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The person that figures out a way to get rid of potholes here in the Midwest should win the Nobel Peace prize, or at the very least get a nomination. Those things are a nightmare. Right after winter, snow thaws, and next thing you know chunks of the rode the size of Pangaea begin to appear. How many times have you dodged one of these craters and/or the bits of road that have popped off? More times than you have finger and toes? Yeah, probably.
And that's where Dr. Nabil Grace comes into the picture. His research at Lawrence Tech University may be able to solve this pothole epidemic here in the Midwest. One of his many projects includes carbon fibers and how they could potentially replace some of the steel rebars in roads and bridges.
"Like it or not concrete cracks and we have a lot of cracks," he says. Grace is a distinguished professor at Lawrence Tech, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, and director of the Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR).
A pothole exists because of corrosion in the steel rebars from winter road salt seeping into tiny cracks in the concrete. The salt attacks the steel resulting in corrosion that then creates internal pressure which pops out chunks of pavement. Grace wants to remove the source of the problem.
"For the last 22 year we've been researching materials that can replace steel," he says. "We have something that's about five times stronger than steel and at least four times [lighter]." No, it's not magic. It's carbon fibers.
"Carbon fiber is very thin like your hair," he said. "We take the fibers and blend it with special resin and can formulate different sizes to form steel beams. We cannot get away from concrete but we can use something that is less vulnerable to corrosion. It would solve a majority of our road problems." Well, except for traffic. Grace doesn't have a solution for that.
The same thing happens in highway bridges. The steel rebars corrode and break apart the concrete, which can rain debris onto roads below and weaken the concrete beams.
"There are 600,000 highway bridges in the united state, 12,000 in Michigan, and the federal high administration says that 25 percent needed to be replaced yesterday," he says. "And their major problem is the reinforcement steel."
In 2000 Lawrence Tech was awarded a contract to build two bridges, side by side, one conventional and one using carbon fibers, for the Bridge Street Bridge in Southfield. The two bridges lead traffic to an office park near Telegraph and Eight Mile over a tributary of the Rouge River.
Lawrence Tech had a five-year award to monitor the bridge that ended last year. They were just granted an additional ten years by the National Science Foundation. What they've found is that over a 100 year period the conventional bridge costs nearly three time more in maintenance �patching, replacement, treatment� than a carbon fiber bridge.
"We don't do research for the sake of research," Dr. Grace says. "We do research to deploy the results for the benefit of the tax payers, that's our goal."
So why doesn't every bridge and road have carbon fibers instead of steel? Well, they aren't exactly cheap. Carbon fibers are ten times the cost of steel and a carbon fiber bridge costs about 50 percent more than a conventional bridge. Grace says that it's sometimes hard to see the benefits of the long run when it's that much more upfront.
"People tend to think in terms of cost to build it and not the effect of filling a pothole every spring," he says.
But that doesn't mean people aren't willing or wanting to incorporate carbon fibers into their roads and bridges. LTU was awarded a contract to design a Bembrooke Avenue bridge by M-39 by the Michigan Department of Transportation and MDOT has also asked Grace to take a look at two bridges in Jackson to see what can be done. Additionally, Grace's lab was contacted by the Maine Department of Transportation wanting to incorporate carbon fibers in a cabled bridge.
Lawrence Tech's infrastructure research has produced five patents � three have been approved and two are on their way, he says. One includes a carbon fiber weaved wallpaper of sorts that wraps around the concrete beams, columns, or slabs making it four times stronger than steel.
"Civil engineering is very classic because a road is a road, bridges are bridges, pyramids are pyramids," he says. "It goes back to the ancient Egyptians, the Romans. But incidents like 9/11 and other attacks have changed our way of thinking about civil engineers. It's still traditional, still classical, but it has become a bed of innovation."
Just last year Lawrence Tech and Grace dedicated the Center for Innovative Materials Research, an $11 million facility funded by the United States Army. CIMR tests loading conditions. That means they can simulate traffic or test what one million pounds of force would mean to a full-scale section of a bridge. Grace says this will help them test and research for lighter and lighter materials for the army but can and will most definitely be applied to everyday infrastructure methods.
CIMR also has a simulated fire chamber, which the Discovery Channel came out, interviewed Grace, and video tapped for a program to run sometime this year. And CIMR will soon have something called an environmental chamber.
"The environmental chamber can simulate any type of environment," he says. "Very, very hot weather, freezing and thawing. And a few options that aren't available anywhere else in the county � blowing and freezing rain."
The fire chamber, in turn, can test conditions for heat of up to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit and it's big enough for an entire Humvee.
CIMR are military funded so Grace and his students in the civil engineering department are testing armored structures and materials under different loading conditions that can face a number simulated threats - for instance the steel in the World Trade Center attacks. The equipment in CIMR can pound a piece of the bridge to see how much damage it can take or a beam that is wrapped with the carbon fiber weave.
"Our research will go toward everyday use, to every day infrastructure, not just the military," he says. "We are solving problems that have a national interest. We're trying to improve the infrastructure of our state."
And then there's the stimulus money. Michigan is getting a big chunk to improve shovel-ready infrastructure projects. The bill includes $635 million for main state highways and bridges, while $212 million is going toward local road departments.
Great for Grace, right?
Well, the Bembrooke Bridge and the two in Jackson are kickbacks from the stimulus and MDOT has asked Lawrence Tech to work on (Bembrooke) and look into (the two Jackson bridges) a few projects. But, unfortunately, none of that money is going to research or experimental projects. And it all needs to be dedicated to projects within short period of time. That doesn't leave the university out of the picture, though.
Grace has worked closely with the National Science Foundation for the funding of a number of projects. In normal years one out of every 20 proposals submitted to the NSF is picked up. Now, with all the stimulus money going around, his program officer at the foundation told Grace that one out of every two proposals is getting pushed through. Grace says that after he heard that he went to the faculty and told them to get writing.
In the meantime, Grace will work with his students at CIMR, catching things on fire, smashing them to bits, freezing them (when the environmental chamber is operational next year), basically building things just to break them up again. Sounds like a frat party, right? No, it's Lawrence Tech's civil engineering department improving our infrastructure.


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A day in the life
Disclaimer (got this from Ellie) – everything pictured was eaten; not everything eaten was pictured.
Yesterday I started off the morning starving, so I chopped a cantaloupe in half and ate the entire thing with a spoon. This was between 9:30-10:30am. I think there was more fruit as well. I've been working on a watermelon and some bananas.
When I got a package from Amazing Grass I jumped right in. I had this Very cool Organic GREENSuperFood Chocolate Whole Food Energy Bar (raw, cold processed, alkaline, gluten free, fair trade, dairy free, vegan). The bar was so delicious – chocolate coating, and the inside was perfectly sweet, raw, and delicious. I'd highly recommend it. (Nutritionals – 230 calories, 9 grams fat, 37 carbs, 4 fiber, 5 protein, lots of vitamins.) I had this around 11:15am. I was still feeling peckish so I had a bunch of baby carrots as well (unpictured).
Sometime in the afternoon after I taught my class (Geometry) I made myself a large bowl of oat bran (heaping 1/2 cup dry) with avocado (1/2 of a big one) and honey (2-3 tablespoons). Oh, and I cooked it in water and unsweetened almond milk.
