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Austal Sells Second Vessel into NY Market
Austal USA has signed a contract with Cloud Nine of New York to construct a 135 ft. dinner cruise monohull. This is the second sale by Austal USA to the New York market this year and will further showcase the company's ability to deliver a high quality, customised product. Austal's Managing Director, Bob McKinnon said the sale of the new monohull is a strong indication of the immediate success of Austal USA in delivering vessels to the US domestic market. "We are very pleased to see that orders for Austal USA are progressing well," McKinnon said. "There is certainly a very active market for this type of vessel and our US yard is well placed to deliver them." Cloud Nine specialise in offering private, luxury dinner cruises for social and corporate groups and have developed a large base of repeat customers. The New York based company currently operate a 95ft dinner cruise monohull and this new larger Austal USA vessel, due for delivery to New York during April 2003, will enable Cloud Nine to cater for larger groups. The new vessel will operate at a service speed of 16 knots offering their trademark "New York Skyline Tours" departing from Queens (near the Shea Stadium) or Manhattan (at East 23rd St). The cruises typically operate for a period of four hours and incorporate the East River and part of the Hudson River. One of the typical highlights is a close run by the Statue of Liberty. New itineraries are also planned with this new vessel.
Wegener Joins Austal USA
Austal USA has introduced a new member to its sales team: Carl F. Wegener is a graduate of Old Dominion University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Wegener has over 15 years of experience in the marine industry having worked with companies such as Newport News Shipbuilding and United Shipbuilders of America. His sales experience in both international and domestic marine markets will be essential in the ongoing development by the Austal Group of their new generation of specialty cruise
Lake Express Partner Welds a Start to Ferry Construction
Key stakeholders involved in the landmark project to build a 192-ft. high-speed ferry for Milwaukee-based Lake Express LLC attended a ceremony on July 10 to celebrate the start of the vessel's construction at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, AL. Chris Pemberton, Austal USA's Vice President of Sales and Marketing, welcomed the guests and explained that construction of the aluminum catamaran was actually already well underway
Austal Awarded Navy LCS Assessment Contract
Austal USA gains additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) work contract. The United States Department of Defense has announced that Austal USA has been awarded a US$19.987-million modification to a previously awarded Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract. The modification exercises options for class service efforts and special studies, analyses and reviews for the LCS program. Austal USA will assess engineering and production challenges, and evaluate the cost and schedule risks
GE LM2500 Gas Turbines to Austal USA
GE Marine reports that it will provide Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, with two LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines to power the United States Navy's third LCS-Class-Independence variant. To be named USS Jackson, the vessel will be powered by the LM2500s arranged in a combined diesel and gas turbine configuration with two diesel engines. "GE continues investing in the LM2500 technology to meet customer needs, and we are delighted that Austal and the U.S
Austal USA Secures Candies Vessel Duo
Austal Ltd. has reported that its U.S. operation, Austal USA, has secured a two vessel order for the construction of 150 ft. (45.7 m) aluminum crew supply vessels to operate in the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel pair, which has been ordered by Otto Candies of Des Allemands, La., is scheduled for delivery in early 2002. This new order adds on to the current 82 ft. (25 m) high speed passenger catamaran that Austal USA is constructing for an unnamed owner.
Austal Signs Contract for Sale of Stock Vessel
Austal Limited shipbuilding subsidiary, Austal USA has signed a contract with Lighthouse Fast Ferry of New York (also known as New York Fast Ferry) for the sale of the 86ft. (26 m) passenger catamaran being built speculatively at Austal USA's shipyard facilities in Mobile, Ala. Due for delivery in July 2002, the new catamaran will be the third vessel delivered by Austal USA within six months and follows closely the delivery of two crew/supply vessels to Otto Candies LLC in January.
Austal USA Signs Contract For Dinner Cruise Catamaran
Austal USA, the fast expanding US aluminum shipyard subsidiary of Austal Ships, has signed an important contract for a catamaran dinner cruise vessel with the well-established and highly respected Island Queen Cruises of Miami, Florida. Contract value is not being published but delivery will be in November 2002 in time for the busy Christmas season. Charles Sofge, the major shareholder in Island Queen, is also a partner in the ownership of Aqua Cat
GE to Supply Austal with Gas Turbines for Navy Ships
GE Marine said it will provide Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., with four LM2500 marine aeroderivative gas turbines to power the United States Navy's 14th and 16th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). GE is providing 20 LM2500 gas turbines for the Austal USA LCS program, part of a contract for up to 10 ships over a five-year period. The Austal-built LCSs are powered by two LM2500s arranged in a combined diesel or gas turbine configuration with two diesel engines.
