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World-class polo takes center stage beginning Thursday at the Piaget World Snow Polo Championship at Wagner Park in downtown Aspen
Some of the world's greatest polo players including Argentine brothers Facundo and Gonzalito Pieres, two of only six players in the world with the perfect 10-goal rating, will compete on the final stop on the 2013 calendar for the World Polo Tour.
Melissa and Marc Ganzi of Aspen Valley Polo Club, sister club of Wellington, Fla.-based Grand Champions Polo Club, along with Nacho Figueras and Larry Boland, president of Piaget North America, are hosting the polo extravaganza. St. Regis Hotels & Resorts is the official hospitality partner and Audi is the official car.
"There will be more than 50 players here," said Marc Ganzi. "This town has never seen this level of competitors. There will be a different feel to the venue and the level of horses and players. We are trying to do something that's never been done before."
Before getting their game-faces on, players gathered Wednesday night to meet local media, VIPs and sponsors during an hour-long meet-and-greet, press conference and team introductions at the elegant St. Regis Aspen Resort.
On Thursday, a media day, St. Regis brunch and polo practice chukkers are scheduled. The practice, set for 1-2:15 p.m. will enable players and horses to acclimate to the weather and snowy playing surface before they get down to business on Friday with a round-robin tournament featuring high-goal teams Audi, Piaget and St. Regis Hotels & Resorts.
Ranked second in the world, Facundo Pieres will captain the Audi Polo Team and will be joined by teammates Juan Bollini and Melissa Ganzi, one of only two women in the nation on high-goal rated polo teams during the winter season in Wellington.
Facundo Pieres is coming off an outstanding year that includes playing for winning teams in the U.S. Open, Queens Cup, British Open and Gold and Silver Cups in Spain. He was ranked No. 1 in the world for most of the year.
Gonzalito Pieres will head the Piaget Polo Team and will be joined by Kris Kampsen and Marc Ganzi, one of the world's top amateurs ranked 45th in the player rankings.
Gonzalito Pieres is ranked sixth in the world. He was a member of Audi's 2009 U.S. Open and C.V. Whitney winning teams and 2011 USPA Piaget Gold Cup.
Nacho Figueras, will captain the St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Polo Team. His teammates are Nic Roldan and Brandon Phillips.
"The excitement has been building for this week's Piaget World Snow Polo Championship," said Roldan, a founding member of the Aspen Valley Polo Club and youngest player ever to win the U.S. Open at age 15.
"It's another great way to promote polo to fans who haven't watched it before and you have some of the greatest players out here."
Roldan's first snow polo tournament was in 2009. "Snow polo is such a fun event," Roldan said. "Polo's totally different on snow. It's a close-in game, more sticky, three on a side with a big red ball. And it's great because the spectators are really involved when they can see the game slower, on a smaller field."
Figueras, who serves as a St. Regis Connoisseur, is one of the sport's most popular and well-recognized players in the world. He is the sport's ambassadors and was named Sentebale Ambassador by Prince Harry.
"Polo is an innate part of the St. Regis legacy, and it is exciting to see how this social tradition manifests in Aspen among a new generation of global travelers and their families," said Paul James, Global Brand Leader for St. Regis Hotels & Resorts.
"We are delighted to have Nacho Figueras captaining the St. Regis team for the first time here in Aspen. It is sure to be a thrilling day."
The much-anticipated tournament action is Friday with three games scheduled.
At 11:40 a.m. Piaget will play St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Polo Team; 12:30 p.m. Audi will play the loser of the Piaget-St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Polo Team game and at 1:15 p.m. Audi will play the winner of the Piaget-St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Polo Team game.
The awards ceremony is 2:15 p.m. followed by a lavish VIP After Party.
Polo fans will be able to relax and watch world-class snow polo from the heated VIP Pavilion while enjoying mountain fare from the The St. Regis Aspen Resort, including the brand's signature Afternoon Tea Service along with cocktails from Johnnie Walker Blue.
Tickets are available through Ticket Leap (www.ticketleap.com). A one-day pass for the VIP tent is $150.
The VIP Pavilion ticket includes full access, lunch courtesy of The St. Regis Aspen Resort and cocktails provided by Johnnie Walker's mixologist.
General admission is free to the public and will be first-come, first-serve bleacher seating on the east side of the park.


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I started my first long term substitute position!!!!
She had the baby on Sunday and I took over on Tuesday. I'm in a first grade classroom and I absolutely LOVE it!
The class is a lot smaller, which lets me work one on one with students!
The curriculum is a whole lot different but simplier in some ways, so it takes a little adjusting. I have plenty of "We do it this way...." or "That's not what she does....." but I know they are just trying to help!
I'm already off to a great start I believe and I have ideas for projects and fun things to incorporate but would love more theme stuff.
I know we have Dr. Seuss and St. Patrick's Day coming up.....anything else???
Any fabulous resources I need??? Leave a link below so I can check them out.
I would LOVE to have some guest blogger featured on my blog to offer advice to new and aspiring teachers, sadly I have had no one fill out the form yet (although it was just put up a week ago)
Click the tab "First Year Friday FORM" at the top to get your post on!
Fill it out if you are interested! I would love to get this started soon! I know there are some amazing teachers that would have great advice to share- remember it doesn't matter what grade/subject.
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Deborah used the top of the Harper's dress by keeping the bodice length as written. She took 2" off the bodice width so it would be a little more fitted. I love the pretty bow tied on her shoulder!
Then Deborah added the skirt of Demi's without any changes made to the pattern. It's so full and ruffled - perfect for twirling!
Here it is all put together! It's pretty clear that her daughter loves it! Deborah got her fabrics from Joann's, Hobby Lobby, and Michael Miller. The beautiful headband came from Ma Cherie Kids.
Thank you to Deborah for another fabulous mash-up!
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its the mom - I agree, it would have been great to see the Royal dancers partner with some from other companies. I did quite enjoy the cross-company partnerships that we did see. Imagine it is quite difficult to put everything together in a short period of time - at altitude I might add. I can't believe they did Tarantella - (gasp). A cardio challenge at the best of times.
