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Canon's newly announced EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake Lens has a focal length that places it squarely in that bland category known as "Normal." Even used with an APS-C size sensor, it lands on the outskirts of "Normal," with a view equivalent to 64mm in full-frame format. Several highly prized features help the EF 40mm lens rise above the crowd, however. Most importantly for video shooters; STM technology is a camera-body based attribute that, when paired with an STM designated lens, offers smooth and silent continuous autofocus while capturing video.
Normal lenses are approximately 50mm in focal length. The normal lens is, for many, their default lens—a versatile, everyday tool that's the jack of all trades. It's the lens to pack when you're only carrying one. Step back and you can use it for "wide-angle" photo situations. Step up, and it can fill in as a portrait lens. It doesn't provide a creative "crutch" in the form of natural distortion and drama, the way that an extreme wide-angle or telephoto lens does. It's a lens that will show you how good a photographer you really are. It's an extremely important lens for any photographer to own.
The EF 40mm lens is a pancake lens—it's less than 1 inch long, and weighs only 4.6 oz. This is not a lens that draws unnecessary attention to itself—or to you. A bright f/2.8 maximum aperture makes it possible to shoot under pretty much any lighting conditions, and the lens coatings have been optimized to seriously reduce ghosting and flare, while maintaining exceptional color balance. Six elements, including one aspherical element, produce consistently high image quality from the center of the frame to the edge. With seven diaphragm blades, the wide f/2.8 aperture, and the ability to focus as close as 11.8 inches, this is a crackerjack lens that also offers superlative bokeh—the out-of-focus background area in an image.
|Focal Length
|Comparable Focal Length in APS-C Format
|Maximum Aperture
|Camera Mount Type
|Canon EF
|Format Compatibility
|35mm Film/Full-Frame Digital Sensor; APS-C size sensor
|Angle of View
|57.3 degrees
|Minimum Focus Distance
|11.81" (30 cm)
|4 groups/6 elements
|Diaphragm Blades
|Front Filter Thread
|2.7 x 0.9" (6.86 x 2.29 cm)
|4.6 oz (130 g)
It looks pretty.... but whan can I do with this lens that I can't with the 50mm f/1.4?
Wear it around your neck without a big lens sticking out. Back in the day, a Pentaz MX with a 40mm pancake lens was my favorite walk around kit.
My favourite walk-about setup today is my Pentax K-5 with the DA 40/2.8 AL Limited attached (660g body + 90g lens).
Will the motor still be silent when not used on a T4i? e.g. a 7D Thanks
Between the two, I would recommend the Canon 50mm 1.4 more for the 60D.
The only real advantage of the 40mm would be the size (and a slightly wider field of view) but the 50 1.4 is a great go to prime lens.
Like the article says, STM allows continuous AF while shooting video, when paired with an STM-capable body like the T4i
So what I'm gathering is, if I buy this lens it will be better for video than a standard lens in terms of autofocus? Or is that only if i have an STM body as well? I have a t3i, and i really can't upgrade at this point, but if I can get even halfway decent autofocus with this pair I might consider it. Thoughts?
STM focusing requires a body that has Canon's new 'Hybrid CMOS' sensor that includes pixels dedicated to phase detection autofocus. An older body such as your T3i will use Canon's original Arc Form Drive (AFD) focusing method.
No, please allow me to explain. In the early days of autofocus photography (Canon's first AF SLR body was the T80 in 1985), the AF drive motor was placed in the camera body and drove the lens mechanically. With the introduction of the EF lens mount (currently used today) in 1987, the fully electronic connectors allowed the autofocus motor to be moved from the camera body to the lens itself. All Canon AF mechanisms are lens based.
AFD refers to Canon's original focus motor.
The 60D has Canon's conventional sensor and phase detection system allowing it to use Canon's EF and EF-S lenses with all the various focusing motor systems. This includes using STM equipped lenses. However, the 60D does not have the Hybrid CMOS sensor of the T4i therefore it cannot do STM continuous AF during video.
The Canon 50mm f/1.4 has a USM vs a STM motor. Typically USM is faster than STM but also results in a more "jerky" focus when shooting video (hence why videographers using dslrs might opt for a follow focus attachment). As noted about when a STM lens is paired with a STM camera body (i.e. Rebel T4), you get a much better auto focusing when shooting video. The slower motor helps apparently.
Optically, I'd would rather wait and see what other reviewers say about this lens before buying it.
But you're still dealing with a fairly large camera, even the smallest EF-S is fairly substantial. I think a pancake makes sense with mirrorless cameras, a tiny lens on a small camera - small total package. Tiny lens on a large camera - still a large total package.
The motor in the lens is better for video recording, it still works great for stills. That and the compact size make it a nice walk-around lens.
In reading the report, how's it on a 60D ? In fact tell me if the 60D is a full frame sensor or not.
If you wanna know if the 60D is full frame or not look it up. The price should suggest something.
A 60D is a cropped sensor, and yes the 40mm lens will work perfectly on that camera
Seriously.. how can someone own a 60D and ask, "is it a full frame camera"? Good grief...
My best friend is one of the top photographers for Getty, and he doesn't know everything about his camera. He was recently named as top 7 photographers in the world for sports. I am an accomplished pianist, have played in symphonies and I still do not know all of the functions on my Yamaha Motif. It is people like you that take the fun out of life. Rather than answering with your ego, how about helping someone with the correct answer. You do not know this persons situation. What if it was a gift? What if this person loves photgraphy but is learning? As I stay up tonight editing photos on my camera, getting paid, published in a major newspaper, photo series in a major magazine, hired all the time to shoot photos, I could not tell you everything about my camera. Should I learn? Eventually. But should I make someone feel small because they haven't? The answer is obvious. Go to a therapist.
The lens is fully compatible with any of the Canon EOS system DSLRs. It would work great on the 60D. The 60D is an APS-C/crop sensor camera.
How does this compare to the nifty-fifty? Is it really worth the extra 100 dollars? Thanks!
If you don't have a Canon T4i, yuo are better off with the nifty fifty at half the price.
The key differentiator for this lens is the autofocus while taking video - but this is specific to the Canon T4i - even the Canon 5D MkIII can't do this.
This lens fills a gap on Canon product line, but still I can't find a normal prime lens for my APS-C camera with image stabilizer.
What about releasing a good and fast 32mm EF-S lens for the Cropped sensor product line?
I regret not having bought a Sony system that has IS on the camera body.
Will it work with the EOS 40D. Or is there a better recommendation.
Having just purchased a Canon 10-22 USM, is this 40 mm STM compatible with a Canon 7D and Canon XTi, or do the cameras need software updates?
STM focusing lens will be compatible with previous or non STM bodies. Camera models like the 7D and Canon XTi that do not have the new 'Hybrid CMOS' sensor and therfore do not have pixels dedicated to phase detection autofocus will use Canon's legacy Arc Form Drive (AFD) the original Canon EOS motor. At this time, we do not know if firmware updates will be required.
By moving a lenses optical center away from the focal plane (sensor area) you increase the magnification or macro capabilities. So in theory, if you added 80mm's of extension (double the focal length) to the 40mm lens, you would get 1:1. When used with extension tubes that support TTL, mettering will be possible. Fine focusing is usually done by moving the camera/tube/lens combination on a focusing rail but AF operation should be possible as well.
I know that I'm gonna sound like a dinosaur here, but, back in the day one of my favourite walk around cameras was (and still is) the good old Olympus Trip 35. It came equipped with a very nice 40mm f2.8 lens. I'm looking forward to having this one to try out on my Canon T3i. I've always found that the 40mm focal length is very comfortable for composing a good shot. I can see this as being a very useable lens to have.
You must not forget to take into consideration that Olympus Trip 35 camera had a 35mm sensor(film) and your T3i has an aps-c. The crop factor is 1.6, making your 40mm lens a 64mm (40mm x 1.6 =64mm). So your "real" focal length will be more zoomed than previously expected.


