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Canada's Failure to Win A U.N. Security Council Seat Follows Years of Sparring With Islamic States
(CNSNews.com) – Canada's unprecedented failure to win a temporary seat on the U.N. Security Council triggered a wave of analysis and soul searching in the country, where many see it as payback by Islamic states and their allies for Ottawa's strong pro-Israel stance in the world body.
Other reasons put forward by commentators for Canada's defeat in a vote Tuesday include unhappiness in various parts of the world with the Conservative government's foreign aid, human rights and climate change policies, while some blamed longstanding practices at the U.N. that that need reform.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being slammed on the left for not being sufficiently "progressive" in his foreign policy, and praised in some conservative quarters for refusing to let other countries, especially those falling short of democratic norms, dictate Canada's policies.
"We don't have a seat because we didn't dance to the U.N.'s hypocritical tunes," the Winnipeg Free Press said in an editorial Wednesday.
(Sixty percent of U.N. member states in 2010 are "electoral democracies," according to Freedom House, but the Washington-based organization rates only 46 percent as "free.")
Some in Canada say that Harper tried to have things both ways and had only himself to blame.
"[T]he lesson from this loss is that you can be 'principled' or you can be popular," opined National Post political columnist John Ivison. "The Prime Minister should have figured out much earlier that you can't be both."
"Stephen Harper should have steered clear of the U.N. in the first place," argued another National Post columnist, Kelly McParland. "With all its hypocrisy and negotiable principles, it's a place more suited to Liberals."
Canadian government sources meanwhile blamed the Liberal opposition for not throwing its weight behind the national bid, pointing to Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff's earlier remark that his party was "not convinced" the government had earned a place on the UNSC.
In his response to the outcome, Ignatieff commented that after four years of Conservative government "the sad reality is that too many countries have lost faith in the way Canada conducts its international relations."
The left-wing New Democrats said "an overhaul of Conservative government's foreign policy" was needed.
Whatever the reasons for Tuesday's election defeat in New York, it was a first for Canada, which has stood successfully for a two-year stint on the Security Council once a decade ever since the U.N. was created in 1948.
Five of the UNSC's 10 non-permanent seats were filled in a vote by the 192 members of the General Assembly. Three went to South Africa, India and Colombia after their respective regional groups put up only a single candidate each.
The other two were earmarked for the Western Europe and Others group (known as WEOG, with the "others" including Canada, Australia and New Zealand) and were contested by three countries – Canada, Portugal and Germany.
Germany went through in a first round of voting, and run-off handed victory to Portugal, with Canada withdrawing after scoring just 78 votes to its rival's 113.
Canadian-born conservative commentator David Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush, blamed E.U. bloc voting practices for Canada's failure. Two of the UNSC's 10 rotating seats are reserved for WEOG members, and the E.U. also effectively controls two of the five permanent seats – those held since the U.N.'s founding by Britain and France.
The "elegant solution" to the problem, Frum suggested, would be for the permanent seat now held by France to become a permanent E.U. seat. Then WEOG could agree that one of its two rotating seats should be reserved for non-European members of WEOG.
Human Rights Council battlefield
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) wields 56 votes in the General Assembly, and often votes as a bloc – especially on issues of particular importance to many Islamic governments, such as the Arab-Israeli conflict and "religious defamation."
Its growing influence has been especially evident at the U.N.'s Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, where the OIC has never held fewer than 14 of its 47 seats, and this year holds a record 18.
With backing from non-Islamic allies including China, Russia, Cuba, Nicaragua and South Africa, the OIC has often used its weight to drive the four year-old HRC's agenda, outvoting the group of mostly Western democracies.
From 2006-2009 Canada held a seat on the HRC and during that period it clashed repeatedly with Islamic and other non-democratic members.
One year after the HRC began to operate, an evaluation by the Geneva-based non-governmental organization U.N. Watch assessed 20 key actions. It handed Canada the highest score, while all 16 OIC members received negative scores, with 12 of them placed at the bottom of the list.
Canada led a small group of mostly European democracies in the council (sometimes joined by others like Japan and Chile) seeking to counter the influence of Islamic states and their allies – usually without success.
On several occasions it voted alone against a resolution. A January 2009 measure condemning Israel for "grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" passed with a 33-1 vote, for instance, with 13 European and other democracies choosing to abstain rather than join Canada in voting no.
Canada also took an early stand on not attending last year's controversial "Durban II" conference – an event of particular importance to the OIC, which used the preparatory process to focus on Israel and the campaign against "defamation of religion."
More than a year ahead of conference, Canada announced it would not take part. It was later joined in that stance by Israel, Australia and several other democracies, including – at the eleventh hour – the United States.
Early this year, Canada announced it would no longer fund the U.N.'s sometimes controversial agency for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA, saying it would instead direct the money directly to projects such as food aid, in line with "Canadian values."
Last month the Canadian Arab Federation in a statement urged all Arab and Islamic states at the U.N. to vote against Canada's UNSC bid, citing a range of reasons mostly relating to the government's Middle East policy, but also the decision to boycott "Durban II" and its refusal to deal with the CAF and another Canadian Islamic group. McParland of the National Post said that, if anything, Canada's rejection by OIC states was something of which to be proud.
"Given the anti-Israel bias that pervades the U.N., campaigning for a seat on the Security Council – if it requires the OIC's approval – is the international equivalent of applying for membership at a club that bans Jews," he wrote.


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Join Us on Twitter for a Live 'Songs of Summer' Listening Party
Before we say goodbye to summer for good, though, you should join us on Twitter for a listening party featuring all of our favorite 2013 summer jams.
