cohesive get-out clause for what rapidly became an underwhelming final nemesis, rather than simply bad writing.
In the end, Chosen is Buffy's story. She talks about her inability to think of a life without the burden of slayage at the start of the episode, and again shares an intimate moment with Spike. But there's always that weight on her shoulders. She can't fully buy into emotion or intimacy because she knows the next day could very well be her last. And that's why that ending is so powerful, because finally that weight gets removed. It's suddenly a future, real and tangible, instead of the unlikely dream of one.
As for Spike, I really do think she loved him. Angel was epic and sweeping and melodramatic, a teenage love affair where everything is new and intense. But Spike was raw, and adult. They went through human pain, exposed their deepest vulnerabilities to one another and saw the very worst of themselves together. But then came out the other side. For the second time in three weeks, they literally sleep together. No sex, no romantic fumbling... just honest intimacy, two characters that needed each other in the moment. Spike sees her heroic nature and her strength; Buffy sees everything he was and how far he's come. Oh, God. After all these years, I think I'm actually shipping these two.
Chosen is a wonderful final chapter. On a surface level, each character gets their due and the dialogue sparkles more than it has done in weeks. Elsewhere, it almost feels too easy to use the word 'epic' when describing the battle sequence, but there's a grand scope to it that's pretty unprecedented for network television. And is it even possible to not get a kick out of Buffy jumping from rooftop to rooftop as Sunnydale collapses into a crater behind her? But away from the visual awesomeness and dialogue-driven magic, Chosen stuns with its thematic resonance: not only is it a fitting closer for the greatest female TV protagonist in history, but also a majestic final message of female empowerment fitting for such a groundbreaking, feminist series.
Growing up, two television series opened up the concept of adulthood to me. One was Friends, the other was Buffy. But while Friends offered this ridiculous fantasy of huge apartments, intense friendships and careers that you love, Buffy was the real-world adulthood. Which I realize probably sounds strange, since this is a show about vampires and demons and interdimensional keys that look a hell of a lot like Harriet the Spy. But Buffy was about social anxiety, friendships that sometimes fall apart and change over time, relationships that don't work out the way you had intended, the struggles of parenting, the loneliness we can experience even in the busiest of groups, the importance of inner strength. It was a show that crossed gender, age and experience, and taught me so much about both myself and the world we live in. I've never had that love for fictional characters since, that fondness I had for them even during moments where they weren't particularly likable. It inspired me to write, and create worlds that are hopefully half as good as the world Joss and his team formed over the course of seven years.
Then again, isn't that what most fans of this show felt? We watched these characters grow up from hopeful adolescents into stable adults, through all the misery and angst in between. Even with all the genre otherworldliness, Buffy touched on those universal themes that we could all relate to and sympathize with. And we did. We watched and we learned and we loved. All because of a tiny blonde and her wood. A
Guest stars Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles); Eliza Dushku (Faith); Nathan Fillion (Andrew Wells); David Boreanaz (Angel); Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells); Iyari Limon (Kennedy); Sarah Hagan (Amanda); Indigo (Rona); DB Woodside (Principal Robin Wood)
Writer Joss Whedon Director Joss Whedon
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Lovely review. A truly stunning piece for a show that holds a dear place in my heart.ReplyDelete
I wholeheartedly agree with the notion that the series' thematic conclusion is just so darn powerful and fitting, that it can really help you overlook the season's flaws (although I really remember loving the season).
Moreover, I have to mention that one of my most favorite moments in television HISTORY is that gorgeously epic moment in which Buffy tells the First to "get out of my face" (excellent pun by the way which I only caught last year) and then rises up in slow-mo with "The Final Fight" playing (a score I listen to often) as she slams the Scythe into a bunch of uber vamps. I get goosebumps just thinking of it and I've replayed that scene a zillion and one times.
By the way, if I had any complaints, I'd say that the finale was sadly rushed. I remember reading an interview with SMG saying she wished it were two hours and that's a really good point. I always felt it would have been an A+ finale if that were the case.
And of course the CGI during the Buffy hopping across Sunnydale scene. My God I get that it was on the WB and the budget was blown on the hellmouth stuff but that scene looked like a bunch of Legos. Their CGI in season one was more effective! I literally cringe watching it and can't believe Joss allowed it to air. Did no one else find it jarringly horrible?
Anyways I don't want to end this on a bad note. Again, magnificent review Max. It's been a pleasure reading your Buffy reviews and I'm truly sad they're over.
Thanks, Nad, and thanks for reading so many of them, too.ReplyDelete
Agreed about the "get out of my face" scene, ridiculously intense. Not sure the finale needed to be two hours, since the last run of episodes were so arc-driven that they probably did everything they wanted to do. Also sort of disagree on the CGI. Sure, it's not great, but the idea was so cool that I felt like it wasn't hugely important that the budget couldn't stretch that far. Then again, I've always found the bad CGI/prosthetics on Buffy kind of charming. As long as you're telling a great story, the rest is like window dressing.
Thanks again, Nad.
Congrats on finishing the series, Adam. Loved everyone of he reviews, this one included.ReplyDelete
I particularly liked what you said about this episode really utilising the characters. I can't speak for the weakness of the past few episodes, it's been too long, but I always loved this one, and that final scene before the battle with the core four makes me well up.
Anya's death is annoying, but I get why it happened that way, and Joss needed his quick mid-battle death. I don't agree with her needing to die in selfless, her survival at the end of that one feels like a huge part of why that episode worked for me.
Anyway, I agree with almost everything you said here. Are you considering any replacement shows to fill the void once Angel's done?
Thanks for the comment, Panda. Always love your insight into the show. And I completely fold on the Anya thing. Her survival made that episode, so I take back what I said. I still feel she should have been killed before she became something of a dead weight, but agreed that Selfless would be a bad episode for that.ReplyDelete
About other shows, I'm prepping a couple right now, but they won't be up for a while. I'm embarking on crazy life stuff in the fall, so I'm attempting to stock-pile a ton of work to keep the blog active, even if I'm not actually writing anything at that moment in time.
And thanks for following my Buffy work. I'm crazy proud of these reviews and the comments really kept things interesting. Maya, especially, while I think of it. She's been MIA for a while, which sucks. I hope she's all right.
Again, thanks Panda.
I was just about to comment on the very same thing Panda said, since you are very close to the end of a bunch of the shows you are reviewing.ReplyDelete
I'll definitely be missing these reviews, since your love of the show clearly shines through and I'm sure I'll return to a lot of them when I eventually rewatch the show (in particular your review of Hush, which I loved). At least you aren't quite finished with the Buffyverse, and there is plenty of greatness in Angel season five.
