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Happy 175th Birthday, Jackson County!
Wow, you don't look a day over 135. How do you stay so fit?
To celebrate the county's birthday, let's look back at some lesser-known moments in local history.
Aug. 1, 1832: Ephraim Barkley, a broom-corn farmer from Parma, becomes the first resident to complain about big government after Jackson County is incorporated. "Now they want to tax me $2.17 a year because I am successful enough to own a shack and a manure pile," Barkley said. "Where will it end?"
Jan. 12, 1839: Artists rush into Jackson to create postcards of the new prison beneath the words "Wish You Were Here."
May 12, 1853: Compromise ends a bitter feud between civic leaders split over whether Jackson County should organize a fair or a flower festival.
Feb. 23, 1869: Millard Tisdale opens a Blackman Township business called "Dry Goods and Sundries Arrayed for Complete Satisfaction and Sold at Agreeable Prices No Higher Than 100 Cents." Tisdale becomes father of the dollar store.
Jan. 1, 1900: Fear and apprehension end in relief as the new century - nicknamed "Y One-point-nine K" - dawns without any of the predicted disruption to pocket watches or farm machinery.
Sept. 16, 1912: The first motor car reaches the intersection of Spring Arbor Road, Brown Street and Morrell Street. This quickly triggers the invention of the obscene gesture.
Nov. 3, 1927: Encroaching development wipes out the last deer near Ella Sharp Park. "A lonely hush falls over the field," wrote one naturalist. "It is indeed sad to contemplate future generations will never again know the noble stag."
June 12, 1932: City fathers toast William "Cap" Sparks for opening the Cascades. They proclaim the enduring landmark "an awesome place for our young men to meet girls."
Dec. 5, 1933: Jacksonians flood out of blind pigs to celebrate the end of Prohibition at taverns.
March 7, 1953: E.F. Rolston, the first county bureaucrat to propose tax breaks for certain businesses, is jailed on charges of communism.
April 1, 1972: Ann Arbor's attitude officially gets on Jackson's last nerve. Bloodshed is averted thanks only to mutual hatred of Columbus, Ohio.
Aug. 5, 2007: Jackson County is still kicking even though things are not always nice or pretty.
The place is shaped by stubborn people who work. If they get ahead, they might buy a Cadillac or a place on a lake.
Those people make Jackson County a good bet for 175 more birthdays.


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#1 Apr 13, 2010
is the high school diploma from cornerstone christian correspondence school diploma for real? I applied federal financial at a private technicial school but was not accepted.
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I just got fired from my job because they said the school was not a credited school. I have been walking around with this diploma since 2003 and now I am taking GED classes. I am very upset with this school.
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The Cornerstone "diploma" is not accepted by regionally accredited educational institutions. It's not the real thing.In my opinion, it's a scheme. Lissa, good for you for getting the G.E.D. It will be worth it!
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I had my diploma since 2008 an no other schools will accept it! I think something needs to be done about thid fake school taken people money!
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Is there anything that you can do ABOUT this situation? I got my diploma from Cornerstone and I can't find a College that accepts it cause its not a credited school. I think something should be done about this school charging people and its not even credited. Most people don't even no until They can't get accepted anywhere. They should be shut down. I'm really pissed.
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It is a real High Diploma. I used it and I have an Associate Degree now in Pre-Nursing. I am currently working on my Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. The best thing that ever happen to me !!!
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I mean a real High School Dipolma. I got mines back in 2007. I took it too a Community College and got accepted and graudation two years later with an Associate Degree in Pre-Nursing. Some schools have stop taking them because so many people were using them and getting into school. Iam so thankful I found out about this school. I would not be working on my Bachelor Degree now in Nursing, if it was not for this school. Just keep looking for a school that does accept it. My blessing or with all of you.
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I love it i just got accepted in to college and like billie said you got to look or call an d see where they accept it before you spend that money yall going on mouth to mouth stuff find out for your self
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I am also having problems getting into school. This is the second time i have been scamed. I just want to do better for my six children, i have spent hundreds of dollars trying to better myself only to have try at it again for my g.e.d. This time. You guys should br ashamed to be christians .
#10 Mar 1, 2013
I got my diploma in 2001. I tried signing up @ schools that advised me that cornerstone was not an accredited school. They charged me $50 & I am very upset because I thought that I had accomplished one of my goals. The school is a scam.
#11 Mar 14, 2013
Can u get a job with this diploma
#12 Mar 22, 2013
You must attend a community college to be accepted. And if you can't get your GED or are trying to take the easy way out and get this diploma from Cornerstone, then you prolly need to sick with a community college anyway. Chances are you won't make it in any other type of college. Not trying to be rude just keeping it real. I've gotten a couple of friends into community college with this diploma so I know it works!
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Soo. Where is it accepted?:-/ My friend got into city college. But, there Not regionlly accredited.
Smh... NOW I HAVE FOUND ONE HS PROGRAM THAT IS BUT NO ONE WANTS TO ACCEPT THEM.. SOOCONFUSED!
#14 Apr 19, 2013
can someone tell what schools accepts this so called diploma in the state of WA I can't find not one or online
#15 Apr 23, 2013
Im in miami,fl in this diploma is bull shit no body accept it....waste of time
#16 Apr 29, 2013
i was going to try to get my school from there but you all sayo one will except it so im ify n
#17 Apr 30, 2013
What school did you apply for and where?
#18 Apr 30, 2013
What school did you apply to that accepted your correspondence diploma?
#19 Apr 30, 2013
Billy what school did you apply to that accepted your cornerstone diploma?
#20 May 15, 2013
All you ppl thats running off at the mouth about it.... first off they tell you that on little white or yellow paper when they seen your stuff in that you cant get into a college because all colleges dont except them... now you be in look going to a commnity college. And may have changed since some you all took it like back in 2001 and 2003. Its 2013 and program has changed alot. Just to end this discussing.
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TRENTON — He was a 6-foot-4 basketball player, a ladies' man, a jokester, a singer in his high school choir.
He was a good friend, a 19-year-old man who would visit his parents three or four times a day, a loyal companion who his loved ones say ushered two women away from gunfire last month, before suffering a fatal shot himself.
Long before all that, Tré Lane was a 7-pound, 5-ounce, 19-inch-long newborn held in his mother's loving arms.
Hundreds of family, friends and community members remembered his life in a service yesterday at Jerusalem Baptist Church on North Clinton Avenue. The overflow crowd spilled out of the sanctuary and onto the street.
"When I looked at you, I knew you would be my only child," Regina Thompson-Jenkins said, in a poetic eulogy read for her by friend Melanie Tard.
"Tré, one of my fondest memories we shared is where I asked you who was the best mommy in the world," Tard read in the passage titled "Mommy's Hero." "And you said, 'You, Mom!'"
Three people were wounded in the hail of gunfire Sept. 22 on a New Willow Street porch, but Lane was the only fatality. No arrests have been made in the case.
During yesterday's service, Thompson-Jenkins was not the only one with poetry to mourn her son.
"Tré, you will always be with me in my heart," Paula Bethea read from a poem by Lane's father, William K. Lane. "Be with me when I fall apart. I love you, Tré," Bethea concluded.
William Lane sat alongside his ex-wife Thompson-Jenkins and her husband John Jenkins at the vanguard of the mourners.
The long list of speakers paying tribute to Lane's life filled the schedule for the nearly three-hour service.
A tearful Nathan Mayfield, Lane's counselor at Trenton Central High School, expressed gratitude for simply having Lane in his life.
"Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to be with him," he said to Lane's parents.
There also was a great deal of tribute paid to Thompson-Jenkins, a paraprofessional who has been working in city schools for 24 years.
"She just really loved Tré," said Trenton Central High School basketball coach Greg Grant, who had Lane in his recreation programs for years.
"His heart stopped beating but his soul didn't and that's what's going to keep everyone going," Grant added.
Bishop Victoria Pollard read from John 13:15: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
"The final act of Tré's life lives up with that scripture," she said.
Pushing others to safety before thinking about himself, Lane showed the best of his character, which he learned from his parents, Pollard said. And Lane, a gainfully employed college student with no criminal record, was not the intended target of the shooting, the mourners said.
