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Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 6:30 PM (CST)
Happy New Year! 2013 was a great year for our club and we are very excited about 2014 socials and activities! Lots of fun planned!
Please join us for our first club social of the year. This month we are meeting at the dive shop where Tonya and special guest from PADI, Erica Wedepohl, will present Gigglin' Marlin Diver's amazing diving destinations lined up for the year - along with some specific specialties to each destination. Gigglin' Marlin will be offering discounts on certain gear for certain destinations. If you pay deposit for a trip that night, you'll get a special offer on certain gear. If you are planning on doing some trips with Gigglin' Marlin this year, there will be deals for you!
Event is free and we will have food for you! BYOB if you wish (we will have water and tea). Come out and join in on the fun! If you are unsure about a trip with us this year, come anyway...see old friends, make new ones, learn new stuff ... have fun! As usual, we will be giving away cool & fun prizes!
** MORE FUN IN JANUARY: Later this month (Sunday 1/19) we going to Top Golf for some big fun. Check it out! http://topgolf.com/houston//play/games/ It's going to be a blast. You DO NOT need be a golfer for this. A separate invite will be coming out soon for this! Mark you calendars now and then look for a separate evite coming soon!
Did You Know? MDT has an Annual Photo Contest! Congratulations to our 2013 Winners! Randy Ramos (First Place U/W) and Gilberto Agustin (First Place Topside). Also congratulations to Matt Morgan for honorable mentions in BOTH U/W and Topside! We will hold another contest in 2014. Entries in November, voting and winners announced in December at our Holiday Party! Be thinking about your entries...You have time to get that perfect shot! There are Topside and Underwater categories. It's fun! Jump in on this, share your photos, enjoy seeing other pics, and WIN something! Details to come later in the year.
2014 MDT Calendar of Events:
Wed, Jan 15 ~ Social (meet at Dive Shop)
Sun, Jan 19 ~ Top Golf Event (West Side of Houston)
Wed, Feb 12 ~ Social (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Sun, Feb 16 ~ Paint Ball Masacre
Wed, Mar 5 ~ Social (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Wed, Mar 19 ~ Rodeo Fun! (Houston Rodeo)
Wed, April 9 ~ Social (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Sat, April 12 ~ Navigation Egg Hunt Event (288 Lake)
Wed, May 14 ~ Social (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Sat/Sun, May 17-18 ~ Blue Lagoon Campout!
Wed, June 11 ~ Social (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Sat/Sun, June 21-22 ~ Canyon Lake / Hill Country Getaway
Wed, July 2 ~ Social, Cozumel Kick Off Party (meet at Dive Shop)
July 9-14 ~ Annual Club Trip to Cozumel!! Join us!!
Sat, Aug 2 ~ Pool Party at Dive Shop
Wed, Aug 13 ~ Social, Cozumel Picture Party (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Wed, Sept 10 ~ Social (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Wed, Sept 13 ~ Scuba Olympics!
Wed, Oct 8 ~ Social (meet at Maria Selma Mex Restaurant)
Sat/Sun, Oct 25-26 ~ Underwater Pumpkin Carve & Campout (Blue Lagoon)
Thur, Nov 13 ~ Go Cart Fun!
Thur, Dec 11 ~ Holiday Party and Photo Contest Winners!
Membership Information: Individual $22.00 (includes 1 MDT Scuba Club T-shirt and a special MDT renewal prize) - OR - Family $44.00 (includes 2 MDT Scuba Club T-shirts and a special MDT renewal prize). Membership period ~ 8/1/13 through 7/31/14
Website http://marlindiveteam.com/
Meetings will take place once every month with mixer beginning at 6:30 pm & meeting at 7:00 pm.
Scuba diving activities will also be held every month.
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My daughter is 8 nearly 9 and we are very much unschoolers, going with the flow what feels right.
Wonder how everyone deals with things like smoking or alcohol for example.
Happy Christmas to everyone by the way
To be clear, I don't extend my preference for experiential learning and child autonomy, etc, to potentially dangerous activities. If my opinions are slightly more understanding and less rigid (a big "if"), it has nothing to do with my unschooling philosophy.
In that regard, I will say that I was raised by 2 smokers (until I was 14, when the both quit) and they would allow me sips of their very occasional drinks. Nothing puts one off alcohol like a taste of gin and tonic on an 11yo tongue. Blech! I personally have no trouble with allowing sips of alcohol for a taste. But, we don't drink often, not even wine or beer. As far as cigarettes, first, I currently don't know anybody that smokes cigarettes. Seriously. And even when I hung out in the smokiest coffeehouse in North America (Last Exit on Brooklyn in Seattle, if you are wondering), I still never smoked*.
No, I'm not worried about smoking. What if they got a little older and they did start? I'm not sure what I'd do. I'd be pretty upset, but I know that I wouldn't be so upset that I'd risk our relationship. I do believe that if they really wanted to smoke or drink, they would do it somewhere. I don't need to allow smoking in my home, and I'm not the kind to allow drinking parties because "They are going to happen anyway". There is a limit to that idea, IMO!
These are my thoughts and opinions, and I would have had them whether I unschooled or schooled. Please, do not take them to be "unschooling philosophy". I would respect other unschoolers, even if others were more strict. Kids need to be able to trust that we have their backs in case something truly dangerous arises.
* (directly ) But seriously, the health effects of living in a smoky room, whether you smoke or not, is just as bad, if you read about the health effects of second hand smoke. It's not just lighting up.
"She is a mermaid, but approach her with caution. Her mind swims at a depth most would drown in."
My approach has been to ensure strong family relationships, to model positive and responsible behaviour, to allow my kids to make their own choices (within the bounds to legal and gross moral bounds), to support them in learning from their choices. That's just me as a parent, and unschooling has been an extension of that into the realm of education. In the realm of alcohol, drugs, smoking and sexuality it's been the same deal. Unless you ascribe to the idea of radical unschooling, I think parenting approaches to lifestyle issues are separate from unschooling.
Where I live it is legal for minor children to drink alcohol in a home or place of residence under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian. So last night at Christmas dinner three of my kids were offered and chose to drink wine. One (the 10-year-old) chose sparkling apple juice because she likes the taste better, while the three teens chose a glass or two of wine. Last year ds (then 16) and dd (then 18) got a little drunk after Christmas dinner -- they were laughing about the stupidity of it last night. It wasn't a big deal. It gave both of them experience with feeling out their limits, discovering how responsible decision-making gets jeopardized after a couple of drinks, in a safe environment. I know that they've both been in situations where getting completely sloshed amongst friends has been an option, and have chosen to limit their intake to modest amounts. Perhaps having had at-home experience with "decision-making under the influence" helped them make good choices elsewhere. I think that places that push the drinking age to 21 and don't allow it in the home for younger adults are making a grave mistake: they're not allowing young people to get any experience with responsible drinking until they're well out of the sphere of parental influence. How can they learn to drink responsibly when they're only drinking with people who have exactly as little experience with alcohol as they do?
