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A few short days ago, I had the opportunity to dine at a restaurant that is by far one of the most original dining establishments I have ever had the chance to visit, over in Columbia, Illinois. One of the first things I noticed when looking at this restaurant was the sign hanging by the front entrance. The sign, at first glance, seemed to me to be a simple piece of orange paper enclosed in a black frame, but when I began reading it, I realized that it was the entire history of the place and it was such a nice story that if I hadn't known it to be true I probably wouldn't have believed it. This restaurant, from what I was told, is best known for the fact that a New Orleans boy fell in love with a local girl and their love turned into a family and 2 restaurants!
It all started with a boy named Chris from New Orleans and a local girl named Micki who shared a love of cooking and who wanted to build something that could last for years to come. Soon after, Who Dat's came into creation and it was such a hit that another location opened just a few short years later. It was so nice to hear about the back-story from Tori, who's actually one of the daughters of the owners. She was very friendly and did everything she could to make sure that myself and my dining companion felt welcome.
I couldn't help but notice both from the outside as well as the interior that the location was smaller than I anticipated, but the way it was decorated made me feel as though the space itself felt bigger than what it was. There was a lot to take in as far as decoration, with both New Orleans and Cardinals decorations throughout and even a few shells on the chairs for good measure. While some might think that with such different types of decoration all located in one place that it might seem haphazard at best, this is not the case. If anything, it all ties together quite nicely and only adds to the experience.
While I was taking in all of the accoutrements around me, I was brought a sample of the gooey butter cake, in peanut butter and jelly flavor, and it was simply amazing to say the least. Tori informed me that they serve gooey butter cake from scratch everyday and they never serve the same flavor two days in a row, which is easy considering that they have 50+ flavors on file! Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought the gooey butter cake was amazing, because during the time I was there, there were multiple people coming in for either a piece or more, and none of them left disappointed, as it seems that the restaurant knows how popular the dessert is, and they always make extra in advance. This was such a nice surprise, as I was only expecting delicious seafood and maybe interesting seafood themed appetizers, but I was able to satisfy my sweet tooth as well.
After the amazing gooey butter cake sample, my partner and I decided it was time to place our orders. The menu was simple and straightforward but not in an uninviting way. The story announcing the history of the restaurant was featured, along with drink specials and butter cake, but the food section was quite interesting. I couldn't help but notice that the section offering the food was split in two. One side featured "His Family", and the other featured "Her Family". Everything under "His Family" offered items that were prominently New Orleans and seafood themed, while the items under "Her Family" seemed to be primarily barbecue and non-seafood. It brought back to mind the decorations that were around the restaurant, in that it seemed to be a bit of everything from both sides of their families and backgrounds, and that was an effort that was not lost on me.
I finally settled on the Blackened Shrimp Po Boy from "His Family" side of the menu, and this entree was made with sautéed lake shrimp, remoulade and served "dressed" with kettle chips, and an appetizer that went by the name of Crawfish Dip. The Crawfish Dip was etouffee without the rice and served with French bread for dipping. My partner ordered also ordered from "His Family" side of the menu, and his main dish was Blackened Shrimp Tacos, which consisted of two soft tacos that were filled with shrimp, remoulade coleslaw, black beans, corn, tomatoes, green onions, and served with a portion of jumbalaya. He also ordered the Gumbo Ya-Ya, in the size of a cup as opposed to a bowl, and the description for this item read "why put gumbo over rice when you can put it over potato salad???". The description definitely brought a smile to both myself and my dining partner when read, and when the gumbo was brought with the appetizer, my companion found himself remarking as to just how filling it truly was. Soon after, the entrees were brought and the sandwich I ordered was literally filled with jumbo shrimp which I loved and the two tacos that were brought for the other entree were also filled with quite large shrimp.
Needless to say, the quality of the meal was superb and the quantity was apparent, so much so that boxes were needed for both of us. Tori was more than helpful in making sure that we had everything we needed, from extra napkins to bags for carrying. The tab was settled soon after, and everything from the sign outside of the restaurant to the hospitality was truly enjoyable and I honestly had a wonderful time at this location. If you enjoy dining at "hidden gems" as much as I do, I would highly encourage you to give this place a try. If the truly amazing story and seafood isn't enough of a reason to give this place a try, then the gooey butter cake and abundant hospitality will.
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Nick Leonoff was born in 1978 in Santa Clara, California. In 1983 the Leonoff family moved to Carmel Valley, where Nick was raised and lived while attending Carmel High and graduating in 1997. He began apprenticing for renowned stained glass artist Alan Masaoka in 1998 while he attended Monterey Peninsula College and pursued a business degree. In 2000, Leonoff put glass to the side as he transferred to Pepperdine University to complete his Bachelors' degree. He graduated in 2002 with honors and remained in the Los Angeles area to work. In 2004, Nick returned to the Monterey Peninsula and was taught to blow a glass bubble by Alan Masaoka and was hooked on learning how to blow glass. In 2005, he took his first course at the Bay Area Glass Institute, followed by a summer program at Red Deer College. In 2006, Nick studied Italian Cane and Murrini Patterning techniques at the Pittsburg Glass Center in Pennsylvania under Kait Rhoads. In 2007, Nick attended the acclaimed Pilchuck Glass School in Washington to study coldworking by Greg Dietrich. Nick continued his education in 2008 when he was awarded scholarships to attend the Corning Museum of Glass in New York as well as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. In 2009, Nick returned to The Studio at Corning to study under Davide Salvadore, a Murano Maestro, to refine his understanding of the muranese glass blowing techniques. Nick returned to Corning in 2010 to expand his portfolio by studying hot sculpting techniques taught by Martin Janecky. Nick has studied and worked with a variety of glass artists including: Alan Masaoka, Johnathon Schmuck, Kathy Barrett, Treg Silkwood, Tyler Rock, Kait Rhoads, Greg Dietrich, Paul DeSomma, Marsha Blaker, Anthony Schafermeyer, Claire Kelly, Jack Wax, Davide Salvadore, Martin Janecky, Ross Richmond, George Kennard, April Surgent and Jiri Harcuba. In 2011, Nick moved his studio to Brooklyn, NY to further pursue artistic endeavors.
Since the first gather of glass I took from the furnace I have been intrigued with the process of glass blowing, and the intensity of working with a molten medium that can quickly take form to a solid state. There is an urgency to create in that moment of time that requires both patience and spontaneity as the glass is heated, blown and sculpted into its final form. The luminescent qualities of glass appeal to me as it responds to light. I am drawn to the potential of a material that can vary from a translucent to an opaque medium in a brilliant range of colors and gradations. I strive to create forms with colors, shapes and proportions that are pleasing to the eye with an intricacy that invites the viewer to engage and contemplate the piece. The various textures and finishes that can be achieved through a multitude of coldworking techniques fascinate me and expand the potential of the design beyond the furnace. I am driven by a passion for the process as well as the untapped potential of creating with a beautiful and seductive medium.
I create blown glass using Swedish overlay techniques to create layers of colored glass in the walls and on the surface of the glass forms. After the pieces have been annealed and have cooled to room temperature, I carve the walls of the pieces with diamond wheels to remove layers of glass and expose colors within the piece. The blown pieces become the "canvas" on which I design and create. The carving process becomes the core of the design in each piece. By carving the glass I create patterns and textures. I use various size, profile, and grit wheels to create different cuts and patterns. Many of my patterns resemble traditional textile as well as modern industrial designs. Through this coldworking process I have been able to explore the potential of the material and focus my artistic vision.
