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The TV news might have focused on the contributions of military rotary-wing aircraft– notably hoist-fitted UH-60 Black Hawks from the National Guard and Jayhawks from the U.S. Coast Guard–in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but commercial helicopters also played an influential and in many cases heroic role in the unfolding drama. Whether activated by FEMA or a benevolent manufacturer, dozens of rotorcraft became involved in the first 24 hours after the disaster.
In particular, three manufacturers responded to the call for help: Fort Worth-based Bell; Grand Prairie, Texas-based American Eurocopter; and Sikorsky from West Palm Beach, Fla., and Stratford, Conn.
Medical Supplies and Rescue
Sikorsky pilot Phil Pacini talked to AIN after spending three days flying one of two S-76Bs in the thick of the rescue efforts, providing backup to local EMS operator Acadian Ambulance, of Lafayette. La., one of the principal players in the operation.
Acadian airlifted 700 hospital patients in the 36 hours before Katrina, then between 1,800 and 2,500 in the week following. Chairman Richard Zuschlag said that Acadian flew a Bell LongRanger L4, typically with 250 pounds of water and food items outbound, then a patient inbound.
The EMS operator flew at least 17 helicopters with assistance from Southeast Texas Air Ambulance, StatCare Air Ambulance, AirEvac of Mo., Air Logistics, and Petroleum Helicopters, and more help was on the way. A military C-130 was staged at the Louis Armstrong International Airport to meet Acadian helicopters and collect up to 80 patients per flight.
During the period, Pacini and his crew– pilot Vince Vannoorbeeck, crew chief Lee "Tage" Erickson and electrician Vinny Ditroia–flew for a total of almost 20 hours. "We were tasked by FEMA with supporting the Methodist Hospital in New Orleans with water and materials, and with evacuating people as required."
The crew departed West Palm Beach at dawn on September 1, accompanied by Doug Boody, who was to bring Brainerd Fire Hawk's S-70 into the area. They dropped him at the Brainerd facility in Leesburg, Fla., refueled in Ocala and Pensacola and headed to New Orleans.
Approaching the New Orleans TFR, Pacini contacted an orbiting AWACS, callsign Omaha 44, for a transponder code and, after orbiting at the edge for seven minutes, was cleared into the area.
"We arrived in New Orleans at noon. We refueled, off-loaded the equipment we had brought from West Palm and stored it in the FBO building. We left the food and water for other crews and contacted the Miami Children's S-76C++ crew, which was set up for full pediatric transport."
By this time, thunderstorms had entered the area. Everyone stayed on the ground, except an S-58 from St. Louis Helicopter, which made four or five more trips in to move evacuees. A major pickup point was at a cloverleaf junction, east of the airport on I-10. From there, it was a four-minute flight to the triage area at the D-concourse of the airport terminal building by the tower.
"When the weather started to clear we were among the first to 'make a break' from the north ramp. We went west, to Lafayette's Acadian Ambulance Metro Ramp, to look for NCRI (National Catastrophe Restoration Inc.) supplies for Methodist Hospital. After taking some pharmaceutical supplies to Slidell, we pulled together as much water and supplies as we could talk people into giving us to take to Methodist."
As time went by, the pilots realized it would soon be dark enough to justify wearing night vision goggles (NVGs). "We studied a map, using lat/longs a Bell 206 pilot had given us earlier in the day; and even an Avis street map left over from a visit to PHI. We heard that the area surrounding Methodist Hospital was totally underwater," Pacini said.
Flying Night Approaches to the Hospital
The pilots donned their goggles and flew southwest to the old (western-most) causeway, which they had heard would lead directly to Read Boulevard, where the hospital was located.
"We turned off the strobes, retaining the searchlight, anti-collisions and position lights. There was a significant amount of traffic in town; I estimate that 85 percent of it was on goggles. When power is out, a city at night becomes a dark place and you must have NVG capability," said Pacini.
Vannoorbeeck pinpointed the hospital. Another helicopter was working the facility, so the pair had time to devise an approach to the roof. Despite several small arms advisories, they orbited with the searchlight on; with so much traffic, they figured, it was more important that other helicopters see them.
"While we were flying this mission, a steady stream of helicopters was picking up refugees from the I-10 cloverleaf. Another stream was flying into and out of the Superdome. Still others were working Memorial and Tulane hospital roofs, and people were still being rescued from roof-tops–mostly by military, hoist-equipped helicopters," said Pacini.
Methodist Hospital does not have a roof-top helipad and the staff had used blue paint to write SOS and a large X on the roof. The crew watched another helicopter to determine traffic direction and turn points, but they couldn't figure out which side, east or west, was the active landing zone.