I don't foresee any of my kids smoking cigarettes. Where we live it's definitely not part of the culture of cool -- it's something that old ladies do. Oddly enough it's a similar thing with marijuana here: smoking dope is something that's done a lot by the ageing hippies in our town, the 60-somethings. So it doesn't have the cachet amongst young people that it otherwise might. Not that I think of it as being categorically different from alcohol, but it still has a little less social acceptability, even here in rural BC Canada.
To extend your questions into sexuality ... again, I believe that keeping relationships open, allowing my kids to make their own informed choices, an supporting them in staying safe, is the best approach. My eldest has been sexually active (she'll be 20 next week) and she has made good choices IMO. Ds17 and dd15 have not become sexually active, but both are in relationships where the question of their readiness for physical aspects of the relationship is an ongoing choice. Dd15 does definitely not feel ready, and I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised by the boundaries she's defined in her relationship both physically and emotionally. Ds is a little more ambivalent; his girlfriend is a couple of years older, very mature, but their relationship is more casual in nature and they don't live in the same place so that's created some natural limits.
I tend to be fairly liberal and libertarian in my views. That has led me both to unschooling and to allowing my children a lot of autonomy in lifestyle choices. But there are plenty of other reasons for unschooling, and a lot of them don't necessarily involve "permissive parenting" (not a term that I like, but it probably technically applies to me).
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I tend to be fairly liberal and libertarian in my views. That has led me both to unschooling and to allowing my children a lot of autonomy in lifestyle choices. But there are plenty of other reasons for unschooling, and a lot of them don't necessarily involve "permissive parenting" (not a term that I like, but it probably technically applies to me).
Same here, adjusted for younger children, of course (we are not dealing with relationships or peer influence or any of that yet). I think my liberal/libertarian views more likely led to extend that philosophy to education, not the other way around. In that respect, my views regarding smoking/drinking/sex (which have yet to be tested) are indeed related to unschooling, but those views came first, unschooling more recently.
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Keywords are what people use to search for things on the search engine. When searching the search engine for jobs, ensure you vary you keywords. Most of this search engine provides possible keyword that people use to search the web even before you finish typing your key phrase and after hitting the search button you can also find similar keywords to what you are looking for at the bottom of the page or side depending on the search engine your are using. Just be creative with your search and browse through the results.
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Babies in this country and in Europe are given several immunizations during the first two years of life, and one vaccine that has made a big dent in infant mortality rates is PCV7 – the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. A study coming out in mBio this week shows that the vaccine cuts down on invasive pneumococcal disease by 80% in infants under two years old. But that's not the surprising part of the study. The authors also found that, thanks to herd immunity, immunizing babies for pneumococcal disease is helping to keep grandparents out of the hospital.
Historically speaking, people over age 65 have borne the greatest burden from pneumococcal disease, a set of diseases that includes IPD and pneumococcal pneumonia. According to Simonsen et al., once babies were administered the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, hospitalization rates and deaths resulting from pneumococcal pneumonia among older people plummeted. All together, people in all age groups avoided 700,000 hospital stays between 2000 and 2006 thanks to the pneumococcal vaccine. This means that 90% of the reduction in hospitalizations and deaths were among adults, mostly seniors, who never took the vaccine, indicating that PCV7 has had greater effect through herd immunity than had previously been recognized.
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We had our first Bluebonnet Book Award Voting party at Stratford this past Wednesday, and it was a great success! The winner for Stratford was Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg. My apologies for miscounting and initially think the winner at Stratford was Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss. They are both excellent books! The official statewide winner of the 2012 Texas Bluebonnet Book Award will be announced hopefully on February 1st.
Children who attend public or private schools are eligible to vote for their favorite book through their schools. The award is designed to encourage children to read! So, get started today with the 2013-2014 Master List. Right now, I'm reading Freaky Fast Frankie Joe by Lutricia Clifton. The Bluebonnet Award motto is "Read Five, Then Decide."
If your child likes one of the books on the list, I encourage them to add comments to this post to encourage others to read the title as well!
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'14 Laredo Radio Issues
Anyone else with a '14 GC Laredo having issues with their radio? My radio periodically switches to AUX mode on its own, even though there is nothing plugged into the AUX outlet. The dealership said they haven't heard of this problem so they filled out a (star report?) Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and had it fixed?
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I just had the dealer update my 5.o radio,it kept freezing and a.c shutting off,new version installed,fine now
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Just a reminder to everyone, last call to sneak a question into the mailbag. I will post it this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions so far, but if anybody else seeks my wisdom -- or at least the wisdom of the people I will call for an answer -- you need to act fast.
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Also, if you aren't coming to the game, remember to check in to the live blog on the site. I will put it up an hour before the game and the discussion/questions/answers will run throughout. It was pretty enjoyable last week, I'm looking forward to this go-round.
Alright, with gameday nearly 24 hours away, on to the news...
--- Scott Springer talks in-depth to Maalik Bomar. Bomar was one of the stars in the silver lining of the loss at Fresno. He was physical, quick, aggressive and made plays. For a guy in his first career start, he didn't appear overwhelmed in the least.
There's a lot of pressure on Bomar to be a great player this year at the depleted linebacker position, but he appeared up to the challenge on Saturday.
Springer also sends a little love across GoBearcats.com back to me and found a creepy photo of a guy getting a photo with Trent Dilfer. I shouldn't say anything, though, I am pretty sure my reaction would have been pretty similiar. Good stuff and sweet chain, Trent.
--- Rick Minter returns to UC as an assistant coach with Indiana State this weekend. The Enquirer's Bill Koch spoke with him.
Out at Fresno, I was among a group talking with Artrell Hawkins and he pointed out how incredible the UC staff was under Minter when Hawkins was a Bearcat.
It was a who's who of the coaching world headed by current NY Jets head coach Rex Ryan. It was honestly hard to believe all the great coaches that were a part of that team. Probably even harder to figure out how they didn't win more often.
