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Daniel shares stories of the early days in and around the American Indian Center (AIC). This is taken from the Robust Indigenes series. This series of storytelling events articulates the vitality of the AIC toward providing space and programs that resulted in cultural connection and retention and contributed to the development of identity for four generations of Native Americans in Chicago. These oral histories will continue to contribute to the AIC Archives collection and to the development of the retrospective exhibit series for the AIC.
Mark LaRoque performs @ AIC Gallery - April 2018
Mark performs an E. Donald Two-Rivers poem, She Wears the Wind @ An Evening of Poetry: Honoring Indigenous Voices @ AIC Gallery, April 19, 2018.
Snake Dance (partial) @ 65th Annual Chicago Powwow
AIC Voter Registration
Indigenous Science Day Kick Off
March 17th kicked off this year's Indigenous Science Day Series with Special guest Facilitators Verlyn "Buzz" Spreeman, Descendant of Alexander Robinson/Robinson Family Historian, and Dan Melone, Robinson Family Historian and Archaeologist. Participants gathered at the site of the Robinson family homestead and burial grounds within the Robinson Woods; parking alongside the pullout on East River Road before heading to the second site at Catherine Chevalier Woods. (Additional participants utilized public transportation to access the site from the 81W West Lawrence Bus).
Buzz and Dan led participants in open discourse about the historical significance of the area and the impacts the legacy of Alexander Robinson has had on modern day Chicago. The participants were taken on a guided walking tour through Catherine Chevalier Woods to identify and visit historic sites along the Des Plaines River.
In addition, the group was joined by Artist Santiago X and youth participants of the SHPSHFTRS: Land Art x Design Workshop. SHPSHFTRS is part of a collaborative efforts to develop multiple interactive sites along the Northwest Portage Walking Museum spearheaded by Chicago Public Arts Group, Portage Park Neighborhood Association and the American Indian Center. SHPSHFRS, designed and implemented by Santiago X, works toward revitalizing the creation of Indigenous earthworks and placemaking within urbanized areas. Throughout this 5 part workshop series participants will learn 21st Century techniques of analysis, design, and form making.
Thank you to all the participants who attended and made our first Indigenous Science Day of the year at Robinson Woods a success! And a special thanks to Buzz & Dan for volunteering to share their knowledge, time and work.
Our next event will be on April 21st keep an eye out for more information on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousScienceDays/
AIC Intertribal Powwow Dance Performance
Native ID Photo Event
Thursday night, February 28th was a first event in a series of community assistance endeavors toward the establishment of the AIC Archives. The purpose of Native Identification is to gather community members to aid in identifying subjects in old black-and-white photographs emanating from the AIC's archival material. Ten people attended, sparking conversation and reviving memories of past AIC events and the folks who participated in various activities, from sports to graduations to powwows and fundraisers. We began the evening with a photo that was brought to our attention by Louis Delgado during last year's storytelling event Robust Indigenes. The photo captured the first AIC Little League team known as the "Little Braves" from 1961. Louis shared most of the names of the young subjects including: Louis Lopez, Louis Delgado, Gary LaDeaux, Paul Goodiron, Darrel Hardy, Herbie Daniels, Anthony LaDeaux, Steve Fastwolf, Darrel Crow, Miguel LeBron, Leroy Menard, John Fastwolf, Edward Delgado and Billy Daniels (Assistant Coach). The evening progressed with several powwow pics from 1959 that challenged the group with subjects, events and respective event locations – all of which remain unknown. Other powwow pics presented were from AIC powwows at Navy Pier (with Harold Washington), Chicago Avenue Armory (possibly) and a powwow shot that included miniature tipis erected with bamboo poles. Other photos included two pics of early basketball teams (subjects remain unknown), and a candid shot of "Las Vegas Night" at the AIC. Vegas Night players were identified as: Sonny Black Owl, Dan Batiste, Roger Harper and Colin Wesaw. The last round of photos captured: Native American Committee graduation @ AIC (year unknown); Diane Maney and Sam Keahna at what was determined a United Way benefit fundraiser; and a photo of an AIC dance troupe circa mid-1970s. The evening proved successful, as we managed to identify some subject matter, but most important – a group of community attendees that shared time, space, food and memories. Native Identification will continue on Thursday, March 29th @ 6pm. Please join us!
PRESS RELEASE: AIC disapproves of State of Illinois designation of Indigenous Peoples Day on "Last Monday of September"
For immediate release:
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American Indian Center disapproval of State of IL designated Indigenous Peoples Day to "Last Monday of September."
Chicago, IL [10/3/17]
Last month the 100th Illinois General Assembly passed a law that Gov. Rauner signed designating "the last Monday in September of each year as Indigenous Peoples Day" [House Resolution Bill 0123] into our state's law. The law reads as follows:
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the last Monday in September of each year is designated as Indigenous Peoples Day to be observed throughout the State as a day to recognize the contributions of indigenous peoples with suitable ceremony and fellowship designed to promote greater understanding and kinship between indigenous peoples and non-indigenous peoples of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.
Today, we release this statement to inform our Chicago community of this news and make them aware of our position regarding this action. The American Indian Center was surprised to learn of this new bill and are disappointed that it passed. Indigenous people were not consulted during the crafting and passing of this bill. We believe that all peoples deserve respect, public comment and consultation in regards to holidays that affect us as a community. We view this as an insult and a threat to current progress made towards recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day on the Second Monday of October and a flagrant act of disrespect toward our community.
The American Indian Center supports all Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations and demonstrations occurring on the Second Monday of October throughout the State of Illinois. A state that is named after Indigenous People must be inclusive of our presence. We will continue to engage in activities that encourage the renaming of this holiday.
Urban Indians: What does community housing mean to you?
Before the Treaty of 1833, American Indian people lived in and around Chicago in numbers that are much greater than today. The last settlement forced to relocate was the Pottwatomi that settled in and around Bunker Hill and surrounding Cook County Forest Preserves on the North west side of Chicago. Some would consider that Treaty to be Chicago's Trail of Tears.
Bear in mind, many Native people never left. The federal Relocation Act would again compel American Indian families to move, this time returning to cities including Chicago. The census of 2010 has the American Indian population at around 50,000 in the Chicagoland area. That population represents nearly every tribal nation in the United States but makes up less than 1% of the Chicago population.
Being the Indigenous People of this land, that 1% is not like any other population in Chicago. We should consider ourselves special stakeholders when it comes to land -- any piece of land. After all, our ancestors did die fighting to protect this land.
People have many ideas around returning that land back to our families. To share ideas is to build initiative and we plan on doing just that as we have done in the past, circling around the kitchen table and talking it out.
Thursday, August 9th (6-8PM), the AIC will be hosting an event called: Kitchen Table Talk: Community Housing . This will be the first Kitchen Table Talk event. We hope to make this an ongoing series to provide space for conversation and plotting.
PS... In the spirit of tradition, feel free to bring a dish/drink to share.
Did you know...
The State of Illinois does not have a Tribal Base? Therefore some housing benefits/programs are Inaccessible to our states population.
The State of Illinois has a ban against rent control policy?
Did you know that there are 'some' HUD programs accessible to American Indians looking to buy land (as large as a four-plex) in Cook, Lake, Kane, and DuPage counties? See HUD Section 184 . Did you know that few families utilize Section 184? The 'guaranteed loan' program.
These are topics we will be discussing at tomorrow's Kitchen Table Talk. We hope to see you there. Remember, this is just the beginning of the conversation. After tomorrow's KTT we will post notes and possibly some audio from the discussion so that we can make it accessible to as many people as possible looking to build power for place.
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What does community housing mean to you?
Announcing Heather Miller as new AIC Executive Director!
Dear AIC family and friends,
In our nationwide search the American Indian Center of Chicago is excited to announce Heather Miller as our new Executive Director. She comes with excellent experience in Native non profit organizations with a strong background in both fund raising and grant writing.
Her experience and skill sets will lead the Chicago Native community and create a presence of tradition, culture and awareness. Heather will provide the leadership for the Center to address Native issues, concerns and community activism for Native rights.
The AIC Board of Directors believe Heather's drive, passion and vision for Native advocacy is impressively exemplified in her has vast knowledge of the non profit sector as it specifically relates to Indian Country. We are excited about what a future led by her will entail.
Heather Miller Bio:
Heather Miller is an enrolled member of the Wyandotte Nation from Oklahoma and has a passion for seeing Native American organizations succeed. She began her professional career in Montana where she helped Native Nonprofit organizations develop capacity. She then worked in Seattle with a Native American Foundation where she continued to provide capacity building training to Native organizations as well as teach non-Native Foundations how to work appropriately with Indian Country.
She returned to Montana and led a TRIO grant then served as Executive Director of other nonprofit organizations in the area. She also started a consulting business where she helped Native nonprofits grow their own abilities to be successful. She recently moved to Chicago and is happy to have joined the American Indian Center team. In her free time Heather loves cooking with her partner Ryan and taking their puppy dog Winnie Cooper on walks as they explore the city.
The American Indian Center Board of Directors
Tribal Flag Hanging Day at the AIC brings together Chicago Natives
Tribal Flag hannging day at the AIC brings together Chicago Natives from many nations.
The American Indian Center staff and board thanks everybody that turned out for a special AIC clean-up day in which we hung our tribal flags for the first time in our new building .
About 25 AIC community members turned out for this special saturday. Susan Power, a Standing Rock Elder and AIC Founder was happy to see our next generation of youth busy cleaning and hanging flags. According to Susan, "Before we became founded AIC began with a handful of people sitting around. All of a sudden you had a whole bunch of other nations thrown together, we couldn't just let one nation with the most people take over. We are a fair people with generosity and we don't turn anybody away." She was also very proud to mention, the AIC was the first urban Indian Center of it's kind.
The day began with prayer and promise that if you were present today to help clean, you would have the honor of hanging the tribal flag of your people. Tom Roberts (Sisseton) and Les Begaye (Dine`) were on the ladder hanging flags while family members and youth passed flags to them. The first flag to be hung at the AIC was Sisseton, with the Bernal family of doing the flag passing honor.
Other activities included the cleaning and assembly of AIC bleachers, washing windows, and pulling invasive weeds in front of our building. AIC volunteers arrived at all hours between 10 am into the evening with no real finish time.
In case your wondering about the flags, we still have 30 more to hang. The plan is to wrap the flags around Tribal Hall like a belt. Staff and BoD want to keep the ceiling space open for any future athletic programming like basketball and volleyball. If you would like to see your tribal flag hanging at the center call or email us - firstname.lastname@example.com.
Help Chicago Divest from DAPL
Dear Member,
It's time to crank up our #NoDAPL Chicago campaign and get our city to divest from Dakota Access Pipeline banks! Last week, it was reported that the Dakota Access Pipeline had it's second pipeline leak in North Dakota spilling over a 1000 gallons of oil. Now let's put our frustrations into action. Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to help us schedule a meeting with YOUR local Alderman (aka city council member). We currently have an order in play for Chicago to divest from DAPL and we need the support from as many city council members as possible. You can read the order here. [][2]http://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/or-2017-207/
Call to action: Contact your neighborhood city council member and have them schedule a meeting with IL-Water Protectors, and Indigenous Leadership (including yourself) from the Chicago community. Several council members have already signed on as cosponsors, so if they say they support it, say "thank you" but also ask them what they are doing to get it passed. The kind of support we need comes with accountability. Every call helps!
Step 1: Find out your ward and alderman using your street address using the City of Chicago website. https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/iframe/lookup_ward_and_alderman.html/
Step 2: Make the call. Below is a sample script you can use or alter as needed.
"Hi I am _ a constituent in your ward and I am calling you to schedule a meeting with the Alderman. This is in regards to Order 2017-207, the order for Chicago to divest in the Dakota Access pipeline." Schedule a time that is most convenient for you.
Step 3: [Let us know how it went by filling out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/JGtT41x9WWWfWXVB2
Water Protectors! Keep up the good work! Mni Wiconi!
Robust Indigenes: Stories from Session I
In December, the art department launched Robust Indigenes: AIC Stories and Epiphanies as the first part of the AIC Retrospective exhibit. The 6-part series features longtime community members and friends of the Center sharing stories that capture the vitality and impact of the American Indian Center for the multiple generations that have passed through our doors. We are incredibly grateful to all participants and we hope to hear more stories at our upcoming event on Friday, April 21st at our new home in Albany Park.
Below are some clips from our first session in December 2016.
Arts Director, Dave Spencer, explains the title of Robust Indigenes.
Leonard Malatare (Salish & Kootenai) on loving the Center and accidentally becoming an MC.
Lorena Gamble (Dine) on her father, his incredible life and the American Indian Center.
Samantha Selby (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians) on indentity in the City and stories of Firsts.
A Message from the AIC Board of Directors
American Indian Center Community,
We will be completing the purchase of our new facility next week and plan to move in the last week of March. The new location is in Albany Part at the corner of Ainslie and Kimball. Our move will bring us to a location that fits our needs as a Center and is close to both the Brown Line and the Lawrence and Kimball bus lines. We will continue to have Powwows, retain our culture, dinners, AIC history and be the gathering place for all Native Nations in Chicago.
This year we are celebrating our 64th birthday as the American Indian Center of Chicago and moving to our new location assures that we will preserve our title as the oldest urban Indian Center in the Nation. We will retain our history and start new stories as we open a new chapter for the American Indian Center of Chicago.
As with any move the first few weeks will be hectic with moving, setting up offices, facilities and communications. We will have a Grand Opening and Community Town Hall meeting in early May so keep checking the AIC website and Facebook page. Thank you for your patience during our move and we look forward to seeing all of you in our new building to continue the tradition started 64 years ago.
Thank you,
American Indian Center Board of Directors
Education Department Survey
With ever changing interests, the American Indian Center is committed to keeping programming modern, inclusive and innovative. In order to effectively serve, the education department is conducting our first community needs survey. All data collected will be kept confidential.
Please click here and answer in detail to the best of your ability.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
#NoDAPLChi Organizes Snake Dance and Rally in Support of Standing Rock
Chicago, Ill—Hundreds of Native Americans and non-Native allies will gather at Chicago's Federal Plaza, 219 S. Dearborn St., on Saturday, Nov. 12th at 2 p.m. in support of Standing Rock. Through this celebration, #NoDAPLChi event organizers hope to showcase the resiliency of indigenous people through dance.
The gathering will center around a snake dance—a traditional Hopi dance that originated as a water ceremony, in honor of the snakes that guarded the springs. Event organizers invite pow wow drummers, as well as Native dancers and singers to participate in the snake dance and share their own dances. The event will also include speeches [ From whom?] and end with a march down State Street.
This #NoDAPLChi effort shows concern and support for the thousands of water protectors peacefully protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which threatens to span from North Dakota to Illinois and cross the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and endangering drinking water for thousands of people. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, along with non-Native allies, have been fighting DAPL construction since April. Initially, the tribe's concerns centered on the desecration of sacred burial sites and the contamination of the Missouri River.
However, in the past few months, the Morton County Sheriff's Department has led a violent and heavily militarized police response against unarmed protesters. The state of North Dakota has arrested journalists for covering the story. Dakota Access private security actively uses intimidation and violence against water protectors by sicing unlicensed security dogs on protesters, using pepper spray, and flying 24/7 surveillance planes, helicopters, and drones over the water protectors' camps.
#NoDAPLChi invites the people of Chicago to stand together in the streets so our voices can't be ignored on an issue that affects all of us. We want to:
Tell the multi-million dollar Energy Transfer Partners behind DAPL that we have a right to clean water and a right as Americans to say no to pipelines and fossil fuel infrastructure.
Tell the state of North Dakota and Morton County that we refuse to carry on the legacy of criminalizing Native Americans for protecting their land and what is sacred to them.
Tell President Obama that Americans' first Amendment rights are under attack every day in North Dakota, and he needs to act now to uphold the constitution and protect American citizens.
Tell the banks—who have invested $3.8 billion in this pipeline—that we as consumers and investors demand investment in renewable energy infrastructure.
Letter from AIC Board Chair Les Begay
Dear friends and relatives,
It has always been an integral part of the American Indian Center, Inc.'s mission to "foster the economic advancement of Indian people and perpetuate Indian cultural values" [AIC Mission Statement]
The American Indian Center in Chicago recognizes and stands in support of the Sovereign Tribal Nation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota. The recent encroachment, trespass, and destruction of Treaty protected sacred land is not only an affront to all Native American Indian people but a violation of the Nation to Nation relationship established by the U.S. Government.
The rights and protections established by treaties are only reflective of the human rights that all people have, rights such as clean water, managing their resources and to be respected as a People and Culture.
We thank you Standing Rock for the honor of standing with you in this time of need and ceremony. We send our prayers and hopes in support.
Please submit any questions or comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Les G. Begay
American Indian Center - Chairman
In Memory of Debbie Vidana
We are saddened to inform that our dear friend and long time AIC community member, Debbie Vidana, has passed away.
Her family, Cathy and husband Vicente would like to invite anyone who knew her to say goodbye.There will be a small memorial feast at the American Indian Center Wednesday night 10/12 from 7PM to 9PM . Some will remember her as a tough, no frills person. Others may recall a fiercely loyal friend who lived larger than life. But we can all say she smiled and laughed from her heart and loved much deeper than most. Most of all we will remember an awesome character and a strong woman who can now rest, our good friend. Deb Vidana.
Thank you,
Vincent Romero
Interim Executive Director
September roundup: Indigenous People's Day, #NoDAPL, and more
To all our relations,
September has been a productive month of exciting developments in AIC-Organizing. We have included a number of links in this blog post to give our readers the opportunity to delve deep into our developments like winning Indigenous Peoples Day in Chicago or #NoDAPL solidarity actions.
Before we get into the details I would like to invite you to become a member of the American Indian Center of Chicago by filling out our online membership application. Our goal is to reach a membership level of 2,000 individuals by the year's end. This membership list enables us to develop and support our programming and organizing straight-up grassroots. http://membership.aicchicago.org/Sign-Up
September 9th, #NoDAPLChi and AIC teamed up rallying in support of Standing Rock Water Protectors. About 1000 people, members of our community and allies, marched with us in support of Standing Rock. Our goal was to generate media exposure for Standing Rock Water Protectors. This day of action was a concerted effort in hundreds of cities coast to coast. Many news outlets covered the Chicago demonstration and several articles were written making our goal to get the word out and expanding our base of support a huge success! Chicago Tribune Video of March WGN Coverage Huffington Post coverage
September 14th, Chicago City Council passed a resolution proclaiming October 10th as Indigenous People's Day in Chicago! This development is the culmination of two years of organizing and voter engagement. Many thanks go out to our community members, Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, Ald. Pawar (47th Ward), and Ald. Carlos Rosa (35th Ward) for taking a lead in this initiative. There is still much work to do to abolish Columbus Day in Chicago and throughout Illinois. Since Columbus Day is a State holiday, we will be taking this effort to the next level, pushing to get a referendum on the ballot in the 2018 Illinois Mid-term election. This strategy will create maximum exposure to our cause educating Illinois voters and upholding democracy to a higher level. Read more from Lastrealindians.com DNA Info Coverage of Chicago City Council Meeting where Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution was proposed
September 17th & 18th, AIC Organizing had a super productive Powwow Weekend registering 80 new voters, 256 people took a pledge to vote (we will be sending reminders), and expanded our base to 125 new members! Our volunteers and supporters are just awesome.
September 22nd, AIC Organizing and #NoDAPLChi teamed up to deliver a 15 passenger van load of winter clothes, cold weather gear, hygienics and medical supplies to the Sacred Stone Camp in Canonball, ND. AIC Organizing was in Standing Rock taking pictures and interviewing water protectors. One of the main things we learned from our trip is that the camp has developed on Sacred Ground and Water Protectors have developed a stronger sense of spirituality and unity that has not been seen in a long time. It's clear that this movement is turning into a real transformative movement for our generation. People are literally coming from all over Turtle Island to contribute supplies, labor, and prayer. It was reported that 7500 have been at the Sacred Stone Camp in ND. This is what a prophecy looks like! Many thanks go to the Native Voice Network and Marguerite Casey Foundation, friends, and family that contributed in donation and prayer allowing us to make this journey.
For people that would like to continue taking action for Indigenous Peoples Day or Standing in solidarity with Standing Rock you can do so by doing the following:
Indigenous Peoples Day - Attend an October 10th Indigenous Peoples Day Event. If you would like to volunteer to help, please shoot me an email (email@example.com). The American Indian Center will be joining UIC's Native American Support Program and Native American Student Organization with their rally and events.
Register to Vote - We probably don't have to tell you how important this election will be for Native American sovereignty, social justice issues, and environmental justice. If you are not registered to vote, you can do so online https://ova.elections.il.gov/ . If you are registered to vote, convince a friend or relative to register. Every vote counts because we will make it count with organizing and diligence.
#StandWithStandingRock Call to Action List
Divest from banks supporting DAPL. You can access this list and find examples of what you can say to a bank executive here in this article from YES magazine.
Call for the Army Corps of Engineers Permit to the Dakota Access Pipeline be rescinded.
Call the White House - (202)456-1111 or (202) 456-1414
Call the Army Corps of Engineers - (202) 761-5903
Call North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple - (701) 328-2200
Call or email your congressional representatives and senators - Use this site as a resource.
Donate to the Sacred Stone Camp and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Donate items list - http://sacredstonecamp.org/supply-list/
Donate to legal defense fund - https://fundrazr.com/d19fAf?ref=sh_25rPQa
Donate money for supplies - Official Site for donating to Standing Rock for encampment supplies
We are also asking people to continue support by reading articles and sharing updates on social media with friends and relatives using the hashtags: #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #MniWiconi #WaterIsLife #NoDAPLChi .
The next #NoDAPL Chicago meeting will be on September 9th. Facebook event page .
On October 1st, join #MississippiStands as they bring the movement to the Mississippi River where the pipeline will also be crossing. Facebook event page.
There's a lot that we can accomplish if everyone gives a little, stays informed, and active at every level of resistance. By this we mean, grassroots organizing, direct action, prayer, and voting! Every Native Vote counts because we make it count!
MMAI Indigenous People's Day Concert
Join our friends at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian for a Indigenous People's Day concert on October 10th from 7pm-8pm! It will feauture the Scatter Their Own with special guests Mark Cleveland and Sones de Mexico! For more information please check out their website at: http://www.mitchellmuseum.org/


