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Resiliency in Times of Disaster Conference
Hosted by the Center of Excellence for Homeland Security and the Washington State Centers of Excellence, in partnership with the Washington State Emergency Management Division, PNWER Center for Regional Disaster Resilience and Public Health - Seattle and King County.
When: May 25th - All Day Event
Registration deadline is closed.
Event Presenters
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Dr. Martin E. Best became the Emergency Management Manager for Mason County, Washington, effective December 1, 2006, and begun an extensive review, training, and education process to upgrade the County's emergency management program. During the last 18 1/2 years Dr. Best has participated in and responded to 26 presidential disaster declarations around the state and nation. These have included the major flooding disasters in the state of Washington in 1990, 1995, 1996 and 1997, the mid-west floods of 1993, the Aldercrest Landslide Disaster in 1998, the Nisqually Earthquake of 2001, Hurricane Katria in 2005 and the windstorm in December of 2006 and major flooding and landslides in December 2007.
Prior to accepting his position with Mason County, Dr. Best was the State Hazard Mitigation Programs Manager with the state of Washington's Emergency Management Division (EMD) where he was responsible for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, state-wide local hazard mitigation planning process. Additionally he was responsible for the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program, Pre-Disaster Mitigation competitive (PDMc), the Mitigation Assistance Program (MAP), the Repetitive Flood Claims (FRC) and Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) flood mitigation programs.
During his tenure with the state of Washington, he developed the process, plans and contracts necessary to move from post-disaster to the development of mitigation projects that will help reduce or prevent the impacts of future natural disasters. During his 15 years with EMD, he processed applications from 20 Presidential Disaster Declarations providing funding of over $105 million for approximately 200 mitigation grants around the state.
Prior to his position with the state of Washington, Marty served as a Radio Communications/Cryptanalyst for the USAF's Electronic Security Command. During this time he was responsible for providing timely analysis and reporting of sensitive communications issues of national significance to National Command Authorities. Marty's standards of excellence were recognized by numerous special awards and citations from the commander's of the Pacific Air Force (PACAF), Strategic Air Command (SAC), 8th Air Force, and the Electronic Security Command.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science in December of 2003 from Sherwood University, a Master of Public Administration degree from the Evergreen State College in June 1996 and his Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) in 1980 from the University of Maryland. He also holds Associates of Applied Science Degrees from the Community College of the Air Force in Communications Processing Management as well as Logistics Management.
In his spare time, Marty assists his wife as business manager for their two child care facilities, and he is an ordained Minster and president of their non-profit corporation � Whirlwind Ministries, Inc. He has traveled to Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Kenya, the Netherlands, most of the 50 United States, and all of the Counties of the state of Washington.
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President, Grays Harbor College since 2004.
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Mike Campbell serves as the Director for Washington Center of Excellence for Homeland Security hosted by Pierce College. Previously, Mike was a faculty member at Pierce College in the Criminal Justice program; he is a past Director of Public Safety for the Town of Steilacoom with responsibilities in Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services, and Disaster Emergency Management. He served as a special projects officer for the State Homeland Security Region 5 and coordinated the 2003 Office for Domestic Preparedness Homeland Strategy and Security Assessment. As a senior evaluator Mike assisted in the assessment of the Pierce County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) management capabilities.
In addition, Mike has served as a senior evaluator on Emergency Management exercises for school districts and has conducted over sixty vulnerability and risk assessments for Community and Technical Colleges throughout the state.
Mike served as past-president for the Pierce County Police and Sheriffs Association, Mediator for the Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center, and as the Intelligence and Security Assistant Director for the 1989 Presidential Inaugural. He has been active in other police and fire service boards and committees.
Mike retired from the Army as the Provost Marshal of Ft. Lewis at the rank of Colonel, and has over 40 years of combined law enforcement, fire and emergency management experience. His training includes FEMA emergency management courses, Washington State Patrol Incident Command classes to include HASMAT, and numerous national and state-sponsored fire command courses. Mike received a B.S. in Police Administration and Psychology and his M.S. in Criminal Justice Education from Eastern Kentucky University. He is a graduate of the National War College in Washington D.C.
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For 31 years, Pam has served in a variety of technical and leadership positions in the Defense, Commercial and Services divisions of The Boeing Company. In her current assignment, she reports to the Chief Security Officer for The Boeing Company as the Program Manager for Business Continuity. Primary responsibilities include risk management, leading cultural change, establishing governance, building standards, tools and controls to help business leaders recover in the event of a significant disruption. Pam also chairs the Business Continuity Integration Leadership Team chartered to leverage synergies and best practices between Emergency Preparedness, IT Preparedness and Business Preparedness programs ensuring seamless transitions throughout the entire Incident Management Lifecycle.
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Dr. Terry joined the Emergency Management Division (EMD) of the Washington Military Department In April 1997. He is currently the Manager of the Planning, Exercise and Training Unit where he has the lead for development of logistics capabilities including mutual aid strategies for Washington State. Terry is a past-Chair of the nation's mutual aid system, the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and was the first Chair of the Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement (PNEMA) Executive Task Force. He was also the principal investigator for a NASA research grant for integration of remotely sensed data into emergency management operations where he spearheaded the enhancement of EMD's Geo-spatial Information System capabilities. Terry has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, a Master of Arts in Public Administration, and a Doctorate in Adult Education.
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Wendy Freitag is a Microsoft & Washington Mutual Bank alum, having worked at each Washington state headquartered company for 4+ years in various positions with management oversight for International security, crisis management and business continuity programs. Wendy departed Microsoft in Feb. 2007 and in June 2007 joined the Washington Emergency Management Division (EMD) to launch the state's first dedicated business relations program. On June 1 she will assume a newly created management position at EMD overseeing the External Affairs section which combines Public Education, Media Affairs, and Business outreach into one department.
Prior to working in the private sector, Wendy served for several years on disaster operations throughout the U.S. as a Lead Public Affairs Officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and also served as a reservist for a short time with the American Red Cross. During her tenure with FEMA, she served on the elite FEMA national advance team deploying to areas prior to the arrival of disasters such as hurricanes.
During her private sector years, Wendy acquired first hand response experience managing a diverse set of emergency events that included the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests, the 2001 Seattle Nisqually earthquake, 9/11, the SE Asia Tsunami � 2004 and the Lebanon-Israel conflict of 2006�to name a few.
Wendy serves on two academic institution Advisory Boards �one at the University of Washington for the Master's program in Strategic Planning and Critical Infrastructure �the other for the Institute for Global and Community Resilience at Western Washington University. Wendy is a frequent speaker at international, national, and regional industry and local business community conferences.
She is married to Bob Freitag. They enjoy a "restless (not sleepless) in Seattle" lifestyle on a floating home in Seattle.
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Michael J. Gaffney is the Associate Director of the Division of Governmental Studies and Services (DGSS) at Washington State University. DGSS is a joint outreach effort of the College of Liberal Arts and WSU Extension which provides applied research, consultation, and training for governmental agencies throughout the Northwest. Mike is also Director of WSU's Washington State Institute for Criminal Justice, a partnership with the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs and other public safety agencies to advance applied research and innovative public safety practices. Mike has been with WSU for twelve years, having previously been an attorney in both private practice and the U.S. Air Force. Mike received a BS in Political Science and Economics and a Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho. Mike's research interests include Emergency Response, Social Capital, Volunteerism, Crime Prevention, Disaster Preparedness, Research Methodology, Ethics, Biased Policing and Profiling, Democratization, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Community Oriented Policing, Hazard Mitigation Planning, Alternative Dispute Resolution, facilitation, and Citizen-Government relations.
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Brandon Hardenbrook, Deputy Director of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER), serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the cross-border US-Canada non-profit formed in statute in 1991 by the states of Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon, and the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. PNWER fosters cooperation between public and private enterprise on issues affecting the security, economy and environment of the Pacific Northwest.
Brandon is the past Chair of the King County Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group. He also serves as the lead on the Northwest Warning Alert and Response Network (NWWARN) which is the primary communications tool used by the Fusion Center to communicate with critical infrastructure. Before joining PNWER, Brandon was an Army Air Defense Artillery Officer and was assigned to an experimental missile defense project called Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). Brandon holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from Seattle University and a Bachelor of Science from Pacific Lutheran University.