--- As was mentioned here yesterday, Indiana State isn't good. Even by FCS standards. Bill Koch has this. If this game is closer than three or four touchdowns at halftime it would be a letdown for the Bearcats.
--- For those still reeling from the Fresno loss, I offered up this By the Numbers this week especially for you. I researched a list of teams that lost their first game of the season but went on to make a BCS bowl game.
It should just be called "The Virginia Tech Syndrome," since they have done it three times in the last five years (and may be on their way to a fourth), but there are plenty of other teams to take the route the Bearcats embark on.
Last year, two teams lost their openers and went on to the BCS, Oregon and Iowa. Oregon only scored eight points to open the year at WAC opponent Boise State, but never scored less than 24 in a game the rest of the regular season.
I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin.
--- UC covers all the bases and even employs a team optometrist, Dr. Jim Ellis. Here's a video story on the work he does with the players on Butch Jones' blog.
--- Jon Rothstein has a blog talking to Mick Cronin about the trip to Canada and expectations for the year. Hard to believe it, but basketball season is only five weeks away.
--- Football won't be the only sporting event going on around campus this weekend. The men's soccer team hosts Appalachian State for a game tonight at 7 p.m. and then Fordham Sunday at 1 p.m. The Bearcats are hoping to stay unbeaten on the season.
--- The Big East didn't fare well last week on the national stage, but am I crazy to think the best shot they have may be USF vs. Florida this weekend? After what I saw last week against Miami, I'd say there's a chance. Not a great chance, but a chance.
Brian Bennett offers his take.
--- Jeff Linkenbach may start at OT for the Indianapolis Colts Sunday vs. Houston. Some it depends on health of the starter Charlie Johnson, but it is a very real possibility. Undrafted rookie free agent starting for the defending AFC champs on opening day. Well done.
Here is a blog from the Indy Star that talks about Link.
--- Good news locally from the NCAA, as they announced the First Four games of the NCAA tournament would be played in Dayton.
Not only is UD a fantastic venue for basketball, but if UC were to end up in it, they would have a heavy contingent of fans making their way up I-75.
--- To close, not sure if this is a tragedy or a comedy, but Chris Berman has a mustache. It is just as absurd and ridiculous as his play-by-play.


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Swimming: Clary wins 200m backstroke gold
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LONDON (Reuters) - Tyler Clary vindicated his decision to take on the world's toughest swimmers when he upset his American team mate Ryan Lochte to win the men's 200 meters backstroke gold medal at the London Olympics on Thursday.
Lochte went into the race as the overwhelming favorite and led at all the turns but faded on the last lap as Clary made his move.
Clary drew level with Lochte then pushed as hard as he could and won a tight finish to capture his first Olympic gold medal in a time of one minute, 53.41 seconds.
"I stuck to my guns and I was able to come by in those last few 15 meters and get my hand on the wall," he said. "That was the perfect race I swam...it couldn't have gone any better."
Japan's Ryosuke Irie, runner-up to Lochte at last year's world championships, also made a late charge to grab the silver while Lochte won the bronze.
Of the hundreds of swimmers competing at the Olympics, few faced a tougher challenge winning gold than Clary.
A glutton for punishment, the 23-year-old went head to head with Lochte and Michael Phelps in their favorite events. He failed to medal racing against Phelps in the 200 butterfly but made amends with his gold in the backstroke.
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Personally I rather lean towards the latter view, but with important provisos for there is a lot wrong with the way Mr Simpson's package has been constructed. The Financial Times was surely wrong when it said in a leader this week that the construction of Mr Simpson's pay was a mere "quibble" if he fulfils the hope that so many have of him. It is one thing to back high rates of pay, quite another to condone a cavalier approach to the issue.
I've never met Mr Simpson but I doubt that his track record is all it is cracked up to be. Mr Simpson earnt his reputation at Rover, where he is credited with bringing about a revival in the fortunes of the British car industry. This may have been no more than hype. BMW certainly believed the story when it bought the company for a bumper price. Now it's not so sure, for Rover has turned out to be a bit of a dog (sorry), in urgent need of massive investment to revive its fortunes. At Lucas too, Mr Simpson's performance was less than remarkable, though to be fair he wasn't there long enough to prove his worth. Persuading the Germans to pay top dollar for a pile of old junk is no doubt a talent of sorts; whether it is right for the task of injecting new life into the old dinosaur of GEC is another thing.
But let's give Mr Simpson the benefit of the doubt and accept that he is the man for the job. Certainly the City seemed pleased enough with his appointment. In the old days greater men would have done it for next to nothing, simply for the honour and prestige of it. But that was all a long time ago and nobody does that any longer. So let's also assume that pounds 10m is what it took to dislodge him from Lucas, where with the threat of takeover hanging in the air, he stood to get a bumper payoff just by sticking around. There's no point in being a cheapskate in these things; if pounds 10m is what it took to secure the right person, GEC is absolutely right to agree it.
Where GEC's remuneration committee went wrong is in trying to obfuscate the package with golden hellos, phantom options, feather bedded pension arrangements and the like. Furthermore, pretending that the bulk of the package would only kick in if Mr Simpson "performs" was just plain silly. In truth the performance criteria have been set so low that Mr Simpson is likely to earn his share options merely for the inconvenience of getting out of bed in the morning. They are about as challenging as climbing a mole hill.
Ironically, GEC would have got a much better reception from its City shareholders if it had simply been honest about it and said that pounds 2m a year was his salary. As it is, the company now faces the prospect of an embarrassing climbdown. Not that Mr Simpson can object to a change in terms. Until he joins GEC, he's out of a job.
There's sweet justice in David Elstein's appointment as chief executive of the soon-to-be-launched Channel 5. As head of programmes at BSkyB, Mr Elstein was responsible for Rupert Murdoch's unsuccessful bid for the franchise.
He spent long months preparing what insiders said was far the most impressive of all the rival proposals, only to have the rug pulled from under him when BSkyB decided to bid a joke price which not in a month of Sundays would ever have stood any chance of success. Now finally he's got his wish after all.
I doubt he'll miss BSkyB very much. Mr Elstein is basically a BBC man at heart, and at BSkyB he was responsible for the bits that nobody watches, Sky1, Sky News and the like. Now he'll get his chance to go head-to- head with Michael Grade at Channel Five minus One. Should be fun.