A young man fanned a flashlight across the landing zone in a sweeping motion. "On final, we observed the light and planned our approach to that side. Once on the roof, we held 35 percent torque to keep from sinking into the tarpaper. We offloaded the supplies that we had gathered for the remaining hospital staff and patients. Once empty, we loaded 10 people, mostly patients, for evacuation to triage at the international airport."
Traffic into and out of New Orleans was inbound via I-10 to the northeast field boundary, then to closed Runway 24 to Taxiway Echo for triage or Taxiway Golf for fuel at Signature. Outbound traffic went back into town via the river. Some helicopters also came inbound directly to Runway 28. "There was no time for any radio call beyond a mandatory one-mile call. If you couldn't get that in, you just jumped on the end of a line of cleared traffic and tower would say something like 'And Hawk after the Dolphin, you're cleared, too.'"
Triage was at Gate 24, manned by medical professionals, armed guards, volunteer people movers and aircraft marshalers. After landing at Taxiway Echo, the Sikorsky crew took its place in the line on the left or the line on the right. "You moved forward as helicopters in front of you discharged their passengers and did a vertical takeoff to rejoin the river or return to Signature for fuel."
People were moved on baggage trolleys, escorted by a soldier carrying an M-16. The passengers went one way to medical attention and another way to a marshalling area for a bus ride out of the city. After dropping its passengers, the Sikorsky crew returned to Signature for fuel and loaded their gear into the helicopter.
The crew met up with Boody, who had been working the Tulane hospital and was going to park his Fire Hawk at the Signature ramp for the night. They returned to Lafayette and parked the helicopter on the Metro ramp and left part of their gear at the Signature FBO.
According to Pacini, "Acadian Air Ambulance put us up in rooms adjacent to the hangar. Cots, air mattresses, pillows, blankets were all provided. A shower was in the ops building about 200 yards away. Food was plentiful. They treated us very well."
No More Evacuees
The next morning, the crew was assigned a callsign to facilitate clearance into the TFR through Omaha 44. "Supplies for Methodist Hospital arrived at the Metro ramp in a U-Haul truck. We loaded them and a medic from Acadian Air Ambulance and returned to New Orleans. The men in the U-Haul told us that, from now on, all pickups would be made at Gonzales Airport, about 30 miles west of New Orleans.
"The medic was to go to a relief station at the I-10 Chef Monteur exit, near the hospital in east New Orleans. We wanted to drop him off first to minimize weight and confusion on the roof. The coordinates were close, but not exactly right. We spotted a convoy of emergency vehicles on a high part of I-10 that was not submerged. We thought that this might be the relief station, but it turned out not to be.
"Randy Rowles of Bell Helicopter, flying a 407, was trying to get to the same place. The road was impassable beyond where we were, so we couldn't establish the Chef Monteur station. Ray, the medic, stayed aboard and got off at triage at the international airport.
"We arrived at Methodist Hospital to find the other S-76 on the roof. While orbiting, Vinny observed several people waving their arms, while standing on a rooftop several blocks north of Methodist. We pointed this out to an approaching Puma. He immediately made a one-wheel landing on the roof and took them on board."
Frequency 123.02 MHz was allocated to civil helicopters and 123.05 to the military. Interestingly, the military did not answer any calls on VHF unless they came from other military ships. The Sikorsky had good UHF but did not get a good frequency from Omaha 44. In fact, Pacini's first contact with the orbiting Omaha 44 was on UHF, and they told him to go to VHF.
"We landed, dropped the NCRI supplies and took on 10 more people. One young female medical professional told Vinny of her fear that she might be left behind. We took the people to triage but orbited so long that we did not have enough fuel to get to Lafayette. We were not sure of the fuel status at Gonzales so we returned to the North Ramp.
"Later we learned that Gonzales did have fuel, so we fueled again and on-loaded more supplies. We also on-loaded two very large men–NCRI employees–to take them to the hospital. They told us that they were the reconstruction crew. We all felt strange taking perfectly healthy, albeit overweight, men to stay at that place," Pacini said.
When the Sikorsky crew arrived on the roof for the third time, there were no more evacuees. They checked with the hospital staff and the NCRI personnel to confirm that there were no more supplies needed or evacuations planned. The welcoming committee atop the hospital was from another air ambulance unit and was awaiting company traffic to pull them off the roof.
The crew headed to the international airport to pick up their gear and flew on to Gonzales for fuel and to make sure that the NCRI supply people had nothing else to send into town. They left for Lafayette full of fuel.