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Camera Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time 23-07-2008 10:39:13
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/40
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8
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ISO Speed 800
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lrw1966 (1632) 2008-07-31 14:03
Kaj Hi:
A magnificent architecture composiition, your use of color and light is amazing and that allows the detail to be stunning.
Congratulations, nicely done.
RGatward (20062) 2008-07-31 15:09
Hello Kaj, I hadn't noticed your return, but then I've not been here much myself recently. Very steady hand you have, and an impressive view of the tunnel.
ruisc_pt (10892) 2008-08-03 13:10
Hi Kaj
A nice handheld shot.
A moody composition.
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Re: Kirk's early years.
I wish someone other than me had read Diane Carey's "Best Destiny" which is what Orci and Kurtzman referenced as one of the inspirations of the new movie's story.
In the novel, Kirk is a 16 yr old hellion, ticked off at the world because he had to live through the Tarsus 4 massacre and his dad is never around- always off on Starfleet missions. His dad forces him to come with him on a cruise with Capt April on the Enterprise, a milk run where Jimmy won't get hurt but might learn to expand his perspective about the world. The first half of the book Kirk spends much of the time rebellious and sullen, but when pirates attack their shuttlecraft, he starts to slowly begin to realize his problems are incosequential. The essential lesson that a hero learns when they realize their place in the grand scheme of things - that the world doesn't owe you, you owe the world- gets through to him and he starts to become the Kirk we all know. I also think the last few pages of the book offer a little more insight into the character - in one passage Capt April explains why he agreed to diverting his mission so Jimmy could get this milk run and hopefully become a responsible person. April says that Jimmy's rebellious/troublemaking spirit is central to what is required for Starfleet because "you can't fight a dirty soul with a clean one"
I gather that when the timeline is changed, George Kirk will never be able to teach his kid this lesson, and that Kirk will remain a hellion for a lot longer, getting into fights, bedding women, breaking rules etc. I also guess that Pike will be the father figure here, offering direction and faith in him until he gets to be the Kirk we know. It's interesting, to echo that dirty soul vs clean soul comment in the book by Capt April, that the Capt Pike dossier on the official site states that he was tired of Starfleet picking by the book commanders, he wants someone with original thinking to lead Starfleet.
"Best Destiny" is out of print BTW.
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Welcome to K-State Bands! If you are a prospective band member and would like more information complete our online prospective member form found on the left side of this page, call us at 785-532-3816, or schedule a campus visit!
Due to the ice storm and the weather service indicating this will continue throughout the day, we are CANCELLING the MARCHING BAND CONCERT for today, Sunday, November 29.
The roads seem to be good right now but sidewalks and stairs around campus - especially Ahearn will be treacherous and very dangerous for parents, etc. to navigate. We want to error on the side of caution and not have anyone hurt because of this.
We will announce the "Rod Funk Award" and the "Most Inspirational" at the banquet next Sunday. We will also have order forms for CD/DVD purchases on our web site tonight and KKY/TBS will have their merchandise on their web site, as well.
Thank you for your understanding and travel safely back to campus. Please be safe.
Dr. Tracz
The KSUMB Family Luncheon will take place on November 29th at 11:00am. A letter with detailed information can be found HERE.
The nomination survey for the 2016 K-State Concert Band Clinic is now posted online! CBC will be January 22-24, 2016. We have an amazing group of guest conductors this year including
Nominations for students will be accepted until November 15th. The cost per student will be $45. Please do not submit payment until after you are notified that your students have been accepted.
The student nomination and director registration links are listed below. To submit multiple nominations online, don't forget to complete the survey to the confirmation message, close your browser, and open a new window for each student nomination. Do not hit the 'back' button in your browser to access a new survey. Accepted students will be announced in mid December and they may register online at that time. This current nomination process is separate from the December registration process. If you have any questions please call us at 785-532-3816 or email Courtney at email@example.com.
This will be an amazing, educational event. Your students are sure to have a satisfying musical experience with some amazing clinicians and conductors. See you in January!
Frank Tracz and Don Linn
Schedule Change: Due to a basketball game, the KSUMB Marching Band concert will be moved to 5pm on Sunday, November 29th in Ahearn Fieldhouse.
The K-State Band Program would like to announce two very special guest performing ensembles this fall:
The Marine Corps Band New Orleans - October 19th
The Canadian Brass - December 1st
Special Guests of the K-State Bands
In Fall of 2015, the concert ensembles will have two special guest soloists joining us in concert:
Domingo Pagliuca, Trombone
A native of Venezuela, trombonist Domingo Pagliuca began his musical activities at a very young age at the Jose Angel Lamas Music Conservatory in Caracas, and was inspired by his father and first teacher, Angelo Pagliuca. After finishing high school in Venezuela, he attended Indiana University to study with Keith Brown.
In 1989, Domingo entered the University of Miami, where he graduated cum laude with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in instrumental performance. He was the first trombonist to win the UM Concerto Competition. In 1992, Domingo received "The Performer of the Year Certificate" from the classical department of the School of Music. In 1995, he received the "Honor and Excellency Diploma" given by the Graduate School of UM.
As a soloist, Domingo has performed on different occasions with orchestras such as the Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela, Orquesta Sinfonica de Colombia, Central Ohio Symphony, and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Carabobo, playing trombone concertos by Rota, David, Rimsky-Korsakov, Graffe, Appermont, and Larsson. Domingo made the Venezuelan premiere of the Graffe and Rota, and the Colombian premiere of the Graffe. He is the first Venezuelan trombonist to appear as a guest soloist with symphony orchestra in Colombia, Italy, Greece, and the United States.
Domingo was Associate Principal Trombonist of the Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela for thirteen years and also served as a member of the Artistic Committee. Among his teaching positions, he was the trombone professor of the Universidad Nacional Experimental de las Artes (UNEARTE), chairman of the Venezuelan Trombone Academy, chairman of the Brass Department of the Carabobo Music Conservatory, trombone professor of the Simon Bolivar Music Conservatory, as well as trombone professor of "EL SISTEMA", the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela's musical and orchestral program. He has been an assistant trombone professor of Olaf Otts and Stefan Schulz of the Berlin Philharmonic, Michel Becquet, and Jacques Mauger in several seminars given in Caracas and Margarita Island for the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has given master classes in universities and music festivals in the United States, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Austria. Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Venezuela.
In July 2013, was appointed Trombonist of the BOSTON BRASS and is currently an Artist for XO Brass Instruments. He has been on tour with BB performing and giving master classes throughout the United States, Central America, Europe and Asia. Among his active performing activities, He is the Principal Trombonist of the Florida Grand Opera Orchestra (FGO) and Principal Trombonist of the Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra (PBS). His versatility as a Latin music player has made him one of the most in-demand trombonists in Venezuela and Latin America for recording sessions and musical productions in the commercial business. He has toured throughout the US, Latin America and Europe with the OSV and artists such as Franco De Vita, Juan Luis Guerra & 4:40, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Luis Enrique, Raphael, and Oscar D'Leon.
He was invited to Peru as guest Faculty to the First Music Festival of the REALMUSIC foundation. In 2011 he participated in the Latin Grammy Winner Album "EN PRIMERA FILA" by FRANCO DE VITA, as trombonist, arranger and Brass Post-Producer, receiving 4 Latin Grammys Certificates.
Domingo currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Trombone at Florida International University (FIU), also he is the trombonist of the Miami Brass.
Domingo's last solo performances were in Venezuela and Belarus during 2012. He also performed on the 2011-13 tour with Franco De Vita. (double Latin Grammy Winner in 2011). Currently, he is working on his solo CD and just finished producing and recording the second album of the Big Band Jazz of the Americas.
John Brndiar, Trumpet
John Brndiar is Principal Trumpet of the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, a Grammy Award-winning ensemble. He has appeared as soloist and is featured on many of their recordings, including the Shostakovich Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings. John has performed, recorded and toured with The Cleveland Orchestra for 34 seasons as an extra and substitute trumpeter, and is a member of the Paragon Brass Quintet, the Kent Brass Quintet, the Blossom Festival Orchestra and Band, and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra in California.
