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15 U.S. Code § 2503 - Duties of Secretary of Energy
(a) Establishment of project
The Secretary of Energy shall promptly establish, as an organizational entity within the Department of Energy, the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Project.
(b) Management of project; arrangements with competent agencies
The Secretary of Energy shall have the responsibility for the overall management of the project. The Secretary of Energy may enter into any agreement or other arrangement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Transportation, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, or any other Federal agency, pursuant to which such agency shall conduct such specified parts or aspects of the project as the Secretary of Energy deems necessary or appropriate and within the particular competence of such agency, to the extent that such agency has capabilities which would enable it to contribute to the success of the project and the attainment of the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Promotion of research and development; demonstration projects; consumer needs; resulting changes
In providing for the effective management of this project, the Secretary of Energy shall have specific responsibility to—
(1) promote basic and applied research on electric and hybrid vehicle batteries, controls, and motors;
(3) conduct demonstration projects with respect to the feasibility of commercial electric and hybrid vehicles
(B) by entering into arrangements, with other governmental entities and with nongovernmental entities, for the operation of such vehicles;
(4) ascertain consumer needs and desires so as to match the design of electric and hybrid vehicles to their potential market; and
(5) ascertain the long-term changes in road design, urban planning, traffic management, maintenance facilities, utility rate structures, and tax policies which are needed to facilitate the manufacture and use of electric and hybrid vehicles in accordance with sections 2512 and 2513 [1] of this title.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 94–413, § 4,Sept. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 1262; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(a),Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577.)
References in Text
Section 2513 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(5), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1051(o),Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 717.
Transfer of Functions
"Department of Energy" substituted for "Energy Research and Development Administration" in subsec. (a), and "Secretary of Energy" substituted for "Administrator" wherever appearing, pursuant to section 301(a) ofPub. L. 95–91, see Codification note set out under section 2502 of this title.
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Response of the goat mammary gland to infection with Staphylococcus aureus revealed by gene expression profiling in milk somatic and white blood cells
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1 Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Einstein, Lodi, 26900, Italy
2 IDRA-LAB Istituto Sperimentale Italiano "L. Spallanzani", via Einstein, Lodi, 26900, Italy
3 Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie per la Salute, la Produzione Animale e la Sicurezza Alimentare, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 10, Milano, 20133, Italy
4 Parco Tecnologico Padano, via Einstein, Lodi, 26900, Italy
5 INRA, UR631, Station d'Amélioration Génétique des Animaux, Castanet-Tolosan, F-31326, France
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BMC Genomics 2012, 13:540 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-540Published: 9 October 2012
S. aureus is one of the main pathogens responsible for the intra-mammary infection in dairy ruminants. Although much work has been carried out to understand the complex physiological and cellular events that occur in the mammary gland in response to S. aureus, the protective mechanisms are still poorly understood. The objectives of the present study were to investigate gene expression during the early response of the goat mammary gland to an experimental challenge with S. aureus, in order to better understand the local and systemic response and to compare them in two divergent lines of goat selected for high and low milk somatic cell scores.
No differences in gene expression were found between high and low SCS (Somatic Cells Score) selection lines. Analysing the two groups together, an expression of 300 genes were found to change from T0 before infection, and T4 at 24 hours and T5 at 30 hours following challenge. In blood derived white blood cells 8 genes showed increased expression between T0 and T5 and 1 gene has reduced expression. The genes showing the greatest increase in expression following challenge (5.65 to 3.16 fold change) play an important role in (i) immune and inflammatory response (NFKB1, TNFAIP6, BASP1, IRF1, PLEK, BATF3); (ii) the regulation of innate resistance to pathogens (PTX3); and (iii) the regulation of cell metabolism (CYTH4, SLC2A6, ARG2). The genes with reduced expression (−1.5 to −2.5 fold) included genes involved in (i) lipid metabolism (ABCG2, FASN), (ii) chemokine, cytokine and intracellular signalling (SPPI), and (iii) cell cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix (KRT19).
Analysis of genes with differential expression following infection showed an inverse relationship between immune response and lipid metabolism in the early response of the mammary gland to the S. aureus challenge. PTX3 showed a large change in expression in both milk and blood, and is therefore a candidate for further studies on immune response associated with mastitis.


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Saddick Adams set to return to action for Al Nahdha after winning fitness battle
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By Akyereko Frimpong Manson
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Ghanaian attacker Saddick Adams is set to return to action for Saudi side Al Nahdha after shaking off an injury he suffered last week.
The 24-year-old returned to training on Wednesday and has been included in Jalal Qaderi's 18-man squad for their trip to Najran on Saturday.
He limped off in the 56th minute during his club's 1-0 win over Al Raed last Friday but has returned to training.
"I'm back to full fitness now and will play for club over the weekend," he told GHANAsoccernet.com.
The 2007 Ghana U17 star striker joined the relegation threatened side from Oman in December and has scord twice in three games.


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Oak Island
Oak Island, Nova Scotia
|Nova Scotia, Canada
|44°30′46.9″N 64°17′17.9″W / 44.513028°N 64.288306°WCoordinates: 44°30′46.9″N 64°17′17.9″W / 44.513028°N 64.288306°W
|Total islands
|57 ha (140 acres)
|Highest elevation
|11 m (36 ft)
|Nova Scotia
Oak Island is a 57-hectare (140-acre) island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. The tree-covered island is one of about 360 small islands in Mahone Bay and rises to a maximum of 11 metres (36 feet) above sea level. Located 200 metres (660 feet) from shore and connected to the mainland by a modern causeway, the island is privately owned.
Oak Island is noted as the location of the so-called Money Pit and the site of over 200 years of treasure hunting.[1] Repeated excavations have reported layers of apparently human-made artifacts as deep as 31 metres (102 ft), but ended in collapsed excavations and flooding. Critics argue that there is no treasure and that the pit is a natural phenomenon, likely a sinkhole.[2]
- 1 History of the Money Pit
- 2 Explanations of origin
- 3 Pit flooding
- 4 Non-fictional and fictional accounts
- 5 Television
- 6 References
- 7 External links
History of the Money Pit[edit]
Early accounts[edit]
There are many 19th-century accounts of Oak Island, but some are conflicting or biased.[2] Further, physical evidence from the initial excavations is absent or has been lost. A basic summary of the history of the pit is as follows:
In 1795, 18-year-old Daniel McGinnis, after observing lights coming from the island, discovered a circular depression in a clearing on the southeastern end of the island. Adjacent to the clearing was a tree with a tackle block on one of its overhanging branches.[3] McGinnis, with the help of friends John Smith (in early accounts, Samuel Ball) and Anthony Vaughan, excavated the depression and discovered a layer of flagstones a few feet below. On the pit walls there were visible markings from a pick. As they dug down they discovered layers of logs at about every 10 feet (3.0 m). They abandoned the excavation at 30 feet (9.1 m).[3]
This initial discovery and excavation was first briefly mentioned in print in the Liverpool Transcript in October 1856. A more complete account followed, again in the Liverpool Transcript by a Justice of the Peace in Chester, Nova Scotia,[3][4] the Novascotian,[5][6] British Colonist,[7] and A History Of Lunenburg County[8] (the last source based on the Liverpool Transcript articles).