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Eric Holdeman joined the Port of Tacoma as Director of Security in March 2009. In this position he is responsible for port security, emergency management and risk management for all port activities. This includes the administration of grants associated with port security. Prior to joining the Port of Tacoma he worked for ICF International, consulting in the areas of emergency management and homeland security. Before going to ICF he was a local emergency management director for King County Washington which is the metropolitan Seattle area. In this position he established the King County Office of Emergency Management as a national leader in many areas of emergency management and homeland security. In 2005 King County was given a national award by the National Association of Counties (NACo) for establishing a "Regional Approach to Homeland Security." Additionally, the 9/11 Commission recognized the King County Regional Disaster Response Plan as a "Best Practice" for integrating the private business sector into community-wide disaster planning. In March 2007 he was recognized by Government Technology Magazine as one of the Top 25 people in the nation who, "Challenge convention, confront entrenched bureaucracy and promote innovation."
Immediately prior to assuming his position in King County he worked for the Washington State Division of Emergency Management for five years. While with Washington State Eric served in a number of increasingly responsible supervisory positions in the areas of operations, training, public education, disaster exercises, and plans. Previously Eric completed a 20-year career in the US Army as an Infantry Officer.
He has authored numerous articles for professional journals and opinion pieces for local, regional and national newspapers. He is a writer for Emergency Management Magazine where he contributes feature articles and also has a regular column, "Eric's Corner." An experienced and accomplished public speaker he is sought after to present at national and regional conferences. Eric also blogs on emergency management and homeland security topics at www.disaster-zone.com
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Kelly Kasper currently holds the position of Workplace Preparedness Manager with the American Red Cross Serving King and Kitsap Counties. In this position, she works with businesses to assist in their efforts to prevent, prepare, respond and recover from disasters and unthinkable events. She has over 15 years of training development, delivery and consultation in workplace health and safety prevention strategies.
Ms. Kasper holds a Master of Arts Degree from Western Washington University. In addition to her Red Cross duties, she serves as a consultant to both General and Construction Industries on effective hearing loss prevention and site specific safety plans.
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Michael Loehr has served as the Director of Preparedness for Public Health � Seattle & King County since 2002. Prior to joining Public Health, he served as the Operations Chief for the King County Office of Emergency Management. Before coming to Washington, he served for six years as the Response Section Administrator with the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Mr. Loehr has over 15 years experience in disaster preparedness and response. He has managed local and state emergency operations centers, and has provided training and technical assistance on disaster response at the national and international levels.
His responsibilities as the Public Health Preparedness Director in Seattle � King County include:
Mr. Loehr is a graduate of the University of North Carolina with a Masters Degree in Regional Planning.
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William Lokey has been active in emergency management and search and rescue for over 40 years. He began as a Mountain Rescue volunteer and a survival and search & rescue instructor for the US Antarctic Program in the late 1960's, spending three winter-overs in Antarctica.
He went to work for the Washington State Department of Emergency Management in 1977, working on development of the State Disaster Plan, earthquake preparedness and search and rescue. In 1981, he was appointed Assistant Director for Operations, responsible for disaster response, warning, communications, search and rescue, hazardous materials planning and recovery efforts and Restricted Zone management for Mt. Saint Helens.
In 1986, he became the Director of Emergency Management for Pierce County. He served as the Pierce County Fire Marshal in 1991 and 1992. The Department's responsibilities included disaster preparedness, the Fire Prevention Bureau, radio communications, the Emergency Medical Services and E9-1-1 Administration. He responded with the Washington Urban Search and Rescue Task Force to the Northridge Earthquake and the Oklahoma City Bombing. He worked on the requirements of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Re-Authorization Act of 1986 and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
In October of 1997, Bill became Assistant Chief for Special Operations for the California Office of Emergency Services. Responsibilities included administration of California's eight US&R Task Forces and the development of Regional Special Rescue Training.
Bill became a Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) for FEMA in April of 1999. He served as FCO for 24 declared disasters including for Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. He has also worked on a variety of assignments, including two weeks at Ground Zero in New York and in Pensacola, Florida in the response to Hurricane Ivan. From April 05 through May 2006, he was Operations Branch Chief of the Response Division at FEMA Headquarters.
In February, 2007, Bill left FEMA and joined Witt Associates as a Program Director and attached to their Sacramento Office. He works with private and public sector clients on plan development, training and disaster recovery.
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Mr. Massey currently serves as the Federal Preparedness Coordinator and Director, National Preparedness Division in FEMA Region 10 in Seattle where he is responsible for managing a range of preparedness programs to include planning and assessments, NIMS and NRF coordination, training and exercise planning, continuity programs, community preparedness, chemical and radiological preparedness and others. Prior to this position, he served as the Program Coordination Branch Chief and the Technological Hazards Branch Chief in the National Preparedness Division, and concurrently served as the Chair of the multi-Federal agency Regional Radiological Assistance Committee advisory group.While at FEMA, Mr. Massey has also served as the Floodplain Management Coordinator for the states of Washington, Idaho and Alaska, and served as a Hazard Mitigation Officer during a number of Federally-declared disasters throughout the country. Prior to joining FEMA, he served with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and as a Flood Recovery Planner for a Regional Planning Commission in southwestern Illinois. Mr. Massey trained as a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Officer in the United States Army, serving in various leadership and staff officer positions in armor (tank) and forward support units in Germany and Southwest Asia. Mr. Massey has attained professional certification as a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) and a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM). Mr. Massey holds a B.S. in Advanced Technical Studies-Electrical Engineering Technology, and an M.A. in Environmental Planning from Southern Illinois University, and an M.A. in Security Studies � Homeland Security and Defense from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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David Matthews, CISSP, CISM, is the Deputy CISO for the City of Seattle. He is co-chair of the NW Alliance for Cyber Security and an active member of ISSA, ISACA, InfraGuard and ISC2, the DHS Regional CIP subcommittee, the Agora, the Pacific CISO forum, the ABA Science and Tech committee, and NW Warn. He has presented at many emergency management and information security conferences.
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Hillman Mitchell the City of Tukwila Director of Emergency Management. Previously, Hillman worked for the American Red Cross as the Government Liaison where he worked with Local, State and Federal government agencies and Community Based Organizations in the preparedness and response to disasters. Hillman is also a long time Red Cross volunteer in several areas.
Hillman has responded to local, regional and national disasters at City, County, State and Federal emergency operations centers to coordinate disaster relief operations.
Hillman has over 21 years of experience in Consulting, Project Management, Program Management, Software Engineering and Development, in an international environment, during his career with Microsoft Consulting Services, DuPont Research and his own software development company. Hillman holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Science and Computer Systems from Oklahoma State University.
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Jason B. Moulton was raised on a cattle/sheep ranch near Heber City, Utah. Following High School he spent two years in England and then graduated in 1971 from Brigham Young University BS in Law Enforcement. In 1981, he earned a MPA from John F. Kennedy University. He began his career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in January 1970 as a support employee in the Salt Lake City Field Office. In 1971, he took military leave to serve as an officer in the United States Army Military Police Corp attached to the 1st Infantry Division. In 1974, he returned to the FBI as a Special Agent where he was assigned to San Francisco to work fugitive, bank robbery, extortion, kidnapping, labor racketeering, public corruption and white-collar crime matters. His most famous arrest was that of Patricia Campbell Hearst in 1975. In 1980, he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Oakland, California Resident Agency. In 1985, he was reassigned to FBI Headquarters Criminal Investigative Division. In 1988, he was transferred to the Seattle Field Office as the White Collar Crimes Program Coordinator. In 1999, he was promoted to Assistant Special Agent In Charge, Seattle Field Office, with responsibility for the management of the white-collar crime, violent crime/major offenders, applicant/civil rights, and national infrastructure protection and computer intrusion programs. He retired from the FBI in 2000 and began a new career in retail as the Loss Prevention Director for Safeway Inc. Seattle Division. In his new position he is responsible for Safeway's Loss Prevention efforts in 210 stores and facilities in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
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Barbara has been working with Pierce County Department of Emergency Management for eight years as a public education specialist and trainer with the award-winning Pierce County Neighborhood Emergency Teams (PC-NET) program. She also has adapted the PC-NET program for faith based and small businesses in the county.