Rella Out as CEO at Austal USA
Joe Rella, president and chief operating officer of Austal USA since 2007, has reportedly resigned from the company. Austal's board of directors has accepted his resignation. Brian Leathers, who had been serving as chief financial officer, will serve as interim president of Austal USA. Craig Perciavalle will serve as vice president of shipyard operations."This transition is a natural step," said Austal chief executive officer Andrew Bellamy
Keels Laid for Oman's New Naval Ships
Austal Australia has completed the keel laying for two 72-meter High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs) for the Royal Navy of Oman. The occasion was formally recognized at an event held today at Austal's Australian Shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.
Metal Shark to Build Damen Designs
Vessel manufacturer Metal Shark has reached an agreement with Damen Shipyards to market Damen designs, which the company will construct at its Franklin, Louisiana shipyard. "We are proud to offer globally proven Damen designs as we expand our footprint in new markets
Austal Expands to San Diego
Office to provide local support to LCS and JHSV programs. On October 8th, Austal celebrated the opening of our San Diego, Cal., Operations Office with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Joining Austal's representatives at the ceremony were Mayor Cheryl Cox of the City of Chula Vista; City
Austal Launches Trenton (JHSV 5)
Second Joint High Speed Vessel to be launched at Austal in 2014 On September 30, 2014, Austal USA successfully completed the launch process of Trenton (JHSV 5) - the second Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) launched by Austal in 2014. This 103-meter high-speed catamaran represents the U.S
Austal Delivers Fourth JHSV to the US Navy
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) from Austal USA yesterday, a week shy of six months from the date they took delivery of JHSV 3. This is the fourth Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) delivered to date for the JHSV Program which totals 10 ships at over $1.6 billion.
USNS Fall River Delivered by Austal USA
The Navy informs it has accepted delivery of Joint High Speed Vessel, the future 'USNS Fall River' from the Austal USA shipbuilder. The delivery marks a major milestone, the official transfer of the vessel from the shipbuilder to the Navy. USNS Fall River is the U.S
BIW lands Navy Contract of $100 million
The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a $100 million contract to provide planning yard services for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a business unit of General Dynamics. Bath Iron Works, as the LCS Planning Yard
Crowley Helps Launch USS Montgomery
Crowley Maritime Corp.'s ocean class tugboat Ocean Sky and heavy lift barge 455-4, managed by the company's Houston-based solutions group, a project management organization, provided support to shipbuilder Austal USA during the launch of the newly built U.S
Austal Launches Montgomery (LCS 8)
On August 6, 2014, Austal USA successfully completed the launch of the future USS Montgomery (LCS 8). The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation
GE Gas Turbines Power LCS USS Coronado
Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) was commissioned by the United States Navy on April 5 at its home port of San Diego, California. GE Marine reported that this Independence-variant LCS is powered by two GE LM2500 marine gas turbines.
Keel-Laid for Navy's 10th LCS at Austal Yard
The Navy and Austal USA held a keel-laying ceremony for the future 'USS Gabrielle Giffords', the Navy's 10th littoral combat ship (LCS), in Mobile, Ala., informs the Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships. The ship's sponsor, Roxanna Green, was unable to attend the ceremony
Newest Navy Warship Christened in Mobile
Dr. Katherine Holmes Cochran, Ph.D., ship's sponsor for the littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Jackson (LCS 6), breaks a bottle across Jackson's bow during a christening ceremony at Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala.
Navy to Christen LCS Jackson
Latest Littoral Combat Ship from Austal's State-of-the-Art Ship Production Factory Coming Today. The Navy will christen its newest littoral combat ship, the future USS Jackson (LCS 6) in a ceremony at the Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., March 22, at 10 a.m. CDT.
Navy Funds Austal to Build Two More LCS in US$3.5-Billion Program
Austal inform that its USA's order backlog has grown by approximately US$684-million dollars as a result of two additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract options being exercised by the United States Navy. The contract options fund construction of the LCS 18 and LCS 20
Navy Joint Hi-speed Vessel Keel Laying at Austal Shipyard
Ms. Virginia A. Kamsky, was chosen to sponsor the ship by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, and was present at the keel laying ceremony for the fifth Joint High Speed Vessel 'Trenton' (JHSV 5), one of ten Austal-designed 103-meter U.S. Navy Joint High Speed Vessels under contract with the U.S. Navy

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TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Parks and other green spaces in cities make people happier, new research suggests.
The researchers compared the mental health of hundreds of people in the United Kingdom who switched from gray city settings to greener ones, and people who went to more urbanized locales. People who moved to greener areas were happier over all three years that the researchers followed the participants.
"Moving to greener urban areas was associated with sustained mental-health improvements, suggesting that environmental policies to increase urban green space may have sustainable public-health benefits," the researchers said.
The study was published recently in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
The researchers, led by Mathew White, of the University of Exeter Medical School, in the United Kingdom, said mental well-being is a major public-health issue, and some studies have suggested that increased urbanization is one reason for growing rates of unhappiness in many countries.