About eight years after the 1795 dig, according to the original articles and the memories of Vaughan, another company examined what was to become known as the "Money Pit." The Onslow Company sailed 300 nautical miles (560 km) from central Nova Scotia near Truro to Oak Island with the goal of recovering what they believed to be secret treasure. They continued the excavation down to approximately 90 feet (27 m) and found layers of logs or "marks" about every ten feet (3 m) and layers of charcoal, putty and coconut fibre[9] at 40, 50 and 60 feet (12, 15 and 18 m).
According to one of the earliest written accounts, at 80–90 feet (24–27 m), they recovered a large stone bearing an inscription of symbols.[4] The pit subsequently flooded up to the 33-foot (10 m) level. Bailing did not reduce the water level, and the excavation was abandoned. Several researchers apparently attempted to decipher the symbols. One translated them as saying: "forty feet below, two million pounds lie buried." The symbols currently associated with the "forty feet down..." translation and seen in many books first appeared in True Tales of Buried Treasure, written by explorer and historian Edward Rowe Snow in 1951. In this book he states he was given this set of symbols by Reverend A.T. Kempton of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[10] Nothing more is known about Kempton's involvement in the Oak Island tale.
Investors formed The Truro Company in 1849, which re-excavated the shaft back down to the 86 feet (26 m) level, where it flooded again. They then drilled into the ground below the bottom of the shaft. According to the nineteenth-century account, the drill or "pod auger" passed through a spruce platform at 98 feet (30 m), a 12-inch (300 mm) head space, 22 inches (560 mm) of what was described as "metal in pieces", 8 inches (200 mm) of oak, another 22 inches (560 mm) of metal, 4 inches (100 mm) of oak, another spruce layer, and finally into clay for 7 feet (2.1 m) without striking anything else.[4]
Oak Island Association and Old Gold Salvage group[edit]
The next excavation attempt was made in 1861 by a new company called the Oak Island Association which resulted in the collapse of the bottom of the shaft into either a natural cavern or booby trap underneath. It was later theorized that the imagined chests had fallen into a deep void and that the pit may have been booby-trapped to protect the treasure. The first fatality during excavations occurred when the boiler of a pumping engine burst.[11] (Six people were killed in accidents during various excavations.) The company gave up when their funds were exhausted in 1864.
Further excavations were made in 1866, 1893, 1909, 1931, 1935, 1936, and 1959, none of which were successful. Excavators did however pour red paint into the flooded pit which revealed three separate exit holes around the island. Another fatality occurred on 26 March 1897, when Maynard Kaiser, a worker, fell to his death.[11] Franklin Roosevelt was part of the Old Gold Salvage group of 1909 and kept up with news and developments for most of his life.
Gilbert Hedden and William Chappell[edit]
In 1928, a New York newspaper printed a feature story about the strange history of the island. Gilbert Hedden, operator of a steel fabricating concern, saw the article and was fascinated by the engineering problems involved in recovering the putative treasure. Hedden collected books and articles on the island and made six trips there. He even ventured to England to converse with Harold T. Wilkins, the author of Captain Kidd and His Skeleton Island, believing he had found a link between Oak Island and a map in Wilkins's book.[12]
Hedden purchased the southeast end of the island. He began digging in the summer of 1935, following excavations by William Chappell in 1931. In 1939, he even informed King George VI about developments on Oak Island.
The 1931 excavations by William Chappell sank a 163-foot (50 m) shaft 12 × 14 feet to the southwest of what he believed was the site of the 1897 shaft, close to the original pit. At 127 feet (39 m), a number of artifacts, including an axe, an anchor fluke, and a pick were found. The pick has been identified as a Cornish miner's poll pick. By this time, the entire area around the Money Pit was littered with the debris and refuse of numerous prior excavation attempts, so the owner of the pick cannot be identified.
Restall family and Robert Dunfield[edit]
Excavation by the Restall family in the early 1960s ended tragically when four men died after being overcome by fumes in a shaft near the beach. In 1965, Robert Dunfield leased the island and, using a 70-ton digging crane with a clam bucket, dug out the pit area to a depth of 134 feet (41 m) and width of 100 feet (30 m). The removed soil was carefully inspected for artifacts. Transportation of the crane to the island required the construction of a causeway (which still exists) from the western end of the island to Crandall's Point on the mainland two hundred metres away.[11]
Triton Alliance[edit]
Around 1967, Daniel C. Blankenship and David Tobias formed Triton Alliance, Ltd. and purchased most of the island. In 1971, Triton workers excavated a 235-foot shaft supported by a steel caisson to bedrock. According to Blankenship and Tobias, cameras lowered down the shaft into a cave below recorded the possible presence of some chests, human remains, wooden cribbing and tools; however, the images were unclear, and none of these claims has been independently confirmed. The shaft subsequently collapsed, and the excavation was again abandoned. This shaft was later successfully re-dug to 181 feet (55 m), reaching bedrock; work was halted because of lack of funds and the collapse of the partnership.[13]
In the January 1965 issue, an account of an excavation of the "Money Pit" appeared in Reader's Digest magazine.[14] Over a decade later, the Money Pit mystery was the subject of an episode of the television series In Search of..., which first aired 18 January 1979, bringing the legend of Oak Island to a wider audience.
During the 1990s, further exploration was stalled because of legal battles between the Triton partners. As of 2005, a portion of the island was for sale for an estimated US$7 million. A group called the Oak Island Tourism Society had hoped the Government of Canada would purchase the island, but a group of American businessmen in the drilling industry did so instead.[1]
Oak Island Tours Inc.[edit]
It was announced in April 2006 that brothers Rick and Marty Lagina from Michigan had purchased a 50% stake in Oak Island Tours Inc., for an undisclosed amount of money. The shares sold to the Michigan partners were previously owned by David Tobias; remaining shares are owned by Blankenship. Center Road Developments, in conjunction with Allan Kostrzewa and Brian Urbach, members of the Michigan group, had purchased Lot 25 from David Tobias for a reported $230,000 one year previous to Tobias selling the rest of his share. The Michigan group, working with Blankenship, has said it will resume operations on Oak Island in the hope of discovering buried treasure and the mystery of Oak Island.