The Details:
1) Join us on Twitter today (September 20) at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT for a LIVE listening party in which we reminisce about our favorite 2013 "songs of the summer" as we listen to them.
2) You will find the playlist of songs we'll be listening to below. Listen here, tweet there.
3) Use the hashtag #CBSummerSongs so that we can see your beautiful tweets and maybe even retweet them!
3) We'll tell you when to press play. After that, it's a breeze. Just tweet us your thoughts about the songs — which ones you loved, which ones you hated, etc. — and we'll respond to and retweet some of our favorites.
4) This is basically like going to a giant end of summer party with all of the cool kids, except we do it all online like the socially awkward penguins that we are.
Here is our playlist:
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The choice of the CVC was made only to prove the point that ultimately it is the ruling clique that prevails in such matters, whatever noise the Opposition may generate in protest.
At a time when the whole nation is exercised about how to tackle corruption in the delivery of public services and the management of precious public funds, the Central Vigilance Commission is the last body that should have got embroiled in a major controversy. In my view, the Commission has been deliberately sabotaged by a few small-minded people in the establishment. Not that P.J. Thomas could have greatly helped the ruling coalition to cover up any dubious decision. From my knowledge (that dates back to the halcyon days of a decade ago), the organisation has been a mere paper tiger, yet another adjunct to the Executive. It is meant mainly to accommodate superannuated civil servants, defeating the original purpose of providing meat to the crusade against corruption among public servants.
Even if it is stating the obvious, Mr. Thomas's choice was downright tendentious. It was made only to prove the point that ultimately it is the ruling clique that prevails in such matters, whatever noise the Opposition may generate in protest. Otherwise, I do not think that Mr. Thomas - even if he were to choose to act arbitrarily - could have helped much to suppress vital facts concerning the 2G scam, which the Opposition suspects is the motive behind his installation. Persons in the background who constitute extra-constitutional centres of power, who may have driven hard to bring in Mr. Thomas, must be squirming in their seats. They should reflect whether he was worth the fight, particularly now that he has decided to be stubborn and hold on to the job come what may. This is one area where two basic principles of management, due diligence and cost-benefit analysis, would have persuaded those who call the shots in the ruling group not to root for Mr. Thomas, even long after the scam of his installation had been uncovered.
There are several issues surrounding Mr. Thomas's appointment that only a person who has served in government can appreciate and explain lucidly to the layperson - who is anxious to educate himself but is woefully short of facts. There is a process of empanelling senior officers for Government of India positions in the various Ministries and field offices, such as Joint Secretary and those above that level, from among officers found suitable to hold these important slots. This is a clinical drill by which the unsuitable ones (from the point of view of both ability and integrity) are eliminated, and those whose Personal Files, which carry their annual appraisal, reveal that they have had a uniformly good record of service without any recent blemish, are chosen. This scrutiny definitely makes sure that there is nothing that impinges on an officer's personal integrity when he or she is empanelled. The pendency of departmental action or criminal proceedings, and even a reporting officer's snide remark touching on the honesty of the officer reported on, is good enough to keep an official out of such a panel. When this is the yardstick for even routine and inconsequential jobs, however high the person may be in the hierarchy, it is a travesty of sorts for the government to take the implied stand that a charge sheet in the infamous palmoelin case did not make Mr. Thomas ineligible to be the CVC. It is a sensitive assignment, at least on paper. I am almost certain that the Supreme Court is not amused, and that it will have a lot to say on the ludicrous defence of an appointment that is totally indefensible.
Apart from the empanelment of officers found fit to hold jobs of and above the level of Joint Secretary in the Government of India, short-listing is done for posts such as that of the CBI Director, heads of the Central Police Organisations, and members of the Central Vigilance Commission. The object of such a panel - which will normally contain three names for each position - is to give the Executive enough flexibility to choose a person, who, in its opinion, is the most suitable of the lot.
This is an unexceptionable arrangement. But this is where subjectivity enters the process. While the names are arranged in the order of merit by the select group (normally, but not always, comprising the Cabinet Secretary and the Secretaries of the relevant Ministries) that is entrusted with the job of preparing the panels, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), which takes the final decision, is not bound to choose the person who tops the list. (The ACC includes the Prime Minister and the Minister concerned.)
The names in the reckoning are invariably leaked, generating (read, encouraging) lobbying and a rat-race before the crucial decision is made. Very often there is mud-slinging aimed at the lawful and most eligible claimants to a job by their rivals. The one who ultimately gets the nod is made to feel obliged for what is considered a 'favour' done to him or her by the Executive. This is the flip side to the device of empanelment, which was originally conceived to ensure that only the best and the honest got into vital positions in government.
I am sure that Justice J.S. Verma, one of our most illustrious judges who gave the forthright hawala judgment in 1997 that defined the parameters for the composition of the Central Vigilance Commission and the appointment of CBI Director, must be a disillusioned man. However, there is no alternative to the mode of creating panels for the top jobs, as it is the lesser evil compared to arbitrary appointments by a government that does not set much score by traditional values. One is tempted to recall the pre-hawala judgment days when the CBI Director was changed as frequently as one changed a shirt. The longevity of a Director in those eminently forgettable days was just a few months, compared to the present tenure of two years. Admittedly, a fixed tenure does not necessarily bring in total independence. But at least it gives some courage to a feisty incumbent to stand up to it when faced with unreasonable, and sometimes downright illegal, demands made on him or her by an unscrupulous government.