Chosen is strange for me. It's a really good, entertaining episode of tv and I love that Buffy finally gets to share the wealth and spread the slayer powers around, and while it is a great message and the shots of the empowered young girls and women are effective, it kind of feels inconsequential in the hellmouth, where a locket from Wolfram and Hart basically saves the day...I guess I would have prefered to see Buffy have a more active role in stopping the threat in her own series finale, but it is still a largely effective finale. It did wrap the show up well, and it's actually the episode I have watched most (bar Doppelgangland).
Anyway, great review as usual.
Thanks tvfan, it's crazy rewarding to get good feedback like that.ReplyDelete
I actually agree about the whole W&H thing, but they did that a lot at the end, with the scythe too. It's like they just threw in a bunch of get-out plot devices, you know? Which was a little disappointing.
Thanks for reading my stuff, dude.
It's been such a pleasure watching alongside your reviews! You're so talented.ReplyDelete
Such an event that was, I finally understand what holds Buffy in the heart of so many. It was epic! Incredible that this was given such scope and enthusiasm and sheer energy by all involved, my what television can do! Quality quality programming. I think all the flops and weird moments are mostly the result of a serious wish to make sure they could have that non bias to characters. It was definitely rewarding for everybody to return to their true selves at the end. Although they never really did manage to make me dislike Giles, even when he acted like an idiot, they really gave it their all with that one but nahh!
[Adam! I just read your comment above! That's really sweet of you! I was away due to some crazy stuff, I literally couldn't come look at your blog! But I'm okay. Missed it =)]
Just responding to the last point, I think the fact that it was a passed on strength spoke volumes. As well as equality and feminism, one of the most powerful themes for me has been redemption. Everybody redeemed themselves in some way. With tools it continues those messages, that hope, will and intention ('my aim is true') are what makes us strong, and every hope and good power were infused in those things. Spike found heaven in his own way. And Buffy learnt a lot about self-sacrifice- she was self sacrifce! But these could be steep words, don't hold me to this I'll have to rewatch everything again at some point (I knew I would!), she was always untrusting in some ways, not in a negative way but to sacrifice that control and truly let someone else hold responsibility was a huge thing and something that healed her in so many ways. Total trust and total love- when you love someone you let them be free don't you! :'-)
P.s.- thank goodness they allowed you to end the series on an A!ReplyDelete
Maya! It's great that you're back! I couldn't find your blog anymore (I may be wrong with that, I'm not sure), so I didn't know if you had permanently vanished. Glad to hear you're all right.ReplyDelete
I'm happy you liked the finale, too. And your entire last paragraph was a really strong review in itself. Some really beautiful words there.
And congrats on finishing the show. I remember telling you when you started posting how jealous I was that you hadn't seen the show before, but in all seriousness it's a huge deal to become a part of that fanbase -- discovering the show and completely falling for it.
Again, thanks so much for all the insightful comments you've made. You should start your own TV blog! Heh.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Wow, so glad I came across this blog. It's really refreshing to read reviews from someone who genuinely loves the show but also isn't afraid to be honest about what doesn't work without senselessly bashing it. There are so many points in each S7 post that made me want to shout "Yes! Yes! Exactly!" Rather than comment on each individual one I thought I'd just sum up what I totally agree with here:ReplyDelete
- The first few episodes of this season are really strong, especially Selfless.
- Somewhere between Sleeper and Bring on The Night the episodes start to bleed into one another. I can still distinguish them but something special is missing. I would argue that there is a severe lack of genuine, moving character moments and perhaps something visually lacking? Buffy always has great imagery that sticks in your head, whether it's something symbolic, or a particular facial expression, or a creative editing choice, and there aren't many of them here. Also lacking are genuinely funny Scooby moments, aside from the great one in First Date.
- Giles. What you wrote in BoTN sums up his out-of-character behavior perfectly, (to paraphrase) his loss of tact, protective guidance, and warmth. The Buffy/Giles dynamic is one of my favorites on the show, why butcher 5-6 years of fabulous development to have a mishandled student-surpassed-the-teacher/daughter-grows-past-the-father storyline? Also, I'm sorry, but are we supposed to believe that no one has seen Giles - the character who's ALWAYS drinking or eating something haha - touch anything or anyone?
- Like you said, Andrew is an uncomfortable character whose 'redemption arc' grates. Plus I personally find him more stupid than funny, though that's not to fault Tom Lenk's portrayal. I just don't think it works in this context. Then again, I never found the Trio's brand of humor to be appropriate or funny in the first place.
- Buffy's Slayer/General storyline is really strong and interesting, but that's mostly in theme. Thankfully I never lost any sense of her character even as she hardened herself, but her arc doesn't exactly make for great TV. I found Buffy more heroic facing depression and flipping burgers at the DMP than speechifying for a bunch of scared 15-year-olds. I just wish the writers could have conveyed the same messages in a more engaging, thoughtful way.
- The ensemble is definitely sidelined and used for filler. So unfortunate, especially for Willow - who has no chemistry with Kennedy and whose magic storyline became repetitively uninteresting - and Anya - who I definitely agree became a less funny, more unlikable caricature by the end. While I liked Xander's lovely speech to Dawn in Potential it felt contrived to make him 'the one who sees' before he gets his eye gouged. I'm with Anya (from Selfless) with my opinion on Xander: he only sees what he wants to see.
- Not even going to start on the misogynistic heavy-handedness that is Caleb and the First and all the deus ex machina elements...
Thank you for articulating so accurately what serious problems I had with this last season while still recognizing the strong moments. It sucks because I do love the finale but I can't FEEL it the way I feel other episodes because I don't buy the Scoobies renewing their old banter after this season messes so badly with their characterizations.
I don't know what it is about BtVS. I know there are shows with richer plots, better effects, more consistent writing and quality, but so far no show has made me care about the characters like I care about Buffy and the Scoobies. Anyway, great reviews, when I have some time I'll definitely read the previous seasons :)
Thanks so much for reading and commenting! Agreed with everything, obviously, but loved reading your specific insight into stuff.ReplyDelete
And that's a great final line, too. No matter how off-track Buffy ever got, it's still the show I love more than any other, and I'm glad to hear I'm not alone with that.
Thanks again for discovering the site!
How can I put this? I dislike your comments about the show's Season 7. The reason is that I disagree with you. It's one of my favorites. I'm not like many fans and viewers who wanted things to stay the same . . . or the characters. They have to grow. And the problem is that many of you refused to acknowledge this. I find that sad.ReplyDelete


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Art lovers can enjoy two free programs at the National Elk Refuge in the upcoming weeks, both of which have become regular fall opportunities at the wildlife refuge. The art programs coincide with Jackson's 2017 Fall Arts Festival, which runs from September 6-17.
The Teton Plein Air Painters will share their talents at the historic Miller House on Tuesday, September 5, using the site as artistic inspiration and a means to interpret the landscape with the public. The Teton Plein Air Painters regularly use the backdrop of the National Elk Refuge to create paintings using a variety of art mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pen and ink.
