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Effective July 1, 2017, or as contracts permit, INEOS Calabrian will increase pricing
for Sodium Metabisulfite by $0.03 per pound. This increase is due to a significant increase in market demand.
INEOS Calabrian has initiated a debottlenecking project and options to further increase plant capacity of our Sodium Metabisulfite facility are being studied. These efforts will enable INEOS Calabrian to continue to provide our customers with a reliable source of Sodium Metabisulfite to meet their needs and allow INEOS Calabrian to strengthen its position as the only North American producer of Sodium Metabisulfite.
INEOS CALABRIAN will attend the BIG Event Canadian Mining EXPO https://canadianminingexpo.com/ this May 31-June 1, 2017 in Timmins, Ontario.
INEOS CALABRIAN will attend the AFPM www.afpm.org this March 26-28, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas.
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Effective February 1, 2017, or as contracts permit, INEOS Calabrian will increase pricing for its Sodium Metabisulfite by $0.02 per pound. This increase is due to increased market demand and rising operational and freight costs. Additionally, the increase will support infrastructure reinvestment.
This effort will enable INEOS Calabrian to continue to provide our customers with a reliable source of Sodium Metabisulfite to meet their needs and allow INEOS Calabrian to strengthen its position as the only North American producer of Sodium Metabisulfite.
Timmins, ON September 30, 2016 –
INEOS Calabrian is pleased to update that their new SO2 production facility in Timmins, ON is well under way. Construction of the new plant has been progressing fast since the decision to develop in Timmins back in October 2015. After completion, the facility is to produce 35,000 tons of SO2 annually. Lee Smith, VP of Operations said, "Since first breaking ground at our new Hallnor Road site in Timmins, INEOS Calabrian and contract employees have worked over 43,000 man-hours safely. Local and regional contractors have moved tons of rock and soil, poured thousands of cubic meters of concrete, and erected two buildings to house the processing plant. In addition, the key elements of our SO2Clean™ process are in place. Construction is ongoing. Capital expenditures have been in line with our expectations, and we are excited about servicing the region's customers from this local plant in December."
SO2 is used in the pulp & paper industry and also in gold mining as a primary wastewater treatment chemical to destroy the cyanide after use in the leaching process. Customers in Eastern Canada will now be able to source material within the region and help support the local economy. The company has hired approximately 80% of the employees needed for the new facility. Many of the workers are from different industries that have undergone plant closures, such as pulp & paper and mining (Timmins' Kidd Creek acid plant). The new employees will be retrained and undergo a rigorous testing program at Northern College, located in Timmins. The new employees will also receive hands-on experience at INEOS Calabrian's Texas production plant. The Texas plant has been safely producing SO2 and utilizing the company's proprietary SO2CleanTM process for more than 20 years. Randy Owens, CEO of INEOS Calabrian said, "We are very excited to see these individuals eager to learn new skills in a new industry. We are happy they are part of our team!"
Kingwood, TX August 2, 2016
INEOS Enterprises today announced it has acquired 100% of the shares of Calabrian Holdings Corporation, a technology and market leader of sulphur dioxide and sodium based derivatives in North America. The company has production located in Texas and is currently building a facility in Ontario.
The Calabrian plant in Texas is the largest producer in North America of SO2 [and sodium based derivatives]. The operation in Ontario Canada will add an additional 35,000 tonnes of capacity once completed at the end of 2016.
The acquisition will add a North American dimension to INEOS' existing sulphur chemicals portfolio.
Ashley Reed, CEO of INEOS Enterprises said, "We are very pleased to have acquired this modern production facility in Texas and look forward to the completion of the Canadian facility late this year. The assets are ideally positioned to serve the North American market, with excellent cost position and logistical infrastructure. Additional synergies will be explored with our existing business in Europe."
Randy Owens, CEO of Calabrian Corporation said, "The Company has undergone significant transformation during SK Capital's ownership. INEOS' global infrastructure will allow the next phase of growth by accelerating geographical expansion and further advancing its technology strategy."
Completion of the transaction took place at the end of July.
The purchase price was not disclosed.
CALABRIAN will participate at The Big Event Canadian Mining Expo this June 1-2, 2016 at the McIntyre Community Complex in Timmins, Ontario. Please visit our booth in Arena 2, # R2-09.
Kingwood, TX October 9, 2015 – Calabrian Corporation, the leading producer of liquid Sulfur Dioxide in North America, announced today it is building a liquid Sulfur Dioxide production facility in Eastern Canada. The facility will serve the local mining, paper and water treatment markets. Site development and construction will begin immediately and production is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The new plant will utilize Calabrian's proprietary production process, SO2CleanTM, which is virtually emission free, reliable and capital efficient. With local production and the best technology in the industry, Calabrian will be able to provide customers with the highest levels of customer service and address their enterprise risk management concerns.
"Following the shutdown of Sulfur Dioxide production in Sudbury and Kidd Creek in recent years, Eastern Canada consumers of Sulfur Dioxide have experienced supply challenges. We look forward to serving these markets by reducing transportation complexity and risk in a more economical way," said Randy Owens, CEO of Calabrian.
Calabrian has secured long-term lease rights to an industrial site in the City of Timmins, Ontario. Randy Owens added, "The City of Timmins has been a great development partner for us and we look forward to becoming a part of their business community. Our investment would not have been possible without the support of the Timmins Economic Development Corporation, City of Timmins staff and City Council."
"We welcome this new partnership with Calabrian, which brings with it the addition of skilled manufacturing jobs to support Canada's mining industry. We look forward to the positive economic impact it will have in our community. I would like to thank the management at Calabrian, local staff at Timmins Economic Development Corporation, Ontario Northland Transportation Commission and City Hall staff for helping highlight what our great city has to offer new industry," said Steven Black, Mayor of Timmins.
Calabrian's geographic expansion into Eastern Canada follows its capacity addition at its site in Port Neches, Texas, which was completed in 2014. Calabrian is utilizing that capacity to serve customers in Eastern Canada and will continue to do so until the new facility is commissioned. After start-up of the Eastern Canada facility, Port Neches will resume its focus on existing customer volumes, market growth, as well as new and existing derivatives.
Additionally, Calabrian announced today the execution of a Sulfur Dioxide Distribution Agreement with Univar Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Univar Inc., to service the mining industry on an exclusive basis. "The Calabrian and Univar partnership is founded on common principles whereby Calabrian brings manufacturing excellence and Univar brings logistics, distribution and mining industry services, the combination of which will create a reliable supplier to mining customers in Eastern Canada," said Randy Owens.
"With this new partnership, we are excited to further expand our portfolio, strengthen our position, and help us better serve mining customers in the region," said Barry McGee, VP Business Development, Univar Canada. "Univar is the largest chemical distributor in Canada, and our team has been growing and expanding to serve mining industry customers and suppliers from Quebec to British Columbia, and we are excited to bring this new offering to our valued customers."
Founded in 1924, Univar is a global distributor of specialty and basic chemicals from more than 8,000 producers worldwide. Univar operates more than 700 distribution facilities throughout North America, Western Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Latin America, supported by a global network of sales and technical professionals. With a broad portfolio of products and value-added services, and deep technical and market expertise, Univar delivers the tailored solutions customers need through one of the most extensive chemical distribution networks in the world. Univar is Chemistry DeliveredSM. For more information, visit www.univar.com.
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THESE motorists in Wellington were forced to negotiate some sizable pools of water after another bout of heavy rain caused yet more flooding today (December 31).
Standing flood water on the Wellington relief road slowed cars down to a crawl and there was more flooding on the A38 near Willowbrook Garden Centre and at Ford Street heading out of town. Poor driving conditions have also caused problems for motorists on the M5 this afternoon. At midday, a pick-up truck overturned following an accident between junctions 20 for Clevedon and 19 for Portishead. At its height, three lanes were closed and large tailbacks stretched towards junction 18. An hour later at 1pm, one lane on the southbound carriageway between junctions 26 (Wellington) and 27 (Tiverton) was closed due to flooding. A spell of rain, heavy in places, will move east across England and Wales this afternoon, with the most persistent heavy rain likely to affect areas of high ground in western parts exposed to the very strong southwesterly winds. Tomorrow's forecast (New Year's Day) is a much better picture, with no rain expected and clear skies.