When the Supreme Court laid down in 1997 that the Leader of the Opposition should be involved in the process of choosing a CVC, it would not have dreamt that the country would reach a stage of incivility where the views of the former would be totally brushed aside and a choice imposed on the nation. Consensus was implied, but definitely not steamrolling of the kind that has been witnessed in Mr. Thomas's case.
When it gave the hawala ruling, the Supreme Court rightly believed that at this dizzy level of authority, responsibility and accountability, grace and public spirit, would prevail over narrow political considerations. Sadly, that belief has been totally belied. In making such a vital choice, a brute majority cannot rule over dissent in a democracy such as ours, whatever the motive behind such dissent.
The Attorney-General's admission that the facts of Mr. Thomas's involvement in the palmoelin case were not placed before the selection committee compounds the impropriety of ignoring the Leader of the Opposition. The failure to place all the relevant facts before the committee is shocking, and makes the civil servants who were responsible for preparing papers for the discussions culpable. However, I am not willing to buy any theory that this was a mere slip-up and not an act of dishonesty. I am also intrigued over why Sushma Swaraj was not more explicit when she opposed Mr. Thomas's appointment. Only the affidavit that she has now threatened to file before the Supreme Court can throw light on this aspect.
I am sure some heads in government are going to roll. My only anxiety is that some straightforward civil servant in the Department of Personnel and Training should not be made the scapegoat. I do not rule out this possibility, knowing as I do how governments operate on the basis of political expediency rather than considerations of civil service morale. The Supreme Court is certainly watching closely, much to the discomfiture of those who had erred, that too unpardonably.
(The writer is a former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.)
Keywords: P.J. Thomas, palmolein case, CVC appointment


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IEEE Computer, Volume 26, 1993
Volume 26, Number 1, January 1993
- Y. V. Ramana Reddy, Kankanahalli Srinivas, Vasudevan Jagannathan, Raghu Karinthi: Computer Support for Concurrent Engineering - Guest Editors' Introduction. 12-16
- Mark R. Cutkosky, Robert S. Engelmore, Richard Fikes, Michael R. Genesereth, Thomas R. Gruber, William S. Mark, Jay M. Tenenbaum, Jay C. Weber: PACT: An Experiment in Integrating Concurrent Engineering Systems. 28-37
- Mark Klein: Capturing Design Rationale in Concurrent Engineering Teams. 39-47
- B. Chandrasekaran, Ashok K. Goel, Yumi Iwasaki: Functional Representation as Design Rationale. 48-56
- Satyandra K. Gupta, Dana S. Nau, Guangming Zhang: Concurrent Evaluation of Machinability During Product Design. 61-63
- Chris Tong, Andrew Gomory: A Knowledge-Based Computer Environment for the Conceptual Design of Small Electromechanical Appliances. 69-71
- Goopeel Chung, Kevin Jeffay, Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab: Accommodating Latecomers in Shared Window Systems. 72-74
- Nam Huyn, Michael R. Genesereth, Reed Letsinger: Automated Concurrent Engineering in Designworld. 74-76
Volume 26, Number 2, February 1993
- Nicholas S. Bowen, Dhiraj K. Pradhan: Processor- and Memory-Based Checkpoint and Rollback Recovery. 22-31
- Gerald M. Karam, Ronald S. Casselman: A Cataloging Framework for Software Development Methods. 34-46
- Ali R. Hurson, Simin H. Pakzad, Jia-bing R. Cheng: Object-Oriented database Management Systems: Evolution and Performance Issues. 48-60
Volume 26, Number 3, March 1993
- Peter M. Athanas, Harvey F. Silverman: Processor Reconfiguration Through Instruction-Set Metamorphosis. 11-18
- Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid: Adapting, Correcting, and Perfecting Software Estimates: A Maintenance Metaphor. 20-29
- Michael M. Marefat, Sandeep Malhotra, Rangasami L. Kashyap: Object-Oriented Intelligent Computer-Integrared Design, Process Planning, and Inspection. 54-65
- John Keaton: Layoffs in the Computer Industry. 66-71
Volume 26, Number 4, April 1993
- Wolfgang Daum, William E. Burdick Jr., Raymond A. Fillion: Overlay High-Density Interconnect: A Chips-First Multichip Module Technology. 23-29
- David P. LaPotin, Toufie R. Mazzawy, Marlin L. White: Early Package Analysis: Considerations and Case Study. 30-39
- Ranga Vemuri, Nand Kumar, Raghu Vutukuru, Prasad Subba Rao, Praveen Sinha, Ning Ren, Paddy Mamtora, Ram Mandayam, Ram Vemuri, Jayanta Roy: An Integrated Multicomponent Synthesis for MCMs. 62-74
- Peyman H. Dehkordi, Donald W. Bouldin: Design for Packageability: Early Consideration of Packaging from a VLSI Designer's Viewpoint. 76-81
- Lance A. Glasser: A Road Map to ARPA Involvement in Electronic Packaging. 82-86
Volume 26, Number 5, May 1993
- Patrick T. Gaughan, Sudhakar Yalamanchili: Adaptive Routing Protocols for Hypercube Interconnection Networks. 12-23
- Andrew S. Grimshaw: Easy-to-Use Object-Oriented Parallel Processing with Mentat. 39-51
- James R. Larus: Efficient Program Tracing. 52-61
Volume 26, Number 6, June 1993
