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Two musical masterminds, armed with pseudonyms, Will Oldham (AKA Bonnie Prince Billy) and Emmitt Kelly (AKA The Cairo Gang), will bravely head south, past the Florida state line to mercifully provide us with quality shows in our time of desperate musical need.
Oldham and Kelly's Free Florida tour will introduce all of us ignorant crackers to timeless, soulful, country music that is valued by Brooklynites and middle Americans alike. The show will be without charge and it will go down at our local record store, Sweat Records.
Owner Lauren Reskin said, "I did a total double-take when I saw the email from Drag City asking us if we'd host this in-store. Sounds corny, but this is basically a dream come true that just fell in our lap. We are beyond excited."
We spoke with Oldham about why he's gracing us with his presence. And then we harassed him about the importance of the cover song until he confirmed that Merle Haggard and Leonard Cohen are pretty much the best.
Crossfade: I wanted to ask you about the Free Florida tour, is there any particular reason you targeted Florida? It's considered not a very musical state.
Oldham: In my experience of Florida being a very musical state, it's never been able to successfully arrange shows south of Tampa before. So it always felt like Florida was playing hard to get. And I thought, we're gonna just do it. And the way to do it right is to be determined and focused and not incorporate it into a tour of the Southeast. But just focus on Florida and we'll get it done.
As well as the idea that I like the adventure of touring, I like the idea of learning about the places where we go. The experience of it. And interacting with people and knowing that the infrastructure for record stores or clubs is different in Florida. It's different and so it means that it's still kind of a frontier, you know. And part of the reason I think that a lot of folks go on the road in the first place is to go out and explore, learn things. You can only learn so much from Cincinnati or Columbus. There is a boatload of untapped knowledge, I believe, in the mysterious, murky state of Florida.
We're definitely happy to have you coming. I read that you're going to be playing different sets at each stop. Is this going to accomplish anything in particular?
The advantage of playing these radio station shows, these record store shows is to play for free. [It] means that everybody who comes will get their money's worth. We'll play this set here and this set here. We'll be able to each day sort of decide how we're going to play and what we're going to play. It can be a completely different set of songs each time we play.
If we were playing shows where people had to pay $5, $10, $15 we would feel a responsibility to be very confident about most of what we were doing and have the sets still vary somewhat but also maybe have a core that we stick to from night to night. And I don't feel that when we're playing the free shows. It's like, we'll probably make some mistakes. But I think we will enjoy ourselves. And our hope is that the audience does as well.
Are you going to play any songs off the album that you did together?
Oh, yeah, for sure.
Any cover songs?
I'm sure there'll be brand new songs. There'll be songs off The Wonder Show of the World. And there'll be songs we've never played out before and cover songs and requests as well. That's another nice thing about playing shows both in radio stations set up for call-ins or just being in the record store with people standing right there. We'll try to make it as cooperative a show with the audience.
Do you have a particular record store that you think is the best record store in the world?
My taste in music is really a little different. So I like to go to record stores where I feel confident that I can find something that will be new to me, that I didn't know about when I walked in. I'm trying to think of reliable places.
These days in Louisville, the place that I like to go is a chain you all might have in Florida called Half Priced Books and Music. And it seems like their music stock is 100-percent used. They maintain a pretty solid vinyl stock and [it's] of insanely high quality. They might just have 300 to 400 records. But out of those, two-thirds or three-quarters are interesting records. They don't have a lot multiple copies of, like, the second Journey record. There's tons of everything, the spoken word, the religious, the comedy, world music, jazz, country.
You look through and you're like, "I had no idea those two artists worked together!" And it's $4.99, you know? So I like the music at the Half Priced Books and Music.
So, like you said, you have eclectic tastes. You were in the R. Kelly [Trapped in the Closet] video and I read that you're a big fan of Merle Haggard.
Is there anything in particular that makes a song appeal to you?
I think as somebody whose life is about making music, I like to be able to hear through the recording something about what's going on in the lead artist's mind or all of the other musicians, and then extending out into the engineer and/or producers. I like the idea of the idea. We listen to a record, and the record literally is a record. A record of an event that happened. And I can hear the relationship of the singer to the song or the singer to his or her voice, or the guitar player to the drummer.
And with Merle Haggard, he's a great songwriter and a great singer and a great musician who has a lot of respect for great musicians of the past and the great musicians he works with currently. He puts a premium on the ways you express emotion, including joy and celebration, and he's just kind of an ideal for me.
Listening to, say the records of Leonard Cohen ... Most every record of his feels like you can hear parts of the whole chain of creation, from writing of a line in a song to the way the voice interacts with an instrument in a recording, and how it was recorded. And to know that each of those steps was crucial. There was no one step. Without paying attention to each step, you'd have a worthless piece of music at the end.
Those are my favorite kind of records. Even if it means it's an ethnological recording where the musicians aren't necessarily attentive to, aware of, or concerned with how a piece is being recorded, their relationship to the piece and to each other is of a similar strength and energy to the person who's responsible for recording it. I don't like records where I feel like somebody doesn't care. Whether it's the bass player or the record company or the songwriter. If it sounds like somebody doesn't care in there, I don't have to waste my time on this.
Your upcoming album, "Mindeaters" is coming out next week with the Phantom Family Halo. How did you guys meet and decide to make this album?
Phantom Halo, until just a couple months ago, have been based in Louisville. Now they're based out of New York City. A good friend of mine, Todd Breshear, runs a local video store here called Wild and Wholly Video and he had his 13th anniversary show about a year ago. Roky Erickson was headlining and Phantom Family was also on the bill, and we all had the idea to cover this Everly Brothers song called "I Wonder If I Care As Much." It was just a really good experience.
So a few months later, Dominic from Phantom Family Halo got in touch, and said, "We've decided to record this song," and then he's like, "I've got an idea for a way of releasing this song and I've got these other songs I've been working on that I think would work really well with that song. And I've got an idea of how to record them."
At the time, his girlfriend was a mortician and they lived in the upstairs at the funeral home where she works. We just went over there and recorded up in the apartment above the funeral home.
That is spooky, but kind of awesome.
A spooky and kind of rundown old funeral home, definitely not a high class place. But she got transferred to New York. Now she's a mortician in New York.
You do a lot of cover songs, I really enjoyed your "Thunder Road" cover and I know you've been covered by Johnny Cash. I just wanted to ask you if it's a sort of way of taking a song and making it new? Or if it's a form of flattery? How you feel about the cover song?
It's great to write songs. But it's crucial to keep songs alive as well, and to keep the awareness of songs and the awareness of artists alive. And then, of course, there's always the reality that there are things that one songwriter can do that another songwriter just can't do. And that doesn't mean that you are forbidden from accessing this world. You discover the song, and you learn from every song that you cover.
I learned about music through covers so often in my life. So when I was a kid and listening to Ramones records and on their first seven records or so, they always did a cover or two. [It was] so much fun at the time, before the internet, to spend weeks, months, or years trying to figure out, trying to get a copy of the original recording to see what the Ramones had done to the song.
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It's such a country, Southern sort of tradition.
In certain circles, the songwriter is a part of the community. So there's a community of musicians in country or in jazz or in a lot of old southern R&B and soul music, and there's the musicians, there's the lead artist, and then there's the songwriter and they're all part of a community. So, to cover somebody's song is to strengthen the community.
Bonnie Prince Billy and The Cairo Gang. Tuesday, May 31. Sweat Records, 5505 NE Second Ave., Miami. The show starts at 7 p.m. and it's free. Call 786-693-9309 or visit sweatrecordsmiami.com.
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Despite being 12 time zones removed from Boston, the first surprise for me was seeing how many American "things" fill the Filipino culture. Restaurants and other conveniences are scattered throughout Manila, and the soundtrack playing in the background in nearly every location we visited was American pop music (predominately Taylor Swift).
Riding as a passenger in a tour bus (there are approximately 35 of us Trekkers traveling, together representing 21 countries), I had a bird's eye view of the impressively delicate ballet that is Manilla's ground transportation. Cars, bikes, and motorcycles travel within one inch of each other, with pedestrians walking confidently beside the chaotically controlled traffic. Though I lament Boston's transportation shortcomings, those seemingly minor inconveniences are strides ahead of Manila's infrastructure. To say Manila's public transportation is insufficient would be a total understatement.