A New Rescue Mission
"On arrival at Lafayette, I saw one of the Bell factory team 407s running up," said Pacini. "I thought it was Randy Rowles but found out that he had suffered heat exhaustion earlier that day, and had gone to bed. The 407 was going in to fetch eight [Acadian medics from Chef Monteur. I asked if there was another ship, knowing that he could get only four or five of them. He said no. I checked with the other Sikorsky crew, who agreed on the mission. I went into ops and told Tony Cramer, the coordinator, that we would go in and pick up the rest of his medics. He liked that," said Pacini.
Heading to Chef Monteur the crew heard some bad news: a Bell 206 pilot who had been working Memorial Hospital all day, and was sure that it had been totally evacuated, had seen three people on the roof in obvious distress on a fly-by.
The pilot asked Omaha 44 to put Memorial Hospital back on the list of priorities and get someone over there whenever possible. The Sikorsky crew attempted to contact Air Med 19 on 123.02 all the way into town. Omaha 44 put out an advisory to stay clear of the French Quarter because of small arms fire. When they got into the area they saw emergency vehicles, but they wanted to be sure they had found the Acadian medics.
"We saw a westbound Bell 407 about a mile west of the vehicles, silhouetted against the sunset. I broke radio etiquette, and came up on Omaha 44 to hail the 407. It was Air Med 19, and he confirmed our location. He had not heard our calls on 123.02 or 119.9, because he was not monitoring those frequencies. Vince made the approach and landing. We picked up four medics. There were people visible in the building west of our landing zone, but they were not signaling to be rescued. The medics asked us to orbit to make sure that the convoy got under way after our takeoff.
"After this orbit, we checked in with Omaha 44 to see if anybody had gotten the three on the roof at Memorial. Nobody had. We asked for directions since none of the medics in the cabin was familiar with it. Omaha 44 gave us the coordinates. We had had spotty luck with the coordinate system all day. It was approaching sunset, and we needed someone who knew the area," Pacini explained.
The crew found the Bell 206 on the frequency and the pilot led the Sikorsky into Memorial. It was dark and the small-arms warnings started to ring and the crew couldn't get the three occupants to return to the roof.
"We returned to Gonzales for fuel. We eventually landed at Lafayette and parked the aircraft. We repositioned it at the request of the duty pilot, since they were expecting a DC-9 full of gurneys at 1:30 a.m. They were also expecting 50 Chinooks to drop patients at the FBO later that night. John Agor from Associated Aircraft Group called and said we were being pulled off the mission."
The Sikorsky crew had almost started the morning briefing when the DC-9 arrived, full of coffin-sized boxes of gurneys. The crew attended the briefing and gave its S-76-specific callsign to Miami Children's, who were late to the briefing, and did not plan to leave (only one S-76 callsign had been applied for).
Bell Crews Fight the Dark
Like Sikorsky, Bell also sent a team to the Gulf Coast to aid in the rescue efforts. After the storm, the Texas OEM already had a 430 in the area, surveying storm damage to a Textron Systems facility, when FEMA called asking for support. In addition Bell recommended FEMA call golfer Greg Norman, who has lent his twin-turbine 430 to hurricane relief efforts before. Norman assigned his pilot, Gary Hogan, to serve FEMA with 1,000-pound loads in the hours following Katrina's onslaught.
Bell CFI Marty Wright arranged the Texas company's response, and pilots Scott Baxter (a senior instructor at Bell's training academy), Fernando Castellani, David Webb, Kevin Brandt and Randy Rowles led the activity. They were supported by David Mills, Joe Nuncio and John Griffith.
Wright started plans to send five 407s, a 206L4 and 12 people to start work by 1800 on August 31. They, like the Sikorsky crew, would support Acadian Ambulance from the EMS operator's base at Lafayette.
Baxter told AIN, "Our mission was to take internal loads of food, water, medical supplies and personnel from Lafayette out to a number of official and unofficial emergency sites around the city. We didn't count them but there must have been more than 30.
"They needed blood, oxygen, all the normal stuff plus–on one occasion–more specialized material, such as extremely perishable stem cells. Some of the sites were hospitals, some triage centers set up on freeways. We went into New Orleans International Airport several times."
The Bell crew, beginning with the goggle-rated pilots, flew missions of about an hour. Flights stopped around 3 a.m. because the situation over the city center was extremely hazardous; the unfamiliar city was completely blacked out and most of the aircraft flying were military aircraft, so the crew couldn't talk to them.
Said Baxter, "It was the busiest and potentially the most dangerous airspace I had flown through in 20 years of flying. At one point I calculated there were 80 helicopters within a seven-mile radius. We had an AWACS flying overhead to clear us into the area, but it wasn't able to provide any service within it; it was every man for himself."