Barbara is the liaison between the Dept. of Emergency Management and Citizen Corps Council of Pierce County and is a board member. In that capacity, she works to coordinate the response and recovery efforts of the different nongovernmental and faith based agencies with Emergency Management and other governmental agencies helping victims of disasters.
Prior to coming to Pierce County, Barbara worked in the Federal Way School District for 13 years and served on the district's disaster planning advisory committee. She has a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Florida with minors in education and political science.
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Mary has been with Puget Sound Energy for 37 years and has worked in various positions including Investor Services, Human Resources and Operations. Her current responsibilities include corporate emergency response and operations continuity planning, and infrastructure security compliance.
Mary is actively involved in a number of National, State and Regional committees and workgroups including:
She volunteers her time in the community by serving on the Boards for the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Washington Information Network (WIN) 211, and the Northwest Ladies Golf Association. She also chairs an annual Golf Fore Red tournament to benefit the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign.
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Paula Scalingi is Director of the Pacific Northwest Center for Regional Disaster Resilience (CRDR), which develops and manages homeland security and disaster resilience activities for the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER), a public-private partnership chartered by the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington; the western Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Yukon; and Northwest Territories. Since October 2001, Dr. Scalingi has helped private, public sector, and non-profit organizations to develop and implement regional initiatives and mitigation activities focused on infrastructure security and disaster resilience. As part of these efforts, Dr. Scalingi has helped stakeholders design and conduct numerous regional interdependencies exercises, among them the well-known Blue Cascades Series, workshops and seminars focused on all hazards threats and disruptions, including cyber security, pandemics/other bio-events and supply chain resilience, and develop and implement regional and sector-focused preparedness plans and mitigation strategies. Among recent projects have been the Dam Sector Exercise Series (DSES-09) for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop a risk management and mitigation strategy for the Columbia River Basin; a cross-sector Information Fusion System for Washington State; energy assurance and resiliency workshops for state and local governments for the U.S. Department of Energy, a comprehensive community bio-event planning project for the DHS Office of Health Affairs, and an Internet continuity exercise for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As vice chair of The Infrastructure Security Partnership, a national coalition of engineering and built environment associations, Dr. Scalingi was the principal architect and drafter of the Guide to Develop an Action Plan for Regional Disaster Resilience (RDR Guide), leading a national task force of 100 cross-sector/multi-discipline experts that included federal, state, and local agency representatives. She currently is chairing a follow-on task force to develop the 2011 edition of the RDR Guide. She also serves on the Steering Group for the national Community Resilience System Initiative to develop a common resilience framework for communities and is a senior advisor to the federally funded Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI), created post-Hurricane Katrina to undertake research projects, partnership-building and other activities in collaboration with localities in eight Southeastern states.
Dr. Scalingi previously was founder and director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection. She also served in the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and on the staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She in addition was director of the Decision and Information Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory, where she founded and managed the Infrastructure Assurance Center and was technical liaison to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection. In this capacity, she led the ANL support team, which provided several of the infrastructure vulnerability studies for the Commission Report and produced the preliminary critical infrastructure protection R&D Portfolio for the While House Office for Science and Technology Policy. Dr. Scalingi has written extensively on infrastructure interdependencies and disaster resilience issues and regularly speaks in stakeholder forums across the nation on how to improve regional preparedness, continuity of operations and business.
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Marci Scott is with Pierce County Department of Emergency Management as the Program Manager over the Mitigation, Preparedness and Recovery Division. She also serves as the liaison to all of the various educational systems in Pierce County.
As the Liaison between Pierce County Emergency Management and the education community, Marci has worked diligently to improve relationships in preparedness and has established strong ties with educators in both the K-12 (private and public) and the higher education systems, including local Community Colleges and Universities.
Marci has developed collaborative partnerships with local first responders to develop an "All Hazard Preparedness Training Program" to help the educational system train, plan and exercise with other community emergency responders.
She serves on committees related to the advancement and improvement of school safety as well as others to continue to mitigate and prepare for a disaster hitting the region. They include the following: Center of Excellence Homeland Security Advisory Committee, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction Safety Advisory Committee, Association for Standards, Training, and Materials (ASTM), Regional Catastrophic Planning Team, and the United States Geological Survey Working Group.
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Dr. John W. Walstrum serves as President of Clover Park Technical College. He has a solid background of experiences and accomplishments through education, training, workforce and economic development, fund-raising, student affairs, and community service programs.
As Clover Park Technical College president, Dr. Walstrum is responsible for ensuring that the College's programs and support services meet the current workforce needs of its service area. He is very involved in numerous community organizations and local boards and is an active participant at the national level on initiatives related to developing a skilled workforce. He is a past President of the National Council on Workforce Education (NCWE), is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges Commission on Economic and Workforce Development, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pierce County (WA) Workforce Development Council, and other professional organizations.
With a reputation as a proactive leader, Dr. Walstrum is known for establishing and promoting new partnerships that are in the mutual best interests of local businesses, major corporations, local school districts, regional universities, and community-based organizations. His career, as a faculty member and administrator, has been dedicated to the development of an educated workforce for the regions being served.
Dr. Walstrum holds a Ph.D. in industrial education, masters in technical education, and a bachelor in secondary education � all received from the University of Maryland. He began his career in higher education as a full-time community college faculty member and division dean at the Community College of Baltimore County (MD). Prior to taking this current position, he served as the Executive Vice President at Central New Mexico Community College. He also served as a vice president in areas of academic and student affairs at Camden County College (NJ) and SUNY Delhi College of Technology (NY).
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FINALLY, something worth eating in SE Burbank
- Das Ubergeek Oct 16, 2006 09:58 PM
It's been a week of setbacks for my chow ego, what with the fantastic supermarket dinner at Vallarta and the story I'm about to tell.
It was 14.00. I hadn't eaten because I'd been shackled to the phone since 10.00. I was starving. The problem is that I work near the new Home Depot... they might as well put up "Chow-Free Zone" signs. There's a reasonable Salvadorean place on Victory, but I don't love Salvadorean food. I like El Tapatio, but since I live on the border of North Hollywood and Van Nuys, I'm spoiled for choice of great Mexican food. There's hot dogs from the truck at Home Depot, which I like, but I always manage to get mustard on myself and I have another meeting at 15.30. There's downtown Burbank, but the parking... oy.
So I decided to head down Alameda, hoping that I'd find something before I hit Toluca Lake.
At the northwest corner of Alameda and Victory, the words hit me like a slap in the face: WILLIE'S FISH AND CHIPS. I made a quick right, parked, and walked in...
...right into a liquor store. With a sandwich counter.
Liquor stores can't possibly have chow, right?
Remembering that supermarkets supposedly couldn't have chow either, I walked up, placed an order for fish and chips, the older guy (Willie, I'm assuming) calls to the back for somebody, and out walks Olvis, who longtime Chowhounds will know as one of the guys behind the counter at Fish King in Glendale. The place rose much, much higher in my estimation. He went in the back to get cod, then cut it up and battered it in a plastic bucket right before my eyes. Six big fingers of cod, plus a double handful of steak fries done to order, half a lemon, and a tub each of ketchup and tartar sauce.
It was fantastic. I might ask for them to be a little more well-done next time, but that's strictly a personal choice... fresh, piping hot, flaky, perfectly done on the inside. The fries were perfect -- with that crunchy-chewy bite that only steak fries have -- and not oversalted.
The only real problem is that there are exactly two small tables, and even at 14.05 there were fifteen people there, getting everything from F&C to pastrami sandwiches on rye to oven-roasted turkey on French rolls. Apparently this is not a new discovery for the working people of Burbank, because it was full of everyone from workbooted men with paint on their faces to Armenian guys in velour track suits to a pale, clerkly-looking stockbroker type in an expensive suit.
My lunch cost me $6.99, plus $1.50 for a Diet Coke and tax. I'm thoroughly stuffed (probably won't eat dinner), very happy, and you can bet your Burbank bippy I'll be back, since it's all of half a mile from the office. Finally, something to chow on in southeast Burbank.