Thanks to one of my Trekker friends who was insistent about finding a beach for our first free day, we made our way to Pico de Loro (thanks to the SM company!) for a day in the sun. The water was warm, sandy beaches were welcoming, and the gentle breeze and smell of ocean air calmed any of our lingering travel stresses. While I was fighting off a cold (typical result for my long flights) and couldn't breath well enough to snorkel or dive, a day in the warmth and sunshine was nonetheless beautiful. The two-hour ride to the resort, however, was a trip like none other. We passed countless villages and communities with rows upon rows of one-room shacks. Weathered and worn pieces of cloth hung in some windows, giving some semblance of privacy. Others had totally open windows, allowing us to see the morning yawning and stretching of the residents. Returning home at dusk, it was evident that most of these villages are lit only by a single light bulb. This was a stark juxtaposition of the economic divide with the country - and made many of us Trekkers question the fundamental differences between this lifestyle and ours (especially returning from a day spent as the beach resort).
From our research meetings in Manila, one major takeaway is how proud and optimistic Filipinos are. Given the country's history with corruption, the strides they're making to improve basic operating systems and financial accounting practices gives the country tremendous hope for the future of the Philippines. We started our Trek by touring the US Embassy, meeting with the US Ambassador to the Philippines, then met with leaders from family conglomerate businesses such as the Ayala, SM, and JG Summit Holdings companies. Our research trip also took us to meetings with the Philippines' Budget Secretary, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Philippines House of Representatives, national news anchor Pia Hontiveros, the Asia Development Bank, and the Asian Institute of Management. These conversations provided fascinating perspectives of the economic, political, and social landscape within the country.
A second major takeaway from these meetings is hearing Filipino's say over and over again that the number one asset of the country is its people. The median working age of the Filipino working community is only in the mid-20's, arguably an incredibly young population by any standard. Many of the major companies, like the SM Corporation and JG Summit Holdings, are creating ways to invest in this young population to educate them for the opportunities available within the country. The companies we met with have foundations that provide financial resources to help educate the country's poorest students. The first teaching workshop we presented was for a group of young scholars from the SM Foundation. What was surprising to me, however, was that the corporations are seemingly satisfied with educating individuals solely for the skills needed to fulfill structured company workforce roles. Given my interest in continued professional development, I was left with little understanding of how this young work-force can continue individual development within or outside the company roles.
In addition to the business investment in education, the Philippines government is actively working to support improved education systems throughout the nation. Beginning next year, the country will switch from a K-10 to a K-12 educational system. In the resulting two-year gap of no students entering college, the government will be providing professional development funds to the college and university faculty for advancement of their own education and skill-sets. The government is also implementing incentive funds for impoverished families to continue to send their children to school, as well as providing grant funds for impoverished college students to finish college (provided student GPA's are high enough). They are aiming to providing not just access to education for everyone in the country, but access to quality education as an investment in the country's number one asset - a mission set out in the Philippines' constitution.
For now, a third and final reflection from the Philippines was the prominence placed on global warming. Meetings with nearly every company or individual had some discussion of the increasing numbers of natural disasters. Given the prominence of typhoons across the Philippines, the immediate and long-term effects of these storms is increasingly prevalent in everyday life. This topic was typically brought up in nearly every one of the meetings, unprompted from the Trekkers, in the context of the presenter discussing how to factor in recovery efforts and future development planning to prepare for major natural disasters. There was no hesitation in the Filipino's believing that global warming is a current crisis impacting everyday life. I just wonder how long it will take for others to have this similar recognition, and not just plan for disaster relief but also plan for truly caring for (and fundamentally changing habits) to take care of the world in which we live.
After only six days into a three month adventure, my thinking is already expanding from the conversations with the Filipinos and among my fellow Trekkers. I don't know where it will ultimately lead, but in the short-term I already recognize that I am beginning to formulate a more informed perspective on global and cultural issues. It's challenging my assumptions and understandings, and it's changing me in ways I couldn't have anticipated
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can't copy folder (created in windows 7) from external hard drive to XP desktop
If it's because your XP machine can't access the folder, it could be because your external drive has been formatted to the NTFS filing system, but your XP is on a Fat32 partition.
A Fat32 OS cannot access NTFS partitions.
You can convert your Windows XP partition to NTFS to get around that problem,
or reformat your external drive to Fat32.
How to convert partition from Fat32 to NTFS: http://www.ehow.com/how_5937970_con...
When converting a drive on which the OS is installed, it should not destroy data so Windows should remain intact. But it would be prudent to have a Windows recovery method in plae just in case.
"can't copy folder (created in windows 7) from external hard drive to XP desktop "
Clear as mud.
You need to do a lot better job of explaining what your problem is.
Troubleshooting USB device problems including for flash drives, external drives, memory cards.
See Response 1:
"....... it could be because your external drive has been formatted to the NTFS filing system, but your XP is on a Fat32 partition.
A Fat32 OS cannot access NTFS partitions."
WRONG ! and WRONG !
2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 can all recognize data on FAT32, FAT, or NTFS partitions.
There's no such thing as a FAT32 operating system !
FAT, FAT32, and NTFS are all software partitioning types.
Windows 95 OSR2 or later, Win 98, 98SE, and ME can recognize data on a FAT or FAT32 partition but they can't recognize NTFS partitions or the data on them. Win 95 previous to OSR2 and Dos 6.x and previous can only recognize data on FAT partitions.
A Fat32 OS cannot access NTFS partitions.
Completely wrong! The type of partition an OS is installed on is irrelevant when it comes to copying files from one file format to another, providing the OS can read both type of files systems, which Windows XP can.
However the preceding sentence could be right for totally different reasons.
If there are any files in the NTFS partition that are greater in size than 2 GBs then they cannot be copied to FAT32 partition os FAT32 has a moximum file sixe of 2Gbs. Other than that there is no reason why a an NTFS folder cannot be copied to an FAT32 folder.
Really surprising misinformation from pip22.
BobM111 it would be helpful if you filled in the missing info like how are you attaching the drive, do you see it in my computer or disk management and whatever other info you think may be helpful.
Answers are only as good as the information you provide.
How to properly post a question:
Sorry no tech support via PM's
I'd be thinking if you can see the folder and can't copy it then you would need to play with take ownership.
If you can't access the drive then I'd think it was formatted in exfat or an assigned drive letter issue.
Possible that this unspecified drive has some software or setting to prevent it but doubtful.
It is possible that you don't have write permission to the place you want to copy the folder too or other restrictions based on business computers.
In an odd sense pip22 may have part of it right. I guess it is possible that you do have a fat32 formatted xp and the folder is over or files rather over 4 g.
1/3 of highway deaths are caused by drunks. The rest are by people who can't drive any better than a drunk.
Many thanks for this. I thought this may be the case but I just copied a folder with 393 mb from my external drive to my windows xp desktop. The folder I want to copy is over 3Gb. Could it be that it's too large to copy over?
Drive is attached by usb
Thank you Stuart S for your info. That's probably it......folder is too big to copy.
Sorry to reply this late but I'm having great deal of PC problems at the moment (nothing to do with this thread). BSOD on startups, intermittent shutdowns etc. Think my hard drive is almost gone, but that's another matter. Thank you all for your input and I would say my question has been answered.
It is not the folder size that is the problem but the size of individual files. Tthe limit is 4Gbs as pointed out by Jefro, Not the 2 Gbs I mentioned. The maximum folder size is 2Tbs
With all the other problems you are having I would get them sorted first. ou may find your file copying problems disappear once you have the BSOD problem sorted which is the far more serious.
Where are you trying to save the files to? Is there enough room in that folder/drive?
1/3 of highway deaths are caused by drunks. The rest are by people who can't drive any better than a drunk.
As I said in response 2:
"You need to do a lot better job of explaining what your problem is. "
If the XP computer isn't seeing the files on the external drive at all, or if it is but you can't access all of or some of them, click on the link to the troubleshooting info in the first part of response 2 !
The folder was created in windows 7 desktop PC. I should say though that there are around 946 folders inside this main folder, with many folders within other folders. There are 6,828 files in total and this main folder is 3.26 Gb in size. Almost all files inside this folder are various office files....ppt, docs, and pdf mostly.
I copied it to my external hard drive which is 320 Gb with only 40 Gb used. It copied to external drive no problem. Because of problems with my desktop PC, I'm using an older laptop, HP satellite with XP Home installed and around 58 GB free.
For ease, I thought I would copy this folder onto the Laptop desktop, but it only does so for a second then I get an error window saying "cannot copy file". No error number or message other than that. The external disk is attached using ordinary USB. All ports on laptop are functioning properly with no conflicts.
I really thought it was because the folder was too large or maybe the content (eg folder within folders) or the NTFS and Fat 32 issue. It's not so important that I copy this folder to XP desktop. It's more the reason why that's niggling me.I can access all the folders in this external drive and have copied a few from it to the laptop desktop with no problem.
It just seems to be this 1 large folder that's the problem.
I thank everyone very much for their replies and don't really want to bother anyone with this issue, but it may be a concern for someone else at some point.
Many thanks again........
