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Dustin Pease
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding, RunningIn order of Most Recent to High School:
2016 – Pease Baseball Academy
Head Assistant Coach @ Division I Mount Saint Mary's University
2011–2013 San Diego Padres Organization
* 2013 AAA spring training—San Diego Padres
* 2012 AA San Antonio Missions—Texas League—Led the league with most appearances by a left handed reliever with 52.
* 2012 AAA spring training—San Diego Padres—Assigned to five Major League spring training games.
* 2011 High -A Lake Elsinore Storm—California League—Led the league with most appearances by a left-handed reliever with 55. Won the California League Championship and garnered a win in this championship series.
2010 Atlantic League—York Revolution—Played for the duration of the summer following my season with Wichita. Won the Atlantic League Championship and garnered a win in the championship series.
2010 American Association—Wichita Wingnuts—Awarded 2010 Pitcher of the Year for the Wingnuts and also broke the American Association single season appearances record pitching in 55 out of 101 games.
2009 Frontier League—Windy City Thunderbolts—Ranked 4th best pitcher in the league by The Baseball Cube with a 12-7 record as a starter, 3.85 ERA and 106 strikeouts on the season.
2008 Northern League—Winnipeg Goldeyes—Nominated for Rookie of the Year award. Struck out 80 through 79.2 innings pitched and finished with a 3.16 ERA.
2008 Spring Training—Kansas City Royals—Spent the month of March with the Kansas City Royals for training camp.
2007 Northern League—Winnipeg Goldeyes—Rookie season in professional baseball
2004-2007 – Mount Saint Mary's University (Division I)
2007 Named to the 2007 Brooks Wallace Watch List for National Player of the Year
2006 NCAA All-Region 1st Team, Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Year, Northeast Conference 1st Team All-NEC, Mount Saint Mary's MVP. Walked 11 batters in 92 innings. Named Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Week 3 times. Named #1 Pitcher in the Northeast Conference by The Baseball Cube.
2004 Louisville Slugger Division I All-American, Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year, Northeast Conference 1st Team All-NEC, Mount Saint Mary's MVP, Named Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Week 3 times. Named #1 Pitcher in the Northeast Conference by The Baseball Cube.
Clark Griffith Collegiate Summer League CLOSER OF THE YEAR ( 68K/7BB in 41 IP ) Broke league record for saves with 10.
2000–2003 Archbishop Spalding High School
Best high school moment was leading Spalding to a victory for the first time in school history over the perennial victor team in the conference, Mount Saint Joe. As a transfer to Spalding from Lansdowne High School in Baltimore, MD, I played 1st base, outfield, and pitcher all 4 years of High School. Senior year All-State for batting average .390 in the MIAA (6 Homeruns 4 Left handed 2 Right handed).
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Ivor Hodgson
Pitching, Hitting, Fielding, Running2016-2018 – Mount Saint Mary's NCAA Division I Pitching Coach.
2007-2011 Kansas City Royals Organization LHP.
Drafted 17th round Kansas City Royals.
2006-2007 OF, LHP, Switch Hitter Mount Saint Mary's University
2005 Gatorade Player of the Year (Washington DC)
2005 Louisville Slugger Player of the Year (Washington DC)
2005 First Team All-Met
Ivor represents the true standards to Pease Baseball. A focus on communication, fundamental and optimal movements, embracing uniqueness, helping players become their own coach, proactive instruction, creating self awareness in the athlete, and developing the physical skills necessary to be a physical athlete. Ivor's experience brings a wealth of knowledge to the sessions. Upbeat, positive, fun learning environments breed excellence and players desire to become better at their craft. Ivor embodies all of these things in an environment built for the least amount of distractions, which is Pease Baseball Academy.
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Catching Instructor
– Detroit Tigers 2016-present
– Attended MLB spring training camp in 2019
– Drafted in 13th round of the 2016 MLB amateur draft out of Towson University.
-Attended Walkersville HS and is a Frederick native.
-Super fortunate to have Brady as one of instructors here at Pease Baseball Academy during his off-seasons. He runs all of our catching programming from September-January.
To schedule catching instruction with Brady you must coordinate through Dustin Pease at:
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HR for SMEs is a blog created in the beginning of 2018 with the idea of sharing knowledge. To bring to Small and medium enterprises owners the knowledge of a HR Manager
Is your SME growing? Someone is leaving and you need to replace them?
Whether if you are looking for an intern or a full time employee, we understand you may be looking for someone who is job hunting in your circle initially. However, depending on the role that you may be looking for, you may need to look for someone externally
Promoting your business and the job opportunity through an external job board or through your own careers website, it usually has a cost associated to it.
However, there are still some online platforms where you can post your job openings for free if you are not willing to pay the price of the famous ones.
Below you have some international job boards that allow you to post for free at least once and that will help you in the search of the perfect candidate for you.
Please note that you may have some local ones in your country. We will expand the list as soon as we get to know more, so if you want to share your knowledge on a particular country please contact us and we will publish it for our readers.
Every job hunter gets registered at different platforms to get job alerts and be able to participate in the hiring process from the very beginning if the job post is aligned with their interest.
You can check on a previous post how to do the perfect recruitment process, but it is important that as an SME owner, you remember that you need to find the perfect candidate, and in order to do that, you need define what you need. It looks like a simple task, but is not that easy.
I mention this, because on free advertising a good job description may be the key to success in finding your qualified candidates.
INDEED https://www.indeed.com
Indeed may be the most popular one. From my experience, Indeed may not be the platform that brings you the most selected candidates, so if you are looking for a very experienced role, a manager, or a technological position, it may not be the place. However, it is a really good place to advertise for admin, finance, hr, customer service, entry level jobs, etc…
Good things: It is free, and you usually receive a big volume of CV, spreading the word about the role. If you are just starting and your brand is not known, and/or potential candidates will not visit your own careers site, it is a good place to start.
Not so good: they don't allow you to redirect to your careers site automatically, which means that you receive the CV on an email, or through their platform, but you will not be able to construct your database or manage cvs in an efficient way.
GLASSDOOR https://www.glassdoor.com/post-job
Glassdoor could be considered the tripadvisor for the labour market, where employees give their feedback about recruitment process, salaries and work environment. Candidates and employers get registered and you can publish a job for free. You also have to get ready to receive feedback about the company by your employees and candidates.
If you are looking to hire an intern, trainee or a recent graduate, your local university may be the best solution for you. Most of them post adverts for free to promote the employability of their students and alumni. Therefore, promoting your advert on their career site may be a good opportunity for students to apply to your role.
In the long term, if you have several universities in your local area, you could even evaluate the percentage of good candidates that you had from each of them, and focus your effort in a couple of them rather than all of them. Remember that is also good that they see that you are selective.
Once you advertise for free, and if you have an small budget you will also find useful this article on how to improve your talent attraction.