I did some yoga – 60 minutes of a Wade Zinter flow (9/5/08). I just picked one that said it had twists in it. It didn't actually have that many. After that I tried 2 more Amazing Grass products…
Amazing Meal – Pomegranate Mango Infusion. I had a whole packet mixed with almond milk and water. (Nutritionals – 110 calories, 1 gram fat, 13 carbs, 6 fiber, 10 protein.) It was… okay. I was way more impressed by the delicious amazing bar I had in the morning. This tasted kind of chalky. I also tried another Amazing Meal – Chocolate Infusion. Same thing – a whole packet mixed with water and unsweetened almond milk. This was much better. Still a little bit chalky, but chocolatey too. Yummy. And I was snacking on a bunch of these (Ezekiel bread with raw honey):
I decided to stick with the starch theme of the day and make another avocado-honey pizza for me (Bobby had a normal pizza on the other half). I had the whole half on the left seen here.
And more slices of bread with raw honey as dessert. I actually skipped the chocolate yesterday; I think I had too much the day before and it didn't feel too good.
Apparently I had this too (it's in my camera) – maybe with dinner, or before dinner, or in the afternoon (baby carrots with raw honey):
Again, everything pictured was eaten; not everything eaten was pictured.
Do you guys have questions about anything I'm doing with my food combining? I've emailed a lot of people individually, but maybe I should do a more comprehensive post regarding this new combining thing that I'm going… Again, I'm *not* trying to eat raw. I'm trying to:
- eat fruit in the morning.
- for the rest of the day – keep "starch", "flesh", and "nuts/seeds/dried fruit" in their separate categories. these categories don't "combine". however, raw veggies combine with all of these categories and cooked veggies combine with the first two.
Hope this helps Happy Hump Day!
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Avocado + honey seems like a prevalent combo in your diet lately–I really need to try it! Oooh I spy the raw honey jar from Whole Foods. I've never tried it before, does it taste like normal honey?
I hate that uncomfortable feeling when I eat too much, so I'm glad you don't get that while trying to gain weight!
Yay for Amazing Grass. I am getting a bit obsessed with their bars and shakes 😉
Hi Maggie,
I would personally love to hear more about the food combining. I'm interested in learning more about it, and it's benefits. Thanks for sharing–I enjoy reading your blog!
hi Maggie, but how come you can combine oat bran (starch) and almond milk (nuts)?
avocado on oat bran sounds pretty tasty! i bet their consistencies go really well with one another. happy hump day to you too! i don't have any plans to go raw either (nor do i follow food combining rules) but i DID make a couple of awesome raw recipes. a couple last night and one this morning. i wrote about them in my post today incase you want to take a look!
You are doing better than me but I am trying to keep this all up AND omit grains…. I wish I needed to gain a few lbs! It's getting easier …. I am off for a green smoothie!
Happy Wednesday
and yes…. please do a post on this!!! it's amazing!
btw pizza w avo sounds like HEAVEN right about now!
GL with your goals! That 'loupe looks spectacular.
I am gonna start reading that book now. I can't wait! I love avocado but I have never had it with honey sounds like a good idea!
Mags! YOu read my mind! I was about to post a message to you today to see if you'd share more of what you're eating. The food combining thing really intrigues me and I'm giving it a try too. Especially since you're also trying to gain weight and understand my tummy troubles, I'd love to hear more or chat about how you're doing it.
I did some research online and sort of get the idea, but a lot of the info is conflicting or confusing so I've been just trying to keep a good balance and keep like foods together.
I NEED to try avocado and honey! And also need to take a trip to WF for some raw honey, yum!
Take care! I'm looking fwd to more photo inspiration
Mmm…raw honey sounds really good.
I wasn't that impressed with the pomegranate mango flavor either. I've heard poor reviews of that flavor from other people too.
Oooh, I like the way you split a pizza!
That cantaloupe looks delicious. And is that avocado in oat bran? I thought I had creative concoctions…
The melon looks great. Have you ever tried it with a squeeze of lime juice? Nice that you made Bobby his own pizza.
Yummy! That raw honey looks great! Are you feeling good still. I feel alright. Been kinda hungry today. That pizza looks fab by the way. Where did you get the crust? I just don't see you gaining on this "diet". Arent you supposed to lose weight on it?
You are doing such a great job! Mmm and I love your pizza idea! YUM!
You're really making it tempting to try it out! Love that avocado pizza!!!
I am concerned about your food combining. Please do not get sucked into this gimmick. From my favorite doctor Dr. Mirkin,
The authors claim that eating protein and carbohydrates, or fat and carbohydrates together causes problems because they require different enzymes for digestion, and either acid or alkaline conditions. They give you elaborate lists of foods that you should or should not eat at the same meal.
If any of this were true, the human race would be extinct. Few foods are "pure" protein, carbohydrate or fat. Your digestive system has evolved to deal with mixed foods, and the enzymes secreted by your pancreas can digest them all in any combination.
I've heard abt food combining, but I always thought it was just for those with weight loss in mind? But I hope you find what works best for you for your own body!
avocado with oat bran and honey? Never tried that, but looks interesting!
I'd really like it if you wrote a post about that! Am interested in learning more.
It's funny, but the honey on bread is what makes my mouth water the most. I love those simple simple meals.
hello friend!
I would love to read more about the specific food combining guidelines you are following (or even if you wouldn't mind sending me a short/quick email when you have the chance). I think your new eats look fantastic!! avocado and honey….i must try this!!!
glad to see/read that you are feeling good these days, and managing tummy troubles 😀
hope your week is going wonderfully!!
There is that green pizza again Maggie. I MUST MAKE THAT SOON! Just seeing it on your blog makes me happy.
Loving all the raw honey action…especially on your avocado oats.
are oats a starch? so combining nut butter and oats is not a good idea? id love to know more about this…
Honey rocks my world. I think if I tried food combining, my meals would consist of honey on toast and not much else 😛
So glad that you are feeling the benefits from this, Maggie- yeah, weight gain can be annoying but a worthwhile investment in your health/future
I am very intrigued on food combining. I've been on a protein, carb, fat combo for so long i'm looking for something different. I'm not vegetarian and I will not eat fake products but I do eat chicken w/ sweet potatoes and I think that's a no no right? I have major digestive issues so this may be why?
This was a fun post, and I like the disclaimer I'm on a huge cantaloupe kick, too! That's what summer is for, right? It really seems like food combining is agreeing with you. I hope you are enjoying your break Look forward to having you back!
I love those Chocolate bars—soo yummy and sooo nutritious!!!
Have a great day.
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She could never mount a successful campaign in South Dakota after taking this job. Even during her term, many questioned her commitment to the state. She was elected young, soon after finishing her education in Washington, DC. Long labeled a DC resident by many in South Dakota, she has now confirmed her loyalty to DC in front of all of South Dakota.