None of the towers were lit but the aircrew could see 30 or 40 flashlights shining from rooftops, signaling helicopters to come in and pick them up. At any given time, 15 or 20 UH-60s, Dolphins or Hueys were doing just that. It was nonstop activity, all night long. The civilians had a common VHF frequency but of course the military was on UHF, so they needed to keep their eyes open. The 407s consistently flew with two up front, either two pilots or one plus a crew chief.
Baxter explained, "It was difficult to see how we were helping in such a huge effort but, every time we landed, a doctor or a nurse would shake our hands or give us a hug. You could see it n their faces that they were glad to get the supplies. On many occasions, until that moment, they had nothing."
Assessing the Damage
The crews took a rest and started again at about 8 a.m. on subsequent nights they would get more sleep. The NVG pilots stayed local in case they were needed, while the rest stayed at an Acadian training center about 12 miles away.
Daylight allowed the crews to see the full extent of the damage, and it appeared to many of them to be of almost Biblical proportions. A pilot from Evergreen Helicopters, which sent a Bell 212 to aid rescues from levees, transport water, food and fuel and ferry crews to and from Lafayette Regional and Baton Rouge Airports, said it's the worst thing he's ever seen, and he's gotten physically ill. Another pilot said it's 100 times worse than what we see on tv.
They saw some aircraft from the Gulf offshore operators, but these were occupied mostly in surveying damage to their customers' rigs and platforms. Airlog dedicated a 407 each day, and PHI Air Medical provided five more.
Howard Ragsdale said that the company's entire oil and gas fleet had been mobilized to redeploy crews for repair of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
"The I-10 triage center was looking after about 6,000 people, and I had to walk among them, trying to find the medics who we were supposed to pull out of there. Seeing all those sick and elderly people needing help got to me a little; the medical staff were working hard but they were just overwhelmed," said Baxter.
The Bell crew worked in stages in the following week, but demand has tapered off since the military has arrived in force.
Flying Medical Missions
American Eurocopter also contributed to the post-Katrina relief effort. Within hours of the hurricane's passage, the company mobilized an EC 135 and EC 120 with pilots and ground crew to take medical supplies and emergency medical technicians into the ravaged region.
Once there, the crews airlifted critical care and dialysis patients from the levee along I-10 and transported infants requiring medical attention from New Orleans to medical facilities in outlying areas.
During a series of rotations on September 1, the EC 120 flown by Bruce Webb and Bob Hernandez recovered 66 people from the roof of Tulane University in downtown New Orleans. The difficulty of these flights was compounded by weather conditions that deteriorated to less than a half-mile of visibility.
As the number of military helicopters in New Orleans increased, the company switched its focus to the Mississippi coastline, where air support was needed to distribute food and water to the vast number of people isolated in the region.
Later, two more EC 120s and an AS 350B3–provided by three American Eurocopter corporate customers who volunteered to assist in the growing humanitarian effort–joined the fleet.
Finally, Helinet Aviation Services of Van Nuys, Calif., arrived with 10 crewmembers and two satellite trucks before Katrina hit and on August 31 became the only operator authorized to pool news footage on behalf of the major broadcast networks, to limit electronic news gathering traffic. Helinet came equipped with a Cineflex camera–a gyro-stabilized unit able to record at 200 mph. Though its primary focus was news, the Helinet crew also used the 1,120-mm lens to isolate rescue targets for the U.S. Coast Guard and National Guard.
Civilian helicopters made a significant contribution to the relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Bell's Baxter probably put it best. "Now that I think about it, what was achieved in New Orleans would not have been possible without the helicopter. For all of us, it was a life-changing experience and I truly think that this was the commercial helicopter's finest.5 hour," he said.
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But did that guy really break his leg doing the undead dance on the dance show?? Since I'm watching via the virtual ticket I won't have access to all the gossip and rumor that you get when being there. Was an awesome show and I hope some of you guys there can post even more picts .. can't wait to see them..
Apparently it's true. Had a friend message me about it from there. You gotta be pretty incompetent to fall and break a leg while jumping up and down.
Looks pretty effed up in the video. Look at his left knee the last time he falls down.
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Greetings, dear readers. Some notes as I watch a bizarre drill around noon:
= C JORDAN STAALwas again re-evaluated by team doctors today and will not speak until Thursday. The original play was for Staal to make his first public comments since his second surgery for a right-foot infection today, but I'm told there were more things to discuss regarding his current state. That should not be taken to mean he has experienced any setbacks.