Leonoff Art Glass Brooklyn, NY 2011 - 2015
Owner/ Artist Monterey, CA 2005 - 2010
Masaoka Glass Design Carmel Valley, CA 1998-2000 2003-2006
Business Management, Leaded Glass Window Fabrication, and Studio Technician
Artist Studios Residency Program: Museum of Arts & Designs, NYC 2016
The Studio – Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY July. 2012
Scholarship: Jiri Harcuba & April Surgent - Zen Graving
The Studio – Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY Aug. 2011
George Kennard – Multiple Gathers
Pittsburgh Glass Center Pittsburgh, PA June 2011
Ross Richmond – From Phrase to Form
The Studio – Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY June 2010
Martin Janecky – Blowing and Sculpting Inside the Bubble
The Studio - Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY June 2009
Davide Salvadore - Creating and Using Murrine
Haystack Deer Isle, ME Aug. 2008
Mountain School of Crafts
Scholarship: Jack Wax – No Answers in the Back of the Book
The Studio - Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY July 2008
Scholarship: Anthony Schafermeyer & Claire Kelly – Playing With Pattern
Pilchuck Glass School Stanwood, WA May 2007
Greg Dietrich – Graal, Cameo, Battuto
Pittsburgh Glass Center Pittsburgh, PA June 2006
Kait Rhoads - Painting with Italian Patterning Techniques
Red Deer College Red Deer, Alberta Canada July 2005
Tyler Rock - Anatomy of the Vessel
Bay Area Glass Institute San Jose, CA Mar. 2005
Treg Silkwood- Feet and Stems
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA 2000-2002
BS Business Administration Cum Laude
Monterey Peninsula College Monterey, CA 1997-2000
AA Business Administration
Merit Award: Cherry Creek Arts Festival - Denver, CO 2016
Niche Award Winner: Glass - Washington, DC 2016
Best in Show: Lighting BKLYN DESIGNS - Brooklyn, NY 2015
Niche Award Winner: Glass - Washington, DC 2015
Niche Award Winner: Home Furnishings - Washington, DC 2015
Niche Award Finalist Glass - Philadelphia, PA 2014
Excellence in Glass: Smithsonian Craft Show Washington, DC 2013
Niche Award Winner: Glass - Philadelphia, PA 2013
Niche Award Finalist: Home Furnishings - Philadelphia, PA 2013
Best in Glass: Cohn Family Trust Museum of Art-Craft Show Philadelphia, PA 2012
Award of Excellence American Craft Council San Francisco, CA 2012
Solo Exhibitions:
"Transition" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CAJune - July 2010
Private Exhibition Kourakos Residence New York, NY May 2010
"Play with Fire" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA Aug. - July 2009
"Coastal Lines" Public InstallationLALLA Grill Monterey, CA Sept. 2008 – Oct. 2009
"Coastal Lines" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA June - July 2008
Nick Leonoff "New Glass Forms" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA July – Aug. 2007
Nick Leonoff "New Glass Forms" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA May – June 2006
Group Exhibitions:
"Texture & Tension" Morgan Glass Gallery Pittsburgh, PA Sep. - Oct. 2014
"Art Glass" Gallery North Setauket, NY Jun. - July 2012
Featured Artist : Pumpkin Patch Corning Glass Museum Corning, NY Oct. 2011
"The Glass Pumpkin Patch" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA Fall 2006 - 2012
"The Winter Glass Exhibition" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA Dec. 2006 - 2012
"Objects" Gallery North Carmel, CADec. 2007
Vidrio Del Mar "Sea of Glass" Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA July – Aug. 2006
Contemporary Fusion Masaoka Design Gallery Carmel Valley, CA Nov. – Jan 2006
Juried Arts & Crafts Shows:
Sausalito Art Festival Sausalito, CA Aug 2014
Cherry Creek Arts Festival Denver, CO July 2014, 2015
Smithsonian Craft Show Washington, DC April 2013
Washington Craft Show Washington, DC Nov. 2012
Philadelphia Museum Show Philadelphia, PA Nov. 2012, 2013, 2014
American Craft Council San Francisco, CA Aug. 2010, 2012, 2014
CraftNewYork New York, NY April 2012
Buyers Market of American Craft Philadelphia, PA Feb. 2012
ACRE Orlando Orlando, FL Jan. 2012
American Craft Council Baltimore, MD Feb. 2011 -2012
Marin Art Festival San Rafael, CA June 2008 -2009
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Mill Valley, CA Oct. 2008
Millbrae Art & Wine Festival Millbrae, CA Sept. 2007 - 2008
Awarded 2ndBest New Exhibitor
Capitola Art & Wine Festival Capitola, CA Sept. 2008 - 2010
Los Gatos Art & Wine Los Gatos, CA Aug. 2007
Carmel Valley Artists Christmas Fair Carmel Valley, CA Dec. 2005 - 2009
Carmel Homecrafters' Marketplace Carmel, CA Nov. 2006 - 2010
831 Magazine "The Art of Glass Blowing" Sept. 2012
Monterey County Magazine "A Glass Act" Winter 2008
Home Style By The Sea "A Wright Way to Remodel" Spring 2008
The Monterey County Herald "Pumpkins, Real and Glass" Oct.7th 2007
The Carmel Pine Cone "Aspiring glass artist puts business degree to work" July 13th 2007
Home Style By The Sea "Ones to Watch" Sept. 2006
Carmel Valley Country "Nick Leonoff: Carmel Valley Glass Blower" May 2006
The Monterey County Herald "C.V. glass blower keeps old-world craft alive" May 7th 2006
The Salinas Californian "He breathes life into glass" Aug 12th 2005
Benefits, Auctions & Events:
Liberty Museum Auction, Philadelphia, PA 2013
Pilchuck Glass Auction Stanwood, WA 2007 - 2011, 2013
Palo Alto Art Center & TheBay Area Glass Institute
The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch Palo Alto, CA 2007 - 2012
The Magical Glass Pumpkin Patch
Benefit for Los Gatos High School Los Gatos, CA 2012
Seacology & Falkirk Cultural Center
Marin Glorious Glass Pumpkin Harvest San Rafael, CA 2007 - 2008
American Craft Council
ACGA Association of Clay & Glass Artists of California
Monterey County Artist Equity
Glass Art Society

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This species occurs in cloud forest, from 1050–1400 m elevation. It is known only from the slopes of Volcán Atitlán, where it is sympatric with R. isthmica. At the type locality it seemed to occur just below the zone of high abundance of R. isthmica, at the lower edge of the cloud forest and at the transition to extensive coffee plantations at lower elevations. The six known specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter.
Anterior labral lobe bilobed or bidentate on each side of medial notch, with ectal lobule longer than mesal lobule; masticatory margin of mandible with two teeth; squamiform setae of first gastral tergite abundant, short, 2 ×longer than wide; HW 0.49–0.51.
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in riparian forest, 1 times found in cloud forest, 1 times found in riparian wet forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 3 times ex sifted leaf litter.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times MaxiWinkler.
Elevations: collected from 1056 - 1400 meters, 1177 meters average
Type specimens: holotype Rhopalothrix atitlanica: casent0611854; paratype Rhopalothrix atitlanica: casent0629577, casent0629578


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During the two full days of the International Conference at 16 and 17 May 2013 in The Hague members and partners of Climate Alliance engaged "Together in transition" discussing the role of local authorities in the transition process. Any transition strategy needs to be built from the bottom up and with people becoming more autonomous. Together the process of the energy revolution is easily shifted from central (fossil) to decentralised (renewable).
Below you will find short reports about the conference in The Hague. On our website we have documented the event on the basis of the presentations and photos.
The city council has decided that The Hague should be "carbon neutral" by 2040, presented Rabin Baldewsingh, deputy mayor and Climate Alliance Board member, during his welcoming words. To achieve this government, citizens and economy must work together. The Hague has also launched a funding program for neighbourhoods to develop climate-friendly projects.