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I attended both of the "international" evenings this weekend. Both evenings were wonderful - almost too much to take in!
I loved the couple from the Royal - they were clear standouts for me. I also really enjoyed the new ensemble work evening II, and I always enjoy the movement of Lil Buck and colleague. Just read the review in the NYT, which doesn't mention Lil Buck, which is unfortunate.
The opening number on Friday with the kids and Bill Irwin was also very special - what a great opportunity for the young ones!
I believe kbarber was quoting the company's newsfeed - it was out last night on twitter and other social media.
Congratulations to all.
I am not intending to suggest that Ms. Fischer is not talented. Indeed she is. It would still be my opinion that personal and professional growth might be facilitated for a young woman if she is not working under and with her parents on a regular basis. I would have this opinion regardless of field of work.
Re Streetcar - I don't know that I would call the performance emotionally flat in any way - it was just disturbingly graphic - even more so really when you consider that it's not a new ballet. I appreciate that Neumeier wanted to get people thinking, and I understand that art shouldn't always be "easy" or "pretty" - however this went, in my view, well beyond thought-provoking.
I did see Streetcar, I believe a brief comment above. Still taken aback by the violence, and wondering why anyone would want to choreograph that?
My seat is near the front (Row F), so the enlarged stage not overly appreciated by those around me, especially those in front of me. A number of people moved. I feel that the NBOC should have forewarned patrons of this.
I did think it was well danced and acted, but like you not sure I would want to see it again.
Am also going to Swan Lake next week. It is not my favourite version but oh well.
It's around this time of year when KK announces promotions, etc. Anyone heard anything yet?
I feel for her as well. Wonder if her casting was tied to Maddox's? Can't remember now. Certainly I do wonder sometimes if Hannah F. would be doing all the roles she's doing if her parents were not ballet master/mistress. She is a talented dancer, yes. Can't help but wonder.
Honestly starting to regret that I've renewed my subscription. I cannot understand all the excitement over Binet - TWO of his works in the gala?
Yesterday I saw Streetcar. Holy catfish batman, that was a lot of trauma and violence for an afternoon.
Thanks for this JumpFrog! I saw the show at the last performance. I enjoyed Genus but then I hadn't seen it before so couldn't compare it like you could. I agree with you on - does an intellectual theory make a good basis for dance question. I had a hard time seeing the connection with Darwin. Lindsay Fischer tried to explain/defend during the ballet talk - but I'm not sure that he was really sold on the connection either.
I too loved Tarantella. In this show the male lead was Skylar Campbell, who was also superb. In fact he was in Genus too - so quite a day's work for him that day.
Concert I enjoyed but not quite as much as I had hoped. There were a few mis-steps with timing (an action that was supposed to match with something from the percussion section) - too bad. I thought most of the dancers did well with the acting - the piece was enjoyable for me overall.
Self and Soul - Binet did this piece for the Erik Bruhn competition (which I didn't attend this year), and the dancers I saw were the ones in the competition. So I enjoyed seeing them re-create their roles. I don't think there was anything special about this choreography other than maybe one lift. Personally I think that Binet has had the extraordinary good fortune to be able to work with dancers of such high calibre. I don't know that his young works would present half as well with other dancers.
Yes I did see Pinocchio (referenced above). As I said, not your typical afternoon/evening at the ballet. I was glad I went, but more because I got to see someone I've watched for a number of years in a lead role. Not what I would call classical ballet by any means, however.
My daughter went the other night (she is a dancer, a much more critical eye than mine to be sure). She saw a different dancer as Pinocchio (Campbell), and thought he did very well. I had seen a props issue with the nose - this wasn't present in the show she saw. She liked some of the more creative aspects - like the screen projections (portraying the ocean, for example). I thought these went on a bit too long; she did not. We both agreed that the lumberjack scene at the beginning needs work.
It's hard to describe - others are so much better with that than I am. Perhaps I can say it's more like a play without words that has some narration, and a fair bit of dancing.
I attended today's show. Very interesting - not your typical afternoon at the ballet, to be sure.
Pinocchio was danced today by Robert Stephen, who I've had the pleasure of watching since he was a student. I'm sure that all lead men are wonderful in the role, but I feel I just have to give Mr. Stephen kudos for a wonderful performance! I can't imagine that anyone else could have embodied the part better.
This is a very interesting development indeed. All the best to Mr. Maddox, though I admit that he was never my favourite to watch.
So who to replace him? I agree about Campell's height. Partnering was something I felt he struggled with early on - this has most assuredly improved, however is it strong enough?
All of the first soloist men seem to be shorter... I enjoy all of them, don't get me wrong. I probably enjoy watching these dancers more than I ever did Maddox... but if we are looking for a tall male principal it wouldn't be one of them. As a side note I've always felt it curious that KK tended to hire tall women (e.g. Fischer), but short men (e.g. Tedaldi).
Should we consider second soloist potential? I would look at Brendan Saye and Brent Parolin. Perhaps not quite ready for principal, but these men are tall and with beautiful lines.
Saw the Nutcracker on Dec. 26. Had forgotten how much I enjoy the "King of Candyland!" Overall a great show, and a wonderful crowd on a very icy night.
JumpFrog, I'm glad you were able to see the show, and that you enjoyed it. It really is nice entertainment! Because I've been around for a while now I have the odd piece or two of trivia. One of these is that I remember seeing Robert Binet (now choreographic associate) in Nutcracker - one of the roles he played was a little chef - and I remember that he was so incredibly cute, and really seemed to enjoy the stage! Curiously I don't recall him being overly tall for his age then (he's quite tall now as a young adult).
I admit that I do like this Nutcracker, though it's been a few years since I've seen it. There is something for everyone - but it does have a LOT of roles for children - I agree that the battle scene is quite busy - it's hard to know where to focus your attention - but also a reason to see it more than once.
For me, it's hard to justify the expense when I've seen the production a number of times, and have nobody special to share it with. I will be going to Nut in another city though.