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Prescription Drugs of Abuse
You may have experienced an illness or health condition that required the use of a prescription drug. Most people can take these medication and have no problems stopping use once they run out or their doctor instructs them to do so.
But why do some people abuse prescription medication? Healthline explains that there are several types of medications that are considered some of the most addictive in health care today. Below, we examine some of these and their relationship to addiction.
To clarify, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) defines misuse of a prescription medication as taking it in a way other as prescribed, taking someone else's medication even if its use may seem warranted (such as to treat illness or pain), or using medication recreationally for its desired effects.
Opioids have a very high potential for abuse. They are currently fueling the prescription drug overdose epidemic in the U.S.
NIDA reports that opioid overdoses cause approximately 130 deaths in the United States per day. Heroin is the most widely used illicit opioid today, but many opioids are available for legitimate medical use.
- Morphine, known by the brands Arymo ER, Kadian, MS Contin, and Morphabond. This is most commonly prescribed to patients who have pain that is constant and cannot be relieved with other medication.
- Fentanyl, sold under the names Abstral, Actiq, and Fentora. Its transdermal patch is known as Duragesic. This is most often used for pain in people who have a high tolerance to weaker opioid medication. It also treats pain that appears in spurts even when other medication is prescribed to treat it.
- Codeine, sold as Tuzistra XR. Many cough medications contain codeine as an active ingredient, such as Robitussin AC. Codeine is also sold along with acetaminophen in products such as Tylenol with Codeine. It is available with other medications and under many names. Codeine can be used for mild to moderate pain, but it treats cough when used in combination with other medications.
- Hydrocodone, which is sold alone under the brand names Hysingla and Zohydro ER. Combination forms of the medication are known by the commercial names Lortab, Norco, and Ceta Plus, though it is available under various name brands. Medication containing hydrocodone is used for pain, but it can also treat cough.
Prescription opioids are meant to relieve pain in moderate to severe cases. They work by communicating with chemical messengers in the brain that signal pain and provide comfort by causing an increase in the release of dopamine.
Dopamine is a hormone that is associated with pleasure. This boost in pleasure could fuel misuse in people who feel that prescription opioids have given them a new lease on life.
- Topical analgesics. These are creams or lotions applied to parts of the body that are in pain. They usually contain capsaicin, menthol, or NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) that relieve pain once applied to the skin.
- Oral analgesics. These medications are taken by mouth and consist of NSAIDs. Common examples are ibuprofen (Advil), naproxen sodium (Aleve), and acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). However, they are not recommended for people who have kidney issues.
- Physical therapy and exercise. These are also known to improve outcomes in those who experience long-term pain.
These medications can be helpful for people who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Prescription stimulants are sometimes known as study drugs. They are commonly abused by high school and college students who are looking to stay up all night cramming for tests or writing papers. Studies have found that students who abuse prescription stimulants actually have lower GPAs than those who don't, suggesting that they don't actually improve academic performance.
- Adderall. Per Healthline, Adderall's main ingredients are amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine aspartate, dextroamphetamine sulfate, and dextroamphetamine saccharate. Adderall improves concentration by releasing norepinephrine into the brain.
- Concerta. This drug consists of methyphenidate, like Ritalin. It is formulated as an extended-release version of the medication so children can take it only once daily.
- Ritalin. This consists of methylphenidate, but it must be taken two to three times per day.
- Vyvanse. Used to treat ADHD and binge eating disorder, the main ingredient in Vyvanse is lisdexamfetamine. The body converts this into dextroamphetamine once you take the medication. This drug is normally taken once per day.
- This antidepressant is known to be effective in those with ADHD.
- Tricyclic antidepressants. This medication is used for patients who do not respond well to stimulants. These antidepressants are known increase levels of norepinephrine in the brain. Well-known brands are Pamelor, Tofranil, and Elavil.
- Its primary ingredient is atomoxetine. This allows the brain to maintain norepinephrine levels to improve focus.
These are sedatives that relax the central nervous system. They are formulated from barbituric acid. Their use in the United States is far less common today, but you may have heard of them in a historical context.
Benzodiazepines largely replaced barbiturates, primarily due to barbiturates' high potential for abuse.
- Butalbital which is used for headaches and migraines.
- Phenobarbital, a medication that was once used for seizures in children.
- Amobarbital, known in popular culture as "truth serum." This makes it hard for a person to focus, making it more difficult to conjure a lie.
- Secobarbital. Once used to help people with sleep issues, it is now most commonly used in physician-assisted suicides where the practice is legal.
- Pentobarbital, which is a sedative approved for use in animals. States where lethal injection is legal often use this as part of their cocktail.
Barbiturates are known to have a high misuse potential because it is easy to become tolerant to their effects. Once you require higher doses of the medication, it becomes more difficult to gauge a safe dosage.
People can become psychologically dependent on barbiturates very quickly. There are no known treatments that can help if you overdose on barbiturates.
These drugs are often seen as a modern alternative to barbiturates, but they pose their own set of problems.
Benzodiazepines are controlled substances that must be prescribed by a physician. They are known in popular culture as downers or benzos because they depress the central nervous system.
- Clonazepam (Klonopin), which is usually prescribed for seizures and panic attacks.
- Diazepam (Valium). This medication is customarily prescribed for panic attacks, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome, seizures, muscle spasms, and to assist with alcohol withdrawal.
- Alprazolam (Xanax), which is used for depression, agoraphobia, panic disorder, and anxiety.
- Lorazepam (Ativan). This drug treats anxiety but is also used for those experiencing symptoms of withdrawal form alcohol and cancer patients who need assistance coping with nausea and vomiting.
Experts explain that benzodiazepines are dangerous because they quickly cause dependency. This does not cause a person to misuse these medications, but it can cause uncomfortable feelings of withdrawal. You cannot stop using benzodiazepines suddenly because of this. Doing so is dangerous.
- Antidepressants. Zoloft is an antidepressant that can work in those who have panic or anxiety disorders. It is especially beneficial to those who deal with concurrent depression and anxiety, per Harvard Medical School.
- Holistic treatments. These can include hypnosis, yoga, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Benzodiazepines were implicated in 64,000 deaths in the United States in 2016. Finding alternatives may save the lives of those who are prone to dependency or addiction.
Muscle Relaxants
Muscle relaxants are usually prescribed for those who deal with spasms. These drugs can assist during recovery so you can get through the day and use your muscles correctly during rehabilitation exercises. They also prevent muscles from seizing up during certain moments.
- Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), which is used to treat injuries or physical conditions that involve the muscle and skeletons. It must be used along with physical therapy and exercise to be successful.
- Carisoprodol (Vanadom, Soma, or Rela), which is prescribed to control muscle spasms or relieve pain relating to musculoskeletal injuries or conditions. This medication is used along with physical therapy.
- Metaxalone (Skelaxin), which is a muscle relaxant that should be used along with physical therapy. It works by blocking certain nerve impulses to control muscles that become tense.
These medications are known to make you feel sleepy, and this relaxation is appealing to many who abuse the drugs.