Joachim Lorenz, President of Climate Alliance and Permanent Councillor for Health and Environment of the City of Munich, pointed out that the role of local authorities in climate protection must be strengthened, and that Climate Alliance expects the same from the EU.
Diego Escobar, Vice-President of Climate Alliance and Coordinator for Territory, Environment and Biodiversity of COICA, reminded that COICA is one of the co-founders of Climate Alliance. Indigenous peoples are then as now important actors for the necessary transformation.
The scientific perspective:Jan Rotmans is one of the founding fathers of transition theory, studying the fundamental changes in structure, culture and practices of the society. He sees the global energy revolution at a turning point with great dynamic, instability and turbulence. To be successful this process needs a holistic approach, stimulating and stable leadership, sustainability as a guiding principle, clever mobilisation of people and concentration on radical innovations.
The economic perspective:The Dutch entrepreneur Ruud Koornstra has made it his life goal to promote sustainability. He himself has made the transition from the classical businessman with Porsche and helicopter to a sustainability entrepreneur. His thesis is: "Paradise on Earth can be easily reached. The technology is present. We do not need innovation. We need implementation."
The marketing perspective:"The story that is told today about climate change is like a nightmare. Many people respond to it by questioning the findings and not coming to take action", said Oliver Lawder of the marketing agency Futerra, which is specialised in communication of sustainability. He stressed that the story should be told differently: "We must get from a nightmare to a vision."
The COICA perspective:In the final discussion between the speakers and the conference participants Roberto Espinoza, a technician of COICA, stressed that Europe should not forget the rest of the world in its bubble of the lucky ones in a chaotic world.
A more decentralised energy management approach allows for optimisation of the use of local energy resources close to energy consumption, the creation of more jobs and a more certain energy supply. The new European energy and climate package, which is currently under development, will set the course for the future of the European energy system. What role will local authorities play in this new policy framework?
Judith Merkies, Member of the European Parliament, Rebecca Collyer, European Climate Foundation, Thijs de la Court, Board Member at e-Decentraal, Herman Exalto, Director of ENECO Heat & Cold, Leo Freriks, City Account Manager at Siemens Nederlands, and Dr. Werner Neumann, Head of the Municipal Energy Agency of Frankfurt, discussed the future of the energy system in Europe.
Facilitated by Laurentien van Oranje, founder of the Missing Chapter Foundation, it was stressed that the future will be nothing like the past, which is why different, 'disruptive' radical new thinking is needed. When it comes to changing the energy system, this will not happen in central institutions like the EU but in the cities themselves. The EU has a vision but is not efficient enough hence no real results can be seen yet. Local authorities therefore should not wait for the national or international level but should instead strive for sustainable and reliable energy themselves. This can and will have a positive impact on the levels above.
The discussants underlined that a top-down approach is not working anymore. Learning with and from the citizens is crucial. As a big, unexploited resource they must be considered in greater depth and supported by the local authorities in their own efforts to make the energy system sustainable. Energy efficiency is also decisive for a future energy system. However, to avoid a rebound effect, awareness-raising of the potential consequences of consumption has to be addressed, too.
The General Assembly on 16 May 2013 elected Rainer Handlfinger, Mayor of the Austrian municipality of Ober-Grafendorf, to the executive board of Climate Alliance for the first time. Congratulations!
No further changes of the executive board occurred. Four members of the board presented themselves as candidates right on schedule and were elected again. Eight board members were elected last year and will remain in office.
The current executive board of Climate Alliance is composed of:President: Joachim Lorenz, Permanent Councillor for Health and Environment of the City of Munich (DE)Vice-President: Diego Iván Escobar Guzman, Coordinator for Territory, Environment and Biodiversity of COICATreasurer: Rosemarie Heilig, City Councillor for Environment and Health of the city of Frankfurt am Main (DE)Keeper of the Minutes: Camille Gira, Mayor of the municipality of Beckerich (LU)
Further members of the board are: Dr. Simona Arletti, Environment Councillor of the city of Modena (IT), Rabin Baldewsingh, Deputy Mayor for Public Health, Sustainability, Media and Municipal Organisation of the city of The Hague (NL), Tom Balthazar, Alderman for Environment of the city of Ghent (BE), Freddy Brunner, City Councillor of the city of St.Gallen (CH), Pascale Chiron, Vice President of Nantes Métropole (FR), Rainer Handlfinger, Mayor of the municipality of Ober-Grafendorf (AT), Joan Puigdollers I Fargas, Deputy President of Natural Spaces and Environment of Barcelona Provincial Council (ES), Dr. Karl-Ludwig Schibel, Città di Castello (IT), and Mag. Eva Schobesberger, Councillor of the city of Linz (AT).
On 16 May 2013 in The Hague the General Assembly of Climate Alliance unanimously adopted a resolution on the EU climate and energy policies in light of the 2030 framework.
Climate Alliance calls for binding and ambitious targets for energy efficiency, renewable energy and CO2 emission reductions. In addition the EU Emissions Trading System needs to be strengthened. If it fails, the only way to ensure necessary emission reductions will be a carbon tax.
"A more decentralised energy management system would enable better use of local energy resources close to where energy is consumed" noted Joachim Lorenz, President of Climate Alliance. But what we still lack is support from the European level. The EU energy policy needs to put emphasis on demand side management and increasing the share of renewable energy, and recognize and support local authorities with adequate policies, and financing. Securing long term financing is crucial to help enabling implementation of long term strategies such as Climate Plans and Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) locally. More attention needs to be placed on introducing innovative financing models, and redefining and improving existing funding schemes.
The recently launched Green Paper does not mention at all the local authorities. The members of Climate Alliance have been working for a long time to reduce their CO2 emissions, and the Covenant of Mayors initiative has more than 4500 signatories committed to go beyond the EU energy and climate targets set for 2020.
Local governments have a central role in bringing together the private sector and other stakeholders to develop and implement new ideas and innovations in the field of climate and energy, and thus facilitating the transition towards a more sustainable future. Without local governments, Europe will not achieve its targets.
Here is the resolution
Next year's International Conference and General Assembly will take place at 8 and 9 May 2014 in Luxembourg. We welcome your participation!
For the first time, committed Mayors and aldermen from EU and eastern neighbouring countries were gathered around the same table to share their crossed-perspectives regarding the future of the Covenant of Mayors initiatives. During this political debate, all local leaders expressed their need of adequate support to implement their ambitious plans, stay on course towards meeting their CO2 reduction target and ensure lasting impacts on the ground:- Arnoud Rodenburg, Mayor of Midden-Delfland (NL), said that we should find together a way ahead, by focusing now on the 2030 horizon.- Dr. Franz Bachmann, City Councillor of Judenburg (AT), asked for more support, more guidance, – maybe even more control – from the Commission.- Joan Puigdollers i Fargas, Deputy President of Natural Spaces and Environment at Barcelona Provincial Council (ES), pointed out that "the Commission should well listen to the needs expressed by local and regional authorities"; the particular specificities of the regions must be taken into account.- Holger Matthäus, Senator for Environment in Rostock (DE), and Jemal Ananidze, Mayor of Batumi (GE), highlighted the fact that it is always very profitable to set up transnational cooperation partnerships.- Volodymyr Garazd, Mayor of Dolyna (UA), and Jemal Ananidze outlined that the biggest challenge today is to mobilise sufficient financing resources: "Technical support is already provided by networks such as Climate Alliance or 'Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine'. The Commission should support us in dealing with the lack of financing."
According to Ádám Szolyák, Policy Officer at the European Commission (DG Energy), one of the main challenges of the forthcoming period is the consolidation of the initiative - in partnership and in coordination with all levels of government. Concrete results have already been achieved on the technical and sectoral sides, but new needs are emerging. The big success of the initiative poses equally significant challenges – the Commission, together with the Covenant of Mayors Office and the Joint Research Centre, are consolidating the SEAP processes.