There was a curious coincidence of stories from Hong Kong this week. Jardine Mattheson, headed by Henry and Simon Keswick, found itself uncomfortably back in the news after its part-owned fund management offshoot, Jardine Fleming, was lambasted by Hong Kong regulators for failure to spot "rat trading", an age-old scam whereby you book the trades to yourself if they make money and to your client if they don't. Meanwhile their brother, Sir Chips Keswick, who independently runs Hambros bank in the UK, found himself under attack from a bunch of Hong Kong... I was about to write spivs, for that is how Sir Chips would probably describe them.
In fact Regent Pacific is a reasonably well-known, in Hong Kong at least, fund management and arbitrage group. That it was recently involved in an acrimonious battle for control of the GT Chile Growth Fund in which it was accused of breaking virtually every rule in the book is neither here nor there. Its chairman, Jim Mellon, was certainly in no mind to pull his punches as far as Hambros was concerned. Announcing a 3 per stake, he described Hambros as an underperforming, undermanaged company. Warming to his theme, he continued that Hambro's board was "beautifully decorated but in urgent need of repair". Now I know it is the fashion in Hong Kong to knock the Keswicks but I suspect that Mr Mellon is onto a loser here.
Hambros is not an investment trust trading at an obvious discount to its break-up value, Mr Mellon's usual targets. Though it has bits which could no doubt be sold off, it is basically much like any other niche- market medium-sized investment bank. It is a people business and its value is in the eye of the beholder.
Hambros no doubt deserves to have its cage rattled a little, but actually most of the criticisms Mr Mellon is making are about two years too late. Changes have been made and it is hard to see what else might be done without destroying Hambros' main selling point as one of London's last remaining independent merchant banks.
Oh, and here's something else Mr Mellon might care to reflect on. Even in the days when buying a London investment bank was all the rage, Hambros didn't receive a single takeover approach. I may be wrong, but it looks as if Mr Mellon has chosen his target badly here. But who really knows what his game is. He's trying to float Regent. Maybe what he really wants is for Hambros to buy him out.
The Hanson demerger show grows worse and worse. The revelation that Millennium, a part of Hanson which is run by Americans, is registered in America, whose shares are to be listed in America and whose assets are largely North American too, is being forced to base itself in Grimsby for tax reasons, seems rather to say it all. The Hanson phenomenon is ending in farce.
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Plagiarism A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
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"Full Circle" adverb : Through a series of developments that lead back to the original source, position, or situation or to a complete reversal of the original position. —Usually used in the phrase "come full circle."
My first introduction to Sochi, Russia came in 2008 when Oakley took a gaggle of ladies on a trip to film for "Uniquely" an all woman's action sports film released by the brand in 2009. With a string of unfortunate events including a tornado, my trip began with mastermind behind "Uniquely" John Roderick, photographer Zach Hooper and I stranded in Atlanta on the way over. Only to find on arrival in Sochi three days late, a soggy crew and gloomy forecast. From the get go this was sure to be an epic adventure.
The road blocks continued to pop up over the next nine days, but that would not dampen our spirits. Our group overcame dismal riding and filming conditions by building jibs on vintage army trucks and tree stumps. Our positive outlook payed off on the last day when the snow gods blessed us with sun, safer conditions and fresh snow. With military alerts forcing all helicopters to stay grounded, our plans for the day changed slightly. Instead of having heli-drops on the lines we scoped out, now we got to hike and earn each turn. I can remember feeling determined to make the most of our one sunny clear day, but secretly I was struggling. Only later did I find out that I was battling a life threatening illness that was rapidly deteriorating my functions.
In November of 2009 I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease and forced to change my lifestyle dramatically. Skiing in movies had been a long time dream of mine, and after a taste of this sweet lifestyle in 2008 I was hungry to buy a sled (snowmobile), truck and film full time. This goal of mine was put on hold as I battled back to health over the next 3 years.
After working with John Roderick of Neu Productions during the making of Uniquely, I told friends that if I ever had the chance to make a film he would be my first choice of whom to work with. I was not only impressed by John's talents and skill, but by his vision. I was like "this man can convey storyline more effortlessly and authentically than anyone I had ever met. I have to hire him to make an all woman's ski movie!" Three years after meeting, I did hired John to take on a film project. But one of a different nature. As things don't always turn out as we picture them, this film was not a ski movie but a Lyme Disease awareness film aiming to bring light to a worldwide epidemic stemming from the bite of a Deer Tick. "LymeLight" our 30 minute documentary using my story as an educational vessel was born, created and released in May of 2013. This labor of love has reached nearly thirty thousand views and educated countless people in all walks of life. This project has been the single most fulfilling experience of my life thus far.
Getting to take the mission of spreading Lyme awareness with me as I returned to freeskiing, was a gift. When I took a step away from competing in halfpipe skiing in 2009, I was burnt out. Not only from being sick and tired from Lyme Disease, but frankly I was sick and tired of living a selfish life. I would win sometimes, I would fall sometimes, but no matter the outcome of an event I was left feeling empty. That spark of joy that had always been present for me in skiing was dimmed. I didn't start skiing to win medals, I was searching for something else, and not finding it amongst the pro-skier scene for years had weighed on my heart. I cannot say at the time I was diagnosed I saw this as a blessing in disguise, but today I do. Not only would I have the chance to recover my health but I had the chance to find a more empowering path in my ski career.
Flash forward to the evening of Saturday January 18th, 2014. The Park City Mountain Resort halfpipe was lit up like a christmas tree and glowing in all her glory. With a crowd of thousands, spectators, fans, friends and family eagerly awaited the start of the Park City Grand Prix Finals. This was the final US Olympic Trial event and the last chance for athletes to earn the few coveted US Olympic Freeskiing Team spots for the Winter Games in Sochi 2014. The Park City crowd heated up the chilly night with enormous energy unmatched by any event of my career, including my four times competing at X-Games! The stage was set for magic.
As I landed the most flawless run of my "8 years strong" competitive freeskiing career, I felt the culmination of years of hard work, overcoming obstacles, blood, sweat and tears pay off in a single moment. It was not the outcome of winning the event that night and earning my spot to Sochi, but rather the feeling of reaching my personal potential. For years I had been hustling for a moment when I could say, "I am absolutely proud of every bit of that halfpipe run!" Being sick for years and a perfectionist in life, that moment was 11 years in the making. So you can imagine the epic magnitude of emotion I felt as I skied into the finish coral at the base of the halfpipe. Later I would see the photo below capturing just that, pure freedom!
