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Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan exposes Government misappropriation of gas tax revenue to fund "smart growth" urban development programs.
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Experts: S. Fred SingerType: TelevisionIssues: Energy, Environment, Science, Technology
Emily Skarbek on Call For More Oil Recorded: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Emily Skarbek, Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute, talks to Freedom Watchs Judge Napolitano about the need for more oil and how to go about getting it.
Experts: Emily C. SkarbekType: TelevisionIssues: Energy, Environment
Robert Higgs on the U.S. Governments Ethanol Scam Recorded: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Here is Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs speaking on Ethanol Subsidies Have Many Bad Consequences, from the Mises Circle seminar, Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm, held May 14th in Indianapolis.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: Other EventIssues: Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Government Waste/Pork
Fred Singer on Climate Change Data Recorded: Monday, November 23, 2009
Originally aired 11/23/09 on the BBC. Fred Singer, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and author of Hot Talk, Cold Science, provides a skeptics perspective on global warming and discusses the controversial emails from University of East Anglias Climate Research Unit.
Fred Singer on Fox News on Global Warming Recorded: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Dr. S. Fred Singer challenges the causes of global warming and weather changes in an interview with Fox News.
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week that the analytical team is trying to finalize their annual forecasts
and there are some that we just don't cover (like US politics), but I will
get as many answered before the end of the week as possible.
Some will definitely be insight questions. Do you want me to go ahead and
ask Jen to pursue them?
I will spend more time first thing tomorrow morning going through these
and parsing them out. Thanks for sending them on!
From: "Kendra Vessels" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Kevin Stech" <email@example.com>, "Melissa Taylor"
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 6:39:30 PM
Subject: Questions from CIO Candidate
Kevin and Melissa,
Below are questions from CIO candidate Mike Haddad. Melissa, do you think
we could get answers to these by the end of the week? Just as last time if
there are questions best answered by George please let me know. Kevin, I
wanted to make sure you saw this as it tells us a bit about the
candidate's style and our feedback on how they communicate is always
useful for George and Shea. Please let me know if you have questions.
I list these issues and follow on questions as an example of how I frame
the issues currently facing markets. I dona**t expect detailed answers to
each and every specific question; rather a thoughtful response from the
Stratfor intelligence organization, both what it knows and may have the
ability to better answer with additional research and time.
I hope this helps you better understand how I think about issues and
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1. Europe Sovereign Debt Issue (dominate issue currently facing markets)
What is your take on 12/9 Summit? What happened behind the scenes that was
noteworthy? (i.e. where and with whom were the major disagreements) What
was agreed upon but not reported? (for example, will ECB increase bond
buying if fiscal compact has teeth?) Will the ECB engage in large scale
asset purchases based on this summit? If not, i s there some particular
agreement that they are waiting for?
Will emerging countries contribute greater amounts of capital to the IMF
to support peripheral European debt markets? If so, what do these EM
countries want in return?
Will Germany leave the EU if the ECB conducts large scale asset purchases
without the underlying economic rationale? (i.e. without economy in
recession, threat of deflation and monetary policy constrained by the zero
Was it meaningful that Merkel made meaningful public comments during the
ECB press conference on 12/8?
Can Montia**s government implement its plans given the nature of the rank
and file Italian politicians?
Any truth to WSJ article that EU countries have begun contingency plans to
print their own currencies? What other contingency plans are in place or
being formulated by sovereigns, banks or corporate? How detailed are these
What evidence is there of capital flight from banks in peripheral
countries, specifically Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain, from both
individual and corporate depositors? If flight is taking place, where is
the money going?
Are banks likely to use the two 3-year LTROa**s (announced by ECB at last
weeka**s meeting) to significantly increase their holding of sovereign
debt? Will bank s primarily buy the debt of the sovereign in which it is
domiciled? How intense is the pressure on the banks from its regulators to
do so? Will these regulators provide incentives to do so? (i.e. no change
to risk weights or no mark-to-market provisions) How will ratings agencies
react to this increased leverage, and intensification of the link between
the sovereign and ita**s banks?
What are your sources saying about growth prospects in Italy and Spain
given the announced austerity and reform packages?
What is the a**break-the-glassa** plan for Italy and Spain if a) budget
deficits significantly worsen b) failed government bond auction c) market
rates remain unsustainably high or d) bank run/failed bank?
What does Stratfor see as key events for next 3-6 months on the European
Debt Crisis?
2. United States
Fiscal Policy a** What is state of play of extension or expansion of
payroll tax cut? Same for unemployment benefits? If not passed by xmas, is
the debate on extending these programs dead through the election?
What is current thinking on some type of accelerated mortgage refi
Monetary Policy
What are the key variables and their levels for the Fed to engage in QE3?
What does your intelligence report on the domestic and international
pressure on the Fed regarding QE3? Is the next round of QE3 with or
without balance sheet expansion? How would the Fed react to the
nationalization of a major US bank? What are the implications for the
economy, markets and political calculus of the nationalization of a large
US Election
Given Obamaa**s low approval rating, what actions (fiscal, militarily,
nationalization of a major bank etc.) might we see by his administration
as election season intensifies?
How will debate regarding fiscal policy (in simple terms increased revenue
vs. smaller government) play out in the election? In Republican primary?
3. China
If belief is China economy has slowed sharply, what is the evidence? What
events or markets should we look to for additional confirming evidence?
What sectors of the e conomy are responsible for the slowing? Which
sectors remain strong?