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ISE Council Networking Event 2011
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Lehigh's Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Council will be holding their third Networking Event on October 26, 2011. Employers and students will be able to meet in a personal setting that and discuss the company's internship/co-op/job opportunities!
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ISE Council Networking Event 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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New Haven Fall Arts Preview: A Festival and a Series For Film Buffs
Fall offers some interesting opportunities to catch unusual screenings.
The 15th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens Wednesday, October 3, 7:30 p.m. at the lovely Avon Theatre Film Center, the non-profit cinema at 272 Bedford Street, Stamford. The festival was preceded by a competition in which 520 entires from 49 countries were whittled down to 10 finalists. At 18 minutes or less in length, all the finalists will be screened in one evening. It's like an Olympics of short cinema, except here you can be a judge. Join over 100,000 participants from far-flung locales — such as St. Petersburg, Russia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Kathmandu, Nepal; Perth, Australia; and all but three of our 50 States — to choose the winner on ballots provided at the screening.
Short films are all about the story and the offerings are quite diverse: from Norway, a dramatic tale of polar exploration; from France, a B-movie-style tale about an alleged monster; from Romania, a story about a child's infatuation with comicbook heroes; from Ireland, the experiences of the new kid in school; from Peru, a creepy tale about video survelliance and violence; from Russia, a mother-daughter story featuring Oksana Akinshina; from the UK, an allegory about political agitation, in Farsi; from the US, a family drama between two brothers after their father's death. (avontheatre.org)
Robert Adams, respected photographer of the changing face of the American West, is currently featured in an exhibition, "Robert Adams: The Place We Live," at the Yale Art Gallery through October 28. He has also curated a series for the Whitney Humanities Center (53 Wall St., New Haven) of films that Adams considers influential for his own work. Each of the films being shown is an interesting choice and comparisons between the films are intriguing. Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff (2010), Sept. 13, and Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces (1970), Sept. 27, have a definite, if very different, relation to the Pacific Northwest so important to Adams. The first is a historical drama about an ill-fated group of pioneers; the other, starring Jack Nicholson in a break-out performance, dramatizes the disjunction between high art and common life. Other films, such as Yasujirô Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953), Sept. 18, and Ingmar Bergman's intense Winter Light (1963), Oct. 11, feature striking black-and-white cinematography. In a more comic, yet searching vein, Elaine May's A New Leaf (1971), Sept. 20, and Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's (1969), Oct. 4, both concern dilemmas of choice between one's convictions and one's circumstances: May's film stars Walter Matthau as a man who marries a timid botanist and heiress, planning to do her in; Rohmer's film finds the main character testing the value of intellectual and emotional fidelity. All screenings are at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.Copyright © 2014, Daily Press


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Meet the People Who Will Bear Some of the Worst Effects of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Valero refinery in the Manchester community on Houston's East End.
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"My son died from cancer. He was only 26," he said as his eyes filled with tears.
I struggled to complete the community health survey that brought me to this man's humble front porch, which was next door to a menacing, industrial car-crushing facility. This summer, as I knocked on dozens of his neighbor's doors I heard similar heart-breaking stories of illness, asthma, and poverty.
One long-time resident I spoke with summed up the popular sentiment for relocation: "I'm just trying to save up enough money to move my family the hell out of here."
These are just a few of the voices from the "End of the Line" – those living in the community of Manchester, on Houston's toxic East End – one of the communities at the terminus of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
Last week thousands gathered in over 200 actions across the country for a national day of action to "Draw the Line" on Keystone XL and tar sands. It seems like an appropriate moment to reflect on these stories and ask: Can our climate justice and other movements better support these communities already bearing the disproportionate burden of tar sands refining and environmental injustice?
The People at Both Ends of the Pipeline
The story of tar sands resistance goes far back beyond Obama, long before 1,253 folks like myself were arrested at the White House for protesting the pipeline, or really even before Keystone XL was anything but an industry pipe dream. Decades ago the struggle began by First Nations leaders in modern-day Canada and their commitment to maintain their ancestral homelands from what they term the "slow industrial genocide" of tar sands extraction that is poisoning their loved ones and turning their boreal paradise into a tortured wasteland.
What do the communities living with the worst impacts at both ends of this pipeline have in common? They are both communities of color.
In the spring of 2012 when President Obama fast-tracked the southern segment of Keystone XL from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast he sent a clear message that these communities are industrial sacrifice zones. After an epic year of direct action resistance from Tar Sands Blockade in Texas and Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance in Oklahoma, the construction of KXL South is nearing completion and would pump up to 590,000 additional barrels of toxic tar sands to be refined in fence-line communities in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas.
Life at the "End of the Line"
This part of the Gulf Coast has more refineries and petrochemical complexes than anywhere on the planet. The communities along the fence-lines of these facilities – many of which grossly violate air quality regulations on a daily basis without ever facing meaningful repercussions – breathe some of the deadliest air in North America.