Willie's Fish and Chips
Inside the Alameda Market
321 W. Alameda Ave. (NW corner of Victory)
Burbank, CA 91506
(818) 848-1655
cool! I've always wondered about this place, but figured "nah--it's in deepest darkest BUR, how good could it be?"
btw, as DU says, it's the corner of Alameda & Victory, but if you Googlemap or Mapquest it, they say somewhere on the other side of the 5. oy!
Maybe a stone's throw from where you are and pretty good lunch buffet place is:
QQ Buffet & Grill
900 N. Central Ave., Glendale (Just north of the 134)
Chinese food, sushi, boiled shrimp and mussels and other Asian and American fare.
$6.99 for lunch buffet($1 for refillable soft drinks)and they got a parking lot of their own.
I like Willie's, too. But it's definitely to go.
If you keep heading down Victory you'll hit 2 other worthy (at least in my estimation) places in Burbank (well, technically Glendale but who's counting).
One is a decent cuban restaurant:
Mambo's Cafe
1701 Victory Blvd
Glendale, CA 91201
Try the Mambo chicken.
The other is the weirdest (good) BBQ sandwich you will ever have. The sauce is really an au jus rather than a traditional bbq sauce.
Pecos Bill's BarBQ
1551 Victory Blvd
Glendale, CA 91201
And since you're now fond of eating out of liquor stores. There's also a liquor store in between Mambo's & Pecos on Victory that sells bbq. No joke. Haven't tried it, yet so I couldn't tell you what it's like.
i've been in this liquor store many many times but i've never been brave enough to try the food. what a great discovery you made!
Just had the fish and chips today for lunch, and indeed, it's quite good and a large portion. The steak fries are also good, but out of a bag and nothing special. I do think that Robin Hood in Van Nuys has better F&C, but Willie's is much, much closer to where I am. Next time I'm there I'll try the pastrami sandwich!
re: symbebekos
Oh, I agree -- Robin Hood (in Valley Glen -- we're not Van Nuys, we're not we're not we're NOT!) is much better F&C, but I'm just so happy to have something to chow on near work!
The name "Willie" comes from the previous owner "Dick's" wife. They owned the store for many years and were a charming couple. She was known for her primrose yellow caddy. Their son ran the grill.
Personally i liked the food better "back in the day".......but I do order a sandwich now and then. Not real fond of the current "chef's " moaning and groaning. The gal who works behind the grill counter is a real nice lady though.
They used to sell racing forms.
I stop by every day after working the graveyard shift for a post house on Flower. It's still a nice place to conversate with the local characters.
I drive from north hollywood every sunday morning to do my laundry next door.
Make sure you take your own detergent -- otherwise you can pay high prices for it at the liquor store.
I agree that there aren't a lot of good eating places in the area. I can go on and on about the good ole days but that was then and this is now. What about Johnny's on Flower?
Pecos Bill's is a landmark but the line is LONG during the rush. Yaki's is right up the street. Pretty good chow at reasonable prices. The Ralphs at Alameda and Glenoaks is ok but there is something weird about delis in a grocery store.
If you feel like travelling to the Magnolia District try Pinnochios. Darn good roast beef samiches on really good rolls for cheap.
Sub King at Victory and Olive next to the 7-11 used to be good but they skimp on the meat these days.
Anybody remember Dons Hamburgers on Olive? Best burgers and a pitcher around.
Sadly to note that Genios at Verdugo and Olive got razed last month.
Well there's still The Talley Rand and Lancer's. I eat at both locations occaisonaly but if I ate there every day I would go broke in a hurry.
Franks at the corner of Victory and Olive is a joke.
The Franks in NoHo is gone. As well as Leons.
I'm a basic food group kinda guy. Eggs Bacon Hashbrowns and Toast. For cheap.
Try Norms on Magnolia a coule of blocks east of Victory for good breakfast chow. The breakfast specials are a pretty good deal.
Thank for the blog.
re: tapeop
Larry's Hot Dogs has very good fries lately. On Burbank Blvd near California Street
re: jackattack
I just had them on Saturday - cooked well done with chili and cheese. YUM!! Their chili dogs are also really good.
Really enjoyable write up. Will def try this place next time I'm in the mood for fish-n-chips (which isn't often...)
Thanks for the info, but I have no reason to switch from Rocky's!
Rocky's Fish & Poultry
1212 N San Fernando Blvd, Burbank, CA 91504
This place has been on my radar for years and yet it was just last weekend that I finally drove past the place and saw the words on the side of the brick building. Still have to head in there and give it a shot. Das, I know you're in OC now, but do you know if Olvis is still manning the fryer?
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
Funny, I'm actually in Burbank today but ate lunch at Pho Hut in Glendale since I was dependent on the people with the cars (took the train in). I don't know -- next time I'm up and it's not raining, I'll try it out.

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Long time departmental supporter, Rodd Moesel was named an Oklahoma State DASNR Champion! "Anyone who knows Rodd recognizes he has been a strong supporter of DASNR for decades and is very deserving of this award, which is one of the most prestigious honors the division can bestow on an individual," said Mike Woods, DASNR interim vice president, dean and director. "He has had a significant positive effect on the land-grant mission in Oklahoma, not only in terms of the university but throughout the state and region."
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Adam KMilgore has a nice summation of the situation.
Of course, Espinosa plays against LH pitchers. He hits them well. Against RH pitching, Davey doesn't want to bench Espinosa and, imo, he shouldn't. Just too much upside for many yrs into the future. And he's been hitting better.
So, in plenty of games, the crazy "solution" would be an OF of Lombardozzi in LF, Harper in CF and Morse in RF!
You'd have weak arms, relative to the demands of the position, in LF and RF. And throwing has been what's kept Morse on the DL, not hitting.
Lombardozzi and Harper have speed, but little experience in the OF. Morse tries but doesn't cover much ground.
I would (and will) refer to this as The King And His Court Outfield.
The "King" was a famous barnstorming softball pitcher who was so fast and unhittable that he traveled with only five fielders on his team. Often, there'd be no outfield at all!
If Lombo, Harper and Morse head out there together, a lot of Nats pitchers are going to feel like The King.
Somewhere, Riggleman would beat his head on a wall. Davey loves offense. Especially when you have the best power staff in baseball that leads MLB in K's (no need for OFers then) and gets more ground balls than fly balls (not much use dfor OFers then either).
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Soft corals are impervious to rising ocean acidity that threatens the very reefs that house them and other marine creatures, says Israeli expert.
'Print' this super-veggie at home
GreenOnyx is developing a kitchen countertop system to grow and process Khai-nam, nutritious and versatile aquatic vegetable resembling caviar.
Faith leaders join hands to protect the planet
Interfaith clergy and seminarians at Jerusalem's Faith and Ecology Conference pledge to step up environmental stewardship.
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The I. Meier Segals Garden for Zoological Research is thought to be the only zoological center on a university campus anywhere.
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BreezoMeter app provides personalized air-pollution monitoring for Israel and soon in the US.
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Farmers from California to China have a new Israeli tool in the struggle to assure food security in coming decades.
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Help a forester, glean excess crops, pick medicinal herbs and see how Israel recycles trash, reclaims wetlands and farms with natural pest control.
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The pilot reported getting an unsafe indication on the right main landing gear when the landing gear was lowered. The crew recycled the landing gear and got the same unsafe indication. The crew retracted the gear and diverted to Detroit. On arrival, the crew performed the 'landing gear abnormal extension checklist,' but the unsafe indication remained. The air traffic control tower reported that the gear appeared normal. During the landing, the right main landing gear retracted. The airplane slid sideways, striking a runway marker as it departed the runway, and came to rest in a field. Examination revealed that the right landing gear downlock mechanism could be overcome with physical force. Examination of the right landing gear actuator revealed that one of the six shims which separate the spacers and help guide the safety lock switch was out of position and lying on top of the lock assembly.
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Immersion cooling can cut data-center cooling costs
Dipping computers and servers in advanced liquids can cut the massive costs of cooling data centers and help companies make better use of space for their technology infrastructure
By Chandler Harris - Jun 6, 2014
Immersing computers and servers in chemical liquids has become a cool new option for cooling computer equipment at data centers.