Teachers, professionals, principals and the school district's superintendent also attended yesterday's ceremony. The service was announced as a celebration of Lane's life, though there was some talk about the violence that caused his death.
"I want to know what happened in the wee hours of the morning on that first autumn day," said Pollard.
"If Tré can save two lives by stepping in front of them, then we can save more lives by stepping out on the streets," said Andrew Bobbitt, a city activist who has worked with Thompson-Jenkins in putting together a community response.
Bobbitt's call was met with moderate applause from the church crowd.
Throughout the funeral, Thompson-Jenkins would rise and embrace every speaker, following their singing or delivery of happy memories about her son. They shared a feeling that they would reconnect one day.
"It's hope, and it supersedes sadness, it's a beautiful hope that sets us free," the Rev. Thomas Steele said. "You all will see him again."
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Scene of the fire
SPRINGHILL – It's going to be longer than expected before the community in centre here opens its doors to the public following Wednesday's fire.
"We've had to cancel everything," Springhill's Chief Administrative Officer Don Tabor said Friday. "We were hoping for Monday but it cold be longer."
The fire, which originated in a men's washroom on the building's second floor after at least one young vandal lit a garbage can on fire, shut down the Dr. Carson and Marion Murray Community Centre due to water, smoke and soot damage. While the fire was limited to a small area, the smoke damage is throughout the building.
"They're going to do air testing and have to flush out the central air system because the soot and smoke had gone throughout," Tabor said.
The air quality of the building was just another casualty of the fire. The canteen on the main floor of the building suffered extensive water damage and at least half of the walking track that surrounded the indoor arena had to be torn up, Tabor said, due to water damage.
"It's really thrown things," Tabor said.
Friday's Jr. B hockey game between the Cumberland County Blues and the Antigonish Bulldogs was cancelled as well as all services and programs. Hope two fundraisers slated for this weekend would be hosted at the community centre – the Blues' Diamond Dinner and the Guy Brown Memorial banquet – were quashed when the building's air quality couldn't be given the green-light, Leisure Services Director Jonathan Darnbrough confirmed Friday.
The Santa Clause Parade, which traditionally concluded at the community centre where kids would meet Santa Claus, will still take place Thursday, Nov. 22, but will wrap up with the Springhill Fire Dept. hosting the final festivities instead.
A young offender was arrested by Springhill Police following the fire and charges of arson and vandalism causing damage in excess of $5,000 are pending.


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'Buck Howard' is not quite magical
There's a moment in "The Great Buck Howard" when the assistants for John Malkovich's irascible, past-his-prime mentalist learn that an Entertainment Weekly article about the performer was not quite as flattering as they had hoped.
The headline: "The (Not-So-Great) Buck Howard."
The assistants' reaction: panic.
My reaction: Shoot, Entertainment Weekly stole my lead.
Because for all of its promise -- how can you resist a movie inspired by the Amazing Kreskin and featuring Malkovich in a hairpiece? -- and for all of its well-meaning niceness, "The Great Buck Howard" never grabs its real-world audience the way its title character seems to grab his on-screen ones.
The problem isn't so much in the film's clumsy, hand-holding narration, or in its forced quirkiness (Malkovich's overly aggressive handshake, Steve Zahn's impressive 'stache or the film's bubbly soundtrack). Rather it's that the movie's most interesting character -- that would be the one they decided to name the thing after -- isn't the main character.
Instead, the film focuses on his young, milquetoast assistant (Colin Hanks, son of Tom), who can't figure out what he wants to do in life. Pop wants him to be a lawyer, but he wants to be a writer. Because there are bills to pay, while he makes up his mind he takes a gig as the road manager for "The Great" Buck Howard, who has 61 "Tonight Show" appearances under his belt -- but none since the Carson era.
(How is it that a mentalist didn't see his career faltering?)
And so the two go from small town to small town -- Akron, Ohio; Bakersfield, Calif.; Wassaw, Wis. Along the way, Hanks' character, Troy, tries to find himself while Buck performs in old auditoriums and before even older (but sweetly appreciative) audiences.
Buck's never-fails finale: He has two audience members hide his paycheck for the night somewhere in the auditorium. If he can't find it, he doesn't get it.
The first time, it's moderately cool. After that . . . you are feeling veeerrry sleepy.
There's a wealth of cameos to keep a modicum of interest up -- Gary Coleman, George Takei, Tom Arnold, Jon Stewart -- and Tom Hanks plays a small role as the on-screen father of his real-life son. (A nice touch, given the family resemblance, both in appearance and voice.)
The real point of "The Great Buck Howard" isn't the magic, though. It's the film's do-what-you-love message, which is spoon-delivered in a voice-over during one of Buck's finales: "When you do the thing you love, " the younger Hanks intones as Malkovich searches an auditorium on-screen, "somehow, magically, you find the money."
As slight as it is, it's hard to actively dislike a movie so unabashedly positive. Still, all sweetness aside, "The Great Buck Howard's" real trick will be if it can manage to stay with you much past the movie theater parking lot.


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Avoriaz is a superb resort for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. Its high altitude and north-facing slopes complement each other, resulting in consistently excellent snow records. Enjoy the benefits of links to different resorts around the Portes du Soleil ski area, which holds over 650km of beautiful pisted runs to Morzine, Les Gets, Châtel and Champéry in Switzerland. You can also take your pick from over 60 mountain restaurants interlinked by over 200 lifts.
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The resort is car-free, creating a safe and peaceful environment. Horse-drawn carriages wind around the town's wooden high-rise buildings, whilst the snow-covered paths and streets allow for ski-in/out accommodation and facilities. The centre of the village is vibrant, offering many activities for all.
Avoriaz generally boasts very good, sometimes superb snow conditions. The runs which are intertwined within the town rarely melt fully, largely due to the resort's high altitude.
Avoriaz is suitable for every type of skier. As previously mentioned, experts may enjoy 'The Swiss Wall', but there is plenty of other tough work scattered around. There are also plenty of slopes for intermediates, including the long run down to Champéry. Meanwhile, beginners can practise on the nursery slopes, before venturing out to the well-linked and longer easy runs. Cross-country skiers can roam around on about 40km worth of trails, mainly between Avoriaz and Super-Morzine. Montriond and Lindarets are also accessible.
The Chalet d'Avoriaz is the obvious choice for après-ski, however there are alternatives. Mountain restaurants are prevalent, whilst the village area also has its fair share. For example, the Restaurant Les Fontaines Blanches is popular. Avoriaz has activities such as hiking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, bowling, outdoor skating and dog sledding. The Aquariaz, a stylish pool complex accompanied with lush vegetation, is perfect for children. There is also a spa at the Amara development.
Avoriaz is a perfect ski destination for a family ski holiday. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or advance skiers as there are slopes fit for all abilities. Not only does Avoriaz have a fantastic ski area, it also has fun and exciting activities to do at night, such as the local swimming pool, an ice rink, bowling and many other enjoyable activities. These suit the young and the old and families can spend quality time together whilst doing something they enjoy.
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Performed in a garden at the top of a hill in Foz Côa, at the remote northeast of Portugal. Overlooking the valley and the far slope of the opposite hill, at dusk, Peter Rehberg, Christian Fennesz (computers) and Rafael Toral (modular synth) played as João Paulo Feliciano mixed live into a sound-modulated light generating cube. The scale of the cube, the throbbing, rich colors emanating from it and the electronics setting gave the event an otherworldly feel, pretty much as if an alien spaceship had landed there.
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River levels are starting to rise in some areas of New Jersey as heavy rains are expected to move through the state this afternoon.
Minor flooding is now expected on Sunday from the Millstone River at Blackwells Mills and the Raritan River in Bound Brook, according to the National Weather Service. Other rivers are likely to approach flood stage with as much as 2 inches of rain on the way.
The reason for the flooding, forecasters say, is that lingering ice from record-setting cold earlier in the week could prevent some of the precipitation from draining at normal rates.
"With the ground being frozen, it's going to create more runoff," said Greg Heavener, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's office in Mount Holly. "The big riverbeds will be fine, but it could exacerbate things on smaller creeks and rivers, and places with poor drainage."
Spots upstream on the Raritan River are forecast to crest short of flood stage. Other rivers in the northern part of the state are also expected to approach flood stage but fall short, including the Rockaway River in Boonton below the reservoir, the Passaic River at Pine Brook, and the Ramapo River in Mahwah, according to the weather service.