I returned to Russia in February 2014 to compete as an Olympian and my journey came full circle. I was back in the same location but I was transformed and so was Sochi. The next month was far from smooth or easy as I experienced every human emotion possible. This being an eery similarity to my first Sochi trip. Some call it bad luck but I think it's all how you look at it. After tearing my MCL (medial collateral ligament) in my right knee during our final practice session the day before freeskiing halfpipe's Olympic debut, I reminded myself that I came to ski my heart out. The day of our event, through searing pain I did just that. The Olympics was the most amazing experience I have ever had as an athlete and I know now for certain that the best things in life do not come easy. The contrast of the "ups and downs" gives us perspective to fully appreciate life. I did not win a medal in Sochi, but I feel like a winner. That is what skiing is to me. Everyday that I am out there, I am winning! By following my passion I am on track to reach my potential in life. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Thank you Russia for your warm smiles, your joy and excitement. Thank you to the volunteers that made my stay in Sochi smooth and fun. My favorite random moment was when a local kid asked to carry my skis and walk with me to my building. This happened almost everyday after that, new faces but same welcoming gesture. They were just as excited as I was to be at the Olympics. It was always refreshing and just what I needed on those days when frustration threatened to get me down.
I have been truly touched by the outpouring of love from around the world during my comeback and Olympic journey. Thank you to my coach Luke "Ocho" Allen, my sponsors Atomic, Oakley and LymeLight Foundation, the US Olympic Team staff and my friends & family for supporting me on my road to Sochi. Thank you to the ski community, Lyme community and my hometown of Bellingham, WA for believing in me and cheering me on.
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Washington (CNSNews.com) – Thus far, President Barack Obama has been almost entirely focused on domestic issues, prompting former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton to say he would give the president a grade of "absent" on foreign policy.
"Even though we're here focused on domestic issues – health care in particular -- the rest of the world is not hung up on details about the debate of restructuring health care, how we treat immigrants or whether we have a public option or not," Bolton said.
"Although it's fair to say that Kim Jong -il probably favors the public option," Bolton jokingly added, referring to the communist dictator of North Korea.
Bolton was part of a panel Tuesday speaking about problems with the U.N. the week before Obama is to address the U.N. General Assembly in New York City and chair a meeting of the Security Council. The event was sponsored by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that anticipated what would be discussed in Obama's first U.N. speech.
The international body, which has been criticized for corruption and bureaucratic ineptitude in dealing with global problems, is likely to be welcoming to the new administration because it is showing little willingness to push for reform, Bolton said.
"On issues of nonproliferation and disarmament, essentially the two major problems in the world today, Iran and North Korea, will not be discussed. That is by design," he predicted. "Nonetheless, it will be a great photo opportunity for the White House.
"It's safe to say the reception to the president at the General Assembly will be nothing short of rapturous," Bolton said, adding that former President George W. Bush once told him "I'm on to my annual trip to the wax museum" referring to the reception he usually got from the U.N.
"We shouldn't be surprised at the adulatory reception the president will receive because of the disposition," Bolton said.
Based on the speech last month by the current American ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, the U.S. will take much of the blame for the deteriorating relationship with the U.N.
That's how Brett D. Schaefer, fellow of international regulatory affairs at the Heritage Foundation, forecasts the speech in which Rice said the United States has "stiff-armed" the U.N., and seeks to change to a relationship of trust and mutual respect rather than condescension.
"What we are seeing is just a complete 180 degree turn from what the Bush administration was doing," said Schaefer, the editor of the ConUNdrum: The Limits of the United Nations and the Search forAlternatives, a book of essays on how to reform the UN.
"Based on her speech, it's the U.S. that needs to reform," Shaefer added.
The International Criminal Court and the Obama administration's stated support of the judicial body are major concerns for David B. Rivkin Jr., an international and constitutional law expert with the firm of Baker & Hostetler.
"You have U.N.-driven investigations that I'm actually quite concerned about. They want an investigation into Afghanistan," Rivkin said.
He added that the ICC has thus far shown restraint, but believes that is only to build credibility as a means of gaining support.
"If they went after Israel and the United States for the first couple of years, that would not help in the way of credibility," Rivkin said. "One day we will have American officers and soldiers – at least in danger – of being hauled before a foreign tribunal exercising universal jurisdiction."
While the administration may have an interest in participating in the court, Bolton believes there is no real danger of even the Democratic Senate ratifying such a treaty.
"It requires the Senate to ratify, which I don't think will happen. They need two-thirds. To me, the court itself is fundamentally illegitimate," Bolton told CNSNews.com.
He also told CNSNews.com that the administration might reconsider the matter now.
"The risks to Americans, I think, are palpable, but it's the court itself that is illegitimate," Bolton said. "It wouldn't surprise me if they resigned it. But now that they can hear the prosecutors talking about investigating Afghanistan, maybe that will make them think again. It certainly should."


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Hybrid approaches to nanometer-scale patterning: Exploiting tailored intermolecular interactions
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In this perspective, we explore hybrid approaches to nanometer-scale patterning, where the precision of molecular self-assembly is combined with the sophistication and fidelity of lithography. Two areas––improving existing lithographic techniques through self-assembly and fabricating chemically patterned surfaces––will be discussed in terms of their advantages, limitations, applications, and future outlook. The creation of such chemical patterns enables new capabilities, including the assembly of biospecific surfaces to be recognized by, and to capture analytes from, complex mixtures. Finally, we speculate on the potential impact and upcoming challenges of these hybrid strategies.
KeywordsSelf-assembly Nanolithography Chemical patterning Soft lithography Intermolecular interactions Future science challenges
Currently, one of the great engineering challenges is to gain the ability to fabricate nanoscale structures at the supramolecular (1–50 nm) length scale with high precision, throughput, and reproducibility. In microelectronics, speed and density have been the driving forces to increase the final resolution of traditional top-down methodologies utilizing deposition, etching, or modification of thin layers on semiconductor substrates. However, the impetus to create features with molecular-scale structures, properties, and interactions has motivated and expanded research into fields outside traditional semiconductor nanofabrication. One approach has been the development of hybrid patterning strategies for a wide range of applications. These utilize self- and directed assembly in conjunction with existing nanofabrication infrastructure (Xia et al. 1999; Lewis et al. 2001a; Smith et al. 2004; Srinivasan et al. 2007).