How might Chinese policymakers (politicians) respond to the slowing, in
terms of reserve ratio cuts, interest rate cuts, currency policy, or
lending guidance to large state owned
How does current and expected future Chinese leadership view ita**s
stockpile of $3.2T or reserves? Will it be deployed to boost the Chinese
economy if needed?
What intelligence is there from countries or companies that export into
China that growth has slowed dramtically?
China government is holding its annual Central Economic Working Conference
soon. Do you expect any meaningful message or change in macroeconomic
policy from this conference? What signals should markets look to from key
Chinese officials regarding the deceleration in growth and potential
policy response?
What are implications for China macroeconomic policy with the expected
change in Chinese leadership?
4. Iran
What are the key markers to signal an acceleration in the deterioration of
the relationship between Iran and the West (US and Israel)? How will Iran
react/retaliate if attacked by the US? Isreal?
Will Obama, in effort to boost his reelection odds, initiate hostilities
towards Iran? Do odds change whether he is facing Romney or Gingrich? Do
odds change if his approval ratings change?
How does the stylized fact that four of the five permanent members of the
UN Security Council face a**electionsa** in next year impact this
potential hotspot?
5. Russia
How would you describe the recent unrest in Moscow and other Russian
cities regarding the 12/4 election? Will this protest gather momentum? Is
the protest about the election or some broader issue? Is there any risk to
a disruption to oil or natural gas production?
How is Putin likely to respond, both in-country and out?
6. Gold
Recently, South Korea announced that it had purchased 15 tons of gold in
November, thus quadrupling its gold as percentage of total reserves. What
does your intelligence say about other sovereigns doing the same? Is gold
buying as reserves likely to continue, accelerate or slow down? How great
is the desire of countries with large and growing reserves to diversify
away from the dollar and euro and into gold?
7. India
How should we think about Indiaa**s decision to reverse its policy on
retail liberalization? Does this decision have meaning for the many
reforms being debated in India politics? (i.e. reforms in insurance,
pensions and tax)
What are the broad scale implications for a successful expansion and
implementation of the Unique Identification Program?
8. Japan
Japan faces significant rebuilding, demographic and deficit to gdp issues.
Does your intelligence expect any major changes in Japan macroeconomic
policy to address the many issues facing Japan? Changes to currency
policy, additional monetary easing?
Are there broad implications for corporate reform from the Olympus
scandal? Does this scandal change the calculus on TEPCO and its role in
the nuclear disaster?
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Director, Special and International Projects


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My husband made this recipe for a dinner party and everyone raved (including me, who does not enjoy turnips and beets). He said that chef at the Four Seasons, where he previously worked, served an identical side dish in one of their restautants. We will definitely add this to our Thanksgiving repertoire.
I have not made this, however, I am confused! When are the beets peeled, can one eat beets not peeled?? Or do you leave the peel on the plate? Please answer, thank you , confused in the Big Apple.
Sounds simple, but it is very flavorful. This one is part of our regular rotation. We like it better when we cut down on the butternut squash and add more beets. One more thing - don't overcook! I would recommend cooking this 10-15 min less than the recipe requires.
I liked this recipe. I found it a bit bland. Others loved it. This amount feeds way more than 6 people and the cooking time is really less than 1 hour.
A vegetable dish that leaves even the most committed meat eater with a desire for more. I have made this dish a number of times and now have guests who request it when they are invited to dinner. The true test of a good recipe.
I thought this was fantastic, and so did my Thanksgiving guests!! Not only does it taste great, but it looks just beautiful -- especially due to the beets and the red onions -- and I think that was half the appeal. I am making this again for another group on Christmas day, based on the enthusiasm for it in October.
This was a great way to make roasted vegetables - simple and fast. The only thing that I was not sure about was the size of the vegetables. I made them about 1/2 inch thick and about 3 inches long when the vegetable was a large one. It was the favorite by all at my Easter party.
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David Muse, P2, COO
David Muse joined P2 in October of 2010 as Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing and became COO in March 2012. Mr. Muse is responsible for sales, data operations, outsourcing, and global professional services. Before coming to P2, Mr. Muse ran Global Energy Consulting at SAIC, consummated consulting engagements at companies such as Chevron, BP and ExxonMobil among others.
In his former roles, David served in a partner position as a North American lead for a major management consulting firm, acting as an Upstream Consulting Practice leader and lead numerous reengineering, ERP and best practice implementation projects within the Oil and Gas vertical. He has led merger and divestment integration activities with firms such as ExxonMobil. David transitioned into consulting after working in the automation and software technology sector, servicing the Petroleum and Chemicals industry. David began his career with Mobil Oil, as part of their Risk Management and Loss Prevention Engineering group.
In addition to his professional duties, David has served as an adjunct faculty member at Texas A&M University, Industrial Distribution. David received his MBA from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin and holds a B.S., Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University.
Reid Morrison, PwC, Advisory Leader for US Energy
Reid is a Principal in PwC's Houston Office, leads the US Advisory Energy Sector, and serves as the Houston Market Advisory Leader. He manages over 130 professionals with varying backgrounds and skills related to business and systems consulting, and advises clients on strategies and initiatives to improve operational and commercial performance.