It comes as no surprise that these are mostly low-income, communities of color: majority Latina/o on the East End of Houston and majority African-American in Port Arthur. "The neighborhood of Manchester and other neighborhoods within the East End of Houston are living examples of environmental racism," says life-long East End resident and community activist, María Jiménez.
What would 500,000 additional barrels a day of tar sands from KXL South mean for the health of these communities? The best way to visualize how such an increase in toxins might impact community health is to examine the current reality. Children living within two miles of the Houston Ship Channel are 56 percent more likely to get leukemia than those living ten or more miles away. "Asthma attacks, constant headaches, nosebleeds, rashes, and eczema," are daily realities for residents, as described by Bryan Parras, an East End activist with Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS). "When you live near these facilities you're being exposed to dozens of chemicals daily." Eight of these chemicals are known carcinogens.
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Last night I was thinking what a crazy American tradition it is, building an entire holiday around consumption of sugary sweets. Of course, it didn't start out that way. Originally, it was simply a fall fest to drive away evil spirits. Sugar was introduced later with the Trick-or-Treat tradition.
Nowadays, it is aptly referred to as the "Sugar Fest, with Imagination."
Mexico's Day of the Dead, for example, is more about fine dining: "In some places, people will have dinner [at the cemetery], usually dishes that were the favorites of the deceased," explains Jorge Carretero of MIT's Mexican Student Association. "In a way, it is like sharing a meal with them."
Our Halloween "feast" is more about getting a sugar-rush: the time-honored tradition of kids eating too much candy and groaning from a belly ache later. And what a nightmare for parents of diabetic children!
I guess it helps that there are plenty of online tips on how to deal with Halloween. I also just discovered this very cute book on Trick-or-Treat for Diabetes, which you D-parents may know quite well.
I am happy to report that my three don't have diabetes, but I'm still concerned about the sugar loading. So here's what I do: put their candy in the cupboard and let them pick a few pieces each night for dessert. Of course, I sort it first (when they're in bed) and discard anything too disgustingly gooey or rock-hard. I also immediately throw out anything too tempting to me (me first, right?). Over the next week or so, I gradually throw out more and more (when they're in bed). Luckily, my kids aren't old enough to read this blog.
Anyway, the costumes are fun. We've got a vampire rock-star, a shiny unicorn, and an oh-my-God-how-cute poodle going at our house this year. Enjoy!


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The Close Concerns blog recently reported on a health-care strategy that is receiving new prominence. Some insurance companies, employers, and state governments are experimenting with paying primary-care doctors more so they can better care for their patients.
With the extra money, doctors are able to spend more time with their patients, keep in touch with their patients between appointments via phone and e-mail, and hire new staff so that their office can take same-day appointments, keep electronic medical records, and check in more often with patients about necessary screening tests or treatment progress. The result of these changes is known as a "medical home."
A medical home is different from a traditional doctor's office, in which people are in contact with their doctors only during appointments (and often for only a few minutes). In a medical home, care is comprehensive and continues between appointments. Insurers and governments pushing the medical-home model believe that by spending more up front on this kind of care, they can decrease costs down the line both for patients and for themselves by heading off complications and catching disease risks early.
In an ideal medical home, a person with diabetes would spend extra time with the doctor to craft a detailed self-management plan and then would be able to contact the doctor between appointments to ask questions or to report on self-management progress.
There have been many trials of the medical-home model. In Philadelphia, three big insurance companies have teamed up with local Medicaid service providers to pay over 100 doctors to turn their offices into medical homes. A fuller description of the experiment in Philadelphia is available in this New York Times article.
In North Carolina, Medicaid has been using the medical-home model for many years. So far, the results have been promising. In 2005 and 2006, North Carolina Medicaid saved $231 million over projected costs.
And in Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield is planning to spend $30 million to help doctors set up medical homes.
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Europe's debt, Japanese intervention boost dollar, Yahoo Finance, August 4, 2011
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More intervention? We see how well BOJ intervention worked the last 11 times they have done it in the last 10 years.
Policy makers around the world continue to maintain the SAME policies that are not working. Japan, Europe, and the US.
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- Japan's Growing Sovereign Debt Time Bomb–Spiegel Online–January 3, 2013
- It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World–Financial Sense–January 3, 2013
- Forget Europe: Is the real debt crisis Japan?–The Diplomat—Oct 30, 2012
- Doom Heralded at Hayman by Widening Trade Deficit: Japan Credit—October 22, 2012—Bloomberg Businessweek
- Japan's bond market has become a ticking bomb—East Asia Forum
- Recent weak price action in JGB futures as rates uptick. August 16, 2012–
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Brett still 'the Pine Tar Guy'
|Kansas City Royals interim hitting coach and Hall of Famer George Brett discusses the pine-tar game in which Brett was called out for using a bat on which pine tar exceeded the 18-inch limit, during a news conference at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in New York. The 30th anniversary of the game is July 24, 2013. After Kansas City filed a protest, the game was resumed at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 18, 1983. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
NEW YORK — Three decades after his home run and hysterics, George Brett laughs that he's still known as "the Pine Tar Guy."