Kindest Regards........Bob
Thank you for the details.
The size of the "master" folder is not a problem
If the folder contains 3.26 gb total data for all files in it and in sub-folders, there is no file larger than 4 gb that would cause a problem if the partition on the laptop is using FAT32 software partitioning.
" I'm using an older laptop, HP satellite with XP Home installed and around 58 GB free."
It's extremely unlikely that's a FAT32 partition. You don't have the choice in Windows itself of using FAT32 software partitioning if the partition is larger than exactly 32.0 gb ( 32,768 mb) - Microsoft chose not to give you that choice.
You CAN use a third party program and get it to use FAT32 software partitioning for any size of drive partition, Windows will recognize that fine, but the the original brand name supplied software installation, and Windows itself, would have used NTFS software partitioning for any partition larger than exactly 32.0 gb.
Since you seem to be having no problem accessing the individual files and sub-folders inside the "master" folder, and no problem copying some of them, on / from the external hard drive, your problem is caused by something else.
"For ease, I thought I would copy this folder onto the Laptop desktop, but it only does so for a second then I get an error window saying "cannot copy file"
It said "cannot copy file", NOT "cannot copy folder" or similar.
Your info in the title of this Topic is NOT correct !
You problem is caused by one or more files.
I suspect you have one or more files XP won't allow you to copy that Windows 7 had no problem copying.
Windows HALTS the copying process at the first instance of a file you're not allowed to copy.
When it says "cannot copy file" , if the file it can't copy is not specified on the screen, there is something you can click that will tell you which file the problem file is.
Try selecting (highlighting) all files in the folder where the problem file is located (Edit - Select All), then hold down the Ctrl key and click on the problem file's name to de-select that one file, then RIGHT click anywhere on a highlighted file and Copy all the remaining files.
You may need to do that more than once, if there is more than one file XP won't allow you to copy.
Or - you could try RIGHT clicking on the problem file, select Properties, and de-select any System, and/or Read only and/or Hidden file attribute(s) that was (were) enabled, then try copying that file.
When I drag this FOLDER from the external drive to the laptop (which is NTFS)...a window pops up saying at the top..."Error copying file or folder".......and in the window the message is......cannot copy file: with a red circle and a white cross on it. There is no indication to what file it is.
I'm trying to copy a folder, so my title of this topic is correct. I highlighted all sub folders within my main folder and tried to copy them to my laptop with the same result..."cannot copy file:" There is no way of finding what file it is without going through 946 individual subfolders. I don't think so. I'm resigned it won't copy so that's fine. It's not the end of the world. I have more problems to contend with concerning my Desktop PC. This is why I have this folder and others backed up on external drive.
Thanks again for your reply
"a window pops up saying at the top..."Error copying file or folder"..."
I can only go by what information you supply. If your information isn't accurate that doesn't help at all.
Problems copying an entire folder are rare - it's usually one or more files inside the folder that are causing the problem.
You could also try this...
- you could try RIGHT clicking on each folder (or at least the "master" folder), select Properties, and de-select any System, and/or Read only and/or Hidden attribute(s) that was (were) enabled, then try copying that folder.
You didn't mention previously that you were using Drag and Drop to copy the folder. Drag and Drop has limitations - sometimes you can't Drag and Drop.
Try Copying the folder, Pasting it where you want to go, in My Computer instead.
- try copying the folder to an empty folder. If you get the same error,
- if your problem is caused by a problem file, there will be files in the new folder in the formely empty folder, the one after the last one listed is the problem file, unless the first file was the problem file.
- if your problem is caused by the folder, there will be nothing in the formerly empty folder.
- or - select all the files and folders inside a folder- copy them to a blank folder. If you get the same error, if your problem is caused by a problem file, there will be files in the formerly empty folder, the one after the last one listed is the problem file (there will be fewer files than the ones you selected to copy), unless the first file was the problem file.
or - select all the files inside a folder- de-select all sub-folders if any - copy them to a blank folder. If you get the same error, if your problem is caused by a problem file, there will be files in the formerly empty folder, the one after the last one listed is the problem file (there will be fewer files than the ones you selected to copy), unless the first file was the problem file.
Try this.
Start - Run - type: cmd (click OK or press Enter)
Type the drive letter of your external drive followed by a colon character.
e.g. G: (press Enter)
type: dir /o:n /p (press Enter)
(space after dir and n, colon character between o and n - sorts - orders - in alphabetical order; displays a page at a time if it's a long list. )
The files and folders on the entire drive will be listed
Folders (directories) are flagged <DIR> on the same line.
type cd, space,the name of the "master" folder you're trying to copy.
e.g. cd MASTER (press Enter)
cd OTHER\MASTER
type: dir /a:h (press Enter)
All files and folders with the Hidden attribute will be listed.
type: dir /a:s
All files and folders with the System attribute will be listed
type: dir /a:hs
All files and folders with both the Hidden and System attribute will be listed
type: dir /a:r
All files and folders with the Read only attribute will be listed.
type: dir /a:hsr
All files and folders with all three attributes will be listed.
If there are not a lot of files / folders listed when you type those, it wouldn't take long to remove their attributes.
type: cls to clear the screen in the CMD interface.
You can easily check the attributes of the "master" folder by examining it's Properties normally in Windows


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Dominique Callimanopulos is the Founder of Elevate Destinations. A world traveler who has worked and partnered with many international non-profits, she believes in travel that gives back to communities and conservation efforts worldwide. Dominique studied Anthropology at Wesleyan University (BA) and also has an MEd in Counseling Psychology.
David Conover is a New England filmmaker, scholar, sailor, and conservationist. David graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in comparative religious studies and also holds a Master's Degree in Education from Harvard University. He has worked as a professional seaman, a teacher at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in Maine and in Florida, and runs a production company, Compass Light Productions, named a GLOBAL TOP 100 production company by Realscreen. He also has been the Coastal Studies Scholar at Bowdoin College. Through his years of environment-focused production and teaching work, David recognized the need to build capacity for filmmakers, activists and organizations to work together on urgent ocean health and sustainable energy challenges. In 2014 David launched Conservation Media Group (CMG). Since it's launch CMG has created five grant programs and an annual series of collaborative workshops launching video campaigns to effect measurable change. Today, CMG continues its mission to support filmmakers, activists, and organizations who are leading the way toward healthy oceans and renewable energy solutions.
Catharine Cooper loves all things ocean and expresses her concerns for the health of the sea through her writing and photography. An avid surfer, paddler, snorkeler and sailor, she spends as much time in or on the water as possible. Catharine splits her time between Southern California, where she recently drafted the Ocean Sustainability Element for the City of Laguna Beach, and Loreto, Baja California, where she works with Eco-Alianza, Inc. as a consultant in support of their environmental conservation initiatives. She is a regular contributor to the communications efforts of The Ocean Foundation.
Tess Davis is a lawyer and archeologist who campaigns for cultural heritage preservation. She serves as Executive Director of the Antiquities Coalition, a not-for-profit institution based in Washington, DC and is affiliated with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow. She has been a legal consultant for the federal government and has written on the topic for CNN, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and scholarly publications.
Dr. Delgado is Director of NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program. Previously, he was the President and CEO of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University for nearly 5 years, and was the Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum for 15 years. Before that, he was the head of the U.S. Government's maritime preservation program and was the maritime historian for the U.S. National Park Service. James P. Delgado, PhD, FRGS, RPA, has led or participated in shipwreck expeditions around the world. His active participation in the study and preservation of shipwreck sites and maritime heritage has included a founding membership in the International Commission on Monuments and Site (ICOMOS) committee on underwater cultural heritage and the presidency of the Council of American Maritime Museums.
Sylvia has been a long-time friend and provided her expertise when The Ocean Foundation was in its early stages of development. Dr. Sylvia A. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer. Formerly chief scientist of NOAA, Earle is the founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc., founder of Mission Blue and SEAlliance. She has a B.S. degree from Florida State University, M.S. and PhD. from Duke University, and 22 honorary degrees. Earle has led more than a hundred expeditions and logged more than 7,000 hours underwater, including leading the first team of women aquanauts during the Tektite Project in 1970; participating in ten saturation dives, most recently in July 2012; and setting a record for solo diving in 1,000-meter depth. Her research concerns marine ecosystems with special reference to exploration, conservation, and the development and use of new technologies for access and effective operations in the deep sea and other remote environments.
Before joining the St. Christopher National Trust in early 2017 as the Director of Visitor Experience and Museum Manager, Toni - an archaeologist by training - spent 14 years working in radio, during which time she had the opportunity to advocate for and facilitate discussions on historical and environmental conservation. In addition to a diploma in Radio Broadcasting she holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology (Archaeology Specialist) from the University of Toronto. She has worked on archaeological digs in Canada and the Caribbean and served on the Board of the St. Christopher Heritage Society before it evolved into the National Trust.
