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This construction is possible because of a recent investment of $1.59 million from the Economic Development Administration (EDA), as well as matching funds from several generous private donors.
The Discovery Center is designed to catalyze economic development in Monticello. Monticello is located at the center of the Colorado Plateau, an area of diverse cultures, vibrant businesses, and stunning natural resources.
More than two million visitors from all over the world pass through Monticello each year. The Discovery Center will give them a place to stop, learn, and utilize local businesses.
The Discovery Center will also bring new jobs to the area, and increase revenue to motels, gas stations, restaurants, construction workers, gift shops, and outfitters.
"I feel that this project has the potential to have a huge positive impact on the local economy," said Tim Young, the new Mayor of Monticello.
"I am excited to have such a unique facility in Monticello," continued Young. "I believe it will help draw people from all over the world to Monticello, and enrich the lives of future generations of Monticello residents for years to come."
"This facility is one more piece of the larger puzzle that makes Monticello a truly great place to both live and visit," added Young.
Four Corners School has led a multi-year effort to build the Discovery Center. While not all funds have been raised, they are close. The School will hire six new staff members this year and eight more in 2015.
Substantial investments in the school have come from a variety of public and private sources. The investment from the Economic Development Administration was a big piece in reaching the campaign goal.
"This investment is an example of our commitment to creating jobs and promoting our nation's economic competitiveness," said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. "This grant will support the growth of the tourism cluster in the region, and create or save approximately 33 jobs, in addition to leveraging millions of dollars in private investment."
"The $8.2 million raised thus far represents a significant investment in the future of Monticello and the canyon country of the Colorado Plateau," said Steve Munsell, Four Corners School Board Chair. "We are in awe of the generosity of the private donors and the support of government entities."
Major private donors include Jennifer Speers, Hansjoerg Wyss, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, David Bonderman, the Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation, Utah Cares Foundation, Val A. Browning Foundation, and Four Corners School Board Members.
Lisa Eccles, President & COO of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, extended congratulations to Four Corners School for its progress in "bringing the dreams for this project to life!"
She added, "We are pleased to support this exciting project, knowing it will serve not only as an important educational center, but also will attract thousands of new visitors and generate economic benefits for the citizens of the Monticello area."
The Discovery Center will feature a 22,000 square foot facility on 48 acres, including an exhibit hall with hands-on interactive learning stations, a night sky observatory, Discovery Theatre, administrative offices, and five miles of walking/ski trails, playgrounds, picnic areas, and more. The Discovery Center will also serve as a community resource with a library and field laboratory, classrooms, and meeting spaces large enough to accommodate community meetings and conferences of up to 150 people.
Visitor areas feature hands-on learning stations that will provide insight into the Canyon Country of the Colorado Plateau. Areas of emphasis include natural history, human history, land use and energy, water resources, and astronomy and weather.
Brad Petersen, Director of the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation said, "There is a tremendous amount of momentum right now throughout Utah for expanding our recreational infrastructure in order to significantly grow tourism and the recreation economies in rural communities.
"The Four Corners School supports the State's outdoor recreation vision and objectives by creating a unique destination, that highlights the recreational opportunities, culture, history and beauty of the Canyon Country."
The facility itself will be LEED certified, featuring a high level of sustainable building and construction elements. Construction will begin in June 2014, and the Discovery Center will open in summer 2015.
Utility infrastructure, highway turn lanes, an observatory, yurt, walking trails and five picnic pavilions were completed in 2013.
The Discovery Center is a public-private partnership between the City of Monticello's Economic Development Committee and the Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, based in Monticello, Utah since 1984.
The mission of Four Corners School is to create lifelong learning experiences about the Colorado Plateau bioregion for people of all ages and backgrounds through education, service, adventure, and conservation programs.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. lawmaker
critical of Wall Street is pushing the nation's six largest banks to
voluntarily disclose their donations to think tanks, saying that not
doing so threatens the credibility and research of these policy groups.
In a letter to JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells
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Patrick Burke is a Founder and the CEO of Catapult with 23 years of success in leading sales and operational efforts. Patrick is a dynamic leader and sets an admirable example by building trust, demonstrating commitment, and unwavering loyalty. As a founder of Catapult, his most distinguished accomplishments include opening 10 markets, hiring a leadership team, creating a national delivery center, and employing over 500 employees.
When asked how Catapult helps their customers, Mr. Burke said: "Finding great talent, hiring quality people, and above all, continued excellent customer service." Moreover, he believes "if we win with happy employees, we win with great customer service, which results in the ultimate win of having happy customers."
Prior to Catapult, Mr. Burke was Senior Vice President of Operations at Aerotek/Allegis Group where he managed $350 million in revenue. Some of his accomplishments and awards include Leader of the Year Award, Highest Placement Ratio Award from Capital One, as well as Toyota Outstanding Supplier 2017-18.
He holds a bachelor's degree from James Madison University where he majored in Psychology and Business and played collegiate and professional soccer. Mr. Burke is married to wife, Angie, and they have two daughters, Olivia and Isabelle. He is an avid bicyclist and enjoys swimming, working out, and traveling.
Mitch Blackwell is the COO of Catapult with over 15 years of experience in staffing and talent management with an emphasis on IT. He supports the development of Catapult's recruitment staff by focusing his energy on creating efficient processes, tailored training, and embodying a leadership mentality. Mitch has been a tremendous contributor to Catapult's success over his 5-year tenure.