As a free-lance musician, John has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the Cleveland Symphonic Winds, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, the Cleveland Opera and Ballet Orchestras, Red {an orchestra}, the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra, the Erie Philharmonic, and the Akron, Canton and Ashland Symphonies. With the Paragon Brass Quintet he has performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference and toured to Europe and China presenting concerts and master classes, and he was a founding member of the Metropolitan Brass Quintet. John has appeared as soloist in the Concerto for Trumpet by Haydn with the Wooster Symphony; other solo performances have included recitals at Baldwin Wallace, concerts with the Freedom Brass Band, the Strongsville Band, the Civic Concert Band of Lorain, the Euclid Orchestra, the Parma Symphony, and as soloist and conductor of the Lakewood Hometown Band.
John has recorded several solo CDs for the Ludwig Master Series for young students, has been a featured soloist in the orchestra and band recordings produced by Ludwig, and has performed for school children in Japan. He has played in Broadway touring company productions, and has recorded numerous radio and TV commercials and pop music hits. In the jazz field, he has performed with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz Unit, and the Hot Jazz Seven. An article that he wrote on trumpet playing appears in the No. 52 issue of Windplayer magazine.
A graduate of the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music, John was a trumpet student of Bernard Adelstein, Charles Schlueter, James Darling, and Mary Squire. He studied conducting with Loris Chobanian and Dwight Oltman and has taught conducting classes and directed rehearsals of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble at BW. John has taught trumpet at CIM, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, the University of Akron, The College of Wooster, Ashland University, and has presented master classes at the Oberlin Conservatory.
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Today's public announcement of the $175 million "A Greater Hope" campaign marked the largest single fundraising effort in the college's 146-year history.
Four new buildings and a tennis facility costing about $72 million will become the latest additions to Hope College's campus.
Friday's public announcement of Hope's $175 million "A Greater Hope" campaign marked the largest single fundraising effort in the college's 146-year history.
The effort will result in the construction of a concert hall and music building, art museum, student center, outdoor tennis complex and an addition to the engineering building.
In addition to $72 million set aside for construction and maintenance, the campaign includes $80 million for scholarships, research and faculty recruitment and retention. Another $20 million will be raised through the alumni-fueled Hope Fund; another $3 million is yet to be designated.
The quiet phase of the campaign began in July 2007.
The campaign has raised $132 million so far and is set to run through June 2013. A start date for construction is contingent upon funding.
"We think based on past history ... you need to have 75 percent committed before going public," Hope College President Jim Bultman said of Friday's campaign announcement.
Bultman said he expects the remaining 25 percent will come in the form of smaller gifts but expects there might be a "few surprises."
Estimated to cost $33 million, and with a $10 million lead gift from the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, the concert hall and music facility will be the biggest project.
The building will face Columbia Avenue between Ninth and 10th Streets and will house an 800-seat two-story auditorium, 125-seat recital hall, rehearsal rooms, classrooms, music library and be the new home for the college's department of music, now housed in Nykerk Hall.
Bultman said the concert hall will be a place for the Holland community to actively participate in music, too.
"We will not be selfish with it," he said.
After that project is built, Nykerk Hall will be demolished, replaced with $21 million student center named for the retiring Hope president and his wife, Martie. The DeWitt Student and Cultural Center will remain.
The 42,000-square-foot facility was supported with a $10 million gift from Bob and Cheri VanderWeide.
"We think Jim and Martie have contributed hugely," said Mary Bauman, chairwoman of the Hope College Board of Trustees. "They are the greatest cheerleaders that we could ever hope for."
The new center will house student and administrative offices, a movie theater, coffee shop and outdoor dining area.
The center was designed with a focus on integrating the three central components of the Hope College experience: academics, faith and student life, Hope's Dean of Students Richard Frost said in a prepared statement.
The third project will be the Kruizenga Art Museum on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street, adjoining the existing DePree Art Center, named after Richard and Margaret Kruizenga of Dallas.
Page 2 of 2 - The museum will provide space for the college's collections and visiting exhibitions.
In a fourth project, the northwestern side of VanderWerf Hall will undergo a $4 million expansion that will provide more lab space for engineering students.
The college's capital campaign also includes $9 million of athletic facility improvements already in place.
The Boeve Baseball Stadium, the Wolters Softball Stadium and the Van Andel Soccer Stadium, built in 2008 and 2009, were completed under the quiet phase of the campaign.
The fourth phase of athletic improvements includes a 12-court outdoor tennis facility east of Holland Municipal Stadium. The college also has said the courts would be available to the public when not in use for college events.
Construction has already started on the complex, which is named for Earl Vande Poele and George Heeringa, doubles tennis partners who played at Hope in the 1930s.
"We want to build the best and the finest," said Carol Van Andel, campaign co-chair. "We want our kids in Michigan to look and us and say, 'I want to go there.'"
The campaign closest to this scope was in October 2000 when Hope College launched "Legacies: A Vision of Hope," which raised more than $140 million.
That campaign's primary components included the A. Paul Schaap Science Center, which opened in 2003, and the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication and Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse, which both opened in 2005.
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Rutherford vs Taylor, Rypakova vs Aldama in Birmingham - Samsung Diamond League
Greg Rutherford of Great Britain competes in the Men's Long Jump Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 4, 2012 (Getty Images) © Copyright
Tantalising head-to-heads between Olympic jump champions Greg Rutherford and Christian Taylor and Triple jumpers Olga Rypakova and Yamile Aldama are on at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix, the 12th stop on the Samsung Diamond League circuit, on Sunday 26 August.
Rutherford claimed the most prestigious prize in athletics when he jumped 8.31m in front of an 80,000 capacity crowd at Olympic Park on 'Super Saturday', sandwiched between gold medals for fellow Brits Jess Ennis and Mo Farah. After savouring victory in the biggest event of his life, the 25-year-old is looking forward to getting back to the track and entertaining a fanatical West Midlands crowd in Britain's final Samsung Diamond League meet of the season.
"The Olympics were an amazing experience from start to finish, the crowd were unbelievable and I'm really looking forward to competing in front of a home crowd once again at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix.
"There's a real buzz around the sport at the moment, and I'm sure that the British public will be out in full force to welcome the returning Olympians to Birmingham."
In a mouth-watering twist that will see two Olympic champions go head-to-head, Rutherford will take on America's newly-crowned Olympic Triple Jump champion Christian Taylor, who will compete in the Long Jump for the first time in Europe since 2008. The two gold medallists will be joined by Australia's Olympic long jump silver medallist, Mitchell Watt, as well as joint British record holder Chris Tomlinson.
Despite specialising in the Triple Jump, the talented 22-year-old Taylor holds a respectable 8.19m long jump personal best and narrowly missed out on a position in the US Long Jump squad at London 2012, finishing fourth at their Olympic Trials in June. Rutherford is looking forward to the challenge of facing one of the rising stars of athletics.
"I'm really excited about the prospect of going up against Christian [Taylor]. He showed his world-class credentials winning gold in the Triple Jump at the Games, and it will be great to go head-to-head with him at the Alexander Stadium at the end of August."
The joint British record holder will be looking to close the gap at the top of the Samsung Diamond League standings, with Australian Watt leading the way after a strong showing at the Aviva London Grand Prix last month in Crystal Palace, where he took victory over Tomlinson by 2cm with a jump of 8.28m. Despite Watt leading their career head-to-head 4-2, Rutherford will be full of confidence heading to the Birmingham Alexander Stadium after his Olympic triumph.
"I've got a taste for victory now, especially after winning gold in London. I hope I can continue the trend and push for a strong finish in the Samsung Diamond League.
"It will be the last major meet in the country this year and I'm determined to give the crowd another big reason to cheer in what has been the best year of my career."
