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Employee Engagement & the CEO-HR Partnership
Sue Johnson is President & CEO of Futura Industries, an aluminum extruder. Spencer Burt is the company's HR Director. In this joint interview, they describe their efforts to create an engaged work culture.
JATHAN JANOVE: You've been lionized for creating a highly engaged workforce in a physically challenging, 24-7 manufacturing environment. But just how have your efforts contributed to the business bottom line?
SUE JOHNSON: That's an easy one! As CEO, my first priority is increasing shareholder value. Over the past 13 years, Futura Industries' operating income has risen 29.1% per year and its return on net assets has averaged 14.8% per year.
JANOVE: What's the connection between high employee engagement and enviable financial performance?
JOHNSON: Everyone here comes to work motivated to do their best and maximize their contributions. That translates into high productivity, customer satisfaction and safety, and low turnover, waste and defects, all of which contribute directly to the bottom line.
JANOVE: What are your best techniques for promoting high employee engagement?
JOHNSON: It's not a matter of technique. It's the basic approach you take to running your company. The late Stephen R. Covey talked about how way too many leaders operate with "scarcity mentality." That promotes a transactional approach: "I'll do what's necessary to get my pay and benefits, but only that." That's where everything gets regimented, spelling out in excruciating detail what you get and what you don't get, what you can't do and what you must do. That creates work environments where everyone is out for him or herself.
By contrast, we lead with abundance mentality.
JANOVE: What do you mean?
JOHNSON: We start with the premise that the people at the top are no better than anyone else. I'm no different than a press operator with an eighth grade education who struggles with English. We both want safety, security, our kids to be successful, and some fun in our lives.
If we contribute to our employees' wellbeing and their families' wellbeing, the company benefits as well.
JANOVE: Has this abundance mentality inspired certain programs or practices?
JOHNSON: Yes. To respond to our employees' needs, we've done the following:
- We created an onsite medical clinic. It provides primary care to our employees and their families. Over the years, we've added services and negotiated discounted rates for procedures with hospitals and other area providers in order to make healthcare affordable for all of our employees. I can't count the number of times employees have expressed their happiness with this program–having easy access to medical care vs. the hassle of scheduling time off; having doctors who know and care about your family; not cutting corners on health because of time or money shortages. Since we started the clinic, the wonderful physician who's worked with us, Dr. Donna Milavetz, has taken our model on the road. She's since helped open 17 other such clinics! Also, in a time of runaway inflation, we've been able to lower our health insurance premiums.
- We started a college scholarship program for our employees' families. One of our longtime heavy equipment operators put his wife and all four of his children through college using this program. He couldn't be prouder!
- We sponsor sports teams that our employees coach or have kids playing on them.
- We offer jobs to our employees' children when they're ready to enter the workforce. For 15-18 year-olds, we created a summer work program where we assign them to projects. Last summer, we had 33 participants, including my 16 year-old son. He learned what real work is!
JANOVE: Where does HR come into the picture?
SPENCER BURT: Futura Industries doesn't make a profit, its people do. We've moved away from an entitlement mindset to one based on empowerment, fundamental fairness, and caring for employees as human beings. We've also gotten away from HR as "Compliance Cop" or "Department of 'No'." We maintain policies and procedures that comply with the law but we don't treat the employee handbook as an inflexible set of rules.
JANOVE: Can you share an example?
BURT: A plant worker's mom died unexpectedly. He had no vacation or other leave time available. Nor did he have the money to fly to Mexico on short notice. But he's a terrific employee. So we gave him the time and the money to attend his mom's funeral.
JANOVE: Isn't that the type of inconsistency that comes back to haunt an employer?
BURT: Not in our experience. We made a policy exception that's fully consistent with our core values. Within our ability, we seek to do what's right for our employees based on the circumstances at the time.
JANOVE: Aren't you worried about legal claims?
BURT: No. We're not foolhardy. We have legal counsel to advise us. But we're also not afraid of litigation. In my eight years here we've had two employee claims–neither of which gained traction in the legal system.
JANOVE: What other steps have you taken as HR Director to promote an engaged work environment?
BURT: I participate in every job interview. I stopped using a temporary agency because I wanted everyone working here to feel they were a full-fledged member of our team.
We created a mentor program for new hires. For us, onboarding is more than imparting information. When a supervisor gets a new employee, that supervisor must learn three things about the person, and write them down so that I can see them.
I make it a practice to know every employee personally. Doing so has created bonds. It has also provided information helpful in making decisions about transfers, promotions or reassignments. I have a much better idea of where someone's best fit is.
JANOVE: With Futura's business results to support what you've done, why isn't your company's approach the rule not the exception?
SUE JOHNSON: Management arrogance. As they climb the ladder, far too many people get caught up in the hero's journey of "I." I got this position because I know more, I'm better, I'm this, I'm that. This type of thinking is epidemic. It promotes scarcity mentality–"Why should they get more? I'm the one who deserves more!" Arrogant managers view people as interchangeable parts, not human beings.
I frequently lead tours of our facility. When visitors discover that I know all of our 320 employees, they often express surprise. I'm surprised by their surprise! If you're an arrogant leader, knowing employees on a personal basis is surprising.
It also surprises them to see a CEO personally writing holiday and birthday cards for all employees, keeping names and pictures of new hires with her to make sure she connects with them, or staying late to hand-deliver anniversary thank you cards and gifts to nightshift employees.
JANOVE: Aside from humility, is there anything else that leaders often lack?
JOHNSON: Courage. Many leaders lack the courage to articulate and stick to a clear vision, to take chances on new initiatives such as we did with the onsite medical clinic, and to acknowledge mistakes instead of escalating bad decisions that everyone else knows are bad.
Courage also means getting people out of the organization who don't belong. An engineer by trade, I'm not a "warm & fuzzy" person. I treat people with dignity, respect and compassion–and I'm tough. It doesn't matter whether you're a janitor or a CFO, once it becomes evident that you're not right for our culture or values, or aren't meeting our performance expectations, and corrective efforts aren't successful, you must go. It's incredibly disrespectful to subject other employees to working for or with people who don't perform or mistreat others.
Organization leadership is not rocket science. It takes humility, courage, vision and creating a work environment predicated on performance, accountability, empowerment, mutual respect and caring for each other as human beings.


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A lovely treat through the letter box in Clare Fisher's All the Good Things. It was a rainy Monday and my kindle battery had died so I looked to my unread book shelf and this caught my eye. From page one I was hooked in Beth's story – at 21 years old she is in prison, and can only see the bad in herself. When her psychiatrist suggests writing down all the good things she remembers Beth feels she will struggle. Soon however she has remembered her job at the Odeon, Orange Wednesdays, being friends with Chantelle and "your dad".