"I thought it was just going to be over with," the Hall of Famer said. "It's amazing how much play this has gotten."
Brett recalled the episode Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium before Kansas City played New York. Now 60, Brett is the interim hitting coach for the Royals.
On July 24, 1983, Brett hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Goose Gossage at the old Yankee Stadium that put the Royals ahead.
But the shot was nullified and Brett was called for the game-ending out when plate umpire Tim McClelland ruled there was too much pine tar on the bat.
Brett was wild-eyed when he charged from the dugout to argue.
A few days later, AL President Lee MacPhail overturned the decision. The game was completed the next month and the Royals held on to win 5-4.
Brett recalled that on the day he hit the home run he didn't think the controversy "was that big of a deal."
Even now, Brett hears about it on a regular basis.
"Pretty much every time I play golf," he said. "They always want to check my clubs for pine tar."
Brett said he'd used that bat — it was unvarnished, 34 inches long and weighed 32 ounces — for a few weeks before homering off Gossage. Brett said used it for two more at-bats before donating it to Cooperstown.
Brett remembered that a week later, he came to bat in Detroit and McClelland was the plate umpire.
"Hey, you wanna have some fun?" Brett said the ump asked him.
"Timmy, let's just let it ride," Brett answered.
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After much delay, St. Louis' best finally gave New York's industry audience a taste of his upcoming album, Brass Knuckles, set to drop September 16th. In an intimate location that resembled a glorified chop shop on Hudson Street, Nelly—tequila in hand—went track for track, unraveling a story behind how every one came to life. As guests sipped on Don Julio spiked punch, they gathered around the DJ booth to bounce to Nelly's latest single, "Body On Me," and to find out if the rest is just as hot.
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Hey Richard, great piece as always. You might like my Nov. 6 predictions of merger outcomes. Pretty similar sentiments, but I included a cartoon! Sigh. http://authorplanet.org/798/authors-face-harder-times
Hope all is well…Jody
Happy Outcome for Random/Penguin Merger? History Tells A Different Tale
In his press release announcing Random House's merger with Penguin, Random CEO Markus Dohle promised agents that "You and your clients will benefit from an extraordinary breadth of publishing choices, and editorial talents and experience." Some leading literary agents are skeptical and one outspoken rep majorly begs to differ, reports Ella Delany in the Daily Beast.
"Publishers' releases in the past have always said that nothing significant would change, and that all imprints would continue working independently as before." says Georges Borchardt, one of the most distinguished authors' representatives in the industry. What happened to such houses as Atheneum, Anchor, Lippincott, and Free Press? he asks. All absorbed in the churning mill of merger and acquisition that has homogenized hundreds and hundreds of proud and great publishing companies into an indistinguishable soup.
Though some other agents are content to take a wait-and-see attitude, history would certainly seem to support Borchardt's pessimism. A few years ago we gave a thumbnail genealogy that went like this:
Bertelsmann owns Random House Inc. and Random House Inc. owns Crown Publishing Group and Crown Publishing Group owns Broadway Books. You follow? But Bertelsmann also owns Random House Publishing Group which owns Little Random House. You still with me? Crown Publishing Group owns Crown Business, which incorporates Doubleday Business. Somewhere in there is WaterBrook Multnomah which incorporates Multnomah and WaterBrook Press. And let's not forget Potter Craft, Back Stage Books, Lone Eagle Publishing, and Wendy Lamb Books.
If you'd like to see just how great the toll of mergers and acquisitions has been, you might want to look at the scorecard produced by Publishers Marketplace founder Michael Cader, which we described as "an organizational chart for major publishers, their divisions, imprints, subsidiaries, affiliates, their sisters and their cousins and their aunts, along with charts for about a dozen smaller publishers with multiple imprints.
Even if you're too young to remember companies buried in this graveyard, or too unsentimental to mourn their passing, it nevertheless makes for depressing reading and offers scant comfort for agents and their clients wondering how they will navigate the new landscape. Especially because smart money says there are more mergers on the way. Not long ago, Robert Miller, then president of HarperStudio (now publisher at Workman) projected trends that give agents little cause for optimism. Here are the highlights ( if that is the apt term):
- Trend: The large publishing houses will continue to reduce overhead as profits shrink in the years ahead.
- Counter trend: Publishers will be looking for mergers and acquisitions to compensate for those shrinking profits. The Big Six could be the Big Three within five years.
- Trend: These companies will continue to focus more resources on fewer titles…Title count at the largest houses could drop by as much as fifty percent over the next five years.