En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air" and is used to describe painting done in an outdoor setting under natural light. Depending on the light and weather, plein air paintings are generally done in one session. Artists may add final touches to their work once back in the studio.
The informal painting session gives refuge visitors an opportunity to observe the painters as they create their works and ask questions about painting techniques. Though the painters are scheduled during the historic site's regular hours of 10:00 am-4:00 pm, the majority of artists are expected to participate before noon to take advantage of the morning light. The Miller Ranch is located ¾ mile north of the refuge entrance at the end of East Broadway Avenue in Jackson.
At the Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, located at 532 N. Cache Street in Jackson, visitors have nearly a month to enjoy the Wyoming Junior Duck Stamp 2017 Artwork Tour. The exhibit has been traveling statewide since spring and will be on display at the Visitor Center in Jackson from September 6-27. The exhibit features Wyoming's Best of Show artwork, "Taking Flight," a colored pencil rendition of a king eider drake created by Hannah Saville, age 15, of Powell, Wyoming.
Wyoming's Junior Duck Stamp Program is part of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, a dynamic art- and science-based curriculum that teaches wetland and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. The program encourages students to explore their natural world, invites them to investigate biology and wildlife management principles, and challenges them to express and share what they have learned with others.
Winners in the Wyoming art contest are entered into the national art contest. The winning artwork from the national competition serves as the design for the Junior Duck Stamp, produced annually by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Proceeds from the sale of the stamps supports conservation education and provides awards and scholarships for students, teachers, and schools participating in the Junior Duck Stamp program.


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* Exported from MasterCook * RASPBERRY-FILLED SANDWICH COOKIES (LUXEMBOURGLI) Recipe By : Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Cookies Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 1/4 c Blanched almond slices -(about 4 ounces) 1 c Powdered sugar 1/2 c Egg whites (4 to 5), -completely free of yolk 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 ts Cream of tartar 1/4 ts Vanilla extract 1/8 ts (scant) almond extract FOR THE RASPBERRY -BUTTERCREAM: 6 1/2 tb Unsalted butter, slightly -softened 1 1/4 c Powdered sugar 1/3 c Seedless raspberry preserves -or jam FOR THE COOKIES: Heat the oven to 325F. Line 2 very large baking sheets (or 3 smaller ones) with baking parchment. Toast the almonds in the oven, stirring occasionally, for 6 to 8 minutes, or until tinged with brown. Set aside to cool. Reset the oven to 300F. Grind the cooled almonds and 1/2 cup of powdered sugar in a food processor until very fine but not oily. Thoroughly stir the remaining powdered sugar into the almonds. Combine the granulated sugar and 3 tablespoons of hot tap water in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring just to a boil, stirring. Cover the pan and boil for 1 1/2 minutes to allow the steam to wasu the sugar crystals from the sides of the pan. Uncover and continue boiling, lifting the pan and swirling the contents occasionally, but never stirring, for about 1 minute longer until the syrup thickens, bubbles vigorously, and reaches the firm ball stage (240 F on a candy thermometer). To test for doneness without a thermometer, remove the pan from the heat and drop a small amount of the syrup into a cup of ice water; let stand for 10 seconds. The syrup should form a firm ball when squeezed between the fingers. Set the syrup aside. Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer on medium speed until frothy. Add the cream of tartar, raising the mixer speed to high. Continue beating just to soft peaks; turn off mixer. Return the syrup to the burner and reheat just to simmering. With the mixer on high speed, immediately pour a thin, steady stream of syrup down the side of the bowl (avoid the beaters or whip as the syrup will stick) until all of the syrup is added. Add the vanilla and almond extracts. Continue beating until the mixture cools to lukewarm. Use a rubber spatula to fold the almond mixture evenly into the beaten egg whites. Immediately drop the mixture from small spoons into 1-inch kisses spacing about 3/4 inch apart on the parchment lined baking sheets. (Alternately, pipe the mixture into 1-inch rounds using a pastry bag fitted with a plain or open star 3/8-inch diameter tip.) Place the pans staggered on racks in the center half of the oven. Bake for 19 to 22 minutes, reversing pans from front to back and switching racks about halfway through, until barely tinged and firm on top but still slightly soft inside. Let the pans stand on wire racks until the meringues are completely cooled. Peel from the paper. Store aiftight until assembled. To prepare the buttercream: Beat togather the butter, powdered sugar, and preserves until light and fluffy. Spread with a knife (or pipe using a pastry bag and tibe) small amounts of the cream over the flat sides of half the cookies. Top with the r4emaining meringues, pressing together tightly. Store the cookies airtight and refrigerated for up to 24 hours; they will soften too much if left longer. (For longer storage, freze, tightly wrapped, for up to 2 weeks; thaw just before serving.) Allow the cookies to warm up slightly before serving. Makes about forty 1 1/4-inch sandwich cookies. [THE BALTIMORE SUN; November 25, 1990] Posted by Fred Peters. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Many thanks to everyone who came to support the Copa Sandino on Sunday! Congratulations to the Southside Duffers, the winners of the Lucrecia Lindo women's tournament, and to team Sleep When You're Dead, the winners of the Copa! Both winning teams received gift bags, bottles of Nicaraguan rum, and specially-made Sandino t-shirts from the Nicaraguan Embassy. Also, congrats to team La Ruca for winning the plato collette in the runners-up category. Team Stoneybroke Celtic was the winner of this year's Copa Quiz, receiving a bottle of 7-year aged Nicaraguan rum as the prize! BLINC enjoyed guest appearances from Guisell Morales, chargee d'affaires from the Nicaraguan Embassy, and the Lord Mayor of Bristol. So far, BLINC has estimated that we've raised over £1,500.00 to donate to the installation of rural community water tanks in Puerto Morazan. Again, many thanks to everyone who came to show their support.
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"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it." – Peter Pan
Hey friends!
So, probably the most exciting part of my visit to Paris was the day we spent in Disney! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we went to Disney. In France. It was amazing. They were classy enough to have police men on horses. How cool is that??
The whole place was decorated for Springtime, completely colorful, flowery, and generally joyful (as Disney is!). We literally could not contain our excitement when we were there.
Our first stop was the Laser Blast ride! We took down the evil Emperor Zurg, and a bunch of other alien creature toys, and saved cute little three-eyed green aliens, and other such important tasks in space.
Next stop was Space Mountain (Mission 2). I honestly don't really enjoy coasters, so this ride was slightly traumatic for me. However, I think in the end it was worth it. I survived! So, that was good.
One thing about Disneyland is navigating during a parade. Most of the time, you would rather just stop and watch. They're always fun! However, when you don't have a ton of time, and you have a lot planned, you will struggle a lot to weave through the crowds when the parade has started. Parades draw crowds. I would definitely suggest watching at least one parade during your visit. They're fun, and you will see lots of characters all at once!
And of course the castle is always a great photo opportunity!
A couple in our group decided to get Mickey ears! We were all really excited to be there!