It's not revealed until the end of the book why Beth is in prison, but I felt from reading you could probably begin to get an idea from reading between the lines. In writing her notebook you become immersed in Beth's life – her struggles with an absent mother, being passed through the foster care system and in believing she'd found love with a married man. When she is pregnant she has little money and becomes embroiled in debt.
It's difficult not to feel for Beth and by the end I was a little teary at her story – probably had more effect on me being a new mum myself that I could have more of a connection in that way to the character.
A great little page turner for a rainy day!
Penguin - Viking
Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison. The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve ever to feel good again.
But her counsellor, Erika, won't give up on her. She asks Beth to make a list of all the good things in her life. So Beth starts to write down her story, from sharing silences with Foster Dad No. 1, to flirting in the Odeon on Orange Wednesdays, to the very first time she sniffed her baby's head.
But at the end of her story, Beth must confront the bad thing.
What is the truth hiding behind her crime? And does anyone - even a 100% bad person - deserve a chance to be good?

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A customizable MIUI battery bar for any device/ ROM that goes where you go!
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This month my article on home brewing a sour plum beer is featured GRID, check out the article online or read below:
A lambic is a wild fermented beer from Belgium that is marked by a bright, funky, and intense sour flavor with a wonderfully clean finish. It is perfect for escaping a bit of the hot humid weather during a Philadelphia summer, and is the inspiration for Sour Ales made in the United States today. Think of it like a grown up lemonade, or the sourdough version of beer. The process for making a lambic is long and complicated, sometimes taking 3 years to produce a single complete batch. It starts in the fall where the wort is left out in enormous trays (coolships) with open windows allowing ambient yeast to settle and spontaneously ferment the brew. It ends after it has been barrel aged for anywhere from 1-3 years often blended (young and old) to create a gueuze. It can also be refermented with fruit (a kriek has whole cherries, a framboise has raspberries), or blended with fruit juice just before bottling to create a lambic almost like a desert wine. There are more than 86 possible microorganisms in a lambic, ranging from yeast in the air, to yeast in the brewery, to yeast in the barrels themselves. The process leads to a beer that has wildly different properties based on the year and place it was made, with endless flavor profiles and a deeply devoted following in the United States.
The most talked about yeast in the production of lambics, gueuzes, and sour beers, is Brettanomyces. It is the maker and destroyer of beers, and depending on what you are trying to make you either love it with a severe intensity or hate it just as passionately. It is naturally occurring on the skin of fruits, and is virtually uncontrollable once it gets going. It can contaminate anything porous, especially non-glass brewing equipment like wood or plastic, and is impossible to eliminate without replacing your equipment. This one yeast is largely responsible for the all of the sour beers created in the United States, and Brettanomyces along with various strains of Lactobacillus are the foundation for creating the flavor of a lambic.
Even modeled on the lambic tradition, brewing a sour fruit beer is simple enough. The Roeselare Ale yeast already has a beautifully balanced blend of Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus strains, and the fruit only needs to be thawed and added for the secondary fermentation. The most important aspects of brewing a sour beer are patience, isolation, and sterilization, and none of these are too hard to achieve. You need patience because the entire process takes about 6 months, isolation and sterilization to stop contamination in beers you make afterwards. Designate tubing and a plastic fermenter for sour beers, let it age in a different room, and you're good.
- 5 lbs Gambrinus Munich Malt
- 5 lbs Gambrinus Pilsner Malt
- 2 lbs Weyermann Carahell Malt
- 2 oz Aged German Hops (2005)
- Wyeast 3763-PC Roeselare Ale Blend
- 9 lbs of plums, frozen and thawed (for second rack)
- mash the grain between 150F-155F for about 2 hours
- sparge to collect 6-7 gallons of malted water so that after the boil you have 5 gallons of liquid
- add the aged hops and bring it to a boil for 1 hour
- let cool using your preferred method (bathtub of cool water, wort cooler, etc)
- transfer to a carboy, pitch the yeast and allow to ferment for 3 weeks
- rack onto the plums in a plastic fermenter (bucket) for 3 months
- check periodically for plums that might float to the top and mold, remove them as needed.
- bottle age for at least 6 weeks, continues to age for at least 3 years.


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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" Might Just Be Too Far [VIDEO]
The trend of taking old-school fairy tales and turning them into modern horror/thrillers might have jumped the shark now. Look for a list of freaky scary fairy tales after the trailer, you might be surprised. Or you might have an idea for another movie...whatever.
We all know that Hansel & Gretel escaped being eaten by a witch. One of the scarier fairy tales around, and trust me a lot of them are truly frightening if you pay attention (see below). But do we really need to turn them from innocent near-cannibal victims into all growed up vigilantes of forest justice? I mean witch hunters?
And yeah the movie knows its fairly campy, but still, they have guns. Guns? Watch the trailer here.
On another note, have you ever noticed how truly scary kids bedtime stories and fairy tales can be? Here's an example of some of the scarier ones.
Hansel & Gretel: 2 kids almost cooked and eaten by a witch.
Rock-A-Bye Baby: When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, and down will come baby cradle and all. (A baby falling out of a tree? Sweet dreams.)
Little Red Riding Hood: Girl almost eaten by a wolf who already ate her grandmother. ( In the original the wolf does eat Red Riding Hood.)
Snow White: Unwary forest girl is hunted to be killed by an evil witch because she's pretty. Like our girls don't have enough of an image problem, tell them that the pretty ones should be killed too. Plus there's a mine full of jewel hungry dwarves? Just weird.
Sleeping Beauty: Again pretty princess girl waits to be killed by evil witch. I see a theme against pretty girls here. (Also in the original tale " it isn't the kiss of a prince which wakes her up: the king seeing her asleep, and rather fancying having a bit, rapes her. After nine months she gives birth to two children (while she is still asleep). One of the children sucks her finger which removes the piece of flax which was keeping her asleep. She wakes up to find herself raped and the mother of two kids." Click this link to read about many more not listed here.
Goldilocks: Pretty girl breaks into someone else's home and trashes the joint unwary of the fact that the owners are people (and porridge) eating bears.
Cinderella: For those that never made the connection, the girl's name is Ella and she is usually covered in ashes (cinders) because of all the slave work her step-mother and sisters make her do. Thus Cinder-Ella. But still what a way to prepare kids for the now common occurrence of having a blended family. Evil step-mothers and all.


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I rushed home from work today to weigh my trash. I know, I'm weird like that: driven by results, a bit of environmentalism, and in love with personal experiments. It's the end of the third quarter and the weigh-in must be done, as I attempt to get myself closer and closer to zero waste.