- Counter trend: Self-publishing will grow exponentially.
- Trend: In terms of advances, the amounts paid for brand-names will continue to increase, with seven-figure or eight-figure acquisitions commonplace among authors with established track records.
- Counter trend: The six-figure advance…will become a rare species within the decade.
- Trend: Within five years, half of all reading will be done electronically.
- Counter trend: There will be a resurgence of appreciation for well-designed physical books, as keepsakes, gifts, etc
- Trend: As more consumers become e-book readers, demand will increase for the availability of e-books simultaneously with p-books.
- Counter trend: Within five years, it will be common practice to give every p-book purchaser a "free" e-book version of that book at time of purchase.
- Trend: Fewer and fewer books will be sold to publishers at "auction," and that practice will disappear completely within five years.
- Counter trend: Instead of auctions for the highest advance, there will be auctions in which a basic advance is established by the agent, with the auction winner being the publisher who bids the most in marketing committed to the book.
- Trend: The agent of the future will become more of a business manager who handles every aspect of an author's career.
- Counter trend: Publishers will create free-standing departments whose services can be purchased a la carte by authors.
- Trend: As the Boomers lose their eyesight and their children become teenagers, demographics will favor books for young adults over books for adults.
- Counter trend: While auctions and advances diminish for adult titles, they could heat up for young adult material as publishers bet big in search of the next Stephenie Meyer.
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Hey Richard, great piece as always. You might like my Nov. 6 predictions of merger outcomes. Pretty similar sentiments, but I included a cartoon! Sigh. http://authorplanet.org/798/authors-face-harder-times
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See it is possible to know something about trends without getting caught in all the details…
… and in fact this is partly what mergers are about:
getting enough of the trend picture together to see where the opportunities lay,
and going into partnership to make the most of pre-existing conditions,
then setting details around that to help direct the next trend… and so on.
The pressure of mergers has created the counter-force of quality niches.
Individuality has to shine even more brightly to stand up against the blandness of all becoming 'the same family'. We all live with this every moment of our lives – as any novelist should be able to tell you. This trend/counter-trend format in this article is no different than the basic writing exercise I have used in creative writing classes (or even in counselling sessions and group facilitation) to help participants see 'the other person's view.
The only limitation is the tendency back to the starting-little-perspective as if that is the only one which matters – to interpret everyone else from that viewpoint. There is not one 'other' (as males try to make females in The Great Gender Debate') but many others to each one-who-sees-the -world-clearly-enough-to-write-about-it. This fear is just another one to be faced. This trend just another stepping stone to the next…


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A refashion from a shapeless shirt in an amazing fabric that I found in an antique shop. I took in the side seams, added bust darts and contour darts, cut the sleeves to three-quarter length, created gathers at the cuffs, finished the seams with bias binding, cut the neckline into a V, used the sleeve cuffs as the front collar and made a bias tape bow for the neckline. More details on my blog :)
May 11, 2010, 09.13 AMby zozowahine
It's awesome and you look so pretty!
May 10, 2010, 11.30 PMby laurwyn
The fabric is so nice and quirky, I think I might start searching flea markets now!
May 10, 2010, 11.30 PMby laurwyn
The fabric is so nice and quirky, I think I might start searching flea markets now!
May 10, 2010, 11.21 PMby strawberrypancakesbykim
This is adorable! I love the fabric choice, and it fits you in a very flattering way.
May 10, 2010, 06.56 AMby kiwistitcher
love the fabric & you have done a wonderfull job re-styling it :)
May 10, 2010, 04.55 AMby in-stockholm
It's beautiful!
May 10, 2010, 01.56 AMby imogens
Wow! One of the best re-fashions I've seen, and you look gorgeous in it.
May 9, 2010, 11.22 PMby gillthecat
lovely lovely wonderfull refashion such bonny fabric
May 9, 2010, 09.08 PMby mitmit
Love it! And love the whole refashion-concept! I've done it alot in the past and might start again :-) Thanks for great inspiration!
May 9, 2010, 07.35 PMby scheryka
Very lovely. Found a good shapeless shirt for the fabric to refash to something just pretty. I like the neckline a lot. Good job.
May 9, 2010, 06.19 PMby irmchen
Oh… this is LOVELY. Seems as if this refashioning took a lot of hours, just like making a new garment from the beginning.
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79 Ideas e-Magazine
Would you like to see a lovely e-magazine called 79 Ideas that I came across today? Oh it is very sweet and has a romantic theme to it as it is centered around Valentine's Day and contains some darling things you may like to do to celebrate love and joy in your life.
Radostina Bosseva is the creative blogger behind 79 Ideas and she also happens to be a graphic designer and she takes lovely photos, too. She did a very nice job producing this and I'm so happy that she has an English issue in addition to the Bulgarian version because now so many can read it all over the world.