A 2014 paper published by Pharmacy and Therapeutics said that approximately 53,000 patients visited the emergency room in 2011 because they misused muscle relaxants. An estimated 18 percent of these cases involved the use of alcohol while on these medications. About 4.8 percent of suicide attempts were found to have involved muscle relaxants.
- Rest is crucial to helping your muscles recover. It is important to avoid overworking your injured muscle.
- Sunlight and vitamin D could prevent muscle spasms. A vitamin D deficiency is known to cause pain or spasms in the muscles.
- Cayenne pepper contains capsaicin. You can add this to a recipe, or use it as a topical remedy on muscles that require extra attention.
Antidepressants are traditionally used for those who are diagnosed with clinical depression. They are best used along with therapy. They are not common drugs of abuse.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Anxiety
- Panic disorder
- Bulimia
- Social phobia or agoraphobia
- Tricyclic antidepressants: These are usually prescribed to those who do not respond to other types of antidepressants, most often due to side effects.
- Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs): This includes medication such as Cymbalta. SNRIs ensure that serotonin and norepinephrine stay in the brain at elevated levels to improve mood.
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs): This category of antidepressants limits the reuptake of serotonin, but they are known to cause rapid changes in mood.
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs): These tend to be a last-resort solution to problems in people with depression. MAOIs are known for their many side effects, and they require that users stay on a stringent diet. They are mostly prescribed when other medications don't work.
A 2014 report from Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation found that people with substance use disorders are more likely to abuse antidepressants. The report found that people misuse antidepressants by snorting or injecting them. That being said, this practice is not common.
An April 2018 article from The New York Times reported that scientists and health experts have not yet imposed guidelines that allow physicians to gauge who might be most at risk of misusing antidepressants. Since antidepressants do not lead to the euphoria or sedation associated with most forms of drug abuse, they are not generally primary drugs of abuse.
A mild level of physical dependence does form with prolonged antidepressant use, and people may experience antidepressant discontinuation syndrome when they stop use. Oftentimes, doctors advise patients to gradually reduce their dosage when they want to stop taking the medication.
Mayo Clinic says that some people opt for natural alternatives to antidepressants.
- 5-HTTP: 5-hydroxytryptophan is said to improve the mood of people who take it. More data is needed, but you shouldn't take this supplement if you are already taking a prescription antidepressant.
- St. John's wort: This herbal remedy has not been approved to treat depression, but it is easy to find. Do not take it while on antidepressants, birth control medications, and medications that treat HIV, as St. John's wort may interact with these.
- DHEA: Your body already makes the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone. More studies need to be conducted to show how effective it is when taken as a supplement. It has shown to improve mood in people with depression.
Avoid Prescription Medication Abuse
Abuse of prescription medications carries significant risks to virtually every area of life.
Avoid all prescription misuse and abuse by only taking medications as prescribed. Never take someone else's prescription medication, and never mix your medication with other substances, including alcohol.


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I give Adam a hard time on here sometimes, but I need a moment to boast on my hubs.
He is an awesome Dad. He and Henry have just become the best of buds. Like, when Adam is home, it is a total boys club. Henry + Adam...no girls allowed, please. Henry is pushing me out the door.
It makes me happy. I love watching Henry ride on Adam's back like a horsie. They share smoothies. They wrestle.
They play some car game on the computer. Adam better get ready for when Elliot can crawl because he's going to be double duty wrestle Dad. Here's to my sweet husband, an awesome Dad.
P.S. pictures taken in our back office/playroom. Yes, it's pretty messy in there.


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By Devon Shuman, Senior Staff Writer
The apocalypse has become something of an obsession for writers and producers. From a storytelling standpoint, it's a simple, yet brilliant, premise.
When your characters are navigating an unpopulated Earth, void of the chaos of everyday society, it suddenly becomes much easier to characterize them and construct an intriguing narrative, all while making a sophisticated commentary on the nature of humanity. On the other hand, it can be a risky genre, as bad apocalypse stories (e.g. M. Night Shymalan's disastrous film "The Happening") are often exceptionally bad, lacking strong characters or any sense of direction.
The latest attempt to successfully navigate the genre is "You, Me and the Apocalypse," which premiered in the U.K. last fall and is now airing in the U.S. on NBC. The pilot episode opens with a diverse group of characters huddled in an underground bunker as they watch the world ending on TV. It then jumps back 34 days to chart the three storylines that led them to the bunker.
There's a British banker named Jamie (Matthew Baynton) who is suspected of being the leader of a cyberterrorism group called Deus Ex Machina. Despite the mountain of evidence against him, his solid alibis and quiet demeanor quickly make it clear that he can't be who the police think he is.
In the Vatican, a humble nun named Sister Celine (Gaia Scodellaro) begins working with the delightfully vulgar Father Jude (Rob Lowe) in the recently reopened office of the Devil's Advocate. Far from a typical priest, Jude works diligently to confirm the legitimacy of Christian miracles and, in general, call BS on the Church as needed.
Meanwhile, across the pond, Rhonda MacNeil (Jenna Fischer) is sent to a New Mexico prison after taking the fall for her son who was charged with treason by the NSA. While locked up, she meets Leanne (Megan Mullally), a white supremacist who offers her protection in the cutthroat world of prison.
With this initial set up, "You, Me and the Apocalypse" (YMATA) immediately draws in viewers in. Despite the ostensible independence of these three storylines, we know that the characters will eventually all end up in that bunker, so we are left guessing how they are all connected. This element of mystery effectively drives the plot forward.
There are some overused character tropes at play here, such as the timid suburbanite who, after losing his wife, craves a life of monotony and structure. But, with only one episode under their belt, the writers have plenty of time to flesh out the characters. Not to mention, the characters who already seem to have found themselves more than pick up the slack.
Rob Lowe leads the pack as Father Jude. If the image of a chain-smoking, potty-mouthed priest wasn't humorous enough, Lowe piles it on with rapid-fire witticisms that poke fun at the conservatism of the Catholic Church.
"Do you find the phrase 'Christ on a bike' offensive," he asks Sister Celine. "Because I just used it in a meeting and you would have thought that I'd performed an abortion on the table."
Hidden behind the mask of sarcasm and tobacco smoke, however, is a man who clearly believes in his work. Lowe crafts a sympathetic character by successfully achieving this delicate balance.
The most frustrating aspect of "YMATA," apart from its title's lack of an oxford comma, is Jenna Fischer. I was eager to see her in a role outside of "The Office," but even though I was seeing her in a prison cell and not behind a desk, I still felt like I was watching Pam Beesly.
It's undoubtedly a different character, but Fischer is playing her the same way, balancing a general reserve and humility with brief sparks of passion and enthusiasm. At times she reveals a unique arrogance, such as when she simultaneously flips off Leanne and the leader of the Latina gang, but if she really wants to develop this role, she will need to build on that arrogance and bring the right amount of depth to the character.