Without further ado, in the third quarter of 2013 (July-September), I tossed out:
- 20 lbs of paper
- 21 lbs of trash
- 12.5 lbs of plastic & glass
- 53.5 total lbs of trash = 0.48 lbs / day
To compare the quarters, it looks like this:
- Q1: 0.32 lbs / day
- Q1: 0.27 lbs / day
Plastic & Glass
- Q1: 0.20 lbs / day
- Q1: 0.79 lbs / day
That's a 39% decrease per day from the first to the third quarter! Over a year, that change would amount to 113.15 lbs of trash saved from the landfill or recycling center. My not-so-secret goal from Q1 was to get below 0.50 lbs / day – mission accomplished!
The significant change came through reductions in paper and trash this last quarter. However, in Q1 and Q2, I actually didn't add in my redeemable bottles and glass to the Plastic & Glass category. In Q3, I started weighing them, so for the weight to stay the same is also a decline of sorts.
You can read about some of my strategies and tactics from previous posts about getting to zero waste. My new goals are to:
1) stay below 0.50 lbs / day and
2) decrease my daily waste by 50% from Q1, which would be 0.40 lbs / day.
I think these goals are entirely possible, but I still need to identify some additional tactics:
- Friend and blog reader Stacie Jacques suggested Paper Karma, an iPhone app that lets you take a photo of junk mail. They contact the mailer and unsubscribe you. I'm downloading this app right now.
- Plastic coffee cups still haunt my recyclables, so I need to either cut back or bring my own glass/mug.
- I could definitely cut back on purchased water bottles too.
- I could really make a point of returning free newspapers to a newsstand somewhere, somehow.
- I'm usually pretty good about turning down plastic and paper bags when I only buy one or two items at the store, but I've been especially lax lately about my canvas shopping bags. I need to place them in a more prominent spot in the car.
In addition to these "shoulds," I have a few things I'm particularly proud of, including:
- Not having more than four sodas in the last two months. It's a healthier habit now, for both me and the planet
- When I've eaten out, especially at the Co-Op, I've only bought what I will eat there, and I've used the washable plates and silverware.
- Reading newspapers in public spaces. Living in a (small) city, I value places like the coffee shop, library and park as extensions of my living space. To grab a newspaper there, and leave it on the stand afterwards, has made me appreciate our community resources more.
I suspect that the next quarter will be interesting. I'll work on my tactics, but at what point is major change necessary to get closer to zero waste? Or even 0.40 lbs / day? I actually want to examine my trash a little more closely, just to see what's holding me back. I'm not willing to go without kleenex or note paper entirely, but where is there room for further simplification?
If you've been reading along with this experiment, what items could you do without to keep them out of the waste stream?
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I love the look of the house. Also that bed looks so comfy.
Take a Tour of Karena's Glam Home Decor
Welcome to my home! I moved into this Manhattan Beach house about three years ago, and Bobby and I completely redecorated it about three months ago. As many of you girls know, design is one of my personal passions. Bobby and I even have date nights that include design brainstorm sessions! It's a form of our artistic expression and the perfect way to learn and create together.
Bobby and I combined our artistic styles, which makes our home very eclectic. The vibe is a mix of modern and natural with a touch of glam! I'm obsessed with the entire upstairs! It's the perfect space for entertaining our friends and enjoying indoor/outdoor living. The square footage of the kitchen, living room, and dining room isn't huge, but we created the illusion of a large area by adding a glass wall in the elevated kitchen and bi-folding glass doors that open up to an outdoor space off the living and dining rooms.
Here's a look at some of my other favorite decor features. I'm so excited to give you a tour!
Dining Room
We recently revamped our dining room to a more modern style. Because our dining space is open to the kitchen and living room, we needed to carry the same elements of design yet wanted to achieve a more dramatic feel. We combined brass, dark marble, and leather seating with the natural element of petrified wood end chairs.
My favorite pieces in the dining room are the petrified wood side tables that we use as end seats. Sometimes nature is the best artist! They each weigh about 300 pounds…so you can imagine how difficult (yet entertaining!) it was to see Bobby trying to get them in the house.
The windows are another really unique feature. When we purchased the house, there were 1980s glass blocks as windows, which we weren't a fan of. Because the main floor is open concept, we wanted a more lofty feel. In Manhattan Beach, neighbors are very close, so we also wanted windows that would open for a breeze, maximize the light, and allow privacy. My designer friend Kim Colladay suggested these windows and we loved them!
My favorite piece of art in the whole house is in the dining room. It's a piece I did six years ago when I started to get back into painting after a hiatus.
Living Room
We made the living room very welcoming and cozy! You just want to lounge and relax and not worry about putting your feet up. The sofa (from the Restoration Hardware outlet) is deep to make you feel like you're in it rather than on it. We're really big fans of Lenny Kravitz Design and everything they are creating. (We love the '70s vibe!) The rug is one of his designs. There are so many neutrals and naturals in the living room, so the rug is our artistic focal point and is also shag-errific!
Our leather chair was also a great find! We were shopping at a design store with our friend from Kim Colladay Design and the chair was marked to be destroyed because the leather was "ruined" during shipment. We loved the distressed look and Bobby, who is always good at negotiation, convinced them to sell it to us…at a good price! ;) It's a great reading chair — super cozy and lots of natural light. I keep stacks of books all around the house: living room, under my bedside table, and in my meditation room.
The fireplace is also a focal point of the room. I love ambient lighting. It's very soothing and therapeutic to me. My morning routine is to light the fireplace and a candle every morning. In the summer, I still light it but keep the flame really low. Bobby is quite the collector of pieces and nicknacks from vintage fairs and flea markets. Sometimes I love them…sometimes not. One piece I do love is actually his dad's stereo and record player from the '70s that we have in our living room. Some of our favorite nights are spent listening to old records and chatting with a glass of vino!
We just redecorated our bedroom. We carried over the same inspo from our dining room. The vibe is mature, sexy, and still carries a sense of nature. Our bed and side tables are from Restoration Hardware Modern and the chandelier is from Wayfair. The fireplace is a fave piece. (Bobby found it at a sidewalk sale!) And a dimmer is a MUST for your bedroom lighting….it can really set the mood!
Hope you enjoyed taking a look at my home! Check out a video tour HERE!
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Copa Airlines announces new frequent-flyer program
- Copa Airlines officially announces its new frequent-flyer program, MileagePlus, with enhanced member benefits.
- Copa Airlines' OnePass members automatically will be enrolled in MileagePlus without change to their member number.
- With more than 90 million members worldwide, MileagePlus has won the award for best frequent-flyer program for eight consecutive years.