I'd like to thank Tina from Traveling Mama for sending me this link, I love when readers take the time to reach out to me with really great submissions. Thanks lovely Tina. xo.
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Vanessa Elizabeth @ Ruffled Rose commented
February 9th, 2011 at 4:27pm
That looks like a fun find! Hopefully I'll find some time over the weekend to peruse it.
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Danielle commented
February 9th, 2011 at 4:46pm
Thank you thank you for sharing with all of us as well! Can't wait to dive into 79 ideas!
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rossana commented
February 9th, 2011 at 4:55pm
Lovely magazine! She has really taken a lot of time and thought on this sweet project.
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Stephanie Ryan commented
February 9th, 2011 at 5:21pm
Oh, the photography is amazing! I love the little demitasse cup on the green dot pattern, it is so perfectly styled. Thanks for sharing!
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February 9th, 2011 at 5:42pm
I love the photography in this.. So dreamy sweet. I can't even begin to imagine all the effort that went into this.. amazing..
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Bobbi commented
February 9th, 2011 at 6:19pm
I love that hyacinth blue up there! Some colors just have the ability to make me swoon!
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Georgianna Lane commented
February 9th, 2011 at 6:22pm
It's really gorgeous, Holly! Thank you so much for sharing – Tina has so many wonderful connections and finds. Happy week!
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February 9th, 2011 at 6:32pm
This is just so great, thank you!!!
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Radostina commented
February 9th, 2011 at 10:34pm
Thank you SO much, Holly for that post. Your attention made me really happy today and thank you guys for you lovely comments. :)
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Hi, Your blog is a really lovely, relaxing place…I feel my shoulders drop when I'm on it. I came across your blog through 79 ideas (whom you have also mentioned!) and thought I would get in touch to say thanks and to introduce my work. I'm a Scottish artist specialising in atmospheric landscapes inspired by my native Highlands and Islands where headlands merge moodily with ever-changing skies and seas. ..Hope you get a chance to have a look.


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The majestic Colorado River cuts a 1,450-mile path through the American West before drying up well short of its natural finish line at the Gulf of California. Reservoirs once filled to the brim from the river and its tributaries are at historic lows due to an unprecedented drought and growing human demands. Diminished stream flows now pose serious challenges for wildlife and recreation, as well as cities, farms, and others who rely upon the river. Steps currently being taken to improve the situation are not up to the task of bringing the river system back into balance and providing a reliable water supply for all the communities who depend upon the Colorado River. Fortunately, we have five feasible, affordable, common-sense solutions that can be implemented now to protect the flow of the river, ensure greater economic vitality, and secure water resources for millions of Americans.
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This guide provides an introduction for community leaders, including water providers and forest managers, as they seek to protect, manage and maintain source-water forests. The report outlines the economic and environmental benefits of well-managed forests for drinking water protection; describes the forest best management practices that optimize water quality and quantity benefits to downstream communities; reviews the funding sources, financial incentives, and technical assistance programs available to landowners and managers to protect forests and implement enhanced management practices; and highlights case studies of other communities using unique investment strategies for upstream forest protection, management and restoration.
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Robust scientific research consistently shows the importance of small streams to downstream communities. Preserving and protecting small streams, therefore, is the best approach to conserve ecosystem function, but in highly urbanized areas where headwater streams are often buried, hidden, and forgotten, this approach is not an option. With the understanding that most urbanized streams are buried and therefore unable to be preserved, this report analyzes the effectiveness of daylighting streams as a way to improve water quality and habitat, reduce flooding, and revitalize communities. As the current policy framework does not expressly support these types of projects, the report includes policy recommendations for how to better protect small streams within the urban landscape and integrate daylighting into the current policy structure.
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Georgia's upper Flint River is a river running dry. While rivers and streams in arid parts of the United States often dry up seasonally, the Southeast has historically been known as a water-rich area with plentiful rainfall, lush landscapes, and perennial streams and rivers. The upper Flint supports recreation, fisheries, local economies, and threatened and endangered species that all depend on healthy and reliable flows which are becoming increasingly rare. This report examines low-flow problems in the river basin and points the way toward solutions to these multifaceted problems. The Flint's are the same challenges facing rivers in many urbanizing areas and in regions facing increasing water quantity stress, and finding solutions to these challenges will only grow more important in the future.
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Urinary catheters
A urinary catheter is any tube system placed in the body to drain and collect urine from the bladder.
Alternative Names
Catheter - urine; Foley catheter; Indwelling catheter; Suprapubic catheters
Urinary catheters are used to drain the bladder. Your health care provider may recommend a catheter for short-term or long-term use because you have or had:
- Urinary incontinence (leakage of urine or the inability to control when you urinate)
- Urinary retention (being unable to empty the bladder when you need to)
- Surgery that made a catheter necessary, such as prostate or gynecological surgery
- Other medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, or dementia
Catheters come in many sizes, materials (latex, silicone, Teflon), and types (Foley, straight, coude tip). A Foley catheter, for example, is a soft, plastic or rubber tube that is inserted into the bladder to drain the urine.