In this perspective, we specifically examine and highlight the advantages, limitations, applications, and future outlook of several hybrid patterning technologies where the sophistication and control of lithography are coupled with the molecular precision of self-assembly. A number of comprehensive reviews on hybrid patterning strategies have been published (Xia et al. 1999; Hammond 2004; Gates et al. 2005; Love et al. 2005; Rogers and Nuzzo 2005; Henzie et al. 2006; Saavedra et al. 2008). We first describe how self-assembly can be used to improve the resolution of existing lithographic technologies. Next, we discuss chemically patterned surfaces created by hybrid strategies where the strengths are maximized and the limitations are minimized in terms of ease of use, reproducibility, resolution, and precision. Finally, we explore the potential impact of and future outlook for hybrid strategies.
Structures with molecular precision
Initially, we anticipate that hybrid strategies will need to be adapted to transfer the intrinsic molecular precision of self-assembly to established nanofabrication infrastructure and technology. Although the placement and alignment of microscale structures with nanometer-scale precision is difficult using most lithographic techniques, the additional requirement of patterning over large areas (tens of cm2) for industrial applications makes it extremely challenging using only current top-down strategies (Henzie et al. 2006). For example, photolithography is commonly used to fabricate surface features for integrated circuits in semiconductor manufacturing because of its ability to create reproducible structures with high throughput and relatively low cost (Rai-Choudhury 1997). This parallel methodology fabricates surface structures by patterning a light-sensitive polymer via photon exposure through a mask. The pattern is then developed via wet chemistry methods and etched into the underlying substrate. However, feature sizes resulting from photolithography are diffraction limited at ∼100 nm without resolution enhancement techniques (Brunner 2003). To fabricate smaller features, electron-beam lithography has been utilized. This technology employs high-energy electrons to write a pattern directly into an electron-sensitive polymer, which is then developed, translating the pattern into the underlying substrate. Electron-beam lithography has higher resolution than photolithography, and features down to ∼20 nm can now be routinely fabricated. However, because electron-beam lithography is a serial technique, it is expensive and slow compared to photolithography, and thus, is not practical for industrial-scale fabrication applications except in specific highly leveraged circumstances such as photolithographic mask fabrication (Brunner 2003). With hybrid techniques, molecular-scale features can be rapidly created over large areas using conventional top-down lithography to create microscopic features combined with molecular self-assembly to control supramolecular organization (Smith et al. 2004).
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) can also spontaneously phase separate into nanoscale domains when two or more molecular species with differing intermolecular interaction strengths are coadsorbed (Stranick et al. 1994; Lewis et al. 2001b; Smith et al. 2001). These interaction strengths can be controlled by selecting the head groups, backbones, and/or tail groups of the deposited molecules (Mullen et al. 2007b). Further, nanoscale domains can be artificially fabricated and manipulated by exploiting the molecular exchange into and displacement of a labile monolayer (Bumm et al. 1999; Dameron et al. 2005a; Mullen et al. 2006). This displacement process has been exploited to improve existing chemical patterning strategies (vide infra). Even small multicomponent patches of molecules (∼15 nm) can be made to separate on the nanoscale (Salaita et al. 2005). In many cases, phase separation can be controlled by the selection of the molecules and processing conditions, which determine the dynamics of the structures created (Bumm et al. 1999, Smith et al. 2004). As with block copolymers, separated SAMs enable chemical patterns to be created at the few to tens of nanometers scale.
These examples highlight how self-assembly might be used to improve and to enhance existing lithography techniques. An advantage of these hybrid techniques is their ability to interface with and to utilize existing infrastructure. Another advantage is that these techniques are independent of both resolution and the top-down patterning methods employed, allowing them to be adapted to future lithographic technologies. However, despite the advantages of these hybrid strategies, there are challenges that prevent their immediate translation into industry. First, the majority have only been developed recently and for specialized applications. It is difficult for the semiconductor industry to adopt techniques that have not been demonstrated and optimized for its own specific applications. Additionally, in some instances, the self- and directed assembly strategies employed in hybrid patterning are not yet compatible with the types of materials and processes used in existing semiconductor infrastructure. While efforts have been made to migrate these strategies so that they can be applied directly to technological materials, much remains to be done on this front (Bent 2007).
One of the ultimate goals of combining the intrinsic molecular precision of self-assembly with lithography is to fabricate precise features and to produce structures with higher resolution and lower production costs than structures made using conventional lithographic techniques alone. The molecular-ruler process demonstrates the utility of multilayer chemical films and how they can be used to create precise and proximate nanoscale structures. With self-assembling block copolymers, the domains of the block copolymer enhance the pattern transfer into the underlying substrate. Currently, self-assembled block copolymers are not aimed at improving the resolution of conventional lithography, but rather are intended to improve process control, such as line-edge roughness, and information transfer from the exposure tool to the substrate. In the near term, the continuing research goals for coupling self-assembly to lithography are to develop more diverse approaches to fabricate precise nanoscale structures. By identifying the advantages and limitations of different strategies, the potential for large-scale implementation can be advanced.
Chemically patterned surfaces
Above, we had described how self-assembly can be used to improve existing lithographic techniques. Hybrid strategies are also being employed to create chemically patterned surfaces that make possible a range of new applications. A recent example is the fabrication of biospecific surfaces that recognize and capture specific biomolecules from complex environments. Functionalization of chemically patterned surfaces adds new degrees of utility by enabling surface reactivity to be patterned at the nanometer scale. This has led to nanoscale films being used as biocompatible/bioactive scaffolds, molecular-sized electronic components, selective molecular resists, and other types of surfaces where both patterned structure and molecular interactions are necessary (Chen et al. 1997; Xia and Whitesides 1998a; Smith et al. 2004; Srinivasan et al. 2007). As processes are developed for creating such chemical patterns, metrology tools and methods must be developed in lockstep in order to follow the patterning steps and to optimize the quality of the surfaces obtained. These metrology methods remain in their infancy (Allara and Nuzzo 1985; Porter et al. 1987; Nuzzo et al. 1990; Lopez et al. 1993; Pertsin and Grunze 1994; Lahiri et al. 1999a; Srinivasan et al. 2007; Mrksich 2008).