Panamá, March 8, 2012 - Copa Airlines welcomes the new frequent-flyer program MileagePlus®, introduced by United Airlines on March 3. A result of the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, the program melds the best features of the MileagePlus and OnePass frequent-flyer programs.
MileagePlus is one of 20 frequent-flyer programs offered by Star Alliance airlines, the largest airline alliance in the world, which offers members enhanced ways to earn and redeem miles. Star Alliance, comprised of 27 member airlines, offers more than 21,000 daily flights to more than 180 countries, connecting with more than 1,250 airports and offering access to 990 VIP lounges worldwide.
Entry into the new program, a milestone for Copa Airlines, strengthens the strategic alliance with United and reaffirms Copa's commitment to offering its customers world-class service, say company officials.
Readers of Global Traveler magazine have voted United's MileagePlus program the best frequent-flyer program for eight consecutive years. In addition, in 2011, Frequent Traveler ranked it the best airline elite program for the second consecutive year.
MileagePlus offers the following benefits:
- More options for earning and redeeming miles.
- More mileage bonuses per type of fare purchased.
- More than 1,250 destinations.
- New Premier® program with 4 status levels.
- Benefits of the Star Alliance network.
"We are pleased to be part of MileagePlus, a world-class frequent-flyer program," said Marco Antonio Ocando, Director of Marketing, Copa Airlines. "This step demonstrates our commitment to offer our passengers increased benefits and better connectivity from Panama to the 63 destinations in 29 countries where we operate around the world. We continue to be a leader not only in on-time performance, but in world-class service."
OnePass members will maintain their existing Elite status and miles earned. Enrollment in MileagePlus is automatic. OnePass credit cards will continue to earn miles and benefits for the MileagePlus program.
2,000-mile MileagePlus promotion
To reward frequent flyers and promote the launch of the new program, Copa Airlines is offering customers the chance to earn a one-time bonus of 2,000 additional miles. Passenger may enroll in the promotion through mileageplus.com, enter the promotion code TB3M75 with their MileagePlus number and fly between March 19 and May 20, 2012.
Customers may purchase tickets and register for the promotion beginning March 19.
For more information, visit MileagePlus.


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The PGA TOUR shifts to the Lone Star State for the Valero Texas Open, the first of two events remaining before the Masters.
The LPGA Tour stages the final event prior to its first major of the season with the Kia Classic in Southern California, as Lydia Ko leads a strong field that includes 18 of the top-20 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings.
Miguel Angel Jimenez will try for his third straight Champions Tour win in as many starts on U.S. soil this week, as he joins Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic. And the European Tour is in Morocco, as Alejandro Canizares defends at the Trophee Hassan II.
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Valero Texas Open
Dates: March 26-29
Venue: TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
Tournament Airtimes on Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (Replay)
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (Replay)
Saturday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 10 p.m.-3 a.m. (Replay)
Sunday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 10 p.m.-3 a.m. (Replay)
Tournament Airtimes on NBC (Eastern):
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live)
Broadcast Notes
Final opportunity to qualify for the Masters via the top-50: This week serves as the final opportunity for players to qualify for the Masters via the top-50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. The only remaining category in which a player can qualify outside of receiving a special invitation is by winning next week's Shell Houston Open.
Bowditch defends: Steven Bowditch finished one shot ahead of Will MacKenzie and Daniel Summerhays for his first career PGA TOUR victory.
Headlining the field: Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Jimmy Walker, Jim Furyk, Billy Horschel, Martin Kaymer, Matt Kuchar, Davis Love III, Matt Every and Graeme McDowell.
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Kia Classic
Dates: March 26-29
Venue: Park Hyatt Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, Calif.
Tournament Airtimes On Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 6-9 p.m. (Live) / 4-6 a.m. (Friday replay)
Friday 6-9 p.m. (Live)
Saturday 6-9 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 6-9 p.m. (Live)
Broadcast Notes
Nordqvist defends: Anna Nordqvist won by one stroke over Lizette Salas for her fourth career LPGA Tour win.
Headlining the field: Lydia Ko, Inbee Park, Stacy Lewis, Hyo-Joo Kim, Shanshan Feng, So Yeon Ryu, Suzann Pettersen, Michelle Wie, Karrie Webb, Lexi Thompson and Cheyenne Woods.
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Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic presented by C Spire
Dates: March 27-29
Venue: Fallen Oak Golf Club, Biloxi, Miss.
Tournament Airtimes On Golf Channel (Eastern):
Friday Noon-2:30 p.m. (Live) / 12:30-2:30 a.m. (Saturday replay)
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 4-6 a.m. (Sunday replay)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 5-7 a.m. (Monday replay)
Broadcast Notes
Maggert defends: Jeff Maggert won by two shots over Billy Andrade to become the 17th player to win in their Champions Tour debut.
Headlining the field: Miguel Angel Jimenez, Fred Couples, Colin Montgomerie, Jesper Parnevik, Jay Haas, Tom Lehman, Corey Pavin, Kenny Perry, Bart Bryant and Jeff Maggert.
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Trophee Hassan II
Dates: March 26-29
Venue: Golf du Palais Royal, Agadir, Morocco
Tournament Airtimes On Golf Channel (Eastern):
Thursday 7-9 a.m. / 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Live)
Friday 7-9 a.m. / 10:30 a.m.-Noon (Live)
Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live)
Broadcast Notes
Canizares defends: Alejandro Canizares finished five strokes clear of the field for his second career European Tour victory.
Headlining the field: Matteo Manassero, Marcel Siem, Jose Maria Olazabal, George Coetzee, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Pablo Larrazabal, Oliver Wilson and Alejandro Canizares.


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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., May 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genta Incorporated (OTCBB:GNTA) today announced that data from clinical trials of the Company's late-stage compounds, Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection and tesetaxel, will be presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The meeting will be held from June 3-7 in Chicago, IL.
Highlights of the presentations include final results, including overall survival and durable response rate, from AGENDA -- the Phase 3 trial of Genasense® in advanced melanoma. In addition, final survival results from a trial in advanced melanoma that combined Genasense® plus temozolomide and Abraxane® will be presented, including data from patients who received Genasense as a 1-hour, twice-weekly, intravenous infusion.
Reports on clinical trials using tesetaxel, the leading oral taxane in clinical development, will also be presented, including Phase 2 studies as 1st-line therapy for patients with hormone-refractory breast cancer and as 2nd-line therapy using a flat (non weight-based) dose in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Additional reports include results of a clinical study that showed no effect of food on tesetaxel pharmacokinetics, which has eliminated overnight fasting requirements prior to dosing.
Titles, dates, and times of these presentations appear below.