In July 2010, Blankenship and the other stakeholders in Oak Island Tours Inc. announced on their website that the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources/Tourism, Culture and Heritage had granted them a temporary Treasure Trove License, allowing them to resume activities until 31 December 2010.[15] After December 2010, the department repealed the former Treasure Trove Act and replaced it with a new "Oak Island Treasure Act".[16] The new Oak Island Treasure Act came into effect on 1 January 2011 and allows for treasure hunting to continue on the island under the terms of a licence issued by the Minister of Natural Resources.[17]
Explanations of origin[edit]
There has been wide-ranging speculation among enthusiasts as to how the pit was formed and what it might contain. Later accounts say that oak platforms were discovered every 10 feet (3.0 m),[18] but the earliest accounts simply say that "marks" of some type were found at these places.[18] They also say there were "tool marks" or pick scrapes on the walls of the money pit and that the dirt was noticeably loose and not as hard packed as the surrounding soil.[18] One expedition said they found the flood tunnel at 90 feet, and that it was lined with flat stones.[18] However, Robert Dunfield (a trained geologist) wrote that he carefully examined the walls of the re-excavated pit and was unable to locate any evidence of this tunnel.[18]
The cipher stone, which one researcher is said to have translated to read "Forty feet below two million pounds is buried",[19] was allegedly last seen in the early 20th century (exact dates are a topic of controversy). Some accounts state that Smith used it as a fireback in his fireplace,[18] while others claim it was last seen as a doorstep in a Halifax bookbinder's shop.[18] Barry Fell, the author of America B.C. and Saga America, was sent a copy of the inscription by the chief archivist of the Nova Scotia Archives in the late 1970s. According to Mark Finnan Fell, whose publications consisted largely of alleged translations of inscriptions on stones found elsewhere in North America, concluded that the symbols were similar to the Coptic alphabet and when translated reads as follows: "To escape contagion of plague and winter hardships, he is to pray for an end or mitigation the Arif: The people will parish in misery if they forget the Lord, alas."[20]
Human-made structures under Oak Island do in fact exist as discussed in many books, including a book written by Lee Lamb, daughter of Robert Restall.[21] Whether these structures were constructed by people hiding a treasure, or are the remains of prior excavation attempts, is unknown.
Pirate treasure[edit]
One explanation is that the pit holds a pirate treasure hoard buried by Captain Kidd or possibly Edward Teach (Blackbeard), who claimed he buried his treasure "where none but Satan and myself can find it."[19] Some also hold to the theory that Kidd conspired with Henry Every and Oak Island was used as a pseudo community bank between the two.
Another explanation proposes the pit was dug to hold treasure but that this was done by someone other than pirates, such as Spanish sailors from a wrecked galleon or British troops during the American Revolution. John Godwin argued that, given the apparent size and complexity of the pit, it was likely dug by French army engineers hoping to hide the contents of the treasury of the Fortress of Louisbourg after it fell to the British during the Seven Years' War.[22]
Marie Antoinette's jewels[edit]
There is a story that, like most others regarding the island, lacks adequate archival sources, or any quoted sources at all, which places the priceless jewels of Marie Antoinette (which are historically missing, save for some specimens in the collections of museums worldwide) on Oak Island. During the French Revolution, when the Palace of Versailles was stormed by revolutionaries in 1789, Marie Antoinette instructed her maid or a lady-in-waiting to take her prized possessions and flee. Supposedly, this maid fled to London with such royal items as Antoinette's jewels and perhaps other treasures, such as important artwork or documents, secreted away either on her person (one variation suggests sewn into her underskirts in the case of the jewels, though fails to mention artwork) or as her luggage; it is even said she was perhaps assisted by the remaining officers of the French navy during the uprising at the queen's behest.[23][24][25]
The story then goes on to say that this woman fled further afield from London to Nova Scotia.[26] Through the royal connections she would have had during her service to the queen at Versailles, she managed to contract the French navy to help construct the famed 'pit' on the island. This theory (as noted) lacks recognized documentation other than that which is folkloric in nature, involves the French navy, which (during the Revolution) had an uncertain level of authority, and would place the construction of the Oak Island structure very close to its initial discovery by Daniel McGinnis in 1795. Whether such a complex engineering effort could have been completed in that small space of time is questionable, though no official date of its construction exists.
Shakespeare manuscripts[edit]
Still others have speculated that the Oak Island pit was dug to hold treasure much more exotic than gold or silver. In his 1953 book, The Oak Island Enigma: A History and Inquiry Into the Origin of the Money Pit, Penn Leary contended that the pit was used to hide manuscripts showing Francis Bacon to be the author of William Shakespeare's works.[27] Leary's "The Second Cryptographic Shakespeare", published in 1990, identified ciphers in Shakespeare's plays and poems pointing to Bacon's authorship.[28] Author and researcher Mark Finnan[29] elaborated upon Leary's Oak Island theory. The theory was also used in the Norwegian book Organisten (The Organ Player) by Erlend Loe and Petter Amundsen.[30]
Knights Templar treasure[edit]
It has been asserted that the pit may have been dug by exiled Knights Templar and that it is the last resting place of the Holy Grail or even the holy Ark of the Covenant. There also may be a Templar tomb on the island. There is a legend that seven must die before the legend is uncovered. [31]
Mark Finnan in his book Oak Island Secrets[32] noted that many Masonic markings were found on Oak Island and pointed out that the shaft or pit and its mysterious contents seemed to replicate aspects of a Masonic initiation rite involving a hidden vault containing a sacred treasure. Joe Nickell identifies parallels between the accounts of Oak Island and the allegory of the "Secret Vault" in York Rite Freemasonry, similar to the Chase Vault, identifies many prominent excavators as Freemasons, and suggests that the accounts explicitly include Masonic imagery.[2] The most thorough and comprehensive treatment to date of the masonic aspects of the Oak Island Legend is given by Freemason Dennis King in his article "The Oak Island Legend: The Masonic Angle".[33]
Viking ship[edit]
Another explanation is that the money pit is actually a sunken Viking ship which has settled in a vertical position, making it a treasure only in the historical or archeological sense. Sukhwant Singh theorizes the regularly separated platforms are actually wooden backrests for rowers, and the coconut fibers are the remains of mattresses, pillows, or other cushions used by the Vikings for comfort.[34]
Given the complexity of the structure of the pit and the fact that no valuables have ever been recovered from the site, it is possible that there is nothing there. This explanation posits that the pit may have been constructed by French engineers as a decoy to protect the real treasure from Louisburg. Three pieces of tangible evidence support this theory:
- the tackle block hanging from the tree inviting investigation of the site
- the cipher stone which entices excavators to dig further and
- the fact the pit flooded after digging beyond the cipher stone.
If the pit did, in fact, have treasure in it, it would not have been marked with an obvious object to invite others to investigate the site (the tackle block) and would not need to have a cipher stone indicating there was a large treasure in the pit as those for whom the treasure was intended would already know the treasure was there.[citation needed]
Natural sinkhole[edit]
Critic Joe Nickell argues that there is no treasure and that the apparent pit is a natural phenomenon, likely a sinkhole connected to limestone passages or caverns.[2] Suggestions that the pit is a natural phenomenon, specifically accumulated debris in a sinkhole or geological fault, date to at least 1911.[35][36][37][38] There are numerous sinkholes on the mainland near the island, together with underground caves (to which the alleged booby traps are attributed).