Attended the show this afternoon.
I have been known to complain a bit about Sunday mat casting , however not this time!! Today I was incredibly thankful to have my ticket today!
First of all I ran into some dear ballet friends I hadn't seen in a long while - that alone was priceless!
Next - we had the amazing cast of McKie, Lunkina, Frola, Lobsonova, and company. What an amazing performance! The audience just about leapt to its collective feet when the curtain closed, and I was right there!
I don't know if I even have the words. McKie truly embodied the role, in every way. Lunkina almost - my only possible criticism is that she doesn't always look as young as one expects Tatiana to be. That said, none of the women cast in that role would have.
Both lead couples were wonderful together - none of the awkward lifts that I noticed in Cinderella. Speaking of Cinderella, also saw nothing today which would have suggested a lack of rehearsal.
At any rate, I have nothing but superlatives today - and thanks to the Ballet Gods that I had the opportunity to see this cast.
Slightly off topic - I do note that S Campbell, D Tedaldi, R Stephen have not been seen by me so far this fall and none of them were cast in significant roles in Onegin. Don't remember about Cinderella now - would need to check my program but I'm not at home.
Guess this is why they're wanting to raise 100 MILLION dollars....
My tickets are for Sunday matinee, so for Onegin I think I've won the lottery - not so much for Cinderella.
That said, I've seen this Cinderella quite a few times now so my expectations were high, and Maddox is not my fave. Emma Hawes was lovely in the role of Cinderella, however there were some lifts in Act 2 that didn't seem to go quite right. I'm not sure what it was - under-rehearsed if that is possible? Regardless, they looked very tentative which is not they way they should look.
As one of the Stepsisters Hannah Fischer has some growing to do also. Of course she can dance perfectly, but in Acts 1 and 2 she seemed more like Regina George in "Mean Girls" than the comical character for the ballet. Act 3 was better. The "other stepsister" was Tiffany Mosher, who has danced the role before. Ms. Mosher was quite a comic treat.
Georgio Galli was hysterical in Act 1 as the dance teacher - probably the most I've ever enjoyed watching him.
The "Four Officers" in this performance seemed a bit under-rehearsed as well, as they were out of sync with each other more often than not. In this performance all the men were very tall. The women who joined them in Act 2 at the ball were some of the company's shortest. This seemed an odd bit of casting to me.
One of the best parts of the afternoon for me was watching parents bringing young children to the ballet for the first time.
This appears to be a new position. Wonder what is up. I can think of one or two people who are currently doing much of the role as posted - carving more of an opportunity for them? Or is there more to this?
I didn't see this, but my daughter did. I don't know that I would have come in from the burbs to pay $50 for this event. I should also mention that I have been an NBOC season ticket holder for a long time and received very little information about this event. Oh- am also an AGO member. At any rate, my daughter liked parts of it (the obvious talent of the dancers, as you mentioned) - but wasn't overly keen on all aspects of the choreography.
One thing she mentioned was that she felt they shouldn't have taken a bow at the end - that this ruined the aspect of "dance as art" for her. She attended the dress rehearsal - did they do a bow (with expectance of applause) for other shows? It was the bow/applause part that she felt was awkward.
She did really like the interactive aspect of the event, and hoped that it would make dance more relevant to people. I will have to talk to her about your review JumpFrog.
Beyond that I would say that personally I think Binet's talent as a choreographer is a bit over-rated. He is an exceptionally lucky young man, and I do wish him well, however I do wish that NBOC/KK were a bit more open to those beyond the NBS/NBOC circle.
Adding my thanks California for the review. I'll be in Denver soon (sadly not Vail this year), and plan on visiting the exhibit.
The Canadian competitors Saeka Shirai and Yue Shi both won Silver medals in the Senior competition. They are with Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet and are listed on the company website as apprentices.
oh - forgot to mention that I really didn't care for Giselle's 2nd act costume. It must be new, and the Willi's older - it was so different from theirs (yes whiter, but different in style and embellishment also), and I didn't think the bodice fit as well as it should have. An unfortunate distraction for me.
I could never report as fully or articulately as volcanohunter, but did want to comment briefly on the performance yesterday, which was both the last of the season and the premiere for Jurgita Dronina as Giselle.
I have quite enjoyed Dronina this season, and Giselle did not disappoint. No technical issues that I could see (though I would not have expected any!). In the "mad scene" her Giselle went mad quite quickly - don't know that I've seen it portrayed quite that way before. Certainly was convincing!
I thought James did very well overall, but on reflection perhaps he wasn't as sympathetic as he could have been in the first act volcanohunter - however he danced it so well I could forgive him this time.
Wilfred was danced by Ben Rudisin, who needs to learn a few things about portraying a character. He has some good opportunities for expression which unfortunately he did not utilize. Nerves?
Don't know that I've ever seen such a "mean guy" Hilarion - however that is the way Renna portrayed him as you mention above. Probably one of the better performances I've seen from Renna. I would imagine his dancing quite different from that of say Campbell of course - but if a "mean guy" was the intent, Renna did it well.
Giselle' friends in the first act were Selene Guerrero-Trujillo/Rui Huang and Christopher Gerty/Ethan Watts. Again I would agree with volcanohunter. I thought the women were very accomplished - the men inconsistent and perhaps not quite ready for the roles. Clearly they have potential, but there were some bobbles. I always enjoy seeing Huang in any kind of a featured role - I watched her with the Washington Ballet doing principal and solo roles before she came here, and am glad she is getting more opportunities now.
Alexandra MacDonald was Myrtha - I thought she did quite well, maybe a bobble or two, but overall a very nice representation. We did not have the problem with timing or dancers not being able to hear the music in yesterday's performance. Jordana Daumec and Chelsy Meiss were the Lead Wilis. Daumec I think overdid the "face" a bit - and it came off just angry rather than ghost or wili-like. Not sure that was the intent.
All in all, a wonderful afternoon and great way to end the season.