Survival in a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind study of dacarbazine with or without oblimersen (Bcl-2 antisense) in patients with advanced melanoma and low-normal serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (AGENDA). Abstract #8531. Poster Session: Monday, June 6, 2011 8:00 AM-12:30 PM; Discussion Session 11:30 AM-12:30 PM.
Dose-ranging study of tesetaxel, a novel oral taxane, administered as second-line therapy at a flat dose to patients with advanced gastric cancer. Abstract #4110. General Poster Session: Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
Abraxane, temozolomide and oblimersen (The ATG Trial): A final report of toxicity and clinical efficacy in metastatic melanoma patients with normal lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Abstract #8545. General Poster Session: Sunday, June 5, 2011 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
Tesetaxel, an advanced-generation oral taxane, as first-line treatment in women with metastatic breast cancer. Abstract #TPS123. Trials in Progress Poster Session: Monday, June 6, 2011 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Clinical evaluation of food effects on pharmacokinetics of the novel oral taxane, tesetaxel. Abstract #e13059. Electronic publishing.
About Genta
Genta Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company with a diversified product portfolio that is focused on delivering innovative products for the treatment of patients with cancer. The Company is developing tesetaxel, a novel, orally absorbed taxane that is in the same class of drugs as paclitaxel and docetaxel. As the leading oral taxane in clinical development, tesetaxel has been evaluated in a broad program of completed or ongoing Phase 2a/Phase 2b clinical trials. The Company has announced that gastric (stomach) cancer will be the lead indication for Phase 3 registration studies. Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection is a modified DNA-based antisense drug that may enhance the effectiveness of anticancer therapy. Genta has completed enrollment in a randomized, double-blind Phase 3 study of Genasense® in patients with advanced melanoma, known as "AGENDA". Survival data from AGENDA are projected to be available in May 2011. Genta is exclusively marketing Ganite® (gallium nitrate injection) in the U.S, which is indicated for treatment of symptomatic patients with cancer-related hypercalcemia that is resistant to hydration. The Company has developed proprietary oral formulations of the active ingredient in Ganite® that are being evaluated as potential treatments for diseases associated with accelerated bone loss. Ganite® and Genasense® are available on a "named-patient" basis in countries outside the United States. For more information about Genta, please visit our website at: www.genta.com .
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- the impact of litigation that has been brought against the Company; and
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There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially. For a discussion of those risks and uncertainties, please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2010 and its most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
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Jenelle Evans Turns Herself In After Warrant Issued For Her Arrest
The troubled 'Teen Mom 2' star failed to show up for a court date on May 20 — and found herself behind bars. Her lawyer Dustin R. T. Sullivan tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY what really happened.
Jenelle Evans was back in jail on May 20, less then a month after being arrested for heroin possession and assault. This time, the troubled Teen Mom 2 star was booked for failing to show up to a court date.
Jenelle Evans In Jail — Turns Herself In After Failing To Appear In Court
Jenelle's court date was for a hearing regarding the cyber stalking charges her ex-fiance Gary Head took out on her, but her lawyer Dustin R. T. Sullivan tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that Jenelle was running late for her appearance.
"She had a court date [on May 20], and she was running late to court," Dustin tells HollywoodLife.com. "They basically just closed, and allowed me to wait to see if she showed up before the end of the day. It wasn't a full court day."
But Dustin says the court kept waiting for Jenelle — but she was a no show.
"When they were ready to close she wasn't' there yet. She got [charged with] a fail to appear," he adds.
He also reveals that Jenelle turned herself in, and was later released on a $1,000 secured bond.
Jenelle Evans: New Court Date Set With Gary Head
Dustin also says that a new court date was set for Jenelle and Gary for the cyber stalking charges, but he won't reveal when the new date is.
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Italy China Foundation
Interview to President Mr. Cesare Romiti
by Barbara Ganetti
Dear Mr. Romiti, the Expo has strengthened the friendly relationships between Italy and China?
China was undeniably one of the most important players in Expo 2015, not only because of its presence with three pavilions but also because it has played a leading role during the six months of the event. Surely, realistically it must be noted that the effects were less rosy than expectations. Although the exhibition in Milan didn't bring so many Chinese tourists as we expected, but fortunately it is going to be a flow that is not likely to be interrupted. There is no doubt that this presence has boosted mutual understanding thanks to the events and initiatives which have taken course during Expo, and the Foundation was particularly active in organizing and participating events. Opportunities to meet by now – behind closed doors of the Expo – have to be put in use and must see our country strongly committed to cultivate the contacts we made last year. Because investments from china in our country won't stop, just think of the recent cases of Inter and Milan. Examples that may soon be emulated by other Chinese companies. We could say, Expo was certainly a particular opportunity to promote and to shake many hands: not just so, but a further step towards to strengthen of the relationship that has lasted for decades. Obviously, from our point of view, we sincerely hope that this relationship will become stronger and sustainable.
Which are the new cultural projects preparing by the Foundation for increasing exchanges between the two countries?
In these years we have created and carried out many cultural and scientific projects with this aim and we continue to do it because we believe that culture is one of the engines to keep developing Sino-Italian relationship. Among those projects that we are working on at the moment, I would like to mention two of them that I think they are particularly interesting. The first is C4B – Chinese for Business, an European project born from a previous experience, always in the Community, called Chinese 4 Europeans. Chinese for Business is a portal dedicated to European SMEs, which provides a cultural guide and business as well as a completely free B2B platform to promote collaboration with Chinese counterparts. C4B was born thanks to the work carried out by the Polish partner and Portuguese and is available for free at www.chinese4.biz. The other project we are carrying out is called Eat'Safe, thanks to an important funding from Cariplo Foundation. The idea of the project is to enhance the Italian know-how and experience in food safety throughout the food chain and to create an integrated system on specific issues of food security that brings together institutional bodies, research centers and companies. Thanks to the work of a Scientific Committee composed of Italian and Chinese experts, the project will last for one year and is going to facilitate the completion and improvement of the Chinese food safety system through the development of recommendations, the suggestion of actions and enhancement of good practice.
What are the new perspectives for Italy as a trading partner in the Silk Road?
The "One Belt One Road" project is not only extremely interesting but also a great challenge for the entire European continent. Italy, though not directly involved, can only benefit from it. The new Silk Road, which aims to strengthen the infrastructure network linking between China and the Old Continent to promote the exchange of goods and services between each other, offer great opportunities especially to the realities that face northern Adriatic, with effects that will be extended to the entire peninsula. Thanks to its ports, Italy will certainly become a privileged terminal of these new relationships that will benefit in particular small and medium-sized Italian companies, the real engine of our country.
Aerospace pact Italo Sino 2.0 has shown an enhanced cooperation between the two countries, such positive effects are expected in international scenarios for Italy?