When asked to describe his highest achievement at Catapult, Mitch said; "Watching team members grow into successful professionals. Specifically, Gina Williams, who sits in the corporate office. We hired her with no recruiting experience, and with hard work and training, she has become the #1 recruiter in the company in just over one year."
Mitch has achieved many personal accolades, attending the President's Club trip to Cancun twice, being awarded as Top Revenue Producer in 2015, and voted MVP in 2017.
Mitch is originally from Chicago, IL and is a United States Navy Veteran. He is married to his wife, Gina, and they enjoy spending time with their son, Taylor, grandson, Xavier, and two dogs, Kilo and Moose. When not working, Mitch is an avid surfer and endurance sports enthusiast, particularly road cycling. He founded the McKinney Velo Cycling Team, established in 2008.
Angelo Salustri is Catapult's President. With over 25 years in the staffing industry, he brings executive level management experience expanding footprints of staffing organizations, developing markets, and capabilities, while leading operational excellence. Angelo plays a critical role to the company's growth and development strategy.
When asked why he joined Catapult, Angelo said; "The opportunity to work with Patrick Burke as part of the executive team to help create strategies and execute on initiatives to overcome the challenges of building a highly successful, high-end staffing organization of over $100M in revenue."
Presiding over the Boston office in 2018, Angelo made an immediate impact doubling revenue for the market. He plans to continue develop the Boston market while leading strategies and initiatives to impact Catapult offices and employees nationwide.
While not working, Angelo is an avid musician and sports enthusiast. He played baseball collegiately at the University of Massachusetts, at Amherst, where he was a 2 time All-Conference shortstop, team captain, and MVP. He then played 2 years of professional baseball in Italy.
Angelo is also a volunteer and supporter of the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and a board member of the Erickson Living Services Organization.
Alex Anderson is the Director of Finance and Accounting for Catapult with five years of managerial finance and accounting experience. His efforts are focused on formulating the company's future direction and tactical initiatives, developing financial strategies, and the implementation of performance measures that support Catapult's strategic direction.
Alex oversees the preparation and issuance of financial information and presents financial results to the Board of Directors, and monitors and mitigates key elements of Catapult's risk profile.
When asked what differentiates Catapult from other companies, Alex said, "Our foundational focus on customer service and our ability to customize our service offerings to maximize Catapult's value to our customers are our key differentiators."
Alex is originally from Wills Point, TX, and graduated from Tarleton State University in 2014 with a degree in Accounting while playing collegiate football. In his free time, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife, Hannah, traveling, real estate investment, and video gaming.
Christopher Burke is a Founder and the VP of National Delivery for Catapult with 20 years of diverse experience in recruiting, sales, and delivery on a national scale. As the VP of National Delivery, Chris focuses his talents on leading the MSP account business and handles a team of recruiters in both the United States and offshore in Ukraine.
When asked to describe the culture at Catapult, Chris used three words: family, integrity, and innovation. He believes that: "The opportunity to start your own company with friends and family, making the tough decisions, and finding success are what contribute to the great culture at Catapult. Each employee has a voice, and that is a rare quality for an employer."
Chris is very proud that Catapult has grown to employ over 500 people and very humbled by the success of reaching over $30M in revenue in just five years.
While outside of the office, Chris enjoys spending quality time with his wife, Kelly and their two sons, Connor and Liam. He is a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan and an avid supporter of EDM.
Ryan Teroy is a Founder and Senior Director of Business Development for Catapult with 20 years of talent acquisition, sales, and management experience. Ryan is responsible for local, regional, and national business development and is one of the top performing employees for the company.
When asked what differentiates Catapult from other companies, Ryan said; "We're smaller which allows us to be more maneuverable and adaptable. We can adjust to our client's needs quickly without having to go through the red tape of the large staffing providers. This allows us to make quick decisions that are in our client's best interests without having to go through numerous steps in a chain of command. At the end of the day, our clients want better customer service and quick response. This is the reason we created this company and one of the contributors to our success."
Ryan is originally from Caruthersville, MO, a very small town in which he often visits family and enjoys his time fly fishing. He is an avid supporter of local networking groups in the DFW area and a proud father of two children, Neely and Tate.
Fred Held joined CatapultSG in the spring of 2015 as the Director of Sales for Cincinnati operations. Prior to joining Catapult, he has enjoyed 25 years of success in the Technology growing from a network engineer to Vice President of Enterprise Applications for a $1B grocery chain. His success; however, is a result of his leadership and expertise in solving the talent challenges within teams and corporations. He believes no process or technology is effective without the right person or combination of people to run, improve, and innovate, and therefore has been instrumental in growing Staffing and Technology Consulting organizations.
After attending the University of Cincinnati and Thomas Moore College, he achieved certification in Microsoft Office, Windows NT, Hyland Software's OnBase and AutoCAD.
He comes to Catapult with his wife, Liz, and three children: Audrey, Abi, and Jake. Although he enjoys the finer things in life, he is always open to a campfire and acoustic guitar session.
Karolina Stefko is the Corporate Recruiter for CatapultSG. She has been a top performing recruiter and sales executive for over five years. Her background touches in logistics, healthcare, HR/Admin, IT and corporate. Karolina is responsible for building offices nationwide by hiring ambitious and competitive mindset recruiters and sales individuals.
Karolina is originally from Poland, she moved to Charlotte, NC when she was nine years old. She attended UNC Charlotte where she graduated with a Graphic Design degree and minored in advanced communication and screenwriting. During her free time, aside from writing and working, she enjoys spending time with her puppy named Louie. She's also training to become a fitness instructor at a Climb Studio. She always pushes herself to the next level and loves encouraging others to do so as well!