Perhaps, we can continue this dssiusicon on future threads. Zach we can continue here if you like. I guess I should have been more specific, I was speaking about covering mandatory spending in another thread. That as we both know is a topic that is quite broad. Mike: These cuts are concentrated in the areas of public safety (i.e. fire fighters, police, public works, etc.).Yes, that's one way to cut. Actually I was taking note of your earlier question about how do we maintain adequate services while cutting taxes. This was an example, albeit on a local level, of a similar case. Although it was concerning budget cuts versus tax cuts. People are losing out on basic services which I believe the government should supply for the sake of budget cuts.How do we do that? It cannot be just constrained to budgetary cuts alone. As I stated above, you have to change the very way a government bureaucracy operates, it has become far too complex, confusing, and expensive.For example, cut the budgets of non-security non-defense departments by 5-10%. According to the CRFB, 5% alone would . Then you also have the $100 billion OVER FIVE YEARS from Gates' military streamlining. This gives you a total of $800 billion over ten years.Long term, set caps for all discretionary spending and allocations as a ratio of receipts:outlays. You get a percentage of the pie no matter what but you don't exceed the revenue intake.Another long term idea would be set a mandatory freeze on increases in the discretionary side of the federal budget every ten years for a three year period. (Yes, I co-opted this idea from President Obama and expounded on it.) For example we had a averaging a 1.3% increase per year. If frozen the savings would equal $26.1 billion per year or $78.3 billion over three years. I realize this pre-bust but the years including 2008 and after are a totally different set of circumstances.So in the next thirteen years we could actually offset our discretionary budget by a total of $878.3 billion. In my opinion, this is a good start.
2045 The faithful will use their cmoomn sense when and if they are exposed to this hopeless translation, as happened in South Africa. But they will be muddled and mystified not only by confused people who claim that Vatican I and II teach that only the Pope is infallible and deny that Vatican II refers to the infallibility of the People of God, and who make every criticism of the liturgy a criticism of episcopal and papal authority on matters pertaining to divine Revelation but also by prelates like Cardinal Napier who will treat them as rebellious and tell them to shut up. Most people will wisely decide not to get involved in such a fight, since they have not the equipment for it, and have not the time to waste dismantling the mystifications. Many people will seek a meaningful liturgy in another Christian Church (or non-Catholic ecclesial community as the Vatican would put it).
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Johannesburg - The South African government plans to raise at least $500 million (R5.3 billion) in its first issue of Islamic bonds, a Treasury official indicated on Thursday.
"South Africa is looking to issue a benchmark-size sukuk and the tenor will be in line with other sukuk transactions in the market," Tshepiso Moahloli, director of debt issuance and management, told Reuters.
Traditionally, benchmark size is understood to mean at least $500 million.
Five years is the most popular tenor for major international sukuk issues, and South African officials said last year that the country was leaning towards that tenor for its US dollar-denominated sale.
South Africa has hired BNP Paribas, Standard Bank, and KFH Investment, a unit of Kuwait Finance House, to handle investment meetings in Europe, Asia and the Middle East starting on September 8, Moahloli said.
"A sukuk issue may follow but the timing will depend on market conditions."
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Gambia has long been selling small amounts of sukuk for the domestic market, while last year, Nigeria's Osun State sold a local currency sukuk worth $62 million.
Senegal raised 100 billion CFA francs ($208 million) via its first sukuk in June.
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The manager of the former Bennigans restaurant in Topeka has reopened it under a new name.
Boulevard Grill is open for business at 3251 South Topeka Boulevard. Ron Cleaver says he's hired back most of the crew he'd worked with at Bennigans. He says he's also taken some of the favorite items from that menu and given them a new spin.
Cleaver has renovated the building, but maintained its casual dining atmosphere.
Bennigans was forced to close in July when its parent company filed for bankruptcy.
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For years, state and federal regulators have conceded the county's high ozone levels are driven by pollution drifting northward along the lake from Chicago and other metro areas to the south. Sheboygan County gets hit hardest because it juts farther out into the lake.
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Rangers take third tie of spring in 4-4 game against Giants
Rangers 4, San Francisco 4
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff lined a two-run single in the eighth inning at Surprise, Ariz., setting up the Rangers' third tie of the spring. It is the first time in club history that the Rangers have had three ties in a single spring.
DH Shin-Soo Choo opened the eighth with his second walk of the game, and SS Andy Parrino followed with a single. Kouzmanoff followed a sacrifice by Josh Wilson with the hit off LHP Jose De Paula, who pitched in the Double-A Texas League last season.
LHPs Martin Perez and Michael Kirkman labored through the first five innings. They combined to throw 113 pitches and allow four runs in that span.
The Arms: Perez did not return after a 35-pitch third inning, which included a 10-pitch walk to Pablo Sandoval. … Kirkman had his first rough outing. He allowed a homer by the first batter faced: Andrew Susac, in the Double-A Eastern League last season. In the fifth, Kirkman gave up two hits on 0-2 pitches, and they led to a run. … RHP Neftali Feliz had a top velocity of 93 mph and got a strikeout, only his second in five innings for the spring .
The Bats: In the third, DH Shin-Soo Choo homered to left-center on a 3-1 pitch from RHP Ryan Vogelsong. … In the second, CF Leonys Martin popped up to the infield to end the inning with a runner at third. Martin is 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position. … CF Engel Beltre had two hits, including a ground single through the left side to drive in a run in the seventh.
The Gloves: In the fourth, 1B Prince Fielder could not come up with a grounder to his right. It was scored a hit. … In the fourth, Mitch Moreland handled a chance in left field for the first time. He previously had appeared only in right field. … In the seventh, C Robinson Chirinos threw out the runner at second to get a double play on a failed hit-and-run play.
On deck: The Rangers will play a second consecutive night game on Friday, facing Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., (9:05; KESN-FM, 103.3.) RHP Tanner Scheppers will make his third appearance. He threw 57 pitches in only 2 2/3 innings on Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
INTERNATIONAL FOCUS: Shin-Soo Choo, outfielder
Despite an ailing left elbow, OF Shin-Soo Choo will make the trip to Goodyear on Friday. He is to receive the Ernie Lombardi award as Cincinnati's most valuable player last season.
Choo, of South Korea, hit .285 with 21 homers, 54 RBIs and an .885 OPS as the front-line center fielder and leadoff hitter. The Reds obtained Choo from Cleveland with the full understanding that they probably would not be able to re-sign him.
"He's one of the better lead-off hitters I've had," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "We were very satisfied with him. He really set up our whole batting order."
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|LHP Derek Holland
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Kossuth's Hunter Swindle (5-1) worked six innings, giving up one hit, in the Aggies' state title-clinching win.
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After its 18-inning marathon victory over Independence last week, Kossuth coach Daniel Threadgill knew it was meant to be.
Freshmen Hunter Swindle and Josh Whitaker combined to pitch a two-hitter and the Aggies defeated Sumrall 4-0 to claim the Class 3A state championship on Friday at Trustmark Park.
It is Kossuth's first baseball state championship in school history. The Aggies lost in the 3A state title series in 2012 to Southeast Lauderdale. ...


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November 29, 2015
Governor Robert Bentley is creating a research center to address the availability and rising cost of homeowner insurance.
The Alabama Center for Insurance information and research will be located at the University of Alabama.
It will not be controlled by the insurance industry.
Bentley says he believes over time, it will make insurance premiums more affordable.
The center has a million dollars in state funding for its first year.