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Leaders recognize the value of agility in turbulent markets, but are often less clear on how they can enhance their own organization's ability to identify and seize opportunities more effectively than rivals. Over the past decade, I have analyzed more and less successful firms in some of the world's most turbulent markets, including China, Brazil, European fast fashion, and financial services. My research revealed three distinct forms of agility-operational, portfolio, and strategic agility.
Operational agility is a company's capacity, within a focused business model, to consistently identify and exploit opportunities more quickly than rivals. Toyota, Soutwest, and Zara exemplify this form of agility at the corporate level. In diversified groups, operational agility occurs (or doesn't) within discrete business units. Opportunities create economic value either by raising a customer's willingness to pay (which translates into higher price or volume) or by reducing costs. The best firms exploit both types of opportunity with equal fervor. Toyota, for example, has consistently anticipated consumers' shifting preferences-for quality, fuel-efficiency, and environmental impact-and introduced vehicles to meet emerging needs. At the same time, Toyota's production system weeds out activities that do not add value for customers.
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Viking 74 Convertible — By Capt. Ken Kreisler —
December 2004
When Bigger Is Better
Viking's largest convertible to date may also be its most successful.
Whoever coined the phrase, "Good things come in small packages," would probably have changed his or her mind had they been strolling the docks of Atlantic City's Trump Marina one day last summer. For there, among a myriad assortment of battlewagons and other craft, sat the largest convertible Viking Yachts has ever built, the 74. A formidable, eye-catching machine, she'd grown several feet from her original specs over the 18 months it had taken her to go from design to launch.
Designed by the father-and-son team of Bruce and David Wilson (see "Father & Son," this story), the 74 actually started as a 68/70. But Viking president Pat Healey intervened. "I wasn't satisfied with the layout, accommodations, cockpit, and everything else we wanted," he explained to me as we stood aboard at the dock that day. He went on to explain that the "everything else" was proportion and balance. "The profile had to be perfect. And for that, we needed a 74," he added.
Sure enough, I was immediately taken with her profile. Her foredeck rises gently to meet the house, which in turn gracefully slopes up to meet the flying bridge. Slightly swept back, our bridge was topped by the standard hardtop, wrapped in full canvas, and bristled with a pair of triple-box 'riggers, a center 'rigger, and a control station at the dizzying apex of a full tower. In addition, the bridge had enough of an overhang to provide shade to those sitting on what Viking calls the observation mezzanine located on the forward, starboard side of the 218-square-foot cockpit, which was dominated by the requisite (and optional) chrome-and-teak fighting chair.
As I stepped aboard, a gentle spray from the optional mister located in the bridge's overhang filled the area. "That's the reward for a successful release of a good fish on a hot day," Healey said with more than a hint of pride as he glanced around the 74's cockpit. With all that space, I could see plenty of room for multiple anglers and the necessary crew members to get the job done. I liked the hefty two-piece transom door, too. When muscling big fish into the cockpit, there's always the chance of someone pitching through the space left by the open door; with the lid down, that problem is considerably reduced. Other notable features here include an insole fishbox in the center of the cockpit flanked by a stowage box to either side, one of which can be ordered as a livewell. The aforementioned seating area, with aft-facing lounges located to either side, contains the tackle cabinets, a bait freezer, and stowage, and there's a refrigerated chill box in the steps to the mezzanine.
I thought it best to visit the engine room before slipping our lines, so I stepped down into it through the cockpit door, accompanied by Peter Frederiksen, Viking's communication director. Despite the presence of the two 2,030-hp MTU Series 2000 V-16s and a pair of 27.5-kW Onan e-QD gensets, Delta-T ventilation system, and a variety of other engine room equipment, I found good access to maintenance points. There are also plenty of stowage areas here as well as stand-up headroom—I'm 5'9" and had space above me. To port, a watertight door leads to the crew quarters forward, which Frederiksen and I next entered.
The 74 comes standard with four staterooms, including the crew quarters. (An optional fifth stateroom is located forward and to starboard.) I found the crew stateroom more than adequate, containing bunk berths, a washer/dryer, and plenty of stowage space and headroom. And with that passage through the engine room to the cockpit, the crew can come and go without disturbing the owners and guests. "Also, if we would have put the owner's suite fully aft instead of locating it amidships and forward of the crew quarters, just think about the crew traipsing around in the galley overhead getting things ready at four or five in the morning," explained Frederiksen.
Next page > Part 2: This boat isn't just big and impressive, she's well conceived, well executed, and well on its way to being one of the most successful Viking convertibles ever. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
This article originally appeared in the November 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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I love you.
Thursday is Valentine's Day. Like the heart-shaped boxes of chocolates and the vases of flowers, those three words will be delivered across the nation to countless people. For some, the words will roll off their tongues with hardly any thought behind them. For others, they will arrive with great difficulty. For some, those three words will be delivered for the first time, and on the other side of Cupid's proverbial coin, the words "I love you" will be uttered by some who have said them for years. And for those who are unable to wrap their lips around the words, you can pay Hallmark to say them for you. Either way, those three words will get a lot of play on Monday.
While there will be no shortage of the words "I love you" on Valentine's Day, what happens on Friday ... Saturday ... the day after that ... and the day after that? As the chocolates in those heart-shaped boxes begin to vanish and the flowers begin to bow their heads, will "I love you" also begin to vanish and wilt?
We say "I love you" a lot in my family. With nearly every family member I have, we end our telephone conversations with "I love you." And the relative on the other end of the line then says, "I love you too." Without exception, that's how every telephone conversation ends. It doesn't matter how long we talk or the reason for the call. Before we hang up, we always say "I love you." We don't say it because we have to or because someone has said it to us. We say it because we mean it. It's as simple as that.
Likewise, my close friends (men and women) and I always end our emails and/or text messages the same way ... "Luv U." After all, we're friends; we've been through a bunch of stuff together — thick and thin. We've laughed with one another, cried with each other, scolded each other, commiserated with each other ... We've had great times, awful times, fabulous times and just OK times together. We know each other inside and out. Of course, we love each other, so why not tell each other so?
While it's easy for me to say I love you ... if I do, I know some who struggle with those three words. Ironically, it almost seems as if it's painful for them to utter that simple phrase — a simple phrase filled with very complicated meanings, emotions and feelings. I feel sorry for those folks who struggle with the words "I love you," especially if they mean it and can't say it.
While I don't throw those three words around carelessly, I have a simple philosophy for ending all my conversations/texts/emails with those three little words ...
Life can change in the blink of an eye. We know that. Each and everyone of us has heard the stories or known the people who head out the door to go to work or to go to the store ... and never come home. We've all heard the stories of the person who appeared in absolutely great health, but who never opened their eyes in the morning. I could go on and on about all the uncertainties of life out there, but I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
So what's my point?
Whenever I talk to my family or dear friends, I want the last words I say to them to be "I love you." After all, none of us ever know ... that might be the last time I have to tell them so.
May your Valentine's Day be filled with those three little words ... and may there be plenty of "I love you's" left over to fill all your days.
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Charles Bissey was born on October 2, 1822. He was the son of Abraham Bissey and Susan Huntsberger. Charles worked as a blacksmith as a young man and then as a farmer. He married Caroline Althouse on June 5th, 1853. She was born on October 18, 1828. They had 5 children: Jacob A, Amandus A, Mary E, Caroline(died early in life) and Harvey. The lot for the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Perkasie was land purchased from Charles Bissey located at Sellersville Road and Main Street (now Fifth and Chestnut St). This information was taken from the History of Bucks County and the 100th Anniversary of the Trinity Lutheran Church.


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Politics and the strength of the NLRBComments Email Print
The reality is that, regardless of who wins the top seat on November 6, there will likely be little impact in the immediate future on the momentum that the NLRB has gained. Because of the length of member terms, changes in leadership at the NLRB cannot take place overnight. It takes time to replace the individual Board members and alter the direction of the agency. Of course, if President Obama is awarded a second term, there is greater likelihood that an array of Reagan/Bush/Bush era cases that were anathema to the union world will be revisited and, where possible, modified in favor of unions.