Sara Kate Lindley is the Human Resources Manager for Catapult Solutions Group. She has been an asset to our team handling everything HR for our company. Sara Kate is responsible for supporting all 13 offices with back office operations, payroll, benefits, employee relations, and onboarding of contractors and internal employees.
Sara Kate began her career in Human Resources with Amazon in Indiana then transferred to Dallas, Texas to take on a new role of launching Amazon's largest fulfillment center. After time spent with Amazon, Sara Kate decided she wanted to go somewhere she could really make an impact on the culture and standards of operation. She found that at Catapult, and is thrilled to share her talents and expertise to help the company grow to new heights.
Sara Kate is originally from Destin, Florida and graduated from Louisiana State University where she majored in Human Resources Management. She enjoys going to LSU sporting events, New Orleans Saints games, and traveling the world whenever she can.
As a dedicated and detailed-oriented accounting professional, Kimberly Combs has been meeting the accounting needs of corporations and individuals for the past 13 years. Kimberly was born and raised in Southern California, moving to Texas six years ago. She has a passion for ensuring that financial transactions are accurately represented, developing tactics to achieve those goals, and being a part of the team that executes it all on time and successfully.
Before starting with Catapult Solutions, Kimberly worked the past years as a Human Resources/Accounting Manager and as a Finance/Accounting Specialist. After a successful career helping with preparing asset, liability, capital account management, and analysis. She now specializes in financial reporting, optimization of accounting functions, implementing and overseeing a structure for both cost and revenue recognition, variance analysis, as well as analyzing financial options through careful risk and benefit options.


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Facebook Engagement Grows by… 896%?
Regardless of claims that Facebook is now forcing Brand Page owners to pay for exposure, engagement rates on the world's most popular social network seem to be soaring.
In fact, Adobe's Q3 2012 Global Digital Advertising Update reveals that fans' engagement with brands on Facebook, which includes likes, comments and shares, grew by 896 percent year over year. Adobe concludes that this growth is the result of Facebook's Timeline redesign as well as new acquisition and engagement metrics and more effective social marketing by brands.
An additional factor that is undoubtedly influencing fan engagement rates on Facebook is mobile. According to the study, mobile users now account for nearly a quarter of all Facebook engagement, which is a four-fold increase from the period prior to the Timeline change.
However, despite this study, Facebook's Timeline feature has been controversial, to say the least. Aside from the general public's typical moans and groans about getting accustomed to the new design, many Page owners have complained that their content doesn't reach as much of their fan base as it previously did – unless, of course, they promote their posts. This means that brands actually need to pay to have more of their existing fans see their content, unlike the pre-Timeline era when brand content was sent to every fan's newsfeed – for free.
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Greetings Fellow CareCure Members,
I?€˜m Jim Bennett and I work at the W.M. Keck Center, Spinal Cord Injury Project, at Rutgers University. I am asking you to join me in launching spinal cord injury clinical trials in the United States!
On March 17, 2009, The North American Spinal Cord Injury Network (NASCINet) was formed. This came at the conclusion of the First Investigator Meeting at University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, Texas. The goal of the network is to test promising therapies to restore function in people with chronic spinal cord injuries (SCI).
We, the SCI Community, can and must support these trials by raising the needed funds. If we take an active role and work together, clinical trials for SCI will begin this year!
I am building a network of recruiters, ?€œThe Clinical Trial Support Squad?€?, whose goal is to procure donations from 100 individuals and families. We will use social networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to reach potential donors. Let?€™s get these clinical trails going!
If you would like to join ?€œThe Clinical Trial Support Squad?€? and get these trials going now, email me- firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thank you! Jim
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BUFFALO, NEW YORK – Another Law Enforcement Officer is on the wrong side of the law.
Buffalo Police Officer Jorge Melendez of the D District is accused of running and maintaining a marijuana growing operation just blocks from the A District police station. He's charged with conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, maintaining a premises for manufacturing marijuana and manufacturing more than 100 marijuana plants.
Jason Elardo faces the same charges.
Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda says Melendez has been fired from the police department. He and Elardo are both in federal detention. Derenda says no other police officers were involved but there could further arrests of other individuals.
The federal charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, a fine of $4,000,000 or both.
Federal DEA agents say Melendez owns a warehouse on 2157 South Park Avenue in Buffalo where undercover surveillance cameras were installed as part of the investigation. The complant says Melendez and Elardo were seen tending to the marijuana plants. Agents describe the marijuana growing operation as a sophisticated hydroponic system with PVC piping, irrigation, humidifiers, and high intensity lights, and growth inducing chemicals and fertilizers.
Agents say Melendez was actually seen driving his marked Buffalo police car to the South Park location in March to briefly check the location.
Agents say another growing operation was located in a warehouse at 1372 Clinton Street. They say their investigation also turned up cutting, harvesting, and packaging equipment for sales of pot at a home at 76 West Woodside Avenue. There were raids at all three sites Thursday morning. Equipment, cash, vehicles, boats and motorcycles were seized. Agents say various weapons were also found at the homes of Melendez and Elardo. They also seized up to 1,000 marijuana plants from the three locations.
U.S. Attorney William Hochul says, "This operation was literally hiding in plain sight." He went on to say, "Police officers are sworn to protect the public and uphold the law. It is particulary disturbing when an officer breaks the law he was sworn to uphold."