At this point, "YMATA" seems unsure as to whether it's a comedy or a drama - but that's a good thing. Apocalypse stories often see these genres as mutually exclusive. Without a lot of humor, "The Walking Dead" gets dry at times while, sticking solely to comedy, "The Last Man on Earth" lacks a meaningful plot. By toeing this line, "YMATA" can achieve a perfect blend of the two.
Furthermore, unlike many other major network comedies, "YMATA" seems to understand that jokes work best not when they're aggressively stuffed down your throat, but ratherwhen they're subtly passed across the table, inviting you to dig in.
There's certainly room for improvement, but the pilot episode provides the building blocks for a potentially great dark comedy.
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When you work for a construction technology company, it's easy to make assumptions— especially when you're attending a leading trade show like World of Concrete. You assume most attendees are already well on their way with their tech adoption, right?
Not necessarily. We came, we saw, and we came away with the realization that some busy contractors are still on the fence about using digital takeoff and estimating tools. Some construction pros prefer the known—doing takeoff by hand with lots of colored pencils, highlighters, and a scratchpad—to the unknown—using digital tools that speed up the estimating process with fewer errors and rework.
Three Reasons to Make the Switch to Digital
For many, the unknown of changing up their estimating workflow outweighs any potential benefits of digital transformation. This resistance often comes from the very construction pros who love the flexibility of using their mobile devices to streamline communications with the field. This flies in the face of digital estimating tools that could reduce rework, which typically eats up 20% of the cost of an average construction project. Some contractors are willing to invest in innovative materials like self-healing concrete, but not digital estimating tools.
If you're still not sure whether making the switch is worth the trouble, here are three simple reasons to consider:
Contractors Endorse On-Screen Takeoff
Experts say automating how construction projects get designed, planned, and built could result in cost savings as high as 20% annually. No doubt, greater predictability in construction timelines can deliver significant cost savings.
Whether you're in the roofing, walls and ceilings, or the MEP trade, the best case for adding digital tech, often comes from other contractors or competitors who have made the transition from doing takeoff and estimating by hand to using digital tools.
For example, On Center surveyed more than 100 On-Screen Takeoff customers who had added On-Screen Takeoff to their toolset in 2018. Of those respondents to our TechValidate survey, the majority (40) were estimators and most (73) self-identified as small businesses.
Of those polled, 82% felt that OST had revolutionized how they managed takeoff and bid management, saving them time and money to improve profits. When asked why they chose OST, the results showed:
ROI is Quickly Achieved
Once these contractors had implemented digital estimating, most said OST had greatly improved their day-to-day lives. In fact, 88% said it had improved the efficiency and speed of the takeoff process and 62% said they could now deliver faster, more accurate bids
What about ROI? Survey respondents confirmed that a digital takeoff and estimating tool could quickly pay for itself with 22% achieving ROI in less than three months. Of those surveyed, 40% had recouped their investment within six months.
When asked how much OST increased the bids or profits of their company, here's what they had to say:
Starting Small with Your Digital Transformation
Even as AI-driven robotics and blockchain start to enter the conversation, your digital transformation does not have to be quite so dramatic. When you stop being overwhelmed by the huge number of construction tech choices, you can begin to narrow your focus and take small steps toward more efficient takeoff and estimating.
From start to finish, estimators and project managers who use these automated tools develop clear-cut, detailed bids in much less time than doing it by hand. A digital approach to takeoff and estimating also enables quick historical recall from prior jobs, as well as efficient change order processing.
Today's construction businesses must weigh whether to continue putting themselves at risk by preparing bids by hand. As one chief estimator from a small construction company noted on our survey: "On Center has helped us to get out more bids than we ever could by hand."
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Let's get one thing straight. In 1947, when Walt Disney spoke to the House of Un-American Activities Committee during the country's hunt for Communists, he named only four names. Three of those names were business managers of the Screen Cartoonists … Continue reading
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"Picket Lines in Paradise"
Read my feature article for American History Magazine on Art Babbitt and the Disney Strike, "Picket Lines in Paradise." You'll find it in the June 2017 issue of the magazine. It has been a couple months since the issue hit … Continue reading
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"Never stop believing that fighting for what's right is worth it." – Hillary Clinton's concession speech, November 9, 2016
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Dumbo! During Labor Unrest!
This week marks the 75th birthday of one of my favorite films of all time, Dumbo (1941). Amazing, right? Watch it today and it feels as timeless as ever. … Continue reading
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Disney and the Mob: Willie Bioff
Let's talk about the mob for a minute. There was a man named Willie Bioff. He was a member of Al Capone's gang, as was his partner, George Browne. They were both top men of the Hollywood stagehands' union, the … Continue reading
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The Late Great Willie Pyle
On June 2nd at 8am, my friend Willis Pyle died of a heart attack in his New York City apartment. Willie was 101 years old, but was sharp and witty to the end. I was told that he was doing … Continue reading
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The Guild Vies for Disney Animators
In March 1941, the Screen Cartoon Guild (later the Screen Cartoonists Guild) was doing its hardest to attract Disney artists. Other studios were already signed up, like MGM, George Pal, and Screen Gems (Columbia). And Schlesinger (Warner Bros) was already … Continue reading
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Must-attend PNG Festivals for 2019
Over the coming months, Papua New Guinea will showcase its culture and tradition courtesy of a line-up of festivals throughout the nation.
From tribal gatherings to mask festivals, the events draw tourists from around the globe, offering a first- hand appreciation of the celebrations, traditions and culture that continue to play a central role in PNG.
Here's a rundown of the festivals of PNG throughout 2019…
National Mask Festival and Warwagira
Promoting the unique masks and culture of East New Britain, the Mask Festival offers an extravaganza of cultural dancing, ritual performance, story-telling and exchange – with a variety of arts and crafts also on display.
When: July 10-12
Where: Kokopo
Sepik River Crocodile & Arts Festival
The Sepik River is home to some of the world's largest populations of both salt and freshwater crocodiles, and the ancient reptile has spiritual significance for the communities which reside there.
Running over three days, the Crocodile Festival pays homage to the mystical creature, highlighting its importance to the culture, welfare, and history of the region.
When: August 5-7
Where: Ambunti, East Sepik
Bougainville Chocolate Festival
Held in Arawa, Central Bougainville, the Chocolate Festival brings together cocoa farmers, chocolatiers, industry representatives and government officials in a bid to further improve this growing export industry.
It also offers the opportunity to sample the region's renowned chocolate, made fresh from the finest beans.
When: August 7-8
Where: Arawa, Central Bougainville
The Enga Cultural Show
Enga is renowned in PNG as the only province where the people speak the same language, and each year the Enga Show highlights a traditional culture that is still largely intact.
A festival drawcard is the Sili Muli dancers of Enga with their iconic black-painted faces and unique headdress.