Farther south, the Assunpink Creek in Trenton and the northern branch of the Rancocas Creek in Pemberton are also expected to come close to flood stage, but fall short, the weather service said.
Ice jams along the Delaware River flooded parts of Trenton, forcing some roads near the river to close earlier this week.
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X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG, one of the world's leading analog mixed-signal semiconductor foundries, successfully completed the first six months of 2005. The company increased its sales in the first two quarters by 15.5% to EUR 77.4 million. This compares to sales of EUR 67.0 million in the
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1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., -- a leading 200mm wafer fabrication foundry, announced the opening of its new sales office in Yokohama, Japan, to expand and enhance the Company's customer support in the region.The Company named Mr. Hideki Takizawa as the General Manager for the Japan office. Mr.
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UNO Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Schedule
NEW ORLEANS - The University of New Orleans men's swimming team is making its return in 2008, and what a debut it will be.
UNO head coach Randy Horner will see his men's team kick off the collegiate swimming season on Sept. 8 against nationally-ranked Stanford in Baton Rouge - part of an impressive swimming schedule announced by the men's and women's squads on Tuesday.
The slate features five home meets along with matchups against such nationally competitive programs as Alabama and Georgia Tech.
But up first is a Stanford program coming off a third-place finish in the NCAA championships this past March.
"I look at the Stanford dual as a great opportunity to get our kids in the water early against one of the best teams in the country and measure what we have," Horner said of a UNO men's program that will compete for the first time since 1992.
"We'll take a preseason mentality into the dual as we will have only had two weeks of practice prior to the dual with the team. While other teams open later in the season, this will give us a good chance to evaluate our new athletes in a meet situation, so we can get a jump on improving our athletes."
October will start off with a Blue and Silver Intersquad meet on Oct. 4, representing the first meet of any kind in New Orleans for UNO since Feb. 2007 when the Privateer women competed against North Texas at the Reilly Center.
After the intersquad competition, the men and women will officially open the home slate on Oct. 10 against Incarnate Word. Two weeks later, the women will compete against the first of two conference rivals when the Privateers host North Texas on Oct. 24.
UNO will then embark on a two dual matchups at Southern Illinois (Oct. 31) and Western Kentucky (Nov. 1).
November concludes with a home dual against Alabama of the Southeastern Conference on Nov. 8 and a road trip to Atlantic Coast Conference member Georgia Tech on Nov. 15.
In December, the Privateers will return to the Delta State Christmas Invite in Cleveland, Miss. for the second straight year. DSU will return the visit to start the new year off Jan. 23 when they visit the Crescent City for a dual.
Horner and his squad will get one final test before the Sun Belt Conference meet when they venture to Baton Rouge to compete in the two-day LSU Meet on Jan. 30 and 31. The women will swim against LSU, Rice and Houston while the men will take on LSU in the all-day affair.
"Our schedule is built with a wide range of teams throughout the season and everything is in place to build our swimmers up to the championship," said Horner. "We are a championship meet focused team with the dual meets not defining our season, but as a means to make sure we are there at the end."
Nashville, Tenn. will once again host the Sun Belt Conference meet Feb. 19-21 as the Privateer women will look to improve on their school-record best sixth place finish of the last three years while the men will get their first opportunity to see how they stack up against the best the conference has to offer.


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Edward Atkatz, Artist-in-Residence - Percussion
"The Lynn Conservatory uses a model that stresses small class size, which allows for an abundance of one-on-one time for teacher and student. Our percussion department consists of no more than four students, so that students get a great deal of individual attention, both in lessons and in studio class. I am training students with a focus on winning auditions, as well as preparing for a life in music as an orchestral or chamber musician. The percussionists at Lynn are talented, highly motivated and excellent at working together. We are looking for the highest level of performer who will be able to take advantage of the small department size and the excellent facilities—the ideal environment for a percussionist's musical growth."


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Experts are trying to find out what's causing a big leak in a Bronx tunnel that just underwent a $32 million renovation.
The borough president's director of planning and development, Wilhelm Ronda, says the pedestrian tunnel beneath the Grand Concourse could present "an ice skating opportunity" if the leak isn't fixed by winter.
Residents say water streams down the tunnel walls for days after a heavy rain.
There also are concerns that freezing and melting could cause more cracks and make the leakage even worse.
The city says it's working on the problem. It's not clear how long that will take, or how much it will cost.
The original rehab tab included a street-level plaza. The Daily News first reported this story.
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[Reprinted from Perspectives Spring 2011]
As hard as it may be for us to believe, there are billions of people in the world who live on $2 a day or less. The average businessperson might think it's a waste of time to focus any marketing attention on these people who live in subsistence. And the average businessperson would be wrong, say ILLINOIS professors Madhu Viswanathan and John Clarke.
John Clarke and Madhu Viswanathan
"First of all, you have a large population of people who have the ability to buy products that serve their immediate needs and some aspirational needs as well," says Viswanathan, professor of business administration. "There are clearly markets for certain types of products
but substantial challenges as well" in subsistence contexts, he affirms. In addition, the people living in subsistence are the future lower income and lower middle income people, says Clarke, clinical professor of business administration and assistant dean of the College.
Viswanathan agrees. "You're seeing that in India and in China today," he explains. "They are current producers. They are current entrepreneurs. They are the people providing customer service.
If, as a business, you want to understand culture in an emerging market, you should work in subsistence marketplaces. In the shadow of the emerging market are the people who retain the culture that is getting diluted in the middle class."
Viswanathan highlights Microsoft Research India, which has a strong presence in Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Microsoft is focused on understanding subsistence marketplaces "although there is no bottom line in sight," Viswanathan says. "Microsoft has a lot
of young people going out and doing experiments and learning about the culture. It's a way for them to engage, and they understand that this is the future."
And, Viswanathan adds, the research and product design that takes place in and for subsistence marketplaces has the potential to find markets elsewhere. "These resource-constrained contexts can also lead to innovations for all markets. The potential for reverse innovation is real," he says. "I believe we're going to see more and more potential for solutions created in subsistence marketplaces to then come back to other marketplaces." He cites examples of telemedicine that
can be used in communities in the United States and of rugged and inexpensive cell phones that can work in high temperatures, do not reflect the glare of sunlight, yield a good grip, and are functional. "Think of how the rest of the world could use innovations that arise from resource-constrained settings," he says.
A Simulating Experience
Viswanathan has carved out a career of studying subsistence marketplaces. He has researched low-literate, low-income consumers in the United States for 14 years and has produced user-friendly nutrition education materials that are being used in Illinois. For the past decade, he has also focused on subsistence consumers and entrepreneurs mainly in India, developing a small team there. He created the Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative at the University of Illinois in 2005, which develops and disseminates knowledge for creating sustainable solutions in subsistence marketplaces.
Clarke, too, has been involved on the ground floor of ILLINOIS efforts to develop international initiatives. As director of the College's Technology and Management program several years ago, one of his goals was to create new collaborations across disciplines. A yearlong graduate-level course and international immersion experience led by Viswanathan since 2006 has contributed to and benefitted from these collaborative efforts. During the past three spring semesters, Clarke has co-taught the course with Viswanathan.
In the class, students develop a deeper understanding of poverty and the behavior of subsistence consumers; they design and develop products for those consumers; and they prepare for an international immersion experience over part of the winter break. According to Clarke, this preparation is key. "Generally, in the U.S. we grow up without wanting much in life, so when we encounter people with very limited resources, in strained environments, operating in tough day-to-day conditions, we sometimes have a hard time processing the information and accepting the stark realities. To best prepare students for this kind of culture shock, it is important for them to understand as much as possible about the environment so that they are positioned for success and tooled to deal with the challenges they encounter."
Viswanathan believes that the virtual immersion section of the course, and particularly the poverty simulation, are extremely valuable components of this preparation. "What I ask students after the simulation is, 'What did you do? How did you feel? What did you learn about poverty?'
This is a great way to get them started, to change their perspectives by being engaged," he says. "They realize that 'Wow, this is not a choice to be poor.' They realize how you can go down in a negative spiral. And how you can't take care of your family and how anxious you are, and as you are anxious you make bad decisions. I find that it's a great way to get students engaged in thinking about poverty."