The resemblance to a human-made pit has been suggested to be partly due to the texture of natural accumulated debris in sinkholes: "this filling would be softer than the surrounding ground, and give the impression that it had been dug up before".[38] The appearance of "platforms" of rotten logs has been attributed to trees damaged by "blowdowns" (derechos) or wildfires, periodically falling or washing into the depression.[39]
Another pit similar to the early description of the Money Pit was discovered in the area in 1949, when workmen were digging a well on the shore of Mahone Bay. At a point where the earth was soft, they found a pit, described as follows: "At about two feet down a layer of fieldstone was struck. Then logs of spruce and oak were unearthed at irregular intervals, and some of the wood was charred. The immediate suspicion was that another Money Pit had been found."[40]
Pit flooding[edit]
In 1851, treasure hunters discovered fibres beneath the surface of one beach called Smith's Cove. This led to the theory that the beach had been converted into a giant siphon, feeding water from the ocean into the pit via a manmade tunnel. A sample of this material is said to have been sent to the Smithsonian Institution in the early 20th century, where it was concluded that the material was coconut fibre.[41] The origin of these fibres has been a source of heated debate among Oak Island researchers, since coconut trees do not occur naturally in Canada.
Upon the invitation of Boston-area businessman David Mugar, a two-week survey was conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1995. This is the only known scientific study that has been conducted on the site. After running dye tests in the bore hole, they concluded that the flooding was caused by a natural interaction between the island's freshwater lens and tidal pressures in the underlying geology, refuting the idea of artificially constructed flood tunnels. The Woods Hole scientists who viewed the videos taken in 1971 reported that nothing conclusive could be determined from the murky images.[42]
The five finger drains or box drains at Smith's Cove on Oak Island, which have traditionally been assumed to feed seawater into the alleged flood tunnel, have in recent times been argued to be the remains of an early salt works, and accordingly there is no connection between the five finger drains and any flooding of the Pit.[43]
Oak Island lies on a glacial tumulus system and is underlaid by a series of water-filled anhydrite cavities, which may be responsible for the repeated flooding of the pit. This type of limestone easily dissolves when exposed to water, forming caves and natural voids. Bedrock lies at a depth of 38 to 45 metres (125 to 148 feet) in the Money Pit area.
Non-fictional and fictional accounts[edit]
Oak Island has been a staple of treasure literature with the first published account appearing in 1863 and new books appearing on regular basis. Over 50 books have been published recounting the island's history and exploring competing theories.[44]
Several works of fiction have been based upon the Money Pit, including The Money Pit Mystery, Riptide and The Hand of Robin Squires. It was also a major plot device in the episode "The Man with the Bone" of the crime drama television series Bones. Additionally, the Oak Island/Money Pit Mystery led to the ill-fated Cork Graham/Richard Knight hunt for Captain Kidd's treasure off western Vietnam in 1983, documented in The Bamboo Chest.
In 1973, local singer-songwriter Allister MacGillivray mentioned the island in "Song for the Mira", a renowned folk song about the Mira River. The lyrics include a reference to "Oak Island gold" as being a legend told around bonfires.
In 2007, the island was featured in a museum display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which displayed many artifacts from various eras of treasure hunting as part of the museum's exhibit Pirates: Myth and Reality.
In 2012, the island was featured in the video game Assassin's Creed III by Ubisoft. The player gets to Oak Island by completing quests related to Captain Kidd.
In 2013, the island was referenced in an EP released by post-hardcore band, Our Last Night. The lyrics to the title track, "Oak Island", reference the Money Pit.
The Money Pit mystery was the subject of an 18 January 1979, episode of the television series In Search of.... It was also featured on an episode of the television documentary series Northern Mysteries and covered extensively in the Ancient Aliens television series on the History Channel. Canada's The Conspiracy Show aired an episode on the subject on 8 August 2014.
On January 5, 2014, the History Channel began airing The Curse of Oak Island, a documentary series about a group of modern treasure hunters led and funded by two brothers, Rick and Marty Lagina, who purchased the majority of Oak Island in 2006. In the final episode of the first season of the show, the Laginas' team found a Spanish coin from the 1600s that predates the original Money Pit excavation. In the final episode of the second season, a sonar mapping device was lowered into a subterranean chamber over 200 feet (61 m) below the surface. The device revealed that the chamber is roughly rectangular and contains at least two moderately large rectangular objects.[45]
- ^ a b Whipps, Heather. "For Sale: Island with Mysterious Money Pit". Retrieved 5 December 2005.
- ^ a b c d "The Secrets of Oak Island", Joe Nickell, Skeptical Inquirer, March/April 2000.
- ^ a b c Forks, J.P. (August 20, 1857). "Correspondence". Liverpool Transcript (Liverpool, Nova Scotia: S. J. M. Allen). Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- ^ a b c McCully, J.B. "The Oak Island Diggings." Liverpool Transcript, October 1862
- ^ Patrick. "Response to the Oak Island Folly." The Novascotian, 30 September 1861
- ^ Unnamed author. "The Oak Island Folly", The Novascotian, 29 August 1861
- ^ A Member. "A History of The Oak Island Enterprise." British Colonist (in 3 chapters published on 2, 7, and 14 January 1864)
- ^ DesBrisay, Mather, A History Of Lunenburg County (1895)
- ^ "Oak Island Treasure - the world's greatest treasure hunt". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Snow, Edward Rowe. True Tales of Buried Treasure, (Dodd and Mead, 1951) ASIN B000OI2EFC
- ^ a b c The History Channel, Decoding the Past: The Templar Code, video documentary, 7 November 2005, written by Marcy Marzuni
- ^ Doyle, Lynn C. "Nova Scotia's Treasure Island." MacLean's 1 June 1931
- ^ Ellerd, Kerry. "Finding Buried Treasure: It's an Expensive Business." Montreal STAR 6 February 1971
- ^ "Scanned copy of the original Reader's Digest article" (PDF). Oakislandtreasure.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Treasure Trove Licence granted!". Oak Island Treasure. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ Medel, Brian (15 July 2010). "Treasure hunter hopes new law clears path to gold" Province to replace old rules with Oak Island Act". Halifax Chronicle Herald.
- ^ "Oak Island Treasure Act". nslegislature.ca.
- ^ a b c d e f g Crooker, William S. Oak Island Gold (Nimbus Publishing, 1993) ISBN 1-55109-049-X
- ^ a b Howlett, A. "Mystery of Captain Kidd's Treasure." World Wide Magazine October 1958
- ^ Barry Fell, Saga America, pg. 172
- ^ Lamb, Lee. Oak Island Obsession: The Restall Story (Dundurn Press, 2006) ISBN 978-1-55002-625-2
- ^ Godwin, John. This Baffling World. (Bantam, 1971)
- ^ Bonnier Corporation (May 1939). Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. pp. 234–235. ISSN 0161-7370.
- ^ D'Arcy O'Connor (2004). The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt. Globe Pequot Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-59228-279-1.
- ^ Science Digest. Science Digest, Incorporated. 1951. p. 46.
Roosevelt and his companions believed the pit might contain the crown jewels of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette...
- ^ Arnold Gingrich (1954). Coronet 36. D. A. Smart. p. 38.
When Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fled Paris during the French Revolution, the jewels were entrusted to a lady-in-waiting who succeeded in escaping. History shows that she did reach Louisberg, a few miles north of Oak Island on the Nova Scotia mainland...