With a deep passion for the natural world, especially the ocean that surrounds her family home of Bermuda and the California coast where she was raised, Kathleen studied marine biology and received a Master's degree in Science Journalism from Boston University. In 2001, Kathleen was recruited to Harvard by the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, an organization that strives to help people understand how our health depends on the health of the natural environment founded by Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Chivian. In 2009, Kathleen produced the Award-winning film Once Upon a Tide, a live action and animated educational short that screens around the world. Kathleen founded and serves as the Director for the Pleiades Network, a membership-based organization with a mission to inspire, recognize and advance women's leadership in creating a more sustainable world.
Lisa Genasci is the CEO and founder of ADM Capital Foundation (ADMCF), which she established four years ago for the partners of a Hong Kong based investment manager. With a dual focus on children at risk and environmental protection, ADMCF creates innovative development models, identifying strong local partners thorough rigorous due diligence, and works to help them widen impact by addressing gaps in services to local communities. Before working in the non-profit sector, Lisa worked for ten years with the Associated Press, three as a correspondent based in Rio de Janeiro, three on the foreign desk and four as a financial reporter in New York. Lisa holds a BA degree with High Honors from Smith College and an LLM in Human Rights Law from Hong Kong University.
Martin Goebel is one of the pioneers of the sustainability movement and was a recent recipient of the prestigious Earle A. Chiles Award for his contribution to the movement. His desire to find solutions that work for communities, businesses, and the environment during the timber and salmon wars of the 90's led him to create Sustainable Northwest in 1994. Born and raised in Mexico, Martin's conservation career includes leadership positions in The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and World Wildlife Fund. He has helped found several organizations including the Mexico Nature Conservation Fund, Wallowa Resources, and Lake County Resources Initiative, and was a founding member of the Oregon Sustainability Board. Currently, Martin recently serves as founding principal of Moebius Partners LLC, a firm dedicated to assisting social entrepreneurs and enterprises to secure human knowledge and financial capital to grow and succeed. Martin is an avid scuba diver and fly fisherman, and enjoys exploring new cultures, rivers and reefs any chance he gets.
Nydia Gutiérrez is the Washington, D.C. Latino Outdoors Regional Coordinator where she works to increase diversity in the conservation and environmental communities by building outdoor recreational and educational activities in partnership with local D.C. agencies and non-profits with a goal of re-introducing outdoor recreation to the Latino community. Gutiérrez is a Texas native where she earned a Bachelor's in Environmental Science from the University of Texas- Brownsville. While in college she worked on a variety of coastal research and restoration projects, and served as the Campus Greenhouse Coordinator where she cared for Black Mangroves that are to be replanted along the south Texas Gulf Coast. Her love of the outdoors stemmed from childhood visits to South Padre Island which provided for a variety of activities from surfing and kayaking to fishing and camping. The area also serves as a major bird migration route, thus creating an innate love for ornithology and birding. Gutiérrez leads bilingual bird walks in D.C. focusing on wading and shore birds along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers.
For her day job, Gutiérrez is an Associate at the Dewey Square Group in the public affairs practice area where she advises corporate and issue based clients with a focus on telecommunications. Working directly with DSG's Latinovations team, she collaborates with national and regional Latino organizations, coalitions and campaigns.
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš used to sell fish, now she saves them. An environmental justice advocate who began her career in the commercial fishing and aquaculture fields, Marce is the Founder and Director of Azul, which works with Latinos to protect coasts and oceans. Through her work, she has helped design and implement a statewide network of marine protected areas as well as a sustainability and marketing program for local California fisheries. As a leader in the campaign to ban single-use plastic bags in California, she has worked to reduce marine pollution and protect ocean wildlife. Recently, she participated in the first Congressional roundtable on Environmental Justice on Capitol Hill, and was the principal author of a white paper on Latino Environmental Leadership lauded as "a blueprint for diversity in the Environmental Movement" by Congress member Raul Grijalva, Ranking Member of the Natural Resources House Committee.
Marce has been recognized as an "Inspiring Latina working for a cause" by Latina magazine (2014), and as a Aspen Environment Forum Scholar by the Aspen Institute (2012). She's a founding member of the Latino Conservation Alliance, a proud graduate of the HOPE's (Hispanas Organized for Political Equality) Leadership Institute 2013 class, and currently serves as a mentor for the RAY Marine Conservation Diversity Fellowship as well as the advisory board for the Ocean Foundation. A native of Tijuana, Mexico; Marce now makes San Francisco home.
Mara G. Haseltine is an internationally renown artist known for her outsized sculptural renditions of microscopic life forms. Haseltine collaborates with scientists, technologists and engineers to practice "Geotherapy' art which heals the planet through both awareness pieces and functional art works. She created New York City's first Solar Powered Oyster Reef and is the co-founder of "The Green Salon," an international think tank devoted to environmental solutions.
Hans Herrmann is a phytoplankton ecologist and business manager by training, with expertise in the planning, creation and execution of biodiversity conservation programs addressing such wide-ranging issues as marine protected areas, climate change adaptation, conservation of migratory species, the impact of invasive alien species, and the effects of transgenic corn in Mexico. He has also been a passionate and effective campaigner for the establishment of networks of marine protected areas in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Creative conservationist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Asher Jay, uses groundbreaking design, multimedia arts, literature, and lectures to inspire global action to combat illegal wildlife trafficking, advance environmental issues, and promote humanitarian causes. Albeit she received an education in Fashion Design and Marketing at Parsons the New School of Design in New York, she found her way back through the arts, to her primary passion in wildlife conservation. Her cause-driven art, sculpture, design installations, films, and advocacy advertising campaigns bring attention to everything from oil spills and overfishing to trophy hunting and the illegal trade in wildlife.
Dr. Nancy Knowlton holds the Sant Chair in Marine Science at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where she also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Ocean Portal. She is a specialist on coral reefs and the diversity and conservation of ocean life, the author of Citizens of the Sea, and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Sara Lowell has over ten years professional experience in marine science and management. Her primary expertise is in coastal and ocean management and policy, sustainable tourism, science integration, fundraising, and protected areas. Ms. Lowell specializes in strategic and business planning, fundraising and long-term financing design and implementation, feasibility assessments, organizational and institutional design, and science integration and uptake. Her geographic expertise includes the U.S. West Coast, the Gulf of California, and the Mesoamerican Reef/Wider Caribbean region. She speaks Spanish (level 3). Ms. Lowell holds a Master's in Marine Affairs from the School of Marine Affairs at the University of Washington, and double Bachelor of Arts degrees in Environmental Studies and Latin American History from University of California, Santa Cruz. Her Master's thesis examined the feasibility of using land conservation methods, such as conservation easements, to manage tourism in the coastal zone of Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur.
Dr. Lubchenco is a marine ecologist and environmental scientist with expertise in oceans, biodiversity, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being. She was Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2009-2013. She has returned to Oregon State University and also serves as the first U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean. With a Ph.D. in ecology from Harvard University, she is one of the "most highly cited" ecologists in the world; eight of her publications are "Science Citation Classics". She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, among others. She was president of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) and served on the Pew Oceans Commission, the Joint Oceans Commission Initiative, Council of Advisors for Google Ocean and the Blue Ribbon Panel for the World Bank's Global Partnership for Oceans. Dr. Lubchenco has received numerous awards including a MacArthur "genius" award and 19 honorary doctorates.
An experienced international grantwriter, consultant, political activist and educator, Dan is the has experience as the Senior Managing Director of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund at Conservation International, the Director of the World Environment and Resources Program at the MacArthur Foundation and the Director of the Environment Program at the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, which focuses on grantmaking in the areas of education, science, and the environment.
A biologist and environmental activist from Ensenada, Laura has worked for nearly 3 decades to protect the Mexican coastal lagoons, estuaries and wetlands. Leading the civil organization Pro Esteros, AC, Laura and her team spread crucial information for ecological conservation and making the right decisions about the problems of legal gaps that affect wetlands in the region and the species of flora and wildlife that inhabit them, and their importance to Baja California.
Hiromi is a free spirited yoga instructor, macrobiotic vegan chef, environmentalist, and all around amazing human being who embodies the generosity and hospitality of the Japanese people.