The liquid cooling systems vary as do the types of liquids used. Regardless of the methods, the results have been promising in reducing the cost and footprint of data centers over previous systems. There are other benefits, too.
Cooling equipment has become one of the biggest, most expensive challenges for data centers and alarger environmental concern. Data centers use about 2 percent of the world's electricity supply, withmore than a third of this amount for cooling computing equipment.
3M's solution
A number of companies have developed their own solutions to the cooling problem. Consider thenew supercomputer developed by Intel and SGI, which is submerged in 3M's Novec dielectric cooling fluid.
Intel and SGI say 3M's two-phase cooling technology can reduce cooling costs by 95 percent and requires up to 10 times less space than conventional air-cooling infrastructures. Plus, it allows for "heat harvesting" — the ability to grab energy from heated fluid.
3M's Novec fluid had been used for years as a fire retardant and for high-power electronic cooling of military defense applications and radar systems. Yet 3M saw the liquid's applicability for cooling large computer infrastructures.
"Back then (around 2000) we believed the need in the market wasn't as significant, but now with concerns over data centers consuming a lot of energy and electricity for cooling, as well as the projected growth of data centers, we believe our cooling technology has come to the right point for market development," says Il Ji Kim, marketing manager for 3M Electronics Materials Solutions Division.
Bitcoin mining company uses immersion cooling
Allied Control, an early provider of immersion cooling systems for data centers and 3M partner, recently started using immersion cooling for a Hong Kong-based bitcoin-mining data center that it serves. Because Hong Kong has high rental prices, limited space and frequent humid weather conditions, immersion cooling was seen as a way to help maximize space and cool the facility more efficiently. Bitcoin mining facilities rely on high-performance computers to solve algorithms that confirm transactions between bitcoin users.
The company built a high-powered, 500-kilowatt data center in 15 square meters — the size of a small hotel room. It's a relatively small space for such a high-powered system.
3M says that the mining facility saves approximately $64,000 a month because the cooling system uses less than 10 percent of the electricity that would have been required for a conventional air-cooled system. Higher density component packing has allowed the company to eliminate fans and other hardware, which reduced the hardware footprint by 87 percent.
Intel is particularly interested in immersion cooling technologies since they can allow the hardware manufacturer to produce chips, boards and servers without the cost or space requirements of air cooling units. While air cooling components need to be separated to facilitate air flow, liquid cooling technologies do not need the same space.
Still, Intel isn't yet investing heavily in the technology, at least until the company sees wider adoption rates climb, says Michael Patterson, senior power and thermal architect at Intel. Patterson says that most companies believe it's more cost effective to hold onto their data centers for 15 to 20 years, rather than create new ones that incorporate immersion cooling technology.
"The challenge I think is people will buy new servers or HPC [high-performance computing] clusters every five years, but they often want to keep their data center for 15 to 20 years," says Patterson. "Why it will take some time is the simple fact that if somebody has a data center, they're not going to throw it away to go spend the additional capital dollars to get to a point to save energy. I think [immersion cooling] will become more prevalent but it's going to take some time."
LiquidCool Solutions (LCS) provides liquid-based cooling in a different way. The company uses a modular approach to immersion cooling by producing a liquid-cooled vertical rack. LCS says that its system reduces energy consumption by 98 percent over air-cooling approaches.
"This modular approach enables users to add devices to a system in any increment without disrupting the existing cooling infrastructure," says Herb Zien, CEO of LCS. "LCS-cooled devices can coexist with air-cooled devices in the same installation, if desired."
The University of Minnesota's Supercomputing Institute adopted LCS cooling for their high-performance computer system for advanced scientific and medical analysis. The university has been able to reduce power consumption and its hardware footprint.
"The challenge was finding server solutions that provided the performance increases we needed while decreasing our energy consumption and data center footprint, which was on a path we could not sustain," says Jeffrey McDonald, assistant director for HPC operations for the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute. "We've deployed LiquidCool's Liquid Submerged Servers and its benchmark and energy usage returns were very positive."
Analysis by Rakesh Kumar
Cool Vendors in Data Center Infrastructure Management, Power and Cooling, 2014
Published: 25 April 2014
Why Cool: LiquidCool Solutions' technology consists of a rack into which 1 rack unit (U) and 2U servers are placed. The servers are totally submersed in a dielectric liquid called Core Coolant, which is a nonhazardous, nonvolatile, low-density dielectric liquid with 1,400 times the volumetric cooling capacity of air. The liquid is circulated directly to the components with the highest power density, and the remaining components are cooled by bulk flow as Core Coolant is drawn through the unit to a return line. The vendor claims that an IT device can be hot-swapped within two minutes or, alternatively, removed from a rack, drained, opened, serviced, reassembled, refilled and reinstalled within a 15-minute turnaround window.
One of the key benefits of the solution is that it does away with the movement of air (which can become contaminated and dusty, and cause corrosion) within the server. It also does away with fans, resulting in a lower power draw for the servers. These factors make the technology suitable for hot and rugged climates, modular prefabricated data centers, and new buolds without the need for a raised floor.
Challenges: Convincing organizations (end users, service providers, etc.) that they should run their servers immersed in a liquid poses conceptual challenges in an industry that has had over 40 years of data center air-cooled environments. While the technology is sound, LiquidCool Solutions needs to build stronger partnerships, particularly with established data center suppliers and operators.
Who Should Care: LiquidCool Solutions should be of interest to data center facilities, and cloud and hosting providers looking to reduce their cooling costs and maximize floor space. It should also appeal to geographical regions where air quality is poor and energy costs are high.
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LiquidCool: Submerging servers without a tub
Yevgenly Sverdlk from Data Center Knowledge talks to one Minnesota company that has swapped air for fluid to improve server reliability and reduce total cost of ownership
When Herb Zien, who used to run the largest operator of urban district heating and cooling systems in the US, saw for the first time how data center operators were cooling their facilities, he was shocked. As a former thermal engineer Zien was surprised that cold air was being pushed onto the IT equipment from underneath, when cold air tends to fall down. But what surprised him most was that the cooling medium was air, which he had used as a temperature insulator, not as a conductor.
"Maybe there's a better way to do this", Zien thought. This was towards the end of the past decade. Zien and a partner had sold Thermal North America, which owned and operated steam, chilled water, hot water and electricity distribution systems in 11 US cities, to Veolia Energy.
It was clear to Zien that data centers would become the next major energy consumers. His interest was piqued by a company based in Rochester, Minnesota, that was demonstrating an ability to overclock CPUs on gaming computers by submerging them in a dielectric fluid. He became an investor in the company, a board member, and then CEO – a role he still holds.
The company, called LiquidCool, does more than cooling gaming PCs. With its 16 patents and 24 pending patents it licenses liquid cooling technology to electronics manufacturers, and the data center market is one of its primary targets.
So far, the company has licensed the IP to flight simulators for pilots. But there has been interest from one of the major IT hardware suppliers, as well as from a modular data center vendor. Zien says LiquidCool's technology offers lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than other data center cooling systems, can accommodate more servers per rack and increase data center reliability. Rather than dipping servers in a tub-like rack filled with dielectric fluid, LiquidCool's approach to seal each and every server hermetically and fill it with the fluid. This way the system is compatible with standard IT racks.
The company's cooling liquid is called Core Coolant. It is a non-hazardous, non-volatile, low density dielectric liquid that can absorb 1,400 times more heat than air. Inside each server, the coolant is pushed directly to the hottest components, while the other parts are cooled by non-direct bulk of the liquid, before being pumped out of the box for heat extraction. Warm fluid up to 113F is pulled into an evaporative fluid cooler before returning to the servers.
In addition to lower TCO, the biggest benefits of LiquidCool's approach are increased reliability and longer life of IT equipment. The temperature around solder joints does not fluctuate as much which helps reduce joint failures. Corrosion of electrical contacts is also stopped because they are not being exposed to fluctuation air temperature oxidation. There are no fans, so there are no moving parts, which means less potential for failure, and no electrical contacts to deteriorate from constant vibration. Finally, the electronics are not exposed to electrostatic discharge, ambient particulate and humidity.