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[Updated October, 2012 by Kristin Zhivago]
Every business needs an effective leader. Highly effective leadership is rare. Here's my checklist, which comes from helping hundreds of CEOs, entrepreneurs and managers become more effective leaders.
The Top 10 Characteristics of An Effective Leader
1) Is Truly Humble – Leads to Serve
2) Is Non-Judgmentally Observant
3) Faces and Solves Problems
4) Ruthlessly Improves
5) Is Fiscally Conservative
6) Invests in the Business
7) Communicates Regularly, Clearly, and Purposefully
8) Gives Clear Direction
9) Evolves Agressively
10) Has a Sense of Humor
(11) Bonus Characteristic: Is Customer-Centric
Here's why the list contains what it contains:
1) Is Truly Humble – Leads to Serve
No one likes to work for a jerk or buy from a jerk. If you are obsessed with your own self-image, you will be your own worst enemy. Most CEOs and entrepreneurs are helpful people. For every Larry Ellison, there are millions, of nice-guy/gal business leaders whose good character makes people want to associate with them.
A real leader lives to help others.
2) Is Non-Judgmentally Observant
If you observe your own behavior non-judgmentally, but with the constant desire to improve, you will get much farther than if you berate yourself, or excuse or justify your shortcomings. You will also be a dispassionate listener. It will be more difficult for others to guess what you're thinking, and they will be more likely to tell you more. Everyone who works for you should know that what you're really interested in is the facts.
You will also objectively observe other aspects of their behavior and character – including how they treat those below them, how much they contribute to the solution (rather than being part of the problem), how much others respect them, how competitive or cooperative they are, how observant they are of others, how much they include others, and so on. Being a calm observer will help you see these behaviors more clearly.
3) Faces and Solves Problems
Once the good leader is satisfied that she has uncovered the truth, she then sets out to solve the problem. She doesn't procrastinate or spend too much time gathering unnecessary additional data. She gets the right people involved right away, she tells them what she has observed, tells them what she's decided to do so far, and then works with them to solve the problem.
Ineffective CEOs decide that it's personal, and invest their energy in "taking offense." They may simply refuse to acknowledge there's a problem. Even if they do acknowledge it, they may decide to ignore it; push it off on to someone else to fix; or blame someone else for causing it, then fail to do anything about it. They may also pretend they are solving the problem when in fact they are doing nothing.
The best employees and partners will try to help this CEO do the right thing. If their efforts fail, they will start looking around for new opportunities. As soon as they have found one, they will leave.
4) Ruthlessly Improves
The best leaders are ruthless about improvement. They are constantly finding new ways to educate their customers, employees, and partners. They are always looking at their processes, policies, and systems, and asking themselves: "How could we make this more efficient? What don't we need anymore? What do we need now?"
They don't fall into the "we've always done it this way" trap, which causes far too many companies to struggle – and fail.
5) Is Fiscally Conservative
I've seen some spectacular company failures. They all had one thing in common: They overspent. They managed to get some outside funding – either from venture capital or over-inflated stock prices – and they spent like there was no tomorrow. They were right – ultimately, for these companies, there was no tomorrow.
A good leader will think twice and will keep asking himself, "Do we need this now? Is there a less-expensive way of doing this?"
Even in a terrible economy, a good leader will invest in the business. She will just choose her investments wisely. The goal is to invest where it will have the most impact on revenue growth.
I recently interviewed a number of salespeople for a client who sells a very complex software program. I ended up recommending that they increase education for their salespeople, so they can answer more of the customer's technical questions during the early discussions. Doing this will shorten the sales cycle, which will definitely have a positive effect on revenue growth.
7) Communicates Regularly, Clearly, and Purposefully
Effective leaders communicate regularly, clearly, and purposefully. Because they have been humble and objective enough to get the real story, whatever they say rings true to those hearing it. The listeners are open to whatever comes next – a solution or a new directive. If a leader has obviously mis-read the signs, or has been misled, those listening will know it – and will not buy into his "solution."
Communication is not just about talking and writing. It's also about behavior and character. If you say one thing and behave differently, your character will come into question. For example, a CEO may repeatedly say that he cares about employees, but never fraternizes with cubicle dwellers.
Once people start to be suspicious of your character, they will no longer follow. They will hold back and question your motives and integrity.
8) Gives Clear Direction
The effective leader works out how a project should proceed, then presents the plan in a well-organized, logical fashion that is easy for his customers, employees, or partners to understand and act upon.
He doesn't ramble on, verbally or in emails. He doesn't "think outloud." He doesn't rant. He doesn't berate anyone (especially in front of others), except in the very rare instance when it is entirely appropriate to do so.
Ranting is a data dump that satisfies the ego of the person ranting without benefiting those who must suffer through it – and then try to solve the problems anyway, as best they can. They will hesitate to come to that manager with new issues, because they won't want to sit through another harangue.
9) Evolves aggressively
A good leader knows that the company's products or services won't be in demand forever. He doesn't spend any time trying to imagine what the market will need next; guessing always invites disaster. Instead, he keeps his finger on the pulse of the customer's world. The minute the customer feels a need and starts to make a shift, he's thinking about how he can best meet that need.
He learns everything he can about it – from customers. His interviews will either convince him that it's only a passing fad, or that it's a real trend – and if it's a trend, he starts working immediately to see how his company can help customers meet their needs in that area. He starts with his current product offerings. Can they be repositioned? Repackaged? Repriced? Redesigned?
He doesn't set the whole company running off in a new direction abandoning all the good things that everyone is already doing, but he does start to allocate resources to start meeting the new need and generating new revenue.
The effective leader becomes a valued and trusted partner for his customers, opening the door for him to introduce new products and services to them. They'll be more likely to buy from his company when something new is introduced, because the earlier products and services met their needs so well.
10) Has a Sense of Humor
Running a company is serious business, but if you can't laugh once and a while, you're not going to be an effective leader. A little wit goes a long way; no one considers a clown a leader.
Light-hearted, self-deprecating humor works best. You should be able to laugh about your weaknesses, while constantly working to eliminate those weaknesses.
Bonus Characteristic:
11) Is Customer-Centric
The most effective leaders don't assume they know more than their customers; in my experience, these assumptions are always wrong. They ASK their customers what they're thinking, using a method that will extract the maximum amount of actionable information with the least amount of effort. I describe such a method, in detail, in my book – tested and perfected over thousands of customer interviews for hundreds of companies.


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Architect sought to transform Washington DC underpasses
Washington DC's North of Massachusetts Avenue (NoMa) district has opened an international contest to 'enliven and activate' four railroad underpasses
A single design team is sought for the £1 million project to improve critical East-West routes in the area which has seen massive regeneration since the 1990s.
The winning designs will be expected to attract new visitors to the district and provide an 'engaging and positive sensory experience' for passers-by.
Around 420,000m² of new mixed-use development has so far been completed on the former industrial district north of Washington Union Station.
The client, NoMa Parks Foundation hopes the project will also further boost awareness of the area which hosts around 18,000 residents and 40,000 workers.
The £1 million budget includes architects' fees and fabrication, shipping, engineering, insurance, site preparation and installation costs. Funding allocations for individual sites have yet to be determined.