Coach DAN BYLSMA had this to say regarding Staal's situation:
"We're continuing the process of healing — of the (stitches) and wound is day-by-day. It certianly looks better than it did two days ago, but it's still going to be a process."
I asked Bylsma if the plan was to proceed with Staal more cautiously because of the second infection surgery:
"There is no urgency to hope this heals one day faster. We'll let it take its course and when its fully healed and (Staal) is fully comfortable we'll move onto the next stage."
An update from the last time I saw Staal: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/penguins/s_700496.html
MARIO LEMIEUXand NHL agent Pat Brisson conversed while taking in practice from section 101 at Consol Energy Center. Pretty big night for Lemieux, seeing the first game in this building.
By the way, a lot of people have asked me about the statue of Lemieux that I'm told will be unveiled Dec. 27 — the 10-year anniversary of his historic comeback from retirement. I'm told the pose used for that statue is one from the 1990-91 season, but that it is not the one from him splitting the defense in Game 2 of the Cup Final that year — arguably the most famous of Lemieux's many highlight goals.
I should probably note that I've heard so much conjecture about this pose that there is a good chance nobody has seen it but Lemieux and a few select team officials. The only thing I know about this stature for sure is that it is a gift from Penguins ownership to Lemieux — and that was about the only way he was going to sign off on it. (My guess is he doesn't need a statue to know how big an impact he made on the organization; but it will be a nice treat for his fans and family.)
= Bylsma said last week that it would be right to look at players who serve as alternate captains during exhibition games as contenders to wear the "A" vacated by D SERGEI GONCHARwhen he signed with Ottawa. D BROOKS ORPIK will wear that "A" tonight against Detroit. Though he won't play in an exhibition game, Staal is high on the short list of contenders to replace Gonchar as an alternate. Team officials raved abou this increased leadership role as last season wore on, and I've heard he is one of the more vocal young players among the nucleus.
= Look for the following tonight:
C SIDNEY CROSBY playing with RW PASCAL DUPUIS and LW BRETT STERLING. Sterling has been one of camp's big stars, and Crosby and Dupuis figure to open the season on a line.
C MIKE COMRIE between LW ERIC TANGRADI and RW EVGENI MALKIN. Comrie is looking more and more like a guy the Penguins view as a top-six player. Tangradi, the club's top prospect, gets a chance to show if his strong prospect-camp performances can carry over into a prime audition opportunity with Malkin.
Orpik will be paired with D ZBYNEK MICHALEK. I blogged on this topic the other day. I'd consider this pairing the answer to questions about a shutdown pairing in the absenses of Ds ROB SCUDERI and HAL GILL, only Orpik and Zbynek can each move the puck much better.
= The team did some power-play work in the morning practice, with Malkin moving around a lot between left and right point, and Ds KRIS LETANG and ALEX GOLIGOSKIeach working into a five-man rotation. Bylsma suggested not much should read into formation or personnel at this point in camp, and I'm going to stick with his word considering he's running the power play this season. I'll say this much based off my chats with him the past few months — the word to keep in mind is MOVEMENT. Bylsma wants a lot of it.
= G MARC-ANDRE FLEURYwas not thrilled with the way his 2009 Cup win looked on his mask last season. A look at the new mask's back complete with the Cup and Frog updates:
I joked with Fleury that he should go with a blank mask and have the big-name acts that come to CEC sign it, like a cast. The signature he'd most want: Kermit the Frog, assuming a Muppets on Ice show is in the works. (Get on it, JayRoberts!)


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A MAN is due to appear in court today accused of murdering Clacton teenager Jay Whiston.
Edward Redman, 18, of Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, is alleged to have murdered 17-year-old Jay during a party at a house in Colchester on September 8, 2012.
He denies the charge.
Paramedics called to the scene in Marlowe Way, Lexden, tried to save the teenager's life before taking him to Colchester General Hospital where he later died.
A post-mortem examination revealed the teenager from Aster Close, Clacton, died from a stab wound.
The trial may last up to ten weeks.
A panel of jurors will be selected, followed by legal argument before barrister Mark Milliken-Smith QC opens the case for the prosecution at Chelmsford Crown Court..
A visit to the scene of the alleged murder by the jury will take place in the early stages of the trial.
More than 30 witnesses are likely to be called to give evidence during the case.
Redman is currently in custody.


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Skip to comments.A rally that got no news coverage (Letter to Editor, Bos. Globe)
Posted on 04/09/2006 6:56:38 PM PDT by raccoonradio
On Thursday there was a large gathering at the State House in Boston to support legal immigration and to show state lawmakers that there is a large group of underrepresented people opposed to granting amnesty to criminals and to letting this country's border security remain a joke.