Soft lithography is another strategy used to fabricate chemically patterned surfaces. This encompasses microcontact printing (μCP) and related techniques. In μCP, an elastomeric stamp coated with molecules is applied to a substrate, and a chemical pattern is formed in the regions where the stamp and substrate are in contact (Kumar and Whitesides 1993; Xia and Whitesides 1998a; Xia and Whitesides 1998b; Smith et al. 2004). One limitation of μCP is the requirement for patterned molecules to have sufficient intermolecular interaction strengths to prevent lateral diffusion and hence pattern dissolution, both during and after patterning (Delamarche et al. 1998; Dameron et al. 2005b). Microdisplacement printing (μDP) circumvents this limitation by utilizing a preexisting monolayer that is sufficiently labile when exposed to other thiolated molecules via the stamping process but nonetheless prevents lateral diffusion of the patterned molecules (Dameron et al. 2005b, c; Srinivasan et al. 2007). However, in both μCP and μDP, the molecular composition of a patterned film is determined by and restricted to the feature size of the elastomeric stamp. In contrast, the molecular composition of chemically patterned films created by microcontact insertion printing (μCIP) is controlled by other factors such as the density of defects in the initial substrate, the stamping duration, and the concentration of the patterned molecules. Microcontact insertion printing enables dilute and isolated molecules to be patterned within a background SAM matrix, in a way that is not possible by other lithographic strategies (Mullen et al. 2007a; Srinivasan et al. 2007). Diffusion of the inserted molecules is also prevented, as in μDP. Figure 4b depicts the μCIP process. Initially, a patterned molecularly coated elastomeric stamp is brought into contact with a substrate coated with a preexisting monolayer that is not easily displaced; the molecules on the stamp then insert into the defects in the monolayer only in places where the stamp and substrate are in contact (Bumm et al. 1996; Cygan et al. 1998). Together, these soft-lithographic strategies offer straightforward, versatile, and low-cost methods to fabricate chemical patterns over large areas without the requirement of specialized facilities.
Both LACP and soft lithography can be employed to fabricate functionalized surfaces that exhibit selective molecular recognition. In most cases, fabrication of these surfaces begins with a SAM deposited across a Au substrate engineered to resist non-specific protein adsorption (Prime and Whitesides 1993; Wang et al. 1997; Sigal et al. 1998; Ostuni et al. 2001). In some applications, where proteins or peptides are eventually anchored to SAMs, low percentages of tether molecules are codeposited to form a mixed monolayer. Large biomolecules are then either covalently bound to tethers or specifically oriented by high-affinity linkers (Lahiri et al. 1999a; Lahiri et al. 1999b; Yousaf and Mrksich 1999; Hodneland et al. 2002). In other applications, precursor tether molecules with distinct terminal functionalities from the preexisitng SAM are inserted into its defect sites (Weck et al. 1999; Mullen et al. 2007b; Shuster et al. 2008). Subsequently, the terminal groups of the tether molecules are functionalized with small-molecule ligands. This type of biospecific surface is currently being developed to separate proteins from biological mixtures (e.g., tissue homogenates, serum, etc.), to elucidate molecular interactions between known proteins and their small-molecule targets, and to identify unknown proteins that bind selectively to small-molecule ligands (Mullen et al. 2007b; Mrksich 2008; Shuster et al. 2008). Further, these surfaces are not limited to functionalization with small biomolecules, but can present other small molecules such as chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. In addition to patterning biologically relevant molecules, surfaces bearing tethers with different classes of functional groups can be created, enabling the attachment of many different small molecules, particles, and clusters.
Current traditional lithographic techniques are not capable of producing chemical patterns with this level of precision. Serial techniques have been devised to manipulate and to arrange single atoms as well as to draw molecular patterns on a surface with a scanning probe tip (Eigler and Schweizer 1990; Weiss and Eigler 1992, 1993; Piner et al. 1999; Xu et al. 1999). Although recent work has made creative and inventive efforts to create massive arrays of tips, these techniques require further development and will likely be utilized for specialized applications in analogy to electron-beam lithography (Salaita et al. 2006; Mirkin 2007). A key advantage of LACP, μCIP, and related techniques is the ability to fabricate chemical films of isolated single molecules or bundles of molecules diluted within a background matrix over large areas. The molecular composition of the chemical pattern is influenced by the extent of insertion of the patterned molecules, which can be controlled by tuning the patterning duration, the concentration of the patterned molecules, the quality of the preexisting SAM, and the intermolecular interaction strengths of both the preexisting SAM and the patterned or inserted molecules (Mullen et al. 2007a). This control of molecular composition and isolation is particularly critical for small-molecule functionalized surfaces. If tether molecules linked to small-molecule probes are spaced too closely, non-specific binding increases; whereas if derivatized tethers are spaced too far apart, then the efficiency of capturing large biomolecules is diminished.
It is also important to anticipate the limitations of these hybrid approaches for fabricating patterned small molecules. First, the small-molecule probe must be covalently coupled to the patterned tether molecule via a functional group. This covalent attachment could hinder recognition and capture of larger target analytes. Another limitation of this hybrid strategy is that the patterned molecules are statistically distributed rather than directly placed. This could result in under-utilized areas where no patterned molecules are present or regions where clusters of molecules are inserted. Despite such limitations, insertion self-assembly and μCIP have the potential to be applied to a wide variety of chemical systems and to enable capabilities not previously possible.
Future prospects and conclusions
When Moore first noted the scaling of semiconductor devices 40 years ago, he could not have imagined the influence and implications it would have on applications outside the semiconductor industry. Incremental improvements continue in the manufacturing processes used in the mature and established semiconductor industry. However, with the hybrid techniques highlighted in this perspective, along with similar strategies, it will become routine to fabricate, to manipulate, and to visualize structures at the 1–50 nm supramolecular scale. For example, hybrid patterning techniques enable access to biological systems with unprecedented molecular precision, allowing for the study and characterization of single and groups of biomolecules in various environments. With this structural and functional resolution of biomolecules, the underlying mechanisms can begin to be understood, enabling structures and devices to be developed and fabricated on the same scales as biological systems. These systems can then be mimicked, engineered, and improved.
The underlying theme for this perspective has been that there is no universal strategy or technique for every application; rather, for each application, there are several possible methods to create patterned surfaces, most of which are just now being developed. It is important to understand the specific requirements and how they relate and can be applied to each technique's advantages and limitations. It is likewise critical to develop the metrology tools and methods to test and to optimize the patterns created. All these hybrid techniques stem from the idea that molecular assembly can be coupled to the fidelity and sophistication of lithography. As our understanding and control of self- and directed assembly increase, the stringency of the underlying lithography will diminish, enabling wider access to and larger utilization for a greater number of applications.
We thank Prof. Jennifer Hampton, Dr. Arrelaine Dameron, and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Anderson for insightful discussions. TJM is grateful for a fellowship from the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry sponsored by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. The research of the authors is supported by the Penn State Materials Research Institute, Penn State Nanofabrication Facility, and the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science, an NSF-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Parts of this work were conducted at the Penn State node of the NSF-funded National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network.