It is definitely an interesting field and full of potential for the future. The recent agreement of collaboration framework between the Italian Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirms the great interest that revolves around this sector. I am pleased to highlight the increased role played by China in the field of space exploration, but above all the new prospects that are also open for Italy, whose collaboration and technologies are increasingly in demand in this field. Cooperation in the activities and research and exchanges in education with China may help us to be more and more players in aerospace also seen the increasing commitment of the Asian giant in the sector, as confirmed by the appointment of a new Minister Space, unprecedented Chinese executive role, in the person of Yin He Jun.
The culture of a country is the assets that underpin the education and spiritual enrichment of future generations, it can be considered purposeful (in terms of investment and job opportunities) to create synergies between public and private sectors, and allow the private to enter as a partner and direct investor for medium and long-term projects turned to culture?.
The Italy-China Foundation was established with the objective to promote the efficient link between public and private, in economic as well as cultural relations between the two countries. I think there is not only an appropriate but a urgent need of cooperation between the public institution and the private sector in the field of culture. I would like to recall how I contributed to this bond: in the 80s' I decided to take over Palazzo Grassi in Venice, a building that was falling apart and that was renovated with the support of international architects and has been place of exhibitions that from year to year have gained more and more appreciation of the Italian, European and the entire world. I think Palazzo Grassi has become a significant symbol of what can bring this collaboration between public and private.


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What is it about new cameras and flowers? We just can't seem to help ourselves. I have been mucking about with my new camera, keen eyed photographers will see I have been experimenting with depth of field. I still have so much to learn with the new camera, I think it will be an endless and ongoing learning curve but I am loving it! Experimentation is the best way, I have already gone on from all the automatic settings and am trying to get my head round F stops, light metering and ISO speeds! Not to mention experimenting with different light, textures and composition.
Flowers are always such a pleasure, Belle Mere is visiting us at the moment and she arrived with an armful of Ranunculus in pink and white, she brought them all the way from Provence!
Then yesterday whilst walking with Crusoe I spied some pretty wild flowers growing in a field, I hopped in and picked them before the local cows ate them, better in my house than in the cows tummies!
The weather here at the moment is pretty dire, very mixed and cold, I keep forgetting it is only April, March was beautiful and warm and confused everything, mostly me, I was working in the garden in a T shirt and shorts, now I am huddled up in wool, I am impatient for Summer and I am dying to get outside and experiment with some lovely spring shots, I have a photographic project in mind that I am keen to get started, it is on hold until the weather improves, I will keep you posted.


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One day tour from Crete to Santorini island.
It was never easier to get from Crete to Santorini island. With the luxurious and fast ship Golden Star. This is the no1. tour destination in Crete.
There you will have the opportunity to enjoy the most spectacular view. As well as the volcanic surroundings, the colors of the sea and the traditional architectural style.
Santorini Island has featured on most blogs and travel agencies as one of the best destinations in the world.
Santorini is a place that does not need an advertisement. Surely each of you has come across pictures of this incredible island, which has become a showcase of the whole of Greece. Santorini is a volcanic island, with white and blue buildings located on a black, rugged slope. Such contrast makes the island look almost like from a fairy-tale. In addition to the history of Santorini is associated with a legend. Apparently, after the eruption of the volcano, which took place around the 15th century BC, the part of the land sunk under water and disappeared, this is thought to be the legendary lost Atlantis.
The trip from Crete to Santorini will let you admire breathtaking views, picturesque landscapes, and local villages. You will have a chance to see not only famous white houses but also uprising from the water volcanic crater. Additionally, you will walk in narrow alleys and relax on the black volcanic beach.
Crete to Santorini day schedule:
07:45 Departure from Heraklion to Santorini – With the luxurious and fast Golden Star ship ( 3hr & 15 min Boat trip ) – BREAKFAST (sandwich) INCLUDED
11:00 Arrival in Santorini Athinios Departing from Athinios to caldera by bus, accompanied by guides who will be at your services throughout the excursion. There you will have the opportunity to enjoy the most spectacular view including the volcanic surroundings, the colors of the sea and the sun as well as the traditional architectural style.
OIA: The oldest village in Santorini. Stroll round it small alleys and stone built streets, filled with culture and tradition. The harmony of the colors of the sea and the sun, the wonderful view, bear the spirit of Hellenism and make Oia incomparable
FIRA: The capital of Santorini where you have free time to explore the picturesque traditional little alleys.
PERIVOLOS or KAMARI: Visit the magnificent black beach. Swimming at the beach.
18:15 Departure from Santorini With SUPERFERRY and return to Crete. DINNER (sandwich) INCLUDED
21:30 Arrival in Heraklion port
21:40 Departure by bus to your destination
In each of the above-mentioned places, you will have free time to explore the island by yourself, swim in the sea or dine at one of the numerous restaurants.
Crete is a great starting point for visiting Santorini. The ship leaves in the morning from the port of Heraklion and returns in the evening. There are also other ships working on the route between the islands, but we recommend to go for speed and comfort. Santorini tour is fully organized. We provide a transfer to the port of Heraklion, tickets for the ship, care of the English speaking tour guide and a coach that will take you around the island.
In case one day tour to this paradise destination is not enough to book a 2 day trip from Crete to Santorini.
More about Santorini Island and it's historical volcanic eruption.
The volcano of Thira didn't simply produce a large hole on the island of Santorini, but radically modified the history of the ancient Mediterranean, as a train changes its rails and is heading for a full new direction.
Minoan civilization, the dominant civilization of the Mediterranean at that point, folded as a result of this eruption, in step with historians, definitively dynamical the political landscape of the traditional world. The environmental changes that have taken place are felt throughout the planet, even reaching China and probably North America and Antarctica.
But the epic of imaginary place and therefore the history of Biblical wounds with the next exodus from Egypt square measure coupled with the epic, however destruction.
Historians and archaeologists seem to agonize regarding the date when the volcano of Thera exploded, with a date somewhere between 1645 and 1500 B.C. . From varied studies administered within the ashes that remained at the bottom of the ocean, it was found that once the volcano exploded, the explosion that was caused was the strongest that ever happened within the times of humankind.
There is no proof of what really happened on its day, however scientists square measure ready to compare the analytical recordings of the explosion of the illustrious Kakarato volcano in the state in 1883.
The eruption of Thera volcano was four to 5 times stronger than that of Krakatau, in step with geologists, whereas its energy corresponds to the synchronous explosion of many atomic bombs in fractions of a second.
The fact that no valuable part to assist with the study of the volcano, like metals or perhaps human remains, suggests that the inhabitants of Santorini had foretold the explosion and had exhausted the island. sadly, however, the culture failed to have a similar fate.