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Reprise of JQuantLib
I know the development is taking place now on gitHub, but didn't know how to ask a question on there. Anyway from the other forum post I was curious if you will reprise JQuantLib. If so I would like to help out, my background is a Software Eng Developer who is finishing up his Masters in Applied Statistics.
If you do reprise jquantlib will it be:
1. A wrapper over QuantLib? (I feel like dependency issues would be a headache)
2. Rewritten in Java?
3. Rewritten in Scala?
I see that you are a big fan of Scala for it can be very expressive and is statically typed and type safe, but would there be a performance hit for people who would use JQuantLib for low-latency HFT?
If you do reprise JQuantLib I would like to help out, by writing unit-tests, functional-tests, documenting the api, developing for s/jquantlib, setting up continuous integration, setting up a website, and so on.
Thanks for your time,
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|Richard Gomes (frgomes) said :
Hello Yaser,
Unfortunately JQuantLib does not evolve as fast as QuantLib evolves.
JQuantLib is an unfinished piece of work based on QuantLib 0.9.7.
But QuantLib is now version 1.6.1.
Financial engineers are not interested in the Java version, only in the QuantLib/C++.
So, inovation does not reach JQuantLib. Maybe inovation could happen with Scala, atracting people more numerically capable than average Java developers. But translating QuantLib onto Scala is a titanic task, which I simply cannot embrace.
It's clear to me that JQuantLib is far more convenient for integration with Java than QuantLib is.
QuantLib requires tricks in order to wire native libraries in a Java/Scala application, which is very inconvenient from my point of view. On the other hand, QuantLib is far more inconvenient if you need a functionality that is not available yet in JQuantLib or if you need something that was fixed or improved in QuantLib but not yet in JQuantLib.
For these reasons, I'm not planning to revive JQuantLib.
I will possibly publish JQuantLib as it is in Maven Central or bintray, for the benefit of those willing to perform option valuation, which works well enough.
Thanks a lot for your help, anyway.
-- Richard
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Charlotte Russe
Charlotte Russe
The name sounds frilly and feminine. TOday, most people have come to know Charlotte Russe as the trendy store for the contemporary fashionista. I know Charlotte Russe as a yummy desert invented by Marie-Antoine Careme in the early 1800's. He used the name Charlotte for a young child princess he had at one time baked for. Russe came from the fact that his present employer was a Russian (thus cleverly avoiding any hurt feelings).
You have probably seen Charlotte Russe on menus in fancy restaurants. It is usually surrounded by lady fingers and inside are layers of sponge cake, custard and or fruit filling. Charlotte Chantilly is another pretty version of this dessert where the entire cake is covered with Swiss jelly roll slices.
In the 1930's, 40's, and 50's in some bakeries in New York City, Queens, and Brooklyn - Charlotte Russe became a popular individual dessert in a small pretty cardboard cup. It had the same components as the larger version, only you could push the bottom of the cup up so you didn't even need a fork or spoon!
There was an old German Bakery near my house that still made them into the 1960's until they closed. It was fun being treated to a light refreshing and, oh so fancy, and delicious treat!
I found these pretty pink and white cups at Sur La Table and they reminded me so much of the Charlotte Russe cups I once knew.
I bought a package of 24 lady fingers and split to down the middle to expose the interior. Then I brushed them lightly with a mixture of 1/3 cup Grand Marnier, 1/3 cup corn syrup and 1/3 cup of water. I also cut them in half because the cups were short. I even dipped some in melted chocolate.
Then I lined the cups on the bottom with pieces of mini sponge cakes from supermarket intended for strawberry shortcakes. I also sprinkled the pieces of sponge cake with the Grand Marnier syrup. I surrounded the cup with the sliced and divided ladyfingers. Next, I layered raspberry pie filling, orange marmalade and whipped cream and topped them with a cherry or raspberry. Use colorful candied chocolate and sugar candies to decorate!
You can use ready whip or make Homemade Whipped Cream:
2 cups Heavy Cream
¼ cup Granulated Sugar
Chill a metal bowl and then beat until soft peaks form.
For Chocolate for Dipped Lady Fingers:
Make sure when you melt your chocolate you do it on 50% power for 30 second intervals and stir in between. Don't completely melt it or the chocolate will be dull. Leave little bits of chocolate and stir until completely melted.
BE – Goddess, make them for our friends and family!