In general, the smallest possible catheter will be used. Some people may need larger catheters to control urine leakage around the catheter or if the urine is thick and bloody or contains large amounts of sediment.
There are three main types of catheters:
- Indwelling catheter
- Condom catheter
- Intermittent (short-term) catheter
An indwelling urinary catheter is one that is left in place in the bladder. Indwelling catheters may be needed for only a short time, or for a long time. These catheters attach to a drainage bag to collect urine. A newer type of catheter has a valve that can be opened to allow urine to flow out, when needed. An indwelling catheter may be inserted into the bladder in two ways:
- Most often, the catheter is inserted through the urethra, which is the tube that brings urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
- Sometimes, the doctor will insert a tube, called a suprapubic catheter, into your bladder from a small hole in your belly. This is done as an outpatient surgery or office procedure.
An indwelling catheter has a small balloon inflated on the end of it. This prevents the catheter from sliding out of the body. When it's necessary to remove the catheter, the balloon is deflated.
Condom catheters are most frequently used in elderly men with dementia.There is no tube placed inside the penis. Instead, a condom-like device is placed over the penis. A tube leads from this device to a drainage bag. The condom catheter must be changed every day.
Some people only need to use a catheter on occasion. Short-term, or intermittent, catheters are removed after the flow of urine has stopped. For more information on this type of catheter, see: Clean intermittent self-catheterization.
A catheter is usually attached to a drainage bag. There are two types:
A leg bag is a smaller drainage device that attaches by elastic bands to the leg. It is usually worn during the day, because it fits discreetly under pants or skirts. It is easily emptied into the toilet.
A down drain is a larger drainage device. It may be used during the night. This device is hung on the bed or placed on the floor.
The drainage bag must always stay lower than the bladder to prevent urine from flowing back up into the bladder. Empty the drainage device at least every 8 hours, or when it is full.
Some experts recommend cleaning the drainage bag periodically. Remove the drainage bag from the catheter (attach the catheter to a second drainage device during the cleaning).
Cleanse and deodorize the drainage bag by filling the bag with two parts vinegar and three parts water. You can substitute chlorine bleach for the vinegar and water mixture. Let this solution soak for 20 minutes. Hang the bag with the outlet valve open to drain and dry the bag.
To care for an indwelling catheter, cleanse the urethral area (where the catheter exits the body) and the catheter itself with soap and water every day. Also thoroughly cleanse the area after all bowel movements to prevent infection.
If you have a suprapubic catheter, the opening in your belly and the tube must be cleansed daily with soap and water, then covered with dry gauze.
Drinking plenty of fluids can help prevent infections. Discuss this issue with your health care provider.
Wash your hands before and after handling the drainage device. Do not allow the outlet valve to touch anything. If the outlet becomes obviously dirty, clean it with soap and water.
Some people have occasional leakage of urine around the catheter. This may be caused by a catheter that is too small, improper balloon size, constipation, urinary tract infections, or bladder spasms.
If bladder spasms occur or there is no urine in the drainage bag, the catheter may be blocked by blood or thick sediment. Or, there may be a kink in the catheter or drainage tubing. Sometimes spasms are caused by the catheter irritating the bladder. Such spasms can be controlled with medication, although most patients eventually adjust to the irritation and the spasms go away. If you have been shown how to irrigate (or flush) the catheter, doing so may help reduce spasms. If you have not been instructed on irrigation, and urine is not flowing into your collection device, contact your health care provider immediately.
Complications of catheter use include:
- Allergy or sensitivity to latex
- Bladder stones
- Blood infections (septicemia)
- Blood in the urine (hematuria)
- Kidney damage (usually only with long-term, indwelling catheter use)
- Urethral injury
- Urinary tract or kidney infections
Contact your health care provider if you develop or notice:
- Bladder spasms that do not go away
- Bleeding into or around the catheter
- Catheter draining very little or no urine, despite drinking enough fluids
- Fever or chills
- Leakage of large amounts of urine around the catheter
- Skin breakdown around a suprapubic catheter
- Stones or sediment in the urinary catheter or drainage bag
- Swelling of the urethra around the catheter
- Urine with a strong smell, or that is thick or cloudy
If the catheter becomes clogged, painful, or infected it will need to be replaced immediately.
Moy ML, Wein AJ. Additional therapies for storage and emptyhing failure. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Sauders Elsevier; 2007: chap 70.
Wierbicky J, Nesathurai S. Spinal cord injury (thoracic). In: Frontera WR, Silver JK, Rizzo Jr TD, eds. Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008: chap 147.
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