Jenna Goebig, MBA '12, agrees. "The pain, anxiety, fear, and frustration of living in poverty never goes away," she says. Participating in a poverty simulation last fall before traveling to India in December, she found herself fighting against time to complete her tasks for the day—whether it was to renew an electronic benefits transfer card, pawn a television to buy groceries, or attempt to find a job as a senior citizen.
"We were so busy trying to find means to provide for the physiological needs of the family that we exhausted ourselves," recalls Goebig. "It was an eye-opening experience about the real obstacles facing families in poverty, and it was instrumental in preparing me for the harsh reality of physical immersion into the subsistence context."
An Indelible Impression
Greater understanding comes from the actual immersion into the subsistence marketplaces themselves. The trips to India leave an indelible impression on students. "The experience was incredibly eye-opening," says Brian Schertz, MS '09. Schertz went to India with the graduate class last winter. "We talked in detail during the fall about subsistence market characteristics, especially with respect to India, but it didn't compare to being there."
Schertz said many things impressed him about India: the sheer number of people, the unevenness of development, the friendliness and resiliency of the people, and the opportunities in the markets—"not only in what they need to improve their quality of life, but in what we can learn from them as they have managed to survive in these conditions."
Schertz notes that he came home feeling blessed and realizing that businesses have the responsibility to give back and help people who are in need.
John Hedeman, assistant dean of students, has been on two such immersion trips with students and says that's exactly the kind of impression an opportunity like this can provide. "The hope is that this experience will allow students to build the skills of understanding, of empathy, and of their obligation to use their leadership and skills to make the world a better place. We don't know what directions our students' lives will take. Some will be business professionals, design leaders, or engineers, and as they grow their careers, the difference they can make is going to grow as well. I hope that in 15 to 20 years, we're going to hear about these students making a difference in society."
Stig Lanesskog, associate dean for MBA programs, agrees. He accompanied Viswanathan and Clarke's class on their immersion trip last winter and brought along four of his MBA students who were working on a project for a retailer in Mumbai. "This trip absolutely helped to shape the students' perspectives of India and the global marketplace," he says. "They have a better realization that products and services for individuals in this market need to be considered very differently, as the MBA's norms do not often apply. I think this will serve them well as they transition to industry and consider how to best tailor offerings for different geographies across the world. Also, they were struck by the warmth of the people. Even those who lived in challenging situations were so welcoming and gracious. I think that is a good lesson for all of us."
Those are just the kinds of experiences Clarke hopes students take away from these opportunities. "A successful short-term study abroad trip to subsistence marketplaces in India is a life-changing experience for our students, even for our international students from developing nations. In just a few short days on the ground, they get to explore complex situations firsthand, wrestle in person with things that we see only as a video clip or sound bite, and process information in ways that enrich their understanding of their own environments, environments in developing nations, and perhaps the world as a whole."
After the winter immersion trips, students return to campus where Clarke and Viswanathan work with them to refine their product ideas for the subsistence marketplace. "First, they study the needs of consumers in the subsistence marketplace, then they collaborate on product or service ideas, then they take their ideas to India with them to see if they will work," says Clarke. "Sometimes, the ideas they think will work before they go get completely turned on their heads. Then the students have to reexamine what will work in an environment where people have to make very different buying decisions because they live in a resource-scare area, buy in small quantities, and have nowhere to store items. They use this post-trip knowledge to take the business concepts they've learned and create prototypes of business plans and product and service developments that can work for these consumers."
From the Top Down
The class and the trips also cultivate a view that's much different from the macroeconomic, or top-down approach, that students may learn in textbooks. Viswanathan describes the approach
as a bottom-up one. "My starting point is with the micro-level behaviors and life circumstances of consumers and entrepreneurs living in poverty," he says. "We start with understanding at this level and develop insights for product development and business models using this basis."
Viswanathan's view of these consumers and entrepreneurs is one of respect and humility. "I don't like saying these are valuable markets that we can sell to," he says. "I like saying these are preexisting marketplaces that we can learn from and that we can design solutions for. In turn, these solutions can help all of us. That is why I refer to them as subsistence marketplaces."
Those solutions, Viswanathan says, can be designed by a range of organizations "from an enlightened social enterprise that is basically trying to find solutions, but at the same time has a social mission, to a business that is enlightened to say, 'I think I can do well as a business, and to do so requires understanding individual and community needs and doing good as well.'"
One solution that is working is VisionSpring, a social enterprise in India that provides low-cost vision solutions. To assist the vision entrepreneur, ILLINOIS students created a bag for VisionSpring that stores inventory and a deployable kiosk for vision testing.
Other Creative Initiatives
Graduate students aren't the only ones who have the opportunity to creatively study subsistence marketplaces. Viswanathan has also developed a module on Sustainable Businesses for Subsistence Marketplaces for Business 101, a required course for freshmen business students. According to Clarke, "The Business 101 module ensures that all students have an early introduction to this very important business topic. In fact, that first exposure can be where they begin to develop their concepts for the future products and services they design for the graduate course."
For Viswanathan, it's a way to begin to develop global citizens and to fulfill what he considers his "larger purpose with teaching at ILLINOIS by creating early and later integrative experiences at both graduate and undergraduate levels on the topic of sustainability." To do so, he also offers courses on environmental sustainability at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Marketplace literacy education is another creative initiative that Viswanathan has spearheaded for many years. He founded Marketplace Literacy Project, a non-profit organization, in 2003. He also developed a consumer and entrepreneurial literacy program for low-literate, low-income people that begins with "know-why" rather than "know-how"—that is, it centers on enabling understanding of the marketplaces among low-literate buyers and sellers. The program calls for a variety of educational methods, including picture sorting, simulated shopping, and role playing, all aimed at tapping into the learners' experiences—in hopes of placing these people on paths to lifelong learning.
For example, Viswanathan says, consider a poor woman who wants to start a food shop. "She needs know-how—that is, know where to locate, how to design the menu, and so on," he says. "Our feeling is, even if you're low-literate and poor, if you can think of the know-why in addition to the know-how, if you can think a little more broadly about your situation, then you're on a more promising track. For example, 'Why don't I start a food shop? Why don't I sell foods to middle-class households? Why don't I sell the ingredients to hotels?' and so on. Or 'Why should I even be in this business? Maybe it's the wrong business.' So if you can get people to understand the why of the marketplace, then they can understand why they should choose this and not that path. They can understand how to make wise choices and influence the marketplace around them."
Viswanathan says that his marketplace literacy education program is working on a small scale, and he is intent on widening the reach. In trying to expand the impact, his team is creating mobile phone animations that deliver lessons on marketplace literacy. The hope is that these animations would be in use worldwide.
In addition, Viswanathan mentions other efforts to expand the literacy education of people in subsistence marketplaces. One educational effort is based on a movie, Shakti Rising, made by Madura Microfinance Ltd., one of the largest microfinancing companies in the world. Madura worked with Viswanathan's team in India to embed marketplace literacy issues into the movie, which depicts a young mother of two in rural India who wants to start a business. She overcomes numerous challenges in doing so, both at personal and marketplace levels. The partnership between Madura and the Marketplace Literacy Project aims to use the movie as a platform to create self-administered, video-based educational modules that require no teacher, but can be used by groups of individuals who want to learn how to better themselves in subsistence marketplaces.
"My goal in scaling is to move from three zeroes to at least five zeroes in the number of people we reach," Viswanathan says.
But progress won't be determined by numbers alone. "I think you can measure the impact of our work by this: Are we giving people who have not had a chance, a chance? To me, that includes the people in the subsistence marketplaces as well as our students. Are our students getting the chance to understand the global challenges that they will face in their lifetimes? I hope that in a very small way we are moving in the right direction toward a larger purpose."
* The April 2011 issue of Inc. magazine featured Viswanathan's course as one of the country's "Top 10 Best Entrepreneurship Courses for 2011." For more information on subsistence marketplace initiatives, visit: www.business.illinois.edu/subsistence and www.marketplaceliteracy.org.
Preparation for the Global Marketplace
When he was a sophomore in college, John Clarke visited Germany as part of an international experience for students. It had such a powerful impact on him, that when he came to ILLINOIS seven years ago he began developing programs so that business students could have their own short-term immersion experience.