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Cheng, King, Lu Claim Singles Victories; Doehler, Hagermoser Star in Doubles as Yale Hosts Scrimmage vs. Brown
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team kicked off its spring season at home with a scrimmage against Brown on Monday. After a long winter break, the Elis made a convincing return, showing little sign of rust and securing victories across the board in both singles and doubles. Although the results of the scrimmage are unofficial and have not yet been made publicly available, a general recap of Monday's action reveals a positive overall performance for the Bulldogs.
Many of the highlights of Monday's action came in doubles, where the Elis posted several significant victories. No. 1 doubles team Stefan Doehler and Alex Hagermoser showed veteran savvy with victories over Brown's No. 1 and No. 3 teams; Tyler Lu and Ziqi Wang also found success against Brown's No. 2 pairing. Freshman duo Ryan Cheng and Andrew Heller also won their match in the No. 4 spot, rounding out an impressive overall doubles performance by the Bulldogs.
Three Yale players also notched victories in singles on Monday. Senior captain Lu turned heads with a victory over Brown's No. 1 player, while freshman Dylan King excelled in the No. 3 spot. Fellow freshman Cheng also followed up his doubles victory with a win at No. 6 singles.
Considering the strength and talent of Brown's lineup, Yale's convincing performance on Monday will serve as a solid foundation for the remainder of the spring season. The Elis will start the dual match season in earnest this coming weekend by hosting Buffalo (Saturday) and William & Mary (Friday).
Report by Cameron Ferguson '18, Yale Sports Publicity