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GOULDSBORO, Maine — A state Rapid Response Team could be on-site as early as next week to begin the process of assisting workers who will be idled when the Bumble Bee Foods cannery closes in two months.
Officials from the Maine Department of Labor are working with company officials to get the process started, according to department spokesman Adam Fisher.
"We're shooting for next week," Fisher said Thursday. "We're looking to start the conversation with workers about their next steps."
Bumble Bee announced on Wednesday that it plans to close the plant on April 18, ending a century-old tradition in the community and in the country. The former Stinson Seafood plant is the last sardine cannery in the United States. An estimated 128 people are expected to lose their jobs when the facility is shuttered.
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Gov. John Baldacci has promised the workers that the state Departments of Labor and Economic and Community Development will work with the company, the town and the workers.
"Our priority is to work with the workers to help them transition to a new job," the governor said in a statement issued Wednesday. "But we will also actively pursue new uses for the facility and redevelopment. During the next two months, we will do everything we can to put people back to work and find a new use for the plant."
The availability of a trained work force can be a key factor in drawing new users to an area, Fisher said. The department often can create training programs to provide workers with a new set of skills to meet the needs of a business interested in redeveloping a facility.
Fisher said the two-month notice would give the state time to find ways to best help workers affected by the shutdown.
"We're fortunate in one respect in that we have time to talk with the workers and get some idea of what their needs are so we can develop a plan to help them," he said.
The Rapid Response Team initially will work with employees on filing for unemployment, according to Fisher, who said the team also will familiarize workers with the department's career services and determine what, if any, educational opportunities the workers may need or want.
"There are a lot of different jobs at this plant," he said. "We're going to look at the skills that these workers have and determine how we can match them with employers in the area."
Reflecting seasonal trends, unemployment in Hancock County is higher than the state average of 8.3 percent, running about 10.2 percent based on December figures. Still, there are opportunities for employment, he said.
"There are some jobs in the region," Fisher said.
Bumble Bee also has notified workers that the company may have other positions available at plants in California, Puerto Rico and New Jersey.
The closure of the Bumble Bee sardine cannery in Prospect Harbor is due to pending new fishing limits that will drastically cut the herring catch in Maine and much of the East Coast, Bumble Bee officials said Thursday.
The federal government is poised to impose a new quota for the next three years that will reduce the total allowable catch of Atlantic herring by 37 percent. For the stretch of the New England coast from Cape Cod to the Canadian border, the catch will be reduced by more than 50 percent.
"It's just not giving us the fish we need to keep the plant viable," said Melody Kimmel, spokeswoman for Bumble Bee, which announced the closure on Wednesday.
The National Marine Fisheries Service is expected to implement the new limits soon, reducing the total allowable catch from 145,000 metric tons a year to 91,250 metric tons a year for 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Along the coast, though, where most herring fishing is done so boats can save fuel, the catch will be reduced from 45,000 metric tons to 22,000 metric tons.
Rules will limit the number of fishing days for different sectors throughout the year. The federal government will stop fishing once the yearly catch reaches 95 percent of the limit.
Catch limits for the silvery little fish have been the subject of a political tug of war involving numerous groups including fishermen, the lobster industry, conservationists, tuna fishermen, sport fishermen and whale-watching companies.
Herring are controversial because they play a critical role in the ecosystem as well as the economy.
They are forage food for numerous fish, mammal and bird species. They are also the primary bait for Maine's lobster industry.
The cannery is just the first of many casualties of the new limits, said David Cousens, president of the Maine Lobstermen's Association.
The amount of herring Maine lobstermen typically use for bait each year exceeds the new quota. As result, lobstermen will have to switch to other bait, such as menhaden, and have bait trucked in from farther away.
The result will be higher costs for an industry that has been struggling with low lobster prices, Cousens said.
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The New England Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission have both voted to recommend adopting the new fishing limits based on scientific analysis of the health of the fish stocks.
It isn't that the data indicate herring stocks are being overfished, said Lori Steele, who works on herring issues for the New England Fishery Management Council.
Rather, computer models used by scientists to predict the health of herring stocks have been unreliable, leaving scientists uncertain how healthy the stocks are. As a result, she said, scientists are taking a cautious approach when recommending catch limits, she said.
The uncertainty is due to the lack of funding for data-gathering efforts, such as trawl surveys, said Don Perkins of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.
"It creates an environment where the politics gets intense," he said. "Everybody can argue their side of the story because there is no definite data."
The next stock assessment is scheduled to occur in fall 2011 or spring 2012.
Steve Weiner, an Ogunquit tuna fisherman who is president of CHOIR, a coalition group that has worked to protect herring stocks from overfishing, said that making fishery management decisions based on science is a positive development. But the science needs to improve so stocks can be managed without devastating coastal communities.
"There can't be anyone who thinks what happened to that cannery isn't tragic," he said. "These are tough times as it is right now. There can't be any more of this."
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That's right, Mae Whitman will be coming back to the fourth season of "Arrested Development" as
Egg Ann Veal. During an interview with Hollywood.com, the actress dished that she'll definitely be back in at least one of the 10 to 13 new episodes in the show's upcoming season.
"I definitely, definitely wouldn't ever let this chance go by without being a part of it," Whitman said. "I told [creator] Mitch [Hurwitz] that I would stand outside the sound stage until he would let me just walk through the background or something. I would say yes, you can definitely expect to find a little bit of Ann hiding in the background somewhere, at least."
So will Ann be the love interest of George Michael (Michael Cera), Gob (Will Arnett) or someone new in the Bluth family? Maybe she's moved on to Buster (Tony Hale) or Tobias (David Cross)? Or maybe Ann has some greater purpose to play. We can only imagine.
Whitman is just the latest actress to join the long line of returning secondary cast members on "Arrested Development." Earlier this week we heard Liza Minelli would be back for another go as Lucille Austero, and we also know Judy Greer, Ron Howard, Scott Baio and Henry Winkler are returning. "Mad Men" star John Slattery and the cast of "Workaholics" are the only new additions we know of so far.