Since then, he has taken hundreds of students to countries around the world to give them a firsthand look at the global marketplace. While some of the trips have been to subsistence marketplaces in India, Clarke has taken students to China, Israel, South Korea, Brazil, and other countries as well.
"The College has a vision that every student should have an international experience," says Clarke, an assistant dean and clinical professor of business administration. "Since not every student will be able to study abroad for a semester, we offer shorter trips from one to three weeks to ensure that more students have the opportunity."
Why the focus on international trips? "It helps students to see what skills are required to work in a global environment and to start building those skills. Plus, it allows them to gain a new perspective on the world and on business and to just generally broaden your horizons, all of which are important to working in a global workforce," explains Clarke.
While on the trips, Clarke requires students to take photos and videos and to keep written journals. "We structure these trips so that a student experiences as much as six months of life in a week to ten days. So it's important that they have a process of capturing information, often personal reactions and observations, because processing that information over time is a very powerful tool."
For instance, last year students on the India trip interviewed tsunami survivors in coastal villages as part of research for the development of a disaster shelter that could be deployed to other parts of the world in danger of potential large-scale flooding from hurricanes and earthquakes. "I'm sure that as those students watched the recent events in Japan unfold they have a different appreciation of what is really going on, are far better positioned to sift through the bombardment of disparate information, and are able to better understand the realities of the Japanese situation."
While Clarke says there's no way of knowing what environments ILLINOIS students will work in, what roles and jobs they will have in their careers, or even what industries will employ them, he is sure about one thing. "My experience taking almost 500 undergrads, grads, and executives abroad tells me that these kinds of educational immersion experiences are invaluable when it comes to developing and preparing future global operators."


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Greenfield User Guide
File storage and transfer
File spaces
There are several distinct file spaces available from Greenfield.
- /home
- Your Greenfield home directory is created the first time you log in to Greenfield.
- This is the default space for all your files. You have a home directory named /home/user-name, where user-name is your PSC username. The /home filesystem is shared across Greenfield, so you can access your files in /home from all Greenfield nodes.
- Your home directory is /home/user-name.
- The environment variable $HOME points to your Greenfield home directory.
- There is a quota of 10GB on your home directory.
- /crucible
- The /crucible filesystem is a scratch file system, shared across all Greenfield nodes, providing a fast, temporary file area for data read or written by running jobs. It is much faster than the /home system.
- The /crucible filesystem is not a permanent storage space and it is not backed up. Files that have not been accessed for 21 days are subject to deletion. Files in /crucible will also be deleted if we need to free up space to keep jobs running.
- Be sure to move your /crucible files to your local site or to the Data Supercell as soon as possible after your job completes.
- Your /crucible home directory is /crucible/group-name/user-name where group-name is the 7 character name for the PSC group associated with your grant.
- Find your group name
- If you have more than one grant, you will have a /crucible directory for each grant. BE SURE to use the appropriate directory when working under multiple grants.
- The Data Supercell
- The Data Supercell is a PSC-designed and built system for long-term storage and management of petabyte-scale data.
- Your home directory in the Data Supercell is /arc/users/user-name.
- The Data Supercell is mounted on Greenfield (that is, you can see your Data Supercell files by typing
ls /arc/users/user-namefrom Greenfield) and files can be copied easily between the Data Supercell and Greenfield.
- To transfer files between Greenfield and the Data Supercell, use the PSC high-speed data conduit data.psc.xsede.org with either scp or sftp. See the section on scp and sftp in this User Guide for details.
- See the Data Supercell page for a detailed description of the Data Supercell.
File Transfer
Globus Online, scp and sftp are all be available to transfer files to and from Greenfield.
Our recommended method for file transfer is Globus Online. If you cannot use Globus Online, but do have access to Globus client software, we recommend globus-url-copy. Otherwise, you can use sftp or scp.
Both Globus Online and globus-url-copy use high-speed data conduits, and are much faster than other file transfer methods.
In order to use Globus Online to transfer files, you must either create a Globus Online account or use InCommon credentials.
Create a Globus Online account
Go to https://www.globus.org/, click "Sign Up" in the upper right, and follow the instructions.
Once you have done that, you can use Globus Online to transfer files to Greenfield.
Use InCommon credentials
If you are affiliated with an InCommon institution you can use your username and password for that institution to authenticate to Globus. You must also register with PSC as an InCommon user before you can transfer files to PSC with your InCommon credentials.
To register with PSC as an InCommon user, follow these steps.
- Go to https://cilogon.org/
- Select your institution from the 'Select an Identity Provider' list
- Click on the 'Log On' button
This will take you to a login page for your institution.
- Enter your username and password for your institution
- Click on the 'Login' button
You will be redirected back to the CILogon Service web page.
- Find and copy your "Certificate Subject" string
Near the top of the CILogon Service web page you will see a field called "Certificate Subject" with a string like /DC=org/DC=cilogon/C=US/O=My Institution/CN=My Name A1234. Copy this string. You'll need it in step 9.
- Log off from the CILogin Service webpage
- Log in to https://dirs.psc.edu/cgi-bin/teragrid/userpage/list.pl with your PSC username and password
This site lists the certificate subjects (DNs) that we have in our PSC database for your PSC account.
- Add your CILogon Certficate Subject (DN) to this list
- Click on the 'Add DN' link at the top left
This will take you to the "Adding DN" page.
- Paste the certificate subject that you copied in step 6 into the DN: field
Make sure there are no extra spaces before or after the pasted string.
- Click on 'Create' to add your new CILogon DN (certificate subject) to the PSC database
You can click on the 'List DNs' link at the top left to confirm that your new DN was added.
- Click on the 'Add DN' link at the top left
Moving files with Globus Online
To start a file transfer, log in to the Globus site.
Globus transfers files between known endpoints. XSEDE users will use one set of endpoints and InCommon users will use another.
On the Globus site, choose 'Transfer Files' and you will be taken to a graphical interface where you will select endpoints, specify source and destination paths and identify the files to be copied.The endpoints and paths to use for Globus Online are given in the following tables. XSEDE users may need to authenticate with their XSEDE Portal username and password when they select an endpoint.
|Endpoints for
|XSEDE users
|InCommon users
|Data Supercell
InCommon users, note the difference between the Greenfield endpoint and the Data Supercell endpoint: dxc-cilogon vs. dsc-cilogon.
|Path for
|Greenfield home directory
|Greenfield scratch directory
|Data Supercell
1To find your group-name, log in to Greenfield and type
id-Gn. Remember that /crucible is a scratch file system and is only appropriate for temporary storage. Files that you wish to keep should be stored in the Data Supercell.
XSEDE users can use GridFTP and the
globus-url-copy command line client to transfer files to the DSC. Once on the DSC, files can moved to /crucible or /home as needed.
To use
globus-url-copy, first ensure that you have a current user proxy certificate for authentication with enough time on it to complete your transfer by typing
The output will look like:
subject : /C=US/O=National Center for Supercomputing Applications/CN=Joe User issuer : /C=US/O=National Center for Supercomputing Applications/OU=Certificate Authorities/CN=MyProxy identity : /C=US/O=National Center for Supercomputing Applications/CN=Joe User type : end entity credential strength : 2048 bits path : /tmp/x509up_u99999 timeleft : 11:58:33
If the timeleft is not sufficient, or you get an "ERROR: Couldn't find a valid proxy" message, then use
myproxy-logon (or if you have your own long term user certificate,
grid-proxy-init) to obtain a new user proxy certificate, e.g.:
myproxy-logon -l xsede-user-name -t 24
The output will look like:
Enter MyProxy pass phrase: A credential has been received for user xsede-user-name in /tmp/x509up_u99999.
where xsede-user-name is your XSEDE User Portal login name, -t 24 requests a 24-hour certificate, and the MyProxy pass phrase entered is your XSEDE User Portal password.
You can then use
globus-url-copy to transfer files. You will need to know:
- The GridFTP server address for the system you want
- The absolute path to the files
|GridFTP server address
|Absolute path to home directory
|For Greenfield
|For the Data Supercell
where user-name is your PSC user name.