Reid has 20 years of consulting experience, and his projects have covered operating model restructuring, enterprise process redesign, M&A integration, supply chain, operational excellence, and refinery and upstream reliability and production improvements. He has worked in the energy industry both domestically and internationally in upstream and downstream (supermajors, NOC, and independents), bio-fuels and alternative/renewable energy, trading, midstream and pipelines, oilfield services, utility, chemicals, mining, and engineering and construction. Prior to PwC, he led the Global Energy & Chemicals practice at BearingPoint and Heidrick & Struggles.
Reid received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology in 1990 from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas and received his Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology in 1992 from the University of Tulsa.
James W. Vick, Southwestern, Senior Vice President of Business Information Services
Jim joined Southwestern Energy (SWN) in November 2012 as Senior Vice President of Business Information Services. He is responsible for all components of the Information Technology and Business Solutions that support the Operations and support functions for SWN. Southwestern Energy is one of the largest gas E&P organizations in the country with operations in the Fayetteville, Marcellus and Brown Dense Shale plays. Before joining Southwestern Energy, he spent 18 years as a Principal with Deloitte Consulting. Over his career of 28 years he has had experience in the implementation of financial management and application reporting systems as well as providing operational guidance to a variety of industry organizations. Jim holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Leslie Haines, Hart Energy, Editor
Leslie Haines began her journalism career in 1980 in Williston, North Dakota, at the Williston Daily Herald. She became the energy and business reporter for the Midland Reporter-Telegram in Midland, Texas, in 1982 and 1983. She joined Hart Energy Publishing in Denver in late 1983 as a copy editor. Soon thereafter she began writing for Western Oil and Gas World . In 1985, she joined the staff of Oil and Gas Investor magazine. She was named managing editor two years later and became editor in January 1992. In November 1992, at its annual meeting in Reno, the IPAA awarded Leslie with the 2nd Annual Lloyd Unsell Award for Excellence in Petroleum Journalism. She is a 1974 honors graduate of Keene State College in her native New Hampshire. She is a former president of the Houston Producers' Forum and is on the board of the Houston Energy Finance Discussion Group.


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2014 Consumer-Driven Health Plan with HSA
Plan Overview
The Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP) with Health Savings Account (HSA) is designed to encourage you to focus on being a smart health care consumer and save money for future or annual medical expenses. The plan uses the Cigna network of medical providers and combines traditional medical coverage with an optional tax-free savings account with JP Morgan Chase, called a Health Savings Account (HSA).
- NO REFERRALS - Choose the doctors you want to see – no referral required to see a specialist.
- DEDUCTIBLE -You pay 100% of your health care expenses until you meet your annual deductible. This includes physician office visits and prescription drugs.
> In-Network Deductible: Employee Only - $1,600; Family - $3,200
> Out-of-Network Deductible: Employee Only - $3,200; Family - $6,400 - COST SHARING - After meeting your annual deductible, you share the cost of health care expenses by paying co-insurance (a percentage of the total office visit cost).
- PREVENTIVE CARE - Routine preventive care and qualifying preventive prescriptions are covered at 100%.
- ALLOWANCE MAXIMUMS - Note that there are allowance maximums for preventive mammograms ($200), preventive colonoscopies ($2,250) and all MRIs ($2,300 after deductible is met). Starting 8/1/14, the allowance maximum for CT Scans ($2,000 after deductible is met). See details.
OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE - The most a plan member will pay per year for covered health expenses before the plan pays 100% of covered health expenses for the rest of that year.
> In-Network - Employee Only - $4000; Family - $8000
> Out of Network - Employee Only - $8000; Family - $16,000.
- PRESCRIPTION - Qualifying Walmart prescriptions ($4 List) are covered at 100% after meeting your deductible.
- MEDICARE - If you are covered under Medicare, you are eligible to participate in the Consumer-Driven Health Plan with HSA, however, you are not eligible to own an HSA Account per IRS guidelines.
- HSA ELIGIBILITY - Per IRS rules, you must be enrolled in a Consumer-Driven Health Plan to have an HSA account; have no other health coverage; not be enrolled in Medicare; and cannot be claimed as a dependent on someone else's 2013 tax return.
How the Plan Works
You establish a tax-free health savings account when you enroll in your benefits. The Company contributes to your account (see below) and you may also contribute any amount you wish, up to the current 2014 federal limit. (Single limit is $3,300; Family is $6,550) If you are over age 55, you may contribute an additional annual catch-up contribution of $1,000 in 2014. It's YourChoice how and when to use the money – you can either use it to pay for your qualified medical, dental, or vision expenses, or save it for future needs. Whatever you don't use in 2014 earns interest and rolls over to 2015. |
With the plan, you'll pay an annual deductible before your health plan begins to pay for eligible expenses. A deductible is the amount of money that you'll be required to pay before your plan starts paying benefits. You can meet your deductible by using your HSA, your own money or both. Only services covered by your health plan count toward your deductible. (See Summary of Benefits below for more details.) |
Once you meet your deductible, you pay co-insurance, which is a percentage of your medical cost. The plan pays for the rest. What's more, your deductible counts toward your out-of-pocket maximum (the most you'll pay in a given year for all covered expenses). Once you meet your out-of-pocket maximum (which includes your deductible), your plan pays covered expenses at 100%. |
Health Savings Account (HSA) - Contributions
The Company's contribution to employee Health Savings Accounts in 2014 are as follows:
$500 (if you contribute $250 or more) - Employee only$800 (if you contribute $400 or more) - Employee + Spouse
$800 (if you contribute $400 or more) - Employee + Child(ren)
$1,100 (if you contribute $550 or more) - Employee + Family
See HSA contribution examples below.