The global consumption of resources and its consequences built the focus of this workshop. All, the sugarcane cultivation for biofuels in the Philippines (Birgit Engel, ASTM Luxembourg), the gold mining in Suriname (Josien Aloema Tokoe, Indigenous Organisation of Suriname), and the large-scale projects in Brazil (Emil Benes, Climate Alliance Austria) trigger land conflicts and have massive social impact for the affected, mostly indigenous population. Guido Enthoven (Institute for Global Justice, The Hague) presented a proposal for conflict resolution and Thomas Rahne (Geoscopia, Bochum) reported on an educational project with satellite imagery that transports the issues of climate change and resources in schools. Finally Edwin Vásquez (COICA) stressed that the society in north and south must change and should be part of a global transformation process that focuses on social and environmental sustainable consumption and production patterns.
During the session four speakers presented available both existing financing schemes and challenges encountered in financing climate and energy projects. Innovative ways of financing at local and regional level will play a crucial role in supporting activities and projects that tackle climate change, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Siward Zomer, the Dutch coordinator for the European REScoop 20-20-20 project, presented the booming of energy cooperatives and the cooperative model as a way to finance local energy investments. Daniel Willeke from German Service and Competence centre for Local Climate Protection presented the German model offering multi-faced funding for local authorities in climate change mitigation.
Dorine Putman from ASN Bank gave an insight view on setting up an investment fund in the Dutch Province of Overijssel with recommendations on what should be considered in setting up such an investment fund. And finally Jan Dictus from Goja Consulting representing the CASH project presented a concept for financing energy investments in social housing. An investment fund, which would be partly revolving was proposed.
After the presentations the feasibility of investment funds was further debated. Investment funds are suitable for investments with fairly short payback periods. Costly investments with long payback periods would need other solutions, such as grants or zero interest loans. However, investment funds are worth investigating further because the EU funding, in particular the cohesion policy funding for 2104-2020 foresees that a part of the budget will be used for financing instruments such as investment funds. These new type of financing instruments will also require a new approach for managing and using structural funds.
Donald van de Akker from Oprit Duurzaamheid, Douwe Jan Jouwstra from One Planet Architecture Institute, and Thijs de la Court, alderman of the city of Lochem, presented the concept of transition towns. A transition, a fundamental change to our entire system (structure, culture, method) as we know it is needed. The strategy of former times of decoupling the economic growth from the resource use is today being replaced by the coupling of economy and ecology. However, it must be borne in mind that such a transition is chaotic, radical and will take a long time.
By changing the system, local authorities will assume a new role: they must be facilitators and agents for change rather than policy makers. This implies that cities and municipalities must strengthen civil society and support the processes arising as a consequence. Grass-roots initiatives should be encouraged to come up with solutions for present-day issues instead of the local authority itself. The simple participation of citizens should be replaced by bottom-based entrepreneurship and extensive cooperation between local authority and the civil sector. However, cities and municipalities must validate the quality of processes and help in the search for solutions to both consider and address all arguments (pros and cons!).
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This just came across my Google alerts. Seems that there will be a major announcements at this year's EVE fanfest regarding a new game (??) WebWars: EVE. The developer is Texas based John Galt Games. That's about all the information I have except this article that I uncovered. The post is from Trey Ratcliff's blog, Stuck in Customs, which mentions an interview in the Financial Times about the capitalistic inner workings of EVE
If anyone has more info, I'd love to know!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Web Wars EVE and John Galt Games Teaser
3 comments:
- Alasseo said...
I have not the faintest. Anyone can do flashy launch sites, though, and if you look, John Galt games has yet to actually release anything..
- Sat Oct 27, 07:54:00 am 2007
- Godlesswanderer said...
I'd love a game based on EVE. It's got some pretty awesome back story to base a game on. Personally I'd love to play through the Gallente - Caldari war.
- Sun Oct 28, 11:17:00 pm 2007
- CrazyKinux said...
Now that would be interesting indeed.
- Mon Oct 29, 10:04:00 am 2007
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This post originally appeared on my old lifestyle blog, Ellipsis, over 2 years ago. This is a minor rewrite. If you'd like to see the original, click here.
Sometimes, I feel like I've tricked people into thinking I'm an adult. The amount of responsibility--for other people's companies, for their public images--I'm handed every day is kind of astounding, despite the fact that I feel like I should still be answering to someone. And yet, sometimes--when there are dishes in the sink, or the stairs need vacuuming, or I've run out of clean socks--I find myself wishing I could opt out, have someone else be the grown up and take care of that.
I'm a little obsessed by age--acting my age, acting like a grown up, acting like a kid. There are times where I feel like I really shouldn't be 27--I feel about 14 or 15, tops. And I'm not the only millennial that feels that way. Even though I have a child now, I still often feel like I'm not the adult in any given situation. I look to other adults to help me out, more often than not.
I recently read an article about the benefits of treating employees like, well, adults. The United States in particular has fallen into the trap of treating employees like students and/or children: dress codes, strict times to show up and leave, strong rules of how to do things, specific procedures, and limited creative freedom. Boooooring. Isn't that supposed to be the benefit of leaving school? You start getting to work and act like an adult?
I've started to wonder if my own inability to see myself as an adult is tied to the fact that my jobs, up until two years ago, all treated me as if I was a child.
At one of my last jobs before my current one, my boss had a rule that I had to tell someone when I was stepping into the bathroom for even a minute. About 9 times a day I was telling my boss and/or one of my coworkers that I was going to the bathroom, and they were doing the same thing. It was obnoxious and embarrassing. What kind of boss really needs to know when I'm taking a 45 second break to run to the restroom?
I know I'm not alone in having stories like that. It seems like workplaces overwhelmingly lean towards treating employees like overgrown babies who need a lot of rules to do basic work. And, surprise! Research shows that when you treat employees like little bitty babies, they are act more irresponsibility.
As well, treating employees like children allows bad employees to fly underneath the radar. We've all know a coworker for followed all the rules--showed up on time, followed procedures to the letter--but never actually did any work. Those kind of employees thrive in environments where the procedure matters more than the outcome--and being a "good employee" is all about following the basic policies.
This article explains the entire idea nicely:
What works is focusing on results. If your employees are nonexempt, you do have to pay them by the hour for their work (and pay overtime, when applicable), but if they are exempt employees (that is, professionals or managerial or outside sales workers), let them be grownups. Set expectations. If problems come up, address the problems. If their work is otherwise good, who cares if they check Facebook eight times per day?
There isn't any real, concrete reason about why this has happened. With the rise of the Internet & the abundance of smart phones, I think employers have grown increasingly concerned about not paying their employees for downtime. They focus on the minute-by-minute action of their employees days, instead of seeing the big picture -- did the project get done? Was the work good?
In the end, you get employees who resent their bosses & act like kids.
As millennials increasingly enter the workforce, I think we'll see employers re-evaluating their policies when it comes to how they treat their employees. As it is, millennials as a generation feel very stuck by where we are--most of us moved back in with our parents right out of college & some still do until they can afford their own places. Millennials are resisting buying new cars and homes. (I do love that these articles are trying to find a reason for this. Here's the reason, guys: most new jobs are part-time & do not offer very competitive wages, nor do they offer many benefits. We aren't buying homes and cars because, duh, we don't have the money for them, plain & simple. Paying student loans on part-time wages and trying to buy a car or a home would be beyond financially stupid.)
And while us millennials struggle to feel like adults (often because we are being reduced to feeling like children because of our living situations, our difficulty finding good paying jobs, and the media's increasing obsession with making us sound like the laziest generation ever), no one is ever happy being treated like a petulant child.