text: The abbreviation PDC stands for Program Delivery Control. This technology consists of hidden codes that are included in the Teletext signal. These codes indicate the exact beginning and end of a TV broadcast. Your DVD recorder decodes this added signal so it can start stop recording at the correct time. VPS (Video Programming System) is similar but somewhat outdated technology that was applied predominantly in Germany. Notes: * Digital broadcastings never contain VPS/PDC information * VPS/PDC information is only available on a limited number of (analogue) channels. These are mostly public channels. In general, the VPS/PDC information is not available for every programme on these channels * If the VPS/PDC signal is not available even though you have switched the option on, transmission of that particular channel has probably been interrupted. Contact your provider to find out what the status of the channel is and if it includes PDC codes


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Artist Connection Program
The Artist Connection Program (formerly Filmmaker's Connection Program) is a professional development opportunity for emerging and experienced artists in the multimedia disciplinary (visual arts, film, animation) fields who are from outside the Austin area. Visiting artists become part the community of more than 200 active artist members at the Motion Media Arts Center. With space in our publicly accessible working studios, workspace and through specific produced events or store (ex: Keep Austin Creating, MMAC Artist Shop), artists can meet with fellow artists, visitors, display and sell original work or services while interacting with year-round visitors. The Artist Connection Program is produced by Motion Media Center and supported in part by the City of Austin's Cultural Arts Division.
The Artist Connection Program will expose visitors to a new group of artists and projects. Applicants may apply for a 1, 2, 3, or 4-month residency on a rolling basis. The projects undertaken by ACP for this residency is self-directed. Creative residency must be compatible with available working studio spaces and facilities. The Visiting Artist will have the opportunity for informal exchanges with other MMAC artists, faculty, and staff. As part of the program, each Visiting Artist is also asked to give a demonstration, elaborating on their process. Visiting Artists will be able to display and sell artwork and will be provided with workspace. All expenses and arrangements related to art materials, equipment, transportation, housing or other requirements are the responsibility of the Visiting Artist. Visiting Artist will be given a Austin guide curated by MMAC to include: entertainment, housing, arts organizations map, and food/restaurant upon arrival.
The possibilities that arise out of a cross-cultural exchange between artists are part of what makes any community vibrant, and it is the interaction between new talent and learned colleagues that paves the way towards new careers, new art, and new cinema. Cities have always been the centers where new creativity is born, art movements have their roots in the simple meeting of minds where the environment is ripe for creation. With the right facilities, tools, and people, anything can happen.
Austin has increasingly becoming a destination for artists from all corners of the globe, and this specific program functions a base of support for visiting artists. As a participating artist of MMAC's Artist Connect Program (ACP), participants will have access to equipment, facilities, events, most importantly, to a group of like-minded individuals with a love for the arts and creativity -- this program offers short & long term options for non-Austin residents or otherwise visiting artists (specifically). Artists will have the opportunity to further their skills, as well as become part of a community that continues to distinguish itself as a center for independent filmmaking + arts .
In addition to this, you will be supported by the MMAC team in all your endeavors here. Artists who have participated in ACP have gone on to make award-winning films and attained positions in their field based on their experience here at the MMAC. Through ACP, we wish to continue to make Austin's film scene a fertile ground for interaction, learning, exchange and creation, and to share our city's unique and growing film + art culture with an ever expanding outreach to artists world-wide. This stems from our belief in our city, in community and that cinema is truly a universal medium, extending beyond languages and borders.
Applications for this program are taken on a rolling basis.
WHO SHOULD APPLY (one or more of the following)
- Visiting artists from outside the Austin area.
- Visiting artists looking to have access to: equipment, classes, facilities, events, and meet like minded individuals.
- Visiting artists who are currently in production or in pre-production stages of an arts-based project.
- Visiting artists looking to get involved in local productions and arts projects.
Application Requirements
- Completed Application Form
- One page Letter of Intent: Include a brief artist statement, description of how your work fits into the field of multimedia arts.
- Current CV
- 2-3 Examples of your work: We only accept digital submissions via email, link or dropbox.
Please email completed applications to: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Flames acquire forward Hamilton from Avalancheby NHL.com Staff
The Calgary Flames acquired forward Freddie Hamilton from the Colorado Avalanche for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft on Sunday.
Hamilton, 23, had one goal in 17 games for the Avalanche last season and two goals and two assists in five games for Lake Erie in the American Hockey League after being traded by the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Karl Stollery on March 2.
Prior to the trade, Hamilton had nine goals and 21 assists in 52 games for Worcester in the AHL. He did not have a point in one game with San Jose.
Hamilton, the older brother of Flames defenseman Dougie Hamilton, was the Sharks' fifth-round pick (No. 129) at the 2010 draft. He will report to Stockton of the AHL.