Nevertheless, it is important to note that the NLRB"s increased influence is not manifesting itself in increased union activity. The fact is that union membership in the U.S. private sector is at an all-time low of 6.9 percent. Clearly, few people would disagree that, for at least the foreseeable future (if not forever), the process of "unionization" in post-industrial America is moribund at best.
However, under the President Obama Administration, the NLRB has discovered a source of power through the National Labor Relations Act's Section 7, which relates to concerted activity. In brief, Section 7 not only gives employees the right to self-organization, but to engage in other concerted activities for the purposes of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. It is the definition of exactly what constitutes "concerted activity" that is at the heart of the controversy behind many of the NLRB's recent decisions.
Since the NLRB has chosen to adopt a more expansive definition of "concerted activities," there are multiple policies, processes and procedures that are now being questioned and/or governed by the agency – so many, in fact, that it was not possible to address all of them in a single article. Rather, this article is Part I of a two-part series that looks at the expanded power and reach of the NLRB.
Recently, the Board addressed social media policies for the first time and, mirroring the stance taken by the Acting General Counsel, held that an employer's social media policy violated the NLRA. Specifically, it was found that big-box Costco's rule prohibiting online posting that "damage(s) the Company, defame(s) any individual or damage(s) any person's reputation" could reasonably be construed to restrict employees' Section 7 activities. It justified its decision by declaring that the language used in Costco's rule was so broad that it "clearly encompassed concerted communications protesting (Costco's) treatment of its employees."
Of course, this issue could be easily cured with appropriate accompanying language including examples of prohibited activity. A model policy should elaborate on what qualifies as an inappropriate posting by listing "discriminatory remarks, harassment and threats of violence" as examples of the egregious online activity that the employer prohibits. Also, in a section of the policy titled "Be Respectful", the policy warns employees that if they decide to post complaints or criticism, they should avoid making posts "that reasonably could be viewed as malicious, obscene, threatening or intimidating".
Beyond providing specific examples, employers looking to draft or revise existing social media policies should also make clear that the social media policy does not restrict the exercise of employees' Section 7 rights.
In Part II, we will take a look at how the NLRB's expanded definition of "concerted activities" is now also impacting class action waiver arbitration agreements and at-will employment disclaimers for both union and non-union employers.


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Ever hear of "digital dining?" It's more likely if you're a fan of dining out, smartphones and mobile payments . And even if you're not, you may want to hear more. Digital dining is the de facto brainchild of Menusoft, a Springfield, Va.-based restaurant services technology provider. The firm doesn't actually take credit for the idea of restaurant patrons paying for meals right at their at the table with smartphones or tablet devices. It just has dramatically moved the technology. The firm's website says the idea dates back to 1978 and began in Australia, while in the U.S. the first digital dining system was rolled out at a cozy Washington, D.C., pub in 1984, allowing customers to pay via three crude (for the time) electronic workstations. But 35 years later -- light years in the technology market -- Menusoft has digital dining mobile payment platforms in 50,000 restaurants across the U.S., with more on the menu. This week Menusoft announced a partnership with Paydiant, a Wellesley, Mass., mobile payments solutions developer. All dining consumers have to do is download a restaurant, bar or tavern's mobile payments app; immediately their credit or debit card is linked to the establishment payment system. They can choose to pay using multiple payment platforms, including bank cards or major credit card providers. The customer can also download discounts and redeemable offers on the spot, cutting the cost of a bill. Digital dining doesn't just make the process quicker for consumers, who don't have to cool their heels waiting for a server or bartender to pay; restaurants make out too. "Our customers are increasingly mobile, so meaningful mobile innovation is one of our most important areas of focus and investment," says Andre Nataf, senior business development manager at Menusoft. "Pay-at-the-table, for example, reduces the number of trips required to the table to settle a check. That differentiating experience improves operational efficiencies through quicker 'table-turn' and consequently increases customer convenience and loyalty."


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Chicago Students Race Against Hunger
On April 26th, nearly 200 students, teachers, and family members from Chicago Public Schools and the After-School All-Stars came together to race against hunger as a part of Chicago Cares' Chicago Youth Service Day.
The Race Against Hunger™ is Action Against Hunger's awesome student initiative that educates students about global hunger and empowers them to become a part of the solution. Throughout the morning, students ran laps around Gage Park to raise money for Action Against Hunger, learned about the ready-to-use therapeutic foods that are used widely for treating children in our nutrition programs, experienced what it's like to have limited access to water through a jerry can relay, and met with Action Against Hunger staff members to learn even more about the lifesaving work we do.
Students learned about hunger around the world, and gained a vital perspective on the difficulties kids just like them face. Both classroom learning prior to the Race and the Race event itself helped transform these students into global citizens equipped with a well-rounded understanding of global malnutrition and a passion to help us end it.
"After-School All-Stars is proud to partner with Action Against Hunger, in Chicago and other cities across the country. For our students, the Race Against Hunger program is both a means of learning about important global issues, and a fun, active way to be part of a solution. Our students truly enjoy participating and sharing the experience with their peers."
—BJ Lohr, Program Manager, Chicago After-School All-Stars
Later that afternoon, Action Against Hunger was presented with the Chicago Youth Service Day Award for "Best Project by a Community Organization" in conjunction with the Jefferson Awards for Public Service LEAD360 Challenge. The Jefferson Awards for Public Service recognize America's greatest champions of public service and train the next generation to continue the legacy of service in the country. As a first-time winner of this award, Action Against Hunger was honored to be recognized for its commitment to youth around the world and in the United States specifically through the Race Against Hunger™ program.
Students and youth are the next generation of game-changers in the hunger crisis, and educating and inspiring them to become global citizens and take action is a critical part of our lifesaving work. Whether we're coordinating with 20 students in San Francisco or 200 students on the south side of Chicago, our Community Outreach Team works hand in hand with these superstars to give them the tools and support they need to become hunger fighters!
(Editor's Note: Action Against Hunger's Community Outreach Coordinator, Whitney Smith, also contributed reporting to this post. Thank you for all of your great work on the Race Against Hunger, Ryan & Whitney!)


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Two families came together on Saturday, but by the end of the day, there was only one.
My daughter Nikki married her Darin, uniting a family from Illinois and another family from Washington state for all time.
Two women were joined in the bonds of mother-in-lawness, and brothers of the bride and groom suddenly found themselves with more brothers than they knew what to do with.
Two became one, joined in the natural light of a benevolent blue sky.
Rings were exchanged, and promises were made.
The mothers cried, as mothers usually do, and a proud father beamed as he escorted his daughter down the aisle.
The babies – the ultimate promise that life does go on – the babies fussed and were held in loving arms in the back of the church.
And with a prayer and a blessing, the two were joined.
Weddings are wonderful things. Despite a sobering divorce rate and shenanigans by stars who see marriage as just another publicity generator, we still choose to marry.
We lay aside our doubts and our fears, join hands and jump into the future together.
And if we're very lucky, we do it with the support of our families.
When Dave and I were married so many years ago, we did it surrounded by the love of our families. Grandparents and aunts and uncles and assorted cousins came together to witness the marriage of one of their own, and found themselves both gaining a new member and being absorbed into another family.
It was the same last year when Amanda and Brian got married, and again on Saturday.
And at the end of the day, after too much good food and drink, when "Bohemian Rhapsody" came over the speakers, we joined together again. A brother of the bride and a brother of the groom, joined by the groom himself (and perhaps a random mother!) joined in a cacophony of sound and a little air guitar.
It maybe wasn't the prettiest music ever made, but there was laughter and smiling faces and love in that room.
I can't think of a better way to start a marriage.
Welcome to the family, Darin.
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The Department of Theater and Dance presents its Lab Theater production of Still Waters Run Deep: Voices from Spoon River, directed by Jim Quinn, on Friday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. in the Rondileau Campus Center. Tickets are $15 for the general public; $10 for students with a valid ID, seniors and members of the military. Contact the box office at email@example.com or call 508.531.1321 for more information and reservations. The dramatic presentation with traditional folk music, adapted from Edgar Lee Masters' classic anthology of poems, journeys with deceased residents of a small fictional town in Illinois as they reminisce about their lives, loves and longings in an evening of compelling theater. Jim Quinn is a full-time professor at Bridgewater, founder of Arts for Youth and former long-time director of the Children's Theater. The production will feature talent from all around the state.