- Ashfaq A. Khokhar, Viktor K. Prasanna, Muhammad E. Shaaban, Cho-Li Wang: Heterogeneous Computing: Challenges and Opportunities. 18-27
- Martin C. Rinard, Daniel J. Scales, Monica S. Lam: Jade: A High-Level, Machine-Independent Language for Parallel Programming. 28-38
- Gabriel M. Silberman, Kemal Ebcioglu: An Architectural Framework for Supporting Heterogeneous Instruction-Set Architectures. 39-56
- John R. Nicol, C. Thomas Wilkes, Frank Manola: Object Orientation in Heterogeneous Distributed Computing Systems. 57-67
- Adam Beguelin, Jack Dongarra, Al Geist, Vaidy S. Sunderam: Visualization and Debugging in a Heterogeneous Environment. 88-95
Volume 26, Number 7, July 1993
- Kuo Chu Lee, William H. Mansfield, Amit P. Sheth: A Framework for Controlling Cooperative Agents. 8-16
- Jaswinder Pal Singh, John L. Hennessy, Anoop Gupta: Scaling Parallel Programs for Multiprocessors: Methodology and Examples. 42-50
Volume 26, Number 8, August 1993
- Nancy D. Griffeth, Yow-Jian Lin: Extending Telecommunications Systems: The Feature-Interaction Promlem - Guest Editors' Introduction. 14-18
- Pamela Zave: Feature Interactions and Formal Specifications in Telecommunications. 20-30
- D. Richard Kuhn, Patricia Edfors, Victoria Howard, Chuck Caputo, Ted S. Phillips: Improving Public Switched Network Security in an Open Environment. 32-35
- Alan Fekete: Formal Models of Communication Services: A Case Study. 37-47
- Hugo Velthuijsen: Distributed Artificial Intelligence for Runtime Feature-Interaction Resolution. 48-55
- Omran A. Bukhres, Jiansan Chen, Weimin Du, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Rob Pezzoli: InterBase: An Execution Environment for Heterogeneous Software Systems. 57-69
Volume 26, Number 9, September 1993
- Michael F. Schwartz: Internet Resource Discovery at the University of Colorado. 25-35
Volume 26, Number 10, October 1993
- Ahmed H. Sameh, John Riganati: Computational Science and Engineering: Guest Editors' Introduction. 8-12
- Paul R. Woodward: Interactive Scientific Visualization of Fluid Flow. 13-25
- Tayfun Tezduyar, Shahrouz Aliabadi, Marek Behr, Andrew Johnson, Sanjay Mittal: Parallel Finite-Element Computation of 3D Flows. 27-36
- David A. Case: Computer Simulations of Protein Dynamics and Thermodynamics. 47-57
- Christopher R. Johnson, Robert S. MacLeod, Michael A. Matheson: Computational Medicine: Bioelectric Field Problems. 59-67
Volume 26, Number 11, November 1993
- Ravi S. Sandhu: Lattice-Based Access Control Models. 9-19
- Jakob Nielsen: Iterative User-Interface Design. 32-41
- Stephanie White, Mack W. Alford, Julian Holtzman, C. Stephen Kuehl, Brian McCay, David Oliver, David Owens, Colin Tully, Allan Willey: Systems Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, State of Practice Working Group. 54-65
Volume 26, Number 12, December 1993
- Alfonso Fuggetta: A Classification of CASE Technology. 25-38
- Sanjaya Kumar, James H. Aylor, Barry W. Johnson, William A. Wulf: A Framework for Hardware / Software Codesign. 39-45
- Roger Clarke: Asimov's Laws of Implications for Information Technology - Part 1. 53-61
- Larry Press: Software Export from Developing Nations. 62-67


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TomCo Energy Plc
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Appointment of Fox-Davies Capital as Joint Broker
Liquidity Facility with Windsor Capital and
Issue of 100 Million Ordinary Shares
TomCo Energy Limited (AIM: TOM), the oil shale exploration and development company focused on using innovative technology to unlock unconventional hydrocarbon resources, is pleased to announce the appointment of Fox-Davies Capital Limited ("Fox-Davies Capital") as Joint Broker to the Company with immediate effect.
TomCo also announces that it has entered into a Liquidity Facility Agreement and an associated Promissory Note (together the "Liquidity Facility") with Windsor Capital Partners Limited ("Windsor Capital"), an affiliate of Fox-Davies Capital. Under the Liquidity Facility TomCo has issued and allotted 100 million ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), representing an increase of 6% on the current number of shares in issue, to Windsor Capital in exchange for the Promissory Note.
The Liquidity Facility allows the Company to access capital using the natural liquidity that is available in the Company's shares in a more cost-effective manner than a traditional equity line product.
At the closing mid-market share price of 1.575 pence on 25 January 2012, the value of the Ordinary Shares issued to Windsor Capital is estimated at £1.575 million. The Promissory Note delivers to TomCo the proceeds of the sale of the Ordinary Shares over the life of the Promissory Note based on the occurrence of "Liquidity Trigger Days". Liquidity Trigger Days are those days on which the volume of shares traded is greater than 80% of the trailing 90 day weighted average daily trading volume. On Liquidity Trigger Days, Windsor Capital will seek to sell Ordinary Shares, up to a maximum of 10% of the daily volume averaged over any 5 day period, on a best effort basis at the AIM Market offer-price or higher. The Liquidity Facility can be suspended at the Company's discretion in periods of adverse market conditions and minimum share prices can also be stipulated.