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Madonna's kid talks fashion regrets and more
Madonna's little girl is all grown up — she's graduating from high school and blogging about it! And like any good Material Girl, Lourdes Leon, 17, is summing up her four years at N.Y.C.'s LaGuardia High School through a fashionable lens.
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Lourdes admits to regretting some fashion choices over the past four years, but has a sense of humor about her evolving style in a new blog post for Material Girl, a clothing line that she designs with her mom.
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"Looking back on the past four years of high school means looking back on unfortunate outfits I wore confidently to school (good for me)," she writes. "Oh how I wish I could go back in time and urge my 14-year-old self NOT to wear black rhinestone studded t-shirts with bloody skulls on them…"
However, it appears that her mom's renowned commitment to style transformation may have rubbed off on her daughter. Lourdes admits that she doesn't want to limit her style, even if she makes mistakes: "I had to go through that awkward time of 'trying stuff out' to figure out what I liked wearing best. I still don't think I have a defined style, maybe because I don't want to limit myself to what I should wear."
This summer, Lourdes plans to refuse to be limited by anything — including pants. "As summer approaches and as I keep forgetting to shave my legs … I greet with open arms crop tops, Adidas sandals, fun bucket hats, and just walking around with no pants on and it being ok."
Like every high school senior, Lourdes admits to feeling nervous about the future, "I was so excited about 'being done with school' and now that I'm actually done I'm like clammy and sweating and nervous because … WHAT?!?!" And like every high school senior, Lourdes doesn't know who her college roommate will be or what her course load will look like.
But unlike every high school senior, the young designer has an ongoing job to maintain. "Can't believe I was just starting high school when we launched MG and now I am graduating! These looks will hit Macy's when I am a college freshman," she writes on the blog. Something tells us she's going to have a hard time keeping her roommate out of her closet.
What do you think of Lourdes's reflection? Any high school-era clothes you regret wearing?
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Certifying that its product lines meet European Union health, safety and environmental requirements and ensure consumer safety, Bunting Magnetics Co., Newton, KS, has had its HF-series drawer-magnet product line earn the CE mark for the European Economic Area. The product line—Bunting's third line to receive the CE certification—handles a variety of separation tasks in mechanical and gravity-flow applications.
Metal stamper and shim and gasket manufacturer Ohio Gasket & Shim Co., Inc., Akron, OH, has had its operations certified to the ISO 14001:2004 standard. The firm, celebrating its 50th year in operation, offers just-in-time shipping using a kanban inventory-management system.
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Lazy initialization or lazy loading, is the idea that the object will not be constructed, created, initialized or loaded until it is absolutely needed. A common scenario for lazy initialization is a list that stored in a cache is empty until it is accessed, then it is loaded perhaps from a record-set in a database or file and then placed into cached and finally returned back to the caller. If the list is never requested, then the cache is never filled and the application's working set is smaller. Typically smaller working sets (of memory) mean better perceived performance and happier customers.
System.Lazy<T> provides a (potentially) thread safe wrapper around an object and provides a means of deferring initialization of the core object until it's requested via Func<T> delegate. Depending upon the constructor called, you can emulate one or more different locking techniques such as doubled checked locking, using a nested class to defer initialization or by doing initialization via a locking mechanism when the object is first accessed. In memory challenged situations, the System.Threading.LazyInitializer class provides static methods for doing thread-safe (potentially) lazy initialization as well.
I included thread safety "potentially" in parenthesis above because depending upon the constructor overload or method overload used on Lazy<T> thread safety may or may not be ensured. The reason this is so is to improve performance when thread safety is not required or desired because no synchronization locking is done.
One of the commonest examples of lazy initialization are implementations of the GOF pattern, the Singleton. There are several ways to implement the singleton pattern in C# using lazy initialization, from extremely simple to somewhat complex. Each way offers differences in thread synchronization schematics used, the relative thread safety, and the "laziness" of the implementation. Besides the traditional way of implementing singletons, you can also use one of the new .NET 4 classes System.Lazy<T> or System.Threading.LazyInitializer class.
Their are at least four thread-safe variants of the singleton available to languages targeting the CLR with three of them supporting directly lazy initialization. In a nutshell they are the double-checked locking techniquewhich is broken in Java, but works accurately in C# [1], and full lazy instantiation using a nested inner class with a private static constructor and a reference to an internal static readonly instance of the parent class, and a third version shows thread safe lazy initialization with the caveat of reduced performance since a lock is acquired on all reads. For an in-depth discussion check out Jon Skeet's excellent article on the topic.
Using the System.Lazy<T> class in .NET 4.0 you can easily implement the singleton pattern in a thread safe, lazy initialized manner that is optimized for performance:
Note that passing in "true" to the constructor makes the initialization thread safe by using double locked schematics described above. If "false" is passed in for isThreadSafe, then no synchronization takes place. You can also use one of the following LazyThreadSafetyMode enumerations in another overloaded constructor call:
Here is another example using System.Threading.LazyInitializer:
Now one might argue that lazy initialization is a premature if not unnecessary micro-optimization. In some respects that is probably true. Singletons, for instance, are only created once for the entire lifetime of an application, typically at start up. However, if you truly need thread safety, lazy initialization then System.Lazy or System.Threading.LazyInitializer are the way to go with .NET 4.
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Don't forget this—the moment when a scab ref in a likelihood ruined a touchdown for the Cowboys.