After that, we headed towards Adventureland!
My favorite part of our visit was definitely when we met Peter Pan! Sure, we waited in line for quite a while, but it was definitely worth it. Peter Pan and Hook were a delight! Seeing them interact with the kids in front of us was adorable. It's definitely worth the wait to meet the characters!
We couldn't pass up one of the most well-known rides of Disney. So, after meeting Peter and Hook, we headed over to It's a Small World and waited for our boat ride through the tunnels of creepy animatronic dolls.
Guys, Mu-shoes. Brilliant.
When we went into the castle, we found some really neat stained glass that told the story of Sleeping Beauty!
Fun fact for you: the Haunted Mansion ride in Paris is called Phantom Manor!
We also took a train ride while we were there. It was great!
After all of that, we hopped over to Disney Studios!
The Tram Tour was actually really fun! There were explosions involved!
Turns out, there are a few rides in Paris that we don't have in America. One of those is Crush's Coaster! This one was about as intense, maybe slightly more so than Space Mountain. I would not say that I enjoyed it a lot just because, like I said before, I don't enjoy coasters. However, my group said it was an awesome ride, so in this case, don't listen to my opinion, listen to theirs. According to them, it was an amazing ride!
Never miss the chance to ride in the teapots!
And my personal favorite (because of nostalgia, it's a long story), the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. This is a great one. It was different here in Paris than in Florida. There's a little bit of a drop before the simple floating through animatronic-filled tunnels.
Disney is the happiest place on earth, I am convinced. I had a wonderful day at Disney, and despite missing some adventures I could have had in Paris, I regret nothing. I don't think it's possible for me to regret a day in Disney. It's a wonderful place.
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The positive value of anger applies not only to those who struggle for social change, but also for individuals who strive to correct their relationships with others in their personal lives. Documentation for this fact may be found in Averill (1983) in his Table 4: "Target's perception of longer-term changes or consequences brought about by the angry episode." Those who were the recipients of angry episodes (i.e. the "targets") said that in 76% of the cases they came to realize their own faults as a result of the episode. The target's relationship to the angry person was strengthened more often than it was weakened (48% to 35%) and their respect for the angry person was strengthened more often than weakened (44% to 29%). In other words, anger in the interpersonal relations of everyday life is more often constructive than it is destructive.
Not all anger is in response to social injustice, and not all anger achieves positive results. Averill (1983) estimates that most anger is in response to social injustice. He bases this on the finding that "over 85% of episodes described by the angry persons involved either an act that they considered voluntary and unjustified (59%) or else a potentially avoidable accident (e.g., due to negligence or lack of foresight, 28%)." While a majority of anger episodes are seen by the target to have been positive in outcome, a sizable minority are perceived as having been negative.
Certain types of human aggression are probably homologous to the types of aggression that we see in other mammals, and which are described and analyzed in the rest of this book. Averill notes that some episodes of anger are caused simply by frustration if the frustration is particularly severe and/or arbitrary; this probably corresponds to the competitive fighting that we have investigated in laboratory animals. Also some episodes of anger are instigated by possible or actual physical injury or pain; this probably corresponds to the defensive aggression that is well known in laboratory and wild mammals. See the paper on pain-induced fighting in the section on brain mechanisms of aggression. Even such a type of aggression as predatory aggression may occur in rare occasions in humans. For example, it was said that the wild boy of Aveyron killed its prey with a bite to the back of the neck which may be homologous to the predatory aggression of cats, rats, etc. It must be emphasized, however, that these types of aggression are not the most commonly observed, and in some cases, may be very rare indeed.
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In the time I have been involved with online writing communities I have been privileged to discover many great books and authors. Here are some of my favourites. I will extend the list at a later date.
A cop with a past, an English girl with a secret. This hard=boiled cop thriller has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. Miss it at your peril.
A gripping police-procedural thriller set in Hull, England. A team of detectives, led by the aptly named Phil Marlow, are on the trail of a serial-killer taking out the city's drug dealers. This is a drama with great characters and an unexpected twist.
Alfie is doing so well with this unmissable read.
BELFAST GIRLS by Gerry McCullough
A tale of friendship against the odds.
Mary, Sheila and Phil have been friends since childhood across the Protestant-Catholic divide. Now, as adult women, their lives have taken different directions involving a glittering modelling career, prison and guns and drugs. But at the end of the day their friendship wins out.
EDGE OF EXTINCTION by Kristen Stone
Kianda Mala – Monkey Man – is revered as a god by the Chachinka tribe because he has a tail. His tribe and way of life have remained undisturbed in the Amazon rainforest for generations.
When his people begin to die from a strange sickness Kianda braves the world beyond the jungle to try and find out how to save his people.
A heart-warming and conscience pricking eco-thriller. Difficult to classify but worth reading.
SHASTA SUMMER by Teresa Geering
When her parents have to go abroad urgently, eight year old Summer Backer is sent to stay with her eccentric Aunt May in the magical village of Shasta. Summer discovers magic, a talking cat and a fairy kingdom. She discovers she is the reincarnation of the legendary Shasta who founded the village. Shasta sets out to find out a way to stop Merlin turning back into a cat and deals with the machinations of the evil Erasmus. People of all ages will love this enchanting tale in Teresa Geering's evocative spell-binding prose.
Escaping from horrific abuse and being prostituted by her own mother; eleven year old Stacey Danson found life on the streets of 1960s Sydney preferable to home.
We follow Stacey's survival attempts and the friends she makes. This book is way too short but compelling and often heart-breaking but it offers hope. Hope that, if just one child can be saved from a life of abuse and neglect through someone reading this, then it will have been worthwhile. Have tissues to hand when you read this!
I love this! It's a stylish hard-boiled detective story in the style of Hammet and Chandler. Errol Black is out to find out who killed his former colleague, Dyke Spanner, as well as unearth the location of a valuable blue diamond. It has mobsters and femmes fatales aplenty as well as action and plot twists.
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- He's making news with his fists, his gun...and the ladies. The San Francisco Sun's freelance field stringer Stuart "Stringer" MacKail needs a new story to sell to pay the bills. His editor sends him back to MacKail's home town in Calaveras County for an update on an old legend about a stagecoach robbery by "Sulky Jack" and its missing treasure. Stringer's feet barely hit the ground when the bullets begin flying and it quickly becomes clear that folks are still trying to find the treasure and will stop anyone who gets in their way. Dead bodies, hard drinking and friendly women abound, and it's up to Stringer to uncover whatever truth may exist to get the story written and get himself back to Frisco in once piece.
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During a TEDxConnecicutCollege talk, Hari Nef asked a question: "Why are we being shamed for our femme?"
It came at the end of her 12-minute talk that speaks about how being "femme" — presenting oneself in a way that is traditionally feminine through clothes, makeup, mannerisms, etc. – is often a tool for survival for trans women, but is often judged as a wrongdoing by progressive thinkers. Trans women and non-trans women alike are judged as giving in to repressive standards if they decide to wear lipstick and high heels, Nef says, but that shouldn't be the case. If trans women decide to be femme as a survival tactic, or simply because they like it — what's the problem?