Applicants must complete a 'request for qualification' form by 9 May. Shortlisted teams will receive between £1,200 and £3,000 each to develop final designs.
Winning designs will be announced in October.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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COVINGTON - Eastside's softball team will have a lot of eyes upon it as it starts the 2009 season.The Eagles graduated eight starters and have a new head coach. Of course, the one player coming back is a dominant force. Last season, pitcher Amanda Henderson set a new school record and was 12th in the state record book for most strikeouts in one season, fanning 365 batters. "Amanda Henderson will have the biggest impact (this season). Pitching is our only strength with average hitting," first-year head coach Jason Stokes said. One thing Stokes is having to do to make his team more competitive is move players around to put them where they are needed the most rather than where they feel comfortable playing. Three players having to learn new positions are freshman shortstop Victoria Reich, who had been a catcher, sophomore third baseman Emily Almond, who also was a catcher, and junior left fielder Kenya Shakoor, who had been playing the infield. Securing the infield for the Lady Eagles are Taylor Causey (first base), Ashley Ralston (second) and Amanda Hawkins (catcher). Bionca Reid will be posted in center field with Erin Steele playing right field. Also on the team are Maryanne Fearnow, Savannah Upshaw and Frannie Martin. Eastside's reputation for having a strong and quality team is going to be a challenge for Stokes to maintain with such a young group. One way he is doing this is pushing the girls to their limits in hopes they will start pushing each other without him as they win one game at a time. "(I) make my girls play as hard as they can for as long as they can. Coach (Michael) Poor and I have pushed and pushed the girls," Stokes said. "We know what the girls are capable of and we're not gonna stop pushing until they realize what they are capable of." Despite a change in personnel Stokes still has high hopes for the team. He feels they can finish second in Region 8-AAA, behind 2008 Class AAA state champion Oconee County. A second-place finish will go a long way this season with the change in playoff format. Rather then a sectional where the top four teams go to state, they will play two rounds at the higher seed before starting the state tournament in Columbus to crown the state champion, a system which Stokes prefers. "(This is) much better. If you go in as a No. 1 or No. 2 seed it will make it a lot easier to make state. You are playing a weaker team," he said. "In the old format you would have to play at least a 2 seed and usually a 1 seed." Manny Fils can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. SideBar: At a glance · Coach: Jason Stokes (first year) · Last year's record: 28-6-1 · First game: Friday, vs. Greater Atlanta Christian at 6:30 p.m. in the South Gwinnett Diamond Classic at Brookwood
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ROCKFORD — A public hearing requested by union workers and a state representative about the planned closure of Singer Mental Health Center will take place next month, even though the state plans to close the facility in October.
ROCKFORD — A public hearing requested by union workers and a state representative about the planned closure of Singer Mental Health Center will take place next month, even though the state plans to close the facility in October.
The American Federation of State, Municipal and County Employees Council 31 and Rep. Jim Sacia, R-Pecatonica, asked the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for the hearing, board administrator Courtney Avery said.
The hearing is scheduled for 3 to 6 p.m. Aug. 6, but a location has not been determined. Only one board member is required to attend, and the meeting transcript will be available on the board's website after the event.
Board members tentatively plan to address the planned closure at their regularly scheduled September meeting — they are required to vote to approve the closure — but Singer's fate seems sealed.
The state has no money budgeted for the operations after Oct. 31.
Singer first hit the chopping block last fall, but legislators shuffled money in the state budget to keep it open. The bipartisan Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability advised against closing it because no plan for patients had been established at that time.
Gov. Pat Quinn put Singer back on the closure list this winter along with several other state facilities in an effort to move eligible people out of state hospitals and into community care.
Kayce Ataiyero, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Human Services, said the state still plans to close Singer, and its closure will follow a plan similar to the Tinley Park Mental Health Center, which closed July 2.
Even though it took several years to close Tinley Park, Ataiyero said, most patients were "discharged from the facility during their normal course of treatment" rather than transferred to a different hospital.
Admissions to Tinley Park were halted June 18. The average length of stay for patients was 11.6 days, so that allowed "for the natural progression of patients out of the facility by July 2," Ataiyero said. All but three patients were discharged before June 29, and the remaining three were transferred to other state hospitals in the Chicago area.
The date when Singer will discontinue admissions has not been decided, although a state request to close the facility said the average length of stay there is 23 days. Agencies from Rockford, Freeport, DeKalb and Dixon are helping craft a plan for patients after Singer closes that could create a triage center and add crisis residential beds to the region.
As of Thursday, Singer had 47 patients; 11 were court-ordered to be there.
"We are committed to rebalancing the way Illinois cares for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness to improve their quality of life," Ataiyero said in an email.
Page 2 of 2 - Ataiyero said DHS has allocated $4.8 million to bolster community-based mental health services.
The state budget includes a line item for Singer, so union officials are hopeful that lawmakers will decide to keep the facility open and grant a supplemental appropriation.
"There are mentally ill people in the Rockford area and the 22 counties that Singer serves who desperately need these services, and there is still no transition plan yet," said Richard Berg, staff representative for AFSCME Council 31.
The union represents about 120 of Singer's 150 employees.
Berg, who wears a green "Save Singer" button around town, said he's received "overwhelming support" from the community to keep Singer open. The union has more than 10,000 signatures from Rockford-area residents supporting that plan.
Berg said he knows supporters are facing tough odds for Singer's future.
"We have common sense on our side. I can't predict whether the governor will get common sense. I'm hopeful — confident might be too strong. We are deeply concerned about the workers and the patients we serve every day."
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Food stamps, welfare need reform
Today is 9/27, so I do not know if the government shutdown will happen. The House Republicans want to defund ObamaCare and cut $4 billion from food stamps.
First, ObamaCare is not a funded program. Funds for it were to be found by cutting out fraud, waste and abuse, from Medicare. Medicare is a funded program.
A deduction is made from your paycheck every payday. If the government was able to cut billions of dollars, from Medicare costs, by cutting fraud, waste and abuse, why could they not do it without using the money, for ObamaCare? If it is so great, why do Congress, the president and other government officials, not get rid of their super expensive, taxpayer funded, health care and get on ObamaCare?
As for the $4 billion they want to cut from food stamps, does anyone, seriously, believe that there is no fraud, waste and abuse in the food stamp program? This country needs to reform both food stamps and welfare. These are programs that are not funded, they are give away programs. Politicians are looking at Social Security and Medicare and saying they are driving the deficit. These are funded programs. The money comes out of your paycheck each payday. Do they need reform, to cut out fraud? Sure. How about doing the same for give away programs. Programs that were intended to be a helping hand, but have become a way of life, for generations of families. The reason we have this showdown, quite often, is because we do not have a budget.
Charlie Mullin Las Cruces
Reckless actions of Republicans
Due to the reckless actions of the Republican party, I no longer receive a paycheck. I work at WSMR, and Mr. Pearce obviously does not care about his constituents. Is he planning on giving up his paycheck?
Edna Hakenson Las Cruces
Global warming is continuing
Mr. Robert K. Murray seems to think that peer-reviewed climate science papers are due to the prejudice of reviewers. I have been an editor of two journals and can categorically state that not all peer reviewers are prejudiced by global warming alarmists. Global warming is continuing and is cause for alarm, as can be attested to by anyone who understands the climate system and what is happening to our climate.