It was a game of booing for fans:
But despite the rancor, two players on opposing teams managed to find love. That's Marcus Spears of the Cowboys and Demar Dotson of the Bucs, getting entangled and extricating themselves, as we all do, in life:
A long term issue for the Cowboys reared it's head again: their inability to protect Tony Romo was troubling. Lots of glances over at Kyle Orton to make sure he was ready, especially after this hit from, oh, everybody on the Bucs:
Merely eviscerating Tony Romo wouldn't be enough, however, to overcome a 10 of 28 performance from Josh Freeman. The offense simply wasn't there for the Buccaneers, and Greg Schiano couldn't INTENSE them into the endzone. Cowboys win in a disheartening game for both sides. (2-1) Cowboys 16, (1-2) Buccaneers 10.


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Thomas Vinterberg and Lone Scherfig are among six top Scandinavian directors who have joined forces with US outfit Parts & Labor to develop English-language films for the international marketplace.
The leading directors, most of them previously attached to Zentropa Entertainment, have forged new company Creative Alliance with Parts & Labor International and Danish producers Nicolaj Vibe Michelsen and Jacob Jørgensen.
Other directors in the collective include Per Fly, Ole Christian Madsen (Superclásico) and Janus Metz (Armadillo) as well as Icelandic director Dagur Kári (The Good Heart/Noi the Albino).
The new venture will see each director oversee at least one English-language feature and has already secured finance for the first six projects, in collaboration with the Danish Film Institute, Scandinavian and European funds.
The new features will aim to combine the best of Scandinavian film traditions with the strength and scale of the American film industry.
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"I really miss the milieu in Copenhagen's Film City, with Zentropa and Nimbus Film, when director, writer and producer worked together," Fly told the Politiken.
He, Madsen and Vinterberg were co-founders of Nimbus in 1983 and he later made his award-winning Bænken (The Bench), Arven (Inheritance) and Drabet (Manslaughter) trilogy 2000-2005 for Zentropa.
Fly added: "Today when an author gets an idea, he explains it to a producer, who goes to the film institute and gets $10,000 for development, which he gives to the author – but he keeps the rights.
"We want to revive the way we collaborated then – and hold on to the rights as long as possible."
All films from Creative Alliance will be developed in Denmark.
Danish producer Lars Knudsen, who set up Parts & Labor with Jay Van Hoy, said: "We have come up with an innovative business model, which will make it possible for European directors to develop and direct films in the US with support from funding bodies at home."
Parts & Labor is dedicated to director-driven, collaborative filmmaking, and in 2008 they signed a first look/development deal with US producer Scott Rudin. One of their most notable productions to date includes US director Mike Mill's Beginners, which Focus Features and Universal released worldwide.


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Theresa signed up to cook meals at the Family House in memory of her co-worker's grandaughter, Shea.
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text: Dr. David L. Strayer Freshwater Ecologist Share: March 13, 2011 Forests, Invasive Species Once there were big stands of hemlocks in the ravines and on the steep creek-banks. Their shade was so deep that hardly any underbrush could survive, so the ground was clear between their big trunks. It really did remind you of a green cathedral. Where there were openings along the creek or where a tree had blown over, bright shafts of sunlight would slice down to the forest floor, like in paintings. The ground was covered with a thick mat of needles, making it so soft underfoot that you could walk through the woods without making a sound. The needles made the air a little fragrant, not as sharp as under pine trees, but distinctly aromatic. During the winter, when a breeze shook the branches, motes of snow would sparkle in the air.The street I grew up on was lined with elms. There was a little median strip with weeping mulberries and gnarled crabapples, and high above it all, the vaulted green canopy of elms. I didn't know it at the time, but the elms gave the street an air of quiet elegance. (And there was little in this small Midwestern city of stamping plants and paper mills that you'd call elegant.) The huge elm tree that spread over the intersection of Macomb and First Street made it seem quiet and civilized. When the blight finally got that tree, we saw that the corner really was common--hot, and noisy, surrounded by parking lots and sagging old houses. Those elms are gone now. We'd sit outside on summer evenings as the heat drained out of the day and the sky turned to deep, smooth blue. The bats came out just before the first stars, skittering through the sky on their crazy flight paths. I knew that they were mammals, but they always looked more like little jagged birds. If you threw a pebble up into the air, sometimes they'd veer over to investigate before swooping back to their business catching bugs. These scenes are vanishing from our world, or have already vanished, because we have been careless about moving species around the world. The elms fell victim to Dutch elm disease, which we brought from Europe on diseased logs. The hemlocks are dying because we imported nursery stock contaminated with a deadly new insect (the hemlock wooly adelgid) from Asia. Now it looks like the white-nose syndrome that is killing many of our bats may be from a fungus that we accidentally imported from Europe, harmless to European bats but lethal to our species.These are just three of literally thousands of non-native species that we've brought into the United States, which have caused ecological destruction and billions of dollars in economic damage. Although we've known for decades that moving species carelessly around the globe causes countless problems, we still aren't taking the problem seriously. Species still move freely around the world on human coattails, leaving a trail of new problems in their wakes.I hate having to polish my stories to keep these scenes alive in my mind after they have vanished from the world. I hate knowing that I'll fail – that my stories never will be good enough to bring the missing pieces of our world back to life, any more than the old stories that I read about chestnut trees or passenger pigeons make me feel like I am standing in those lost forests or hearing the whirr of a million wings. Most of all, I hate knowing that we're still making the same careless mistakes that cost us so many pieces of this beautiful world.This world we live in, and often take for granted, is too valuable to ruin through neglect. We can do better. It starts with people caring enough to encourage policies that prevent invasive species from entering the United States in the first place. We should be protecting our natural heritage for future generations. One day they will wonder why we did so little. Share: Dr. David L. Strayer Freshwater Ecologist Dave Strayer is a freshwater ecologist whose work focuses on measuring the long-term effects of zebra mussels on the Hudson River ecosystem, and understanding the roles of suspension-feeding animals in ecosystems. Strayer also works on broader issues in freshwater conservation ecology and invasion biology.