Aldama, Rypakova and Salduha in the women's Triple Jump
Mewnwhile British triple jumper Aldama, who celebrates her 40th birthday today, will take on Kazakhstan's Olympic Triple Jump champion Rypakova, as well as Olympic bronze medallist and current World champion Olha Saladuha of Ukraine.
Aldama, who continues to show impressive durability in remaining at the top of her sport 15 years after her first major championships, jumped 14.48m in her Olympic final on Sunday 5 August. With a recent shoulder injury affecting her pre-Games build-up however, she was well below her 2012 best of 14.82m and finished in fifth place.
Although the current World Indoor champion was disappointed with the end result, Aldama is already looking forward to facing Rypakova and Saladuha again.
"The Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix will give me a chance to go up against another world-class field and I'm determined to put on a good performance in front of another amazing crowd at the Alexander Stadium. Taking on the Olympic Champion and the World Champion again is the perfect chance to show what I can really do."
"I've just been so unlucky with this injury. Every time I'm in real good shape something happens. That's the bit that really hurts me most. But I'm fine, I'm back in training, you're not going to get rid of me yet."
London 2012 was particularly frustrating for Aldama after such a promising start to the year which saw her win her first major championship title in Istanbul her winning jump of 14.82m from the World Indoor Championships would have seen her come away with a silver medal in London.
"I could have jumped the distance [at the Olympics]. It was me, my responsibility, I know I can jump those distances. I know I could win that medal but it wasn't to be.
"I'm going to use that frustration about the Olympic final to push me further and train even harder. I'm looking forward to getting back into competition in Birmingham in a couple of weeks."
Olympic Champion Rypakova, who was also a silver medallist behind Saladuha at the World Championships in Daegu last year, is excited about competing in Birmingham for the first time.
"I really enjoyed competing in London at the Olympics and now that I've won Olympic gold, I can't wait to jump in Britain again at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix. It will be another great competition and I will have to make sure I'm at my best again. I'm sure the girls will be targeting me now but I'm looking forward to it."
Further additions to the world-class line-up in Birmingham include Jamaica's Kimberly Williams, who matched Aldama's 14.48m in the Olympic final, bronze medallist at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha.
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- Greg Rutherford of Great Britain competes in the Men's Long Jump Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 4, 2012 (Getty Images) © Copyright
- Christian Taylor of the United States in action before winning the gold medal in the Men's Triple Jump Final of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 9, 2012 (Getty Images) © Copyright
- Olga Rypakova on her way to Olympic triple jump gold (Getty Images) © Copyright


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End of third quarter: Mavericks 88, Chicago 72
The Mavericks have shifted to cruise control tonight as they continue to dismantle the Bulls through three quarters.
Chicago, playing short-handed on back-to-back nights, has been sluggish. The Mavericks look more like the team that won 13 in a row before losing to the Knicks on Saturday.
Jason Kidd nailed a 40-foot 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter, but after officials reviewed the replay, ruled that the shot came just a split second too late.
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The Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin, one of the world's largest, has suffered considerable damage to its reputation over some of its dealings in Libya, involving the family of the former dictator Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi. The fact that news of these affairs has come just as the Company is celebrating its centenary has made the damage all the more visible. In fairness, inasmuch as the case involves specific Company managers and dealings, the SNC case serves as a reminder of the significant risks to corporate social responsibility faced by businesses in their effort to secure contracts in many developing countries. SNC's experience is by no means unique; it was caught with its hands in Qadhafi's cookie jar, however, and now has to pay the price for being caught.
The very circumstances of the way the SNC scandal came to public attention are rooted in the kinds of risks that nobody can foresee, the events that the iconoclastic student of probability Nicholas Nassim Taleb has famously called 'Black Swans', against which no amount of planning or insight offers adequate insurance. The 9/11 terrorist attacks represent a classic case of Black Swan; only those who perpetrated the attack had knowledge of it and everyone in the vicinity of Wall Street and the Pentagon on that fateful September morning was totally oblivious to the tremendous risks they were running through the mere act of having showed up to work on time.
Investors around the world also faced unprecedented risks on that day – risks that their financial managers, analysts, gurus, even those as good as George Soros or Warren Buffett could have possibly expected. The 'Black Swan' arrived at SNC headquarters in the form of the Libyan revolt. Suddenly, the famous Company, one of Canada's largest and finest, promoting Canadian technical expertise worldwide in projects, often having a significant humanitarian value in developing countries, was faced with very difficult decisions. SNC had worked in Libya for many years, earning the trust of its various contractors and, crucially, the government in the form of Qadhafi himself. In the areas targeted by SNC, large infrastructure, water supply systems, special buildings, even a prison, the Montreal based Company had little choice but to deal with Qadhafi and his closest family members, his sons; in Qadhafi's Libya, much as in Mario Puzo's 'The Godfather', there was only one family that counted. SNC's contracts in Libya were worth close to a billion dollars after a 25 year long presence in the country – which nobody ever questioned (and in fairness any related accusations about its business – if not some of its methods – involvement there are rather hypocritical).
All moral questions aside, SNC's management could not simply pack up and leave, once the sudden revolts-in the wake of events in Egypt and Tunisia in early 2011-began in the now infamous city of Benghazi. In legal and technical terms, SNC's responsibility was to its investors and employees and half a billion dollars is a considerable sum, one surely to affect the Company's bottom line. Before, dispensing any judgment, it is important to analyze the situation from the CEO's perspective. Those who are truly honest will agree that they would have taken a similar course. The first move, in a mixture of denial and damage control, would surely have been to stay the course, hoping that the Arab World and Africa's longest lasting regime would overcome the revolt and re-establish control. The first weeks of Libya's revolt took the whole world by surprise-the fact that they lasted and ultimately toppled the regime would have been considered science fiction mere months before, when it seemed that the enterprising British educated Saif ul-Islam Qadhafi was playing an ever more influential and moderating role in Tripoli, preparing the regime for a Libyan equivalent of Perestroika. The question remains, then, what could SNC have done to prevent getting dragged in to the bribing affair, how could it have acted in a more 'sustainable' manner from the perspective of corporate social responsibility?
Key senior executives have already lost their jobs as the company is going through damage control, and construction contracts in other parts of the world are being questioned.
Today, the company risks a share price free-fall in light of an accounting probe, as the press continues to dig deep into corporate dealings that have gone bad like a Hollywood movie plot. The cost of doing business in Libya has come back to bite SNC in the back. Perhaps, then, the lesson is that inasmuch as the value of a project may be too big, the potential fallout from avoiding short or medium term pain could evolve into long term or chronic damage; this is because SNC's troubles may have not even reached a simmer yet. SNC decided to stay the course in Libya when others had started to pull out; it was this decision that triggered the present legal investigation.
SNC did actually close up shop in Libya; however, it continued to do business through surreptitious operators, who became embroiled in having to save their associates in the regime, who may or may not have given the Company advantages in securing contracts. More than a year after the collapse of the Qadhafis, and SNC is still facing scrutiny over its ties to the former dictatorship. SNC hired a consultant, Cynthia Vanier, generally specialized in land dispute resolutions, to do the work of CIA and FBI types, to apparently help members of Qadhafi's family and close associates escape from Libya. The fact that a corporation such as SNC would resort to special consultants in high risk areas is not in itself unusual or even unethical; many companies hire crisis management firms to soften the impact of bad news and no analyst or law enforcement official would budge.
The problem in Libya was that SNC and its consultant were dealing directly with one of the most famous, or infamous, families in the world-about as easy to hide as the elephant in the room. The Vanier report, for which she was paid a considerable sum, predictably praised the Qadhafi regime. Vanier would pay for the flattery by being arrested in Mexico, as the NATO bombardments over Tripoli intensified, for her involvement in an attempt to smuggle Saadi al-Qadhafi – who just happened to be one of the most visible and well known dictatorial offspring in the world.