For the first time, I work at a job where I am treated like a competent adult. Ultimately, it doesn't matter when I show up or how I do my work or how many times I run to the bathroom; what matters is if my work is good, if I get it done on time, and if I am a nice person to everyone around me. Easy-peasy. The feeling of satisfaction I get from my work simply because I'm treated like the adult I was taught to be is astounding.
Being a grown up is hard. There's no reason to make it any harder by treating people like children & then wondering why they act like children. As far as I'm concerned, I feel like I should still be 15--but that being said, I know I'm really an adult and I appreciate when others have confidence in my abilities.


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News Update
Spring Hill, Tennessee, has reached a tentative agreement with Maury County and the General Motors Corporation that all but assures gm will locate its multi-billion-dollar Saturn automobile plant in the tiny Tennessee town. A final agreement is expected within a week, said A.C. Howell, the county budget director.
gm announced plans earlier this year to locate its revolutionary plant in Spring Hill, subject to an agreement with local and state officials concerning taxes, access roads, and water. At the time, gm officials cited Gov. Lamar Alexander's education reforms as one reason for their decision to locate in Tennessee. (See Education Week, October 30, 1985).
The tentative agreement guarantees Spring Hill a share of the payments gm will make to the county in lieu of property taxes, Mr. Howell said.
Late last month, gm threatened to pull the plant out of the area if Spring Hill officials followed through on efforts to annex company land located in the county. City officials had contemplated the annexation after complaining that they had been shut out of the negotiations with gm.
"The hassle basically was that officials of Spring Hill felt they were not communicated with enough and were not sure what they were going to get out of the deal," Mr. Howell said.
The Tennessee Education Association has asked state officials to recalculate the scores of some 2,000 educators who failed to reach the top rungs of the ladder in the program's first year.
In a letter to Gov. Lamar Alexander, the tea, which represents some 90 percent of the state's teachers, also asked that state officials discontinue their practice of converting evaluation scores from one rating scale to another.
Of the 3,400 educators who applied for the top two levels of the career ladder last year, 1,090--less than a third--were successful. Some 600 fell short in one rating category and are being retested. (See Education Week, Oct. 30, 1985.)
Cavit Cheshier, executive secretary of the tea, said it is not uncommon for a teacher who receives a score from an evaluator of 4 on a scale of 5 to have that score converted to a 2 or 3 on a scale of 9. He said the use of so-called "conversion scales" limits the number of educators who can reach the top rungs of the ladder.
Heather Patchett, a spokesman for the state department of education, said the conversion scales reconcile "apples and oranges" in the rating process and ensure that the scores reflect statewide norms.
The Paterson, N.J., school board late last month formally approved a teacher contract that ended a seven-day strike involving the district's 1,800 teachers and 25,000 students. (See Education Week, Oct. 23, 1985.)
The teachers voted to accept the contract, which included only slight pay raises, on Oct. 22 after a state judge threatened to impose fines on the union and the strikers.
The contract provides for a 10-minute increase in the school day and a 10-minute increase in the teachers' lunch period.
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Friday, 1 March 2013
Muse#6....Happy birthday
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Ooooo this is so pretty! I love how you used one big (adorable!) flower and put the doodle frame out to the side! So cute! :)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful card Kate! I love the single big flower and the sentiment! Wonderful take on the muse card this week! :)ReplyDelete
Kate, I love this. Great job on the frame and I love that flower.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card Kate, love your fabulous bright flower, sets of the frame perfectly :)ReplyDelete
Wonderful CASE of Deanna's card! I'm jealous--you can make a doodle frame, too!ReplyDelete
Soooo pretty Kate, love how you fussy cut round the dots in the flower centre.ReplyDelete
Great take on Deanna's card :0)
Jenny x
- Anonymous2 March 2013 at 10:33
Love this fun, pretty card, Kate ... fabulous little black bling! Anita :)ReplyDelete
I absolutely love this. For sure one of my favorites!!!ReplyDelete
Cute card! Love how you captured the "feel" of the Muse card but with a more simple layout.ReplyDelete


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After the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director suggested that Mick Mulvaney would not vote for President Donald Trump's budget proposal if he remained in Congress, the OMB said that he would during the Senate Budget Committee's hearing on Tuesday.
In addition, Mulvaney was on Capitol Hill in order to defend the proposal, in the document to vote against Trump's budget proposal if he were still in Congress, he said that he "probably would have found enough shortcoming."
But, according to the OMB, Mulvaney was referring to spending a reached of a cap deal last week, not Trump's actual budget.
Well, it was the remarkable moment of Mulvaney's hearing, which is basically a Capitol Hill ritual day after the presidential budget request's launched. On Tuesday, during the Senate's hearing, Mulvaney was asked by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) if he would have voted for "this budget that you're presenting."
Murray went on to say that Mulvaney said that he wouldn't have voted for Trump's deal that signed last week in order to increase spending caps by around $300 billion in more than two years.
Mulvaney replied: "I can give the same answer I gave on Sunday, which is that as a member of Congress representing the 5th District of South Carolina, I probably would have found enough shortcomings in this to vote against it, as did many members of this committee." He continued, "But I'm the director of the Office of Management and Budget, and my job is to try and fund the president's priorities, which is exactly what we did."
A spokeswoman for the OMB said in a statement, "Just to be clear, Director Mulvaney was referring to the recent caps deal when answering Senator Murray's question this morning. Naturally, he would vote for the President's [fiscal 2019] budget that he released yesterday."


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6 Hours of 8 Ball Pub on Saturday 25th August starting at 4pm gmt
On Saturday August 25th 2007 I will be hosting a day of 8 ball pub tournaments. The first one will start at 4pm gmt and there will be another starting every hour on the hour after that with the last 1 at 10pm. These tournaments will all be held on whatever the current patch is at the time. As of now that is dl version 3239.
1. Only sign up to one tournament at a time. You may play in as many as you can but do not sign up to the next tournament until you have finished playing in the previous one. To keep things running smoothly there will be a minimum of 6 and maximum of 10 players allowed in each tournament.
2. If you act out in a totally unsportsmanlike manner, you may be disqualified or even banned from future tournaments should it be deemed appropriate. Unsportsmanlike behaviour includes accusations of cheating! If you have solid proof send it to a td, if not keep your opinions to yourselves.
3. LOWEST GSA rating breaks first
4. 10 minute boot rule, 3 boots maximum per match.
5. All other standard VPHQ tournament rules apply
6. Report all wins/losses to the td.
7. If your opponent boots while in your match, please SAVE the game so that you can continue as soon as he or she returns.
9. Settings will be the same for each tournament to avoid confusion.
Settings: 8 Ball Pub
Beach House
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Library Policies
- Policy on general library use
- Policy regarding patron conduct within the Library and on Library grounds. This policy includes restrictions on animals brought on property, cell phone & pager use, children, food & beverages, general collection use, smoking, etc.
- Policy on use of the Library's Group Study Rooms
- Policy on the use of the Library's public computers. It describes at length what computer use behaviors are considered inappropriate by the Library and University, from accessing information via the Internet (including e-mail) to using software and particular workstations
- Policy on how the Library develops and maintains the collections to meet the needs of the JABSOM's faculty and students. This document includes a collection development policy for electronic resources.


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Yeni Erenkoy poll shows 82% of villagers do not want to be refugees again
According to the survey, people were asked to vote on property and political interests. The survey results showed that 82% of the respondents did not want to be refugees again. Responding to the question 'In a possible solution would the people of Yeni Erenkoy accept to return to the Erenkoy region again', 82% said they would not accept this.