No climate scientist to my knowledge has ever said that global warming is caused only by CO2. Increasing CO2 in the atmosphere contributes as a greenhouse gas, but the primary cause is Earth's energy imbalance. Greenhouse gases such as CO2 are the primary cause of the imbalance, but there are other greenhouse gases besides CO2, such as methane, CFCs, and nitrous oxides.
Mr. Murray also states that global temperatures have remained flat for the past 16 years. He is apparently not aware that ocean temperatures are and have been increasing at depth all along. Argo floats that measure ocean temperature at depth (2,000 meters) have shown temperature increasing. The Earth's climate system has an energy imbalance, more energy is coming from the sun than is leaving the Earth. This imbalance will continue to warm the planet until the Earth's energy system is again in balance. The Earth's climate system consists of the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and lithosphere and the whole system is warming because of the energy imbalance (now estimated at plus-0.58 W/m2 averaged over the entire Earth).
Is Mr. Murray also a member of the Flat Earth Society?
G. Thomas Farmer, Ph.D. Las Cruces
Foreign police led by the nose
Changing policy positions fascinate me. The outer world intrudes even during government shutdowns. Who manages American foreign policy? Irrespective of Obama's speeches, can he define "Mideast mess" in all its complexity? Contradictory words have conceded initial leadership to others. Our foreign policy is called "led by the nose." This must change.
Thoughtful diplomacy is always better than war. But diplomacy must be two-sided, not one. With Syria, the president punted and Putin picked up the ball. Apparently the Syrians were pressured into giving up their chemical weapons stockpiles by the Russians, and in jumped the UN. In the UN agreement's negotiations, the West deferred completely to the Russians. I question whether full elimination of Syrian chemical weapons is enforceable or actionable if not done.
Obama has reached out. Iranian President Rohani, western trained, understands diplomacy and indicates some openness with Obama's ideas on "reconciliation." The Iranian president will smile his way to what he wants - with Ayatollah Khamenei's "guidance," of course. Reconciliation is not a given. Apparently, the west has already agreed "in principle" to let Iran keep current nuke preparations. That matters. Not just another concession, but apparent appeasement as a poor basis for reconciliation.
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger." (Mandela). Maybe. As long as we all agree on the things that matter. Putin now leads on Syria. President Rohani begins to move on his own priorities. Is our president's moves consistent in response to Putin and Rohani. Regardless of media hype, only maybe. Israel is mixed into this, like it or not. Syria fades as a key issue. Hopefully, future history will shows Obama's outreach to President Rohani replicates Nixon's with China in 1972.
Jerry Nachison Las Cruces


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We made it for my Dad. Roses have always been his favourite.
All you'll need for half a dozen roses is an egg box, some pipe cleaners, red tissue paper, a yogurt pot and an old lump of plasticine (or something similar)
First, cut the six cups out of the egg box - they don't have to be even, a wavy edge is best - more petal like.
Paint them...and possibly your hands, red.
Once they're dry, cut a pipe cleaner into 3 (green is great, but any colour will do) - then make a hole, push the pipe cleaner through and fold the top bit over.
(Keep as flat as you can as this makes it easier to glue in the flower middle)
I used coloured tissue paper (from The Works - worth a look if you haven't already. Lots of well priced crafty stuff). Cut a sheet into three (about 20cm by 12cm) and then start folding, so you end up with a strip roughly 2 to 3cm wide.
Once you've done that, roll it up tight.
Let the tissue paper centre naturally unfurl so it fits neatly in an egg cup, and glue in place.
Fold some green tissue paper a few times, draw a leaf shape on top, cut out and glue to the stems.
Stick some paper or a ribbon onto your pot (or both!) to cover the writing.
If you're using paper, cut a strip to go round the pot, then snip it into smaller bits - much easier to glue to the pot like this.
Best to leave the plasticine somewhere warmish so it's not hard as rock when you try to push the stems in.
The added bonus is this gives the pot some weight, so you should end up with quite a sturdy little posy…
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Caetano film cleans up in first competition stampede
In the first buying stamped for a competitiontitle at the Cannes market this year, Wild Bunch has concluded a raft of dealson Adrian Caetano's Buenos Aires 1977(Cronica De Una Fuga).The Weinstein Company took North American, NewZealand and Australian ...
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The first will be "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959, NR) on Wednesday and, surprisingly, the version shown will not be the better known one with Basil Rathbone, but the rendition from Hammer Films with Peter Cushing as the Baker Street sleuth. Hammer Films had become known by then for its Technicolor Gothic horror tales, and some alterations were made to the story to bring it closer to the house style (and the company's budget), but the basic story remains intact (for that matter, the Rathbone rendition made some changes on Doyle).
Aside from Cushing delivering one of the best Holmes interpretations ever committed to the screen (he was drafted for a series of BBC adaptations some years later); even though Holmes' cocaine use is never referenced (as it was at the climax of the Rathbone film), Cushing is so jazzed up the implication is inescapable. And in Andre Morrell, the film has a Watson who's miles from the buffoonish Nigel Bruce and closer to Doyle's conception.
Those aren't the only notable performances. Droll Miles Malleson, as the eccentric Bishop Franklin, steals every scene he's in, and Christopher Lee portrays the Baskerville heir in one of his rare non-villainous turns.
The Middletown Elks Theater presents Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" (1994, R) for a single performance on Saturday.
This intertwining of characters within four intersecting storylines - and told out of chronological order, a la "Citizen Kane" - is ultra-hip and uberviolent with some deliciously cockeyed dialogue. And let's not forget that surf-guitar soundtrack. The film was an audience and critical hit on its release and copped a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and several Academy Award nominations. Its mingling of humor and violence, film allusions and pop-culture references strikes me as clever, but nowhere near as intellectually deep as some would have it.
So much of "Pulp Fiction" has been copied in other films in the decade since, I'm not sure its energy and invention pack quite the same punch - perhaps it's time to revisit the original and see what made it so special.
The Cicada Festival offerings continue with "The Maltese Falcon" (1941, NR), the film that cemented Humphrey Bogart's stardom and features Mary Astor in the best-known role of her career (though she won her Oscar for another film she did that same year, "The Great Lie"). It also introduced the incomparable Sydney Greenstreet to film audiences.
And those who decry remakes might contemplate that this was Warner Bros.' third attempt at filming the Dashiell Hammett novel. The second, "Satan Met a Lady," had Bette Davis in the Ruth Wonderly role and Alison Skipworth, in the Greenstreet part - yes, you read that right - changed the black bird into a golden ram's horn and it was very nearly a screwball comedy. Surprisingly it isn't quite as bad as that might sound.
I don't know that I need to say much about "Falcon;" even those few who haven't seen it likely know the story of detective Sam Spade (Bogart) getting involved with the shifting alliances of a gaggle of crooks trying to get hold of a golden, jewel-encrusted statue, formerly the property of the Knights Templar. A reasonably faithful adaptation of the book - minus the stuff that could no longer be gotten past the censors (unlike the first version made in pre-Code 1931) - it is one of director John Huston's few completely successful films. It will be shown on July 17.