When: August 9-11
Where: Wabag, Enga
Hagen Show
Renowned as one of PNG's finest and most popular cultural events, the Hagen Show draws tribes from all over the Western Highlands Province of PNG and neighbouring areas.
This large sing-sing features traditional dances, singing, ritual performance and feasting.
When: August 17-18
Where: Mt Hagen, Western Highlands
Goroka Show
Considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Goroka Show is a spectacle of sights, sounds and colour that combine to offer PNG's largest cultural event. With a history that dates back to the 1950s, this massive sing-sing draws over 100 tribes and showcases tribal music, dance, and culture.
When: September 14-15
Where: Goroka, Eastern Highlands
Morobe Show
The only show of its type in the country, the Morobe Show celebrates the culture, agriculture, horticulture, and livestock of Morobe Province.
Considered one of the biggest events on PNG's annual calendar, it features cowboy events, traditional dancing, rides and entertainment, along with commercial, agricultural and horticultural displays.
When: October 12-13
Where: Lae, Morobe
Huhu War Canoe Festival
Traditional culture and the unique war canoes of mainland Milne Bay are the focus of the Huhu War Canoe Festival, which this year returns to Alotau.
The event is designed to showcase the region's maritime tribal traditions and includes vivid re-enactments of war raids against the backdrop of an intimate, authentic village setting.
When: October 25-26
Where: Alotau, Milne Bay
The Kenu and Kundu Festival
Featuring war canoes, the beat of kundu drums and warriors in traditional dress, the Kenu and Kundu Festival showcases the fascinating culture of Milne Bay and its surrounds.
The event's highlight is the fiercely competitive canoe races where the colours painted on each canoe represent the region they come from, and warriors wearing traditional dress paddle to the fearsome beat of kundu drums.
When: November 1-3
Where: Alotau, Milne Bay
Karimui Show
Now in its second year, the Karimui Show in Simbu Province celebrates and fosters awareness of the region's natural environment.
The festival runs over three days and features colourful sing-sings and unique rituals of the Simbu people of Karimui, who are famous for their plumed head-dresses and striking ceremonial face-paints.
When: November 20-23
Where: Simbu Province
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I've met with the Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG) a couple of times in the last year or so. They explained that it is very difficult to get personal finance included in the school day. There are time constraints – basic issues such as reading and writing require attention, as well as any number of other competing subjects – all supposed to be included in the school curriculum. The teacher is subject to the whim of political masters – but teaching the financial basics is important.
However, it would be far better if we could also teach children "why" they are handling money, rather than simply "how" to handle it.
So what can parents do themselves? They can teach children to defer gratification and help structure experience.
After all, we all want to have what we want now – not in the future.
The classic experiment is that children are offered a sweet and told that they can eat it now, but if they wait to eat the sweet they will get a bag of sweets in ten minutes or so when the experimenter comes back. In theory, around a particular age children learn to "defer gratification", to take less reward (or none) now, in order to gain a bigger reward later. This is, of course, in theory!
Can you do that? If you see a pair of shoes, a gadget or whatever your favourite "impulse buy" is, can you just ignore it? How about in a sale? Do you think – "It's on sale, and I'll buy it some time so I may as well get it now"?
There is a reason why adults don't save for pensions – we want the sweet now instead of the bag in ten minutes. However, once we're grown up we buy a car instead of a single sweet now and have £25,000 a year less pension instead of a bag of sweets in 30 years' time.
Research into this shows that children who were able to defer gratification were more successful later in life, got higher school grades, and had better incomes. Also, research suggests that being exposed to situations where deferment of gratification is useful and can be practiced, and particularly to seeing, practicing and learning strategies for doing it effectively are handy techniques for everyone to master.
This means that structuring experience is useful. Allow children to understand that decisions and actions have consequences, and help them reflect and develop effective life skills.
For example, young children take money for lunch on a school trip and have responsibility for the money, and it doesn't mean much to them initially. But when they spend the money on sweets, go hungry all day and they get home you say, "well, I did say you needed to get lunch, why do you think I make you come in from playing to have tea each day?" and help them reflect on what it means, you make it easier for them to learn. Hopefully, when they go off to university, they're then a lot less likely to blow their whole student loan in the first month. They understand the consequences.
Involving children in household finance, rather than yelling at them not to run up the phone bill, teaches them life skills and consequences (if you help them think about it, and not just blame you for being a pain!). They may get bored with discussions about bills, etc, but when they realise (with your help in reflecting on experience) that economising on some stuff allows them the money to have better clothes, or a phone deal that is the envy of their friends. Alternatively, they learn that switching the lights off when they leave a room, not using more water than they need, and doing their share of the chores are actually really good things to do.
After all, being a stroppy adolescent costs them a lot of time, money and trouble – not with you but in the wider world.
More here: Teaching kids about money is vital
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The Sunday Times, 12.07.15, the head of the school ranked London's No 1 in The Times annual league table tells Sian Griffiths that employers are going cold on degrees. HMC member Clarissa Farr, high mistress of St Paul's Girls' School features and
A staggering 98.9% of A-levels at St Paul's Girls' were awarded grades A*-B last summer. Runner-up in our table of London's best schools is North London Collegiate (97.7%), third is St Paul's School for boys and fourth King's College School, the Sunday Times independent school of the year.
Last week Farr told The Sunday Times why St Paul's Girls' — which in the past has had a reputation as a hothouse — is so successful. To start with, she says, it is highly selective — girls sit an entrance test and have to be bright to gain admission. However, Farr insists the school is far from being an exam factory.
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Farr has always seemed ahead of the curve. Now she is preparing for a future that will puzzle many aspirational parents. In a few years, she says, instead of aiming for an Ivy League university, Oxford or Cambridge, it will become normal for girls to leave school at 18 and go straight into work.
Farr, a mother of two teenagers, says companies such as Google are questioning the value of a degree and that many Paulinas are taking up "handsomely paid" holiday internships.
"Far fewer of these brilliant youngsters are going to go to university in the long term. Employers do not care about university," she says. "Some will still go into world-class universities but some will go straight into employment aged 18 and that will cease to be an unacceptable choice for the very brightest girls."
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This is how I make Wolf's camp shirts (he wears tanks and muscle shirts all summer). At the end of the school year, he's already long been wearing Tees and his long sleeves are just sitting around unused. Some will still be big enough to wear next year, but most won't be. BUT, they're still big enough for summer!
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Microsoft is releasing a set of new features in Dynamics 365 for Sales App users of Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement to enable digital transformation. Prepare now to onboard the new capabilities in your production deployment with confidence and ease.
While early access to this release wave October update began in early August, you will not want to enable these features first in your Production environment. By activating the 2019 release wave 2 updates opt-in, you will be able to access features and updates that are end-user impacting only. These updates will be generally available on October 1st, 2019.