The arrest led to a whole series of details uncovered by the media, including the discovery of SNC's prison contract: "Libya's first detention center in that nation to conform to international standards on human rights." Human Rights in the Libyan Jamahiriya indeed. SNC also formed a joint venture with Libya's military corps of engineers, involved in various projects, including a highway. SNC does have a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, a rather comprehensive one in fact. The investigation is now focusing on the role played by Riadh Ben Aissa, who managed SNC's affairs from Tunis. He is suspected of having been aware, or actually involved, in the operation that led Saadi Qadhafi to safety, crossing the Libyan border into Niger. Now it has to find special routes to recover investor confidence. The developing world is replete with countries needing infrastructure and special projects from road building, power generation or mining and oil extraction; many of these countries are also run by dictators or 'democratically' elected governments with dubious democratic credentials. Does this mean that Companies should not get involved in those countries? Absolutely not.
It would be unethical and impractical to impose such sweeping restrictions. That said, companies who do choose to operate in risky regions must take precautions to avoid becoming too cozy, which inevitably links a company's fate to that of the regime; and if there is a lesson to be learned from the so-called 'Arab Spring' it is that even the most solid of regimes collapse-always.
The current financial crisis has given way to the State, including its institutions, resuming its role in regulating economies. For global institutional investors seeking to manage portfolio risk, political risk now deserves more of their attention as governments have been called to intervene much more directly in the economies of rich and poor countries. Multinational corporations interested in investing in emerging markets inevitably consider the basic variables that form what is known as country or sovereign risk in order to assess the viability of doing business in a developing country. Such risks include analysis of foreign currency, government budgets, macroeconomic statistics, debt ratios, and other quantifiable factors. Especially in emerging markets, however, all the quantitative data simply frame a very colorful picture comprising many dynamics, the aspects that former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld described as "the known unknowns", a term that actually makes more sense than it should. Political risk, as SNC found out, can be especially 'risky' when it comes in the form of leadership succession struggle. For the investors in SNC Lavalin, who have taken a hit, political risk factors are inversely proportionate to investors' knowledge about a country, which depends heavily on transparency by the nation under consideration. Companies and institutional investors intending to invest for the long run should do their best to assess these frequently.


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Habitat Restoration
Experimental Restoration of Pine Flatwoods Wetlands (Legacy 11-109) (PDF)
The objective was to evaluate whether mechanical removal of the woody midstory could serve as a surrogate for fire, and create highquality wetlands with moderate canopy cover and high herbaceous groundcover.
Developing Coastal Wetland Restoration Techniques to Enhance Coastal Habitats - Final Report, November 2012 (Legacy 11-320) (PDF)
This project was to investigate species-specific techniques for seeding and outplanting Hawaiian coastal wetland plant species following different invasive species removal strategies and subsequent management activities (i.e., weeding and supplemental watering). This experimental restoration project was carried out at Ahua Reef on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH). The results of this study show that it is possible to at least partially restore a highly degraded coastal wetland such as Ahua Reef and the report provides specific recommendations that will yield the best results.
Direct Seeding for Restoration of Coastal Wetlands in Hawaii - Technical Report, November 2012 (Legacy 11-320) (PDF)
This project was to investigate species-specific techniques for seeding and outplanting Hawaiian coastal wetland plant species following different invasive species control strategies and subsequent management activities (i.e., weeding and supplemental watering). The experimental restoration project was carried out at Ahua Reef on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), formerly Hickam Air Force Base, Oahu. Outplanting is the most commonly used technique to increase native species cover in wetlands. Seeding may offer a simpler and more affordable restoration method than outplanting in wetlands, particularly for large-scale restoration projects. However, seeding in wetlands using standard seeding techniques can be problematic due to issues with proper germination conditions. The purpose of this technical report is to briefly describe the lessons learned during the seeding portion of the experiment at Ahua Reef and summarize the scant information that exists on seeding in Hawaiian wetlands. This report offers recommendations for DoD land managers considering using seeding to restore coastal wetlands in Hawaii.
Guidelines of Establishment of Seed Production Sites on Military Installations - Final Report, February 2012 (Legacy 10-326) (PDF)
This report is intended to serve as a guideline for the establishment of seed production sites for use on military installations based on the experiences and protocols developed in south the Puget sound (SPS) prairie program for use in restoration on Joint Base Lewis McChord. This document contains valuable directions, methods, recommendations and issues to consider, in addition to species specific information, and is a valuable resource to any installation wishing to develop its own restoration seed supply.
Guidelines for Establishing Nursery and Nursery Beds: A Management Plan - Final, February 2012 (Legacy 09-326) (PDF)
The ultimate goal of this project is to improve prairie quality at the landscape level by implementing prairie management and restoration actions that have a primary emphasis on recovering the Federal Candidates and other rare species throughout the SPS, and restoring native plant biodiversity on Fort Lewis' prairies The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) Shotwell's Landing Nursery, which was largely established with Legacy funds is now fully developed and running at full capacity for both seed and plug production. This project is also to serve as a demonstration that other installations can follow and duplicate for themselves. This report details the steps for continuing the management of the nursery and seed plots.
Strategy for the Cooperative Recovery of Rare Species Affecting Training Ranges: Integrated Prairie-Oak Conservation Report for Oregon and Washington - Final Report, December 2011 (Legacy 09-213) (PDF)
Prairie-oak habitat is one of the most imperiled habitats in the western United States. The importance of prairie-oak habitat in the WPG Ecoregion is recognized in the Wildlife Action Plans for Oregon and Washington. Both the Plans identify strategies and actions designed to preserve, rehabilitate and expand prairie-oak habitat in the Ecoregion. This report extensively draws from, and builds upon, those Plans. to list the limiting factors to prairie-oak habitat in the WPG Ecoregion, and the actions to counteract those factors. It also includes lists the species of greatest conservation need and the actions necessary to protect those species. Finally the report recommends areas where a coordinated, ecoregional prairie-oak conservation effort may be most effective.
Strategy for the Cooperative Recovery of Rare Species Affecting Training Ranges: Native Seed Production Strategy - A Key Piece of South Puget Sound Prairie Conservation, November 2011 (Legacy 09-213) (PDF)
The prairies of the South Puget Sound region are central to conservation of one of the rarest ecosystems in the U.S. Restoration and active management is a critical conservation strategy for South Sound prairies. Direct seeding of species, especially after sufficient site preparation, is a successful technique. In order to restore habitat at scale a sufficient source of native seed is needed yearly. This document details a variety of seed production techniques can be integrated into an overarching production strategy. Seed collecting techniques, lists of priority species and species specific information is included.
DoD Island Restoration Opportunities in the Tropical Indo-Pacific through Removal of Introduced Rats, Final Report November 2011 (Legacy 09-438) (PDF)
Introduced rats are known to dramatically affect island biodiversity and so rodents have been removed from approximately 300 islands worldwide, demonstrating that eradication of rats can be a valuable tool for natural resources conservation. This document is a compilation of islands in the tropical and sub-tropical Indian and Pacific (Indo-Pacific) oceans in which the DoD owns or leases, or has management stake in at least a portion of the land area. Also included in this compilation are some non-DoD islands in the same region that have been or may be proposed as mitigation sites for DoD activities on adjacent islands. The islands analyzed here are those for which rat removal, or in the case of already ratfree islands, maintenance in a rat-free state, may be a feasible action for the benefit of the island's native biodiversity and/or the military mission.
Establishing American Chestnut Test Orchards on Two Tennessee Army National Guard Installations (Legacy 08-401) (PDF)
American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once one of the dominant trees in the eastern forests of the United States. By 1950, this keystone species on an estimated 9 million acres of eastern forest had all but vanished as a result of blight infection. The purpose of this project is to contribute to the efforts to develop a blight-resistant American chestnut that may be reintroduced into its former habitat across the eastern United States by establishing seed orchards on two Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) facilities: VTS-Milan and VTS-Catoosa. This report describes the methodologies in producing the crosses and establishing the orchards.