Green Revolution Cooling, Asetek, Chilldyne, CoolIT Systems, Clustered Systems and IBM provide liquid cooling solutions that are different types of cold-plate technology. Instead of flooding electronics with cooling liquid, a cold plate is bolted onto the server CPU, and the cooling is supplied to the cold plate. According to LiquidCool, cold plates cool only the hottest components. The company's logic is that while cold plates keep the CPU's cool, they save neither fans and the room still needs to be air cooled.
Other competitors offer "cold-wall" solutions. Rittal provides a cold-wall system where a water-to-air heat exchanger is installed between IT racks and blows cold air sideways using fans. And vendor SprayCool has a system that sprays dielectric fluid on electronics. As the fluid evaporates it gets colder and cools the components. The vapor condenses and moves to a heat exchanger.
The closest solution to LiquidCool's is that provided by UK based Iceotope. Like LiquidCool, Iceotope floods the motherboard, inside a sealed case with coolant but the case includes a piping circuit that carries water to cool the coolant.
LiquidCool Solutions Launches LSC-RT Small Form Factor Chassis for Cooling High Density Electronics
May 21, 2014 -Rochester, MN -- LiquidCool Solutions announced the availability of LSC Rugged Tier (RT), a cooling technology for a wide variety of high power density electronics within a compact, sealed enclosure ideal for harsh environment applications where other cooling methods fail. more...
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Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick could owe the city money for cleanup costs after city workers on Tuesday washed away graffiti logos sprayed on sidewalks by the brewery two weeks ago, according to the Frederick Police Department.
The logos were a promotional tool for Gonzofest, an upcoming event at the brewery. Colorful symbols lined downtown sidewalks with the brewery's website; another symbol displayed a man with big sunglasses and a hat.
The police department Tuesday said about 100 graffiti tags were in the city, but the brewery said there were only 64.
"This graffiti was placed on sidewalks all over the downtown area," police said in a news release.
Marc Stachowski, deputy director of public works, said Monday during a telephone interview with The Frederick News-Post that he was unaware of the brewery's symbols.
But Stachowski's department took action on Tuesday after consulting the police.
City workers used power washers to get rid of the brewery's symbols, which were chalked along North Bentz Street on the perimeter of Baker Park. The markings were also on Market Street.
Stachowski could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Erin Biles, public relations manager for Flying Dog, said the brewery marked downtown sidewalks with "spray chalk" without asking for permission first.
She said other businesses have done the same thing and that is why the brewery did not ask for approval.
But not asking for approval violated city rules.
The city's graffiti ordinance bans unauthorized drawings on public or private property. The ordinance also bans the use of chalk, but an exception is made for easily removable chalk or other water- soluble markings.
This exemption is associated with traditional children's activities such as drawing bases for a ballgame or hopscotch. Approved public art projects are also exempt, police said.
The cost of removal could leave the brewery with a bill from the Department of Public Works if an agreement is reached. It was unclear how much the cleanup would cost.
Police Cpl. John Corbett said the brewery will not be fined or cited, even though violators of the ordinance could face a $250 fine for a first offense and $500 per offense after that.
Corbett said the brewery will not be fined because "there was no criminal intent."
Biles said the brewery was only trying to promote its festival and did not cause permanent damage to city property.
Richard Griffin, director of economic development, empathized with Flying Dog, saying he understands the importance of advertising.
But he also said there are guidelines business owners must follow.
"Sometimes we just have to limit those types of things to make sure we maintain a vibrant and attractive community," Griffin said of the markings.
He described advertisements and signs downtown as a "slippery slope" for business owners.
Police said Tuesday that some downtown business owners have occasionally applied sidewalk chalk in front of their businesses to promote an event or daily special, but they are encouraged to get permission from the city before applying chalk to city sidewalks to ensure compliance with the ordinance.
"I think it's a learning tool for everybody," Corbett said.
He wants the Board of Aldermen to consider adding a city code that would allow temporary symbols similar to those the brewery sprayed.
"I don't think it would a bad idea," he said.


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The Problem with Bond Villains… February 23, 2013Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in entertainment, Humor.
Tags: Bond James Bond, James Bond, Movies
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A friend of mine was complaining about the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall.
He did not like the movie because the Bond and the MI-6 team did several things that he felt were… well… dumb. Dumb to the point that they ruined the movie for him. And, I had to admit that some of the items he listed had merit.
However, I still had to laugh as he didn't seem to have any problem with the villain's plan until I pointed out that the bad guy could have accomplished his goal, wrapped things up nicely, and gone off to live happily ever after in the first 30 minutes of the movie had he not been bat-shit insane.
And that is a major aspect aspect Bond Villains. To get in the cross hairs of 007, you practically have to be certifiable.
I wrote a piece back in December, Travels with Commander Bond, which included some lists of some of my favorite aspects of the film series. However, I felt one list was clearly missing, the list of my favorite Bond villains.
The problem was that, while the other lists sprang to mind pretty much fully formed, when I think of Bond villains, things get a bit confused.
Certainly some quips come to mind. "I don't expect you to talk Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" is a favorite.
But then I start thinking about henchmen. Rosa Klebb, Odd Job, Jaws, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd… but they are just the hired help. They aren't running the show. Then there are the various incarnations of Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Does he count as one Bond villain, or is he a different villain in each movie?
Then there are the plots.
And here is where thinking too hard about Bond movies starts to fail you, because the schemes, when examined, can underwhelm. Wikipedia has a nice list of Bond villains from the movies, what their plan was, and the result. Simplifying the plans down to desired results, out of 23 films, I count the following motives:
Money – 14
Surprisingly, to me at least, this seems to be the most popular motive. I suppose it shouldn't be a surprise. Twice it is in the name of drug cartels. But a lot of the time… especially in the SPECTRE years… it seems to be an already fabulously wealthy organization spending a lot of time and money on a result that, even if successful, would have paid off less than just investing in US Government securities. Max Zorin, for example, wants to destroy Silicon Valley in order to increase his company's market share. That is his business plan! I suppose you have to go to some lengths to look evil relative to Bill Gates… though this pre-dated most Microsoft shenanigans… but still, couldn't he have just lured away a few key execs? He already had immense wealth.
Start a War – 3
Actually, starting a war comes up four times, but I am not counting Elliot Carver because he was trying to start a war merely to expand his media empire… so, really… money. And I am not sure I should count SPECTRE's attempt in You Only Live Twice, since they are doing it for a third party. But since they spent enough money to create a secret space program more advanced than either the US or USSR (whom they want fighting) and hid it in a dormant volcano, I have to imagine that the return on investment will be pretty poor. And, of course, in none of these movies does the whole war scenario really seem like a good idea.
Revenge – 2
This is at least a raw, emotional motivator. It just doesn't come up very often. SPECTRE wants revenge for the death of Dr. Julius No (After all, the R in SPECTRE stands for Revenge! It is part of their mission statement in a way that smart financial planning is not.) and Raoul Silva wants revenge because he simply isn't as tough as James Bond. Alex Trevelyan claims he wants revenge, but his revenge involves stealing a lot of money and covering his tracks, so I put him in the money column.
Utopia – 2
Kill all of humanity except for a chosen few, who will repopulate the world. In one the chosen were going to hide under the sea, and in one they were going to hide in space. This plot came up twice in the 1970s, back when we thought we were destroying the Earth (global cooling) and running out of resources. I am glad we're past that now.
Just Doing My Job – 1
In For Your Eyes Only, Aristotle Kristatos steals the ATAC device for the Soviet Union… because that is who he works for. And when the plan fails, his boss doesn't even seem that upset. Maybe the most realistic plot ending ever in the world of James Bond.
Random Asshattery – 1
I am not sure it is ever fully explained WHY Dr. Julius No was messing with the US space program in Dr. No. I guess SPECTRE was funding it, though it could have just been a hobby. Or it might have been version 1.0 of SPECTRE space program. It could have been meant to start a war eventually, or used for extortion. But in the movie Dr. No just seems to enjoy pissing off NASA.