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Since its introduction in the last decade, massive parallel sequencing, or "next-generation sequencing", has revolutionized our access to genomic information, providing accurate data with increasingly higher yields and lower costs with respect to first-generation technology. Massive parallel sequencing of cDNA, or RNA-seq, is progressively replacing array-based technology as the method of choice for transcriptomics. This review describes some of the most recent applications of next-generation sequencing technology to the study of pathogenic fungi, including Candida, Aspergillus and Cryptococcus species. Several integrated approaches illustrate the power and accuracy of RNA-seq for studying the biology of human fungal pathogens. In addition, the lack of consistency in data analysis is discussed.


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This is a really good thread, I'll try to add something new. I have been using one of the auto darkening lenses for about 5 years now and have found that although the shade can be adjusted the color of the shade cannot. I think this is what makes it hard to see the seam. I also thought that my eyes were going bad like oldred. I would turn the shade down to #9 and still have trouble seeing the seam. I tried a helmet with a regular #10 shade the other day and it really made a big difference in what I could see while I was welding. It was better for both mig and tig. I then tried a lense with the gold coating. It was a #12 and the penetration and puddle actually showed up better than with the lighter lense. I think that is because the gold coating reflects the light generated from the arc back down to the work which illuminated it. Another thing that I don't like about the auto-dark lense is that when you are in close quarters with alot of obstructions and you move your head an such a manner as to block the arc from the light sensor in the helmet and it goes from dark to light while you are welding. SURPRISE. Here is something else to think about, It may not be just the UV that causes cancer. One day I was tacking something overhead without my helmet on and a molten ball of weld spatter landed on my nose. It burned in rather quickly and left a hole which did not fully heal for several months. I didn't give it much thought until I went to a dermatologist a couple of years later and during his checkup he found a spot there that was cancerous. Coincidence? It is the only place that I have ever had a skin cancer. And not to scare anyone further, but I recently read that exposure to fumes generated during welding, cutting or brazing is thought to be associated with ALS, (Lou Gehrig's disease). It is known that manganese poisioning can produce symptoms of parkinsons disease or MS. One study found that 40% of all welders showed some symptoms of manganese poisioning. One more thing, I would try one of those chin activated helmets but with the way i mutter to myself and chew on my tongue while I am working I would wind up with flashburn for sure.
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Iron Doors Unlimited LLC named Matt Hocutt national sales manager. Hocutt leaves national hardware brand Weslock where, as vice president of sales, he oversaw sales management for the United States and Canada.
Hocutt comes to Iron Doors Unlimited with more than 15 years' experience in the building industry in senior sales management positions. Prior to Weslock, Hocutt was a sales and operations senior executive involved in the start-up of wrought iron door company Castle Entries. Serving in areas ranging from purchasing, sourcing, pricing, quality control and installation network development to logistics, he was pivotal in driving sales' growth and market penetration, IDU reports. In his late teens, Hocutt started his career with his own shower glass door installation company in his Alabama hometown.
"Matt is a difference maker with an impressive track record for brand building, market expansion and sales results during incredibly tough economic times for the building industry," says Myron Mullins, IDU founder and partner. "His ground-up experience in manufacturing, operations and sales in the wrought iron doors business is invaluable for IDU as he leads our sales team. Matt's role will be pivotal for us as we move to the next level of growth and distribution."


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- Miguel D'Anconia said...
I've always thought of making a tee shirt with lincoln and obama's face on the front with the words "The destruction of the republic was started by a senator from Illinois and was completed by a senator from Illinois" on the back.
- August 5, 2013 at 10:41 AM
He was mad that you didn't put Lincoln above the depiction of the globe.
- August 5, 2013 at 10:53 AM
- Old Rebel said...
Miguel D'Anconia,
I like that! I bet folks would pay for a tee shirt like that.
- August 5, 2013 at 11:19 AM
- Old Rebel said...
Good point.
- August 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM
- The Georgia Cavalier said...
So Levin thinks that Southern culture is a joke, does he? His own culture, so-called, is a plastic abomination that showers death and misery around the world. It would be a pathetic joke if it weren't so evil.
- August 5, 2013 at 3:16 PM
- Old Rebel said...
Georgia Cavalier,
Yeah, but he -- and many others -- remain convinced their ideals are SO noble that they're blind to the harm they do.
On that note, check out my flash fiction piece over at Fiction365.
- August 5, 2013 at 3:22 PM
- The Georgia Cavalier said...
Old Rebel, I read your flash fiction piece, and I am heartily glad to note that the small-brained specialist, Dr. Joni Lingg, and her conniving clique are on their way to well-deserved extinction. Thanks for a good read. :-)
- August 5, 2013 at 5:16 PM
- Old Rebel said...
Georgia Cavalier,
Thank you! Makes my day.
- August 5, 2013 at 5:32 PM
Want one!!!!
- August 5, 2013 at 6:35 PM
You should read Tenn's SF story "The Liberation of Earth". This was foreseen.
- August 5, 2013 at 7:35 PM
- Northwestern Localist said...
I just replaced my old and loved picture of the great Abraham Lincoln.
This was my old one, courtesy of Rebellion Blog.
- August 5, 2013 at 11:21 PM
The fasces, a bundle of bound sticks, sometimes with an axehead poking out, has been the favoured symbol of the statists ever since the etruscan empire.
It features just about everywhere in US symbolism.
It symbolizes strength through unity; everyone acting toghether as one. The core of the statist fantasy is that we have not only a common goal, but if you all do exactly as _I_ say we'll achieve it.
"E pluribus unum","from many, one" is the literary equivalent.
- August 6, 2013 at 4:48 PM
- Old Rebel said...
Yes, those symbols of Roman and Fascist power are hard to overlook, aren't they? Funny how they've become sacred to liberals.
But to them, the State is more important than the people it rules.
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Since gracing those Oscar-winning classics Anaconda and Barbershop II, it's difficult torememberthat Ice Cube was once considered US Public Enemy #1. After baiting the moral majority with NWA, the title of his first solo record, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, could have been taken quite literally - as could its follow-up, Death Certificate.
Given his love of the silver screen, it's tempting to treat his first album in five years as some sort of mid-budget action flick from the State where, as "The Nigga Trap" would have it, 'The f**king Terminator is the Governor'.
In truth, it's better than that. Cube's rapping talents certainly get a good workout and production big hitters - including Dre, Scott Storch, Lil Jon, Swizz Beatz and DJ Green Lantern -have their finger fully on the G-button circa 1991.
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