Project Protocol for Establishing American Chestnut Test Orchards on Two TNARNG Installations - Final Report, March 2012 (Legacy 08-401) (PDF)
Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) American chestnut project all began with a lunchtime seminar hosted by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency at which the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) gave a presentation on his organization's efforts to restore this species to the eastern landscape. It has been a complex process to get from that discussion to the several hundred chestnut seedlings growing in orchards on two TNARNG training sites. The goal of this paper is to document that process, highlighting problems, successes, and lessons learned, so that other installations/organizations may also find it possible to contribute to the rescue efforts for this species.
Restoration of Native Warm Season Grasses to Improve Migratory Bird Habitat (Legacy 07-354) (PDF)
Native grasses are important for many species of migratory birds and other wildlife because their clumpy growth form provides structural cover for nesting, brood rearing, and foraging. Over the last century, most of these areas have been replaced with nonnative grasses, agricultural crops, forest cover, and urban/suburban development. Throughout North America, efforts are underway to restore native grasslands and other essential habitats for migratory birds through private-public partnerships. As part of a Partnership pilot project, two hundred and twenty acres of nonnative pasture on Redstone Arsenal, AL were converted to native warm season grasses (NWSG) that would benefit priority grassland bird species such as Dickcissels, Grasshopper Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Prairie Warblers, Northern Bob-white Quail, Loggerhead Shrikes, and Eastern Meadowlarks. This report details the project, and discusses management considerations applicable to others considering NWSG restoration.
Implementing Rotational Partial Rest/Patch-Burn Grazing in the Flint Hills, Kansas (Legacy 03-188) (PDF)
Protect significant biological systems (tallgrass prairie) and species (emphasis on grassland birds), and establish programs for the restoration and rehabilitation of altered or degraded habitats near Fort Riley
Landscaping to Attract Birds (DOC)
Native Pollinator and Native Plant Demonstration Project (PDF)
Discusses native pollinators, threats to pollinators and details a restoration demonstration project on Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX. Includes lessons learned.
Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet: Developing Coastal Wetland Restoration Techniques to Enhance Coastal Habitats at Ahua Reef, Hickam AFB, HI (Legacy 11-320) (PDF)
Fact Sheet: To Establish a Series of Permanent Seed-Source Nursery Beds to Use in Restoration of South Puget Sound Prairies (Legacy 10-326) (PDF)
Fact Sheet: Natural Resources Conservation and Mission Sustainability through Rat Removal on Wake Island and Applicability to other DoD Islands (Legacy 09-438) (PDF)
Fact Sheet: Establishing American Chestnut Test Orchards on Two TN Army National Guard Installations (Legacy 08-401) (PDF)
Fact Sheet: Developing Protocols for Establishing a Restoration Nursery (Legacy 08-326) (PDF)
Fact Sheet: Restoration of Native Warm Season Grasses to Improve Migratory Bird Habitat (Legacy 07-354) (PDF)
Fact Sheet: Multi-Species Management Using Modeling and Decision Theory: Applications to Integrated Natural Resources Management Planning (Legacy 05-264) (PDF)
Fact Sheet: Conservation of Indigenous Birds on Wake Atoll (Legacy 01-134) (DOC)
This document summarizes a project dealing with the removal and eradication of feral cats on Wake Atoll (Marshall Islands, Micronesia) in order to preserve the indigenous birds whose numbers were declining due to heavy predation by numerous feral cats.
Tech Notes
TECHNICAL NOTE: Developing Coastal Wetland Restoration Techniques to Enhance Coastal Habitats at Ahua Reef, Hickam AFB, HI - Direct Seeding for Restoration of Coastal Wetlands in Hawai'i, November 2012 (Legacy 11-320) (PDF)
The objective of this study was to investigate species-specific techniques for seeding and outplanting Hawaiian coastal wetland plant species following different invasive species control strategies (i.e., herbiciding and manual removal of pickleweed) and subsequent management activities (i.e., weeding and supplemental watering) at ?hua Reef. This study provides insights into the restoration of coastal wetlands in Hawai'i. Results of this study suggest that it is possible to at least partially restore a highly degraded coastal wetland such as Ahua Reef. This Technical Note provides an expanded summary of the project and its findings.
Speeches and Presentations
Presentation at 8th International Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats April, 2005 (PDF)
Using Obsolete Armored Vehicles to Build Fish Reefs (PDF)
Technical Notes - Evaluating the Performance of Reefs Constructed from Military Armored Vehicles (PDF)
How to Restore Habitat and Native Pollinators: A Demonstration Project Dyess Air Force Base - Guidebook, 2002 (Legacy 02-104) (PDF)
Brochure: American Chestnut Orchards and the Tennessee National Guard- Utilizing military initiative to support restoration efforts. (Legacy 08-401): (PDF)
this outreach publication nicely summarizes the history of the plight of the chestnut, efforts to save the species and the military's part in the restoration efforts.
The Green Book
Guidelines for Managing Vegetation
The Green Book - Title Page (PDF)
The Green Book - Table of Contents (PDF)
The Green Book - Chapter 1 (PDF)
The Green Book - Chapter 2 (PDF)
The Green Book - Chapter 3 (PDF)
The Green Book - Chapter 4 (PDF)
The Green Book - Chapter 5 (PDF)
The Green Book - Chapter 6 (PDF)
The Green Book - Appendix A (PDF)
Environmental Principles for Golf Courses in the United States
The Green Book - Appendix B (PDF)
Sources of Information
The Green Book - Appendix C (PDF)
Player Survey
The Green Book - Appendix J (PDF)
Site Analysis Forms for Each Hole


text: CHARLESTON, IL – Richard "Dick" Tinder, age 71 of Charleston and formerly of Cumberland County, passed away while at Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Sunday, February 17, 2013, following a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Visitation for family and friends will be held Thursday evening, February 21, 2013 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston. Masonic Services will be conducted at the close of visitation by members and guests of Hutton Masonic Lodge #698 A.F. & A.M. Memorial Services honoring and celebrating his life will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the funeral chapel with Reverend Ray Roberts officiating. It is requested that memorial gifts in his honor be made to the Hutton Masonic Lodge #698 for their Building Fund. Gifts may be left on the memorial table at the visitation or service, or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920. He was born Albert Richard Tinder on March 2, 1941 in North Henderson, Illinois, a son of the late Carl and Lilly (Frazer) Tinder. He married Susan Rodgers on December 2, 1960 in Mattoon and they have shared fifty-two years of marriage and friendship. In addition to his loving and devoted wife Susan, Dick is survived by three children, Susy Horn and husband Steve of Ft. Myers, Florida (formerly of Charleston), Mark Tinder and wife Cassandra of Lerna and Becky Burger and husband Bert of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania; thirteen grandchildren, Eric Miller, Jessica Matthews, Tyler Horn and Jaymie Ryan all of Charleston; Andy Horn and Corey Martin, both of Colorado, Chris Storm, Nick Storm and Autumn Risinger all of Mattoon, Spencer Tinder and Blake Tinder, both of Arizona and Robbie Burger and Rachel Burger, both of Philipsburg; several great-grandchildren; a sister Beverly Peters of Delaware; a brother Jim Tinder and wife Linda of Missouri; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. Dick and Susan lived in Cumberland County for many years where he owned the Montgomery Ward Catalog and Appliance Store in Greenup and was also the owner of Tinder's Rubber Stamps and Engraving, a family business that his son Mark now owns and operates. He was a member of the Greenup United Methodist Church where he sang in the choir; a member of the Hutton Masonic Lodge #698 A.F. & A.M.; Valley of Danville Scottish Rite; the Ansar Shrine; and an honorary member of the Toledo Masonic Lodge #834 A.F. & A.M. Dick's hobbies kept him busy and that suited him well. He enjoyed being outdoors and was an avid fisherman and a gardener. He was a skilled woodworker and was known for his wooden clocks as well as his remodeling of several homes. Dick always thought the homes in which he lived needed remodeling as well as those of his family! Dick never knew a stranger and was truly a joy to be around. He made friends easily and he could tell a story better than anyone - his sense of humor always brought a smile to others. Friday nights were reserved for going out to eat with good friends followed by a fun-filled evening of games or cards. He enjoyed being with his family and they have many fond memories of camping trips and traveling together. He was a loving husband and a supportive and devoted father and grandfather. His fun-loving spirit which touched and lifted the hearts of his family and friends will always be remembered and embraced through their many fond memories.Click here to view Dick's memorial video.