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Grand Prix of Long Beach
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Linksys Introduces 2-bay Marvell-based NVR for SMBsby Ganesh T S on 2/5/2014 3:26 AM EST
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imaheadcase - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkNone of this is worth it if the criminal just steals the unit. You have to put some form of online backup for it to be useful. Which brings to the next point, good luck with that with the bandwidth it will make daily. Reply
Murloc - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkjust hide it and make it complicated enough to get to that it becomes too dangerous to spend lots of time taking it out, since most people who are concerned with security have an alarm too.
Also I guess you can use motion detection so that it uploads only relevants parts of the video? Reply
Einy0 - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkYou are giving your typical criminal way too much credit. Most thieves don't even think about cameras unless they see one staring them in the face. If you put this unit in with other networking equipment /servers will they really know what it is? They will most likely have no clue. Reply
groundhogdaze - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkHide it inside an empty CRT monitor. No one will steal one of those. Reply
extide - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkLOL, thats a good idea, hahaha Reply
hpglow - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkThe price of this thing is what is criminal. $800? There are haswell nas out there for that price. Linksys better have some killer software or something to make people want to cough up $800 for a diskless mac. Reply
hpglow - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkI ment NAS. Damn autocorrect. Reply
menting - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - linkwell, you're not totally wrong...a diskless mac (if there was one), WOULD probably cost about that much :) Reply
fokka - Thursday, February 06, 2014 - link800?? i was wtf too, i don't know too much about the other features, but a good (consumer) 2bay nas shouldn't cost more than 3-400 bucks without drives. what more is there to handle than a couple hd-streams? Reply
Beany2013 - Saturday, February 08, 2014 - linkIt's the licensing for the CCTV you are paying for, not the hardware.
Synology's midrange 2-bay NASs (DS214+ ) cost about £300 empty in the UK, but you can only hook one camera up to them without buying more licenses, either individually at about £35/each or in groups of four for around £130ish (as I recall - I haven't rechecked the pricing, but you get the idea).
The QNAP Viostors come with eight camera licenses out of the box, as it were - they cost more like £500 diskless.
I'm preferring the Synology model meself - most of my customers who want CCTV only want a couple of cameras.
Also, having worked with both the QNAP and the Syno gear, I can tell you for a fact that you can set up port forwarding, dynDNS etc for the cameras, and have the DVR system on a totally unrelated site - say, your neighbours attic, or the office at work - and it'll still record fine, provided you have the bandwidth.
I tested this with my Syno and a customers 480p cameras on an Infinity2 (20mb upload) connection, and didn't get a single dropped frame.
Also, Andrewaggb below is not wrong - you are basically unlimited in the ways you can mix and match recording methodologies, especially where your cameras have the ability to upload footage over FTP/email independantly of what the DVR is doing (and it can upload to a remote site itself) so these devices definitely have their uses for pretty much anyone, from someone who just wants one camera to watch their moped parked outside their flat, to a small business or a school who ideally want offsite replication and multiple redundant copies of the footage; it's pretty much down to how much effort you want to put in; or more realistically, how much money you want to pay someone like myself or Andrew to put the effort in for you.
None of it would be too tricky for the typical, well versed AT reader, though.
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andrewaggb - Friday, February 07, 2014 - linkI write nvr software and work with video monitoring firms, so I consider my opinion educated in this case.
Generally NVR's are in a server room or utility room. Some customers put them in the roof or other places you wouldn't guess.
Many cameras also have sd card local storage that can be motion-only. My video monitoring software uploads alert videos in real-time based on nvr or central station alerts (low res ones to conserve bandwidth).
It's not unreasonable to have up to 3 copies of recent footage for events of interest. In some cases you can also cluster nvrs.
I realize this linksys stuff probably doesn't do most of that automatically, but the sd cards are generally camera dependant and you could probably buy 2 of these linksys nvr's if you were really worried about it. Reply


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This article was published 23/1/2013 (1671 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
STONEWALL -- The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is only two draws old and already there has been a major upset.
Eleventh-seed Colleen Kilgallen of Pinawa stunned five-time Canadian champion Cathy Overton-Clapham 7-3 here Wednesday afternoon in what was the first game of the Manitoba women's curling championship for both teams.
"It feels great to beat such an outstanding team," Kilgallen said afterward. "It's a really big accomplishment for us."
It's also a considerable setback for Overton-Clapham in a seven-game round-robin in which past history has shown that sometimes one loss is all a team can afford to still make the weekend playoff round.
"We really got outplayed," said Overton-Clapham, who was heavy on a draw to the 12-foot in the fifth end that cost her team a steal and put them down 5-2 heading into the break.
Overton-Clapham was hoping the opening of the provincials would provide her team a fresh start after a bad cashspiel season, but it looked like just more of the same in her opener with Kilgallen.
She remains the eternal optimist, however.
"I'm enjoying the ice and still feel like I'm putting the broom down in the right spot, but we just got down early," said Overton-Clapham.
In other games on the 12:15 p.m. draw, second seed Chelsea Carey defeated Brandon's Stacey Fordyce 6-2; in a battle of former provincial women's champions, Darcy Robertson throttled Karen Fallis 8-1 in just six ends; and 2010 Manitoba women's champion Jill Thurston overcame a 4-0 deficit to defeat Dauphin's Lisa Menard 9-6.
Earlier Wednesday, Jennifer Jones -- the defending Manitoba women's champion -- defeated Brandon's Liza Park 9-3, while fourth seed Barb Spencer beat La Salle's Deb McCreanor 10-4.
In other games on the opening draw, Kate Cameron gave the locals something to cheer about as her Stonewall foursome upset fifth seed Janet Harvey 8-4 and Assiniboine-Memorial's Michelle Montford drummed Burntwood's Charlene Norquay 12-2.
The Scotties tournament continues on the 4 p.m. draw with Jones taking on McCreanor, Montford playing Cameron, Norquay playing Harvey and Spencer playing Park.


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A student from Burley-in-Wharfedale has received a dairy farming scholarship which will see him take a full-time job between his studies.
Oliver Wadsworth, 19, was presented with the Velcourt Dairy Scholarship during a dedicated ceremony at Harper Adams University.
Mr Wadsworth is in the second year of a BSc Agriculture programme at the Shropshire university, which has helped him to make a start in the farming career he has dreamed of despite having very little prior agricultural experience.
The former Notre Dame Sixth Form College, Leeds, student competed against fellow Harper Adams students to secure the Velcourt award, which provides funding to cover some of his tuition fees, plus a full-time job with Velcourt during the sandwich year of his degree course.
All Harper Adams students complete one year in industry before returning to the campus for the fourth and final year, to complete their studies. Later in 2014, he will take up his position on a Velcourt dairy farm.
Mr Wadsworth said: "The Velcourt Dairy Scholarship means an awful lot to me as it represents an amazing opportunity to be able to push myself to be the best I can be, whilst having the backing of an industry-leading company, which I know produces some of the best farm managers in the world.
"I wish to thank the company for placing faith in me by awarding this scholarship. Being from a non-agricultural background, I hope that this achievement is proof to other potential future farmers that not having a family farm need not put them at a disadvantage."
He has pursued a range of farming opportunities before he applied to Harper Adams. With the right combination of school qualifications and passion for the subject, he was accepted on to his course, and now has his sights firmly set on eventually becoming the manager of a large-scale dairy farm.


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PENSNETT United won the Dudley and Cradley Heath Sunday League's Ray Turley Memorial Competition with a 4-2 victory against Bush Athletic.
Bush had taken a two-goal lead with a brace from Lee Chilton before Pensnett halved the lead before the break after a strike from Chris Bayliss.
Pensnett then took control of the game, which took place on Friday, May 9, thanks to second half with goals from Joe Lawley, Shaun Saunders and Arron Lloyd.
However, Bush Athletic did not have to wait long to get their revenge.