Individual Example |
Family Example |
Any balance remaining in your HSA rolls over to the next year, and if you leave or retire from The Company, the money in your account goes with you. It is never taxable if it is used for qualified medical expenses at any time in the future.
- Contributions to your HSA are taken out of your paycheck before taxes – so the amount of taxes withheld are reduced.
- You will receive an HSA Debit card which draws money directly from your HSA. Use your debit card to pay for services at the doctor's office, at your local pharmacy, eyeglass retailer or other locations where you purchase medical-related items or services
The company pays for the basic banking fees, and the employee is responsible for any additional fees. Please see attached fee schedule for details.
Electing Your HSA
- To receive the company's HSA contribution, you must elect the HSA account during the enrollment process.
- JPMorgan Chase may request additional information from you. If you don't submit the requested information by the deadline indicated, your account may not be opened.
- You must have a physical mailing address in order to receive your HSA debit card. JPMorgan Chase will not mail your HSA debit card to a P.O. Box address.
- If you do not receive your HSA debit card in the mail, please contact JPMorgan Chase at 866-524-2483.
- If JPMorgan Chase has closed your account due to not receiving proper identification, and refers you to reapply online for your Health Savings Account, please go to https://preenroll.healthcare.cigna.com/healthcare/preenroll/app/bank/welcome.do and enter your information using the enrollment ID "MOHAWKHSA."
Plan Details
Covered employee completes a biometric screening.
Spouses/Domestic Partners who have access to medical coverage through their employer and elected their employer's 2014 benefits instead of electing the Consumer-Driven Health Plan with Health Savings Account.
Employee and spouse (if applicable) participates in Cigna's Personal Health Team coaching program if contacted by Cigna.
If you do not complete the required steps above that apply to you, you will pay an additional medical contribution of $125 per month ($28.85 per week) with a maximum of $250 per month.
Center of Excellence Hospital
If you are admitted to a Cigna Center of Excellence Hospital (Inpatient hospital facility) and treated for one of the services listed in the COE Incentive brochure below, you will receive a $200 check after the claim is processed. Certain services require pre-certification (e.g. inpatient and outpatient surgery, mental health and substance abuse). Contact Cigna Healthcare for more Information.
Health Savings Account Dispute Process
Summary Plan Description (SPD)
Consumer-Driven Healthcare Plan with Health Savings Account (H.S.A.) SPD
Summaries of benefits & coverage (SBC)
Benefit Summaries
Additional Links and Information
Consumer-Driven Health Plan with HSA Plan Overview
Preventive Health Coverage Guide
Eligible and Ineligible Medical Expenses (or visit the IRS site here for complete searchable list)
Learn about YourChoice Advocate
Health Savings Account Contribution
Additional Cigna Guides & Plan Information
Contact the Benefits Service Center or CIGNA
For questions about your benefits including claims, eligibility, or to order an ID card contact
Benefits Service Center | 1-866-481-4922 OR
Cigna | 1-855-566-4295 | www.mycigna.com
1 In Ala., Calif., and N.J., contributions are prior to federal taxes but after state income taxes. Employer contribution, earned interest and investment income are all taxable as gross income for state income tax purposes.
2. For 2014, your annual contribution is limited to $3,300 for individuals/$6,550 for families. Limits for future years will be set by the IRS. If you over age 55, you may contribute an additional annual catch-up contribution of $1,000 in 2014.


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My boss is a Seattle Mariners fans. It isn't really his fault, he grew up in Vancouver and therefore suffers from the same malady afflicting all people from "London Ontario but with mountains and an ocean you cannot enjoy because all the rain lives there" – his view of the universe is skewed, like looking through a kaleidoscope under water.
When I first exclaimed "Jason Bay to the Mariners" aloud, his reaction was very simple and very clear: "OHHH NOOOOOO." Then he swore and made the Chone Figgins reference you see in the headline. The Mariners are reportedly close to taking a one year flyer on the former Mets outfielder and native of Some Fresh Aired Suburb, British Columbia (or Far-flung Smelting Town, same diff) – a free agent after the Mets did to Bay what the Mariners did to Figgins: paid him to go the hell away.


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Much as Agent Smith was suddenly able to multiply himself en masse in ''The Matrix Reloaded,'' Avril Lavigne's new superpowers evidently allow her to clone herself several times over, into an all-girl quartet. Or so you might imagine after hearing the debut album from Lillix, a British Columbia group whose three founding members range from 17 to 19 years old (their new drummer is 23). Those tender ages belie an itch for Lavigne-style world domination, evident in their mercenary combo of killer hooks, crunchy (but tastefully mixed-down) metallic guitars, and pretty petulance.
The Matrix, of course, is also the name of the producer/writer collective responsible for such expert guilty pleasures as ''Complicated'' and ''I'm With You''; they handle two tracks meant to recapture that magic on Falling Uphill. The distinctive Matrix sheen doesn't exactly magnify their clients' individuality, but at least in the team's work with Lavigne and (forthcomingly) Liz Phair, some of the former's essential sullenness and the latter's signature subversiveness creep through. With Lillix, not a whiff of identifiable personality escaped the studio, even in tracks overseen by other mentors, like Glen Ballard and Linda Perry.