Why was there not one word about this rally in the Globe? I can't think of a bigger news story than a large group of patriotic, taxpaying Americans gathering (in the middle of the work day) to stand up and defend this country, especially in a city known for its liberal position on this issue.
It is a huge disservice not to report inspiring events that you may disagree with. I can only hope that people realize that just because they don't hear about it in the news media, that doesn't mean that there aren't passionate and concerned citizens in this city -- people who won't sit idly by while this country is handed over to those who have not earned the right to be here and who are uninterested in embracing the culture and patriotism of the greatest country in the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
More from a Margery Eagan column in the _Herald_...
"If you want to know how liberal bias in the media stories gets started, heres a textbook case.
"For days weve seen big media coverage of rallies in Boston and across America by illegal immigrants. The point of these rallies: to exert political pressure via media exposure so illegal immigrants can stay.
"On Thursday afternoon, 3 to 5, Gardner Auditorium, the State House, there was the counter-rally by those who dont like illegal immigrants breaking the rules. The point of this rally: to exert political pressure via media exposure so Congress wont grant illegals amnesty.
"By 3:15 the 600-seat Gardner Auditorium was packed. By 3:30 park rangers were re-routing people to Doric Hall, which soon filled up. Outside, those too late to get in peeked through windows or waved to passing cars. Crowd estimate: close to 1,000. It was one of the biggest Ive ever seen and we only put out the invitation on two days notice, said Marie Parente, the 20-plus-year state representative who sponsored the rally, organized by 96.9 FM talk host Michael Graham. (Disclosure: I work there, too).
"But dont feel bad if you had no idea any of this happened. The Boston media, basically, ignored it.
"The Herald covered it. And New England Cable News and The MetroWest Daily News.
"But The Boston Globe, which ran a picture and 536-word story on the 2,500-person rally in Boston on March 27 supporting illegal immigrants - as well as a picture and 64-word story about a pro-illegal immigrant State House event Tuesday - ran nothing on Thursdays anti-illegal rally. Likewise channels 4, 5, 7 and 25.
"I rushed home from work to watch the 6 oclock news, Ron Lambert of Millis complained to Graham. What did I get for a report on the rally? Nothing.
"Cris Cataudella wrote the Globe, First off, a few months ago, you released my credit card number. . . . I was willing to accept this as a mistake. But how, Catudella asked, does the Globe justify this?"
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Author | exchange4media News Service | Wednesday, Dec 11,2013 7:35 PM
Maxus India has been appointed agency on record (AOR) for Ruchi Soya (Popular Division), which includes Mahakosh, Sunrich and Ruchi Gold brands. Maxus India has won the media investment duties on the back of a multi-agency pitch for Ruchi Soya's edible oils business. The account will be handled by Maxus' Mumbai office and will be headed by Mangesh Korgaonkar.
On the development, Alok Mahajan, Head of Marketing, Ruchi Soya Industries said, "We are extremely excited to work with Maxus India. We were impressed with their clear vision on our business, their thought leadership and above all their enthusiasm to partner with us on our journey towards becoming a truly world class consumer brand. We hope to have a long association with the agency."
Commenting on the new business acquisition, Kartik Sharma, Managing Partner, Maxus said, "We are delighted to come on board as an AOR for Ruchi Soya. Working with one of the leading FMCG companies in India, with a turnover of over Rs 26,000 crore, is truly a great opportunity. We hope to partner with the company on their ambitious expansion journey."
Ruchi Soya has a turnover of over $5 billion and is an integrated player, from farm to fork. With its brands such as Mahakosh, Sunrich, Ruchi Gold and Nutrela, the FMCG company has emerged as India's largest player in the edible oil business.
Maxus India has logged in several new wins in 2013, including Tata Tea, Redbus and Musafir.com, besides being retained as the AOR for L'Oreal.
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Rizvi Springfield, representing Mumbai District, won the Vinoo Mankad U-16 State cricket tournament, organised by District Sports Office, beating Aurangabad District by 161 runs in the T20 final held in Akola recently.
Batting first, Rizvi, riding on Prithvi Shaw's 70 and Piyush Nath's half century, set a 226-run target for victory. The Aurangabad outfit, however were bundled out for 65 in 11.5 overs. Earlier in the semi-finals, the Mumbai outfit had beaten Nagpur District by 53 runs.


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Cape Town - The Presidency is going to be more hands in the mining sector for the next five years, President Jacob Zuma said in his State of the Nation address on Tuesday.
He said the framework agreement for a sustainable mining industry, which was headed by former deputy president Kgalema Molanthe, would now fall under the leadership of the Presidency.