- ^ Leary, Thomas P. The Oak Island Enigma: A History and Inquiry Into the Origin of the Money Pit. (T.P. Leary, 1953)
- ^ Leary, Penn (1991). "The Second Cryptographic Shakespeare". Westchester House Publishers. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ 'Oak Island Secrets'.(Formac Publishing 1995, 1997, 2002, 2009)
- ^ Loe, Erlend, and Amundsen, Petter. Organisten (Cappelen, 2006)
- ^ Sora, Steven. The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (Inner Traditions/Destiny, 1999). ISBN 0-89281-710-0
- ^ Oak Island Secrets. (Formac Publishing 1995, 1997, 2002, 2009)
- ^ King, Dennis (12 May 2010). "The Oak Island Legend: The Masonic Angle". CrititalEnquiry.org. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Hirtle, Robert (January 7, 2014). "Dispelling the legend". SouthShore Now. Lighthouse Publishing. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ This section follows Nickell, section "Man-made or Natural?".
- ^ Bowdoin, H. L. 1911. Solving the mystery of Oak Island. Collier's Magazine, 18 August. Cited and discussed in Harris 1958, 110–120; O'Connor 1988, 63–66.
- ^ Faribault, E. Rudolph. 1911. Summary Report of Geological Survey Branch of the Department of Mines. Quoted in Furneaux 1972, 110.
- ^ a b Atlantic Advocate. 1965. Article in October issue, cited in Crooker 1978, 85–86.
- ^ Preston, Douglas. 1988 Death Trap Defies Treasure Seekers for Two Centuries, published in the Smithsonian Magazine June 1998 53–56
- ^ O'Connor (1988, 172–173)
- ^ French, Carey. "Treasure Island? Fabled Booty Eludes the Fortune Hunters." The Globe and Mail 19 November 1983
- ^ Joltes, Richard (August 2002). "Appendix: Woods Hole Explores Oak Island". CriticalEnquiry.org. p. 1. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ King, Dennis (February 2010). "A Solution To The Mystery Of The Oak Island Five Finger Drains". CriticalEnquiry.org. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Conlin, Dan Pirates of the Atlantic: Robbery, Murder and Mayhem off the Canadian East Coast, Halifax: Formac Publishing (2009), p. 86
- ^ "Man-Made Objects in 10X". History.com.
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- Mysterious Treasures of Oak Island A documentary film
- Oak Island Treasure A large photo gallery, growing historical document archive, latest dig news and forum
- Oak Island Money Pit Expanding resource covering the Money Pit's history
- The Mystery Pit of Oak Island containing diagrams of the Money Pit
- Satellite image of Oak Island at Google Maps
- The Oak Island Enigma A History and Inquiry Into The Origin of The Money Pit – Penn Leary 1953
- A history of Oak Island
- Friends of Oak Island Society A successor to the old Oak Island Tourism Society Inc focusing on summer tours of Oak Island
- "Mystery Island Baffles Treasure Hunters." Popular Science, May 1939, pp. 72–75,
News reports
- CBC Television "Dan Blankenship, treasure seeker"
- CBC Television "The Oak Island money pit: how it works"
- CBC Radio conversation "Nova Scotia's Oak Island mystery"
- CBC Radio conversation "Engineer proposes freezing method to extract Oak Island treasure"
- "Featured in Ancient Aliens episode 4"
- On Oak Island from the Straight Dope
- "The Secrets of Oak Island", Joe Nickell, Skeptical Inquirer, March/April 2000.
- History, Hoax, and Hype The Oak Island Legend, Richard Joltes, August 2006
- "The Oak Island Money Pit", Brian Dunning, Skeptoid, 25 November 2008
- [1] Captain Bowdoin's Article in Collier's Magazine, 19th August 1911


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Half-buried in the far flung sands of the Namib Desert, in southern Africa, the Welwitschia mirabilis is a patient exile, and beloved among botanists who seek the very old and the very strange. The oldest individuals have been dated at almost 2,000 years old—among the oldest organisms on earth. And the gymnosperm is considered a living fossil, not for its superlative age, but for a structure (in this case, a bizarre one) that has remained the same for as long as the species has endured—for over 100 million years.
Its weird appearance is perhaps most expected in the extreme desert climate, but, unlike other desert plants, with short, succulent leaves designed to minimize water loss, the Welwitschia instead has two long, broad, thin leaves that grow up to ten feet in length—the longest of any known desert plant. Papers published on the extraordinary plant have been titled "Welwitschia—Paradox of a Parched Paradise" and "Voyage into the impossible—I meet Welwitschia." And it is unique. In so many millennia of botanic record, the Welwitschia has known no imitators.
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It was first discovered in 1859 by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch, the foremost collector of African plants. When he saw the isolated population sprawling across the barren landscape, he "could do nothing but kneel down on the burning soil and gaze at it, half in fear lest a touch should prove it a figment of the imagination." And botanists since haven't really known what to make of the plant. It grows naturally in isolated communities in just one area of the world, an arid swath of land of about seven hundred fifty mies along the west coast of southern Africa, between rivers in Angola and Namibia. Here, annual rain is scarce—one inch at best, and sometimes none at all. Welwitschia has thus evolved to absorb the coastal fog (only two inches or so a year). Its long, leathery leaves are covered in tiny pores (stomata), which remain open through the night as the fogs rolls over. When the hot sun burns through in the morning, the stomata will close.
Photo: Namib-Naukluft-NP
Albeit thus adapted, the Welwitschia is anomaly in the desert—it isn't a typical succulent or a cactus, and neither a shrub nor a bush. It has been named a dwarf tree, for lack of a tidy taxonomical classification. Measuring about 20 inches tall, a short woody trunk peeks above the sand, while a sturdy root digs eight feet into the ground, tapping into traces of water below. Most remarkable of all are the leaves. There are only two—long, sprawling arms that curl across the sand. Unlike most plants, which grow by adding cells at the tips, Welwitschia leaves grow like grasses, lengthening from a meristem at the base. And so, while the tips will age, brown, and die, the leaves continue to grow—slowly, about four to six inches per year. As the years, centuries, and ultimately millennia pass, the desert winds and sands shred the leaves into thick ribbons. This gives it the appearance of "a stranded octopus on the bare desert surface." Tattered and torn, submerged in the sand, it looks quite dead: a fish—or plant—out of water.
The plant can produce up to 10,000 seeds, but only ten of these are likely to reach maturity. At least 25 mm of rain must fall for the seed to germinate—a rarity in the Namib. And it is difficult to grow in cultivation. Some horticulturalists have succeeded (and some recommend growing the plant in a drain pipe, to accommodate the long tap root), among them botanists at Kew. It was here that the Welwitschia mirabilis was first named, when specimens from Dr. Welwitsch's expedition were sent to the Garden. In the first detailed scientific description of the plant, Joseph D. Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, wrote "It is out of the question the most wonderful plant ever brought to this country, and the very ugliest."
Ugly, wonderful, and the symbol of a nation—the Welwitschia is featured on the Namibia's coat of arms (below), where it represents survival and fortitude.