Windsor Capital has entered into an agreement with Fox-Davies Capital to effect these trades through a combination of access to its market making desk and/or Retail Service Provider networks ("RSP"). Windsor Capital will remit the net proceeds of any sales of Ordinary Shares on a monthly basis against the outstanding amount of the Promissory Note. As such, there are no guaranteed minimum proceeds and any net proceeds to TomCo will reflect the actual value of any sales of Ordinary Shares achieved less a transaction fee of 3% payable to Windsor Capital. The Liquidity Facility is for a period of 12 months and no other cash fees or warrants are payable to Windsor Capital. At the end of the one year period any shares left unsold through the facility will be returned to the Company and taken into treasury, or the parties may agree to the extension of the facility.
The Company will provide further updates with regards to the proceeds it receives under the Liquidity Facility on a periodic basis, as appropriate. As announced on 23 October 2012, the Company's cash balance at 30 September 2012 was £411,000, with no debt and the Company continues with its prudent cash management. The Company expects that any net proceeds will assist with its working capital position and it will continue to explore other options in order to provide necessary funding for its operations.
The Ordinary Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 31 January 2013. Following admission of the Ordinary Shares, the total number of shares in issue will be 1,721,049,218.
CEO Paul Rankine commented: "This product enables TomCo to benefit from the natural liquidity in our shares without the undue downward pressure on our share price that is typically seen in more conventional equity line products. This represents a timely and cost-effective mechanism for raising modest amounts of capital at market prices when market conditions are favourable."
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The Company has entered into a licence agreement with Red Leaf Resources Inc ("Red Leaf") for the use of their EcoShale™ In-Capsule Process, a proven and environmentally sensitive technology, to extract Oil from TomCo's leases.
Additionally, Red Leaf is planning a 9,800 bopd commercial operation at their Seep Ridge site, which lies about 15 miles SW of TomCo's Holliday Block lease.
Led by a highly experienced management team, TomCo's strategy is to develop the Holliday Block lease as a similar follow-on project to Seep Ridge using the EcoShale™ In-Capsule Process, with the same targeted production of 9,800 bopd.
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Herb Georgiadis had just bought a house. His wife Angie was pregnant, and he wanted to return to the landscape industry. With nine years experience in the industry he was confident that he could get another "job" with a landscape company. But didn't want just another job. Instead, he and Angie talked about starting their own landscape business.
Once they agreed, he hit the Route 309 business corridor through his hometown in Quakertown, Pa. He wasn't necessarily knocking on the doors of big-name companies, but ones whose landscapes "looked bad but shouldn't have." By luck or outside intervention, Georgiadis ended up knocking on the right doors.
Owner: Herb S. Georgiadis
Founded: 1992
Headquarters: Telford, Pa.
Markets: Bucks and Montgomery counties
Services: Mowing, mulching, maintenance, design, installation, pruning, fertilization programs, patios and snow removal.
Employees: 8 full-time, 4 to 7 seasonal
"Just about all of them then hooked me up with other people they knew," he recalls. One recommendation led to another, and he quickly took on 23 initial accounts. He serviced the accounts by himself. These days he has help to take care of the 300-plus accounts of his Herb's Landscaping, LLC in Telford, Pa.
Other than his faith in taking risks, it was his love for community and his people-personality that opened doors for him - literally.
"He's a people person," Angie says about her husband. "He loves what he does, likes helping people and has fun doing it. His personality has a lot to do with it, and his enthusiasm spreads to the others."
From the start, Georgiadis has been open to helping Franconia Township, even taking all the fill from a recent sewer line install that he wasn't otherwise involved with. He used it to help level the area for the new shop in 2009. He has a utility bucket truck that he lets the township use to change traffic light bulbs. "If you work with them, they'll work with you," he says. For National Night Out in August, he helps the township put tents out, "or whatever is necessary," he says.
For 15 years he ran his company out of a rented barn that's located 2 miles from its present headquarters. Georgiadis started operations in Souderton out of his two-car garage in 1992. Before that, he worked for nine years elsewhere in the industry. He took certification classes to qualify him to apply pesticides and to build his knowledge of turfgrass, trees and shrubs.
The biggest advantage, and best marketing ploy Herb's has is the appearance and location of the shop he opened in 2009. "We get calls like you can't imagine from just our sign out on the road (in front of the shop)," he says. It's also hard for prospects to miss the yellow florescent shirts that his employees wear or the company's distinctive trucks.
He believes that 99 percent of the callers who use a telephone book (or online search) have already called 15 other landscapers. But when they call from the number on the sign out front, it's a call that usually results in business.
"About 10 people a day pull in or call because of the sign," Georgiadis says. One reason is the appearance of the shop and yard, which he and his employees keep it neat and clean. "If it looked run down, they would not call at all or show up. There are no fenders falling off any equipment. We keep the place clear of trash and debris daily, not weekly, and that exposure is our biggest thing," he adds.
Herb's goes where the work is, but the family is looking to expand north into the Lehigh Valley, which includes the Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. He has also chosen that area to develop a plant nursery within the next three to five years. Among his more immediate plans include the construction of two greenhouses at the company's current location. He's researching plant material that will best fit his customers' desires and his market's unique environmental factors. He's not interested in just growing the ornamentals that everyone else is growing. It won't necessarily be a retail operation, but it will be a convenience for people needing plants or a yard or two of mulch.
Sixty percent of Herb's business is commercial, and 40 percent residential. Georgiadis has mixed emotions about increasing commercial work. "A good residential customer never gets three bids. A commercial customer will," he says.
Half the work is mowing and half landscaping. There are two crews for each, and then five trucks in the snow where Herb's specifically doesn't over-extend with plowing services and is networked with others in case the company needs help. "There's plenty of work for all of us," he says. "It's the greedy ones who suffer."
Herb's does not oversell its services, which customers appreciate. "You don't need 20 applications of fertilizer," Georgiadis says. "You can mow once a week and not twice, but we'll do it twice for those who want it, but it's our job to educate the customer."