"We will implement the undertaking to build housing and other services to revitalize mining towns, as part of the October 2012 agreement between business, government and labour," he said.
Government has been under pressure to help end a strike in the mining industry which has lasted over five months. The industry, which is the biggest contributor to the country's GDP and exports, has suffered from the longest strike in South Africa's history.
Zuma's announcement is aimed at allaying fears and building confidence that the government is in control of the situation.
Later this year, partners at the National Economic Development and Labour Council will meet discuss the country's labour laws and often violent strikes.
One of the options to be discussed is forcing parties to go into arbitration if a strike lasts for a certain amount of days.
Zuma told MPs and guests that there would be a focus on building mining areas to help boost the industry. They are Motlosana, Emalahleni, Sekhukhune, Lephalale, West Rand and Matjhabeng.
Also, to further promote improved living conditions for mineworkers, government was monitoring the compliance of mining companies with Mining Charter targets, relating to improving the living conditions of workers.
"Companies are expected to convert or upgrade hostels into family units, attain the occupancy rate of one person per room and also facilitate home ownership options for mine workers. We urge the companies to meet the 2014 deadline for these targets and extend this right to dignity to mine workers," he said.
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Post mortem examinations for the three children found dead in a New Malden home will take place today as fresh flowers and toys were left outside.
The bodies of two three-year old twin boys and a four-year-old girl, all with genetic disorders, will be examined at Great Ormond Street Hospital later today.
Police were called at about 9.30pm on Tuesday night when they discovered the bodies at a five bedroom home in Thetford Road.
A 42-year-old woman remains in custody at a south London police station after officers launched a murder investigation.
The woman, reported to be the children's mother, has not been charged.
The parents of the children have been named locally as Gary and Tania Clarence, a South African married couple who moved to New Malden with their four children last year from Durnsford Avenue in Wimbledon.
Mr Clarence, an investment banker, is believed to have been on holiday in South Africa with the family's eldest daughter Taya, who is not disabled, at the time of the deaths.
Forensic teams were seen entering the home yesterday afternoon.
The Homicide and Major Crime Command is investigating and an incident room has been opened in Sutton under Detective Chief Inspector Diane Tudway, but officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
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Here's what you need to know this afternoon:
- The ASX200 slipped 0.2 per cent, closing at the day's lows
- Most regional sharemarkets were closed for Chinese New Year
- The dollar is buying $US1.0297, 95.4 yen and 77 euro cents
- Wall Street futures are minimally higher, as is the FTSE100 future
- JB Hi-Fi shares soar on bright profit outlook
- ASX holds on to its clearing house monopoly
- Rio scores rail access win against Fortescue
- Home loans fall again despite rate cuts
- Spanish fourth-quarter GDP; est: 3% y/y
- French industrial production Dec; est: -0.3% m/m
- Housing Industry Association Trades Report for the December quarter
- National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for January
- SAI Global first half results
- Bradken first half results
- Western Areas NL first half results
- Slater & Gordon first half results
The standout performer today was JB Hi-Fi, with the electronics retailer soaring 17.1 per cent to $12.89 after reporting that its first half net profit had risen three per cent to $82 million.
JB Hi-Fi, which was the best-performing stock on the S&P/ASX200, forecast a 7 per cent rise in full year net profit.
''That's an excellent performance by JB in a pretty inclement, overall, retail environment,'' Lonsec private client adviser Michael Heffernan said.
Turns out todays move in JBH was the second biggest since it listed 9 years ago #ausbiz— Chris Weston (@ChrisWeston_IG) February 11, 2013
Among the other retailers, Harvey Norman advanced 5.9 per cent, Myer jumped 3.1 per cent and David Jones was up 2.7 per cent.
After all of last week's to and fro, Environment Minister Tony Burke has now given conditional approval to Whitehaven Coal's Maules Creek project.
Good news for Whitehaven, but alas, it came after the market closed.
In a statement, Burke said he was satisfied the Maules Creek and Boggabri coal mine projects could go ahead without unacceptable environmental impacts.
The decision comes four days after Whitehaven said it expected the government to delay a decision until late April. Burke said he brought the decision forward after the New South Wales state government released sensitive information about the project.
Traders reported very limited flows as much of Asia is shut for the Lunar New Year holidays.
Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are among the major centres in the region closed today.
Most sectors ended lower, with materials down 0.5 per cent, financials losing 0.3 per cent and industrials off 0.2 per cent. Consumer discretionary bucked the trend, buoyed by JB Hi-Fi, to rise 1. 5 per cent.Back to top
The market has closed at the day's lows. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 slipped 11.8 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4959.5, while the broader All Ords lost 9.1 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4980.3.