So the prime motivator for a Bond villain appears to be money, followed by, but not exclusive from, insanity. After all, in Live and Let Die, Dr. Kanaga's drug cartel plans were built around readings from a tarot deck. Then there is how all these guys plan to kill Bond after they inevitably capture him during the course of the film. Like that SNL skit said, when you capture Bond, don't screw around, just shoot him and be done with it.
And don't even get me started on the poor rank and file of these villains. How do they recruit them? And what entices people to work for these guys? I have to think the death benefits for your family must be excellent, since these villains kill their own rank and file on a regular basis. Their HR staff must be going crazy.
So, in the end, it is very hard for me to pick a favorite James Bond villain because they are all so bad at what they do.
It is almost like they are put up there simply to make James Bond look good…
Well, without them, we wouldn't have had the Austin Powers series.
Roll on Dr. Evil. Your plots are not half as mad as they could be.
Travels with Commander Bond December 16, 2012Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in entertainment.
Tags: Bond James Bond, James Bond, Movies
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50 years worth of travels in about three weeks time.
As a household, my wife and I are James Bond fans.
I would not say we are excessively so however. We do not own any sort of memorabilia. Any affinity towards martinis tends to center around the cosmopolitan. And while I do own a tuxedo, any resemblance between myself and Bond is a matter of coincidence and poor eyesight.
But we do like the movies. So we ran out to see Skyfall on the opening weekend, daughter in tow. The reviews had been quite favorable.
However, a couple of reviews said that Skyfall was the "best Bond ever," an opinion which put that skeptical look on my face. The movie was certainly, to my mind, the best of the Daniel Craig outings. But the BEST Bond ever? That was something that needed some thought. And some research.
So we decided to watch all the Bond films. In order. Again.
We've done it before.
We may not have memorabilia, but we do have all the movies on DVD. MGM put out a three-part boxed set around 2000 that included all of the Bond movies up to that point, a run that encompassed Dr. No to Tomorrow Never Dies and five of the six Bond actors from the official, EON-produced films. (Never Say Never Again and the 1967 Casino Royale do not enter into this discussion.) We have purchased all of the subsequent films on DVD or Blu-Ray since then.
And so we set out on a three week journey with a plan to watch one of the movies every night. In addition, we also watched supplemental material included with each of the movies. One of the nice things about the set is that MGM produced a "making of" documentary for each of the movies up through License to Kill that covers the trials of making the movie, the stunts, and some of the politics and justifications around what went on.
These documentaries run anywhere from 25 to 45 minutes each, and since rare is the Bond movie that runs under two hours, we were committing ourselves to quite a nightly camp on the couch.
But we made it.
What follows after the cut are some observations and lists based on the experience. If James Bond isn't your thing, you can safely go elsewhere.


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How to Sober Up Fast
Two Parts:Feel Better FastPreventative Measures
The only way to truly sober up is to stop drinking and wait for the alcohol to leave your system, a process that could take several hours. While there's no instant cure for being drunk, there are things you can do to feel more alert, ease nausea, and speed up the body's process of flushing out the alcohol. Read on to learn how.
Part 1 of 2: Feel Better Fast
1Stop drinking immediately. The first step toward sobering up is to stop drinking right away. Ideally, you should stop drinking early on in the night to give yourself enough time to sober up before going to bed or getting yourself home.
- This doesn't mean switching from liquor to beer. Put down whatever alcoholic beverage you've been drinking and sip on water instead.
2Induce vomiting. If you are so drunk that you feel physically sick, or if you are with somebody who you think might have alcohol poisoning, inducing vomiting is the quickest way to get alcohol out of the body and feel better.
- You can do this by inserting your index and middle fingers into your mouth and into the back of the throat. Be sure to wash your hands before and after doing this.
- The person's head should be kept lowered to prevent choking and help induce vomiting.
- The person should drink water and eat dry crackers after vomiting, but not during, as these substances will only be thrown up again.
- Use your best judgment to determine whether vomiting is really necessary. If you are drunk but feel fine, then it might be best to just wait it out.
3Eat something. If you've been drinking on an empty stomach, part of the reason you're feeling so drunk is that there is nothing in your stomach to absorb the alcohol. Eat a substantial meal that is carb-heavy to help soak up the alcohol and ease any nausea you may feel.
4Drink water. Alcohol has a dehydrating effect, so it's important that you offset this by drinking plenty of water. Try to match every drink of alcohol you have with one cup of water. Not only will this slow down the drinking process, it will help replenish your body's fluids and prevent hangovers the next day.
5Drink coffee. Caffeinated beverages won't sober you up, but they will counteract some of the sedative effects of alcohol, helping you feel more alert.[1] Remember that caffeine and alcohol both dehydrate you, so be sure to drink some water too.
- Don't drink coffee unless you plan on staying awake for the next several hours. If it is the end of the night, then skip the caffeine and just drink some water before going to bed.
- Note that even though you may feel more sober, caffeine won't improve cognitive function, motor skills, or decision-making abilities.[2]
6Take a cold shower. The sudden splash of cold water will immediately jolt you awake and have you feeling more alert.
- Don't take a cold shower if you are vomiting or might have alcohol poisoning, because alcohol already lowers the body temperature.[3]
7Sleep it off. Once you have gotten some food and water into your system, sleeping overnight is the best way to sober up. Be sure to give yourself enough time to sleep (at least 7 hours) if possible. Plan your night accordingly so that you have enough time to sleep before getting up the next morning.
- Always drink at least one full glass of water before going to bed drunk, and pop an ibuprofen if you are prone to getting headaches the day after drinking.
Part 2 of 2: Preventative Measures
1Eat a large meal before you start drinking. Having something in your stomach will prevent you from getting drunk too fast, and give your body something to absorb the alcohol with.
2Drink responsibly. If you are getting ready for a long night out, then it's important to pace yourself and space out the drinks you consume. Stick to one type of alcohol to avoid feeling sick, and opt for beer or wine if possible, as these drinks take longer to finish and will fill you up fast.
3Drink plenty of water. Drinking enough water will keep you from getting too drunk too fast and prevent the onset of hangovers the next day. Try to have one cup of water for every drink of alcohol you have, and always drink at least one glass of water before going to bed.Ad
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- Don't try to "sober up" so that you can drive home. The only way to become sober again is to wait for the alcohol to leave your system, which could take hours. Consider calling a cab, asking a friend for a ride, or staying where you are overnight.
- If you think you or somebody you know might have alcohol poisoning, seek medical attention immediately.
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- ↑ http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/12/09/caffeine-doesnt-sober-you-up
- ↑ http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/12/09/caffeine-doesnt-sober-you-up
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/09/health-pattys-drink-forbeslife-cx_avd_0312drink.html
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Woman gets deal, pleads guilty in Beason case
A Florida woman once charged with providing a false alibi for a man recently convicted of killing his ex-wife's family has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Logan County officials say Sara Duncan of Sarasota, Fla., has pleaded guilty to resisting a peace officer in a deal approved May 17. According to The Pantagraph in Bloomington, Duncan will serve 24 months of probation.
Duncan was visiting her daughter and the daughter's boyfriend, Jason Harris, in Illinois in September 2009 when Raymond "Rick" Gee, his wife, Ruth Gee, and three of the couple's young children were killed in Beason.
Jason Harris' brother, Christopher Harris, was found guilty last week in the deaths. The brothers had been out drinking and using drugs.
Christopher Harris was once married to Rick Gee's daughter.
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Gilpin Inc.
Address: 1819 Patterson St., Decatur
At a glance: The manufacturer makes ornamental metal fence and railing for commercial and residential use. The products are sold through retailers and fence installation companies.
Employees: 30 to 35, depending on demand
Annual revenue: Not disclosed
When was the company founded: 1937
Biggest accomplishment in the past 12 months: Gilpin has expanded its online presence through retailers and social media. The company has also used magazines and websites to expand brand recognition within the industry. The goal is to encourage more fence professionals and architects to seek out the Gilpin brand, President Todd Gilpin said.
What was your biggest mistake so far in operating this business: About seven years ago, we acquired a competitor, and I don't feel we did a quick enough job of integrating the products they carried and their customers into our operation, Gilpin said.