On Friday, July 19, the Cleona Playground will show the second of its summer films, the Pixar comedy-fantasy, "Brave" (2012, PG). Set in the Scottish Highlands, the Princess Merida, a skilled archer, is exasperated with the hidebound ideas of her mother as regards to proper behavior for young women. She runs off into the forest where will-o'-the-wisps (or is that wills-o'-the-wisp?) lead her to the house of a witch, who grants the young woman's wish that her mother change. The problem is that she's changed into a bear.
Reportedly, Pixar rewrote their animation software for the first time in a quarter-century to realize the complex visuals. There are elements that are highly reminiscent of Studio Ghibli - the Japanese company that Disney coincidentally distributes in the U.S. - and some of it might be just a mite too scary for really young'uns. Possibly the most notable thing about the film is its strong female character who doesn't swoon into her hero's arms at the fade-out, as generally the case in other Disney animated films.
There are certainly better, more recent versions, but the Cicada Festival has chosen the MGM adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" (1940, NR) for its July 24 presentation. This one has Laurence Olivier, still rather stiff as a screen actor - or might his performance have something to do with his co-star, Greer Garson? Reportedly, studio head Louis B. Mayer found her sexy (and so does whoever it was that offered the tribute to her recently on TCM when she was star of the month). I guess she is sexy enough - in a way of which your mother would approve.
The handling of the material also suggests that just because people followed more strict codes of etiquette (some of which we'd do well to resurrect) they were a bunch of stuffed shirts, and the film becomes a series of tableaux sans the vivant. Oh, it all looks splendid, thanks to MGM having more money than the creator, but it's pretty stuffy. That Jane Austen's novel is capable even of being Bollywoodized suggests there's a lot more life to the material than can be found in this version.
I'm not sure why the Elks Theater is scheduling "The Shining" (1980, R) in the summer, but any chance to visit most any Stanley Kubrick film at any time of the year is a welcomed one. This is a fascinating adaptation of Stephen King's novel, which he now claims to hate, though at one time he was just jiggy with it. I suppose Kubrick played a little too fast and loose with the source material - a notable excision is the hedge animals that come to life; Kubrick didn't feel that the special-effects technology of the time could render the sequence realistically (and after "2001," if anyone knew special effects it was Kubrick).
In some ways, "The Shining" is "2001" in inner space right down to an accent on the number three. The Overlook Hotel is a vast pile whose terrifyingly empty spaces Kubrick's camera explores (an effect that simply doesn't work as well on a TV screen), documenting how alone and isolated its trio of main characters are. Perhaps King was peeved that Kubrick made the proceedings a bit ambiguous. Are there ghosts or is it just that Jack Torreance (Jack Nicholson) is going out of his mind while succumbing to his alcoholic urges? There are a few very subtle hints that something quite out of the ordinary is transpiring, but mostly it's left to the viewer to decide. And you can do so on July 27.
Tom and Laurie Reese, aka Musette, will return to the Allen Theatre in Annville on July 28 to play music for the silent film generally conceded to be Charles Chaplin's masterpiece, "The Gold Rush" (1925, NR). In this one the Little Tramp (though Chaplin referred to him as the Little Fellow) looks to improve his fortunes by heading up north to take part in the titular chance at getting rich. This film could be characterized as a black comedy - but then most of Chaplin's productions mined comedy from dire situations - and the opening is a pretty grim affair that shows just what horrid fates could befall the Forty-Niners.
After that downbeat opening, Chaplin lightens the mood considerably but there is still the sequence where he and Mack Swain are starving to death and end up eating their shoes (boiled), and Swain nearly turns cannibal when he hallucinates Chaplin as a chicken and chases the Little Fellow about their shack with the intention of carving him up and cooking him. The sequence is justly famous and frequently excerpted in documentaries, as is the bit where Chaplin sticks forks in two dinner rolls and executes a "dance."
That this sequence turns out to be part of a dream from which the Little Fellow awakens to find out that his guests have stood him up for the real party is typical of the director's films after a certain point. For unknown reasons Chaplin became dissatisfied with making movies that were merely funny. I find his attempts at poignancy less successful than his abilities at building comic sequences, but it's the reaching for something more profound that causes others to revere him as the greatest of the silent comics.
The Cicada Festival wraps up its film series on July 31 with Robert Mulligan's film of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962, NR), one of those rare works that, if it isn't perfect, will do until something better comes along. It's one of the most delicate and human films ever made, and makes one wonder why Mulligan never again made a film anywhere near as good and Gregory Peck never gave a performance that equals the one he delivers here.
Peck plays a small-town lawyer who is charged with defending a black man accused of raping a white woman. The real focus of the film is his children (Phillip Alford and Mary Badham) and how they witness and interpret the events. The film begins with the kids whiling away the last days of summer, establishing the viewpoint of the world through a child's naive eyes and maintaining it through the trial that takes place the following summer (the school year is skimmed past). The kids sneak into the courthouse and, significantly, view the proceedings from the balcony, where the town's black residents are segregated from the whites.
But if the film is about innocence, it is also about loss; the children learn much about the unfairness and brutality of the world from the trial's outcome and the events that follow. The most admirable thing about the film is the evenness - and even-handedness - of its tone.
There's nary a false step to be found, from the performances to the realization of a small, rural, Depression-era town to the coda where the oft-mentioned man-child, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall), finally emerges from his seclusion. Even if you've seen it before, see it again; it gets better every time.


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Battered solo sailor breaks Around Australia record
Solo Sail Around Australia new record holder, Bruce Arms Suzanne Arms
Top praise for bruised and battered
Bruce Arms
as he clipped a full three day chunk off the Around-Australia solo sailing record in his 46ft catamaran, Big Wave Rider this week. Not an easy trip, as you'll know once you've read the story...
Among all the rallies that are offering these days, none will beat the timing and destination of
Sail Noumea
, our featured rally this week. It sets off next June from Brisbane at about the same time as a race by the same name. The New Zealanders are participating too with their own departure. What a gathering that will be on the other side of the water, - and then you could return from Vanuatu in November with the
Huricane Irene 2011 - projection August 24-29 .. .
A large swathe of the USA's east coast is not the place to be this weekend for sailors, as
Hurricane Irene
barrels past the Bahamas and heads for the mainland. So spare a thought for your American sailing friends when you are out there in the (forecast) sunshine.
Boat Insurance: Oddly coinciding with the arrival of a hurricane on their shores, BoatUS has five hard questions for you to ask your
marine insurance agent
this week, and they are just as relevant for Australians. If your insurance policy is not due for renewal, print them out and keep them handy. If they can answer all these questions positively, you'll know you have a good company.
Pirates punished: One can only hope that the
life sentence
meted out to two pirates who were on board when four American cruising sailors were shot to death in February this year will begin to make Somalis think twice before being lured into the lucrative world of piracy on the high seas. Remember that the nine other cruising sailors are still in captivity in Somalia, waiting for ransoms which may never come, including
three Danish teenagers
. It's not for nothing that even the fast-paced racing yachts of the
Volvo Ocean Race
have decided not to sail the danger zone of the Indian Ocean, opting for some secretive transport methods and routes.