- Copy a file (mydata.out) from your Greenfield home directory to the DSC. Type (note that this command must be typed all on one line):
globus-url-copy -vb gsiftp://data.greenfield.psc.xsede.org/greenfield/home/user-name/mydata.out gsiftp://gridftp.psc.xsede.org/arc/users/user-name/mydata.out
The output will be similar to:
Source: gsiftp://data.greenfield.blacklight.psc.xsede.org/user-name/ Dest: gsiftp://gridftp.psc.xsede.org/arc/users/user-name/ mydata.out -> mydata.out
The -vb option gives feedback on the transfer. You can omit it if you like.
scp and sftp
You can transfer files between your local systems and Greenfield using the SSH file transfer clients scp andsftp. Both graphical and command line versions of these clients are available.
Using a graphical scp or sftp app
If you have a graphical scp or sftp client application on your local system, you can use it to transfer files to Greenfield. Connect to greenfield.psc.xsede.org and use your PSC username and password for authentication.
Using scp from the command line
For scripted transfers, or transfers that you want to execute directly from your command-line shell, you can use the SSH scp client.
General scp use
The general format of the scp command is:
scp source-file destination-file
where the full specification for both source-file and destination-file is
The machine-name for Greenfield is greenfield.psc.xsede.org.
Luckily most of the time you can rely on default settings to avoid typing the full specification. For example, you can omit:
- the machine-name of the local machine
- the user-name if it is the same on both source and destination machine
- the path-to-file when it is your home directory on the remote machine
- the path-to-file when it is your current directory on the local machine
- the destination filename unless you want to rename it
Transfer files between Greenfield and the Data Supercell
Use the command line scp client to copy files between Greenfield and the Data Supercell using the PSC high-speed data conduit data.psc.xsede.org.
To copy filename to your Data Supercell home directory, type
scp filename email@example.com:filename
Using sftp from the command line
Transfer files to the Data Supercell
Use the command line sftp client to copy files to and from the Data Supercell using the PSC high-speed data conduit data.psc.xsede.org.
- First authenticate to data.psc.xsede.org
sftp firstname.lastname@example.com
You will be prompted for your PSC password. The first time you connect to data.psc.xsede.org, you will be asked to accept the server's host key.
Your default directory on data.psc.xsede.org is your Data Supercell home directory, /arc/users/user-name.
- Use the put command to copy files into the Data Supercell and the
getcommand to copy files from the Data Supercell.
put filename .
puts filename into your Data Supercell directory.
get filename .
copies filename from the Data Supercell into your current directory.
Transfer files to your Greenfield home directory
You can use the command line sftp client to transfer files to and from Greenfield interactively.
- First authenticate to greenfield.psc.xsede.org using a command like
sftp email@example.com
The first time you connect to greenfield.psc.xsede.org using sftp, you may be prompted to accept the server's host key.
You will then be prompted to enter your PSC password.
- Transfer files using the put command to copy a file from your local system to Greenfield, or get to copy a file from Greenfield to your local system. Your default directory for sftp to greenfield.psc.xsede.org is your Greenfield home directory.
Other sftp commands
At the sftp> prompt, you can use other sftp commands to manage and transfer your files to/from Greenfield. Enter a question mark for a list of available sftp commands.
Examples (entered commands appear in bold):
- What directory am I in on Greenfield?
sftp> pwd Remote working directory: /home/user-name
- What directory am I in on my local system?
sftp> lpwd Local working directory: /Users/JoeUser/Documents
- Change directories on my local system to /Users/JoeUser/Documents/project1:
sftp> lcd /Users/JoeUser/Documents/project1
- Make a new directory called "newdata" under my current directory on Greenfield :
sftp> mkdir newdata
- Exit from this sftp session :
sftp> exit


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Compostable Biobags Have Higher Carbon Footprint, Report Says
Non-biodegradable bioplastics have a smaller carbon footprint than those that are designed to decompose, according to a white paper by U.K. firm Biome Bioplastics.
Bioplastics: an important component of global sustainability uses figures from Brazilian plastic and bioplastic company Braskem, among other sources, to show that for every kilogram of non-biodegradable biopropolyene manufactured there is a net sequestration, or negative carbon footprint, of about 2.3kg of CO2.
This is compared to a net gain of over 5kg of CO2 for each kilogram of traditional plastic.
Degradable bioplastic also offers advantages over its petroleum-based cousins, the report said, but these advantages are less pronounced. Degradable plastics compost back into carbon dioxide and water, returning all the sequestered carbon to the atmosphere.
This situation is worsened if the bioplastic did not compost in air, "but rotted in an oxygen-poor landfill," according to the report.
"In these circumstances, the plastic would degrade into methane (CH4) and other byproducts. Methane is a global warming gas of greater impact than CO2 and so the full carbon footprint needs to include any uncaptured CH4 produced in landfill," the report says.
Reader Comments
It always seems that the whole picture isnt immediately considered. i have seen green "biodegradable" poop scooping bags all over the place and somehow folks think this is a license to toss them everywhere. as they break down it seems that all that happens is they get to be smaller and smaller pieces. i think the full understanding of how things biodegrade is important and it needs to be known what they do in and out of a landfill situation, in sun or no sun, and all the other considerations of how the bag will really exist and for how long once it has been disposed of.
Sorry, I don't understand how one kg of plastic can sequester 2.3 kg of carbon. Am I missing something? Tim (BSc MSc)
Hi Tim,
The plastic doesn't sequester 2.3Kg… the sugar cane grown in Brasil in order to make Braskem's Green PE does it…
Math can always ruin the party! It's the bean counters in this world with nothing to do.
two things.
The first is that the claim is 2.3 kg of CO2 sequestered, not Carbon. 1kg of Carbon makes about 3 kg of CO2 when burned.
The second point is that the article goes further than Braskem's presentation claims (the Braskem presentation has no supporting evidence or citations to go with it). The Braskem presentation ( http://www.braskem-ir.com.br/braskem/web/arquivos/Conference_Mar2011_Citi_1x1_v2.pdf ) states that 2.3 – 2.5 kg of CO2 are "captured" in each kg of PolyEthylene or Polypropylene made by Braskem's bioplastic process (reverse this and you get 2.3 – 2.5 kg of CO2 produced by burning 1 kg of PE PP). That's entirely credible, if it just refers to the CO2 equivalent physically locked up in the non-biodegradable plastic.
However, the EL article alters the Braskem claim by stating that there is a "NET" Carbon sequestration (or negative Carbon footprint) of 2.3 kg of CO2 for every kg of bio-plastic manufactured. These are two very different statements.
The White Paper linked in the article above makes the difference very clear between the CO2 physically locked in non-biodegradable plastic compared to the overall Carbon footprint of producing the plastic. The White Paper suggests that the Carbon footprint is usually a positive value, albeit smaller than the C footprint from producing fossil fuel based plastics due to pulling Carbon from the air by the original plant and lower temperature processing.
Your scepticism is warranted. Poor reporting by EL
Hi Nigel,
This is taken straight from the Biome white paper, "Braskem, the large Brazilian producer manufacturing both bioplastic and oil-based equivalents, has calculated much higher figures for the capture of CO2 by a growing sugar cane plant. It estimates a net sequestration (that is, a negative footprint) of about 2.3 kilogramme of CO2 for every kilogramme of biopolypropylene manufactured."
So I don't think we altered anything, unless I'm missing something…?
Tamar Wilner
Senior Editor
I find this to be positively insane. This should have been known. Who's doing the tests on these things? This should have been known before they were ever approved. The approval process needs to be re-examined.
Nigel, the pdf link you posted isn't loading for me.
Tamar, That's the danger of just "taking something straight from the Biome (or any) white paper" without exercising editorial judgement
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Voucher schools have long been known to "dump" children with special educational needs and at-risk behaviors, even after accepting taxpayer money to educate those students. The public rarely sees this happen, or is faced with the hardship this creates for children and their families. However, the letter below provides a glimpse into how voucher schools inflate their reputations by ridding themselves of unwanted students.
In contrast, public schools must educate ALL children, including those experiencing academic, behavior, or parental issues. Increasingly, they are also forced to pick up the students expelled by outfits like Mount Olive, without any compensation from the state because the school already cashed the voucher.