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Meet Peter Imanuelsen, aka Peter Sweden, the bigoted conspiracy theorist who is a frequent source for the American "alt-right" on Europe
Imanuelsen is a xenophobic pseudo-journalist who has denied the Holocaust, called the moon landing a "hoax," and suggested that LGBTQ people be sent to camps
Peter Imanuelsen (aka Peter Sweden), a bigoted conspiracy theorist and self-professed "Swedish journalist" who made a name for himself by reporting on so-called migrant crime in Sweden, was recently banned from PayPal. Far-right trolls consider getting banned from such platforms a badge of honor, and Imanuelsen's ban is a stepping stone for him as he seeks their acceptance.
Imanuelsen is a far-right vlogger who has worked to carve out a niche for himself at the intersection of pro-Trump trolls and the European far-right movement. Despite his Swedish persona, Imanuelsen is a British national born in Norway, who has spent time living in Sweden but has lived more than half of his life in the U.K. An August 2017 profile [1] of Imanuelsen by the U.K. anti-extremism research group Hope Not Hate suggested that his family's business appears to have committed tax evasion, which may explain their move from Sweden to the U.K.
Though a relatively obscure figure during his first year on Twitter, Imanuelsen's notoriety was boosted [2] around August 2017, a month after he participated [3] in a wildly unsuccessful [4]"alt-right" stunt to disrupt refugee rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea (ironically, the group's ship itself had to be rescued [5] on one occasion by a refugee rescue ship). And, recently, he managed to draw the ire [6] of the current curator of the official [7] Swedish Twitter account.
Though Imanuelsen's social media activity is now predominantly focused on blaming immigrants in Sweden for crime [8] and complaining about "the left [9]," his older tweets [10], many of which have since been deleted, reveal an array of false, conspiracist, and bigoted beliefs. He has said he doesn't believe in evolution, that feminism "goes against God's order," that people should get "capital punishment" as a "consequence" of "being homo," that Jews are a "seperate (sic) race from Europeans," that the Holocaust never occurred (though he claims [11] he has revised his views on the Holocaust), and that the moon landing was a hoax perpetrated by freemasons.
Since Hope Not Hate's profile, Imanuelsen has pushed the types of stories, often misleading or outright fabricated ones, that serve as fodder for narratives about Sweden [12] among American "alt-right" Twitter personalities and pro-Trump trolls. His Swedish persona affords him a measure of credibility and gives xenophobic comments a sense of legitimacy (whether or not his conclusions are valid), and he understands the American media [13] landscape [14] -- particularly narratives [15] about President Donald Trump -- well enough to exploit them for his own benefit. In fact, two days ago, he appeared [16] on a list of the 20 most retweeted accounts tweeting about antifa.
Imanuelsen regularly [17] tweets [18] unsourced [19] or unsubstantiated [20] claims [21] that allege Sweden's immigrants are responsible for sexual violence, bombings, gang activity, and other criminality, and that such activity is underreported or covered up by the Swedish police. It's a two-pronged tactic: It provides a foundation for him to advance his ethno-nationalist arguments against immigrants, and it promotes a sense of distrust of mainstream institutions necessary for the continued relevance of Imanuelsen and people like him.
More recently, Imanuelsen has promoted himself by fearmongering about government censorship and harassment to a level that could reasonably be considered paranoia. Since October, Imanuelsen, who now purportedly resides [22] in Norway, has been claiming the police have visited his parents [23] many times looking for him and have swarmed his house [24] in the U.K. "probably looking" to arrest him for "hate speech." On January 10, he also claimed [25] (without evidence) that a "country" reported his January 8 tweet claiming (also without evidence) that Sweden is giving immigrants housing priority over native Swedes, writing, "I would guess it is Germany with their new 'hate speech' law that has reported me" to Twitter.
Imanuelsen has, for months, been ingratiating [26] himself into far-right and pro-Trump Twitter circles -- he once tweeted [27] four [28] times [29] in response to a Breitbart article [30] lamenting the lack of Christian symbolism in a supermarket holiday ad -- and it appears that his efforts have begun to pay off. Imanuelsen now has over 85 thousand Twitter followers, 24 thousand YouTube subscribers, and his Periscope videos [31] regularly draw tens of thousands of viewers.
Imanuelsen's relationship with Paul Joseph Watson, an Infowars conspiracy theorist who is obsessed with the canard of Swedish migrant crime, illustrates his rise. Their Twitter relationship seems to have started in February 2017, when Watson quote-tweeted Imanuelsen's tweet [32] about an explosion [33] in Malmo, which Imanuelsen later deleted. He started quote-tweeting [34] Watson aggressively in March and started tweeting [35] directly at him a few months later. Watson has quote-tweeted [36] Imanuelsen many times and has interviewed [37] him on Infowars. Most recently, Infowars.com reprinted [38] a post [39] Imanuelsen wrote for the anti-immigrant European news blog Voice of Europe. Imanuelsen's* tweets parallel the content of several prominent far-right outlets that report on the subject of crime in Sweden, and an October 2017 post [40] by the far-right Gateway Pundit was based entirely on his tweets. In November 2017, Imanuelsen was cited as a "journalist" who "keeps track of bombings in the country" in an article [41] on the website of RT, a Russian media outlet which U.S. intelligence officials and experts have said [42] is a propaganda arm for the Kremlin.
Two days ago, PayPal permanently suspended [43] Imanuelsen for violating the company's user agreement, a veritable badge of honor [44] for white supremacists since the August 2017 events [45] in Charlottesville, VA. Though PayPal didn't specify which part of the user agreement [46] he had violated, the company has previously frozen [3] the account of far-right group Defend Europe (with which Sweden was associated [47]). Paypal also told [48] a French outlet that it was the company's policy "to prohibit that our services are used to accept payments or donations for organizations whose activities promote hatred, violence or racial intolerance." Since the ban, Imanuelsen has joined the trend [49] of soliciting [50] donations via bitcoin, a cryptocurrency white nationalist Richard Spencer calls "the currency of the alt-right."
Pamela Geller, America's most notorious anti-Muslim extremist who has recently gravitated [51] toward the "alt-right" in an attempt to maintain her own fading relevance, ran to his defense [52]. Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer, another vocal anti-Muslim propagandist, retweeted [53] him.
But Imanuelsen isn't content with Infowars-level infamy. He is desperate [54] for an invitation [55] to Fox News prime-time shows (he has pitched stories to their hosts via Twitter), some of which have been increasingly friendly to white supremacists [56], conspiracy theorists [57], internet trolls [58], and the European far-right [59], leaving open the very real possibility that a bigoted, racist, anti-Muslim, internet conspiracy theorist masquerading as a journalist could be mainstreamed to Americans by a major cable news network.
* This name has been updated with its correct spelling.
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- Diversity & Discrimination [60], Race & Ethnicity [61], Religion [62]
- Network/Outlet
- Twitter [63], Breitbart.com [64], Gateway Pundit [65], Infowars [66]
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- Paul Joseph Watson [67], Robert Spencer [68], Pamela Geller [69], Donald Trump [70]
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Tweaktown published a review of the AMD Phenom X4 B3 Stepping CPU.
Quote from the review:"It has since taken some time for AMD to come up with a new addition to its CPU portfolio. Already attempted once, AMD had to re-design some of the CPUs due to a hardware problem that results in errors if the additional cache memory is used; today AMD has corrected this and released what is now known as the "B3" stepping revision of its Phenom Processors, the first series of CPUs to support the K10 architecture. First off, before we get into our Phenom processor, we wanted to have a bit of a look at the K10 architecture that AMD is hoping will save it from Intel's Core architecture that has managed to severely hamper AMD's sales as the top performance CPU."
Read the full review on Tweaktown.


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Fun For All Vacations LLC
Phone: (217) 377-2363 | Email:
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Travel is my passion! I've been an avid traveler most of my life and love exploring different cultures. My mission is to provide my clients with a wonderful vacation experience. I want to find the best travel value.
In 2010, I retired from 35 years in education as a foreign language teacher and guidance counselor. I began my travel business in 2008 but have much more time to devout to it now. I do a group promotion at least once a year. Let me know what's on your "bucket list" and I will put together a trip. I've planned city escapes as well as resort/beach vacations and I am interested in promoting a river cruise next. I've planned city escapes, tours, cruises, river cruises as well as resort/beach vacations
Please contact to me for any of your vacation needs and be sure to check out our Groups tab for current group promotions.


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Model-X TEAM
Take a look at how we have "organised" ourselves.Here we'll tell You some words about out team. About the people who commit the organization to a strategic course of action and set corporate policy. And about the leading programmers and managers creating one of the most interesting cryptopowered projects... Adult project, of course... READ MORE


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6 Feb
Yesterday we launched a streaming Tweematic application for Francesca Battistelli's new song "Strangely Dim". You can check it out at: http://www.francescamusic.com/strangelydim or (http://www.tweematic.com/strangelydim/). This is simple, quick and (cost) effective deployment on our Tweematic platform that leverages some of the platform's commonly used features to achieve social media success:
Entry Page (Hosted on the Artists Site)
IFRAMED on artist's site with Twitter and Facebook support and custom tracking features.
Streaming Page (Hosted on the Artists Site)
Features Soundcloud player, Addthis sharing and the usual good stuff.
Tweematic Analytics Dashboard – Sample Only (Not actual Report)


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A Pittsford man is facing charges including leaving the scene of a crash in New Haven and driving while under the influence following a traffic stop on U.S. 7 near Marsett Road, police said.
Alexander Lucci, 29, is due in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington June 14 on a charge of DUI with a test refusal count; he is scheduled for arraignment on Aug. 20 in the Middlebury criminal court for the hit-and-run charge, police explained.
The incidents leading up to the charges happened last Friday, May 25. State Trooper Jacqueline June said police were called to a car-motorcycle crash at the Jiffy Mart on U.S. 7 in New Haven shortly before 4:30 p.m. Police learned the driver of a small car had left the scene and the motorcyclist involved attempted unsuccessfully to flag down the driver, June said.
Area police agencies were asked to look out for a car matching the description from the accident.
At about 4:40 p.m., Shelburne Police Officer Brian Fox spotted a similar car and signaled for the driver to pull over, Shelburne Lt. Allen Fortin reported. The northbound car had damage to the side consistent with the initial report of the vehicle fleeing the New Haven accident, police said.
Lucci refused both the preliminary roadside breath test and full alcohol test at the Shelburne Police Department, Fortin said. Police said they released Lucci with citations ordering him to appear in both criminal courts.