Namibia's coat of arms from 1961-1990, featuring Welwitcshia (below the shield).


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A ubiquitous archaeological feature found on farmsteads is the foundation. Foundations can be brick, dry-laid stone or mortared stone. Some buildings were not built on foundations, but were instead supported on stone or brick piers.
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Pictures from a week in the life of a farm apprentice.
Farm fresh eggs, seedling transplants, and hard work. A look into sustainable farming.
Images from New York City's Battery Park
Pictures and 360 panorama of the Freedom Tower under construction in New York City.
Bicycle touring from San Francisco to Las Angeles.
The Food Cyclists hitch a ride over the border into Mexico.
We visit Rogue Ales Brewery in Newport Beach, OR.
We ride our bicycles to County Line Harvest, Tara Firma Farms, and the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company.
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COMMUNITY BLOG: AMERKS VISIT GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALBlogs | 3/12/2012 2:53:59 PM | Jessica Baldwin
There's nothing more refreshing to sports fans than witnessing their favorite athletes step away from their daily routines of training and competing to spend time with members of the community, particularly children. Last Thursday, four members of the Rochester Americans had the opportunity to do just that.
Having expressed interest in making a hospital visit earlier this season, Amerks players Drew MacIntyre, Alex Biega, Travis Turnbull and Derek Whitmore were able to clear their schedules and pop into the Golisano Children's Hospital for the afternoon.
Assuming that they were done competing for the day after having practiced earlier in the morning, the four players were in for a treat when they came to find they would be participating in a weekly BINGO session with a group of the hospital's young patients. A dozen kids had gathered in the activity room to meet the Amerks and win some prizes playing BINGO. What a joy it was to see these kids play and interact with these professional athletes.
With cheers and applause at each kids' victory (everyone wins), it was nice to know that even for a few hours, these patients were able to have fun and focus on something other than their illness. The Amerks may not have been the best BINGO players, but at least for a few hours, they were a good distraction.
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This past Sunday, he participated in The Wolf Foundation's "Strikes For Abilities" event alongside former Amerk stars such as Jody Gage, Geordie Robertson and Scott Metcalfe, to bowl a few games and raise money for a great cause.
The previous weekend, he stopped by Scottsville Ice Arena to check out its March Madness Mite Tournament on Saturday before participating in Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual walk event on Sunday outside The Blue Cross Arena.
Over the last several weeks, the Moose also joined Amerks players in meeting fans at the team's Season Ticket Holder Skate and Wendy's Skate with the Players events. In between, he managed to check out the Try Hockey For Free session at Thomas Creek Ice Arena and a "Pizza Throwdown" at Uno Chicago Grill, an event that benefitted the Boys & Girls Clubs of Rochester.
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Dispute leads to shooting in Lincoln Park: Man shot during fight likely paralyzed, police say
SAN DIEGO - A 47-year-old man was in custody Wednesday on suspicion of shooting a 30-year-old man who lives next door to him in Lincoln Park, police said.
The shooting in the 5000 block of La Paz Drive was reported at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, according to San Diego police Sgt. David Jennings.
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Eng v Ind live: England anchored by Pietersen double, Lord's, day two, evening
Strauss able to declare after India's depleted attack made to suffer Close: First Test, day two, Lord's Match score: India 17-0 (Mukund 8*, Gambhir 7*) trail England 474-8 dec (Pietersen 202*, Prior 71, Trott 70; Kumar 5-106) by 457 runs … Continue reading
Eng v Ind live: Pietersen keeps England on top, Lord's, day two, afternoon
Kumar takes two in four balls but KP survives Dhoni scare Tea: First Test, day two, Lord's Match score: England 305-5 (Pietersen 115*, Prior 21*, Trott 70; Kumar 3-85) Full scorecard Session score: England 88-2 Draw It was like a … Continue reading
Marcus Trescothick: KP and Trott must swap one-day positions
Kevin Pietersen must bat at three in England's one-day line-up when we take on India in a potentially thrilling series of 50-over games in September. Jonathan Trott showed just how good he is at knocking the ball around in the … Continue reading
Every point vital in strong southern group: Adams
Chris Adams was left as frustrated as Kevin Pietersen and an 8,000 Oval crowd when Surrey's Friends Life t20 match against Glamorgan fell victim to a thunderstorm at the halfway mark on the evening of June 10. Surrey's cricket manager … Continue reading
KP scalp a memorable moment for Walker the bowler
If Graham Napier had not hogged the headlines for hitting a world record equalling 16 sixes in his whirlwind 196 against Surrey at Whitgift School, one other incident during that action-packed day in Croydon might well have captured more media … Continue reading
John Emburey: Pietersen must stretch himself to secure Test spot
Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan and James Hildreth are going head-to-head this week for the right to succeed Paul Collingwood in the England Test side. All three are playing for the England Lions in a four-day game against Sri Lanka at … Continue reading
Tom Graham: When will the real KP stand up?
Almost a year ago to the day, I watched as one of our finest contemporary batsmen made a high-class South African attack look incredibly ordinary in the Caribbean sun. It was an innings that oozed nonchalance, bravado and dominance, qualities … Continue reading
Richard Gibson: KP's body art, King Viv, and the Kid
Barney Gibson was playing for his club second team in the week that he made sporting history by becoming England's youngest first-class cricketer. Such was the promise shown by 15-year-old Gibson that Yorkshire formulated a rest-and-recuperation plan at the start … Continue reading
England enjoying the World Cup ride, at last
Everyone knows that most of the players in this England World Cup squad are feeling pretty exhausted at the end of a long, hard and largely exhilarating winter. But despite their topsy-turvy ride over the past month or so, the … Continue reading
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Park Hyatt New York surrounds guests with top-tier grandeur
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Overview: The debut of the Park Hyatt New York in August was widely regarded as one of the most important hotel openings in America in years. Although based in Chicago, the top tier of the Hyatt Hotels portfolio has been slow to establish a presence in the United States. While the 34-unit luxury brand is well-known and highly regarded thr


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Roadrunners Sparkle Under theFriday Night Lights
The Roadrunner Cheerleaders sparkled and shined Friday, November 7 during their half-time performance at Camarillo High School's Homecoming Football game. Girls ages 5-13 years old had been practicing for weeks for their big performance and they nailed it! Forty-four girls were led by Team Mom's Elaina Quiroz & Kelly Pena along with Trainers Alicia Pearson, Courtney Pena, Haley Pena, Britnie Ranow & Emily Goldstein.