This is unfair. It hurts the expelled students and their families, humiliating them and forcing them to change schools. It hurts public schools, both financially and by concentrating the share of at-risk children. Finally, it hurts the public, as taxpayer money is siphoned off for private gain.
A common argument of voucher school proponents is that these schools create competition for public schools, thereby increasing achievement across the board. However, when your "competitior" can skim the cream off the class crop, that's far from a level playing field. It's hard to imagine how this type of "competition" would be healthy for anyone.
With their unfair advantages, you'd think that voucher schools would at least appear to be doing better at educating students than public schools. However, often that's not even the case. The same MPS school that enrolled the student identified in this letter received another student from a different voucher school that same week, which had been closed down because its operators left for Florida to start another voucher school. The closure forced MPS to absorb its 66 students, only one of whom tested "proficient" on the most recent Wisconsin State Concepts and Knowledge Exam (WKCE).
The result for MPS is an overall special needs population of well over 30% and decreasing financial resources. Public school educators do their best to provide quality education for their students, but this becomes more challenging with every passing year. Though voucher school proponents love to talk about "choice" and "achievement," the real story is that these schools do a serious disservice to students, families, educators, public school districts and state taxpayers.
Despite these glaring problems with the Wisconsin voucher program, legislators in the state capitol continue to look for ways to expand it. It's time Wisconsin taxpayers stand up and tell them no! How many more students will we let schools like Mount Olive dump before we fix the problem?


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EASTHAMPTPON – A project that was first talked about in 1997 has been given the order to proceed and A Pereira Construction from Ludlow will keep working through the winter when it can.
The state Department of Transportation awarded the bid for roadway reconstruction at Pomeroy Meadow and Loudville roads and Glendale and West streets to A Pereira for $2.5 million, said spokeswoman Sara Lavoie.
In an email, she wrote, "Pereira intends on working through the winter with drainage, wall construction, clearing and demolition."
The company will improve alignments, roadway sight distance and grading with a minimal impact to driveways for existing homes in the area, according to the project description.
Two stop signs and a flashing yellow caution light alert motorists to the intersection's dangers now.
The primary problem is a lack of good sight distances for drivers approaching the intersection. There have been a number of accidents there, city officials said, including a fatal there several years ago.
The project letter initiating the work was first filed on Oct. 2, 1997. The project review committee approved it Dec. 1, 2005. The project was not advertised, however, until June of 2013. Former Mayor Michael A. Tautznik said work on the Big Dig in Boston slowed the project here.
According to the state website monitoring the work, the project is six percent complete and the project is expected to be finished in the spring of 2015.
In May, the City Council approved five easements and compensation for five property owners, a necessary step before the project could go out to bid.
The Pioneer Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization will fund most of project. The city will use Chapter 90 money for the land-takings that range from $500 to $138,500 to Ronald and Carol Laurin for a house that will be razed.
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President Obama flexed his muscles ever-so-slightly this week when he made a recess appointment of Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. However, several prominent Republicans are arguing that Congress isn't technically in recess thanks to the briefest of "proforma" sessions. Thus, they claim that Obama's appointment is not only unconstitutional, but an unprecedented power-grab.
Jon Stewart addressed the political saber-rattling at the heart of this mock-troversy on Thursday
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The early residents of Marquette's opulent neighborhood on "The Ridge" ranged widely from teachers, doctors, railroad men, civil engineers, laborers and business owners.
A tour and history of "The Ridge" will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The stories of some of Marquette's earliest residents will be presented in the form of a walking tour conducted by Marquette County History Museum Librarian Rosemary Michelin, and Assistant Research Librarian Katelyn Weber. The tour will begin at the museum, 213 N. Front St., and end with a guided tour inside the Jopling-Sabin home at 321 Cedar St., where lemonade will be served. A $3 per person donation is suggested for the walking tour and a $2 donation is suggested to view the inside of the Jopling-Sabin home.
Many residents of "The Ridge" lived in stately homes, employed servants, and participated in the development of Marquette as the "Queen City" of the north. The more modest structures on Ridge Street also housed hardworking citizens with equally extraordinary stories.
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The Kennedy sisters enjoy an afternoon on Mrs. Bessie Call's porch at 450 East Ridge, circa 1890s. Shown, from left, are Emma Forsyth, Bessie Call, Lillie Shiras, Jean Reynolds, Margaretta Kane, and Sara Spear. (Marquette County History Museum photo)
One of these stories took place at 130 W. Ridge on one early September morning in 1907. Commonly, wives of the era would open their homes to boarders for extra income, and at the turn of the century Marquette claimed over a dozen boarding houses. Mrs. Edward Brennan, of 130 W. Ridge, had done just that and was given the shock of her life when a certain boarder showed up unannounced at 4 a.m. The doorbell woke her and upon answering she was face to face with a gray-eyed baby boy bundled up in a basket. Included in The Mining Journal's account of the event was the content of the "tear stained" note pinned to the tiny baby's frock. "My name is Charlie. If you like me and will keep me, I will tell you more about myself. Please be good to me." Mr. and Mrs. Brennan, having no other children, took little Charlie in as their own son. Needless to say, he was their star boarder and was showered with gifts from the bachelor boarders as well as the community of Marquette.
Headed eastward toward the lake, the Murray house at 225 E. Ridge was home to David Murray, owner and operator of David Murray Grocery on Front Street. Devastation struck the family when the fire of 1868 destroyed their business. Fortunately, Mr. Murray was able to partner with Byron Robbins and successfully rebuilt his storefront shortly after. Just down the street from the Murray's was the old Ridge Street School, a two-story brick building built in 1859, now the location of Pine Ridge Apartments. Across the street from the school, a young female teacher boarded at 328 E. Ridge in the mid 1870s. She later became the wife of John M. Longyear and long time friend of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement.
The secretary and superintendent of the Lake Superior Powder Company, Josiah Reynolds, lived at 431 E. Ridge with his wife, Jean Kennedy, and their children. Jean Kennedy - second in a line of Kennedy sisters - upon visiting Marquette, found herself a prominent and well-to-do husband. Her older sister, Lillie, married George Shiras Sr., who traveled to the Marquette area for fishing trips. Their grandson, George Shiras III, is famous for his wildlife photography. Jean's little sister, Sara, came to visit Marquette and met her husband, Frank Bennett Spear, on the boat from Sault Ste. Marie. They married and settled at 455 E. Ridge. Frank Spear made his living dealing in coal, hay and building materials. Sara then invited her younger sister Bessie to vacation with her and she became Mrs. Charles H. Call and resided at 450 E. Ridge. Charles Call was president of the First National Bank and Marquette County Savings Bank.
Josiah Reynolds, outside of the powder company, also had interests in banking, serving as director of the First National Bank as well as on its first board of directors. Josiah and Jean's son, Maxwell Kennedy Reynolds, invented the wooden respirator, which saved many lives in the Upper Peninsula during the polio epidemic.
Just around the corner, the Jopling-Sabin home stands at 321 Cedar St. Built for Henry Mather in 1888 by Charles VanIderstine, this home boasts 4,000 square feet of living space, including five bedrooms and baths and several stately fireplaces. The home retains its original woodwork, oak wainscoting and French pocket doors. It also contains a formal dining room, large butler's pantry and an enclosed sun porch with a south facing view of Lake Superior.
The home was later sold to James Jopling, who first came to Marquette in 1881 as a civil engineer. More than 26 mining companies employed Jopling as a mine engineer by 1891. He later accepted a position with Cleveland Cliffs and stayed with the company for 40 years. Jopling and his wife, Bessie Mather, resided in the home at 321 Cedar St. for more than 50 years. Their only child, Richard Mather Jopling, died during World War I while serving in France in an ambulance corps. Dr. Fred Sabin, an ophthalmologist, and his family lived in the home for nearly 50 years.
If the walls of the Ridge Street homes could talk they would express the extraordinary stories of families who may otherwise seem commonplace and forgotten. From boarding house owners to grocers, teachers and doctors, the fate and fortune of early Marquette and its residents is represented by the magnificent structures that still stand on "The Ridge."


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I have read countless books and articles on leadership and the various ways in which it is defined. But none resonates with me more than the ones that point out a leader's ability – and responsibility – to foster reciprocal respect. After all, how does any leader inspire or engage a team that does not respect him or her, or themselves feel respected? Sometimes leaders are just too busy leading to give this much thought.