"It's time for the aesthetics of upwardly mobile feminist respectability to make room for the aesthetics of survival, particularly trans survival," Nef says. "It's time to revise what a feminist looks like, especially if hair, makeup and nails allow her to get jobs, make friends or ride the subway home safely at night. It's time to free the femme because some of us need it or like it and that's OK."
Nef, an actor, model, and writer, speaks about the difficulties she faced during her own transition and how she ultimately "feminized" herself. "I wanted a body that allowed me to do the things I wanted to do in the way I wanted to do them," she says.
But as difficult as her own journey was, Nef points out that many trans women, specifically trans women of color, are forced to deal with life and death situations on a daily basis. Even if they are able to "pass" as women, "[a trans woman's] race, her class or her citizenship can place further targets on her back."
"Worldwide a trans person is slaughtered every three days," she says. "The vast majority of these victims are trans women of color and the vast majority of the discovered murderers are men dissatisfied with our embodiment of femininity; dissatisfied by trans femininity; men who judge us to be not femme enough. … Hair, makeup and nails keep us strong and safe; does that make us sellouts? Or survivors?"
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Ek Aastha Aisi Bhee 15th August 2017 Written Episode Update
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The Episode starts with Shiv breaking the handi. Shishya sees light coming out from idol's eyes and Aastha holding remote. He goes and inform Gurumaa. Gurumaa fumes and recalls Aastha making her spit the truth. Govind is about to take out cloth from the idol's face. Aastha switches on the TV. Just then Gurumaa kicks her idol's head with a hammer breaking it. Everyone is shocked. Lakshmi asks what did you do? Why did you break your own idol. Gurumaa apologizes to everyone and says I can't do this. She says I know you all have faith on me and gave me place of God. She says she is happy to pray to God and don't want to become God. She says let me be Gurumaa and not as Bhagwan.
Everyone praises her and says Jai Gurumaa. Aastha is upset and recalls Gurumaa spoiling her plan. She recalls how Gurumaa acted to save her and Runjhun and how she ruined her plan to expose her. She is about to fall when her father's soul comes and holds her hand.
Aastha is surprised to see him. She says Baba..you. He asks her to keep quiet and asks her to come with him. He makes her sit and tells that lines don't look good on forehead. He massages her head with forehead and asks if she remembers her childhood. Aastha smiles and says yes. She tells that she was careless before, but now she is changed and became something else to bring out Gurumaa's out infront of everyone. She says she has lost from Gurumaa.
Baba asks her not to worry and tells that you have stopped Gurumaa's idol to be placed in temple.. He tells her that she is saving Aastik family from Gurumaa and says when everyone will come to know about your truth, they all will praise you. Aastha is happy and says don't know how you makes my fear go. She finds him gone and sees the oil bowl there. Shiv tells Lakshmi that if Gurumaa don't want to take God's place then why did she get the idol and then broke it.
Gurumaa breaks the idol. Aastha comes and says it was your idol only. She says you was greedy to become God, you are leaving humanity. One day everyone will come to know about your truth that you are not God, but wants to become God. Gurumaa acts to cry seeing family members coming. Jaya tells Aastha that she is devil for them. Runjhun says I am ashamed to call you my sister. Gurumaa tells that she don't want to become God, and agreed because of her bhakt. She asks Jaya did you hear what she told just now. She says she didn't complain about Aastha thinking she is a child, and tells that her childish acts increased. She says she told something to me during idol placement and I thought it is better to break the idol hearing her bad words. Aastha says this is all lie and asks Shiv to trust her.
Balwan tells Aastha that she is having misunderstanding. Aastha says everybody trusts her blindly and asks her not to betray her own family. Lakshmi tells that they have never seen tears in Gurumaa's eyes and asks her to apologize now itself. Jaya tells Lakshmi that she let Aastha stay in the house and doing kalesh in the house. She says if Aastha is wrong then you are also wrong. Shiv asks why Maa will break her vardaan. Jaya says it is vardaan and not pratigya. Nand lal asks her to keep quiet. Jaya says someone has to tell to make the house better. Aastha and Lakshmi are in tears. Lakshmi looks at Shiv and goes. Shiv looks upset and goes.
Ek Aastha Aisi Bhee 16th August 2017 Written Episode Update Precap : Lakshmi tells Aastha that she is giving her last chance to stay in the house, and asks her to win everyone's heart else leave from the house silently. Aastha looks on.


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The Captain has been varying in mood and irritability. We can definitely say he is better than he was before the risperdal, but he still has his moments, and quite a few of them.
On Tuesday, we discovered that he has been blackmailing his brother for an undetermined time (a while). Apparently he would hold any slipped swearing or other indiscretions against him, promising to tell me about it unless his brother lied to me about the fact that they were both playing with a certain neighborhood kid they weren't supposed to be around.
Both of them lost the privilege of independence – the ability to go to the park or convenience store, etc., by themselves. For the blackmailing portion, I said we would talk to the psychiatrist since we had an appointment the next day anyway.
The Doctor prescribed a new regimen for discipline. No more punishments! Really, it was just a re-wording of discipline. He said that they have the clothes on their back and three square meals a day, and everything else is a privilege they need to work for. Also, no video games/TV/etc. during the week – only on Saturday (not Sunday), and only if they've earned enough points, and even then, only for a limited time. He suggested a half hour.
Also, he said to lock up food treats, so we got a lock for the fridge and for one cabinet door.
The Captain took this surprisingly well. Amazingly well. I think it must be because it was coming from a higher authority source in his mind – The Doctor. His brother made a scowly face, but accepted it well, too.
The part about points was a little vague, so we stayed up late last night trying to determine what gets points, and how many points they are worth, and how many points are needed for the electronics privileges on Saturday.
The Doctor also recommend a two-week reward and a four-week reward if the previous time was judged to be good… I'm not sure how that fits in with the point system exactly yet.
What The Doctor doesn't realize, because it's never come up, or we've avoided bringing it up, is that these boys are oversaturated in video games and computers and movies. Up until this point, they've largely been unschooled, due to the problems we've had with The Captain trying to implement a true curriculum.
Today, they begin with a more regimented schedule, with Spectrum workbooks for math, science, writing, vocabulary, and geography, as well as multiplication and division flash cards, and U.S. state flash cards. We also got a game that teaches about human anatomy. This is not the ideal curriculum – this is the cheap curriculum to get them used to structure.
For fear of them literally not having anything to do, and rebelling from the whole system out of boredom, we also got them new lego sets and some playing cards.
Last night, The Captain spent the night at Grandma's, who has been apprised of the situation, while The Explorer stayed home. Each will have their chores and schoolwork separately, and perhaps that will help ease them into this transition.