There is one terrific rocker buried late in the CD, ''Fork in the Road,'' that's everything you'd imagine a great Josie & the Pussycats tune would be. But mostly the layers of contrivance make it difficult to tell if, as girl bands go, Lillix want to be the Donnas or Wilson Phillips. Probably, they just mean to be massive. Not so complicated, right?


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Interesting info for choosing leather furniture
posted by: tinker1121 on 03.28.2008 at 09:56 am in Home Decorating Forum Our local paper had an great article today on what to watch for when buying leather. The terminology is can be quite deceptive:
Split-Bicast or Tri-cast means it started as inferior leather and has been reconstituted to disquise the poor quality. Top-grain sounds great but it is bad leather that has been sanded down and then embossed with artificial grain. These pieces are often coated with a layer of paint and urethane which can crack if not routinely maintained. FULL-GRAIN is what you should always buy as it hasn't been adulterated. Full-grain is also called "aniline" or "natural grain" and will retain the original characteristics and markings of a quality hide. NOTES: <none>
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RE: tile for whirlpool deck top? (Follow-Up #10)
posted by: weedyacres on 03.04.2008 at 09:58 pm in Bathrooms Forum We did a tub with wood facing and tile deck. I used a tile chair rail to cover up the transition. I just glued it to the wood face and grouted spaces between the chair rail pieces and between the chair rail and the deck tile.
(Hoping to make Bill drool again.) NOTES: <none>
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- Turn your device clockwise one full rotation.
- Turn your device counter clockwise one full rotation.
- Tap the green arrow in the door.
- Check out the walkthroughs for the other levels.
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We have another update of the preview build of MeshUP to share - the new and improved gimbal. This is not just a cosmetic upgrade, it provides a better overall experience and performance. In addition there is a real-time readout on translate, rotate and scale. Right click on translate, rotate or scale, and you will have the option to type in precise units and the ability to choose how many axes this applies to, which can be used for uniform scale.
Don't forget about our tutorials on our wiki help page:
MeshUP's preview build is available to anyone who has backed our Kickstarter campaign or who has pre-ordered via our website.
For those who have requested the preview, you will be receiving an email today with your unique download link for the platform you already specified.
If you have pre-ordered but have not yet requested your preview, follow this link:
Enjoy the new gimbal - another update soon!
This is the first of the updates evolving the preview build into the beta, into the full release. This v2 preview build (both Windows and Mac) includes Surface Deformation Mesh Repair. Tutorials demonstrating the functionality can be found on MeshUP's wiki help page:
MeshUP's preview build is available to anyone who has backed our Kickstarter campaign or who has pre-ordered via our website.
For those who have requested the preview, you will be receiving an email today with your unique download link for the platform you already specified.
If you have pre-ordered but have not yet requested your preview, follow this link:
Enjoy surface mesh repair - more updates to come soon!
Happy 2014!
We are very pleased to announce that both the Windows and Mac versions of MeshUP have rolled out to all our Kickstarter backers and pre-order customers. This preview offers a limited set of features and is locked to a set of models to select from, but it will give everyone a taste of were we are going.
As we build up to the final beta and release candidate, we plan to release updates to the preview, to begin to expose more functionality. The updates will be posted on our blog and will be available to anyone who has the MeshUP preview installed (which is anyone who has pre-ordered).
Check the MeshUp status page for the change log and previous graphs.
* When the salmon bar of all items reaches 100%, MeshUp is ready for the early beta release.
* When the blue bar of all items reaches 100%, MeshUp 1.0 RC is ready for the full public release.
Happy rotating, spinning, wobbly earth everyone! And here is to seeing 3D printing take another step towards becoming a commonplace technology in 2014!
Bringing materiality to 3D modeling
Posted by: cherie |Tagged in: technology, norway, events, digital revolution, bioprinting, 3D printing
In September, Turlif spoke at TEDxTrondheim's Back to Basics. As usual, an inspirational discussion about some of the problems with current 3D modeling software, and modeling with simplified polygons, which lose some of the infinitely fine grain details of natural and real world objects. Turlif together with our team have developed a generalized and holistic approach for accurately modeling complex real world objects called Digital Materialization (DM). Using mathematics and computational power, our approach has promising applications, that go far beyond 3D printing for modeling the real world through software.
Be sure to check out the video!
Some nice articles at Designboom, Fast Company, New York Times, etc. just got published on the Chairgenics project that we have been collaborating on with FormNation to 'grow' perfect chairs.
A few snippets . . .
"What happens when 10 of the most iconic chair designs ever mate with one another for five years?"
" . . . turned the process of designing a chair into a full-on scientific pursuit, imagining what a chair's ancestors might have looked like based on DNA sequencing, as well as what characteristics constitute genetic perfection . . . "
" . . . to mate with one another in an orgiastic rut of successive DNA pairings until you finally have the uberstuhl . . "
" . . . app they used to pursue their Chairgenics was called Symvol, a volume-based tool from Norwegian startup Uformia that can compare two objects and then create a morph based upon them according to their mathematical middle . . . "
" . . . to make leaps in design, you have to think outside the box . . "
Chairgenics will be on display in New York City from October 14 to July 6, 2014, as part of the MAD Museum's Out Of Hand: Materializing The Postdigital exhibit.
Uformia will be exhibiting at the 3D Printshow London again this year, this time with Fuel3D: 7 - 9 November.
We have an exciting surprise in place involving Joshua Harker, Fuel3D and Uformia....
Get your tickets now, sign up for our workshops, and don't forget to stop by our stand and say hi!