Even with commercial customers, Georgiadis asks them to keep him honest with what he's charging. "I look at a job and say, 'What would I pull out of my pocket for this?'" he says. "Others say I'm nuts, that I'm losing money, but I say I could lose a client. Our customers trust us. They know I'm fair from the start."
Once Georgiadis gets a customer, he keeps a customer. His company boasts a 98.5 percent customer retention rate. He's had customers for 20 years and employees for 18.
"We don't run help wanted ads," Herb says. "We get a lot of walk-ins. Once we hire, we also give the benefit of the doubt. Everyone gets a 90-day probation period, so we won't get rid of you right away unless it's for obvious reasons. We're getting people who want to make careers of this."
He also takes them to the New Jersey shore on fishing trips, provides a 401K plan, benefits and overtime. A typical workweek is 40 to 52 hours, and maybe 55 hours in the spring, but shorter in the summer when there's extra help. Most days the crews go in different directions, but if one should finish earlier it join ups with the other so everyone gets back to the shop - and home - at a better hour. "That way we also don't leave anything undone," Herb says.
The longest tenured employee is Ray Coffey. A close second is Brian Yaw. Together, they're largely the reason Herb's is able to handle 90 percent of its own equipment maintenance issues. "We're not afraid to try (to fix their own equipment)," Georgiadis says. "I'm willing to eat some money before sending it out if we truly can't figure it out."
Together with Coffey, they tamed a 33-inch snow blizzard in 1996 that, in part, helped put Herb's on the map. The two worked 101 hours that week to remove two snowfalls. On what they thought was their last property, one plow snapped it's a-frame, but the next day it snowed another 10 inches. They fixed the plow and became local heroes.
"It was a great revenue enhancer for us," Georgiadis recalls. "It allowed us to buy more equipment. We handled 33 inches of snow, but I loved it. It got our name out. It was a good way to meet people."
But snow, in general, can be ugly, he says, or at least it brings out the ugly side of people more than any other landscaping service does. "If they can't get out of their driveway on time, forget it," he says. Herb's keeps one truck idle in the winter for emergencies. If one truck breaks down, the idle one shifts into action.
Georgiadis has taken an especially keen interest in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) regulations so that he and his employees travel and transport safely and legally. "You can't just get a truck and trailer and drive down the road," he says. "Our industry is an easy target with all the equipment and vehicles. We have to make sure that we're stowing properly because if not there are hefty fines (anywhere from $1,000 to $12,000). If we educate ourselves, we're fine."
One big fine could put a smaller operation out of commission. Georgiadis realizes the importance of safe vehicle operation and meeting all DOT regulations. Two years ago Herb's Landscaping hosted a PennDOT seminar that attracted 40 landscape professionals.
"We saw the need," Georgiadis says. "We like to partner with other landscapers and to try to work together. We can help each other." PennDOT offers many educational programs, but few are geared to the landscape industry. Most are targeted for tractor-trailer and tri-axle drivers. PennDOT will give you a telephone book size manual, but you're only going to find 25 pages that apply to landscapers, says Georgiadis.
If he had to do anything differently, Georgiadis says he would have started on his own sooner. He'd be further ahead than he already is. "I wanted to advance," he says. "I was driven. A lot of people said I'd be out of business in five months, that I'd be flat on my back, but that was the torch that kept me going."
And he hasn't stopped knocking on doors, either. "We're looking for diamonds in the rough, for golden eggs, for 12-month a year contracts," he says. "Those are you best customers."
And what about the future of Herb's Landscaping?
His two sons, who he describes as his legacy plan, are in college. Matt studies landscape contracting and management at Delaware Valley College, and Alan studies accounting at DeSales University, and could one day take on the books and office responsibilities that his mother Angie handles.
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How many pictures will people take? Tons and tons. The real question is how many will they ever print out on their silly "photo quality" printers. I've long ago decided that it's much better to have pictures printed by a place with a proper printing press and sent in the mail, whilst sticking to a monocolour printer for documents. Less hassle, higher quality and probably cheaper in the long run.
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Not likely. Before Christmas I had to hand in a project on email, CD and paper with a full code printout. I spent a bit extra for a colour printout on the front page and a nice binder. I'm convinced that's why I got an A, because no other signs of any of it ever being looked at by the professor ever appeared.
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The submitter had the link (check Firehose), but it seems that the edititors deemd the submission to be too long and chopped it off. After all, this is Slashdot and nobody RTFAs anyway.
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I totally agree, and with Scribus coming along nicely for your InDesign needs, there really isn't any reason why a "occasional photoshopper" can't do just fine with free tools instead of pirating Adobe. Plus, free software rarely breaks compatiblity without any sort of migration path, so you don't even have worry about repirating once a year.
Maybe someone should package all these tools into a Free Creative Suite?
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Well, the N900 does Maemo, Meego and Android (if you don't mind a bit of broken stuff). As always, it really is only a question of the hardware drivers being available. Something I'm sure the average Linux user about ten years ago could relate to, but everything gets better with time. Nokia dropping the ball is a bit of a setback in the short term, but I believe that eventually commonality of components means it will go the way of the PC. In X years installing your own OS will be a viable option.
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Because he was killed by a very bad man before the world recognized how awesome he was, and the prize can't be awarded posthumously.
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Goodness me, I would have thought that the trade between France and Germany was significantly reduced after France declared war in 1939. Or maybe, you know, after Germany invaded France in 1940. If you had said before 1939 you would have been correct, remember that the USA arrived late for the party that was WWII.