"Arrested Development" season four will air on Netflix at some point next spring. It will have anywhere from 10 to 13 episodes, and could be released all at once instead of weekly.
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President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen 8 points in the past two months, putting him underwater for the first time in more than a year, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
Obama's approval rating dropped to just 47 percent in the survey, which was conducted March 15-17. His disapproval rating now sits at an even 50 percent, up 7 points from a January survey.
Both numbers are at their most troublesome levels for the President since January 2012, when the split was 47-51. It's also a 15-point swing from this January, when Obama enjoyed a 55 percent approval rating while just 43 percent disapproved.
The CNN poll falls in line with others that have continued to show an approval ratings plunge for Obama. Earlier this month, Gallup's three-day rolling average experienced a 13-point swing in just five days and dropped his split to an even 46-46. In a Quinnipiac poll released last month, his approval rating also dropped to 46 percent. And two weeks ago, Obama's average approval rating fell below 50 percent for the first time in four months.
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Hello, All
I am trying to understand some concepts about Embedded Linux and Why engineers use it.
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and I understand that applications that need server controlling and image processing
Is there the only applications for Embedded Linux or it is used in other applications?
Also why ARM cores are popular in Embedded Linux applications?
Also if there is a book to explain the programming process and interfacing with FPGA, I would be grateful
Thank you
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Re: Embedded Linux Applications
Not all ARM cores, but the ones which meets some requirements in their instructions set; actually most of them.why ARM cores are popular in Embedded Linux applications?
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Re: Embedded Linux Applications
Linux in embedded systems main appeal is time to market and ease of use. From a hardware stand point there is a decent amount of support in terms of kernel modules and device drivers. From a software perspective it has a large number of stuff such as filesystems and networking along with various packages that can be installed for ssh or cryptography.
This basically accelerates development. Linux is also a full operating system which supports multi-threading/processing. This can allow a decent amount of developmental comfort to be passed on. The Linux kernel supports a wide array of hardware but isolates this from the programmer to a large extent unless your doing serious kernel coding. Which for most of the time I am going to guess it will not be common outside of a few specific areas.
So far this sounds really awesome right. However the catch is mostly as seen in the linked article. Linux is not actually super low level, its an operating system. Linux is designed to work in environments which are not real time. What a lot of people have done is bought their way out with faster hardware, which lead to power consumption issues. This is part of the love of ARM to which is supposed to be pure magic.
You will find the weaker members of the embedded community are very opinionated and love three major groups. These members also tend to have little insight into what they are doing or what is proper for this context. These groups are Atmel, ARM, and Linux fanboys. You will generally hear them talk about the development support and debugging options. Most of this is for people that are not trained or accustom to this context/environment.
Linux is like high level programming for hardware. Which is why people generally attempt to classify this as low level. This of course fails. However areas of concern here are memory management and process/task management. Programmers that struggle with pointers will struggle with bare metal programming. Which is a major motivation for using Linux. Simply put there are many programmers that could not work in that area. Just like Java was created because people could not use pointers, unsigned, memory management, etc.
Now there is one area that really shocks me. Linux generally speaking is not known for security in IoT. The reason for this is not so much due to Linux itself but the large context of Linux and improper understand/application of it. Linux standardizes the security footprint and allows assumptions to be made for hackers. Along with a programmer doing stupid things can basically create a side channel for exploitation. The massive amount of reuse in Linux and the ecosystem can promote a culture of insecurity which can have huge ramifications under the premise of IoT.
Even more shocking is the whole notion of embedded Linux to begin with. Here the abuse is the notion of embedded which generally implies specialization, whereas Linux generally implies general purpose. Embedded systems as part of their specialization generally work under real time constraints. However Linux does not. RTOS is supposed to be used here. Granted the Linux kernel has a patch which can be applied to bridge the gap. However overall Linux has a lot of overhead due to the large general purpose support it carries. This can cut into the RTOS behavior. Granted Linux is modularized and kernel programming is available. However following that would be following bare metal which begs the question of why?
As for ARM itself. Look this mostly a feature of fad culture and ignorance mostly. Linux did recently trim down support, which makes some sense and is confusing at the same time. A lot of what surrounds ARM is BS. I generally look down on "engineers" that go over the top with singing ARMs praise. Personally I think they miss the point of the context and lack understand of hardware, architecture and ironically software. Everyone was so shocked when ARMs power yields against frequency fell off, but anyone familiar with hardware knew this would happen due to dynamic current.
I personally do not like ARM or embedded Linux too much. The reason is people are too likely to push pure software which is very inefficient or push something like Java or Python. Which we have already seen. ARM cores enable most of this. ARM cores also are rarely implemented in a Harvard configuration outside of the core itself. Granted many higher speed processor don't do this also. However options do exist for this, but rarely do. Again with hardware software co design and SoC based designs most of this should be changing.
This is kind of the issues with the whole PIC vs AVR war. Sure the AVR may be faster, however there are contexts for which this simply put does not matter. An engineer had better know this. Engineers should be the only ones in this space, as CS has shown complete disregard for basic theory and conceptual stuff learned in the second year of college. I view the promoting of embedded Linux as something a CS person would do rather than an engineer. CS as a field has entered a very strange position in the world. It believes it can do anything, but is bad at it. It also has moved away from more productive in devours. Engineering will have to sort that out later on. Of course I am referring to AI, which is not new at all.
Interfacing with an FPGA is a very open ended topic. FPGAs do not really have an interface so you can make it do whatever you want. If you have a Zynq you can use an internal interface to bridge between the ARM and some custom hardware perhaps via memory or AXI. Then there is external interfaces like SPI or PCI/PCI express. Driver development for something like Linux will depend on this interface and the platform you are using. For bare metal its a little more straight forward as you are basically working with an IO module.
Now I briefly mentioned that it was possible to use Linux for a custom module in a FPGA. However I also mentioned that Linux is poor for real time performance. Why would I say that then? Well the answer is it would depend on how the design handles this. For example the hardware does everything that is real time. The Linux part only handles say a configuration component which is TLS or a web server. That Linux part can be slowed out of real time, as the actual operation will happen concurrently in hardware without restriction. The same is not true with pure software. Granted you could use multiple software processes, but then you get into cache issues, memory bus problems, etc.