--> 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm Remix Your World w/ Fuel3D & Uformia
It has never been easier for creators of all skills levels to make their own 3D designs. Fuel3D's low cost, high quality, point and shoot scanner combined with MeshUP, a super simple to use 3D mashup/modeling tool, re-imagine 3D design processes and bring professional quality, affordable, and, most importantly, easy to use tools to everyone.
Join Chris (Fuel3D) and Cherie (Uformia) to hear the story of Fuel3D and how they are taking their medical scanner into the 3D commercial space, and how Uformia's geometric kernel is making it possible to create tools ranging from MeshUP to biological design tools. Watch a live demonstration using the Fuel3D scanner to scan a face, and using MeshUP to combine this scan with Joshua Harker's gorgeous filigree pattern to create a personalized or 'Harkerized' face mask within minutes!
--> 12:00pm - 12:45pm Harkerize Me!
Join Joshua Harker, Chris (Fuel3D) and Cherie (Uformia) to watch a live demonstration using the Fuel3D scanner to scan a face, and using MeshUP to combine this scan with Joshua Harker's gorgeous filigree pattern to create a personalized or 'Harkerized' face mask within minutes!
--> TBA - Design at the Bottom: the Future of Design
Turlif from Uformia will give a glimpse into the future of design tools, as they must quickly evolve to match the coming manufacturing capabilities.
As you can see below, we are getting closer to the beta! Very happy to report good progress on our transform manipulator, the Gimbal. While there are still some issues to work out before it is ready for prime time, it has improved.
Check the MeshUp status page for the change log and previous graphs.
Congratulations to the enormously successful Fuel3D campaign! We were happy they reached out and we have been able to team up together to offer something we hope will be greater than the sum of its parts. Last week we took the opportunity to meet their team at their HQ in the UK, and found the possibilities for our collaboration to be quite exciting. More on this in the coming weeks.
Rest assured that our top priority is MeshUP - the version we promised to you, our supporters during the campaign. Only once that is in the wild will we dig into the automatic registration and stitching to be delivered with the scanner. It is no mistake that this coincidences with Fuel3D's delivery dates, as they will not be shipping their first scanner until April 2014.
Fuel3D was kind enough to give us one of the precious prototypes, so we plan to do our best to wear it out as we scan the world around us to continue to find good content to use for our upcoming tutorials and videos. Keep your eye out for these coming soon.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we are very anxious to get you the beta and start gathering feedback. We have a few issues left to work out before we do a final QA round and can get you a proper Beta build:
- • Gimbal - we need to get our transform manipulator to a state that is not frustrating to use
- • Adding support for selection of multiple objects
- • Adding missing UI elements that will allow access to the powerful, non-destructive aspects of our system (like moving sub-objects after blending)
- • Cross platform integration (OS X build in progress ;) )
- • Some UI improvements like orthographic and default camera view selection
Every week, we receive multiple requests asking after the beta. First thanks to you all for your continued interest and support! Because this is taking longer than anyone wanted, as soon as we have the Gimbal in a reasonably useful state, we plan to get everyone a preview build that will have a limited feature set. This will let you experience some of the features of the system before the beta is released, and give us your feedback. Realistically we are likely still a couple of weeks away (accounting for QA and possible bug fixes) but are working around the clock on it.
* When the salmon bar of all items reaches 100%, MeshUp is ready for the early beta release.
* When the blue bar of all items reaches 100%, MeshUp 1.0 RC is ready for the full public release.
UPS is conducting its first retailer test at select San Diego stores, for 3D printing in-store service, offered to startups, small businesses and retail customers. The service ranges from sending the file to the UPS store for 3D printing, to the ability to hire a designer to design the product prototype. All products will be printed on a Stratsys uPrint SE Plus printer, which prints in an ABS plastic.
This is the first major retailer in the US to dip their toe into the waters of offering 3D printing as a service (Staples still only stocks 3D printers in their US stores). We are all watching closely to see how this progresses, but on first glance, it is a natural and inevitable pairing.
Via Personalize
Manual Stitching in MeshUP!
In response to questions about how MeshUP can be used to manually register and stitch together scans that come from the Fuel3D scanner, we have put together a video demonstrating what that work flow would look like.
In general manual stitching is not an easy task, but especially if you pay attention to how you scan and crop your images and you have some patience to align the images just right, it is absolutely possible in MeshUP.
Help us reach 350 units of the Fuel3D and MeshUP bundle and we will add painless automated registration and stitching of multiple scans to create single unified models. Spread the word so we can take this revolutionary scanner and make it even better with a special version of MeshUP!
Fuel3D and MeshUP - Remix Your World
Posted by: cherie |Tagged in: MeshUp, gadgets, digital revolution, announcements, 3d scanning
We are happy to announce that we have teamed up with Fuel3D on their new Kickstarter campaign.
Fuel3D developed a point and shoot scanner priced under $1,000 and produces scans at a quality we are used to seeing with other hand-held scanners costing thousands of dollars! This is the first scanner to combine pre-calibrated stereo camera with photometric imaging, which explains the high resolution results. Such a scanner of course is well paired with MeshUp.
Which is why Uformia and Fuel3D collaborated to offer a bundled incentive: a full production scanner and a copy of MeshUp for $1090 - a limited offer to 71 more backers of Fuel3D!
Check out the video below where we use two scans from Fuel3D to demonstrate the all powerful blend union:
More videos using Fuel3D scans inside MeshUP are coming....