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Thank you for the tip, I checked out The Non-Designer's Design Book and promptly ordered it!


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Ann Arbor-Area Software Shop To Hire 150
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Online Job Postings Nearly Double In Metro Detroit
Online job postings in the nine-county metro Detroit area in the third quarter nearly doubled from the second quarter, according to a report released Monday by the Workforce Intelligence Network.
Hundreds Of Power Lines Down Across Metro Detroit
It was a busy night for firefighters across Southeast Michigan because of the gusty winds and severe weather.
SE Michigan Summit Focuses On Green Jobs
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Six Counties Form Greater Ann Arbor Region Collaborative to Attract Growing Businesses
Six southeast Michigan counties have opted to market themselves to business as the "Greater Ann Arbor Region."
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At least 104 cases of whooping cough have been reported so far this year in Washtenaw County. That's compared with 28 cases all of last year.
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Im hoping to get some guidance and wisdom on a major purchase im considering making. Looking at a home built in 1960, and was literally gutted to tbe bones and completely remodeled. its located in a rural area so its on septic and well water. Basement is block walls and a poured floor. For what its worth a 1 year warranty is included. My concern is the basement and water problems. Currently its dry and partly finished, but this is a SMALL (356sq ft) partial basement, one section being open to the crawlspace. No sign of mold or water damage (its just been "flipped" so I didnt think id see any), and it does have a hardwood floor on the finished section that has no signs of ever being wet. Now heres where I could use some wisdom and guidance from some hopefully knowledge people: There is NO sump pit. There are 2 floor drains, but dont know if they drain to the septic, or one of the culverts behind the house. Now after some google searching apparently if there is no sump pit then there is no french drain / weeping tile since there wouldnt be anything to move that water away. Ive talked to a lot of people and the lack of a sump pit and french drains may or may not be a bad thing. It could mean the ground is graded and drainage isnt an issue nor is a high water table. Or it could be a cheap ass 50 years ago. The fact that its finished makes me want to believe it isnt an issue. If I did move in I would put in a sump pit and pump in for peace of mind. Heres some pics of the house as well. I will get a home inspection obviously. Id greatly appreciate any input. |
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the lack of a sump pit and french drains may or may not be a bad thing. Correct. The fact that its finished makes me want to believe it isnt an issue. Hardwood in a basement is a poor choice, so I wouldn't take its presence as meaning much of anything. If I did move in I would put in a sump pit and pump in for peace of mind. There's no point in putting in a sump or pump when there's nothing to connect it to. P.S. You might want to remove your image links as they provide direct access to all your photos. Nice dawg! But fishnet and heels isn't a flattering look. |
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My house was built in 1940 using a block basement and poured floor. I have no drainage system or sump pump and no problem with water in the basement. However, my next door neighbor has a pump that runs frequently. The houses are very similar and the yard grading is nearly identical. Every house has different problems. There is no need to install a sump pump for a dry basement just in case there is a leak. Spend your money on yard grading, downspouts and other outdoor drainage and it should work fine. Bruce |
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I'm new to the site/forums and have a mesquite-related question. I've "inherited" 2 mesquite trees in my recently moved-in front yard. I'm guessing the trees are less than 5 years old and stand about 9 feet high with canopies starting at 6 ft from the ground. I'm interested in pruning these to promote a more vertical shape (and higher canopy line). Is it safe to cut one of the limbs that forms a "Y" at 3 feet from the ground, and may I remove a second "trunk" growing right next to the base of one of the trees? |
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Mesquites make wonderful landscape trees and provide coveted shade. Eventually they will reach 30 feet tall and 30 feet wide. They can grow extremely fast in our urban yards due the the excess water they receive. This causes a couple of issues. The first is that the canopies outgrow the roots, which contributes to 'wind throw' or blowing over in winds. Second, the wood produced from fast growing trees tend to be weak. To prevent this, move the emitters to the drip line (edge of the branches) and only water once every two weeks in the summer tapering to once a month in the winter. As far as pruning your trees, it sounds like they have been pruned too much already. If the canopy is 6 feet off the ground and they are only 9 feet tall, that only leaves 3 feet of foliage or 1/3 of the tree. A better balance would be 50/50. You won't be able to 'force' your trees to grow taller by pruning the branches. This is a misconception. Genetics will determine how tall your tree grows. Removing the branches (and leaves) can actually stunt your tree. Every green leaf is a food factory that the tree uses as its energy source. Pruning too much can basically starve the tree. The rule of thumb is to never remove more than 25 percent of the living tissue in any year. Exceeding this can cause stress and make your tree(s) vulnerable to pathogens or damage from insects. A Mesquites natural growth form is with multiple 'trunks' or low branches. While you can prune to create a single trunk, usually this is done when the trees are small. Removing one of the low branches now may impact your trees health. Wait until next May before doing any major pruning on your trees. This has been found to be the best time by the experts at the Desert Botanical Garden. A little minor pruning can be done nearly any time except the middle of summer. Here is a great reference for pruning trees and shrubs that was written for our region in the southwest. You can find it at local bookstores or on line. |
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Guide to Buffalo County Wisconsin ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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Location of Wisconsin in the U.S. | |
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Founded | July 6, 1853 |
County Seat | Alma |
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Address | Buffalo County Courthouse 407 S. 2nd Street Alma WI 54610 Phone: 608-685-6206 |
Historical Facts
1853--Buffalo County was created 6 July 1853 from Jackson County. [1]
Populated Places
- Alma
- Buffalo City
- Fountain City
- Mondovi
- Cochrane
- Nelson
- Alma
- Belvidere
- Buffalo
- Canton
- Cross
- Dover
- Gilmanton
- Glencoe
- Lincoln
- Maxville
- Milton
- Modena
- Mondovi
- Montana
- Naples
- Nelson
- Waumandee
Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wisconsin County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wisconsin County Boundary Maps" (1790-1961) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Neighboring Counties
Record Loss
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Census Records
- 1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free indexed Internet the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be searched on the FamilySearch Record Search This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.