Based on the neighboring island of Crete, the powerful culture suddenly bust down when the eruption of Thera volcano. in step with historians, the tsunamis that caused it's troubled its service fleet and coastal villages. The autumn temperature caused by the massive amounts of sulfur dioxide released into the atmosphere led to cold for several years and rains throughout the summer months, destroying the crops. The deadly combination affected each powerful Minoan fort in but fifty years.
In a terribly short amount of time, peaceful and effective sovereignty gave them an area within the warring city-state system of Ancient Greece, that currently dominated the Mediterranean, whereas the Aegean was the foundation stone for the history of Europe.
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It sure was a beatiful and romantic place to be.. cosmopolitan and traditional at the same time… i would love to go back!!
Is this heaven?? I think so! This is the most beautiful island I have ever been!! The boat was very quick as we arrive in less than 2 hours.. everything was perfect!!
You made my dream come true! Santorini is gorgeous! The tour was organized great, and I had enough time to enjoy famous views of Oia and Fira!
Anyone know if bus collects from hotel ?
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Santorini was really beautiful place! The tour was organized good, may could be more time to enjoy the views of Oia and Fira, we have 1 day tour and unfortunately only 1,5 h in Oia and 1,5 h in Fira. For next visit may will better two days trip for enjoy this beautiful place… Because we were there in rush-hour and the aisles was really awfully crowded….We were also in Santorini Volcano Island where we had time for swimming in sourc of volcano. It was really nice experience. Thank you for this trip :-).


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Sonowal urges gaon burhas to work with responsibility to ensure effective implementation of govt schemes
Guwahati, Dec 6 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday urged upon the gaon burhas of the state to work with responsibility to ensure effective implementation of government schemes and to uplift the society socially, culturally, economically and spiritually.
While taking part as chief guest in the 38th central session of the association of gaon burhas of Assam, Sonowal said that the gaon burhas should work for strengthening harmony and creating a congenial environment in the society.
"The gaon burhas are an important institution in the administrative set up and they are being empowered to perform more effectively. They will have to play a pivotal role in developing model villages and to rid the society from superstition and social evils," Sonowal said.
Sonowal informed that the government would take all possible steps for assuaging their grievances including issues related to their remuneration, medical allowance etc.
He also said that government would build a Gaon Burha Bhawan in Guwahati and take steps for providing allowance to them whenever engaged in election duty.
Referring to the NRC updation exercise, the Assam CM sought cooperation of the gaon-burhas in ensuring the publication of an error-free draft.
He also underlined the potential of the youth of rural areas and the role gaon burhas could play in promoting their talents.
Sonowal also observed that Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Setu holds tremendous potential for the growth of Sadia and assured that govt. would take appropriate measures so that farmers get fair price for their produce.
The Assam CM also called upon the gaon burhas in developing cleanliness habit and leveraging government's fight against corruption at village level.
MPs Rameswar Teli and Pradan Baruah, MLA Balin Chetia, president of gaon burga associaition Haketu Sema, General Secretary Bhupen Baruah and host of other dignitaries were also present.
On the other hand, prior to attending the gaon burha session, Chief Minister Sonowal installed Lai Khuta for the 74th Burhidihing-Bordumsa session of Asom Sahitya Session to be held from February 1 to 4 at Bodousa Samanyay Kshetra and prayed for all success of the session.
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Asbestos is a building material that was mainly used for fire protection and insulation between 1950s and mid 1980s. If you have a property that was built before 2000, it may contain some asbestos.
Although mainly used for insulation, the fibrous material is often combined with other building materials so it can appear in many different forms such as a type of concrete, floor tiles, rope, drainpipes, texture ceiling etc. Unless it has been coloured it is usually, blue (the most dangerous), brown or white. So it can be found in many different places and has a variety of uses. This can make it hard to spot.
The Health and Safety Executive http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos has a lot of useful information about asbestos on their website including pictures of what asbestos looks like where it is found and what to do about it.
Is Asbestos dangerous?
Asbestos is fibrous and it is these fibres that can cause illness if they are inhaled in large quantities. It can affect older and younger people and is particularly bad if there is regular exposure over a long period of time. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Asbestos is the cause of some 4500 deaths every year. There are four illnesses that are associated with it; Mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the lungs), Asbestos-related lung cancer, Asbestosis (a scarring of the lungs), Diffuse pleural thickening (a thickening of the membrane surrounding the lungs). It can take between 15-20 years for the symptoms of asbestos to appear. It is vitally important to protect yourself and others from exposure to asbestos.
Only the asbestos fibres when breathed in can be detrimental to our health. So only damaged asbestos or asbestos that is in danger of being damaged is a risk. Asbestos that is in good condition and is left undisturbed is generally not a health risk.
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The logic behind using gentrification to revive urban areas looks good on paper but is seriously flawed when it is put into action. The idea behind gentrification is to build luxury apartments that attract wealthy tenants and increase property values. The surrounding properties benefit from the increase in values, and new businesses move into the area to serve the new clientele. It all sounds like the perfect plan.
But when gentrification is actually put into place, human greed seeps in and makes the process ugly and destructive. Instead of gaining something new and wonderful, gentrification causes the loss of many integral parts of a community. When you look at it from a practical point of view, gentrification could mean the destruction of the way of life that a city has known for many years.
Changing Neighborhoods
Gentrification causes property values to rise, which is great news for the people who own those properties. The problem is that most properties in a gentrified area are apartment complexes and homes occupied by low-income families, and increased property values mean higher rents. Once the rents go up, the low-income families are forced to leave a neighborhood where they have lived for generations.
The other issue with gentrification and neighborhoods is that something has to go to make way for these new luxury apartment buildings. Rezoning starts the process of removing residential buildings for years, and favors given to developers mean that entire neighborhoods are wiped out to make way for new, wealthy tenants.
Losing Diversity
When people talk about their old neighborhoods, it is common for the character of a neighborhood to be found in its diversity. A real neighborhood welcomes people of all ages, races, and religions to mix and create memories that will last a lifetime. Gentrification tends to only be targeted at rich Caucasians. It is difficult to create lifelong memories when everyone has the same background.
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There are two reasons why gentrification destroys small businesses in the neighborhoods it affects. First of all, when the low-income families are forced out of the neighborhood, that takes much of the workforce that kept those businesses going. Gentrified neighborhoods are normally populated by people who either already have careers outside of the neighborhood or are retired.
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2013 was always going to struggle to compete for news after 2012, the year of the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. We rose to the challenge however and did still manage a Royal Baby and a Wimbledon win at last. The Brits love affair with all things foodie also continued to march unabated. The year started with a slight wobble as we tried to rid ourselves of the spector of horse meat in everything but Paul Hollywood soon had the entire country in the palm of his hand during the Great British Bake-Off. The summer was a flurry of new restaurant openings and sadly some closures of old favourites also. The climax of the year had to be the incredible performance by Steven Edwards in Professional Master Chef, leaving us all emotionally exhausted and ready to be spoon fed turkey for the next two weeks while we recovered!