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This months Athlete Spotlight is on Christine Selletti. Christine is 9 months pregnant (do we really need to say any more about why she deserves this?) Christine has been coming routinely throughout the duration of her pregnancy, and has not let it stop her. Christine is a true inspiration to us all here at CrossFit Cobalt, many people have excuses as to why they can no longer come but Christine who has a full time job and is pregnant doesn't let any excuse stop her. In fact we often have to tell her to scale back because her determination and drive is in full force.
We could not be more proud to have shared this journey with you through your pregnancy. Through you we have learned a lot, and you have shown us how strong the human body can be. We wish you a safe, healthy and happy pregnancy and look forward to seeing you back here after you have your baby girl!! Keep on killing it Christine!!
Q: Name, and tell us a little about yourself, what do you like to do outside the gym?
A: Hi! I'm Christine Selletti (AKA Christine +1). I'm in my 9th month of pregnancy and am due to have a baby girl on August 21st. Outside of the gym I like to take my dog out for walks, relax, and I love to sleep.
Q: How long have you been crossfitting?
A: I have been crossfitting roughly 8 or 9 months, since around Thanksgiving 2013. I wish I started sooner because I really enjoy it.
Q: What is your favorite/ most memorable WOD?
A: One of my favorite WODs was a special holiday WOD that I think we did on Christmas Eve—it went with the "12 Days of Christmas" song. I messed it up in the beginning until I got the pattern down, but it was really fun after figuring out how to do it.
Another very memorable WOD, but not for positive reasons, was when we did a thruster/burpee EMOM—I think it was something like 5 burpees on the minute, with the rest of the minute being as many thrusters as possible, and you had to keep repeating that until you reached 100 thrusters…I just remember telling people after I finished that that was one of the worst (AKA hardest) WODs I had probably ever done.
Q: What is your current Fran time? Goal time?
A: I really have no idea...
Q: What are your short-term goals? Long term?
A: I guess a goal would be to find a Fran time, right? But other than that, a short-term goal is to not make excuses for my "situation" (pregnancy). I want to keep doing my best each time I go to a CrossFit class, I'm proud that I can continue to get PR's, and that I can generally keep up with the rest of the class during the WOD.
A long-term goal would be for when I return to CrossFit—I hope I don't lose too much of the strength/skills I've gained over the past few months, but whatever regresses do happen, I hope I can overcome them quickly and start back where I left off without too much difficulty.
Q: What keeps you coming back day after day?
A: Simple—CrossFit makes me feel better. No matter what kind of day I had, no matter how tired I am or how crappy I feel, I know that if I get my butt to CrossFit that day, I will feel better afterwards.
Q: What is your most memorable moment with CrossFit Cobalt?
A: I've always wanted to do a tire flip but never tried and never thought I could—but now because of CrossFit, I know I can do them and I really like doing them. Same goes with rope climbs—I was never able to do a rope climb, but now I can. Realizing I can do these two things were very memorable moments for me.
Q: What has CrossFit done for you?
A: I truly feel that CrossFit has helped me immensely throughout my pregnancy. I have felt great the whole time, and I really do attribute my good progress to all of the stretching, strength activities, various WODs, etc. that we do at the gym. I don't think I would have had such a smooth and enjoyable 9-ish months if it wasn't for CrossFit. The support, care, concern, and compliments I have received throughout my pregnancy from everyone at Cobalt are amazing. The positive feedback and kindness have truly inspired me to keep CrossFitting this whole time, and I am so grateful to have had such wonderful support from the coaches and members. Everyone has been so nice and helpful—so THANK YOU!!!


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Ron Daniel, Founder/CEO
As founder, president and chief executive officer, Ron Daniel sets the direction, oversees corporate strategy, business development and merger and acquisition activity.
A true Texan with an entrepreneurial spirit, Daniel founded ARC Abatement in his Waco, Texas garage in 1990. Since 1990, ARC Abatement has completed seven million asbestos hours, 440,000 hours of mold remediation from over 1,200 mildew and mold removal projects. The company has more than 300 employees and annual revenues of $40 million. Since 2015, Engineering News-Record has ranked ARC sixth in its "Top 20 Firms in Asbestos Abatement" listing.
ARC is a prosperous nationwide enterprise involving two generations of five Daniel family members, including extended family of brother and sister-in-laws. The umbrella company, ARC Abatement Holding, Inc., consists of three successful ventures and a merger relationship: ARC Abatement, ARC Roofing, and C&C Coating and Construction, plus a merger relationship with Lone Wolf Resources.
Daniel is also active in environmental contractor safety, education, training and licensing. He is certified and licensed in many areas of the industry. Daniel is committed to the safety of all his employees and ensures it is a priority for all of his business operations.
Daniel is married with two children and a grandson. He enjoys playing golf and following the Baylor Bears, Texas Rangers, and Dallas Cowboys.
Under Daniel's Leadership
During its early years in business, ARC Abatement offered asbestos abatement and lead remediation. But never satisfied with remaining small, Daniel responded to marketplace demands. In the mid-90s, ARC became a natural choice for mold remediation, as insurance agencies around the nation began dealing with claims related to mold growth caused by water damage. After fielding many phone calls from insurance adjustors, Daniel responded by adding mold remediation to ARC Abatement's list of environmental remediation services.
In 2008, Daniel bought ACSI Environmental Consultants, a struggling company that offered asbestos inspection and survey services. He turned the company profitable, and in 2011, his daughter, Alex, purchased ACSI and it continues to operate profitably as a 100 percent woman-owned business.
In 2013, when Daniel experienced firsthand the frustration that general contractors were having with roofing contractors, he saw a need for reliable and cost-effective roofers, Daniel founded ARC Roofing, another Waco-based company, and one of the few roofing companies that is Carlisle-certified.
Also in 2013, he identified the need for environmental remediation services in the oil industry, including state-of-the-art, contamination-free techniques to solve oilfield environmental problems throughout the United States. This inspiration was his impetus for founding ARC Oil and Gas Services in 2013, which has worked for environmental consultants, facilities management, owners, general contractors and demolition contractors. Petrochemical clients have included Shell Oil Co., Devon Energy, Haliburton, Conoco, and Pioneer, plus many others.
His entrepreneurial spirit not only sparked the expansion of ARC Abatement's environmental services and the launch of ARC Roofing and ARC Oil and Gas Services but fanned into flame an acquisition and merger strategy. In 2014, he formed ARC Abatement Holding, Inc.
In 2016, Daniel acquired C&C Coating and Construction, a floundering Midland-based company in need of his strong management skills. He merged ARC Oil and Gas into C&C which now offers a more robust set of oilfield services. His team quickly overhauled C&C's training and safety programs, which earned the Texas Mutual Insurance Safety Award later that year.
ARC Abatement Holding, Inc. and Lone Wolf Resources (LWR) entered into a definitive equity merger agreement in 2017, under which ARC and LWR provide environmental remediation services to an even broader base of customers in the United States. Retaining the name of Lone Wolf Resources, the merger has expanded the oilfield services already provided by C&C Coating and Construction. This strategic partnership allows specialization in treatment and recycling of impacted soils, sediments, and groundwater.