The same teams contested rearranged final of the Thornleigh Freight Trophy just two days later and Bush reversed the scoreline to take the trophy with a 4-2.
In the Premier Division, Malt Dudley beat Willenhall Three Crowns 8-0 away from home.
Hat-tricks for both Wayne Marsh and Mark Homer were added to by strikes from Phil Vickers and Darren Finch.
Sedgley White Lion came out on top of a nine goal thriller against Britannia.
Britannia 4 - 5 Sedgley White lion
Britannia took the lead on 20 minutes when Alex Hill scrambled the ball home. On 30 minutes, a great finish from Hill ?made it 2-0 before Sedgley's Michael Croughan pulled one back before the break.
?Sedgley started the second half strong and had the scores level within two minutes when Michael Croughan scored from the edge of the box.
Britannia came straight back at Sedgley and took the lead again when Alex Hill completed his hat-trick on 50 minutes to make it 3-2.
Again Sedgley came back when Chris Campbell headed home. The same happened when Alex Hill put Britannia back in front with his fourth of the game on 62 minutes only for Croughan to make it 4-4 with 20 minutes still to play.
Sedgley took the lead for the first time on 80 minutes when Chris Campbell's second gave his side all three points.
Hadcroft Rovers lost 6-2 at home to Halesowen Members in Division One.
Fixtures: Thursday, May 15 - Premier Division: King William v Pensnett United, Dudley Wood P1.
Sunday, May 18 - Joe Stanton Memorial Trophy Final, 6pm at Gornal AFC: Lloyds v Pensnett United
Premier Division: Bush Athletic v Malt Dudley, Dudley Wood P1.


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Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Ralph Katz is a Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management at Northeastern University's College of Business. For more than 30 years, Katz has been carrying out extensive management research, education, and consulting on technology-based innovation, with a particular interest in the management and motivation of technical professionals and high-performing groups and project teams.
Katz has conducted numerous workshops and seminars on innovation and R&D management type topics for technical staff professionals, managers, and senior executives in many organizations, working with them to improve their management and leadership of technical environments and innovation practices and processes. Among his more recent clients are major industrial corporations, including Dupont; Motorola; Procter and Gamble; Lockheed Martin; Sparta; Goodrich; National Semiconductor; EMC; Nokia; Vancity Cooperative Bank; the CIA; Tetra Pak; Master Foods, Inc.; Ciba Specialty Chemicals; and the Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
He teaches in two MIT Sloan executive programs and also leads the Management of Technology and Innovation executive program at Cal Tech. For more than 10 years, he led the Management of Technology and Technical Professionals courses at IBM's Corporate Technical Institute. Katz has taught in the executive programs of many other universities and was a visiting scholar at INSEAD in Paris during the 2003-04 academic year. His most recent book is The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation, second edition (Oxford University Press, 2004).
In 1981, Katz was awarded the New Concept Award by the National Academy of Management for that year's Most Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Organizational Behavior. He was also the 1986 recipient of R&D Management Journal's Best Paper Award and the 1990 and 1991 recipient of the Academy of Management TIM Division's Best Paper Awards. In 2004, his paper in the IRI-sponsored journal, Research-Technology Management, was selected as the Holland Award Winner for that year's most significant and original contribution to the field of research management.
Katz serves on many journal editorial boards and was the R&D/Innovation and Entrepreneurship departmental editor for Management Science from 1991 to 2001. He holds a BS in math and physics from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.


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Townhouse 50 is situated in the residential area of Belgrade old town. A short promenade will take you to main tourist attractions, art galleries, cafes, restaurants or banks.
Each room and apartment have direct telephone line, providing absolute privacy during your stay, as well as electronic safe-deposit box, mini bar, TV with cable programming and air condition.
Wireless internet is available in all units and is complimentary.
There are bath robes, hair dryers and towels available in all units.
Only anti-allergy bed linen is used.
Room temperature can be adjusted manually, by individually controlled air-conditioning units.
Buffet breakfast is served at cafe Townhouse 50, on the ground floor, from 06.00h to 11.00h .
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You could simply repeat the traditional meal. Or use the leftovers to create different dishes.
Check out the Nourish column at the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness newsletter for three tempting recipes.
Turkey Quesadillas with Cranberry Sauce
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Today, exactly one year after the first version of m0n0wall has been
released on 02/15/2003, I'm proud to announce the immediate availability
of m0n0wall 1.0. I decided that it was about time we had a real release
(it seemed that some people had forgotten that "pb" stood for "public
beta" anyway), and today felt like the right day to do it.
m0n0wall 1.0 is essentially pb27 with a few minor fixes (see the change
log for details).
Get it at:
All older (pb) versions can be upgraded to 1.0 via the usual procedure.
This version number change of course doesn't mean that m0n0wall has
become completely bug-free overnight. I like to think though that
compared to other projects, it is now stable and featureful enough to
warrant not being called "beta" anymore.
Quite a lot has changed in these 365 days since pb1 - wireless support,
PPTP, DNS forwarder, IPsec VPN, 1:1 NAT, NTP, static routes, adv.
outbound NAT, SNMP, traffic shaper queues, mobile IPsec VPN, proxy ARP,
server NAT just to name the most obvious.
Here's the full change log:
- fixed port validation on filter, shaper and NAT pages, and fixed
ranges that include 1 or 65535
- fixed configuration backup download problem with Internet Explorer
- fixed typo on general setup page
- show hostname on system status page
- traffic shaping now works on bridged interfaces
- added note about proxy ARP to NAT pages
- changed DNS override description on system setup page (DNS servers
assigned via PPP on WAN don't work)
- imported modified version of choparp that supports IP address ranges;
modified webGUI to allow proxy ARP with ranges
- uploaded images are now verified using public-key cryptography - if
the digital signature is not correct, a warning is displayed (the user
is allowed to continue anyway though). The format of the signed images
can be found here, and the public key used to verify the images is here.
This release has not been signed to avoid problems when upgrading older
versions (it wouldn't make sense anyway because pb versions do not
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With a ban on gestation-sow stalls set to become law on Jan. 1, EU hog producers are warning that pork prices will rise significantly as the production mandate is expected to force many farmers out of business.
While animal rights groups welcome the move to eliminate the stalls, the cost of applying the ban is expected to reduce pork production and usher in higher prices for Europe's consumers. "We are at the beginning of a shock wave," said Jean-Michel Serres, chairman of the French pork producers group FNP.
EU farmers produced a record 22.7 million tons of pork in 2010, or more than 20 percent of the world's total production. That was twice the volume produced in the United States, but far behind China's output of 51 million tons, according to Reuters.
With pork producers across the 27-nation EU bloc already struggling with financial losses due to record feed costs, only 17 out of the 27 member states are expected to be fully compliant by the Jan. 1 deadline. Pork output is expected to decline significantly, especially in Germany, the EU's largest supplier with a market share of 25 percent.
"It is still unclear how many will give in but a double-digit percentage fall in German production cannot be ruled out," Michael Lohse of the German farmers association DBV said.
"I expect (the E.U. pork industry) to lose 5 percent to 7 percent of their sows from July 2012 to July 2013," said Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University economist. Hayes expects most of the reduction will be in Southern Europe and France.
EU consumers will face higher pork prices at the supermarket as a result of the mandated gestation-stall ban. "We are forecasting wholesale price rises of at least 10 percent year-on-year which could rise to 20 percent if production is reduced," according to Mick Sloyan, British Pig Association (BPEX) deputy chief executive.
The sow-stall ban prompted dire warnings from British pork industry executives that "the price of bacon is set to soar in 2013." For its part, the U.K. is already fully compliant with the rules, having adopted the stall ban in 1999.
Meanwhile, U.S. pork industry observers said the warnings were somewhat exaggerated for consumers here at home. "I certainly do not think we will see a (bacon) shortage," said Chris Novak, National Pork Board (NPB) CEO. Novak added, however, that he sees higher bacon and pork prices ahead for U.S. consumers.
U.S. pork producers face growing domestic pressure from restaurant and grocery chains that are demanding elimination of gestation-sow stalls from their supply chains. U.S. pork industry officials, however, would prefer that the decision on sow housing be left up to the individual producer. "Both individual and group-housing systems have advantages and disadvantages," said Sherrie Niekamp, NPB director of animal welfare. "While both systems can work, we promote producer choice to use the system that best fits his or her operation, management and employees."