Note – Many of the updates being released are only available in Unified Interface. As we discussed previously the Legacy web client is likely to be deprecated by October 2019 with a view to be discontinued during 2020. The Unified Interface will soon be the only user interface for all Common Data Service apps. Begin your transformation to the UI today. If you have questions about the Unified Interface or would like more information on the new features in Dynamics 365, visit the Dynamics 365 Community Sales forum.
New Sales Highlights
Business Card Scan
Business cards can be easily lost or misplaced. With this new functionality, salespeople can quickly capture and save information.
Simplified and improved lead management experiences
- Auto-populate address and contact fields in the lead form
- Qualify lead with additional options
- When a lead is qualified a pop-up will appear allowing sellers to create an account, contact, or opportunity.
- Display notes collected during the lead process in the Opportunity record
Softphone dialer
This new capability allows sales reps to quickly dial numbers directly from the browser by selecting a phone number. The softphone dialer immediately appears and initiates the call.
Contextual email communication
- Non Blocking pop-up compose window
- Navigate between records without losing the context of their conversations
- Keep multiple emails in draft mode
- Rich editor with attachments and templates
Improved and simplified workflows
- improve their productivity while offering flexibility
- introduce ease of access to commonly used components.
Microsoft Teams Integration Enhancements
- Sellers can easily join a Teams channel and create a Teams channel directly from Dynamics 365
- Groups can be formed easily and quickly with suggested members.
- SDK support now available for the Microsoft Teams integration feature for any entity type, including custom entity types
LinkedIn Sales Navigator experiences
- To help sellers more easily identify contacts, profile pictures from LinkedIn will now be available within Dynamics 365 for Sales.
- empower sellers to drive more personalized and meaningful engagements with buyers.
More Resources
Microsoft Dynamics 365: 2019 release wave 2 plan
Microsoft Power Platform: 2019release wave 2 plan
Dynamics 365 for Sales release overview guide
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P&O Ports Inks Port of Bosasso Concession Agreement
P&O Ports, Government of Dubai owned port operator, has won a 30-year concession for the management and development of a multi-purpose port project at Bosasso in the Puntland State of Somalia.
President of Puntland, H.E. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, and the chairman of Ports, Customs & Freezone Corporation (PCFC), Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, signed the agreement in Dubai today, in the presence of senior government officials and representatives of PCFC.
Work on this project, worth $336 million, will involve construction of a 450m quay and a 5 hectare back up area, dredging to a depth of 12m with land reclamation work using dredge spoil, according to the Government of Dubai's latest announcement.
"This investment is a huge undertaking in Puntland and will greatly contribute to the infrastructure development in Somalia, particularly the Puntland State of Somalia," said President of Puntland, H.E. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali.
"Infrastructure development is a priority for the government of Puntland as it underpins the efforts of taking this country forward. This concession agreement of expanding the Bosasso port is a major achievement for my government and for the people of Puntland."
The agreement will also include major investment in an IT and Terminal Operating System (TOS), mobile harbor cranes and container handling equipment.


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Recycling of municipal waste is increasing in Slovenia. In 2012, almost 40 per cent of municipal waste was recycled. Disposal of waste has declined over the years, 42 per cent of municipal waste was landfilled in 2012. Incineration remains minimal, at slightly above one per cent.
Quantities of hazardous waste are increasing. As hazardous waste contains substances harmful to the environment, it has to be collected, recovered or deposited separate from other waste. In 2009, 99.3 thousand tonnes of hazardous waste was generated, which was a 47% increase from 2002, while on the other hand, it was a 36% decrease from 2008, which was the year in which, due to extraordinary events, the largest quantities of hazardous waste in recent years were generated. 47% of hazardous waste was recovered and 53% deposited in 2009.
The export of waste from Slovenia has been increasing sharply in recent years; since 2009 (after the peak in 2008), the increase has been more than threefold. In 2015, 238 thousand tonnes of waste was exported, mostly to Austria and Hungary. The import of waste has been rather stable. In 2015, 41 thousand tonnes of waste was imported.
The exploitation of natural resources produced or extracted in Slovenia showed an upward trend until 2007, when it began to decline. In 2014 it increased again (27 million tonnes). Looking at domestic extraction (24.6 million tonnes in total), compared to 2013, the use of biomass increased by 17% and mineral resources by 26%, whereas extraction of fossil fuels decreased by 20%. Compared to 2013, imports and exports increased by 4 and 11 per cent, respectively.
In the 2002-2008 period, the quantity of generated waste increased by 55%. In 2008, 42% of waste was deposited, and 58% recovered. Our greatest concern is municipal waste management, as more than 70% of that waste is still deposited. Despite the increased quantity of recovered waste in recent years and the registered decline in deposited quantities, we still remain far behind more developed EU Member States.
In the upcoming years our primary objective is to implement and maintain an effective system of managing waste batteries and accumulators.
The amount of packaging waste has stabilized in recent years at about 100 kg per capita per year. In 2014, every resident of Slovenia produced 102 kg of packaging waste, which is a few kilos more than in the four preceeding years.
Recovery of packaging waste has been increasing and in 2014 stood at 88%. Recycling is also increasing and in 2014 it reached 70%. Slovenia has reached the EU target – to reuse at least 55% of all packaging materials by the end of 2012.
We recover only half of construction waste, while the need for natural mineral resources is growing.
The quantity of end-of-life tyres collected for recovery increased dramatically when producer liability was introduced. Arround 16,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres is produced, which is about 8kg per capita. In 2015, 65% of end-of-life-tyres have been recovered through material recovery and 35% through energy recovery.
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Beyonce, who is allegedly pregnant with twins, is reportedly hospitalized at UCLA hospital in Los Angeles. A convoy of black Cadillac Escalades were spotted leaving Beyonce and Jay Z's home heading to the hospital on Tuesday, June 13.
The news led to fan and media speculation that she was in labor.
At least three SUVs appeared to be standing guard in front of the hospital until around 3pm, when two of the cars headed back to Beyonce and Jay Z's nearby mansion.
On Sunday, paparazzi spotted Beyonce's Escalade outside a OB/GYN facility that performs ultrasound diagnostic tests in Los Angeles. The Escalade carrying Beyonce and her security were seen at the medical building that houses the Center For Fetal Medicine and Women's Ultrasound on Sunday. The group spent about two hours inside the building, which appeared to be closed.
The trip to an ultrasound facility is usually an indication that a miscarriage, stillbirth (intrauterine death) or some other abnormality has occurred. It is usually not normal for a pregnant woman to go for an ultrasound if she is actually in labor.
Beyonce is pictured above in a photo dated Feb. 16, 2017.
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Artisan cheese makers abound in Sonoma and Marin
CHEESE Dairies in Marin and Sonoma counties are turning out creamy custom creations
If Seana Doughty wants a motto for her new Bleating Heart creamery, she might consider "No Guts, No Glory."
Doughty's saga of transformation from bored office paper pusher to professional cheese maker has enough cliff-hanging plot twists for the big screen. Imagine Meg Ryan as the naive but indomitable cheese enthusiast who buys a used truck on Craigslist and corrals her sister for a road trip to Wisconsin, in a blinding snowstorm, to pick up her starter flock of pregnant ewes.