Sergio is an entrepreneur who uses his leadership skills to promote sustainability. He is the founder and COO of BRASIL1, a company based in Rio de Janeiro that organizes special events in the areas of sports and entertainment. Prior to founding BRASIL1, he was the Operations Director for Clear Channel Entertainment in Brazil. Early in his career, Sergio worked for the State Tourism Commission and helped develop an ecologically friendly approach for the industry. Since 1988, Sergio has participated in many non-profit organization projects, including a research program for the Atlantic Rainforest and later an educational campaign in the northeast of Brazil to stop the slaughter of dolphins and to protect manatees. He also organized campaigns and special events for the Rio 92 Eco-Conference. He joined the Surfrider Foundation Board of Directors in 2008, and has been an active supporter of the organization since 2002 in Brazil. He is also a member of the The Climate Reality Project. He has, since an early age, been consistently involved in initiatives and projects to protect the environment. Sergio lives with his wife Natalia in beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Maurice I. Middleberg is the Executive Director of Free the Slaves. Free the Slaves, a pioneer and leader in the global movement to eradicate modern slavery, has helped liberate well over 12,000 people from slavery and protect thousands of communities from traffickers. Maurice has spent more than 33 years working on global health, social justice and international development, including senior and executive positions in several major organizations. Professional commitment and family history link Maurice to the anti-slavery cause.
Angeles Murgier, senior attorney at Brons & Salas law firm in Argentina, has over 15 years of experience in environmental issues. She works in general environmental counseling, environmental transactions, due diligence, compliance and corporate/commercial counseling and transactions. Angeles acts as Vice Chair At Large of the International Environmental and Resources Law Committee of the American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, and as Vice-Chair of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law of the International Bar Association.
Nyawira is a Kenyan marine scientist who has spent the past twenty years dedicated to the management and conservation of East African marine ecosystems. Over the years, Nyawira's research has focused on conservation science that has resulted in many peer-reviewed publications. Nyawira also plays a role in national conservation initiatives and has overseen the rapid evolution of sea turtle conservation programs in Kenya as the Chair of the Kenya Sea Turtle Conservation Committee since 2002. She recently received the National Geographic/Buffet award for achievements in Conservation as well as the Kenyan Presidential award, the Order of the Grand Warrior.
Magnus Ngoile has extensive experience in fisheries science, marine ecology and population biology. He specializes in national and regional processes related to the establishment of integrated coastal management. In 1989, he launched a national effort in his native Tanzania to establish marine parks and reserves to conserve ocean biodiversity and encourage stakeholder participation in the sustainable use of marine resources. The initiative culminated in the enactment of national legislation for marine protected areas in 1994. He was director of the Institute of Marine Sciences of the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania for 10 years where he enhanced curriculum and advocated for policy based on sound science. Internationally, Ngoile has actively fostered networks and partnerships that facilitate improved coastal management initiatives through his position as coordinator of IUCN's Global Marine and Coastal Program, where he worked for three years until his appointment as director general of Tanzania's National Environmental Management Council.
John Ogden is Emeritus Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of South Florida (USF). He was Director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography from 1988-2010. Prior to joining the USF, Ogden was Director of the West Indies Laboratory of Fairleigh Dickinson University in St. Croix and Director of the NOAA saturation diving facility Hydrolab. He has worked on coral reefs, seagrasses and associated ecosystems all over the world and has published more than 100 scientific papers, contributed to numerous books, and produced several television films. He is a former member of the founding Advisory Council of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and the Marine Protected Area Federal Advisory Committee, and is the former President of the International Society for Reef Studies. A past board member of SeaWeb, Ogden is a member of the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council. Ogden received his A.B. from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Chris Palmer is a full-time professor of Film and Media Arts. He is also a speaker, author, and environmental and wildlife film producer. He has swum with dolphins and whales, come face-to-face with sharks and Kodiak bears, camped with wolf packs, and waded hip-deep through Everglade swamps. Over the past thirty years, he has spearheaded the production of more than 300 hours of original programming for prime-time television and the IMAX film industry, work that won him and his colleagues many awards, including two Emmys and an Oscar nomination. And from this treasure trove of experience came his two controversial and entertaining memoirs about the dark side of wildlife filmmaking: Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker (2015) and Shooting in the Wild (2010). In 2004, Chris joined American University's full-time faculty as Distinguished Film Producer in Residence at the School of Communication. There he founded, and currently directs, the Center for Environmental Filmmaking. Chris is also president of the One World One Ocean Foundation, a multimillion-dollar global media campaign to save the oceans.
Dr. Daniel Pauly is a binational French and Canadian citizen who completed his high school and university studies in Germany. After many years at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), in Manila, Philippines, Daniel Pauly became in 1994 a Professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia, of which he was the Director from 2003 to 2003. Since 1999, he is also Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us project, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, and devoted to studying documenting and mitigating the impact of fisheries on the world's marine ecosystems.
The concepts, methods and software he (co-)developed, documented in over 500 publications, are used throughout the world, following multiple courses and workshops given in four languages on all five continents. This applies especially the Ecopath modeling approach and software and FishBase, the online encyclopedia of fishes. This, work is recognized in various profiles, notably in Science, Nature and the New York Times, and by numerous awards, notably the International Cosmos Prize, Japan (2005), the Volvo Environmental Prize, Sweden (2006), the Ramon Margalef Prize from the Government of Catalonia (Spain, 2008) and the Peter Benchley Award (USA, 2015).
Roger Searle Payne is an American biologist and environmentalist famous for the 1967 discovery of whale song among humpback whales. Payne later became an important figure in the worldwide campaign to end commercial whaling. Payne was born in New York, New York, and studied at Harvard University and Cornell. He spent the early years of his career studying echolocation in bats (and how their food, moths, avoids them) and auditory localization in owls. Desiring to work with something more directly linked to conservation he later focused his research on whales where he together with researcher Scott McVay in 1967 were the first to discover the complex sonic arrangements performed by the male humpback whales during the breeding season. In 1971, Payne founded Ocean Alliance, an organization working with whale and ocean conservation. Payne has received a United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award (1988) and a MacArthur genius award (1984) among other awards for his research.
Don Perkins has served as GMRI's President/CEO since 1995. Don works with GMRI's staff, board, and external partners to drive GMRI's evolution as a strategic science, education, community institution that serves the Gulf of Maine bioregion and to scale GMRI's impact beyond. Don is dedicated to building creative, strategic organizations, traditional or virtual, that contribute to solving intractable problems and creating new opportunities in marine conservation, science literacy, and common property governance and management. Don was born in Waterville, Maine and has lived in a variety of Maine's coastal and inland communities (as well as in Israel and Brasil). Don holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Dartmouth College and a M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Dons greatest sources of pleasure are his family, sailing along the coast of Maine, and an early morning swim or run.
Dan is deeply devoted to the ocean and is involved with ocean conservation, water resource management, sustainability, philanthropy and community service. He currently serves as the executive director of the Laguna Beach Community Foundation, a progressive organization with a primary philanthropic focus on the arts, human health and the environment. Previously, Dan was CEO of Sailors for the Sea which galvanized the sailing community around ocean conservation. Dan worked closely with David Rockefeller, Jr. to grow the organization from a start-up nonprofit to a global entity. He also worked with USEPA on tribal, water and ocean issues for ten years. Dan has served as an Advisor to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board since its inception and helped draft the original nonprofit framework of SASB. Dan also serves on the Board of Directors for the iconic The Ecology Center which inspires and creates a sustainable, healthy and abundant future for all. During his free time, Dan can be found enjoying the ocean whether it is sailing or surfing.
Craig Quirolo, a veteran sailor and photographer, sailed into Key West harbor aboard a schooner from San Francisco in the early '70's and never left. In 1976, together with his wife DeeVon and Captain Finbar Gittlemen, he launched Tropical Trips Boat Charters-offering the first fleet of reef snorkeling boats on the island. Tourism began to thrive in the Keys with creation of the Tourist Development Council and by 1987 Craig and the growing fleet of charterboat captains began noticing anchor damage on the reef. After dockside discussions, the Quirolos joined others to find a way to install reef mooring buoys to prevent the anchor damage caused by our visits to the reef. The result was the founding of a small nonprofit organization called Reef Relief that continues to work for coral reefs today. Craig has posted over 10,000 images of coral reefs taken over a period of 15 years as part of the Reef Relief Coral Photo Monitoring Survey. This irreplaceable long term study of changing reef health led to Craig's discovery of several new coral diseases that was followed with research into their causes. Craig Quirolo received a personal Point of Light Award from President H.W. Bush on Earth Day, 1990.
DeeVon Meade Quirolo is a Florida native who loves the ocean. She is an experienced marine conservationist with a focus on the protection of coral reefs and water quality. She and her husband Craig Quirolo founded Reef Relief, a Key Westbased non-profit organization dedicated to coral reef protection. The effort began in 1986 with installing mooring buoys to protect Keys reefs from anchor damage, in addition to educational programs and watchdog advocacy efforts. This led to establishing similar grassroots programs throughout the Caribbean, advanced wastewater treatment in Key West, bans on offshore oil development in the Florida Keys and creation of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. In July, 2014, DeeVon and co-author Richard Charter published Bring Back the Gulf; a timely analysis of emerging issues in the disposition of abandoned offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. DeeVon graduated from The George Washington University and attended law school at the University of Miami. She and Craig live in Brooksville Florida, where she maintains several blogs including one that monitors oil and gas development.