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5th June, 2000Big may look impressive, but life can be hell for the individual in agriculture today. The problems are vast and complex, and do not lend themselves to easy answers. So what is the agricultural crisis all about, and what can be done to tackle it? Steven Gorelick seeks out the true root of the crisis. more...
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They are the team everyone loves to hate. Even, it seems, criminals.
When thieves broke into Merv Fern's Rockhampton Picture Framing and Wall Art business on Boxing Day, they stole almost every piece of sporting memorabilia they could carry except a signed and framed premiership Manly Sea Eagles jersey.
The thieves then returned about 2am the following day for the goods they had been unable to take with them during their original spree, but once again, they left the Silvertails behind.
"Some of the jerseys were hanging pretty high and they had to snap them to get them down," Mr Fern said.
"And in the limited time they have had on that night, they have taken as much as they could and then to add insult to injury, they came back the next night, busted another window and took the rest. Except for the Manly one."
Mr Fern, a Penrith supporter, said the thieves were forced to make their escape hole larger to fit another framed jersey through the glass but he was at a loss to explain why they left the 2011 winner's memorabilia behind.
"It was framed in such an unique way, so maybe they might have thought 'oh, I am going to have trouble getting rid of this because it looks too good', you know what I mean?
"But I am not inside their head to know why they particularly left that one. Maybe they just didn't like them. That window is looking pretty bare, it was full of jerseys but now there is only one sitting there, the Manly one, and it is looking pretty lonely."
The central Queensland small business owner estimates he is out of pocket about $10,000 for the damage and theft; his insurance company doesn't recognise the value of the player's signatures and will only cover the cost of the stolen clothing.
"And I had 2011 Bronco's jerseys that Darren Lockyer had signed, when he was playing with the rest of the team and you just can't get those any more," he said, adding he was grateful none of his customer's work had been stolen or damaged in the break in.
A police spokeswoman said it appeared two men, wearing hats to conceal their identity, used a gas bottle to smash the front window of the Berserker store just after 1.30am on Boxing Day and helped themselves to about nine NRL jerseys.
Police believe the same two men returned about 24 hours later to steal all but one of the remaining jerseys.
"I haven't done a complete stock take yet, but I would say there are between 16 and 18 jerseys gone," Mr Fern said.
"They are just going to flood the market. And the thieves would have to be complete imbeciles to think they can sell them on to some individual.
"But yeah, that Manly one does look pretty lonely sitting there in the window by itself. I guess the club will contact me now and ask me why it wasn't taken!"
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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The traffic on the site continues to climb, so a giant thank you to all of you who are spreading the word! Business is boooooooming! This could be why a box arrived at my doorstep the other day containing a brand-spanking new Zune. Apparently 300 bloggers across Canada are receiving these 8GB flash Zunes and Microsoft is hoping for some good old fashion word-of-mouth text-on-blog advertising. As I opened the box I said a little prayer for the Zune: "Please God, let the Zune be a decent product because I am going to be blatantly honest about it, and if it's bad… this review could get ugly."


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Imagine finding the man or woman of your dreams by GPS. It's online dating, but on the next level. Singles can now download smartphone apps to meet people instantly. It's something Channel 4 Crime and Safety Expert Ken Jefferson worries about.
Sam Hyde met his fiancée, Nina using a GPS-based dating app.
"I was a little skeptical at first, I thought you know, this is, jeez this is going to tell people where I am," explained Hyde.
But when he "checked in" through his GPS app, he found out Nina was standing in line at the same place he was. They messaged to meet up.
"We just locked eyes and it was love at first site; love at first text," he said.
So how many others are finding love the smartphone way? Our survey of major GPS dating app providers found the trend is taking off.
"Singles Around Me" says approximately 20,000 singles are installing the app each week. "Okcupid" says one million of its three million use the GPS features. And "How About We" estimates that about one in four of its online daters are now incorporating location-based dating into their search for a soul mate.
"It's revolutionizing the way people are using their phones in order to meet people in the real world," said Aaron Schildkrout, co-founder of "How About We."
Each app works a little differently. When you check in on some, your profile and general location are automatically published to other singles nearby who can message you if they want to meet. Certain apps reveal your exact location down to the street corner. It's something that concerns Jefferson, a former sex crimes detective with the Jacksonville Sheriff's office.
"It can be an open invitation to stalkers. It can be an open invitation to sexual offenders, pretending to be someone else for the sake of meeting other people," warned Jefferson.
Hyde said he had a frightening experience himself when a man posed as a woman to lure him into one meeting.
"I could very, you know, very easily have been in danger," Hyde admitted.
"One of the biggest problems with GPS dating is the immediacy of it," said Alan Rosenthal, author of the book "Safer Online Dating."
Rosenthal says in regular online dating, you have time to exchange emails or talk on the phone before you actually meet. But with GPS, he says you could be face to face in minutes.
"You have no time to vet them or even to think about what your actions, your interactions or the ramifications are going to be," Rosenthal added.
Just this year, in three separate cases, three teens in Ohio, Wisconsin and California were sexually assaulted when they met men posing as teens on the GPS app "Skout." As a result, "Skout" confirmed it made changes to its teen site, including removing location technology. (Read more about the changes here.)
"Meet Moi," which sends profiles of people in your general location said, "Nothing is more important to us than user safety," and says, "We never share a user's exact location."
"Singles Around Me" says the app has, "privacy options that allow them to turn off their location GPS and or to hide their profile."
"How About We" says it's, "had no problems."
"I would advise women to just meet people the old fashion way versus the new technology that's out right now," said Jefferson.
Jefferson says if you are going to use GPS dating, always meet in a public place. Also, always make sure someone knows where you are. And just because you meet via GPS dating, doesn't mean you have to meet on the spot. You can always set up another time to meet in person and perhaps email or talk on the phone first.
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Best interests or best interests of the child is the doctrine used by most courts to determine a wide range of issues relating to the well-being of children. The most important of these issues concern questions that arise upon the divorce or separation of the children's parents. Here are some examples:
- With whom will the children live?
- How much contact (previously termed "access" or, in some jurisdictions, "visitation") will the parents, legal guardian, or other parties be allowed (or required) to have?
- To whom and by whom will child support be paid and in what amount?
The use of the best interests doctrine represented a 20th-century shift in public policy. The best interests doctrine is an aspect of parens patriae, and in the United States it has replaced the Tender Years Doctrine, which rested on the basis that children are not resilient, and almost any change in a child's living situation would be detrimental to their well-being.
Until the early 1900s, fathers were given custody of the children in case of divorce. Many U.S. states then shifted from this standard to one that completely favored the mother as the primary caregiver. In the 1970s, the Tender Years Doctrine was replaced by the best interests of the child as determined by family courts. Because many family courts continued to give great weight to the traditional role of the mother as the primary caregiver, application of this standard in custody historically tended to favor the mother of the children.
The "best interests of the child" doctrine is sometimes used in cases where non-parents, such as grandparents, ask a court to order non-parent visitation with a child. Some parents, usually those who are not awarded custody, say that using the "best interests of the child" doctrine in non-parent visitation cases fails to protect a fit parent's fundamental right to raise their child in the manner they see fit. Troxel v Granville, 530 US 57; 120 S Ct 2054; 147 LEd2d 49 (2000).
Assessing the best interests of the childEdit
In proceedings involving divorce or the dissolution of a common-law marriage or a civil union, family courts are directed to assess the best interests of any children of these unions.
The determination is also used in proceedings which determine legal obligations and entitlements, such as when a child is born outside of marriage, when grandparents assert rights with respect to their grandchildren, and when biological parents assert rights with respect to a child who was given up for adoption.
It is the doctrine usually employed in cases regarding the potential emancipation of minors. Courts will use this doctrine when called upon to determine who should make medical decisions for a child where the parents disagree with healthcare providers or other authorities.