The performance included Emily Ake, Sarah Ake, Paradise Anderson, Tori Anselmo, Leah Ashton, Molly Biorkman, Hailey Boling, Courtney Borodaty, Taylor Bowers, Nicole Byrd, Genesis Calderon, Olivia Casares, Samantha Casserly, Ashley Fontanille, Isabella Foshee, Mia Galvan, Emily Gazafy, Brianna Gazafy, Ilene Gomez, Audrie Gomez, Becky Guerrero, Danielle Holtorf, Dayna Horton, Amanda Johnson, Rosie Martinez, Olivia Perez, Madison Pinherio, Madeleine Pollara, Cheyenne Prado, Kianah Quiroz, Jade Quiroz, Genevie Reyes, Geraldine Reyes, Sabrina Rodriguez, Dennise Rodriguez, Kaelyn Romero, Kaley Sahagun, Angelina Sandoval, Katelynn Sperling, Chelsea Stevens, Delanee Upchurch, Scarlett Wachter, Samantha Waid, and Samantha Woisard.
Since August all 86 Roadrunner Cheerleaders have been working hard on learning their cheer and dance routines for their individual Roadrunner teams. Each Saturday the girls cheer on their Pee Wee, Bantam, Midget, Junior or Senior team as they battle on the gridiron. The girls have cheered through extreme heat, pouring rain and cold nights. Cheerleading gives an opportunity for girls of all ages to interact with each other. The older girls can mentor the younger ones and the younger girls get the thrill of being a "flyer" during a stunt routine. The trainers have done an outstanding job all season of teaching the girls how to work together, compromise with each other and to ultimately just have fun cheering!
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Vote: Should Flat-Screen TVs Be Inducted Into The Boers & Bernstein Hall Of Fame?
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(WSCR) For over 13 years, The Boers and Bernstein Show has polluted Chicago radio with negativity and hatred.
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Dornier 335 Arrow
Dornier Do 335 Arrow (Pfeil)
Type: German fighter-bomber, long-range fighter, heavy fighter, zerstorer (destroyer), night fighter, reconaissance plane.
History: Dornier took out a patent in 1937 for an aircraft powered by two engines, one behind the other, in the fuselage, driving tractor and pusher propellers.
In 1939-40 Schempp-Hirth built the Go 9 research aircraft to test the concept of a rear propeller driven by an extension shaft and in 1941 work began on the Do 231 fighter-bomber.
This was replaced by the Dornier 335 Pfeil (means arrow -> aow) and by first flight Dornier had orders for 14 prototypes, ten preproduction A-0s, 11 production A-1s and three dual-control trainer A-10 and A-12 with stepped tandem cockpits.
The Dornier 335 Arrow V3 prototype in October 1943.
At high speed the Dornier 335 Arrow was prone to unpleasant porpoising and snaking, but production continued on the A-1 fighter-bomber, the A-4 reconnaissance plane and the A-6 night fighter with FuG 220 radar, operated by a rear-seat observer.
Though heavy, the Do335 was strong and
very fast and was notable in having the first production type of ejection seat (for obvious reasons).
The Dornier Do335 Arrow prototype V9, completed to full production standard and tested at Rechlin in May 1944.
By end of WW2 about 90 aircraft had been rolled out, more than 60 flown and about 20 delivered to combat units.
Work was also well advanced on a number of versions of the Do 335B heavy fighter, with added 30mm MK108 cannon in the wings (some having two-stage engines and long-span wings), the Do 435 with various very powerful engines, and the twinned Do 635 with two Do 335 fuselages linked by a new parallel centre-section. The Do 635, which was being designed and produced by Junkers as the Ju 8-635, would have weighed 72,000 lb as a reconnaissance aircraft and flown 4,050 miles cruising at 398mph.
A Dornier Do335 Arrow from EKdo335, the trial unit.
Users: Germany (Luftwaffe).
The only Dornier Do335 Arrow in existence is this completely rebuilt exhibit. It was restored by Dornier at Oberpfaffenhofen in 1970.
3d model Dornier Do335 Arrow
Two 1,900 hp Daimler-Benz DB 603G 12-cylinder inverted-vee liquid-cooled engines, in push/pull arrangement.
One 30mm MK103 [420 rpm, velocity 2,820 ft/sec] cannon firing through front propeller hub, two 15mm MG151/15 [700 rpm, velocity 3,131 ft/sec] machine-guns above nose.
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The Internet is reshaping the enterprise applications market by making
possible unprecedented visibility and information sharing between enterprises.
Nowhere is this transformation more evident than in the supply chain planning
(SCP) software market. The fact is, prior to the Internet, much of what
SCP promised was never realized beyond a conceptual level. Supply chains
that seamlessly joined customers and suppliers were easy to draw on paper,
but building the link without Internet technology was practically impossible.
Several clear trends have emerged in recent years that capitalize on the
possibilities for collaboration, information sharing, and instantaneous
communication that the Internet provides.
trends are:
Internet Procurement
New Pricing Models.
Continuous Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) is a set of
processes for trading partners, manufacturers and retailers, to share
forecast and replenishment information. CPFR succeeds earlier initiatives
such as ECR (Efficient Consumer Response), Quick Response, and VMI (Vendor
Managed Inventory) and benefits from strong support from standards organizations
like VICS (Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards), which published
guidelines for CPFR in June 1998.
is emerging from its pilot phase with the help of proponents like retailers
Kmart, Wal-Mart, and Sports Authority as well as consulting firms like
Andersen Consulting. Some SCP and ERP vendors have recognized CPFR's potential
and are building standard CPFR protocols into their collaboration products.
Logility was an early champion of CPFR and its Voyager XPS product, hosted
via i-Community, is the culmination of several years of CPFR-compliant
architecture development. ERP giant SAP also offers CPFR support as part
of mySAP.com.
to a 1999 study by Consumer Goods Magazine, more than half of the
224 executives surveyed from consumer goods manufacturers representing
apparel/accessories, food and beverage, packaged goods, and home furnishing/appliance
companies said they expected to implement "Internet Order Handling" in
the next three years. Forty-four percent said they would implement CPFR
specifically. Although it demands a high level of organizational commitment
to succeed, CPFR can bring bottom line benefits for companies that sign
onto the challenge.
For all its potential and the extensive blueprints developed by VICS and
others, CPFR is relatively new to the vendor world. Apart from Logility
and SAP, few supply enterprise application vendors offer products that
directly support CPFR processes according to VICS standards. We expect
CPFR to gain broader acceptance as the novelty of online trading exchanges
wears off and users seek more structured methods to control relationships
between customers and suppliers. Though CPFR can be applied in any industry
segment, the retail consumer goods market has been the primary adopter
to date. Retail users should find out more about CPFR if accurate forecasts
are a priority with external and internal customers.
Online communities where companies can buy and sell products have become
very popular in the past year. Companies look to these communities to
reduce administrative costs, improve turnaround, and to help control inventory
and spending. In response, SCP vendors are developing tools and applications
targeted at this rising segment of the Internet procurement market. Some
industry observers have expressed concern over the impact that such exchanges
have on profit margins by driving prices down and predict that "e-markets"
will be used exclusively for "spot purchasing" of commodity-level goods
and services.
fall into different categories depending on where the software resides,
who controls or sponsors the market, and whether direct or indirect goods
procurement is available. Though current exchanges predominantly involve
only spot purchases, there is a move towards making e-markets responsible
for the full trading lifecycle spanning procurement, supply chain management,
and customer relationship management.
so many vendors offer e-procurement capabilities, it is becoming increasingly
important for them to distinguish their portals from competitors. We believe
that SCP vendors are uniquely capable of doing this by providing value-added
services that relate to procurement in fundamental ways. i2 Technologies
is an excellent example of a SCP that is successfully bringing its considerable
domain expertise in supply chain planning to enhance procurement over
the Internet.