Meanwhile, The Doctor added guanfacine back into The Captain's regimen, starting a 1mg for the first week, followed by 2mg the next, 3mg the next, and finally 4mg. Thus, he is now on 3mg of risperdal + 1mg of guanfacine, and 5mg of melatonin at night.
I'm at work, but look forward to hearing how their days went.


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2 inch strips are in several containers. I am cutting a few of them each day to work with so there is a different look for this block.
Adding variety makes them all look different. They are 2 inches X 3 1/2 inches and they mess into this block really well.
I have 8 of them after cutting and sewing for a couple mornings. I think I have about 3 hours in this, but remember I cut along with the stitching and the pressing. Uses a lot of strips up.
This is the block and it sews up to be 9 1/2 inches square. This size block finishes a top faster than 5 inch blocks do.
It is hot out and I plan on a nap and stitching some more. Chris


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– Ertan Iliyaz is a Musician, Producer , Promoter born and living in Pristina, Kosovo. Iliyaz began music lessons at the age of 7 in Prishtina, same place graduated from "Prenk Jakova" music school on piano section. He has twenty-three (23) years of experience playing different instruments (piano, drums, cajon, percussion) on Rock, Jazz, Ethno, Latin and Flamenco music genre and performs in various bands and orchestras in Turkey and Kosova. Co-working with Latino Band who lead Flamenco, Rumba, Tango and Bosanova genre in Kosovo. Collaborating with many different musicians from local, regional and international level.
He started many new Music Projects ;
*First project named Ethno Flamenco who mix balkan ethnical music a special albanian music with flamenco rhythms.
*Second musical project called Classical Rhythm who mixed classical music with orient rhythms.
"East and west culture is different, but musical projects bring them togheter." E.I
*Third musical project called Ethno Fusion who mix world music with ethnically basic
– Other way Degree Computer Technologie and Programing and has been experienced & working over nine (10) years Information Technology and Services.
– Co-Founder / Owner @ TEILI Creative Solotion also Develop and Supporting on web technologies.
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Regardless of whether for a fancy dress or even custom made, any blonde dreadlock wig can be a distinctive hair accessory.
After you have your own fabricated or perhaps real hair wig, you will have to protect your own investment. Dreadlock wig treatment consists of giving the hairpiece a good wring and isolating the tresses with your hands prior to having it on. After putting it on, casually squirt the ends using a wig conditioner.
You ought to clean your wig soon after each and every 10 or perhaps twelve wearings, using the guidelines given to you by your retailer or custom dreadlock hairpiece creator. Air drying the actual locks item extends its life (heat styling does the contrary).
Remember, in case your hairpiece needs reducing, re-shaping or restyling you're more well off not necessarily trying to do it on your own. Rather, take it back to the wig maker you got this from or to an expert wig salon.
With custom to costume, dreadlock wigs are generally more popular as the dreadlock hairstyle gets increasingly present in mainstream culture.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - WorldCom can still prevail with regulators in its bid to acquire Sprint, but the telecommunications giant will have to jettison some valuable assets.
On Thursday, fresh reports emerged indicating that U.S. Justice Department investigators are lining up against the blockbuster $115 billion deal, which would unite the No. 2 and No. 3 U.S. long-distance phone companies. See related story.
Regulators fear that the deal, unveiled last October, will crimp competition in the long-distance market and, to a lesser extent, imperil the so-called Internet backbone, the network over which information on the Web travels.
The companies have already signaled they're willing to sell Sprint's Internet backbone to address concerns about concentration in that part of the market. If allowed to combine those assets, Worldcom (WCOM) and Sprint (FON) would amass as much as two-thirds of the Internet backbone.
That leaves the long-distance sector. Then things get tricky.
What to sell, and to whom?
If push comes to shove, and it certainly looks like that will be the case, WorldCom and Sprint are prepared to sell a portion of Sprint's long-distance assets, CBS.MarketWatch.com has been told.
"The big question is, what do they divest?" said Stan Gorinson, a former high-ranking Justice Department official who now works for Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds.
The department isn't going to accept just any old asset sale, however.
First, regulators are likely to insist that the companies sell a substantial piece of Sprint's long-distance network, complete with customers.
Second, the purchaser has to be a company that instantly will become a viable competitor in the long-distance sector. Although there are more than 700 long-distance carriers in the U.S. now, the Big Three of AT&T (T), Sprint and WorldCom control nearly 80 percent of the market.
Regulators aren't so much concerned about whether companies can enter the long-distance business as they are about whether they can obtain enough market share to prevent the bigger carriers from raising prices at will.
Finally, any asset sale would have to require a clean break. Regulators don't want to get stuck in a monitoring role for months or years on end, trying to make ensure WorldCom and Sprint comply properly with the divestiture.
Those concerns have been heightened by WorldCom's controversial sale of MCI's Internet backbone business to Cable & Wireless two years ago, a move required by regulators in exchange for allowing WorldCom to buy MCI.
U.K.-based Cable & Wireless (CWP) later sued, arguing that WorldCom didn't properly transfer all of MCI's backbone assets and customers as required under their agreement.
Finding a buyer
Kim Wallace, an analyst at Lehman Brothers, argued in a report Thursday that if WorldCom can identify qualified buyers of the Sprint long-distance and Internet backbone assets, "the department likely would decide to not challenge the proposed combination."
Easier said than done. While potential buyers could include the Baby Bells, "next-generation" U.S. carriers or European giants looking to establish a beachhead in North America, such a sale would still need to overcome various hurdles.
Take the Baby Bells. Aside from Bell Atlantic (BEL) in New York, none of the big local phone carriers has won regulatory permission to offer long-distance service. It'll likely be several years before any one Bell gets approval to sell long-distance in all of its territories. That could rule out a sale to a Bell.
Then there are the independent carriers like Qwest Communications (Q) or Level 3 Communications (LVLT). They already operate superior networks best suited to carry high-speed data and Internet traffic, which are more lucrative than the consumer voice market. Still, at the right (meaning low) price, they'd probably take a look.
"If they bought assets of Sprint, they would be doing it just for the customers," said William Klein of Wasserstein Perella Securities. Still, "They're probably better off focusing on more profitable corporate clients."
That leaves overseas telecom giants such as Deutsche Telecom (DT) and even British Telecommunications (BTY) as perhaps the best choices. Most are looking to gain a foothold in the U.S., and because of liberalized U.S. laws, they probably wouldn't face strong regulatory resistance.
Yet their large size and global ambitions, which rival or even exceed those of WorldCom, might make them a less palatable choice. WorldCom doesn't want to help give birth to another serious U.S. competitor in the long-distance market at a time when profit from that business is shrinking.
Change of heart
Indeed, WorldCom's shares have come under severe pressure this year because of concerns over slowing growth in its long-distance consumer business. The stock is hovering near a 52-week low. The same concerns have eaten away at AT&T's stock as well.