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The highly competitive spirits industry is directing its marketing efforts
toward the powerful twenty-something contingent for the next mega-hit.
Marketers in the highly competitive spirits industry are looking to the powerful twenty-something contingent for the next mega-hit.
Every generation experiences a couple of monumental distilled spirits "mega-hits" that redirect the course of consumer purchasing habits. The mega-hits have proven to be single products that influence the entire distilled spirits sector by attracting drinkers who are in their 20s and early 30s, and are enthusiastic, open, informed and willing to spend money.
As a result, spirits brand managers and marketing executives in concert with their product research teams and advertising agencies willingly risk their business reputations to uncover and develop the next spirits mega-hit to seduce the trendier drinking market. The hunt for the next enchanted elixir is relentless, expensive and an endless reality. But the rewards of new spirits categories are tremendous.
Smirnoff Vodka, the initial modern-age mega-hit, took the United States marketplace by storm in the 1960s and 1970s by running an advertising campaign that promised to leave hip spirits drinkers "breathless." The clever implication was that by imbibing odorless vodka at an infamous "three-martini lunch," one's old fuddy-duddy, whiskey-loving boss wouldn't have a clue that you had been drinking at all.
In the wake of this ubiquitous campaign, Smirnoff replaced popular blended whiskeys, most notably, Seagram's Seven and Seagram's VO, as the drink of choice by the 21-to-35 age demographic. In a series of well-conceived marketing strokes that took a decade to cash in, young, legal-age consumers gravitated from drinking brown, smelly and heavy to light, fragrance-free and clear. The American distilled spirits playing field hasn't been the same since.
Disco-Era Drinks
In the mid-1970s, a whiskey-based liqueur from Ireland altered the distilled spirits landscape by appealing primarily to a neglected audience: young female consumers. Launched in 1974, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, which contains a modest 17 percent alcohol, caused a major ruckus in the spirits trade by offering a light, slightly spicy, creamy, "comfort food" alternative to heavier after-dinner spirits. Three decades later, Baileys is still the world's best-selling liqueur with sales in excess of 6 million cases a year. Since its introduction, Baileys has spawned an astounding array of imitators, in the process creating a vibrant subcategory within a spirits category.
In the mid-1980s, DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps, developed by Flavor Scientist Earl LaRoe, captured the imagination and disposable income of impressionable, fresh-out-of-college drinkers by offering what LaRoe described as "the big, fresh-peach profile." As author and New York Times staffer William Grimes writes in his book, Straight Up or On the Rocks: A Cultural History of American Drink (Simon & Schuster, 2001), "With virtually no advertising, Peachtree Schnapps caught on and became the first spirit since [Prohibition] to sell more than a million cases in its first year. Before long, 40 different brands of peach schnapps were on the market."
Contributing to the peach schnapps craze, of course, was the well-calculated invention of peach schnapps-based cocktails. The year 1987 was rife with mixed drinks like the Fuzzy Navel, Silk Panties and the Slippery Nipple. Silly concoctions with ridiculous names, no doubt, but they were enormously effective. Among the younger drinking crowd, word of mouth proved to be exceptionally robust for this brand—it was sweet, one-dimensional and only 24 percent alcohol by volume. Within 12 months, DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps exploded into a million-case phenomenon.
At about the same time that the Fuzzy Navel was in full swing, the Swedish vodka brand Absolut caused an about face in the spirits industry when master marketer Michel Roux unleashed the most compelling spirits ad campaign this side of Smirnoff Vodka. Young, urbane, image-conscious drinkers in America's metropolitan areas glommed onto Absolut, a good but hardly great vodka, with astonishing brand loyalty due to Roux's efforts. Roux had created a sophisticated, arty, "in" image of Absolut and more importantly, used the textbook dual application of generating "image" and "on-premise endorsement" and convinced bartenders in the nation's most chic bars to pour it. The method of using bartenders who, in the eyes of receptive young consumers, know their spirituous liquids, fashioned a real revolution in how new spirits brands were (and still are) researched and marketed.
This groundbreaking quartet of post-World War II spirits phenomena attracted a curious, adventurous, if somewhat inexperienced audience that was generally younger than 35 years of age. Three of these brands, Baileys being the exception, find virtually equal appeal among male and female drinkers.
Tasting Trends
Since 1950, spirits marketing in North America has been crystallized to one critical component in the desperate, fever-pitch search to discover the next mega-hit brand: consumer age, in particular, those consumers under the age of 35. Boiling it down even further, the most coveted group within the group is the 21-to-29 age bracket.
Where and why do trends take flight? Why currently are the targeted drinkers only twentysomething consumers when statistics show that older consumers are more affluent? Where in the U.S. do these supposedly desirable young consumers reside, and why are some locations "hotter" than others? Finally, how are third-millennium spirits marketers presenting their new brands to this consumer sector?
Marketing researchers claim that even though consumers over 35 may be more affluent and sophisticated, it's the under-35 group that can make a spirit a bona fide sensation. Researchers think that this is due to the younger set's superb networking abilities, their openness to new things, and their still-developing senses of self-image. Data depicts the majority of consumers over 35 as being relatively set in their ways and therefore less prone to experimentation.
Describing the active 21-to-29 year old demographic, Tony Abou-Ganim, founder of The Modern Mixologist beverage consulting company, says that, "younger consumers are like sponges for knowledge. They are also impressionable and fickle. Everything is about 'attractive.' They want to be hip, want to have answers."
The prominent spirits-industry marketing executives that I spoke to made it clear that today's favored marketing techniques are much more face-to-face and "in-the-street" than those programs that were successful before. Chris Willis, a vice president of marketing for Pernod Ricard USA, says that, "our focus is on targeting a sophisticated consumer with events that are educational but also extremely engaging. For example, Chivas Regal does mentoring events in target markets where consumers are introduced to the blending process. We use a lively, knowledgeable brand ambassador and make sure [consumers] enjoy a memorable and educational evening."
Kate Latts, director of marketing for Heaven Hill Distilleries, markets the hottest spirits brand currently in the nation, Hpnotiq Liqueur. Latts views the young demographic with respect, saying: "This age group is a savvy and canny one, one that doesn't necessarily respond to the type of mass marketing and promotions that worked in the past. You need to make your product relevant to them in many different contexts and in many different environments. Special events and sponsorships can help bring your brand to life in a credible way, as can brand ambassadors who can interact directly with consumers."
Kay Olsen, managing director of Spirit of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut, which markets fast-rising brands such as Inner Circle Rum, Velvet Falernum and Foursquare Spiced Rum, believes that the days of massive advertising campaigns are limited. "Event marketing has become more important…People are interested in brands that participate in things that they are interested in. If they are avid golfers, [brands should] participate in charity golf tournaments…People will identify your brand with things they like or like to do. It works very well…so long as the brand fits the venue."
"I feel that the focus and the dollars have been weighted too heavily on advertising at some beverage companies," warns Dale DeGroff, president of King Cocktail, an independent consulting company to the liquor industry. "They need to swing back more support to the bars and restaurants that carry their products. They should be reallocating money back into regional sales staffs that will go into bar-and-restaurant operations and support them."
Added Tony Abou-Ganim, "Information today is delivered better through event marketing. Besides, you can't taste a billboard."
So, does that mean that old-fashioned print advertising campaigns are obsolete? Not necessarily, says Rennie Solomito, a vice president for Allied Domecq USA. "One-to-one interaction solicits a response immediately. Traditional advertising should support events and sponsorships. It's all about balancing the marketing mix."