Lots of other articles too. That amazing solar vessel
Turanor PlanetSolar
has reached Hong Kong in its round-world odyssey, and Sail-World's Guy Nowell gets an up-close-and-personal experience on its vast decks;
Laura Dekker
, the long-range cruising 15-year-old, has acquired a manager, and he's making waves about the lack of support from New Zealand, her 'home' country; see the
seven step reminder
about how to get the best outcome when selling your boat; and there's a coy story about the
poor Russian billionaire
whose yacht has been rejected by the port of Antibes because someone richer has his 'spot'!
Browse down the headlines to see what catches your interest, and...
Sweet sailing.
Nancy Knudsen, Editor
Solo sailor sets new record for circumnavigating Australia
Sail-World Cruising round-up,
Bruce Arms, a boat builder from Mooloolaba in Queensland, has just set a new record for a solo circumnavigation of Australia in his 14.14m Chamberlin-designed catamaran, Big Wave Rider, travelling 6698 nautical miles non-stop to complete his journey in just under 39 days.
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Tûranor PlanetSolar: Quiet Achiever
Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia,
Tûranor PlanetSolar looks very much like one of those educational toys you might buy for a brainy nephew. And with good reason. This boat is a classic example of form-follows-function. A flat top to provide maximum area for the array of solar cells; carbon fibre construction to keep weight to a minimum, an 11-ton array of lithium ion batteries; ultra-slippery wave piercing catamaran hulls
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Somali pirates get life for American cruising sailors deaths
Des Ryan,
Two Somali pirates were sentenced to life in prison this week for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht that left all four American cruising sailors on board their yacht dead. The four had been participating in the Blue Water round world Rally, since disbanded, with about twenty other yachts when the shooting occurred.
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Poor Russian billionaire - world's largest yacht 'out in the cold'
Lee Mylchreest,
Poor Roman Abravomich has nowhere to berth his yacht. The Russian billionaire, whose yacht Eclipse is the largest in the world, cannot fit his yacht into Europe's biggest yachting harbour of Antibes in the French Riviera - because a richer man has taken the only spot big enough.
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Sail Noumea 2012 - New Zealand boats are rushing
Sail-World Cruising,
Over 50 New Zealand boats have registered an interest with Royal Akarana Yacht Club in Sail Noumea 2012. Sail Noumea is an offshore yachting event to be run in conjunction with the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron and Cercle Nautique Caledonien. The three clubs have agreed to collaborate in the conduct of ocean races and passage cruise rallies from Auckland and Queensland to Noumea, with a pos
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Sailing book of the week: Sea Dreams in the Adriatic
Keith Earngey,
This luscious book follows on from the author's previous work, Sea Dreams Sailing the Western Mediterranean, published in 2010. I loved the Western Med, but I have to admit I have been bowled over again by the Adriatic.
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To make dreams come true - a totally wheelchair-accessible yacht
Nancy Knudsen,
It is not very often - almost never - that Sail-World Cruising offers a boat for sale, but this amazing wheelchair-accessible yacht is such a unique item that we want to see it find a good home.
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Diver/sailor wanted for great adventure
Oceans Watch/Sail-World Cruising,
There's a wonderful opportunity for a sailor who can dive and, as a bonus has some knowledge of marine biology - If that sounds like you, Oceans Watch, the organisation that works through the South Pacific helping marine research and also assisting local communities live sustainably, is looking for a crew member in October.
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Five questions to ask your boat's insurance agent
Des Ryan,
Sail-World Cruising has five hard questions you need to ask your boat's insurance agent before you renew your boating policy. Their answers could let you know how worthwhile or worthless your current policy is:
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Cruising sailors take note: Volvo Ocean Race will avoid pirate zone
Des Ryan,
Gung-ho cruising sailors embarked on trans-ocean or circumnavigations should take note of the decision of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 to redraw the second and third leg of the round-world race to avoid waters frequented by Somali pirates.
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Selling your boat for the best outcome - Seven steps
Des Ryan,
So you want to sell your boat, and you want the best price possible. Of course, but with the current international economic turmoil and a struggling marine industry, how can you tell the best way to go about it? Here are seven steps to getting the best return.
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Sailors (new and old) find their dream boats with Find a Crew
Jeni Bone,
Find a Crew by Nautycal, the world's largest online marine crew and boat network, has one very important difference from its international rivals - the vigilant customer service pivot point between yachts and their potential crew mates, Kylie Gretener.
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Born a New Zealander, but solo teen sailor 'gets no support'
Des Ryan,
The manager of teenager Laura Dekker, the youngest solo-sailor to attempt to circumnavigate the world and more than half way through her journey, has accused New Zealand of failing to support her, according to Radio Netherlands.
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Sailing tragedy in Croatia- motor yacht kills visiting Italian sailors
Sail-World Cruising round-up,
Two Italian sailors on a sailing holiday in Croatia were this week thrown into the water and killed when their 13 metre sailing boat was hit by a 12 metre motor yacht near the islet of Maslinovik, two nautical miles off Primosten on the central Dalmation coast of Croatia. The two sailors, a man and a woman, both 60-year-olds from Padua, have not yet been named.
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North South Yachting launches Greenline 40 Hybrid in Europe
Mark Whitman,
North South Yachting are happy to announce the on-schedule launch of the Greenline 40 Hybrid in Portorose, North Adriatic. The first tests have shown a top speed of 18.3 knots with twin 165 HP diesels, and eight knots top electric speed, confirming the preliminary performance estimates.
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New Spreader Trapeze Harness from Burke Marine
Colin Burgess,
The new Burke One Design Trapeze Harness has undergone extensive R&D and has been redesigned to deliver a new level of comfort and support for today's one design sailor.
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Introducing: The Skate Sail
Lee Mylchreest,
It had to happen. Just when you thought that everything that could be invented had been invented, along comes David Guillot with a breath of fresh air for the sailing scene - the Skate Sail.
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Fantasea Adventure Cruising - Specials for Whitsunday racing sailors
Media Services,
Fantasea Adventure Cruising is offering a special discount to Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island Race Week participants and their families. Take advantage of a 20% discount on lay day and travel with Fantasea Adventure Cruising to beautiful Whitehaven Beach or Reefworld on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Dinghy danger again: Two fourteen-year-olds swept out to sea
Eleri Davies, RNLI/Sail-World Cruising,
The latest evidence of the extreme potential danger of dinghies has been underlined again this week with the rescue of two fourteen-year-olds being swept to sea in an inflatable dinghy in Wales.
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New $680,000 rescue vessel for North Coast Marine Rescue volunteers
Ken McManus,
The newest addition to the Marine Rescue NSW fleet, a $680,000 offshore rescue vessel, is due to arrive at its home port, Iluka/Yamba tomorrow afternoon (Friday). MRNSW Commissioner Stacey Tannos said the new vessel, IY30, a Steber 38, would be a valuable addition to marine search and rescue capability on the North Coast, boosting safety for the local boating community.
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The innovative Walder Boom-Brake
Philip Yeomans,
The Walder Boom-Brake has been in use for over 30 years. Walders range of Boom-brakes feature a friction fitting and by simply adjusting the tension, the rate of swing is easily controlled.
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