The survey was carried out during the dates of 16-18 October over 289 households; the results proved that 85% of the people who had once been refugees rejected being refugees again. Of the villagers of 766 people, 41% were GCs, 53% were TCs and 6% were mainland Turks. 85% of those in the village were the original owners of the properties, whilst 14% of the homes belonged to someone else. 83% of the homes were built before 1974; 67% had properties in the south and 80% of them had exchange these for equal properties.
Another interesting fact of the survey says that if the Annan plan was brought to the table again today, 84% would reject it. However 53% of those who partook in the survey said they voted for President Akinci in the second round of the presidential elections.
87% wanted the continuation of the Turkey's guarantor status to continue and 85% wanted the Turkish army to remain as they were.
92% said they definitely rejected the return of Guzelyurt to the GCs and 96% rejected the return of Karpaz in the same way.
Whilst the people of Yeni Erenkoy reject property and right to return, a majority of 83% said that all TRNC citizens should be a citizen of the new state irrespective of their birthplace.
60% responded positively to rotating presidency and 90% said TCs and GCs should have separate sovereignties.
Alongside the survey, a letter was sent to the President with 750 signatures on it stating that they did not want to be refugees again and insisted that primary right to property should belong to the TCs because of the difficulties they had encountered from GCs since 1963. The same letter was sent on to the PM, FM, Turkish Embassy, TC Peacekeeping Forces, Turkish Armed Security Forces and political parties.


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How to Remove Paint Spots From Your Carby braniac
Paint spots can ruin the look of your car. What's worst is damaging the car's finish trying to get rid of those unsightly paint spots. There are few simple things you can do to remove paint spots from your car that will not ruin the car's finish and are very inexpensive.
Step 1
If you are painting around your car and little bits of paint manage to land on your car the first thing you should do is get a moist cloth or sponge and wipe the paint off of the car before it has a chance to dry. If the paint spots are dry and have been there for a while do not worry, although it is much easier to remove paint while it is still wet, it is not very difficult to remove dry paint from your car.
Step 2
The first thing you want to do is make sure the car is in a cool well ventilated area where there is no direct sunlight on it.
Step 3
Next you should try to figure out if the paint spots are on your car are made of water based paint or enamel paint. If you are not sure what type of paint the paint spots are made of then assume they are water based paint spots.
Step 4
With water based paint you want to take a wet cloth or towel and place it over the paint spots. Since water based paints dissolve in water, the wet cloth will soften the paint up making it much easier to remove from your car without doing any damage to the finish. Let the wet cloth sit on the paint spots for a few hours. Check on the cloth periodically to see if it starts to dry out, if the cloth is drying out pour more water on it. Once the paint has absorbed the water the paint spots will come off of the car with the simple wipe of a dry towel.
Step 5
If the paint spots did not absorb the water at all then the paint is either enamel based or oil based. Fortunately removing oil based paint requires the same procedure as enamel based paint.
Step 6
Again you will need a towel or a cloth and this time you will need paint thinner or mineral spirits. Take the towel and soak it in either the mineral spirits or paint thinner.
Step 7
Now take the soaked towel and gently rub the outer edges of the paint spots working your way to the center in a circular motion.
Once the paint starts coming off wipe away any excess paint or drips with a clean dry cloth.
- The amount of time needed to completely remove all of the paint spots will vary depending on the number of spots and the actual size of each paint spot.
- Try not to rub the paint spot too hard with the paint thinner soaked towel to avoid damaging the car's finish.
Items you will need
- Water
- Turpentine or Mineral Spirits
- 2 or 3 Towels


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Dave Barry
The drama awaits in Denver
The Democratic party has gathered in Denver for what will be without question one of the most exciting political conventions in decades.
Granted, this is like saying that Moe was without question one of the smartest Stooges. The political conventions have been pointless and boring for years, culminating in 2004, when MSNBC, during its prime-time coverage of the Republican convention, broadcast 38 straight minutes of Chris Matthews snoring and drooling into his lap. (This got by far the highest ratings.)
But this year will be different. This year there is high drama in the Mile High City as the Democrats gather under their official 2008 convention slogan: ''A Unified Party, United in Unity Together As One, Undivided.''
Already there has been sporadic gunfire between the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton delegates. Political observers see this as indication that there is still some underlying tension between the two sides. Yes, Clinton has been making speeches urging her supporters to work for Obama; but at the same time she has also been using what one Obama adviser described as ''a lot of air quotes.''
It's hard to blame Sen. Clinton for being bitter. Here she is, the smartest human ever, PLUS she spent all those years standing loyally behind Bill Clinton wearing uncomfortable pantyhose (I mean Hillary was, not Bill) (although there are rumors), PLUS she went to the trouble and expense of acquiring a legal residence in New York State so she could be a senator from there, PLUS she assembled a team of nuclear-physicist-grade genius political advisors, PLUS she spent years going around to every dirtbag community in America explaining in detail her 23-point policy solutions for every single problem facing the nation including soybean blight. And after all that, she loses the nomination to a guy who has roughly the same amount of executive governmental experience as Hannah Montana. Hillary is like: ''Are you KIDDING me?''
Sen. Clinton is scheduled to address the convention Tuesday night, when she will either call on her supporters to unite behind Obama, or attempt to snatch the nomination and escape with it by helicopter to a secret mountain fortress. ''We are fully confident that Sen. Clinton will do the right thing,'' stated a Democratic party official, adding, ''but we have a net.''
The Obama-Clinton tension is only one of the dramatic storylines developing in Denver. Another one is Obama's choice of running mate. Following days of feverish media speculation over a list of names that at one point included the late Hubert Humphrey and a probably fictional congressperson named ''Chet Edwards,'' Obama, in a bold move, went with the one name guaranteed to send an electric shock of electricity through the spinal cord of American politics: Joe Biden.
This choice not only virtually locks up Delaware's electoral vote (which it shares with Wyoming) but it also buttresses the Obama team with one of the Senate's most vocal voices. Sen. Biden is scheduled to address the convention Wednesday night from 8:48 p.m. until dawn.
But in the end, the focus of this convention will be on Barack Obama, who on Thursday night will receive the nomination in long-overdue recognition of a distinguished career of seeking the nomination. His goal, in his acceptance speech, will be to win over the undecided voters -- the people who are unsure of what he really stands for, or who have received emailed rumors that he is a Muslim, or a socialist, or a vampire, or a lesbian. His goal will be to show, with no disrespect to the Muslim socialist vampire lesbian community, that he is a regular person just like you, except he has Vision and Leadership. After that, he will lay out his specific policies for building a brighter future. Then he will turn into a bat.
No, he won't, although that would make this the most fun convention EVER. But it still promises to be interesting. I'll be on hand to report all the convention-news developments to you from Denver as I think them up. Then next week I'll head to Minnesota or possibly Wisconsin and do the same from the Republican convention. Back-to-back party conventions! It's an exciting time to be a political ''junkie.''
Please, shoot me.
©2008 Dave Barry
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Marty Sipple is board certified by The Florida Bar in the area of Business Litigation and "AV" rated by the Martindale-Hubbell legal directory. Board certification is The Florida Bar's highest level of evaluation and denotes "Legal Expert" status. Marty practices in the area of civil litigation with an emphasis on business litigation and intellectual property matters. He is an experienced trial attorney who regularly represents clients in both state and federal trial courts. After graduating at the top of his class from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and serving state Supreme Court and federal district court clerkships, Marty entered private practice, where he has played a lead role in many substantial litigation matters. Marty is also an adjunct professor at the Florida State University College of Law where he teaches trial practice, and serves on the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Contract and Business Cases.
Marty Sipple is board certified by The Florida Bar in the area of Business Litigation. Board certification is The Florida Bar's highest level of evaluation and denotes "Legal Expert" status. Marty practices in the area of civil litigation with an emphasis on business litigation and intellectual property matters. He is an experienced trial attorney who regularly represents clients in both state and federal trial courts. After graduating at the top of his class from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and serving State Supreme Court and federal district court clerkships, Mr. Sipple entered private practice, where he has played a lead role in many substantial litigation matters resulting in favorable outcomes for the firm's clients.