It is always good to take another look at the things we think we already know, especially about ourselves. How we see the world and those in it greatly impacts the way in which we conduct ourselves and engage others. As business leaders, it is sometimes hard to get a true reading on the intangible aspects of our work life and relationships. (A wise leader asks for feedback.) The 2013 Executive Coaching Survey from Stanford School of Business, Center for Leadership Development and Research revealed that the biggest flaw or deficiency among CEOs and others in leadership is self-awareness.
The way that you behave, the things that you say and the manner in which you say them, the attitude you display toward others or a situation and even your body language all reveal something about you to others. But what does it tell you about yourself? If you don't know the answer to that, perhaps it's time for honest reflection … and feedback from others.
In my humble (and professional) opinion, it all goes back to etiquette. Business leaders have a responsibility to set the tone for the work culture and relationships they influence. This cannot be effectively accomplished without being aware of one's own conduct, attitude, style of communicating and even dress. Knowing how to intentionally engage someone and make positive lasting impressions, for example, comes from self-awareness, an understanding of acceptable social behavior and a desire to make others (not yourself) feel important and respected. This is a matter of etiquette, and some would say finesse.
Knowing the rules of etiquette helps you to respond intellectually rather than emotionally to a difficult situation. Etiquette calls for self-restraint. This means being able to subdue "me first" behavior or self-important attitudes in favor of the comfort of others in your surroundings. When holding positions of authority, executing proper etiquette is of greater significance and consequence than the execution of your directives by others.
Being able to say and do what you wish as a person in authority is perceived as perks that come with the territory; however, exercising restraint in difficult encounters with staff or strained situations requires diplomacy and self-control.
In fact, displaying proper etiquette is a matter of leadership responsibility. Etiquette competence can help leaders gain more respect and credibility among peers and subordinates alike. The key to exhibiting proper etiquette for leaders is making everyone you encounter feel respected in your presence regardless of position.
In The Respect Effect, Paul Meshanko discusses how respect is a cultural and strategic competency that successful people in business have acquired. It is a competency that leadership within organizations must incorporate, he says, into best practices in order to fully engage their employees. His book is based on a study of the neurology behind respect and includes case studies of companies that cultivated more respectful workplaces.
In every business situation, there are do's and don'ts that any professional needs to know – leader or not – in order to make a lasting impression and guarantee the success of business relationships. Here are a few examples:
- Appropriate dress and grooming for a given business environment or social event
- Showing proper deference and respecting boundaries of personal space, conversation topics, use of property or information belonging to others
- Managing your space and sharing common areas
- Meeting manners – directing, attending, staying on task, sharing the floor
- Meet and greet formalities and protocol
- Building rapport with new clients or staff
- Exhibiting and reading body language properly
- Eating with clients, co-workers and management
- Networking with purpose and effect
- Effective communication – speaking with clarity, listening and responding, proper formality (verbal or written)
- Telephone and technology courtesy – use of voice mail, speakerphones, texting, email, etc
What is your etiquette competency? Consider your skill and influence in these areas and how you may need to improve upon them. Self-awareness is Step One.
"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude." – Colin Powell


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A musical 150th
Johnny Staats and the Delivery Boys brought a taste of their bluegrass stylings to the Weirton Event Center Friday as part of this year's Summer Sizzle concert series. The series will continue June 28 with performances by Bone Daddy and Easy Street.
In addition to the concert, Friday's event also continued the local celebration of West Virginia's sesquicentennial, with a balloon launch, cake, fireworks and a chance for prizes, including an iPad courtesy of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In the midst of all the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, something worked right for dozens of Staten Island homeowners in Willowbrook: When the wind, rain and storm surge subsided Tuesday, their homes, surprisingly, remained dry and relatively unscathed by the storm.
It was a far cry from last year when a 7-foot storm surge from Hurricane Irene and overflow from Willowbrook Pond submerged cars, ruined basements and houses and trapped homeowners on Saybrook Street and on nearby Croft, Goller and Eton Place, until firefighters in FDNY boats came to their rescue.
Residents, who had been expecting the worst this time, were surprised and relieved by the outcome.
"Whatever they did, whatever they learned from last year, it worked," said Saybrook Street resident Robert Tam, who said he just spent $30,000 repairing the damage to his basement from the six-feet of water he received during Irene.
"It's like night and day," agreed Tam's neighbor, Joseph Bittar, 65, who also spent more than $20,000 repairing damage to his home from Irene.
Hurricane Irene -- Sunday August 28, 2011
This time the city Parks Department and the Department of Environmental Protection were prepared.
Hours before Sandy hit, city workers began draining the water level of Willowbrook Pond, succeeding in bringing the water level down by at least six inches. The culvert that was blocked last year was cleared of leaves and crews will continue to monitor it. A log dam was created upstream to divert and slow any sizable runoff of water draining from the College of Staten Island campus into the pond.
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Oddo and his staff, who had been keeping tabs on the situation in the hours before the storm hit, were pleased with the results.
"We threw a shutout at Willowbrook Park. Great team effort to get us through this without an incident," said Oddo, who was out and about Tuesday inspecting the damage in his district.
"This time we got lucky; we dodged a bullet here," agreed Bittar, who said he and his wife, Lucy, have lived in the Willowbrook neighborhood since 1985
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New - Labled 3 yr DAP Vaccine
An article in the October 17, 2005 issue of First For Women Magazine
highlights a new vaccine called Continuum DAP for dogs. It announces that a
vaccine just approved by the USDA means your dog needs a shot for distemper,
hepatitis and parvovirus only once every three years instead of annually.
This vaccine was introduced to the American Veterinary Medical Association
(AVMA) at their Annual Convention July 17, 2005 in Minneapolis, MN.
The manufacturer's promo synopsis for their product at the convention:
"Intervet Inc. recently launched Continuum DAP, a USDA-approved canine
vaccine with three-years' duration of immunity against distemper, adenovirus
(hepatitis), and parvovirus. Veterinarians can now confidently implement a
three-year vaccination protocol with these antigens with the full support of
an approved label."
The website
http://www.continuum3.com/home.asp has a link/page entitled
Vaccine Protocols, which includes Corona vaccine (and Lyme) which are not
core vaccines to be considered by leading canine immunologist, Dr Ronald
Shultz, University of Wisconsin*. From my study, most veterinarians seek to
follow label recommendations, which is a good thing and why it was
important, that after the American Animal Hospital Association (AHAA)**
admitted that these (DAP) core vaccines were most likely only necessary
every three years, that we actually now have a vaccine labeled
appropriately. Hopefully, after other drug companies complete their
research, there will be more vaccines for dogs labeled for three year
duration, possibly more as the studies mature. Caution, it is thought that
the drug companies will be raising the price per vial on these new 3 yr core
vaccine immunizations to help defray the costs of the immunity trials.
Trials, that from my view, should have been ongoing in the first place.
Please promote this information by forwarding. Credit given is appreciated.
For Dogs' Sake,
Reported by,
Julie Borst Reed
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Quinoa is getting plenty of attention these days, and for good reason – the light, fluffy grain (actually a seed related to spinach and kale) contains a balanced set of essential amino acids, making it an excellent source (about 20%) of complete protein. (In fact, the WHO claims that quinoa contains a better protein balance than any grain, being at least equal to milk in terms of protein quality). It's gluten free, easily digested and a good source of dietary fiber. It's high in B vitamins, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, folic acid, vitamin E, iron and zinc. And guess what? You can sprout it! It's easy, and a great little science experiment if you have kids around.
Germination activates natural enzymes and boosts vitamin content. Quinoa has a short germination period: only 2-4 hours resting in between paper towel soaked in water is enough to make it sprout; this softens the grains, making them a perfect addition to salads, sandwiches or to eat straight-up.
Take a few layers of paper towel, wet it and lay it flat; sprinkle with dry quinoa and cover with another couple layer of wet paper towel.
If you live in a dry climate, like I do, you may need to re-moisten it the next day, when it should look like this (above) – after about 3 days, it will have fully sprouted (like the image at the top) – add the teeny sprouts to sandwiches or salads. Keep extras in the fridge, and use them as soon as you can.
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