While WorldCom is shifting its focus to the lucrative data and Internet markets, the oldtime voice business still supplies much of the cash that fuels the company's expansion and its ability to make acquisitions.
Ironically, there's been talk for several years that WorldCom was not interested in the consumer business and had considered exiting it. The reason it wants to buy Sprint is not for its long-distance network, but for its Sprint PCS (PCS) wireless business. WorldCom is the only major U.S. carrier without one, the possession of which industry observers believe is crucial to its long-term survival.
Yet WorldCom has come to realize that Sprint's consumer voice and at least some of its long-distance network still remains valuable for the cash they can supply while the company grows. And whatever profit and revenue its gets from those businesses are profit and revenue that aren't going to competitors.
Next week, Sprint and WorldCom lawyers will meet with Joel Klein, head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, for the first time. They're expected to discuss some of ways to avoid a stalemate, including the spin off of Sprint's Internet backbone and perhaps even the sale of long-distance assets. The next few months will be crucial.
So will the deal still get done? The betting here, in the U.S. at least, is a qualified yes. "You'll find that few of these deals are absolutely stopped," Gorinson noted.
Unfortunately, WorldCom and Sprint still have to get approval from European regulators, who reportedly are mulling whether to ask WorldCom to sell its prized UUNet Internet backbone business, the biggest in the world. The European Union wants to avoid a repeat of the Cable & Wireless fiasco and is leery of allowing an American company to dominate the Internet backbone.
That would be a deal breaker, industry observers and sources close to the companies say. But right now, it's hard to predict whether the EU will risk such a controversial demand.


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I was working on my homework late this morning when I heard fire engine after fire engine pull past my building and around the corner. I thought they turned up a side street, but apparently they were all converging on a hole that had erupted under the next building's parking lot. A transformer-thing-a-ma-jigger had blown up underground, starting a not-terribly-small fire that caused an eruption of water, dirt and asphalt. Fortunately it was away from the building; unfortunately it was next to someone's minivan. Many of my classmates live in that building, and within a split second they lost electricity and then water. The mass of lines that caught fire also supply cable TV for the entire complex, so it was quite the trifecta.
By the time I came by to see what was going on, a few hours later, the water was still bubbling away in the hole like a cauldron, and the electric company guy was digging at the molten parking lot asphalt as if it were soft mud. I offered half of my room to two classmates, but one was allergic to cats and the other is planning on getting a hotel room. The rest are borrowing bathrooms in other buildings to wash up and snuggling deep into their beds, as there is no heat tonight either. My friend who just ran (and completed!) her first marathon now gets to climb five floors to her cold, dark, no-water room in reward. There are too many displaced families to find new rooms for all of them, so the management has said that unless you're old or disabled – you just get to bunker down in your own room until it can be fixed. Maybe tomorrow, maybe not.
I suppose it's good training for whichever corner of the globe we'll all be flung to in the coming weeks, just a bit sooner than expected. In the meanwhile, I'm guiltily making myself a cup of tea before washing my face and slipping off to bed.
Oh wait, before you go, a small group of us had a really great time visiting the Cherry Blossom Festival yesterday! It was crisp out, but very blue-sky sunny. Take a look:
G'night all.
A Foreign Service journey started by a couple and their three Tabbies. Now in its seventh year - the adventure continues. Join us to see what a life in perpetual movement is like: from the nuts and bolts to the side-trips along the way.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
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The best Side of lead generation companies for contractors
Among one of the most significant problems for any roofing service is generating qualified leads. It's a constant battle of testing and throwing things against the wall to find what works. Generating qualified leads is the engine that generates new business.
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" A sales lead is a prospective buyer of a product or service, developed when an individual or business shows passion and supplies contact details. Businesses earn availability to sales leads as a result of advertising, trade conference, direct snail mails and other marketing efforts." Getting qualified leads is the backbone of the majority of businesses. There are a ton of assorted ways for a roofing business to generate leads.
The solutions have changed for many years, and channels that were once good don't have the same wallop as they once used to carry. As a business owner, it's your job to keep up with the latest tactics and strategies in lead generation. Then you should hire someone that does, if you don't have the time.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
60th Birthday Daffodil Cake
I recently received an order to make a 60th birthday cake for a friends mother. She said that her mother loved daffodils and I ran with it. I thought doing something simple yet elegant would be perfect for such an event. The cake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, covered with fondant. The daffodils are a mixture of fondant and gum paste. They were a ton of fun, and actually pretty easy to make. I am excited to work on making all kinds of flowers in the near future.
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The WSJ Is Here to Help Roger Goodell Get Everything Wronger
Hey, you're Roger Goodell. You're an isolated, wealthy, powermad ecutive who will do anything to protect his authority and the sacred #BRAND to which he has been entrusted. Who do you go to to help give your asshole a thorough polishing for the American public? If you guessed the Wall Street Journal, congrats! You just won a two-week subscription to _The Wall Street Journal _(Retail price: $590). Yes, Goodell is rolling out his new and improved Personal Conduct Policy (now with 40% more stern letters!) and the WSJ headline "NFL's Roger Goodell Seeks to Right Past Wrongs" is all you need to know that this will be less of a thorough investigation than a red-carpet rollout for the NFL's chief job creator (and taker-awayer):
**National Football League Commissioner ****Roger Goodell **reserved a private dining room for breakfast at the exclusive Core club in Manhattan last month and invited one of the few people who might help with his problem.
Hey, what better way to say that you're in touch with your average American citizen than to reserve an entire room at a posh city club that virtually no one can afford to attend? Oh, but it gets better!
He figured the boss of 36,000 armed officers would know how to handle accusations of domestic violence in the ranks.
Yup, it's Roger Goodell again consulting with another dude about what to do about battered women. But it gets even better than that!
"Do you pull them off the job immediately? Do you impose your own code of conduct? Do you pay them during the investigation? Do you run your own investigation rather than wait for the criminal-justice system?" Mr. Goodell pressed William Bratton, the New York City police commissioner, over coffee and eggs. Mr. Goodell's deputies scribbled the answers, all yes.
I feel like maybe now is NOT the time to take self-discipline within the New York Police Department as a given, you know? I wouldn't say they are a model of restraint these days. Killing an unarmed dude? Fine. Oh but hit your wife and they really turn the screws down, I bet. And I love the added touch of Goodell having stenographers on hand to do all the listening for him. What we have here is a summit between two delusional men, reinforcing their own delusions and calling that LEARNING. And the_ WSJ_ is buying this shit!
Mr. Goodell, after months of criticism, plans to unveil a tougher personal-conduct policy at a meeting Wednesday with NFL team owners that is akin to the police-department model.
First offense: You are choked to death.
An accused player, for example, will immediately go on paid leave following formal charges or an independent investigation under the proposal that would also apply to all NFL personnel, including owners.