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2007-08 Season (Junior): Averaged 7.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game … played in 30 games, starting 23 … averaged 2.9 minutes per game … led team in steals (43, 1.43 per game) … Sixth on team in scoring (218, 7.3 points per game) … Fourth on team for field goal percentage (45.8%) … Led team in 3-point field goal percentage (40.0%) … Led team in assists (85) …. Had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.4 (85 assists/62 turnovers) … Scored a season high 16 points three times (at MTSU Nov. 16; McNeese State Nov. 29; at FGCU Jan. 31) … Scored in double figures in ten games … Grabbed a season high nine rebounds against Campbell (March 1) … Had a season high seven assists at Marshall (Dec. 29) … Led the team in scoring three times … Led the team in rebounding once (Campbell, March 1) … Led the team in assists 12 times … Led the team in steals 16 times … Hit three 3-pointers twice (North Florida, Feb. 7; Purdue, Nov. 20) …Had season high four steals twice (Arkansas Tech, Dec. 3; McNeese State, Nov. 29) … Atlantic Sun Games: averaged 5.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game, played in 15 games, starting 9 … averaged 26.5 minutes per game … Second on team in 3-point field goal percentage (38.5%) … Led team with 24 steals …Assist to turnover ratio of 1.4 (38 assists/27 turnovers).
2006-07 Season (Sophomore): Played in 29 games, starting 25, including both games in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. ...Scored in double figures four times with a career-high and season-high 17 points against Mercer (Jan. 9). ...Also scored 12 points at Stetson (Feb. 3), 11 points against Nicholls State (Dec. 14) and 10 against Mercer March 1 in the A-Sun Tournament. ...Tied for the rebounding lead in two games with a season-high eight at Belmont Jan. 12 and six at Stetson Feb. 3. ...Season-high in both field goals made with seven and field goals attempted with 12 against Mercer Jan. 9. ...Made a season-high seven free throws at Stetson Feb. 3. ...Credited with four assists four times. ...Blocked on shot in a game six times. ...Twice made a season-high three steals, both against Stetson at home Jan. 7 and on the road Feb. 3. ...Twice made three 3-point field goals in a game (Nicholls State, Dec. 14; Mercer, Jan. 9).
2005-06 Season (Freshman): Season-high 15 points vs. Jackson State (Dec. 8,). ...Season-high 11 rebounds at North Florida (Jan. 9,). ...Made five field goals in game five times (vs Belmont Jan. 20,, at North Florida Jan. 29, at Jackson State Dec. 8,, at Kennesaw State Dec. 1. ...Made two 3-point field goals three times. ...Season-high five 3-point field goal attempts at East Tennessee (Dec. 3,). ...Made three free throws in a game three times. ...Made four free throw attempts twice. ...Four assists in a game three times. ...Two blocked shots at Belmont (Jan. 31). ...Season-high 36 minutes played at North Florida (Jan. 31). ...Only freshman on the team to play in all 32 games, started 10. ...Scored 11 points in his first start at Jacksonville (Jan. 7). ...Scored in double figures five times ...Recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds at North Florida (Jan. 9). ...Led team in scoring once with 15 points at Jackson State (Dec. 8,).
High School: As a senior averaged 20.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists. ...Also made 57-of-163 3-point attempts, a 35 percent success rate. ...Made 40 steals and blocked 18 shots. ...He was second in the county in scoring and sixth in rebounds. ...His 75.9 percent success rate from the free throw line was eighth best in the county. ...Named first team All-County in 2005. ...Won the 2005 Naismith Award from the Atlanta Tip-Off Club. ...McDonald[apos]s All-America nominee. ...Honorable mention All-State selection. ...In 2003 and 2004 made the Powerade Festival Invitational All-Tournament Team. ...Cobb County Tip-Off Club Player of the Month in 2004 and 2005. ...Named to the Cobb County Tip-Off Club All-County Second Team for the 2003-2004 season. ...Team awards include North Cobb High School Best Defensive Player (sophomore), North Cobb MVP (junior and senior), North Cobb Top Rebounder (senior). ...Played on the varsity team all four years. ...Scored 1,000 points in his high school career.Personal: Son of Michael Lusk, Sr.


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I cut 6 inch wide strips from the legs of the jeans. (The 8 legs yielded enough strips of denim to make 2 totes)
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#156...denim vacation tote
I cut 6 inch wide strips from the legs of the jeans. (The 8 legs yielded enough strips of denim to make 2 totes)
40 comments:
- Unknown said...
looks like you guys had a blast!! we thought about you all week long!! oh and i love the bag :)
- March 15, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Sewing for Utange said...
I used your tutorial to make my own version of this bag - really pleased with how it turned out! Thanks for posting this.
- March 29, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- - said...
Hello! Just curious what you did to add a lining.