In determining the best interests of the child or children in the context of a separation of the parents, the court may order various investigations to be undertaken by social workers, Family Court Advisors from CAFCASS, psychologists and other forensic experts, to determine the living conditions of the child and his custodial and non-custodial parents. Such issues as the stability of the child's life, links with the community, and stability of the home environment provided by each parent may be considered by a court in deciding the child's residency in custody and visitation proceedings. In English law, section 1(1) Children Act 1989 makes the interests of any child the paramount concern of the court in all proceedings and, having indicated in s1(2) that delay is likely to prejudice the interests of any child, it requires the court to consider the "welfare checklist", i.e. the court must consider:
- The ascertainable wishes and feelings of each child concerned (considered in light of their age and understanding)
- Physical, emotional and/or educational needs now and in the future
- The likely effect on any change in the circumstances now and in the future
- Age, sex, background and any other characteristics the court considers relevant
- Any harm suffered or at risk of suffering now and in the future
- How capable each parent, and other person in relation to whom the court considers the question to be relevant, is of meeting the child's needs
- The range of powers available to the court under the Children Act 1989 in the proceedings in question
The welfare checklist considers the needs, wishes and feelings of the child and young person and this analysis is vital to ensure that the human rights of children are always in the forefront of all consideration. The welfare checklist provides a comprehensive list of issues that need to be considered to ensure that young people who come into court proceedings are safeguarded fully and their rights as citizens are promoted.
Criticism of the best interests standard Edit
- Main article: Fathers' rights movement
The Best Interests standard has received considerable criticism by certain groups within the privacy rights and family law reform movement, particularly with regard to how it unlawfully marginalizes children from one of their parents absent a compelling government interest, and often cultivates protracted litigation. Critics argue that a higher evidentiary standard should be applied to fit parents, and that the Best Interests standard should only be applied in cases where a termination of parental rights has already occurred.[citation needed]
The Best Interests standard has also come under criticism by parents of young children who are not yet able to voice or have difficulty expressing that they have been abused. If a child has been physically or sexually abused and the abuser is a parent, the child will be unprotected from the abuser when that abuser cannot be prosecuted. This can and has happened recently, even when the child has said previously that abuse had taken place. This situation has the potential to happen quite frequently because of the young age of the child and possible inconsistent testimony. Instead, the rights of the parent to raise the child take priority over the well-being of the child who is forced to live with the abuser, even in cases of joint custody where an abuse-free environment is possible. Until recently, children would be taken out of the home of the abuser and placed with the non-abusive parent, but the courts have begun to focus on the rights of the parent to raise the child when the abuse cannot be legally recognized by the court (i.e., the abuser is not convicted). In many cases, the voice of the child is ignored because they have not become old enough for their opinion as to their living situation to matter. When the children are too young to have a voice, it is felt by some parents of young children that the courts are acting with regard to parental rights which, until the child is old enough, seem to replace the right of the child to live in an appropriate environment.
See alsoEdit
- Dr. Stephen Baskerville, Taken into Custody: The War on Fathers, Marriage and the Family Cumberland House Publishing (September 25, 2007) [1]
- Jill Elaine Hasday, The Canon of Family Law, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 57 (December, 2004), p. 825-900.
- Mary Ann Mason, From Father's Property To Children's Rights, A History of Child Custody
- Dr. Gordon Finley, Best interests of the child and the eye of the beholder
- Prof. Donald Hubin, Parental Rights and Due Process Journal of Law & Family Studies [2]
External linksEdit
- Representing Children Worldwide How Children Are Heard in Children Protective Proceedings in 250 Jurisdictions
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Plain English Campaign are proud to announce that uSwitch.com is the first comparison website to achieve our Internet Crystal Mark. The Internet Crystal Mark is recognised worldwide as a standard that a website has clear language, and is accessible and easy to use.
Plain English Campaign have been fighting for over 30 years against the use of unnecessary jargon and gobbledygook in communications. With a growing trend for public information to be presented through globally accessible online services, using clear language becomes even more important.
Clear information gives confidence and control
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'Self-help' and 'do-it-yourself' kits can be ideal, particularly in times when money is tight. But any kit is only effective if the result is reliable.
The recent Which? comparison of self-test kits demonstrates the varying quality and clarity of instructions and information. Without access to a health-care professional, the user is left with only the information in front of them. The experts who provided feedback on the kits said that the main problems lay with missing and unclear information. What isn't said is often as important as what is said. And what is said needs to be clear and understandable the first time it is read.
Plain English at Halfords
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Plain English Campaign welcomes a rare opportunity to applaud the motoring industry today when Halfords Autocentres launch their plain English 'Glossary of garage speak'. This is the first guide of its kind in the motor industry to receive a Crystal Mark from Plain English Campaign.
The guide is a direct result of research carried out for the independent garage network. The research showed a high level of confusion linked to mechanical jargon and highlighted the need for simple and unpatronising language when dealing with motorists.
Gobbledygook on the BBC
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On Monday 7 March at 7.30pm, BBC Inside Out East Midlands will be full of gobbledygook and jargon as BBC presenter John Holmes travels to Derbyshire for an update on the story of Plain English Campaign.
Big steps to overcome the small print
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Plain English Campaign are applauding the consumer contracts team at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the regulatory body for traders throughout the UK. The OFT's year-long study of unclear terms and conditions in consumer contracts covered a range of customer complaints about things such as contracts for gym membership and the small print involved in buying football clubs' season tickets.
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Leon Smith believes Andy Murray can be hugely proud of his efforts in Great Britain's Davis Cup defeat by Italy.
The British team headed home from Naples on Monday no doubt accompanied by the nagging feeling of what might have been.
Britain went into the tie as underdogs, but led 2-1 after Saturday's doubles, bringing the tantalising prospect of a home semi-final against Switzerland in September into focus.
But, while Switzerland recovered from 2-1 down to defeat Kazakhstan, Britain saw the same lead slip away in straight-sets defeats for Murray and James Ward.
Murray was bidding for a third victory in two days after finishing off a delayed singles win over Andreas Seppi on Saturday before teaming up with Colin Fleming for the doubles.
But in the end completing the job against Fabio Fognini, one of the very best players in the world on clay, proved a step too far.
Captain Smith told daviscup.com: " Certainly Fabio played well, but it was a big ask for Andy physically to keep going after playing so much tennis over the tie.
"He was a bit poorly before it, which didn't help. He's put everything on the line and he should be very proud of himself. He clearly has put the team first, again, and fought hard for his country."
Like Murray, Fognini won two rubbers, but, unlike the Wimbledon champion, the Italian had significant back-up in the form of world number 34 Seppi.
Although the likes of Ward and Dan Evans have performed brilliantly in helping Britain make the quarter-finals for the first time in 28 years, expecting them to win rubbers in the World Group is a huge ask.
Evans is ranked 130th and Ward 162nd and, even though Britain have good options in doubles, playing Murray in all three rubbers remains the best chance of victory.
In the last three ties - a World Group play-off against Croatia and clashes against the USA and Italy - Ward's brilliant singles victory over America's Sam Querrey is the only rubber Britain have won that did not involve Murray.
The Scot was keen to talk up his team-mates, saying on BBC Radio Five Live: " The guys did exceptionally well over the last couple of years. You can see now that all of them play above their normal level.
"James Ward has played some great tennis, Dan Evans has had some huge results and the guys that have stepped in for the doubles, too, have had some very good wins and dealt with tough situations and tough atmospheres very well."
Former British Davis Cup player Jamie Baker, though, believes the team are too reliant on Murray.
He said: "The team have done incredibly well to even have that opportunity, but coming down to the fifth rubber it still shows how big the gap is between Andy and the rest of the team.
"Seppi was battling his nerves the whole time and, if James Ward or somebody was just a little bit better and was a bit more of a consistent performer week in, week out, that would have been a genuine chance to win."
Although seeing Italy take on Switzerland in September will be painful for the British team, they can be immensely satisfied that, unlike Spain, Serbia and the United States, they have already guaranteed their place in the elite 16-team World Group for 2015.
That was assured when Britain beat the US in San Diego in February and Smith's main hope for September's draw will be a home tie.
He will also be looking for Evans and Ward to make a concerted challenge for the top 100 and teenager Kyle Edmund to continue his rise.