Agnieszka Rawa manages the infrastructure, environmental and social assessment as well as procurement and fiscal accountability teams in the West Africa Region; contributes to programmatic risk management; provides day-to-day operational direction including monitoring of progress towards compact goals, management of budgets, human resources, administration, and emerging issues. Prior to this role, Ms. Rawa was the MCC Director of Environmental and Social Assessment on the Morocco Fruitree Project, the Lesotho Compact and the El Salvador Compact. Before joining the MCC in 2009, Ms. Rawa had 16 years of predominantly private sector international development experience, most lately as a Partner with Environmental Resource Management, Inc. Ms. Rawa holds a Masters and Bachelors in Science from Stanford University, is a recipient of the Donella Meadows Sustainability Fellowship and is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Polish.
During a span of five decades, Carleton Ray has focused activities on cross-disciplinary coastal-marine research and conservation. Early in his career, he recognized the central roles of natural history and interdisciplinary approaches. He has worked widely in polar, temperate, and tropical environments. I have also sought to inform the public about coastal-marine science and conservation. He was the first to initiate scuba-diving in Antarctica for research on polar marine mammals. When a Curator for the New York Aquarium, he initiated work with colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on the thermoregulation and acoustics of marine mammals, and was also among the first, with colleagues, to describe the underwater sounds of marine mammals (seals and walruses) as "song" in a strict behavioral sense. Presently, he is concentrating on teaching as a part of the University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences conservation-science initiative.
Jerry McCormick-Ray is a Senior Scientist at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Her research has focused on marine mammals and marine invertebrates, physiological effects of pollution, and benthic faunal ecology in estuaries and in the Arctic. She has been actively engaged in marine conservation science and its application to policy and protected areas nationally and internationally.
Monica is the President of Ponguinguiola, A.C. She is an expert on childhood education and environmental education and works on building the capacity of institutions to provide such education.
Alejandro Robles is president of Noroeste Sustentable (NOS), which he co-founded in 2004. For the past thirty years, he has been working to build effective networks of collaboration among key public, private, and civil-society stakeholders to achieve sustainability of coastal communities and conservation of coastal marine ecosystems in northwestern Mexico. Mr. Robles received a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, in Guaymas, Sonora, in 1982. In 1994, he received the Pronatura National Conservation Award for his efforts to establish the Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve. He has served as executive director of the Mexico Program at Conservation International (CI) and, and as vice president of CI for Mexico and Central America. In 1997, he received a Rockefeller Fellowship to participate in the Leadership for the Environment and Development (LEAD) program, which enabled him to approach conservation and development challenges from a multicultural and multi-stakeholder perspective. Since he became a member of the Society for Organizational Learning in 2010, NOS has adopted a systems thinking approach and organizational learning principles to its work.
Abigail Rome is a conservationist who has worked to protect terrestrial and marine natural areas as a researcher, site manager, ecotourism consultant, educator and writer. She has a master's degree in plant ecology, and spent many years working with environmental NGOs in the eastern U.S. and Latin America, where she lived for five years. She has focused on ecotourism as a conservation strategy, organizing tours and consulting on sustainable tourism. Abi currently engages with environmental grant-makers to address systemic challenges to environmental issues. She spends her summers at her favorite place on earth: a small island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine.
Barton Seaver is a chef who has dedicated his career to restoring the relationship we have with our ocean. It is his belief that the choices we are making for dinner are directly impacting the ocean and its fragile ecosystems. Seaver has manned the helm of some of Washington, D.C.'s most acclaimed restaurants. In doing so, he brought the idea of sustainable seafood to the nation's capitol while earning Esquire magazine's 2009 "Chef of the Year" status. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Seaver has cooked in cities all over America and the world. While sustainability has largely been assigned to seafood and agriculture, Barton's work expands far beyond the dining table to encompass socio-economic and cultural issues. Locally, he pursues solutions to these problems through D.C. Central Kitchen, an organization fighting hunger not with food, but with personal empowerment, job training, and life skills.
Nirmal is a well-known figure in the Seychelles conservation scene having an encyclopedic knowledge of Seychelles biodiversity as well as a wealth of experience in environment management. He was formerly the Assistant Director of Fisheries Research, the Director of the Seychelles Conservation and National Parks service as well as the Managing Director of an environmental firm, ENVIRO where he worked on projects covering almost every aspect of environmental management. He was the coordinator of the Seychelles National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan process and of the Environmental Management Plan of Seychelles 2000-2010. He has worked for international organizations such as the World Bank, IUCN, UNEP, Sida and UNESCO.
Jonathan Smith has devoted his work to helping brands, governments, non-profits, public figures and grassroots organizations develop and tell their stories. His focus is to combine marketing know-how with experience in policy and public engagement to help people connect with and take action on critical issues. He served as the Senior Deputy Director of Media & Communications for the 2012 UN Climate Change Conference where more than 16,000 delegates, representatives of well over 5,000 NGOs and more than 1,000 members of the international media, attended the largest conference ever hosted in Doha. It resulted in the historic Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol and a critical package of agreements known as the "Doha Climate Gateway." Currently, he works as the Senior Advisor for Sustainability and Strategic Communications on the National Food Security Programme in the state of Qatar.
Founding Executive Director of Socio-Environmental Fund CASA, she dedicates her life to designing strategies that assure philanthropic resources reach the most excluded grassroots groups in South America working on social and environmental justice issues. She is a steering committee member of the Funders Network for Social Justice Brazil and the Global Alliance of Funds. Amália has produced and translated deep ecology and systems thinking materials, and conducts experiential workshops based on systems thinking, ecopsychology and deep ecology inspired on Joanna Macy's work. Being a musician and singer adds to her work. Formal training includes a degree in International Services & Development with emphasis on Environmental Studies from World College West, CA, 89; graduation from the Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program and Biopsychology training at Instituto Visão Futuro 2007. She is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish. She has professionally visited over 50 countries many seas the world over.
From 1980 – 2010, Rick Steiner was as a marine conservation professor with the University of Alaska. He conducted the university's conservation and sustainability extension effort in Alaska and globally, working to find solutions in energy and climate change, marine conservation, offshore oil and environment, habitat protection, endangered species protection, and sustainable development. He has worked on extractive industry/environment issues all over the world including Russia and Pakistan. Today, he conducts the "Oasis Earth" project – working with NGOs, governments, industry, and civil society to speed the transition to an environmentally sustainable society. Oasis Earth conducts Rapid Assessments for NGOs and governments in developing nations on critical conservation challenges, reviews environmental assessments, and conducts more fully developed studies.
As Program Administrator at the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Kira Stillwell not only answers phones, sends email blasts, manages memberships and organizes Survey events, she is the bookkeeping, human resources, and payroll department as well. Kira earned a master's degree in exercise physiology and worked in the cardiology department at Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket and at the University of Rhode Island's Cancer Prevention Research Center before becoming Program Administrator for the Survey in 2004. Several years previously she founded the Rhode Island chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, an international non-profit focused on ocean conservation, water quality and coastal access.
Michael Sutton is an internationally respected, tirelessly innovative conservation leader with extensive experience in environmental advocacy, global campaigns, public policy, and nonprofit governance. He has founded, directed and chaired several nonprofit organizations and programs. Mike is a recognized authority on ocean and coastal law whose advocacy and guidance has been key to the success of numerous conservation initiatives in the United States and around the world. Previously, Mike served as Vice President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium where he founded the Center for the Future of the Oceans, the Aquarium's conservation advocacy arm. Mike holds a degree in international and natural resources law from George Washington University's National Law Center in Washington, D.C.
California Artist, Hilda Vandergriff paints colorful seascapes and nature inspired art from her travels. She looks for the beauty in all her subject matter that ultimately will translate into an original cherished piece of artwork. She has taught children and adults watercolor painting and Chinese brush painting classes. Hilda does art demo presentations to schools and art organizations. Her art is sold in Sausalito, California Central Coast and Central Valley. Hilda was accepted into the Aquarius 2010 Pacific Regional Exhibition of the Best in Watercolor at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art in 2010. When not traveling Hilda enjoys gardening, cooking and yoga.