"Operation Sheep-o-Rama" is what Doughty calls her hair-raising adventure, and it's a good thing that most would-be cheese makers don't face similar tests of character or we wouldn't have many cheese makers. Instead, the Bay Area dairy fraternity has swelled in the last couple of years, with several new producers introducing creations in recent months.
Twenty years after Bellwether Farms made its first sheep's milk wheels in Petaluma, artisan cheese making in Marin and Sonoma counties has reached critical mass.
"It's hard to find a dairy in Marin or Sonoma that's not either looking at adding cheese making or transitioning to certified organic to increase revenue," says Sue Conley, co-proprietor of Cowgirl Creamery in Petaluma. The newly published Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail map lists 27 cheese makers in those two counties alone, up from seven - Conley's estimate - in 1997, when her creamery opened.
That's a remarkable trend line, a phenomenon that Conley pegs to the North Bay's many attributes as a dairying region.
"We have really good milk, really good grass, and really good multi-generational dairy families," she says. The Bay Area's growing number of passionate locavores has fueled the boom, too.
'Wonderful place'
"I think you can't ask for a more wonderful place to make artisan cheese," says Ellie Rilla, community development adviser for Marin County Cooperative Extension and author of an extensive study on North Bay artisan cheese making.
Doughty, whose fascination with sheep's milk cheese bloomed during a stint in a Southern California cheese shop, moved to Sebastopol in 2009 in the hopes of scoring some hard-to-find sheep's milk and starting her creamery. She had no plans to own animals. Using sheep's milk purchased from Barinaga Ranch, a West Marin newcomer, and leased space in Barinaga's tiny creamery, Doughty made the first wheels for her Bleating Heart brand that summer.
But Marcia Barinaga's success with Baserri, an aged sheep's milk wheel, meant that Barinaga soon had no milk to spare. That's when Doughty realized that, to persist with sheep cheese, she would need her own sheep.
"When I have a roadblock, I chisel through it," says Doughty, who initially housed the Wisconsin ewes in her backyard. Eventually she persuaded a sheep-ranching couple in Sonoma County to provide a home for her growing flock and to join her as partners. Next year, the three expect to milk nearly 100 ewes.
Unlike Doughty, Karen Bianchi-Moreda comes from a dairying family, one with a century-long history in the North Bay.
A former physical education teacher, Bianchi-Moreda began experimenting with a cheese-making kit a couple of years ago in hopes of creating a niche for herself on the family's Sonoma County farm. Estero Gold, an aged wheel made with the farm's raw Jersey milk, was offered for sale at farmers' markets over the summer and is Bianchi-Moreda's tribute to the Italian table cheese that her grandparents loved.
"None of us knows what the cheese was under that little glass dome next to the wine decanter," says Bianchi-Moreda, "but Estero Gold is the closest I could get."
Boding well for the Valley Ford Cheese Co., Bianchi-Moreda's enterprise, both of her sons want careers on the farm. The older one, a recent dairy-science graduate, now makes the creamery's cheeses; the younger, a dairy-science student, hopes eventually to manage the cows.
Chance encounter
The new Bohemian Creamery, near Sebastopol, blossomed from a chance encounter. Lisa Gottreich and Miriam Block - both middle-aged and newly divorced - met at a party and discovered a shared enthusiasm. Gottreich, who owned goats, had been making cheese on her home stove for years; Block had purchased a cheese press and was hoping to start.
"There was never, strangely, any game plan, no 'Let's start a company,' " Gottreich says. "But it was no fun to make cheese in the kitchen anymore. What would it feel like to make larger batches?"
After getting a good response to their first cheeses, made in rented space with Gottreich's goat's milk, they decided to build their own facility. "I'm a risk taker anyway," Gottreich says, "but in a failing economy, this was one risk that was highly worth trying."
Bohemian Creamery was operational by the summer of 2010. Today, the two partners transform about 400 gallons of milk a week into a rotating roster of eight cheeses, some of them from purchased cow's and sheep's milk and most of them Italian inspired. Capriago, a goat cheese modeled on Asiago, was the partners' first cheese and remains a top seller. BohoBel, a cow's milk wheel, nods to BelPaese, a cheese Gottreich came to love during the years she lived in Italy.
Among the newcomers in Marin and Sonoma, Barinaga Ranch and Nicasio Valley Cheese Co. appear to have the most bankable business plans. Both are farmstead operations, meaning that they own their own livestock, guaranteeing them a supply of high-quality milk.
Marcia Barinaga, with a doctorate in molecular biology, has the scientific credentials that many cheese makers lack and a focused marketing concept. Her signature cheese, the raw-milk Baserri, is styled after the hard Basque cheeses of the Spanish Pyrenees, her grandparents' homeland. Her only other cheese, Txiki, is Baserri in a smaller size.
The Lafranchi siblings behind Nicasio Valley Cheese Co. are third-generation dairy farmers who entered the cheese business cautiously and methodically. Intending to make Swiss-Italian cow's milk cheeses that reflect their heritage, they engaged a Swiss-Italian cheesemaker to mentor them, then built a showplace creamery and adjacent retail shop to take advantage of agritourism in West Marin. Their cheeses - among them the Taleggio-like Nicasio Square and fresh, rindless Foggy Morning - made retail inroads immediately.
And more newcomers are in the wings. Joel and Carleen Weirauch have just completed their Petaluma creamery and milking parlor and expect to make sheep's milk cheese in the spring with milk from their 75 ewes. In the meantime, they have been producing fresh and aged cow's milk cheeses that they sell at farmers' markets.
Water buffalo
In the town of Tomales, in West Marin, Craig Ramini is completing a creamery and building a herd of water buffalo, and expects to sell his first mozzarella next spring. A former Silicon Valley software executive, Ramini says his Italian sister-in-law sparked his new venture when she complained, over dinner, that she couldn't find domestic mozzarella di bufala.
Reflecting the boom in North Coast cheese making, the College of Marin has a waiting list for its artisan cheese certificate program, now in its second year. Eleven students graduated in May, with a dozen more expected to complete the coursework - a series of six classes - this winter.
Training programs such as this one and more hands-on experience may help North Bay cheese makers overcome what some retailers say is a lack of consistency.
"New cheese makers are always going to be inconsistent," says Gordon Edgar, cheese monger at San Francisco's Rainbow Grocery and an early supporter of many of the newcomers.
"As consumers, we have to be willing to put up with it. But it's tricky because customers who buy a cheese they don't like aren't going to go back to it."
Milk changes with the seasons, and artisan cheese makers have to adapt, unlike industrial producers, which often standardize the milk protein and fat. Altering procedures to accommodate these differences is a big part of the cheese maker's learning curve. Then add the ever-present challenges of regulatory compliance, equipment maintenance and animal care.