In summary ARM is loved for its support. Linux is loved for its support and cost reductions. Which mostly has to do with labor and time reductions. However proper design and support is usually compromised under this. Arrogance is extremely common.
There is now a light switch running cell phone grade hardware. Why cause it needed Java for some AI component. It runs off Android which is based in Linux. Welcome to 2019. Were inefficient is efficient. Were we need to do better to save the planet but screw it over doing this. The guy that made that will be declared smarter than me, yet I may know more about this than him. He may even have a PhD. After all this is so low level. So I would say these people are amateurs rather than engineers. You cannot really have this discussion with an amateur. (That is my foolishness.)
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The reason for embedded Linux is the time to market. Try and design a video player in a bare metal platform and providing an API for the client to interface to it. I previously worked for a payment terminal company and previously everything was baremetal. When the requirements change to adopt more high level functionality, the time to develop in bare metal would take too long especially to meet the high level features and functionality. Providing access for a major client to add their own content would have been a pain if working on a bare metal platform. They would want access to certain components in the payment terminal. Customization with their own graphics and animation.
I guess it depends on your requirements, time to market and cost which are factored in the selection of hardware and software.
For example if you were creating a inference on the edge or ai on the edge device, would you implement in baremetal when considering time to market and cost. I definitely would not consider bare metal based on the device that are available and none of them would work in a baremetal device. If it is time to market and cost, I would rather use embedded Linux than writing something from scratch. If I have the time then I would potentially use a FPGA with an ARM core without embedded Linux. I have ported kerasify to the ARM core without any issue and was in the process of applying high level synthesis or arm intrinsics to accelerate the inference. The issue how does it compare with the Google coral in performance. The coral has a dedicated ASIC for tensor operations.
I am not dishing baremetal as I have used in a lot of different application varying from automotive, automatic doors, cop cars and ventilation and heating systems. The processors ranges from stm32 to a small pic. The selection of the processor was due to cost, time to market as usual. Stm32 due to the can bus peripheral and cost. Pic was mainly due to cost as the client required a certain pricing for his product.
In a previous life I have used FPGA for high speed data acquisition mainly 2GBSP ADC and DAC. Boards that were mainly used for electronic surveillance.
Like I said choice of components depends on application, requirements and cost as one the main factors in my work experince.
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ABUJA— The removal ofthe Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, from office yesterday has been traced to his failure to openly associate with the political interests of the President in Kwara State.
Abdullahi, a former commissioner in Kwara State under the regime of former Governor Bukola Saraki may also have been dropped for his failure to openly disavow Saraki's leadership of the state.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, swore in 11 ministers and assigned them portfolios.
At the ceremony, which was witnessed by a large turnout of family members of the new ministers, President Jonathan charged the new ministers to see public office as public trust and to serve people without fear or favour.
The president also urged the new ministers to be innovative and creative and do things differently to bring positive changes to the administration, saying that if they fail to be innovative, their tenure would be deemed a failure.
The former Minister of Sports, Abdullahi, according to sources, had refused to openly associate with the new leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after Saraki and his followers defected from the party to All Progressives Congress, APC.
He was absent at the stakeholders' meeting summoned by the state PDP caretaker committee, drawing insinuations of double loyalty from some political stakeholders in Kwara State.
It was gathered that the final straw that might have broken the camel's back was the rally at the reception in Ilorin, where he failed to address the audience to reaffirm his loyalty to the PDP government. He was at the Emir of Ilorin's palace when President Jonathan paid homage to the Emir.
The organisers of the rally did not recognise him and it was suggested that the failure to recognise him was due to assertions by his associates that he, Abdullahi, is not a politician but a technocrat.
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The new ministers are Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos), Minister of State Defence; Alhaji Mohammed Wakil (Borno), Minister of State Power; Alhaji Abduljelili Adesiyan (Osun), Minister of Police Affairs and Alhaji Aminu Wali (Kano), Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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- 11:30 am- Motorcycle Run Kickstands Up (registration 10:00 am)
- 2:00 pm- "Brass Tracks Band" Performance
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On a frigid New Years Eve show in 1976, two local Cincinnati bands where scheduled to perform together. All seemed like just another Happy New Year's show with the slight exception that only one member from each band had showed up: None other than founding members Gregg St. Charles and Joey Von Richter. The two then scrambled to collect enough pocket change to make a few calls to find some other musicians to help cover the night. What went down on that special night was nothing short of a belated Christmas miracle, for on that magical night was forged the beginning of a band that would come and go for the next 33 years. Midnight Special then went on to tour nationally becoming one of America's premier rock'n'roll shows, opening for countless national headliners at fairs, theaters, festivals, theme parks and bar mitzvah's. Midnight Special also enjoyed regional success on Polygraph Records with the release of "Eye to Eye" and "Dixie Normous."


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In the 1960's, Jack Kirby created the bulk of the "Marvel Universe". In the early 1970's, he created several different little corners of DC's "Multiverse". Apart from the "Fourth World" books and THE DEMON, none of the rest were ever really intended to part of "Earth-1". Later editors & writers would try to change this, although most of what they strove for would wind up getting cast aside in the wake of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS in 1986 and the "New DC Universe" that followed.
For the purposes of this project, I plan to continue on past the point where Jack Kirby left DC to return to Marvel, and include, if I can, every single book that featured Jack's early-70's creations. Some of these, as done by other people, were pretty dire. If I can stand it, I'll try to do my best on the covers, anyway!
We start this page with the FINAL Jack Kirby cover at DC in the 70's.