- July 6, 2012 at 1:06 AM
- Christie Chase said...
To add the lining, I just sewed a second bag and then put the liner inside the denim bag, turned under the top edges and top stitched them together.
- July 19, 2012 at 6:50 AM
How wide and long did you cut your handle ?
- April 3, 2013 at 10:19 AM
- Christie Chase said...
The handles are about 1.5 inches wide, so I cut them at 2.5 to have .5 seam allowance. The strap is about 22 inches long. I cut this at about 25" to have a few inches to sew into the bag.
- April 3, 2013 at 1:28 PM
- Handbags Online said...
Hello Christie - I came across your blog after finding an image of one of your bags on Pinterest while I was searching for some fresh ideas for my handbag website (no don't worry, not to copy :) )- I am glad I found your blog, you do great work - do you sell any of your finished work?
This is where I found your bag on Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/chelmsford/handbags/
- June 14, 2013 at 7:35 PM
- Christie Chase said...
Thanks for you nice comments about my work. The denim tote bag was easy to make. I actually copied it from a photo of a bag made by "Built by Wendy" a few seasons ago. I sometimes sell my handmade items, but only through custom order. I don't have inventory already made for sale.
- June 17, 2013 at 4:50 AM
- Sailing Totes said...
Since the bags are made out of recycled sailcloth, they are resistant to sea water and harsh weather. Whether you are using them for boating life or daily life, you can get the best out of them
- August 22, 2013 at 9:43 PM
Love the bag. Trying to make one for myself. What are over all dimensions. I didn't get enough fabric out of 4 pairs of jeans to make 2 bags. My bag must be way larger! Still love it. Beautiful work. Thanks for your info.
- March 26, 2014 at 6:23 PM
- Christie Chase said...
My bag was roughly 14"wide x 16"high x 4" deep.
- March 27, 2014 at 6:30 AM
- Unknown said...
Christie: I am making this with my Gr. 11/12 Fashion Class! How long are your strips? and what is the dimension of that fourth strip that is cut differently (bottom)? Thanks!
- April 7, 2014 at 6:49 PM
- Christie Chase said...
Hi Tracy,
The strips are about 16" long by 5" tall (before sewing together). The bottom strip is the same dimension, it just has the notch cut out of it for turning it into the bottom of the bag.
- April 8, 2014 at 7:08 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks so much. We are well on our way.
- April 8, 2014 at 7:58 AM
- Parsimonious Perfection said...
This is an amazing tutorial! I adore nautical style...your bag is perfect for summer!! Visiting you from Between Naps on the Porch.
- April 21, 2014 at 8:09 AM
LOVE IT!! This bag has got to be my favorite. Where I can find the instructions for sewing the bottom portion?
- June 9, 2014 at 3:23 AM
- Marlene Taylor said...
Here's what I don't understand. The leg width of jeans vary, of course, but they're not 16 in wide. The picture shows no seams, other than side seams. The only way to get wide/long strips is to cut them from the length of the leg, not the width Am I correct? What am I missing? Anybody. Thank you..
- July 20, 2014 at 8:08 AM
- Christie Chase said...
To get the strips, I cut them from the denim legs running along the inseam from crotch to ankle.
- July 21, 2014 at 7:36 AM
Hi ladies can I please get some tips on the bottom of this tote! :-) TIA
- July 22, 2014 at 4:44 PM
Hi Christie,
I loved your tote bag so much that I want to make my own. But the thing is I am just beginning to sew and I cannot sew one without instructions. Apologies if I am asking for a lot, but can you post full instructions of the same. Thanks a lot!
- December 22, 2014 at 9:55 AM
- Margie said...
I had so much fun making this bag! I used the waist band of the jeans for the top edge of my purse. I sewed a cut out jean hip pocket on the outside for my cell phone and when I made the lining I also sewed a hip pocket there, too. My husband cut some foam for the bottom of my bag, so it could sit flat...I covered it with lining fabric. Everybody comments on how cute it is!! Thanks for you idea!
- March 7, 2015 at 5:36 PM
- Deep Thoughts said...
I was coveting a blue Lily Pulitzer tote from Target, that is actually rafia (?), but at first glance, I thought it was denim. After finding out the tote is sold out, I thought, heck, how hard could it be to make a denim tote! I love the stripes--really strong classic look to it. Form + Function = recycled denim tote :)
- April 29, 2015 at 2:11 PM
I am also fairly new at sewing. Do you use a regular needle? It seems that denim is very thick, that a regular universal needle would break. Thank you.
- May 16, 2015 at 7:31 PM
- CFS' Inspirations said...
Use a size 16 or 18 if its very thick. I just finished a jean rag quilt using flannel for the baking & used a size 16 needle. I
did not have any problems even going over the topped stitched bulky inner leg seam!
- July 22, 2015 at 8:51 PM
- Unknown said...
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- November 5, 2015 at 6:40 PM
- Dominique julian baylot said...
Wonderfull Work. I reaally love tour bag. Î'm french and live in South of France. I love your creativity. Best regards et bonne annee🎉
- January 6, 2016 at 10:31 PM
HI Christie m I like this bag I am making it as soon as I eat lol. And I will let you know how it came out ok.
- January 25, 2016 at 3:20 PM
my bag came out great but I did a lot of changing around height , color .straps plus I put a pocket on the outside,I use duck material THANKS FOR THE INPUT,
- January 26, 2016 at 5:06 PM
- Michele S said...
Insufficient instructions.