In February 2016, Mr. Sipple first chaired a jury trial in federal court involving claims for breach of oral contract, promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment and misappropriation of trade secrets arising out of a business relationship for the development of gas analyzers used by scuba divers. Mr. Sipple's client successfully obtained a judgment on the promissory estoppel claim.
In January 2015, Mr. Sipple successfully obtained appellate affirmance of a trial court judgment dismissing a lawsuit in which the plaintiff sought more than $6 million for the alleged breach of an agreement for management of the Gadsden Memorial Hospital. Mr. Sipple served as lead counsel both in the trial court and on appeal.
In October 2012, Mr. Sipple and one of his partners tried a derivative suit in which the managing member of a limited liability company successfully obtained a jury verdict finding that another managing member breached his fiduciary duties and misappropriated a corporate opportunity relating to the patent rights for a novel golf putter.
In March 2011, Mr. Sipple co-first chaired a trial in which a physician group sought damages resulting from a defectively designed air conditioning system for an ambulatory surgical center. Such facilities are regulated by the State because of the patient risks associated with hot, humid air and airborne pathogens. The firm's client prevailed at trial and the trial court entered judgements for damages and attorneys fees in favor of the physician group totaling $819,695.20.
In March 2010, Mr. Sipple first chaired a trial on behalf of a minority shareholder to enforce an agreement by the majority shareholder to sell his shares. The minority shareholder prevailed and is now the 100% owner of the corporation.
In December 2009, Mr. Sipple acted as lead attorney in an intellectual property matter involving use of a client's trademark by a competitor as a keyword to generate traffic on the competitor's internet website. Mr. Sipple sucessfully obtained a preliminary injunction ceasing the practice and the matter was resolved shortly before trial on terms favorable to the client.
In August 2008, Mr. Sipple first chaired the jury trial of a medical malpractice action in Okaloosa County, Florida. The trial was the second trial of the case, the first verdict having been reversed based upon Mr. Sipple's argument that the trial court erred in admitting certain expert testimony in violation of the hearsay rule. The Florida Supreme Court decision ruling in favor of the firm's client is reported at Linn v. Fossum, 946 So.2d 1032 (Fla. 2006). The Linn decision has been cited in several subsequent cases as well as in such national treatises as The Handbook of Federal Evidence (sec. 703:1) and CJS Evidence (sec. 970).
In April 2008, Mr. Sipple obtained an injunction stopping construction of an outdoor, commercial dog kennel within a commercial office park. The litigation resulted in a stipulated judgment requiring the kennel owner to completely enclose the facility and adhere to noise restrictions, and requiring the kennel owner to reimburse the firm's client, the owner of an office building adjacent to the kennel site, for all attorneys' fees and costs incurred in the litigation.
In December 2007, Mr. Sipple acted as lead attorney in successful defense of an injunction suit against the developers of the "Alliance Center," a multi-story office complex in downtown Tallahassee. The office complex is part of Tallahassee's attempt to create an "18 hour downtown." Following an evidentiary hearing in state circuit court, the trial judge denied the opposing party's request for an injunction and the project is complete.
In April 2007, Mr. Sipple acted as lead attorney in an intellectual property matter involving copyrights. Mr. Sipple successfully obtained an injunction stopping the Florida Division of Emergency Management from prominently featuring in a statewide publication certain weather-related cartoon characters created and copyrighted by the firm's client. The case was litigated in federal court in Tallahassee and resulted in the State of Florida entering a license agreement with the firm's client requiring it to pay a license fee for past and future use of the characters.
In March 2007, Mr. Sipple gave the opening statement and closing argument in a jury trial in federal court in Miami involving a $20 million claim against the firm's client, a hedge fund based in California. Mr. Sipple represented the hedge fund along with counsel from New York and Chicago.
In October 2006, Mr. Sipple first chaired the trial of a breach of contract action against a telecommunications provider in federal court in Gainesville. The plaintiff sought to recover under a contract under which it provided certain auditing services and the case turned on whether the scope of the audit had been limited through oral discussions. The trial court ruled in favor of the telecommunications provider based on a finding that its witnesses were more credible and persuasive.
In 2003, Mr. Sipple successfully obtained appellate reversal of a trial court judgment in an intellectual property matter. The firm's client, a drug discovery company based in Los Angeles, was sued by Florida State University for allegedly misappropriating information relating to FSU's patented process for manufacturing the cancer-treating drug "taxol." Mr. Sipple argued the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. and the decision is reported at The Board of Education, et al. v. American BioScience, Inc., 333 F.3d 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2003).
In 2001, Mr. Sipple acted as lead attorney in successful suit to invalidate the award to a competitor of a contract to provide computerized gaming systems and services for the Florida Lottery. At the time, the contract was the largest ever let in the State. Mr. Sipple successfully argued the case in the trial court and before the Florida First District Court of Appeal. The decision is reported at State of Florida, Department of Lottery v. GTECH Corporation, 816 So.2d 848 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).
In 1998, Mr. Sipple acted as lead attorney in successful defense of suit against the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Authority involving the Authority's effort to build a convention hotel on its property in downtown Tallahassee. Mr. Sipple tried the case on behalf of the Authority, which resulted in a favorable ruling following a two-day trial.
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Alameda County has received a $990,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to expand services by the county's Family Justice Center.
The money will be used to place victim advocates within police departments in the county, support a Family Justice Center mobile response team and increase other services offered at the center.
"Since we opened the doors of the Family Justice Center in 2005, we have consistently sought ways to innovate and stretch our resources as far as possible — all with an eye toward assisting victims to bring stability to their lives," said Nancy O'Malley, chief assistant district attorney, in a statement. "These grant funds enable us to continue to innovate and work toward the day when all families in Alameda County are free from the specter of violence and intimidation."
Since 2005 the center has provided services to more than 20,000 victims and their families, including more than 2,000 children who have witnessed domestic violence. The center also has decreased domestic violence deaths from an annual high of 26 to six in 2005, along with increasing domestic violence prosecutions.


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Columbia County is gaining a reputation for voting integrity, thanks to its rigorous policy of hand-counting votes: County inspectors hand-tally all but state races and certified blowouts. Because of that policy, county Democratic Election Commissioner Virginia Martin has been invited to two recent panels on voting security.
It's been 13 years since the Help America Vote Act offered states $3.9 billion in subsidies to modernize their election equipment, which usually meant installing electronic voting machines. As of 2012, 39 percent of the country's voters were voting on electronic touch-screen machines, and 56 percent on optical scanners.
But there is no consensus that these methods are tamper-free. Computer programming is the province of a small elite, and electronic voting machines use programs that enjoy copyright protection from public scrutiny.
The U.S. has a long tradition of vote-tampering, as in the cases of the late 19th and early 20th century corrupt New York City political machine Tammany Hall and the suppression of African-American votes in the South through the mid-1960s, and there is no way of assuring that the large companies that produce the machines and their programs aren't engineering the election results.


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CJPRIDE is an organization of school districts with a mission of attracting diverse candidates to fill teaching positions in their district. All of our districts have so much to offer. Professional educational opportunities are available and exciting things are happening in the districts that are a part of the organization known as CJPRIDE:
East Windsor Regional School District, Ewing Public Schools, Freehold Regional School District, Freehold Township School District, Franklin Township Public Schools, Hamilton Township Public Schools, Hunterdon Central School District, Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Jackson School District, Lawrence Township Public Schools, Mercer County Special Services School District, Millburn School District, Montgomery Township Schools, North Brunswick Township Schools, Princeton Public Schools, Robbinsville Public School District, South Brunswick School District, Trenton Public Schools, Watchung Hills Regional High School District, and West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District.