Why, WHY did it take them 5 whole years before finally teaming up
Kirby with Wally Wood?
art by Jack Kirby & Wally Wood (January 1976)
art by JOE KUBERT (February 1976)
art by JOE KUBERT (in progress!) (March 1976)
However, before it was published, the concept was seriously tampered with. It was decided to make the hero a college-age character, completely innocent of the existence of his evil twin, before the start of the story. This meant the villain was also in his early-20's, rather than both having decades of experience and emnity between them. As the first episode was completely finished before this crucial decision was made, artist Pablo Marcos was brought in to REDRAW all the figures of both characters, while writer Martin Pasko completely re-wrote every word of Jack Kirby's dialogue & narration from scratch.
This might have made some sense had Marcos stuck around, or done the cover, but instead, Ernie Chan did the book's first 3 covers, and the interiors went thru a DIFFERENT penciller every issue until Mike Nasser arrived in issue #6. One wonders WHY this book was even put on the schedule at all under such conditions? The book did not achieve any stability at all until the Paul Levitz took over as editor from Gerry Conway. Finally, the book's name was shortened to simply KOBRA... despite there already being a Swiss anthology comic of the SAME name that started only a year before.
unused cover by Jack Kirby & Mike Royer
art by JOE KUBERT (April 1976)
Before moving on to the post-Kirby era,
I'd like to jump ahead all the way to 2002...
art by Dek Baker & David Morris (2002)
(Continued in Part 17)
For in-depth reviews and a fascinating discussion of these issues,
go to the CAPTAIN COMICS message board...
See THE SANDMAN page at Wikipedia
See Erik Larsen's KAMANDI article at Comic Book Resources
Artwork (C) DC Comics Inc.
OMAC #9 Artwork (C) Dek Baker & David Morris
Raw scans of KAMANDI #38-40
from Heritage Auctions site
Raw scan of KOBRA #1 from Photobucket
Scans of misc. KOBRA #1 art from Rick Jagger's Dojo blog
Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa


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Our staff and students enjoyed the opportunity on World Read Aloud Day to read aloud and to be read to aloud.
Students from Yr3-6 completed a reading survey. The first question asked them how they felt about reading.
This word cloud summarises their feelings.
I hope many parents take the opportunity to read aloud to their children. It really does make a big difference to their ability to learn to read.
The students also expressed why reading was important to them:
The students also shared why they think everyone in the world should read:


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British anti-war activist Dr. David Halpin said he hopes that British, American and Israeli politicians responsible for war crimes will be held accountable in his lifetime.
Dr. Halpin became prominent when he joined a group of doctors who questioned the official position on the death of the British Defense Ministry weapons scientist David Kelly.
Kelly told a journalist he doubted Iraq had any biological weapons of mass destruction and was later found with his wrists slit, under the most dubious circumstances with police finding no DNA or fingerprints on his own personal possessions.
Norman Baker MP wrote a book titled "The strange death of David Kelly" wherein he made many a revelation that none of the official lines of investigation ever did.
The Attorney General was supposed to study claims that David Kelly was assassinated by intelligence agencies.
Dr. Halpin makes it perfectly clear that it is Israel that calls the shots and it is the UK & US who are fighting on it's behalf, a position he makes clear in his article "The buzzard, the vulture, and the cuckoo"
"The hidden history of zionism" by Ralph Schoenman is available online to read here.
Chapters 12 & 13 titled "Strategy for conquest" & "Strategy for revolution" make for very interesting reading.


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Victor Ortiz has become the fifth celebrity to leave season 16 of Dancing with the Stars.
The welterweight boxer and his professional dance partner Lindsay Arnold became the fifth couple to be eliminated on the basis of the judges' scores and the public vote this season.
Ortiz received a score of 18 out of 30 from the judges following Monday night's (April 22) performances.
Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd also ended up in the bottom two when public vote percentages were combined with the judges' scores for the week's Stevie Wonder-themed dance routines.
Zendaya Coleman and Val Chmerkovskiy topped this week's Digital Spy reader poll with 52%, followed by Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough with 25.78%.
will.i.am appeared on Tuesday night's (April 23) results show to perform his new single, '#thatpower'.
Olly Murs also performed during the night, singing his latest song 'Troublemaker'. .
Team Paso Doble was also asked to dance this week's encore during the results show.
Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays at 8/7c and Tuesdays at 9/8c on ABC.


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Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) The coffin of US Republican Senator John McCain, who died on August 25 at the age of 81, arrived here on Thursday for three tribute-filled days, including his burial at a private service on Sunday.
The plane carrying McCain's body landed shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, outside of Washington DC, Efe news reported.
On Friday, a ceremony will be held at the US Capitol building, an honour that only around 30 people — and barely another 12 legislators — have so far received in the history of the country.
On Saturday, the funeral will take place at the Washington National Cathedral, which will be broadcast live on the Internet and on television, and will be attended by the former Presidents Barack Obama (2009-2017) and George W. Bush (2001-2009).
Both politicians snatched the presidency from McCain — Obama in the 2008 election and Bush in the 2000 Republican primary — but they forged a relationship of deep respect with the veteran politician and former US Navy captain.
The funeral will not be attended by current US President Donald Trump, who had a tense relationship with McCain, because the senator's family did not want to invite him.
On Sunday, McCain will be buried in a private service at the US Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium, in the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where the senator began his military career.
The display of tributes to McCain is one of the most notable for an American politician who was not a president.
McCain represented Arizona for more than three decades in the US Congress.


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By Chad Delaney
A wardrobe is an important part in any and every house. Like a bed is needed to sleep in, a wardrobe is needed to store our clothes in (every so often shoes included). This particularly pertains to people or families who have an extensive collection of clothes, shoes and accessories. The most important feature of any wardrobe is functionality and versatility. Customizable space is particularly functional, where we can adjust the space available for different needs. For this reason, the drawers, hangers, boxes inside the wardrobe play an important role deciding the efficiency of a wardrobe.
Aside from readymade wardrobes, there are also options obtainable for customized wardrobes where we can make our own wardrobe with sliding doors or hinged doors; whatever is right for us and what we have on. A lot of companies who give customized wardrobes let the buyer combine individual frames together to suit their style. They also let the buyer design the inside of the wardrobe, providing them with a big choice of shelves, drawers, clothes rails and so on.