What are the key challenges facing your business or industry: Imports, Gilpin said. Foreign competition flooding the market with less-quality goods at lower prices. The Decatur company reduces costs by buying some smaller parts from overseas suppliers. But, in the past five years, Gilpin has moved some sourcing back to the U.S. after a supplier found less expensive ways to produce parts, including having some of them packaged by workers at Easter Seals Arc of Northeast Indiana, a non-profit that provides jobs to adults who are developmentally delayed.
What is your strategy for staying ahead of your competition: Gilpin relies on outstanding customer service to differentiate its business. The company creates installation brochures, which are available in retail stores. It also provides phone and online customer service to talk homeowners through the installation process, as needed.
What resources have you found most helpful in running a business: The Adams County Economic Development Corp. helped Gilpin with its acquisition some years ago and with some financial advice since then. Purdue University's Technical Assistance Program has helped the manufacturer innovate by researching some coatings and testing some alloys. Gilpin didn't have the staff or facilities to do the work on its own.
What are your growth projections for the next five years: I don't get into projections too much because there are too many external assumptions I can't control, Gilpin said. Among those are the economy and steel prices.
What is one thing about your business that people might not be aware of: Even though Gilpin is a small manufacturer based in Decatur, it sells to major, national retailers, including Lowe's, Menards, Do it Best and True Value. If more people were aware of the things made in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, Gilpin said, they might be a little more apt to buy that product instead of something made in China because they're helping out their neighbor directly – someone who works for that company.
If you weren't running this business, what would you be doing: Gilpin would be a high school teacher. His favorite subjects are economics, government and mathematics. The father of three settles for helping his kids with homework.


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impertinenceSyllabification: im·per·ti·nence
Pronunciation: /ˌimˈpərt(ə)nəns /
Definition of impertinence in English:
Lack of respect; rudeness: they gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion
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- I have been in politics a while - not long enough, obviously - but I have been in politics a while and I have seen some examples of impertinence, cheek, and gall, but that last speech beats them all.
- Nevertheless, unlike other years, several of the participants seem to have minds and personalities of their own, an impertinence that hasn't gone down well with the judging panel.
impudence, cheek, cheekiness, audacity, presumption, temerity, effrontery, nerve, gall, boldness, cockiness, brazenness
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The majority of my recent sculpture was done with polymer clay. This is fairly simple to use; the consistency and colour being very much like Plasticine. The big difference is that Polymer clay is baked in a regular oven at around 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
These figures range from about 5 to 10 inches in height. Unfortunately, they are a little on the fragile side, owing to the brittle nature of the clay. Other materials supplement the clay; I have used stiff wire, wooden sticks, string, paper, clear plastic and flexible computer wires.
The Earrings and brooches, etc., are all owned and worn by their (hopefully) proud owners. Larger views of these are also available underneath the figures.
The Clay
The polymer clay brands that I use are Fimo Classic, and Sculpey III. Fimo is my favourite, since it's fairly hard, and takes a lot of handling without losing it's shape. Faces, arms and legs need to keep their shape until it's oven time.
Sculpey, on the other hand, is much softer. This comes in handy for larger shapes, such as bases and backdrops. Flattening out a large section for a wall, for instance, is so much easier with Sculpey.
Both products come in a various colours, and styles, and cost between $2.50 and $3.50 (Canadian). The styles include translucent (more like candle-wax translucent), pearl, metallic, luminescent and even glow-in-the-dark! You can mix Scupley and Fimo together, despite the differences in baking times and temperatures. (If you like, take an average, but I find there is a lot of latitude in the baking specifications.)
I have tried special sculpting tools available from hobby stores, including rubber molds for faces and hands. These are all well and fine, but I usually end up using my own customized tools. Basically, I look for common household items that will help me achieve a desired result. As for as I'm concerned, there are NO rules about this - whatever works - works.
Here are a few of my more successful shaping implements:
Shoe polishing brush - great for rough textures, such as stone & brick.
A plastic roller. For flattening very light coloured material, you should use a layer of wax paper, since the roller tends to get covered with clay.
Tweezers are good for adding on tiny pieces during the finishing stages.
A pair of needle-nosed pliers for bending and cutting wire.
The utility blade. It's used for making clean cuts, scraping and cutting the hardened clay, and you can even use the back of the blade for scoring lines into the soft clay.
Rounded wooden ends of worn-out paint brushes. Used for shaping, smoothing, poking, etc.
An ancient analog device, the compass … I guess this could be anything, but the point is good for detail work, and the shaft helps smooth/scrape soft Fimo onto the already hardened material.
My fingers. Yup - mother nature wins out for over-all sculpting versatility. I'm kind of surprised that I can't find anything better, or more accurate, than my own fingers. One thing, though - closely cropped fingernails are a must!
Also of necessity, especially for highly detailed work:
Close-up visual aids. I have a piece of head gear, where the magnifying lenses flip down. This is okay, but is hot and rather uncomfortable. Also, you get a BAD case of hat-head!
A jewelers light/magnifying glass is ideal, but a bit of an investment. When you're ready for close in work, you simply swing this in front of your face. You are zoomed in quite a bit, so it helps to view your project normally, just to keep scale and proportion accurate.


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Photos and Description of this 6 bedroom holiday villa in Las Vegas
The Vacation Masterpiece With Theater
This is the vacation masterpiece! A high end rental property with one story and almost 10,000 sq. feet of pure luxury. We created this place with the idea that you are coming to have a wonderful time in a wonderful property that has all of your vacation and relaxing needs in mind. The property consists of 6 bedrooms & 4.5 bathrooms: the main house with 5 bedrooms & 3.5 bathrooms and the Casita (a separate building located 5 yards from the main house) with 1 bedroom & 1 full bathroom.
All of the 6 bedrooms are generously large: 3 of the bedrooms have 2 queen beds each, master bedroom has 1 king bed and the other 2 bedrooms with 1 queen bed each.
All of the bedrooms are equipped with stylish furnishings, 50' inch flat screen TV's and unique details with perfect ambiance touches.
The kitchen is just phenomenal: truly open to the living room & dining area, with wolf & subzero appliances, custom granite counter tops & cabinetry, little office area, a temperature controlled wine cellar and of course fully equipped with pots, pans, silverware, cups, glasses, etc.
One of the most important features of the property is the theater. It's not just a theater – it's a state of the art theater that will impress you and your guests everyday of your stay. Come and enjoy your favorite movie on the big screen or your favorite sports game that will definitely make you feel like you are a part of the movie or in the stands of the stadium.
Another important feature of the property is the amazing location to the Strip. Located only about 5 minutes away from the world famous Las Vegas Strip – this property is perfect for those guests that want to get to the Strip without the big driving & timing distance.
Of course what's a luxury vacation property without a perfect pool & spa, waterfall, fully useable outdoor kitchen, pool table & poker table, indoor & outdoor fireplaces or your own mini golfing place. YES – we do have all of those amenities on the property & we are certain you will love everything we have done to create a vacation place that can be truly called a masterpiece!
FOR LARGE GROUPS: this property is located next door to another property of ours with 7 bedrooms & 4.5 bathrooms (take a look at www.Homeaway.com/200383).
So, if you are looking for a large place with a total of 13 bedrooms & 9 bathrooms that can accommodate up to 36 guests – please don't hesitate to contact us anytime.
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The pilot reported the accident occurred on the fourth touch and go of the flight. The pilot reported that she pulled the power to idle when the airplane was over the runway. The airplane touched down and porpoised. She reported the airplane porpoised three times prior to coming to rest on the runway. The pilot stated that she was unaware that the nose tire was flat and she initiated another takeoff. She stated that after becoming airborne she noticed a shimmer and the airplane had a tendency to veer to the left. She aborted the takeoff and stopped the airplane on the runway.
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Musician Gregg Allman signs copies of his memoir, My Cross to Bear, at a Costco warehouse, 2746 N. Clybourn Ave., Saturday, May 12, 2012, in Chicago. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
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Singer-songwriter Gregg Allman signed copies of his memoir, My Cross to Bear, at a Costco warehouse at 2746 N. Clybourn Ave. Saturday in Chicago, from about noon to 2 p.m. Allman was scheduled to sign more copies later in the day at Buddy Guy's Legends, 700 S. Wabash Ave.
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