We extend to you an invitation to become a part of the excellence in education for which we are all well known. You will have the chance to be a part of cutting-edge educational programs, innovative classroom strategies , and unparalleled professional growth and development – all within the great state of New Jersey.
Click on this link for contact information for the CJ Pride school districts.


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After extolling the virtues of Coffee in my previous blog, now on to my second love; a good cup of tea!
In my household, it's quite usual to hear my mum warbling 'I like a nice cup of tea' whilst filling the kettle. If you are not familiar with this Binnie Hale song I urge you to take a quick detour to YouTube now. It definitely sums up our dedication as a nation to drinking the warm beverage morning, noon and night!
Tea has the advantage that it can be restorative, calming, detoxifying, energy-giving and a hundred other things, depending on your choice of leaf! Very soon, the seemingly limitless virtues of tea will be out in force for (I'm very excited about this, can you tell?) National Tea Day!
On April 21st at Kensington Roof Gardens you'll be able to sample new teas from around the world, enjoy an afternoon tea experience, learn about the health and wellness benefits of tea and there will be, of course, cake galore. For just £5. With 100% of the proceeds going to their charity partners. Tea and supporting worthy causes; sign me up!
If you can't make it to Kensington, check out their 'Tea Near You' or 'Bring Your Tea Home' pages for info on how to celebrate tea at your own pace.
Don't forget we make Green Tea, Masala Chai and Earl Grey ice creams; for an alternative way to satisfy that tea craving! Plus, between you and me, watch this space for some exciting tea collaborations coming to Ruby Violet soon!
May your teapot never run dry,
Kat @ Ruby Violet
Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was.
"Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked."


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May is – BY FAR – one of the busiest months for parties, lunches, brunches ceremonies and celebrations. It's also the month when we realize our closets are in serious need of updating with current summer styles and dresses. Solution: Eliza J Dresses
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Advantages Peanut Oil Press Machine
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- Original Advantages Peanut Oil Press LDine
- One set Advantages Peanut Oil Press LDine
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- 2900*1850*3240mm
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Product Description
About Our Company
HEBEI NANPI TAIXIN MACHINE MANUFACTURER.,LTD is an professional oil press and equipments manufacturer company in China. Has a superb technical team, with many years of practical experience and technology, professional to undertake large-scale and medium-sized complete oil equipment design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and turn-key project.
There is a great deal of achievements in the oil press and equipments. Companies adhere to the quality of survival, relying on management to promote efficiency, with innovation and development, developed a comprehensive qualiy management program. Continuously provide customers cost-effective products and for the better benefits.
HeBei NanPi TaiXin Machine Manufacture Co.,Lto is specialized in producing oil press and equipment. Since it founded, rely on good impression, high-quality technical team, reliable quality, right price and perfect after-sales service, continue to grow and develop. Since the company founded, received the praise of industry personnel, industry personnel generally agreed that the company is "excellent quality", "honest and trustworthy" a good parter. HeBei NanPi TaiXin Machine Manufacture Co.,Lto, aLDaba assessed 5-year gold supplier & strict quality manage as Bv factory, with full of enthudiasm, looking forward to be your friends and strategic partner forever.Product Overviews
Model ZX18A(200-3) Screw Oil Pre-Press
Model ZX18A(200-3) Screw Oil Pre-Press is the national approved product, which has the characteristic, such as reasonable structure, simple operation, convenient maintenance, highly-efficient in production, cooking, continuous and long term operation. Suitable for the oil plant to one-time press the seeds containing more oil such as cottonseed, safflower seed, sunflower kernels, pape seed, sesame seed castor bean kernels.
Model Technical Data
|Processing Capacity
|Esidual Oil Rate of Defatted Cake
|Power Matching
|Overall Dimensions(L×W×H)
|2900×Skype: taishan00720×3240mm
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Product Uses
Product Discription
Introduction about oil press ----Pressing Method
Pressing method is called "physical squeeze method", it used external force to extract out the oil from oilseed without any chemical solvent, so that avoid of the residual organic solvent in the oil. Pressing technology retain flaxseed oil effective constituent at the greatest extent——polyunsaturated acid and protein, dietary fiber, microelement and more other nutritional ingredient which is good for people health, and it special used to supple people health care.And pressing method also divide into "cold press" and "hot press".
1.Screw oil press----Cold press
It means that under low temperature, adapt to physical huge presser to extract vegetable oil, without the traditional high temperature frying and cooking process, so the oil was distributed in the underformed protein cell, it contains rich flaxseed inherent ingredient( flaxseed and more nutritional ingredient).
2.Screw oil press ----Hot press
Hot press: it means that the oilseed after high temperature frying and cooking, under physical pressing to get oil, it is a traditional pressing technology, with high oil yield. Good taste, high oil yield.To increase oil yield, improve oil taste, and rich flavor.According to the customers' requiremnts.
3.Electric edible oil press ----Cold press technology introduction
Flaxseed------Cleaning------Husking-----Crusher------Press with low temperature-----Crude Oil-----Coarse filtration------Fine filtration-----Crystallization and Maturation with low temperature-----Low temperature filtration----Cold flaxseed oil
4.Cold pressing technological characteristics :
1. To avoid of the dangerous that was brought by oil and carbohydrate matter degradation and protein denaturation, which caused by high temperature.
2. To avoid of the deep color and verbrennen phenomenon, which caused by high temperature.
3. Passed multiple filtration, avoid in the process of hot press method of degumming, deacid and decoloring chemicals caused directly contact with a effective components and second pollution.
4. To avoid of high temperature distillation deodorization, Effectively prevent the high temperature of polyunsaturated fatty acids in linseed oil-----α- linolenic acid damage, Effectively retain natural complete nutrients, more for easy absorption by human body and nutritional supplements.
5.Electric edible oil press ----Hot press technology introduction
Flaxseed------Cleaning------Husking-----Crusher-----Cooker ------Presser-----Crude Oil-----Coarse filtration------Fine filtration-----Degumming----Washing----Dehydration-----Decoloring------Deodorization------Hot pressed Flaxseed Oil
6.Hot press technological characteristics:
1. To increase oil yield, improve oil taste, and rich flavor.
2. Lead to high temperature oxidative polymerization easily, decomposed and produced peroxide and other harmfull substance, broken the nutritional ingredients.
3. More impurities, such as FFA, phospholipid and more, affect the oil appearance color and oil interior quality.
our certification
Our Certification and Related Products
Health Edible Oil
Health Edible Oil
Some Common Questions:
FAQ: A. Can I have a visit to your factory before the order?
Certainly yes. Welcom to our factory. the address is North side of Jiangjun Dong Road, Nanpi, Hebei province, China(Hardware Machanical and Electrical Industry Accumulation Area)
FAQ: B. Why do I choose you?
1. Our products have high quality ,cost-effective, wide applicability and well after-sales service.
2. We have the ideal oil pressing equipment for small and medium-sized oil pressing plants.
3. We are a member of ALDaba Trade Assurance which is a new service provided by aLDaba.safeguarding buyer's payment to suppliers to ensure suppliers fulfill their obligations reguarding order Skype: taishan0072very and product quality.
FAQ:C:How to ensure that I have received the machine undamaged?
Firtly,our package is standard for shipping, before sign in, please conform the products undamaged, otherwise, please contact us within 2 days.At last, we have bought insurance for you. So we and the shipping company will be responsible for you.Finished Products
How to get in touch with us?
Contact Us
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- Address3rd Road, High-tech Zone, Jinan City, Shandong Province
- Phone(Working Time)086-0531-885125
- Fax086-0531-885125
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