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USDA Working on Farm Bill Rules/Regulations
February 14, 2014
Passing a new Farm Bill took more than two years. Working out details, particularly ones involving livestock disaster programs, won't take as long, said Aaron Krauter, the executive state director of the North Dakota Farm Service Agency. Still, farmers and ranchers will need patience, Krauter said.
Though President Obama has signed the Farm Bill into law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must work out details. That process has begun.
Among the livestock disaster programs Krauter cited as strong candidates for speedy approval are the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP). LIP compensates ranchers for weather-related livestock losses, LFP compensates ranchers for grazing losses and ELAP provides emergency assistance to cover losses from adverse weather, including blizzards.
The programs, which expired on Oct. 1, 2011, need to be updated. "But for the most part, those things are written already," which should boost their enactment, Krauter said.
Enactment of disaster livestock programs also could be accelerated because USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has some flexibility in pushing them through to an earlier start date, Krauter concluded.
Reprinted in part from AgWeek


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Welcome to the Fertility Society of Australia Annual Conference.
Registration Now Open!
FSA 2013 – Nurturing from the Beginning
Dear Fertility Professionals
I look forward to your participation in the Annual FSA Scientific Meeting "Nurturing from the Beginning" in Sydney 1-4 September.
This year we have a significant international faculty from the US, Netherlands, UK, China, Hong Kong and Japan. We have a number of innovations including linkages with the ASRB whose meeting is in Sydney the previous week, a session sponsored by ASPIRE with our Asian colleagues presenting and an increased exposure for posters with a 3 minute oral presentation by the ten finalists in the Poster competition.
There is no doubt that the meeting will be of major the scientific merit. Needless to say with my particular view that FSA meeting is also about the collegiality of the profession, the social events will be of the highest standard to enable attendees to enjoy each other's company.
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The League of Women Voters will hold several candidate forums and informational meetings in the coming weeks. The first will introduce voters to candidates vying for three seats on the District 861 School Board.
Candidates for the Winona Area Public School Board will be introduced at a gathering, not a debate-style forum, on Tuesday, September 18, at Winona City Hall at 7 p.m. The meeting will not be televised, but the public will have the chance to meet candidates (who are able to attend) for districts 3, 4 and 5, including: Kelly Wind and Brian Zeller, candidates in district 3; Jeanne Nelson, district 4; and Kenneth Kersting and Tina Lehnertz, both candidates in district 5.
On Wednesday, September 19, candidates for Winona Mayor and Winona City Council Wards 1 and 3 will face questions from the public during a debate, which will be televised on HBC and Charter public access channels. The forum will run from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and attendees may submit questions.
On September 26, Winona County Board candidates for districts 3 and 4 will also participate in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters. On October 3 Legislative candidates for House 21B and Senate 21 seats will participate in a similar forum. On October 16, Legislative candidates for House 28A and Senate 28 will square off during another debate, and October 24 will feature a debate for Winona County Soil and Water Conservation District candidates.
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Wild Flag perform on the radio & announce new tour dates
Two Wild Flag radio performances from their tour supporting their self-titled debut album will air this week.
Carrie, Janet, Rebecca and Mary visited World Cafe in Philadelphia to perform live and chat with host David Dye. The session will air today on NPR stations across the country and will be streamed online at XPN.org beginning at 2pm EST.
Beginning tomorrow, Wild Flag's performance and interview with Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis on Sound Opinions will air on your local public radio station and stream online at SoundOpinions.org.
Wild Flag have also announced new tour dates for spring of 2012! Get your tickets early!
Wild Flag is available on CD, LP and digital download now in the Merge store.
Wild Flag on tour:
Nov 10 Portland, OR Doug Fir ***SOLD OUT***
Nov 11 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Nov 12 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
Mar 07 Perth, AUS The Bakery
Mar 09 Melbourne, AUS Corner Hotel
Mar 10 Victoria, AUS Golden Plains Festival
Mar 11 Brisbane, AUS The Zoo
Mar 13 Sydney, AUS Manning Bar
Mar 30 New Haven, CT Toads Place
Mar 31 Boston, MA Paradise
Apr 01 New York, NY Webster Hall
Apr 02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Apr 03 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Apr 05 Chicago, IL Metro


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Frustrating for her. Funny to me. I became convinced that the simpler the food, the less the effort, the greater the compliments and more popular the dad.
In the classroom I do a little better. There, mixing recipes for life seems to be more my forté. Take, for example, my sure-fire recipe for depression.
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. futility, 1 tbsp. complaining, 1 tbsp. worthlessness, 2 tbsp. hostility, 1 1/2 tbsp. indecision, 1 large lemon, 1 tsp. sadness, 1 tsp. gloom, 3 ounces self-pity, 1 tsp. irritability, dash moping and pretend.
Create an ample portion of belittlement by mixing futility, complaining, worthlessness, hostility and indecision. Set aside.
Peel a generous portion of dissatisfaction from a sour lemon. The amount used depends on personal taste. A light amount of dissatisfaction usually is preferable as this produces a rather sour taste which some connoisseurs of depression especially enjoy. Caution: too much dissatisfaction produces a rather repugnant smell that is likely to drive away potential guests from your kitchen.
Mix 1 tsp. gloom, 1 tsp. sadness, 3 ounces self-pity, 1 tsp. irritability. Adding a dash of moping tends to accentuate unhappiness's flavor assuring that others will notice.