Asked what he had learned from the last two ties, Smith said: "T hat we deserve to be here.
"We are a World Group team now and the job is to make sure the players and staff keep improving so that when we get to the 2015 campaign we can hit the ground running and keep trying to build on this."


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In the early eighties, experts in their fields gathered in Nigeria to explore solar energy alternatives to relieve the nation's fragile electrical grid. That gave birth to the Sokoto Energy Research Centre (SERC) governmental organization in 1982. The center commenced with a vision to mitigate environmental damage and alleviate poverty, supplement the inadequate power supply to the nation, and reduce the dependence on the then National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), now the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
While they focus on photovoltaic electrical development, the center also studies bio-mass stoves, as well as, promote the development, manufacturing, and use of solar cookers.
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- July 2011: Nigeria: Inside Sokoto's Unsteady Solar Energy Project - allAfrica.com
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Yesterday, Boing Boing reported an AT-AT model up for sale on eBay.
Reading that sentence you might be thinking one of two things:
For those of you who don't know what an AT-AT is, join the rest of the planet and watch Stars Wars. But for those in lust with the idea of owning one, eBay seller, Komanac is giving you the opportunity to take one home. Of course, there's a catch… this AT-AT is suited up in duct tape & detailed with Sharpie marker!
The seller writes in the description:
GIANT Duct Tape AT-AT Star Wars Fan Art Model/Sculpture 4 feet tall and 5 feet long it is Rankor Huge! Unique!
- This is a sculptural piece of Fan Art made in the form of an AT-AT from the move The Empire Strikes Back.
- It is huge! about 46″ high and 50″ long!
- Made of Wood & Cardboard and covered in Duct Tape! The lines are made with a permanent felt marker. Some of the duct tape is peeing up slightly – no way to avoid this.
- The walker is in 5 pieces – the main body and four legs. The legs are placed on the ground and the body sits on top of them – it is very stable.
- This is not a toy- it will not stand up to any serious abuse, the front guns are a break hazard if handled poorly/roughly.
- This was created for an art show: "Star Wars 33&1/3 anniversary" during Art Walk here in Lethbridge Alberta. I would love to keep it but not enough room. It was created July/August of this year – it took several rolls of duct tape and 30 – 40 hours to create.
Forget a swing set, I want an AT-AT!
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Hugh Jackman, Prisoners
Hugh Jackman took on darkest role yet for Prisoners' Keller Dover, he tells Jeremy Kay.
It will not have gone unnoticed that for such a dark film, Prisoners owes much of its power to three celebrated artists who are renowned for being particularly nice and/or jovial, none more so than Hugh Jackman.
Like director Denis Villeneuve and co-star Jake Gyllenhaal, the Australian is charm personified when we talk and has that knack of making the interviewer feel like a quick skip to the pub might be on the cards.
Jackman has made a name for himself portraying good people or mutants in turmoil. Think of his Oscar-nominated Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Charlie Kenton in Real Steel or, most famously, Wolverine. But he has never done anything like Keller Dover.
The chief protagonist in Prisoners is a decent, God-fearing family man whose carpentry business has been ravaged by recession and is thrust into the ultimate parental nightmare.
When Dover's daughter is kidnapped, he becomes more ferocious than anything with adamantium claws. He tracks down a hapless innocent whom he believes holds vital clues and does things to the man Wolverine would never inflict on his enemies.
"As a father I can relate to a lot of it," says Jackman. "As soon as you become a parent you can understand almost anything someone does for the sake of their children – that's something elemental.
"[Dover is] a character I like. I have a soft spot for characters like this. I can be objective enough about my life and know a lot of stuff comes more easily to me than it does to him.
"He's a man who's had to struggle for everything – his job, sobriety. He's doing everything to be the best man he can… It touched me. I was drawn to him."
Collaborating with Villeneuve
The script made its way into Jackman's hands more than a year before production on the Alcon Entertainment thriller began in early 2013 in Atlanta.
"I read it and thought this was an incredibly violent movie," says Jackman. "But I didn't want to do it in a gratuitous way and Denis gave it a lot of heart."
Jackman is not alone in his high regard for Villeneuve. "Since I'd seen Incendies I knew he would pull it off. He reminds me of Christopher Nolan in that he's very collaborative and definite in his vision.
"You get a great relaxation on set," he says, adding the self-deprecating aside: "He knows when to rein actors in and let's face it, you don't want to give too much rope to actors."
Jackman threw himself into preparation for the role. "I did a lot of research on sleep deprivation. Over the course of eight days [in the Prisoners storyline], no-one sleeps.
"Denis explored what exhaustion did to everyone. Denis allowed things to sit. I read a lot about child abduction, alcoholism, sleep deprivation. I wanted to be very specific about when your hand starts to shake and you are a lot rawer."
There were long conversations with Villeneuve about the scenes involving Alex Jones, the unfortunate young man with learning difficulties played by Paul Dano whom Dover captures and tortures.
"I read a lot about torture. I am sure I am on some kind of watchlist. I looked into that. The stuff with the hammer when I threatened to smash Alex's hand and didn't smash it? That was a classic Al-Qaeda thing: threatening violence but not doing violence."
Research and responsibility
The extent of Dover's religious devotion was toned down from earlier drafts of Aaron Guzikowski's screenplay, yet it informed the man and was crucial to get right.
"I kept saying to Denis that in Australia we have this idea that we hear about extremism in religion in the US and it feels unrelatable. I didn't want the audience to dismiss Keller as a religious nut."
As a parent himself, Jackman may not have needed to imagine too hard the horrors of child abduction, yet he pored over private videos of couples being interviewed by the police and watched footage of press conferences.
"I had a feeling of responsibility knowing [child abduction] is going on now," he says. "This is real, happening now, and we need to pay homage to those people who went through it.
"It drives people crazy, particularly for Keller, who is trying to keep control in his life but loses the one thing that he cannot control. It drives him crazy.
"There's one woman whose children went missing and two years later she was at an intersection and found herself on top of a car demanding the driver open the trunk. She had heard they took her child away in the trunk of a car and could not stop thinking about it. She realised she had gone crazy."
An emotional set
Villeneuve maintained careful control of production to protect the actors and ensured things did not get too heavy in between takes. Nonetheless, performances like this take their toll.
"When you're shooting there are very elemental emotions," says Jackman. "Sometimes the camera would stop and you would still 'be there', but the thing about acting is it's our job to access that elemental stuff, but most of the time I can say it felt cathartic.
"What was being required of me was something I have not been asked to do a lot – that rawness and openness."
The same went for the rest of the fine ensemble. There is Gyllenhaal as Detective Loki, Dano and his on-screen aunt played by Melissa Leo, Maria Bello as Dover's wife and Viola Davis and Terrence Howard as family friends whose daughter also goes missing.
The passage where Dover takes his friends to the makeshift cell where he has incarcerated Alex Jones – Dover's wife, meanwhile, languishes in bed-ridden depression – is gripping.
"It's a great portrait. Four people get pulled into [the nightmare]. The most powerful thing in the movie is when Terrence and Viola are sitting in the car and Viola says, 'We're not going to take part in this but we're not going to stop it.'"
Indeed Jackman believes the scene resonates most profoundly in the post-9/11 era, where societies have watched as governments implement desperate policies in the hunt for perpetrators of atrocities.
Gyllenhaal's Detective Loki goes toe-to-toe with Dover in an absorbing portrait of flawed men in parallel pursuit of resolution.
"We got on really well," says Jackman of Gyllenhaal. "We both approach acting in a similar way. We like to talk, we like to rehearse and on the day we like to mix it up.
"What Jake did with his character was extraordinary. That sense of history. The twitches, the tattoos. The humanity he brought to it with that sense of restraint of trying to be detached but this emotion brimming underneath. He broke my heart."
Dover breaks hearts too. In the best performance of his career and one of the overall best performances of the season, Jackman shelved the showier aspects of his enviable talents to reveal a hitherto unseen depth and grittiness.
"He's a fantastic actor," says Villeneuve. "He was willing to show an ugly side of his character. He's very charismatic, so that's what was so ambitious about choosing Hugh Jackman because we were aware people would want to follow him but that would take them into a moral conflict that was quite dark."
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