Dr. Asha de Vos is a Sri Lankan marine biologist and educator. She is the first Sri Lankan to obtain a PhD in a field related to marine mammal research and established the first long-term study on blue whales of the Northern Indian Ocean. She has published several key research publications on Sri Lankan blue whales, which have led to this population being designated as a species in urgent need of conservation research by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Her pioneering work has been showcased internationally by Channel 7 Australia, the BBC, the New York Times, CNN, WIRED UK, the New Scientist, TED and Grist. She is also a guest blogger for National Geographic. Asha is an invited member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Cetacean Specialist Group, a TED Senior Fellow, a Duke University Global Fellow in Marine Conservation and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
Robin Yeager's focus is on ocean governance and protecting marine resources while accommodating the diverse users of our oceans. A consultant and attorney, her research projects include the extended continental shelf under UNCLOS, offshore aquaculture and wave energy. As a Climate Fellow, she developed the baseline greenhouse gas inventory for a coastal city. Robin graduated with honors from SMU with a BA in political science and a BFA in journalism and earned her JD at George Washington University Law School. A former scuba diving instructor, Robin received her Master's degree in marine conservation and policy from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego.


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This article is part of the series Top Tech Stocks 2015. Click here to read other installments of this series.
It's that time of year again.
As is so often the case when a new year begins, investors are surveying the field in search of new investing ideas, and I'm here to help in my own small way. Recently, I briefly highlighted my five favorite technology stocks that I believe long-term investors should consider adding to their portfolios in 2015.
And in this follow-up piece, I'll examine in greater detail why I believe technology giant Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) still has room to run in the year ahead.
Apple set to hit new highs
Apple's financial performance over FY 2015 can largely be boiled down to a single sentence. As the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus go, so goes Apple. We know now that the iPhone has blossomed into a $100 billion business, and that same mind-boggling success isn't likely to abate any time soon, for several reasons.
For starters, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus offer several technological upgrades over its predecessor. Broadly speaking, the new iPhones are larger, thinner, and faster than the iPhone 5s, and new features such as the Health app and Apple Pay offer enough differentiation to encourage consumers to upgrade. However, the primary underlying factor that should drive the vast majority of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales is simply age.
Apple's installed base of iPhone users is absolutely massive. And for a number of reasons, much of Apple's user base was still using either the iPhone 4 and 4s at the time of the iPhone and 6 Plus' debut. Case in point: An estimated 49% and 69% of American and Chinese iPhone users, respectively, owned either an iPhone 4 or 4s as of last March. And although these percentages will have shifted somewhat in the intervening months, it's widely believed that a significant chunk of these legacy iPhone users will buy one of Apple's new iPhones.
This holiday quarter is always Apple's strongest quarter, and it's a near lock that Apple will surpass the current high-water sales mark of 51 million iPhones that it set in its FY Q1 last year. Estimates vary wildly, of course, but, in general, plenty of analysts believe Apple will sell well north of 60 million iPhones when it reports its upcoming earnings on Jan. 27. Some extremely bullish analysts are calling for more than 71 million iPhone shipments. Again, it's the direction that matters most here, and it's almost universally believed that Apple will smash sales records in its upcoming report. Right now, the average analyst estimate is calling for a roughly 15% increase in Apple's FY 2015 sales. Hopefully, you get the gist by now. This year should be huge for Apple, and the iPhone 6 will likely be the main force driving its growth.
And then what?
This is the real issue that gives me pause when considering Apple's investment merit toward the end of this calendar year, and especially into 2016. In some ways, it's starting to feel like 2012 again. That marked the year of the iPhone 5 and Apple's last smartphone "super cycle." Because of new distribution deals with the likes of Verizon in the U.S. and its compelling new form factor, the iPhone 5 became a smash success for Apple.
However, this resounding success in one year made for an extremely difficult comp-year in the next for Apple, and investors dumped Apple stock en masse from September 2012 to June 2013 as Apple's growth decelerated from 60% in FY Q2 2012 to just 1% in Q3 2013.
To be clear, I'm not necessarily predicting this will be the case later this year and into early 2016 for Apple stock, for a few reasons.
First, Apple's move into new products and services should help buoy sales, and profits could help offset any decline in year-over-year iPhone sales. I'm not as sold as some analysts on the first iteration of Apple Watch, but I remain convinced the smartwatch category as a whole offers tremendous commercial potential if the devices eventually offer functionalities beyond that of today's smartphones. Also, Apple's push into the connected home, albeit vague at the moment, gives Apple a toehold into what should morph into another mass market in the years to come. We'll have to wait to see what kind of progress Apple can muster in these new product lines during its second-half announcements. The real point is that Apple is quickly working to further diversify its revenue base, which could help cushion an iPhone dropoff.
More good than bad
On balance, there appears to be plenty of opportunity to support continued share price appreciation at Apple in 2015, especially the early part of the year.
Apple's upcoming earnings report on Jan. 27 is likely to be a historic one. There are also less-talked about narratives, such as Apple's capital allocation plan and its booming Mac business, that should also help continue to drive Apple's stock price still upward.
So while Apple's glory days as a triple-digit growth company have long passed it, there are still ample reasons investors will want to consider owning the company in 2015.


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One type of tea tree can create unthinkable amazing diversity and wonder
Da Yu Ling Winter Oolong
The mixture of green beans, floral, nuts and fruity note gave us a chance to enjoy the touch of sun and the mysterious mist in the high altitude valley.
It whisped the wisdom of changing environment and seasons. It touched our soul with its dried sweetness and a cheerful lengthy flavour of gentle astringent after taste.
Tea is not just tree, but a wonderful combination of nature, harmony and respect which is not just only important to our health and the society, but also provides us a life time learning through fine and joyful taste of tea.
You can price the tea, but you can not price the value of health, peace, tranquility and inspiration about life that tea can enlighten you when you are willing to take a moment and listen.
So what is your choice today.


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MLB notebook: White Sox's Kopech has torn UCL
Michael Kopech, the top pitching prospect of the Chicago White Sox, has a torn ulnar collateral ligament and likely will undergo Tommy John surgery, the team announced Friday.
The team's announcement also said he will have a second opinion to confirm the diagnosis. If he has surgery, he should be ready for 2020 spring training, according to general manager Rick Hahn.
Before his promotion to the White Sox last month, he was rated as the No. 2 right-handed-pitching prospect in the minor leagues and No. 13 overall by MLB.com.
Kopech 22, was one of the two main pieces the White Sox acquired when they traded All-Star left-hander Chris Sale to the Red Sox in December 2016. The White Sox also received Yoan Moncada -- at one time the No. 1 prospect in baseball and now the team's starting second baseman -- plus outfielder Luis Alexander Basabe and right-hander Victor Diaz.
--Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani will delay his decision on whether he will undergo Tommy John surgery until the end of the season, he told reporters.
Ohtani intends to finish the 2018 campaign as a hitter before making the call regarding the reconstructive elbow surgery that has been recommended to him, which would keep him off the mound in a major league game until 2020.
"Nothing is set right now," Ohtani said through his interpreter. "I have a few options out there. I am still trying to look into every single option. I will make a decision sometime toward the end of the season."
--Dustin Pedroia has been shut down for the rest of the season by the Boston Red Sox, but the injured second baseman is optimistic he can return healthy in 2019.
Returning to Fenway Park for the first time in two months, Pedroia said, "I'm excited going forward. It stinks I'm not going to be able to play."
Last October, Pedroia underwent a cartilage restoration procedure on his left knee -- one of three surgeries in 10 months. He played in only three games this season. "I knew all along it would be tough. It's a surgery that requires time. And once you give it time you'll be fine," he said.
--The Washington Nationals have their saving grace back, as left-handed closer Sean Doolittle was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list.
Doolittle, one of the most effective relievers in the major leagues with a 1.45 ERA and 22 saves before he went on the DL on July 10 with a strained toe on his left foot, hasn't pitched in a game since July 6. His injury was a stress reaction of the second left metatarsal.
"If you had told me when I came out of that game that night that I was going to have to wait two months to get to do that again, I would've said you were crazy," Doolittle said. "But it's one of the things the DL does. It gives you some perspective. It humbles you a little bit. It reminds you how lucky we are to play this game, and to get a chance to put this uniform on and go back out on the field. I'm really excited to be back with the guys."
--The New York Yankees activated shortstop Didi Gregorius off the 10-day disabled list prior to their game against the Seattle Mariners.
Gregorius had been sidelined since suffering a bruised left heel on Aug. 19 against the Toronto Blue Jays. He collided with Toronto first baseman Kendrys Morales while beating out an infield hit and tumbled to the ground.
Gregorius is batting .270 with 22 homers and 74 RBIs in 118 games. He has smacked 20 or more homers in three straight seasons.
--St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina will miss a three-game weekend series with the Detroit Tigers due to a strained left hamstring.