- 1885 Wisconsin State Census
FamilySearch Record Search Search indexed census. Identifies by name of head of household. Other information is statistical and identifies the rest of the household by race, gender and country of birth.
Church Records
Buffalo County
- Records of the American Lutheran Church, Buffalo County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).
St. John's Lutheran Church, Alma
- Records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Alma, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).
Court Records
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic and Religious Groups
Local Histories
Land and Property
- Indexes to deeds and mortgages (1854-1892) and deeds (1854-1887) [Buffalo County, Wisconsin] Original records at the Buffalo County Courthouse in Alma, Wisconsin
- Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Wisconsin
- Family Maps of Buffalo County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
Military Records
Civil War
Civil War service men from Buffalo County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Buffalo County.
- - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company L
- - 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company H
- - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company F
- - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company C
World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918
World War II, 1941-1945
Naturalization and Citizenship
- Naturalization records (ca. 1853-1906) and naturalization card index (ca. 1858-1950), ca. 1853-1950 Viewable on line. Includes card index; most volumes include individual indexes as well.
Probate Records
- Probate file index (ca. 1854-1980) and probate files (ca. 1854-1900), ca. 1854-1980 Microreproduction of original records at the Buffalo County courthouse in Alma, Wisconsin. Files contain legal papers filed in probate proceedings, including estate, guardianship, adoption, and insanity records. Includes index.
Public Records
- Inventory of the county archives of Wisconsin no. 6, Buffalo County (Alma) Viewable on line. Includes chronological & subject indexes. Also available as Digital Images
See also a List of Wisconsin Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies
Family History Centers
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School Records
Vital Records
Buffalo County Courthouse
407 S. 2nd Street
Alma WI 54610
Phone: 608-685-6206
Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and
land records. Clerk of the Circuit Court has divorce and court
records. Register of Probate has probate records[2]
Birth Records
Marriage Records
Death Records
Voter Registration
Web Sites
- Buffalo County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
- Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- FamilySearch Catalog
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002)Buffalo County, Wisconsin, p.755
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I am mom to 3 and gr'ma to 4. I have a wonderful hubby, family and friends. I am so grateful for them all. God has surely blessed me.
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My daughter's request my stuffed bell peppers and mashed taters or roasted turkey and homemade dressing.
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Oldest granddaughter whines that she needs chocolate at all times, and my two grandsons are my cookie monsters.
Hubby teases that he married me for my cooking ability.
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Barcelona is very beautiful. See as many buildings by Antoni Gaudi as possible. The parks are beautiful as well. Vist Parc Ciutadella & Parc Guell. Walk by Casa Vicens, ...more
Would you like to visit Valencia Spain guided and transported by a young native guide? Live and see how the day to day in this wonderful city is, at the same time you see its monuments...more
Inexpensive rooms can be found by looking in guidebooks such as Frommers or by asking at train station or by looking for placards in windows. Although some are bedrooms in private...more
After being in Barcelona near Gran Via and Passeig de Gracia, walking distance from La Rambla for a few days, we never could find a grocery store for milk, cereal, morning supplies,...more
I first visited this unique restaurant in 1965 as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. My Captain invited me to join him for dinner and I must admit that I was unimpressed as we walked down a...more
I loved Barcelona and would go back in a minute. Park Guell by Gaudi was one of the most fascinating areas. Gaudi was ahead of his time, building what was supposed to be a subdivision...more
user review | See + Do: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Reina Sofia is a nice museum where after a glace of pass and present you can meet your friends for a coffee and chat about "bueyes perdidos" more
user review | Eating: Restaurante Botin, Madrid
The place is perfect! Right down town, servers with the flair needed. . . The food is super. Something traditional "Cochinillo" but please try more. They know their field more
You can also buy Bus Turistico tickets at the train station (Barcelona Sants) stop. Great way to tour the city and hop-on/hop-off at the places you like the most. more


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Chocolate Fun-due
A group of friends gathered around the table for our daughter's birthday. After Abby opened gifts—new ski poles were a hit—we all ate a tasty dinner and shared the highlight of the evening: chocolate fondue.
Surrounding the fondue was an assortment of dippers, pineapple, bananas, strawberries, grapes, angel food cake and marshmallows. We dipped into the chocolate, compared flavors and textures and laughed a lot.
A picture from the evening shows each of us with a fondue fork in hand poised over the warm chocolate with Abby using a new ski pole in place of a fondue fork. That photograph says it all—the warmth of the evening, the shared experience, the joy of friendship.
RECIPE: Chocolate Fondue
1/3 cup whipping cream
3 tablespoons honey
8 oz good-quality bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Bring whipping cream and honey to a simmer in a heavy medium saucepan. Add chocolate; whisk until melted. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla extract. Pour into a fondue pot with a low flame under it. Surround with fruit and other accompaniments. Serve with skewers.
Serves 6.
Nancy Lynch is a self-taught cook from a family of foodies. She teaches cooking classes at Orange Tree Imports and All Through the House in Stoughton. E-mail your questions, comments or recipe requests to email@example.com.