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The new hotness appears to be large cash-rich companies directly providing subordinated financing for big LBOs. Microsoft bound itself to Dell via sub debt in its LBO, and now Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is doing a very odd LBO of H.J. Heinz with Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital. Heinz's announcement of the merger is brief and dull, but Buffett has filed his commitment letter and disclosed that he will "invest $12.12 billion to acquire a package of equity securities consisting of preferred and common stock and warrants issued by Holding. The preferred stock will have a liquidation preference of $8 billion, will pay or accrue a 9% dividend, and will be redeemable at the request of Holding or Berkshire in certain circumstances." So he's providing $4bn of common equity and $8bn of preferred leverage. The remaining $11-ish billion of the $23-ish billion purchase price will come from 3G (equity) and from a JPM/WFC-led debt financing.
There's a basic tactical explanation for the structure, which is that it solves for this equation:
- Berkshire is an unlevered1 equity investor,
- 3G is an LBO shop,
- it's 3G's deal – they sourced it, they'll operate it, they did the press conference – so 3G needs to own more than 50% of the equity,2
- but they're not gonna put up, like, $12 billion in equity.
So basically Buffett brings half the money and 3G brings half the money; their money is some equity and some traditional LBO debt, while Buffett's is some equity and some traditional Buffetty high-coupon preferred. And warrants. Always warrants.
The result is that this ends up a pretty heavily levered buyout; LTM EBITDA is just over $2bn, there's $5bn of debt now, and DealBook says that could rise to $10bn. Add $8bn of pref and you're 9x levered through the pref, versus under 6x for the average 2012 LBO.3 I see Heinz 5-year CDS moving from low 40s yesterday to high 170s today, with the 10-year at like 255.4
The theme of companies with piles of cash deciding to play in subordinated high-yield fixed-income securities is odd on the surface, but makes a lot of sense. If you're managing Microsoft's or Berkshire's cash, what can you do? Banks are terrifying, and in the capital markets yields are low covenants are lite. Subordinated fixed-income investments in companies you know well – and, in the case of Heinz, where you're also investing in the common – provide yield and let you monitor your investment closely. Which in turn might let you stretch a bit more on the leverage you're willing to provide – and might make the buyers of the senior debt a bit more comfortable that it'll get paid back. Why wouldn't you want to disintermediate banks and bond markets this way?5
Berkshire and 3G Capital to Buy Heinz for $23 Billion [DealBook]
Weighing Down Heinz With Debt [DealBook]
H.J. Heinz Company Enters Into Agreement to Be Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital [EDGAR]
Berkshire Hathaway 8-K [EDGAR]
1. Except insurance float ha ha ha whatever.
2. When I say "equity," in my life, I mean common equity. Pref is fixed income; it's, like, very junior debt. Thus when DealBook says:
After the deal, Heinz could have well over $10 billion of debt, compared to $5 billion now. … In addition to common equity, Berkshire is getting $8 billion of preferred shares.
It sounds weird to me, though it's perfectly correct. Like, that's in your fixed charge coverage, man.
3. Also the pref pays $720mm a year, which is, like, half of your operating cash flow? That seems like a lot? It will "pay or accrue" a 9% dividend, which sounds pretty PIK-y? But it's Warren Buffett, doesn't he like cash? On balance I'm guessing that it's not paying cash for a couple of years.
4. Which makes the 9% pref rate still seem pretty high? But, I dunno, it's Warren Buffett. And who else is gonna lever you 9x on a $28 billion company? (And let you PIK it for a while?)
5. I suspect that the investment banking fees on Buffett's $8bn of pref will be a lot less – i.e. zero-ish – than the fees on the ~$5bn of senior debt that the Heinz buyers will have to raise, which is also nice. Not for the banks.
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In other words, investment bankers who used to take cheese out of every burger are not even getting a sachet of ketchup?
"It will 'pay or accrue' a 9% dividend, which sounds pretty PIK-y?"
I just read this as Buffett's getting cumulative preferred. I don't think it's PIK.
Points for using "disintermediate."
pay or accrue = cumulative pref stock, not PIK toggle
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It's not exactly like Heinz is a cheap stock, that value investors like Warren Buffett should love. Even when you back out its cash and generously half its receivables its still trading at 17 P/E and 7.7 P/B. It had some growth last year, around 8%, but before that not much.
Why buy this, when you can get Apple, which has a hell of a lot more growth, at a 10 P/E with a decent dividend. It's not like capacity is an issue, Berkshire could dump $12 billion into AAPL over a few months and hardly budge the stock.
Thanks, but you could have just given me a thumbs up instead of writing it all out.
The $720? Yea, its a lot.
The way I see it — Buffett puts up 1/2 the cash for 'equity' — a special equity — that gets ALL the dividends. Plus another $60. HNZ is paying $660 in dividends now.
The $5 billion in senior debt should be refied @ less than the current rate.
The remaining $8 billion? I dunno, but there will never be better market conditions to raise it than right now.
Meanwhile, 3G will be their usual aggressive selves and cut some big $'s out of costs. Plus sell off non core stuff. &c.
The entire deal is to get 1.5 billion Chinese into a heavy Ketchup habit.
Per Gladwell — http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_09_06_a_ketchup…
Otherwise it is just another big food company.
The margins are better in Ketchup.
Soup? Not so much.
So …. Buffett gets 1/2 the equity. All the dividends. And warrants.
Sounds about right.


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