- September 14, 2016 at 1:21 PM
- Michele S said...
Instructions are insufficient. No size tote bag measurements - width and length. Need to do better.
- September 14, 2016 at 1:22 PM
- SUSSEXMOUSE said...
Thank you for your wonderful Tutorial. I am going to make one. Take care now. Marion x
- September 24, 2016 at 12:49 AM
- SUSSEXMOUSE said...
Thank you for your wonderful Tutorial. I am going to make one. Take care now. Marion x
- September 24, 2016 at 2:01 AM
- Teena said...
Hi Christie :)
I wanted to let you know ... this bag tut is my Go To when I want make Denim Bags. I have made 3 so far.. The first one I made a oopsie.. but it's ok.. I still use it.. As for the liner I used a soft Pink and White Gingham Bed sheet :) Thank ya Darling :)
- November 10, 2016 at 6:21 AM
- KreativKudi said...
Amazing DIY! Loved it! :)
- January 15, 2017 at 10:34 PM
- Unknown said...
I really love the denim tote, I'm making one today. I just want to say thank you for sharing your creative work. God Bless
- February 14, 2017 at 9:42 AM
Love this tote! I have a problem with the notched bottom. I sewed around with 1/2 inch seam. Turned it and the bottom has a pooch hanging down. What tips do you have to make it flat? Thanks
- November 18, 2017 at 7:29 PM
- Kylie_Jordan said...
I love this tote! I'm making one for a fashion and design project. I was just curious what your strap measurements were.
- April 17, 2018 at 6:33 AM
- Unknown said...
- May 12, 2018 at 8:05 PM
Reading back through the comments, I think Christie made her own pattern... But if there is one, Christie please post a link to find it. Many of us so adore this bag but aren't advanced enough yet to make out our own pattern. Hope you will reply, thank you!
- October 5, 2018 at 11:42 AM
- woodlandfern said...
Where is the tutorial, pattern, measurements, etc?
- January 20, 2019 at 8:24 PM


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Subsidiaries, Associates & Services
Cathay Pacific Services Limited
Cathay Pacific Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways, has been awarded a 20-year franchise by Airport Authority Hong Kong to design, build and operate a cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport. The terminal, which began full operations in 2013, is one of the biggest and most sophisticated of its kind in the world.
Cathay Pacific Catering Services
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Cathay Pacific Holidays
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Hong Kong Airport Services Limited
Hong Kong Airport Services, known as HAS, s a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific. It is the largest ramp and ground handling company operating at Hong Kong International Airport.
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited
Cathay Dragon is a Hong Kong-based airline flying to 33 destinations around the Asia-Pacific, including over 17 in Mainland China. The company is the official airline of choice for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's delegations and staff regarding travel to and from Mainland China.
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AHK Air Hong Kong Limited
Air Hong Kong, an all-cargo carrier operating regional express freight services, which is wholly owned by Cathay Pacific.


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But thank goodness I still decided to buy Habibi. It's one beautifully illustrated graphic novel with a sprawling storyline. If you flip its pages, you'd understand why there's a 7-year gab between Blankets and Habibi. I think these are the most immaculately detailed drawings that I've seen in graphic novels. One can see that these pages do not need color to make the panels come alive. Just look at these sample pages.
And the story? It has breadth and texture. Basically, Habibi is a love story between Dodola and Zam set in a fictional Islamic country called Wanatolia. It's a love story that's somewhat painful to read in some parts. At the start, we see the child Dodola forced to marry a much older man. Then Thompson sets up the circumstances wherein the young Dodola assumes the responsibility of taking care of the baby Zam. Years pass and the two spend many of those in an abandoned ship in the dessert, with Dodola offering her body to passing men in exchange for food.
Dodola and Zam get separated when Dodola is abducted by the Sultan's men for his harem. In the harem, Dodola gets a reputation for her skills in satisfying the Sultan. She ultimately gets pregnant but loses her child when it gets murdered by one of the other women from the harem, done out of jealousy apparently. In another parallel narrative, we see how Zam finds himself in the company of eunuchs and eventually become a eunuch himself. It is this condition that lets him work in the Sultan's palace, thus setting the scene for his reunion with Dodola.
But the story is far from over yet. We see how a man named Noah takes care of our main characters, letting them live in his shanty amidst the landscape filled with all kinds of refuse. We read how Zam takes a job in a construction firm, allowing him to have enough money for him and Dodola to start afresh. The ending is a very sweet and redemptive one, especially after reading through all the hardships that Dodola and Zam go through.
A lot has been said that Habibi doesn't do much in terms of presenting the Islamic culture to the world. The male characters especially are rendered into stereotypes. I couldn't care less. I didn't read it for that reason. Thompson does do a good job in showing some of the aspects of Islam, methinks. And that I think is a bonus. I read Habibi for the engaging story. I flipped its pages because of the beautiful artwork. I bought it because it's a beautiful book.
So will Thompson be more known because of Habibi? Perhaps. He's still more popularly known for Blankets than any of his works. It did win the Eisner after all. But Habibi, in my opinion, is even more satisfying than Blankets. Habibi had scope, whereas Blankets was very inward looking. Sure, Blankets was autobiographical, which may account for its introspection, but Habibi draws you into its fictional world with its detailed sense of place. It's wonderful to get lost in it.
Read this book if:
- You'll read anything by Craig Thompson.
- You like your graphic novels complete in themselves. No volumes and series please.
- You love exploring other cultures and immersing yourself in far-off places.