"More important than having a plan is having flexibility," says Doughty, who maintains a full-time off-farm job.
"When I'm driving home on 101, and I'm changing gears from my desk job to cheese, I see a flashing road-construction sign that says 'Changing Conditions Ahead.' And every time I see that sign, I think, 'That's what it's like to be an artisan cheesemaker.' "
North Bay newcomers
The Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail map is available in PDF format for download. Search online for "Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail."
Barinaga Ranch, Marshall. www.barinagaranch.com.
Makes Baserri (raw sheep's milk; Basque-style tomme); Txiki (Baserri recipe in a smaller format).
Bleating Heart, Sebastopol. www.bleatingheart.com.
Makes Fat Bottom Girl (raw sheep's milk; washed rind); Shepherdista (raw sheep's milk; natural rind); Sonoma Toma (cow's milk; natural rind).
Bohemian Creamery, Sebastopol. www.bohemiancreamery.com.
Makes BohoBel (cow's milk; Belpaese style); Capriago (goat's milk; Asiago style), BoDacious (goat's milk; bloomy rind).
Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., Nicasio. (415) 662-6200 or www.nicasiocheese.com.
Makes Foggy Morning (cow's milk; fresh, rindless), Formagella (cow's milk; bloomy rind), Nicasio Square (cow's milk; washed rind), Nicasio Reserve (cow's milk; Swiss-Italian mountain style).
Valley Ford Cheese Co., Valley Ford. (707) 293-5636 or www.valleyfordcheeseco.com.
Makes Estero Gold (raw cow's milk; Asiago style), Highway One (raw cow's milk; Fontina style).
Weirauch Farm & Creamery, Petaluma. (707) 347-9401 or www.weirauchfarm.com.
Makes Doubloon (cow's milk; crottin style), TommeFraiche (cow's milk; tangy semi-soft style).
Four cheeses to watch for
Fat Bottom Girl: Firm raw sheep's milk wheel with aromas of brown butter and caramel. Serve with quince paste and amontillado Sherry.
Capriago: Semi-firm aged goat's milk wheel with a dense, creamy texture; cooked-milk aromas; and a sweet finish. Serve with toasted walnuts and a brown ale or other malt-oriented beer.
Txiki: Firm aged sheep's milk wheel with aromas of caramel and damp cave and perfect sweet-salt balance. Serve with a Spanish red wine from Catalonia, such as Montsant or Priorato.
Foggy Morning: A soft, fresh cow's milk cheese, resembling a delicate cream cheese, with a pleasing tang and sour-cream aroma. Spread on bagels or toast, or dollop on pizza.
Where to find the products
The following shops often carry new North Bay cheeses, but availability can vary from week to week:
Cheese Plus, 2001 Polk St., San Francisco; (415) 921-2001 or www.cheeseplus.com.
Cheese Shop of Healdsburg, 423 Center St., Healdsburg; (707) 433-4998 or sharpandnutty.com
Cowgirl Creamery, 1 Ferry Bldg., San Francisco; (415) 362-9354 or www.cowgirlcreamery.com.
Epicurean Connection, 122 W. Napa St., Sonoma; (707) 935-7960.
Oxbow Cheese Merchant, 610 First St., Napa; (707) 257-5200.
Pasta Shop, 1786 Fourth St., Berkeley; (510) 250-6005. Also 5655 College Ave., Oakland; (510) 250-6005 or www.pastashop.net.
Rainbow Grocery, 1745 Folsom St., San Francisco; (415) 863-0620 or www.rainbow.coop.
Whole Foods Market, many Bay Area locations.
Janet Fletcher teaches cheese-appreciation classes and is the author of "Cheese & Wine: A Guide to Selecting, Pairing, and Enjoying" and "The Cheese Course," both from Chronicle Books. Visit www.janetfletcher.com for a class schedule, or contact her at email@example.com.


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Funding worth up to £35 million has been made available for collaborative research and development for low carbon automotive technologies.
It is being delivered under the latest round of the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) competition in partnership with BEIS and Innovate UK.
The aim is to take demonstrated on-vehicle technologies towards commercialisation in either on or off road vehicles.
Projects must develop technologies that will lead to significant reductions in vehicle emissions, align with Automotive Council Technology Group Roadmaps and develop the UK's supply chain capability.
They must be collaborative and include at least one vehicle manufacturer and/or a Tier 1 supplier as part of the consortium and at least one small and medium enterprise (SME) partner.
Projects are expected to range in size form total costs of between £5 million and £40 million and should last between 18 and 42 months.
Applicants must register before midday on 29th March 2017.
The winners of another £20 million programme to cut vehicle emissions and improve air quality have been unveiled.


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Nationalism is not a dirty word. Love of country, of culture and of shared values are what hold people together. Nationalism doesn't imply a hatred or even a dislike of other nations so why is this idea that nationalism is somehow 'wrong' being touted by the president of France – perhaps it has something to do with maintaining the European Union as a desirable entity.
The Common Market was a desirable goal and European nations including Britain happily joined. The European Union is a different creature – the mutant child of the Common Market - and it comes with so many strings attached that Britain decides to leave. Those 'strings' are become a net from which it's difficult to extricate oneself and that situation is deliberately contrived.
Why would any nation give up the right to create its own laws and then cede them to some outside entity … it wouldn't yet it's happened. Divorce is difficult but that doesn't mean that it's therefore not worth pursuing, not when the marriage is a sham.
A Common Market is a scaled up version of any local market, something to which one is free to come and go as one sees fit and which is as it should be. The European Union doesn't have the same benefits although a case can be made that it does.
When I was in North Wales I saw a rather wonderful reconstruction of some Bronze age dwellings – an enterprise which I was told was funded by the European Union. 'Excellent' thought I but those funds were sent by Britain to the European Union in the first place so why can't Britain fund that enterprise without the need for an outside bureaucracy – a bloated, unelected entity which doles out funds as it sees fit.
Open borders are an idea without merit. Get a passport if travel is the aim. Business manages well enough without open borders and if the suggestion is that business will leave Britain … blackmail is an odious tool with which to threaten.
And then there is the idea now mooted that there's a need for a European army. To guard against what? Russia? Who benefits by these ideas apart from the weapons industry?
Do any of us want more unending war? I don't.
In my lifetime I've opened my house to a few people in need. In each case I've ended up having to ask them to leave. A situation which caused much conflict. I don't see the aristocracy or the wealthy of Europe opening their houses to those in need. Quite the opposite so why should open borders, in that wider sense, be touted as desirable.
A dust storm clouds and colours the sky here today. Nothing I can do about it and it will pass. It used to be that there was nothing one could do about the weather but weather modification is real and the chemtrails which often cover the skies of many nations bear witness to this. It's another topic but it is related even if it's only by virtue of people not seeing what's in front of their eyes.
Britain is not the only country having second thoughts about the European Union and, difficult though it is to leave, a Common Market – to my mind - remains a better concept to pursue.