NOOOOOOOOOOO! No, this is the exact WRONG thing. The completely fucking arbitrary system you have right now is better than this. What is this? This is complete shit. No one wanted you to have MORE power.
"I blew it," Mr. Goodell told _The Wall Street Journal _in a series of interviews over a period of weeks this fall as the commissioner was caught flat-footed in the unfolding controversy. "Our penalties didn't fit the crimes."
No, that is not how you blew it. Everyone railed against the Ray Rice suspension because Goodell overpunished everyone else and then underpunished Rice. But now, because of that one example of underpunishment, Goodell is gonna double overpunish everyone, even people who may not have done anything. This is still Goodell's mentality: that the general public wants him to round up all these players and give them a good public spanking. It's the exact wrong direction. Imagine burning dinner fifty times in a row, and when people tell you to turn down the oven, you say, "You know what? I've messed up. I'm gonna turn this oven UP next time!" That's Goodell. He's fucking deaf.
Mr. Goodell said he wanted to be judged by changes made by the league in response to the Rice case and others. "I'm not trying to run away from this problem, which is a societal problem," he said. "But people hold the NFL to a high standard."
No they don't! We really don't. We expect you to be craven shitbags. Please don't try to be good. Somehow, that ends up making you more evil.
The 55-year-old Mr. Goodell, who first sent letters to the NFL about a job while a teenager, has a high profile among football fans.
You could say that.
He is often stopped for fist bumps and photos, and has his own bobblehead doll.
What the fuck?
He started at the NFL as an intern in 1982 and became commissioner in 2006. A year later, he ordered that players be held accountable for "conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in" the NFL.
He's not Batman. Are you aware that he is not Batman? Stop talking about him like he is Batman. We gotta clean up these streets.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a Goodell supporter, asked him directly: Did you see that [Ray Rice] tape? "Roger looked me in the eye and said, 'No,' " Mr. Kraft said. "I believe him."
SO WHAT?! Goodell is paid to protect Kraft. What did you think Kraft was gonna say? "Hey, that toady that works for me and covers up all of the League's more unseemly ambitions? I believe him. He has GRIT." What a shock that he would stand by his guy like that.
Late into the night on Sept. 10, ecutives in the NFL conference room brainstormed over ways to prove the commissioner wasn't covering up for Mr. Rice. Pizzas arrived but no slice was taken until Mr. Goodell ate. He never did, and the slices turned cold in the box.
This is fucking insane. Even Peter King isn't this blindly sycophantic. First of all, if there's pizza there, I want to eat it. My asshole boss isn't stopping me. If you order pizza for everyone and then instruct them to not eat it until you've eaten it, and then you never eat it, you are a psychopath. But the WSJ treats this as some kind of monument to determination. Let that cold pizza stand as a reminder that Roger Goodell will not rest until every last woman on Earth is saved.
NFL General Counsel Jeffrey Pash suggested an independent investigation run by former Federal Bureau of Investigation director Robert Mueller. "Call him now," Mr. Goodell said, despite the late hour.
As Mr. Goodell reviewed the cases with advisers, he jumped to take calls at his desk.
Jumped! Didn't just sit there and pick up the phone. No, he LEAPT at the phone. Flew toward it, like a superhero. Didn't even touch his pizza before answering.
During one, he told his twin 13-year-old daughters he wouldn't be home for dinner.
He also took calls from owners and player representatives begging for leniency.
"Am I not merciful?!" This is so gross.
"Let me be clear," Mr. Goodell barked to one caller, "we're taking him off the field."
I assume he slapped a PR-24 into his hand while doing this. Please, Mr. Commish! Ya gotta let my boy play! Let 'em off the hook just this one time! LET YOUR REMARKABLE FORTITUDE SLIP FOR JUST AN INSTANT, SIR! Why not give him the papacy as well?
Around that time, a friend, General Electric Co. Chief Ecutive Jeff Immelt, told Mr. Goodell to "stop and apologize now," Mr. Immelt said. "This is fast- moving and deeply felt."
Oh hey, one asshole CEO congratulating another? Well, I'm sold.
As Mr. Goodell prepared for a public apology, he spoke first to his daughters, who were hearing about the controversy at school. In his family room with his wife, he explained "the whole issue" of domestic violence and "how we didn't keep our policy up to speed and we need to fix that." He told his daughters that "part of this is acknowledging your error and part of it is what you are going to do to make it right."
Good job, Dad. But when do they get ponies?
Mr. Goodell sought input from 11 former players. At a three-hour meeting on Sept. 23, former Chicago Bears star Mike Singletary slapped his hand on the NFL shield in the middle of Mr. Goodell's conference table and said: "This means excellence. If a player isn't living up to that standard, he shouldn't be part of the NFL brand."
Mike Singletary once mooned his own players in order to motivate them. So even if this story is true (I don't believe a word of it.... Gonna need verification from someone who is more sane than Mike Singletary), it means nothing. This is just another shining example of the NFL buying into its own made-up belief that it is the White Knight of America. It's a football league. Please just be a football league.
Mr. Goodell next flew to Austin, Texas, to see firsthand the National Domestic Violence Hotline. He had announced on Sept. 19 that the NFL would begin giving the group $5 million annually for five years. With the permission of one caller, Mr. Goodell listened: The woman said she was thrown down stairs while holding her toddler. She hung up after she said her husband was back.
At the hotel restaurant later, the commissioner, still shaken, ordered a glass of wine. Then he changed his mind. "I need a stiff drink," he said.
Are they coming out with a graphic novel of this? I feel like that's the next step. The graphic novel comes out, and then they make it into a movie penned by Aaron Sorkin. That drink scene... that's right up Sorkin's alley. "Gonna need scotch after hanging with staircase lady, Bob." (In Sorkin stuff, the guy always knows the name of the bartender.)
National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver and Mr. Goodell compared notes over lunch at 21 Club in Manhattan. "You can learn from what we're going through," Mr. Goodell told him. A few weeks later, Mr. Silver, noting the "evolving social consensus" on domestic violence, issued a 24-game suspension of the Charlotte Hornets' Jeff Taylor, the league's harshest penalty yet for domestic violence. Mr. Taylor pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic-violence assault involving his then-girlfriend.
Oh, so that was all Goodell's idea! Nice job, Rog! Why don't we make you commish of everything?! You can have lunch at every fancy club with every CEO and create a personal conduct policy for all American civilians as well. There will not be a warning system. We'll jail everyone.
Mr. Goodell has also turned stricter.
**Before a recent Cowboys-Giants game, the NFL commissioner strode the sidelines at ****MetLife **Stadium in New Jersey, where he got unsolicited advice from the stands. "Bring back Ray Rice," yelled one fan. Another countered: "Stick to your guns!"
"That's what I love about football," Mr. Goodell said. "It brings out passion."
This is the worst thing I've ever read. How could you edit this and not die laughing?