In a customized wardrobe, a variety of kinds of doors can be used; a number of people may have a preference of the look of sliding doors in place of the regular ones; some may prefer vinyl doors and panels as they are mostly moisture resistant and have a tough, durable and decorative surface resulting in a stylish door with an excellent resistance to impact. Vinyl doors also decrease the danger of edges catching or chipping.
Sliding doors, on the other hand, add the required aesthetic appeal in an otherwise common wardrobe. They come in sleek ceiling to floor sizes and cover the bedroom storage from wall to wall; traditional doors are unable match the quality and versatility which the sliding doors in a wardrobe provide. Standard wood effect, mirror and glass sliding doors are not only gorgeous from the outside but also smart from the inside.
The majority of the companies selling wardrobes give the options of wardrobe design and installation, custom design wardrobe, sliding doors, budget friendly wardrobes, accessories and professional installers who will assist in setting up the desired wardrobe in the house. They offer creative space saving solutions to a lot of areas of the home and office that have traditionally been left under-utilised and badly planned including living rooms, home offices, laundries, children's rooms, garages, workshops and bathrooms. The design comprises stylish, well constructed modules that give the flexibility to make the ultimate wardrobe plan to maximize our available space, and reflect our personal style.
Wardrobes can be a small corner in the house or a room large enough for us to walk in and get ready there. The walk in wardrobe is large enough to walk inside to store clothes or other objects, on two or three sides. They may come with lighting, mirrors, and flooring distinct from adjacent rooms. A wardrobe can comprise of multiple sections meant for keeping in a variety of things. While one section can handle your cosmetics, the other can take care of your bags. The upper section is usually confined for jeans where as the lower one for tees and formal shirts.
The most significant factor when opting for the wardrobe is seeing its flexibility and the ability to store everything, from your vintage clothing to your impulsive buys or some random thing you picked up from the flea market. Every blouse, jumper and scarf should be in place.
If you are looking for a wide range of top quality wardrobe door colours, patterns and finishes then Complete Wardrobe Supplies is the best place to be.
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So, I'm sitting in the school Suburban, engine running, waiting for it to warm up and I glance in my rear-view mirror and notice a sticker on the back window. I'm thinking, Gee, who would put a sticker on the school Suburban? I begin to read it backwards, right to left. E-T-A-T-S-A-N-A-T-N-O-M. Hmm. Montana State. Oh, it must have been Clair. He lived in Montana. Odd that I've never noticed it before!
Next sticker.
OH! Wait! It must have been Mr. Limoges. He has one daughter at Bozeman and one at Palo Alto. Oh. OK. He, being the principal and all, can probably decide to put some stickers on the school vehicles. I guess.
At that very moment I realized I was nose to nose with his vehicle, [same exact color and shape of my vehicle] and was actually reading his back window which had the stickers on, not looking into my rear view mirror.
Ummm. My very poor old brain!
[Honk if this made you smile. It makes me laugh out loud every time I think about it!]


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The kinds of events captured on drone seem to be getting more and more interesting every day.
We recently brought you the stunning aerial footage of a full-force tornado approaching Kansas Town, and now there's another astounding first after YouTube user TheGadgetGuy1 captured the demolition of Detroit's historic Park Avenue Hotel on his drone.
The building was demolished in order to make way for the new Detroit Red Wings stadium loading dock. It was originally built the 1920's, and was actually placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, which we can only imagine made getting rid of it a bit of a controversy.
One thing is for sure though – the drone footage of the famous Park Avenue building going down makes for a memorable watch…
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Venus, the Pleiades and Hyades
Tonight, the planet Venus shining bright in the western sky appeared close to the dipper-shaped open star cluster, Pleiades.
Just above them was the V-shaped Hyades, another noticeable cluster. In mythology, the Hyades are the half sisters to the Pleiades, the daughters of Atlas.
Image taken with Nikon D60 DSLR camera (24 mm, f/5.6, 20 sec. exp. at ISO 1250).
More photos below:
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Your photos make me want to buy a better camera 🙂
May 6, 2012 at 6:30 am
hello raven. when i arrived home last night in novaliches, as i was parking my car in our garage, i saw an unusually bright star above a cluster of stars. that was around 8 pm. I ate my diner and watched a little t.v and got out again having my digital camera with 15 x optical zoom hoping to take a shot of this bright star. when i stepped out it was gone already. its a nice thing that you explained it what it was. it was venus after all. iam a 41 year old lawyer with 5 kids. i sure hope that my son (10 yrs old) will have an interest in astronomy.
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I am often asked "how is it that you can charge so little?" Sometimes I respond, "..better to ask why the big hospitals charge so much." There is no better way to see where your money is going in health care than to read this little article. In today's "The Oklahoman," Oklahoma's largest newspaper Jaclyn Cosgrove, senior health writer quotes Pat Patton, Chief Operating Officer of Mercy Clinic in Oklahoma, who responds to the closing of Mercy clinics inside of area Walmart stores. Patton says:
"We have Mercy clinics on about every block, it seems like, in Edmond and northwest Oklahoma City, and our convenient care clinics are pretty strategically located, even prior to the Walmart clinics, and the services we provide there seem to provide patients a little more depth," Patton said.
That Mercy has clinics on about every block is interesting. That they are concentrating their clinic presence in the most affluent parts of the Oklahoma City metro area is also interesting, I think. Or maybe just "strategic." The lengths to which they will go to not make a profit!
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Gum Arabic/Acacia Gum is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree. It appears as an off-white to yellowish granular or powder. Gum Arabic is used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer. It is also often used as an emulsifier and a thickening agent in icing, fillings, chewing gum and other confectionery treats.
Foodchem International Corporation is an international manufacturer and supplier of food ingredients and additives used in the Food, Beverage and Nutrition industry. This company focuses on producing a comprehensive range of preservatives, antioxidants, emulsifiers, phosphates, flavorings, sweeteners, amino acids, plant extracts, and more. Key offerings include Acesulfame-K, Guar Gum, Neotame, and so on.
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