Impact: Users who want to cut their indirect material costs should
not delay in selecting an appropriate vendor that offers online procurement,
either a package vendor or Internet-based portal. For direct material
purchases, where on-time deliveries are an imperative, users should partner
with an SCP package vendor or a portal backed by supply chain planning
that can bring the intelligent backend planning capabilities to fulfill
online material purchases. A good choice to consider is i2, which has
begun to offer advanced planning services such as logistics and transportation
planning along with its growing cadre of vertical marketplace portals.
Aptly named, portals open a window of communication between supply chain
planning vendors and communities of customers, partners, content providers,
advertisers, and, in most cases, the general public. A good example of
a basic portal (detached from hosted services and procurement) is Aspen
Technology's ProcessCity.com, a collaborative web site for the process
industries. The portal offers process industry-specific news and event
information, discussion forums, career guidance and employment information,
and access to consultant expertise among other information.
are a natural result of competition, the need for better customer support,
and the Internet. In addition to benefits for participating users, the
forums allow vendors to foster more dynamic relationships with customers
and prospects than would be possible through corporate websites, annual
user conferences, or helpdesks.
from advertising revenues and content sales, the future dollar impact
of portals on SCP market growth is difficult to quantify. Portals will
drive partnerships and even consolidations among SCP vendors and Internet
enablers such as, in Aspen's case, Extricity and Syntra Technologies.
If nothing else, portals also afford more backward vendors a low cost,
low risk entry into the Internet marketplace.
Impact: Users should view portals in the same way as vendors: a place
to share and receive information. Portals also represent perhaps the only
free product/service available from software vendors. Privacy issues exist,
of course, and users should be careful to avoid sharing potentially sensitive
information such as implementation success/failure stories unless the
portal provider agrees to keep it confidential.
Pricing Models
Unfortunately for vendors, customer expectations tend to grow faster than
their ability to furnish competent, easy-to-use products to satisfy them.
High client hopes usually fall to the ground sometime during implementation
and leave a lasting, often-bitter impression.
fewer than one in four projects deliver workable solutions that last six
years or more, clients are increasingly wary of committing huge sums of
money before they have obtained measurable return on their investment.
In response, the licensing of supply chain planning software products
is undergoing a fundamental shift from traditional up-front fees to incremental
or success-based pricing. Success-based pricing is a popular alternative
especially for small businesses and startups that lack the IT budgets
of larger, established companies. It allows these companies to acquire
software for a lower entry cost and pay more only as their business expands.
Wall Street community has responded favorably to the recurring transaction
revenue that results from success-based pricing and is reformulating models
for many SCP and e-business application vendors.
who embark on the transition to the new model are sure to experience growing
pains, however. As traditional license revenues decline, recurring revenue
generates comparable figures only after time. This can produce unsightly
red marks to appear on income statements and eventual success is by no
means assured. Organizationally, vendors must make fundamental changes
to sales and support processes for transaction-based pricing.
User Impact: For users, success-based pricing models offer a "pay-as-you-grow"
alternative to up-front license fees. Though often touted as cheap and
convenient, these models can bring unexpected IT costs down the road.
As with any long-term contract, prospective clients should carefully review
the fine print to understand the implications that transactional revenues
will have on future expenses. A transaction may appear cheap at $10, but
detailed growth projections that factor in per-transaction increases,
milestone increases, as well as other contract attributes are a must for
companies to understand the magnitude of future payments.
With the Internet making access to supply chain planning tools both cheaper
and easier, it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine why a manufacturing
company would remain without them. Success-based pricing is probably the
most compelling financial incentive for small to midsize companies to
consider an acquisition. Actual charges vary widely depending on the type
of application, but typically range from $5 to 15 per transaction (where
transactions may be purchases, orders, shipments, truck lanes, etc.).
and small companies can benefit immediately from e-market portals. By
signing on to an e-market, whether a public exchange or a private network
hosted by the vendor or a large "anchor tenant" supplier, a corporation
can effectively outsource its entire tactical procurement operation, at
least for commodity items. CPFR will be the collaborative paradigm of
choice for direct goods procurement and non-commodities over the next
five years as it allows large companies with several key suppliers and/or
resellers to individualize their relationships while at the same time
exploiting the speed and efficiency of the Internet. For the longer term,
CPFR will provide the framework for end-to-end collaboration across the
entire supply chain.
The Internet will not eliminate traditional application licensing, but
these trends will cause a significant percentage of application license
revenues, at least 15%, to shift to transaction-based models by the end
of calendar 2001. Absolute market growth will also occur as the Internet
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- Letti said...
I love your organization tip. I am going to do that for my kids. Thanks for posting it.
- March 9, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Michelle said...
Love the pics...so sweet.
- March 9, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- MAXimum MESS said...
What a sweet picture of the little one in the sling!
- March 9, 2009 at 4:36 PM
- Marie said...
so sweet...my kids adore daddy to bits too, I'm just sorry you get grief about it...everyone around us thinks it's sweet how attached our kids are to their dad. Sometimes it takes my son hours to realize daddy is at work and won't be home until the next morning...
Wow! I also use an over the door shoe rack to store stuff in the playroom closet and even have one in my craft room closet.
- March 9, 2009 at 4:47 PM
- meg duerksen said...
ohhhhh....love the over the door idea. my craft cabinet is a disaster!! it's no the list of things to get to someday.
they are quite the cuties.
- March 9, 2009 at 5:20 PM
- Blissful Babe said...
How sweet!! ALL of it! And what a crafty way to deal with crafty junk! :D
- March 9, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- jac said...
I would like to comment on the first part of your post about people giving you grief that Moses is so attached to his father and I think you are absolutely right when you say that every boy should be so lucky. Some years ago we had this advertisement on television: some children and their parents are sitting at the table and you can hear one boy wondering who that man is that is carving the meat every Sunday. Need I say more?!
- March 10, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- jac said...
Sorry, I meant "cutting the meat". My english is not what it used to be in school, I'm afraid ! :)
- March 10, 2009 at 8:25 AM
- LKP said...
Isn't this the best organizing idea ever? A cousin of mine started using this idea with her daughter's Barbie collection years ago. It was BRILLIANT, so implemented it with my own daughter's Barbie collection-VOILA! Ideal. Loved the trick so much that about a year later I started using it in my office for my crafty supplies too! MUCH happier office, I must say. Then it spread from there into my bathroom, and my hubby is a MUCH happier hubby to have all of my lotions & hair products off of his bathroom counter (it relieved the drawers immensely!) Wanted to send ya some fellow-crafty-organizer props! HAVE A FABULOUS WEEK! =0)
- March 10, 2009 at 8:16 PM
- Kristen said...
Great pictures and great fun! Luke has the ACDC shirt too:)
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