The big three guides (Michelin, AA and Good Food) all produced their new awards for 2013/2014 leaving a trail of delight, acclaim, confusion and bewilderment in equal measure.
2013 has been a bumper year for articles posted on the Design Restaurants blog – we've shared reviews, awards, news and general thoughts about the world of fine dining and other worlds connected to it. For our end of year review we have chosen to re-visit 10 blogs from the past year – we hope you enjoy our curation of your favourites and ours.
Thank you finally to you, our followers, (including all of our new friends) this year for your interest and support of this blog – Design Restaurants wishes you all a happy, prosperous and above all tasty 2014!
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A fascinating storm last night with lots of curiosities from the large to the small scales. We'll start with the large scale. First, this is an event associated with the passage of an upper-level trough that lags well behind the surface trough and leading edge of cold air at the surface. As shown in the 0600 UTC (Midnight MDT) analysis below, the primary low-pressure system and surface trough were well downstream of northern Utah last night, as was the leading edge of the cold air at 700 mb (crest level).
At 700 mb (roughly crest level of the Wasatch Mountains), however, the wind trough (i.e., the shift in winds to northwesterly) lags well behind these features and is located just upstream of Salt Lake City.
Consistent with the above observations, the winds at the Salt Lake City International airport were northwesterly all night last night (ignore the spurious 70 mph gust which is a reporting error). One can see only a modest drop in temperature at around 1000 UTC as precipitation moved over the airport.
At 11,000 feet on Mount Baldy in Little Cottonwood Canyon, however, the winds were southerly through 1000 UTC, and then shifted to westerly by 1400 UTC. This wind shift occurred with the passage of the upper-level trough.
So, this is a case in which precipitation was generated while we were in shallow northwesterly flow at low levels, but experienced a trough passage at crest level. The resulting effects on precipitation are fascinating. As shown in the first half of the radar loop below, precipitation developed and remained fixed to the windward slope of the central Wasatch Mountains (right hand red box) ahead of the approaching large-scale precipitation shield.
During this period, radar echos did not extend into the upper Cottonwood Canyons. I believe this is because the northwesterly flow and upslope was very shallow.
It was not until the trough and associated large-scale precipitation shield moved in that precipitation began in earnest in the upper Cottonwoods (Alta-Collins did not record measurable precipitation until 1300 UTC). Once that happened, snow began to fall throughout the Cottonwoods, heavy at times. In the latter half of the loop, after about 1200 UTC (GMT in the time stamp in the loop is equivalent to UTC), persistent, locally high radar reflectivities develop over the Cottonwoods and surrounding region. If the obs are legit, 9" of snow has fallen at Alta-Collins from 1200-1500 UTC with .44" of SWE (about 5% water content).
In contrast, in the box to the west, which is over the western Salt Lake Valley, persistent precipitation shadowing occurs downstream of the Oquirrh Mountains. Note how lower radar reflectivities are generally observed in this region.


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By Alanna Mitchell
With permission, The Globe and Mail
Sat, Feb 28,2004
When is sex not really sex? When it's oral, manual, on-line or conducted over the phone and sometimes even when it involves intercourse without orgasm.
At least, that's the finding of a study of 164 heterosexual university students being published today in The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, and it's raising troubling questions about whether the message of safe sex is being hampered by different definitions between the generations.
Hilary Randall, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of New Brunswick and one of the paper's co-authors, said the findings point to a gaping hole in programs designed to deal with preventing sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS.
Young people, bombarded with the safe-sex message, are applying it only to what they consider to be formally having sex. Older adults, who are designing the safe-sex programs, are using it to refer to a wide range of sexual activity, including oral sex and certainly anal and vaginal sex, with or without orgasm.
"This old, antiquated language is not getting the information across," said Ms. Randall. To be effective, sexual-health programs will need to be far more specific in describing sexual activities rather than relying on omnibus terms such as "having sex," her paper says.
When safe-sex educators talk about limiting the number of sex partners to avoid infection, that message, too, may be understood differently by younger Canadians, who may be counting only those with whom they have had vaginal intercourse with orgasm, said co-author Sandra Byers, a psychology professor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.
"They are saying: 'I didn't have sex. I had sexual activity.'" she said. For example, just over three-quarters (77 per cent) of the males interviewed said that anal intercourse without orgasm qualified as having sex, meaning that the same act wasn't sex at all to 23 per cent. If orgasm happened with anal intercourse, 84 per cent of the men said it was sex.
For females, the figures were 80 per cent and 83 per cent.
Among males, 10 per cent did not consider vaginal intercourse to be sex if orgasm failed to happen. For women, 96 per cent said vaginal intercourse without orgasm constituted sex. Approximately the same percentage for both men and women defined sex as vaginal intercourse with orgasm.
Fewer than a quarter of the students said that oral sex — with or without orgasm — was real sex. Hardly any of the students said that masturbating to orgasm over the phone or over the computer was having sex.
Ms. Randall said it is even possible — though not proved — that the safe-sex campaigns have somehow skewed the younger generation's idea of what sex is.
"It's possible that we've given them the impression that sex is whatever you use a condom for," she said. She said studies in the United States that attempt to define sexual abstinence come up with similar findings: To the U.S. students, having oral sex qualified as being abstinent.
The Canadian findings reflect the centuries-old sexual focus on loss of virginity and the breaking of the hymen, said Ed Herold, a professor of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph and the founder of the Guelph Sexuality Conference. He added, though, that the findings suggest a sea change in the way people view oral sex. In the 1940s and 1950s, when Indiana University professor Alfred Kinsey did his ground-breaking work on human sexuality, oral sex was often considered to be more intimate than vaginal penetration, and it tended to happen long after vaginal intercourse had been established.
Today, it is often a prelude to vaginal intercourse or an act that never leads to further sexual activity. "What it's saying is that there certainly is a lot more experimentation," said Prof. Herold.
Alexander McKay, research coordinator of the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, which publishes the journal, also said the study shows that ideas about sexuality are evolving in Canada. "Twenty years ago if we asked people whether oral-genital contact was 'having sex,' most people would have said quite definitely that it was," he said. He said the evolution is healthy. "It certainly helps to legitimize the sexual expression of people that is not specifically directing sexual behaviour toward procreation."
The study also found that when it came to sexual jealousy, the students were prepared to say that almost any activity – including deep kissing and on-line sex amounted to being unfaithful.


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