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FarmVille, the latest hit in a string of crazy addictive "social network" games, is giving Facebook players the ability to take their farms in a greener direction.
The company behind the game, Zynga, has hooked up with organic brand Cascadian Farm to offer the week-long promotion starting July 19. According to the site Marketing Vox, Cascadian Farm will give FarmVille players such benefits as "coupon offers, organic farming and green living tips and — per the game's philosophy — the opportunity to enhance their farm."
"This is a great venue to have a discussion," Tim Goldsmid, marketing manager for Cascadian Farm told the NY Times. "We hope that most FarmVille users will plant our crop. We are going for all 20 million."
Taking things into the real world, FarmVille players will also receive access to $1 coupons that can be redeemed at traditional brick-and-mortar stores.
Personally, I find this to be a great way to educate people about organic food and sustainable farming. Sure, there's no study that shows games of this nature inspire people to plant or buy organic, but it's yet another way to get the concepts out there and encourage discussion. Hopefully, we'll see Zynga add some additional organic options in the future that are of a more permanent nature.
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● The GoFundMe.com fundraising site has a video of Marisa Martinez talking about Zamora.
● At MealTrain.com people can sign up to bring vegetarian meals to the Martinez-Lusinchi family.
● The BBC News has a story about Dr. Steven Gill's research.
● At DIPGRegistry.org find information about the disease, research and resources.
● On Facebook get updates on Zamora's condition.
● At Ms. Martinez's website, see the award-winning CD of songs by Ms. Martinez and her kindergarten class that raised money for her school, and news stories about her and the CD.


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CNN features Larry Madowo
Fri 15 Dec 2017, 14:51
On this week's episode of African Voices, CNN meets journalist Larry Madowo to learn more about his journey to success.
Catch Madowo's story on Saturday 16 December at 18:30 EAT on African Voices on CNN (401).
Madowo is one of the biggest names on Kenyan TV, having raised his profile using multiple platforms to cover a plethora of topics, from pop culture to politics. However, before fame and success Madowo experienced much hardship as a child, after losing both of his parents by the time he was 14. He reflects on how this shaped the person he is today: "When you grow up with almost no privilege at all, you learn to appreciate the small things. There are small miracles happening every day and we're living through this in Africa."
After graduating from Daystar University, Madowo landed his first TV job at KTN (272). He quickly made an impression and began hosting The Trend for NTV in 2012. The show, which covered trending topics in the arts, music, entertainment and technology, was a huge success. Madowo explains: "More and more people started watching and it became the most imitated show on TV and the most commercially successful. It brought Kenyan arts and culture into the mainstream, onto prime time, which had not been done before."
Madowo tells the programme how this experience, in which no two days were the same, instilled in him his love for journalism: "You never know what a day is going to turn out to be. You might be interviewing a Nobel Peace Prize winner or you might be interviewing a [market woman] and they will have valuable insights on the way of life."
He now hosts the political show, Sidebar, on NTV. Madowo outlines why he felt inclined to move into covering politics: "I want to be involved in the development of my country and my continent, and part of that is political journalism, being able to cover the difficult stories and ask the hard questions."
The show also airs at the following times:
Sunday 17 December at 02:30 EAT, 06:30 EAT and 22:00 EAT
Monday 18 December at 07:00 EAT
Tuesday 19 December at 12:30 EAT


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Mr Manuel said South Africa would support Zimbabwe's efforts to raise $2bn (£1.4bn) needed immediately for economic reconstruction.
That would at least "help open channels" for Zimbabwe's new coalition, he said, as it tries to repair relations with multilateral donors and other lenders. But South Africa has limited capacity to provide funding from its own resources, he added.
Mr Manuel was speaking to the reporters after a regional meeting where Zimbabwe tried to raise an initial $1bn to repair its education, health and some basic infrastructure over the next 10 months.
SADC, the 15-nation regional body, had orchestrated a power-sharing deal between Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, and Morgan Tsvangirai, its prime minister.
The South African finance minister said: "A year ago SADC states were all in fiscal surplus but we are now facing really tough times."
Figures released this week showed that South Africa's economy shrank nearly 2 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year and the country is running a current account deficit of about 8 cent of gross domestic product.
Zimbabwe is also seeking $1bn in credit lines to allow businesses to start working again in the wake of a decade in which the economy has been in freefall.
Mr Manuel said the amounts being sought were "not unusually large but a lot of work remains to be done".
He said arrears owed to multilateral lenders, such as the African Development Bank, and other creditors – estimated at about $3bn by economists in Harare – could prove an obstacle. Mr Manuel said unless ways were found to "clear the arrears, there was no way the plan could work".
Zimbabwe hopes to discuss its plans with the ADB and other lenders at a meeting in Tunis in the next few days. Mr Manuel praised the "singleness of purpose" displayed by Zimbabean ministers from Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF and the two wings of the Movement for Democratic Change at the SADC meetings, in spite of evidence of tensions within the two-week-old administration.