St. Louis manager Mike Shildt said that there was no timetable for Molina's return, but the belief is that the injury is minor.
Molina suffered the injury during Wednesday's game against the Washington Nationals. The hamstring tightened as he slid into second base on a unsuccessful steal attempt.
--The family of Tony Gwynn has reached a confidential settlement in its wrongful death suit against the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., according to reports.
Gwynn, who played all 20 seasons of his Hall of Fame career with the San Diego Padres, died in 2014 of cancer of the salivary gland. He was 54. The case had been set to go to trial in September 2019 in San Diego Superior Court, but the two sides confirmed the settlement on Friday.
"It's resolved, and it's been resolved to the satisfaction of all the parties involved," family attorney David Casey told USA Today.
--Field Level Media
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Lodging and Meeting Spaces
Whether your group is staying overnight with us at Camp Collins, or just needs a place to escape for the day, we have the ultimate meeting place for your organization. The outdoor environment and variety of spaces available will provide the perfect atmosphere to energize and reinvigorate your group.
We also provide flip charts, dry erase boards, DVD player, video projectors with presentation screens and sound systems, and PA system. Just ask to reserve any or all of these when scheduling your group's reservation. We offer hot beverages—coffee, tea and hot chocolate—all day in the Collins Memorial Lodge.
Indoor Spaces
- Adventure Village
Adventure Village is the perfect spot for a group looking for a rustic yet comfortable getaway. Each of the three buildings has a sleeping capacity of 28 people—one side of the building is considered a cabin and sleeps 14. The two cabins are divided by a lofted gathering spot.
A full bathhouse including sinks, toilets and showers is conveniently located in the center of the village. A small leader cabin with sleeping capacity for four is also available with your group's rental of Adventure Village. The full Adventure Village capacity is 88 people.
- Dining Hall
Meals are served buffet style and, on occasion, family style depending on the nature and size of your group. All meals are served in the Collins Memorial Lodge and you can expect to share this dining space if other groups are in camp. Adequate space has been reserved for your group so please sit at designated tables to ensure enough seating for all. Our Dining Hall can seat up to 320 people at one meal time.
We do accommodate food allergies and special dietary needs. Please report all food allergies or concerns at least prior to your session, to be accommodated.
Meal Prices
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner | $9.50 per person, per meal—includes all day access to hot and cold beverages.
Snack prices vary from $2–$7 per person and can be delivered to your meeting location.
- Health House
The Health House is a comfortable, house-style lodging facility. The Health House features a common living area, a full kitchen, two and a half bathrooms, and five private bedrooms with a maximum sleeping capacity of 16 people. The Health House can be rented for a small retreat or team gathering or in combination with one of our large villages.
Meals, meeting space and programmed activities are available at an additional cost.
- Hearth Room—Collins Memorial Lodge
The gas fireplace in the Hearth Room provides a warm and comfortable spot for lunch meetings or group breakout sessions. This meeting space holds 70–80 people.
- Jessie's Lodge
This is a great meeting spot for your group of up to 60 people. The lodge has a great fireplace that adds ambiance to this popular meeting location. Jessie's Lodge is equipped with a full household size kitchen available for your use.
- Rotary Village
The original Rotary Village opened in 1956 thanks to funding, materials and hard work provided by the Portland Rotary Foundation. In the summer of 2006 the new Rotary Village opened with six Hobbit-style cabins that include radiant floor heating, carpet and half bathrooms. Each guest will enjoy individual windows and reading lights in their bunk. Each cabin sleeps 14 people. A small cabin with room for two is available to rent with your Rotary cabins. The full Rotary Village capacity is 86 people.
- Rusty's Red Bird Lodge
Rusty's Red Bird Lodge offers a great location for large group gatherings. The Main gathering space will accommodate up to 250 people and offers high quality A/V capabilities. The East Room can accommodate up to 50 people and has great views of the trees and the climbing tower. The West Room can accommodate up to 30 people. Additional amenities include tables and chairs and service counters for beverage and snack service.
- Sun Room—Collins Memorial Lodge
The Sun Room is a wonderful spot for lunch meetings or group breakout sessions. This meeting space seats 70–80 people.
- Treetops Village
Treetops Village opened in June of 2004. Each of the six cabins is connected by a beautiful bridge and deck system that looks out into the forest. Each cabin in Treetops Village has 14 beds. Each of the beds has its own window and a bunk light. The cabins have half-bathrooms, a drying area in the entrance, as well as carpeted and radiant heated floors. A small leader cabin with room for two is also available with your group's rental of Treetops Cabins. the full Treetops Village capacity is 86 people.
Outdoor Spaces
Guests may also enjoy activities on their own, such as mountain biking, bouldering wall, Ga Ga Ball, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, hiking trails, beach play, a Camp Store and much more when you visit us.
- Main Campfire
Main Campfire offers a fabulous location for skits, sing-a-longs and presentations. This outdoor amphitheater comes equipped with seating for 250 people, two fire pits and a spacious stage with lighting.
- West Campfire
West Campfire provides a great outdoor location for gatherings, presentations, meetings and inspirational or keynote speakers. Our stage, equipped with lighting, bench seating for 70 people and fire pit make this amphitheater a wonderful spot for evening skits and sing-a-longs as well.
- Shaw Chapel
The Shaw Chapel provides the perfect spot for peaceful gatherings. You can hear the Sandy River gently flowing behind you in this tranquil, outdoor meeting location.
Programmed Activities
We offer a variety of recreational opportunities for your group to engage in during their stay. Participation in these unique programmed activities must be arranged prior to arrival and require completion of an Camp Collins Agreement to Participate form by all participants. Additional charges apply. Some activities have age, group size and time limitations.
- Archery
- Arts & Crafts
- 60 foot multiple sided Climbing Tower
- Evening Campfire
- Giant Swing & Zipline
- Group Games
- Nature Discovery
- Outdoor Skills
Challenge Course
We partnered with Synergo to provide the best challenge course and team building experience for your school or organization. Whether your group would like to focus on getting to know each other better, enhancing communication, building trust or just needs to be re-energized, we have the program for you. Each session can be tailored to your group's particular needs to assure the creation of a strong, healthy and productive team.
YMCA Camp Collins and Synergo offer a wide variety of team initiatives through the use of challenge course elements. This experiential learning environment promises to facilitate lessons that are learned for life.
All of Synergo's facilitators are trained to the standards set by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT). The combination of incredible elements and strong facilitation provides the perfect atmosphere for learning, bonding and fun.
Synergo Training
Synergo Challenge Course training and ACCT facilitator certifications are held at YMCA Camp Collins. For more information about these certification opportunities and others, visit Synergo.


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I accindentally felted a pure wool sweater in the washing machine last november >____<
I'm not a perfect housewife!
My cozy and warm sweater became small, but it kept (and even increased) its softness. I've immediatly understood that this little accident gave me a new and beautiful material to work with.
Recycling opportunity, yay! :)
So I saved the sweater for futire projects and last sunday I cut it to make...
... Easter bunnies!
Aren't their back-sides super sweet?
Ok, I'm showing their faces, too! :)
They are simple and stylized bunnies, with long ears, a crocheted heart (made by AuntFran) and embroidered face.
I love how pink and turquoise give life to beige felt and also how these colors make a nice mix with brown!
I think they are a funny couple! :)
While making them, I changed a bit the original design: I added a tail and replaced the belly with the crocheted hearts.
Turquoise rabbit's tail is a tiny pom pom!
I made them using the pattern I designed some years ago and you can make them, too, because they are a super simple project.
Save the pattern here!
If you like them, but have no time or sewing skills to make them... you can buy the bunnies in my shop.
I listed them in two different pages: pink rabbit and turquoise!


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We are happy to present you a fabulous blog post created by a famoust Swiss blogger Olicia. The stylish lady talks about her summer must have accessories and features Holst and Lee necklace and bracelet via Tres Jewellery. Enjoy!
What makes the perfect summer accessory ? When temperatures are at their peak! So look for items that combine form and function, shielding you from hazardous UV-rays while adding a touch of style. Choose clothes that not only make you look good, but also feel good as you throw off the dark, drab days of winter for the fun-packed, sun-soaked days of summer. As the weather heats up, you should throw off your wool coats and heavy sweaters in favor of cool and breezy summer styles! Of course, not everyone has the cash to invest in a whole new summer wardrobe every year and I know what I'm talking about! So guys, instead, focus on fashionableadd-ons to freshen up your look without breaking the bank. Bags, shoes and other accessories allow you to try new trends without spending a fortune ortaking a major fashion risk. With this sun that finally showing its face big time, we are more than ready to break out our summer wardrobes isn't it? So I want to make sure you're covered in the accessory department as well.