But not all spirits producers and importers have the kind of cash reserves that can fund both aggressive event marketing and national or regional advertising campaigns. Jim Nikola, vice president of marketing for Crillon Importers in Paramus, New Jersey, said this about the balancing act: "Advertising is a very expensive luxury. It's nice to have, but for suppliers who work with modest budgets, the grassroots type of marketing is very efficient. It takes longer to build success, but if you asked me to choose between a big advertising campaign versus street tactics, I would choose the street tactics."
And as for the hottest markets in the U.S., the metro areas where trends develop? "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas and Miami are markets known for driving trends, defining sophistication and image," replied Senior Brand Manager Nicole Ertas for Jim Beam Brands.
Solomito says that today, spirits industry marketers even focus on particular neighborhoods and bars within trendsetting cities. "New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago are places where trends tend to start," says Solomito. "These are upscale, 'trend corridor' markets, with specific neighborhoods that breed style, like SoHo in New York and South Beach in Miami. We launched WET by Beefeater in South Beach, focusing on a handful of bars and clubs where the target audience was spending their nights out. As WET became a brand associated with a certain lifestyle, it allowed us to expand to new places."
Creating the next spirits mega-hit requires different, more innovative types of marketing and advertising skill than in the past. But the payoff for uncovering the next big spirits trend far surpasses the hard work and dedication it takes to get there.
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Wells MP Tessa Munt will meet Church Commissioners' representatives in London today to discuss the controversial decision to end the ancient tradition of housing the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the 800-year-old moated Bishop's Palace.
The decision to find a house for the new bishop, the Rt Rev Peter Hancock, somewhere near the city has dismayed some lay people and some senior clergy alike.
The Commissioners say the change is designed to allow future bishops more privacy and so help sustain their ministry. However, critics say that living 'over the shop' in the palace, a stone's throw from the cathedral, is part of the job, and that without a bishop in residence the palace will be "just another historic house".
Ms Munt will meet Sir Tony Baldry, the Commissioners spokesperson in Parliament, and Andrew Brown, the Commissioners' secretary.
Sir Tony has also agreed to attend a public meeting in Wells, the date of which has yet to be fixed.
Ms Munt has received numerous inquiries from constituents asking to whom they should address letters on the issue. Sir Tony said they should write to the Church Commissioners, addressing letters to Andrew Brown, Secretary to the Church Commissioners for England, Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ.
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Ngoc Phan, a junior libero for then-No. 19 Metropolitan State College of Denver, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division II National Player of the Week. She earned the award after helping the Roadrunners to a pair of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference wins last week, including an upset of then-No. 9 Nebraska-Kearney. In Metro State's 3-2 victory over the Lopers, Phan shattered her career- high of 20 digs with 36 digs as she helped spur the Roadrunners' defensive efforts in holding Nebraska-Kearney to a .212 team hitting percentage. The following day, Phan tied the school record for digs in a three-set match, netting 30 digs in Metro State's sweep of Chadron State. For the week, Phan averaged 8.25 digs per set and was nearly perfect on serve-receive with a .957 serve-receive percentage and just one receiving error. This marks the third time a Metro State athlete has garnered Sports Imports/AVCA Division II Player of the Week honors, the last time coming Nov. 17, 2009 when Bri Morley earned the distinction. The Roadrunners are coached by Debbie Hendricks.


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Asteroid 39382 Opportunity (2696 P-L) was discovered on September 24, 1960, by Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels. The asteroid was spotted by examining photographic plates taken by telescopes at the Palomar Observatory.
39382 Opportunity is part of a small group of asteroids that make up the Hilda group located between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroids share a 3:2 orbital resonance with Jupiter, meaning that for every 2 orbits Jupiter completes around the Sun, the asteroids will complete 3 orbits. It has a diameter of approximately 3–7 km (1.9–4.4 mi) and takes about 7.9 years to orbit the Sun. The asteroid's orbit does not cross the path of any of the planets and therefore it will not be pulled out of orbit by Jupiter's gravitational field. As a result of this, it is likely that the asteroid will remain in a stable orbit for thousands of years.
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Included in the appraisal system are Instructional Leadership Development (ILD) and Administrator Appraisal.
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A new Teacher Evaluation and Support System is under development and has been designed utilizing extensive input from the state's teachers, principals, and administrators. As part of the state's waiver from specific provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (more commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has submitted to the U.S. Department of Education specific details of a new teacher evaluation and support system that will be piloted in as many as 72 school districts and charters in the 2014-2015 school year.
The new "state-recommended system" will be offered to all districts in the 2015-2016 school year; however, the agency has indicated (as of May 2014) that the decision to use this system is a local one. While TEA acknowledges that use of the new system is voluntary, they point out that the state of Washington recently lost its waiver for failing to follow through on the use of an evaluation system that includes a student growth measure and that waivers for three additional states have been placed on high-risk status by the U.S. Department of Education for similar circumstances.
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I felt that this is an appropriate post given that Mithril Wisdom turned three years old yesterday. I also wanted to make it a sort of tribute to Graeme's Fantasy Book Review, who some of you may know decided to step down last week.
Graeme's was the very first blog I followed when I first typed in "fantasy book review blogs" into Google when just before I started Mithril Wisdom. His blog was an inspiration to me, and I had the honour of posting on his blog shortly before he decided to depart (I hope my post had nothing to do with his decision - eep!). His blog will be sorely missed, and I hope that he'll still hang around with us geeky booky types.
His bowing out made me think about how blogs naturally lose momentum and there comes a time where we as bloggers eventually declare "enough is enough". I hope that doesn't happen to me for a while.
Keeping momentum
- Write what you know, and if you don't know it, become an expert
I know that some writers want to keep their professional 'blogging' lives and their personal 'real' lives separate, but it doesn't hurt to write about your real life experiences. If anything, this'll add an extra level of personality to your writing that'll help you better engage with your readers.
- Write from blog prompts
You can ask your readers to suggestions for things you can write about e.g. "send me a random picture, and I'll write about it", or "give me three random words and I'll link them together". If you're still stuck for ideas, check out Laura Bambrey's 100 Blog Prompts for inspiration.
- Don't be afraid to shift your focus
Not long ago I decided that I would shift the focus of the blog from fantasy book reviews to fantasy reviews and geek culture, which would give me more scope to talk about the things that interested me and that I wanted to share with you. There's nothing wrong with this; it's just the natural progression and growth of the blog.
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A night for safety, security, awareness
Gig Harbor Police sponsored the local National Night Out event at City Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Supported by U.S. Navy and Marines military personnel from Kitsap County, the event included static military displays, as well as hands-on demonstrations of the dangers of drunk driving, self-defense methods and getting a tiny taste of military boot camp. Also on hand were kids games by Discovery Village as well as face painting, food and live music. Military dogs were on hand for demonstrations. The site was even home to a "prank" black helicopter, complete with Gig Harbor Police emblems on its sides. GH Police Chief Mike Davis said a friend loaned the helicopter with the decals "because of course, this is how we ride in Gig harbor," he said with a laugh. Though staged for entertainment, the evening also has its serious side in reminding people to turn on exterior lights, use times to turn on and off lights when away and otherwise make it undesirable for criminals to target a home. The event took place along with similar events hosted across the country.


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In fact, I find their position perplexing on many layers (and I'm not just talking about their upcoming fall collection). The fashion industry is always about pushing the envelope. They want us to embrace the unusual, applaud the unexpected and buy into the outrageous. And yet, two of the men in fashion's front row refuse to think outside of the box when it comes to designing a family?


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Former U.K. football player Tim Couch is headed back to the NFL, after signing a new contract today.
Couch signed a two year contract with Jacksonville.
After being the number one draft pick, he spent five years in Cleveland, then tried to latch on with Green Bay, but he was bothered by a sore arm.
Couch has not played in an NFL game since the 2004 preseason, but apparently Jacksonville liked what they saw.
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