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Jet Airways, the country's biggest full-service carrier, has been under dark clouds for the most part of the past year, and several efforts are on to save the sinking airline. While intense pricing competition, weak rupee and rising fuel costs have hurt airlines like IndiGo owned by InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet, Jet Airways is in a league of its own. Saddled with a debt of about Rs 8,052 crore ($1.14 billion) as of September 30, Jet is desperately searching for a deal that could help mitigate its severe liquidity crunch. The airline has a market capitalisation of Rs 2,881 crore as of Friday's close.
Here's how Jet has fared:
May 3 - Jet shares fall 12.3 per cent after InterGlobe Aviation reported a slump in net profit for March-quarter a day earlier
May 23 - Jet posts first quarterly loss in at least 12 quarters, says it has a negative net worth that 'may create uncertainties'
Aug 1 - Media report says Jet asked employees to take an up to 25 per cent cut in salaries as a part of a cost cutting measure
August 3 - Jet denies report that it cannot fly beyond 60 days, and dismisses conjecture of stake sale
August 9 - Airline defers board meet for first-quarter results
August 11 - After State Bank of India chairman says Jet's loan is on the bank's watch list, Jet says it is regular in payment obligations to all banks
August 13 - Airline reaffirms that it is considering various options to meet its funding requirements
August 15 – Report says US private equity firm Blackstone Group LP is in talks to buy a stake in Jet's frequent-flier loyalty programme JetPrivilege
August 20 - Sources tell Reuters that private equity firm TPG Capital is considering investing in Jet, but is not close to finalising a deal
August 27 - Jet posts loss for the June-quarter, says it will inject funds and cut costs by more than Rs 2,000 crore in two years
September 4 - Government plans relief package for airlines
September 6 - Jet says it paid salaries to 84 per cent of its employees after reports emerge that pilots warned 'non-cooperation' over salary default
September 20 - Income Tax department conducts survey at Jet's premises
Over two dozen passengers on a Jet flight are treated for minor injuries after the plane loses cabin pressure
October 4 - Rating agency ICRA downgrades the company's long term loans and NCDs, citing impact of steep increase in jet fuel prices, rupee depreciation, delay in implementation of liquidity initiatives
October 18 - Report says conglomerate Tata Group is in talks to buy stake in Jet. Jet calls report "speculative"
October 30 - US-based Delta Air Lines Inc expresses interest to buy Jet stake from promoter Naresh Goyal and Etihad Airways
November 5 - Report says Tata aims to buy the 51 per cent stake in the airline owned by Naresh Goyal, and Etihad Airways' 24 per cent stake, and merge Jet with Vistara
November 12 - Jet posts third straight quarterly loss, chief executive officer Vinay Dube expresses confidence in overcoming current challenges
November 13 - Tata Sons begins due diligence to buy Jet, reports say
Jet executive says company is in talks with multiple parties for a stake sale in its loyalty program, and equity infusion in the airline
November 15 - Shares surge nearly 25 per cent following reports that the debt-laden airline was nearing a rescue deal with Tata Sons; another report says the government asked Tata to explore buying Jet
November 16 - Tata Sons says discussions on Jet is preliminary and no proposal has been made
November 20 - Tata Sons may go slow on Jet deal after some directors from Tata's board expressed concerns, according to media reports
November 21 - The airline says news on Naresh Goyal, Etihad discussing merger of JetPrivilege with Jet Airways is speculative
November 22 - Independent director Ranjan Mathai resigns, citing rising pressure from other commitments
November 26 - Report says Naresh Goyal may hand over Jet Airways ops to Etihad Airways
December 3 - Jet says it will stop providing free meals to most domestic economy class passengers from January, in its latest move to cut costs and boost revenues
December 5 - Jet and Etihad Airways have been holding rescue talks with Jet's bankers, sources tell Reuters
December 6 - Jet tells its pilot union it will clear all salary dues by April, and gives them schedule outlining when the payments will be made, source tells Reuters
December 7 - ICRA cuts Jet rating yet again, cites delays in implementation of the proposed liquidity initiatives by Jet's management
December 14 - Mr Goyal's penchant for control has come up as a major obstacle as the airline tries to negotiate a rescue deal, several people who have worked closely with him or known him over the years tell Reuters
January 2 - The airline says it has delayed payment to a consortium of Indian banks, led by SBI; ICRA cuts rating again
January 10 - Jet proposes to creditors that it will catch up with debt payments in arrears by September and from April will meet debt payments as they come due, according to a document seen by Reuters
January 11 - Crisis talks between Jet and aircraft lessors have failed to ease a row over late payments, prompting some lessors to explore taking back aircraft, three people familiar with the matter tell Reuters. Etihad is not "in any position to sink new equity into Jet at this juncture," says a person familiar with Etihad's position.
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We just booked this room that day at 3am and still was a pretty acceptable price for Amsterdam.
When we opened the door we were amazed so yes it's totally worth it thank you for the only calm night in the Netherlands :D
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Easy to get to from Schiphol Friendly hotel only a 15 minute train/metro from the centre.
Free sweets and drinks all day. Our lamp didn't work and we would of liked a door on the toilet but apart from this the hotel was great. Would stay here again. It's right in the world trade centre so would be great for any one doing business here.
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Simple hotel but with just enough of everything. Nice modern and retro features. Vending machines to get food/drink at any time day or night. Perfect location also, just beside train station.
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This is a great hotel if you are looking for somewhere to stay that your not spending much time in.
We knew we wouldn't be in our room for very much time at all. The room had no window but we weren't interested in a view. It was super modern inside with color changing lights which was pretty cool. The toilet has no door which sounds strange and kind of was. that was probably the only down side to the room. but the staff are super friendly and the service is wonderful. I loved it.
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Our trip to Amsterdam was to celebrate my birthday & the hotel staff were most welcoming & put our bottle of bubbles to chill for the next day.
The room was more than spacious enough for our needs & we loved the pod style room. The bed was extremely comfortable but I would have been happier with a thinner pillow option. Travel links to the centre of Amsterdam are very handy to the hotel & run frequently. All in all Qbic helped to make my birthday one to remember.
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Very very pleased with or choice this hotel is well situated out of town a short tram ride for under 3 euros within 3min walk from hotel Parking not cheap but for convenience worth using Wtc parking and it is a city after all The staff at hotel where very helpfull and hard working especially in the morning etc sorting breakfasts and everything else.
We will definately revisit hotel in the warmer weather a six thumbs up for us
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Sarah Richardson
A computational and molecular biologist, Dr. Richardson specializes in the design of genomes. Dr. Richardson earned her B.S. in Biology at the University of Maryland College Park; with the support of a prestigious DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship she earned a Ph.D. in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow of Genomics at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory she worked on massive scale synthetic biology projects and the integration of computational genomics with experimental genomics. In 2015, she was named a SynBio LEAP Fellow, based on her "leadership potential and vision for shaping a future in biotechnology." In 2015 she was also one of five promising young female scientists to receive a postdoctoral fellowship award from L'Oréal USA; she proposed to study CRISPR systems and the domestication of non-model bacteria.
Margaret Brown
Trained in chemistry and biochemistry, Dr. Brown specializes in understanding the intracellular proteomic environment and its bioengineering. She received a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Anthropology from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley under the guidance of Professor Michelle Chang where she investigated the lignin-induced transcriptomic and proteomic response of lignin-degrading bacteria as well as novel biochemical mechanisms for the oxidation of lignin and lignin-like molecules. Her post-doctoral studies were performed in the laboratory of Professor Jay Keasling engineering bacteria to degrade chemical warfare agents as a source of carbon.
Jeff Anderson
Jeff earned an LL.M. in energy & environmental law from Pace University and an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University. He has deep experience in creating, growing, and turning around impact driven for-profit, non-profit and civil society organizations. Recently he served as the founding managing director at Activation Energy – the non-profit that jointly operates Cyclotron Road with Berkeley Lab; before that he was the founder and President of CalCharge, a groundbreaking energy storage R&D consortium; and before that he was the managing director of the California Clean Energy fund.
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Nima completed a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at the Joint BioEnergy Institute before completing his B.S. in bioengineering at UC Berkeley. He was accepted to the Applied Research Program at Cyclotron Road in September 2017.
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Killing Joke - 6/3/85 London, Paris Theatre. Radio 1 In Concert
Probably the best live band on the planet. This was a Radio 1 in Concert programme recorded during the Nightime tour of 85. All tracks are separated. If your a Joke fan this is highly recommended. If your not a Joke fan this is highly recommended. Listen!
Setlist: Night Time/Tabazan/Darkness Before Dawn/Kings and Queens/Tension/ Pssyche/Eighties/Wardance
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Sunday, 4 March 2012
New Writers And The EBook
What do digital formats offer new writers? It's easier to get published, no? I quiz Dan Witters from Kiwa Media, who makes e-books and apps for major publishers and indie authors alike, in this second of five interviews.
I write short stories, Dan, so what can the e-book format do for me?
E-books are extremely cheap - most people producing e-book conversions are doing it for about £100, which is well within the reach of new authors and freelance writers who might be concentrating on short story collections. But the people uploading the e-books to sales sites - and I don't just mean the big ones like Amazon or Google - are reluctant to take work that hasn't already been published in print format.
Traditionally both publisher and writer would have hoped to see a financial return from published material after publication costs. Then came e-books and the cost of publishing suddenly vanished. Unlike in traditional publishing, there are no print costs with e-books. No publishing, storage or insurance costs. Transport costs don't exist and there's no returns cost either, so the expense associated in actually producing an e-book is minimal. Logically, therefore, you would have thought this would make it much easier for new writers to get published.
This isn't the case then?
Well, you can get your book completed in e-book format easily, but the question is who will host the sale? The costs incurred by the e-books sales sites are considerable, bearing in mind the level of expertise and technical knowledge required to set up, administer them and take online credit card payments. So while it originally looked like the e-book was going to sidestep the traditional publishers' cost-based objections to taking on new writers, the hosting sites have now become their digital equivalents, saying, "No, I don't want that unknown book that doesn't have tested sales figures". Many e-book hosting sites now stick to churning out e-books from traditional print publishers because they know they will make money. And so we've come full circle.
OK, so its up to me to make people aware of my digital book then. How do I do that?
That's a good question; it's the biggest single problem in this area. Traditionally you could simply walk into a Waterstone's, or any other good bookshop, and have the opportunity to see and buy a good selection of quality books. But how do you do that with an e-book or app? We recently released an excellent app from one of the world's biggest publishers. The voice-over is done by an extremely well known actor. You'd think that these components, combined with a historically bestselling title, would ensure a good take off , but the app hasn't sold even moderately well. Why? Because of the issue you just raised - how do you let people know it's out there? E-book publicity is a huge issue.
On the other hand, I'm currently working with a group of people from a TV show that has a very high profile and therefore is attractive to newspapers. That's what's needed to get this kind of product selling. Because of the TV show, newspapers are always happy to run an editorial on the product. It's what they are increasingly looking for.
When newspapers cover the e-book or app, sales boom, but as publicity dies off the hits on the website die off too, as does the advertising drawn to it. Therefore any newspaper with a pay wall is receptive to any ideas that will increase hits on their websites. If you have an app featuring a well known celebrity, whose TV show is in vogue, it's extremely easy to get coverage on newspaper websites and thus it sells well. These days high quality high content apps are much harder to sell than less sophisticated content based around a celeb.
So marketing is crucial, not to mention extremely difficult. In this new industry we're all working on ways to get better viewing of our apps and constantly thinking up tricks to get people's attention. Such ways of working are largely outside the reach of a new author. Even if you did get your e-book up on someone's site, how does this site direct people's attention to your product? We're still in the very early days and simply haven't found anything that will get a new writer to the attention of the buying public.
So it's up to me as the new writer to think in new ways, too?
Yes, because we all have to contend with the sheer volume of stuff up there. When apps move, as they most certainly will, to the Android and probably Windows MS platforms - not to mention the new generation of touch-screen computers - the amount of e-books and apps available is going to be more incredible still.
We all have to think about how we draw people's attention to sites that host books. Google does this very well, as does Amazon. They rotate books across their home page and that gets people looking at them time and again. Those are well established print books, though; we've been trying hard to get such sites to set up areas to promote new art and writing from new authors. I'm suggesting to these people that they see it as an obligation to take on new writers, because the next Harry Potter is out there somewhere. It's important that new authors somehow get to the public's attention.
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As if China needed to grow.
Once again Uniqlo's doing it big, except this time it's the biggest in the world. That's right, come May 15 Uniqlo will be opening a new flagship store in Shanghai, that will be the biggest store in the world. Jesus, if the consumer apocalypse is coming, Uniqlo just bumped themselves up into first horseman position.