The superannuation industry has hit back at suggestions super tax breaks provided to Australians are too generous.
Treasury estimates that the budget misses out on more than $30 billion a year in tax revenue through super concessions, a figure it expects will hit $45 billion by 2015, overtaking the capital gains tax break on housing as the single biggest concession.
But financial consultancy Mercer said when compared against the world's best retirement savings systems, super rules in Australia were not overly generous.
"Our research reveals when the Australian approach is compared to countries with world-class retirement income systems, the after tax retirement benefits provided to Australians are lower than five of the eight countries," said David Knox, a senior partner at Mercer.
Mercer modelled its retirement systems against eight other countries, which are considered to have the best pension systems in the world.
The cost of recent floods and bushfires have reached up to $175 million for Insurance Australia Group, but analysts still expect profits in the industry to grow this financial year.
With assessors still in the field IAG's costs could still rise, but its reinsurance program limits the impact of the first natural disaster of 2013 to $150 million.
Suncorp said last week its costs from floods would not exceed $220 million, leaving at least $103 million in provisions for the remainder of the 2012-13 financial year.
Analysts do not expect the recent floods and bushfires to have a major financial impact on insurers, with profits set to bounce back after the impact of the 2011 Queensland floods and New Zealand's earthquakes.
Having said that, the market has just plumbed the day's lows, down 0.1 per cent. Falls are bing led by the miners.
The shorter analysis of today's market:
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Been a rather lacklustre day. That photographer who was outside the ASX building to snap #XJO 5000 will have to wait a day— Austin Mitchum (@FP_markets) February 11, 2013
Growing anticipation that the market is due for a correction of sorts may apply the brakes to the performance of risk assets this week, writes CMC Markets trader Tim Waterer:
- While trade balance data from China last week was enough to keep markets feeling content with the state of play, I expect traders will become more discerning when assessing economic data given the elevated levels of benchmark indices around the globe.
- With the Chinese New Year period sapping Asian markets of much liquidity, the ASX200 spent much of today just going through the motions with traders awaiting further direction on the corporate earnings front as the week progresses.
- Narrow trading ranges and a general lack of buying conviction resulted in a listless performance from the local bourse, with any ASX200 aspirations of a move to the 5000 level postponed for the time being until new drivers of pro-risk sentiment arrive.
- Cue the corporate earnings results from some of the big players on the Australian market later in the week as being a potential catalyst in this regard.
Venezuelans lined up to purchase airline tickets and TVs this weekend in a bid to protect themselves from price increases after ailing President Hugo Chavez devalued the bolivar for a fifth time in nine years.
Chavez, who is recovering from cancer surgery in Havana, ordered his government to weaken the exchange rate by 32 per cent to 6.3 bolivars per US dollar starting Wednesday, Finance Minister Jorge Giordani told reporters on Friday.
Yesterday, a sign at an electronics store in southeastern Caracas restricted customers to one purchase each as Venezuelans rushed to buy flat-screen televisions.
Telstra's good run on the sharemarket was backed by impressive half-year results, writes Intelligent Investor's Nathan Bell.
Meanwhile, Vodafone continues to bleed customers and Optus recently mooted the end of mobile market growth. Telstra appears to have no such problem. More competitive pricing and a superior network are proving to be a winning combination.
Mobile internet also continues to grow, with Telstra adding 218,000 customers in the half and revenue growing 17 per cent to $576 million, largely due to increased tablet use.
Network applications and services revenue grew 11 per cent to $636 million as it sold more bundled communications services (such as cloud-based software) to business customers. In years to come, this too may be a multi-billion-dollar business.
Telstra should fare well over the next few years, thanks to a growing market share, organic growth and NBN revenues. But trouble looms beyond that.
Michael Pascoe's analysis of James Packer's Sunday Night interview is still garnering a lot of interest and some great comments.
The superannuation industry has hit back at suggestions super tax breaks provided to Australians are too generous.
Mooted changes to superannuation tax concessions worth billions of dollars have been high on the political agenda since November, when Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson questioned whether the tax breaks were too high and favoured the rich. He said the current super system risked becoming too much of a burden on the budget given the ageing population.
Treasury estimates that the budget misses out on more than $30 billion a year in tax revenue through super, a figure it expects will hit $45 billion by 2015, overtaking the capital gains tax break on housing as the single biggest concession.
But financial consultancy Mercer said when compared against the world's best retirement savings systems, super rules in Australia were not overly generous.
"Our research reveals when the Australian approach is compared to countries with world-class retirement income systems, the after tax retirement benefits provided to Australians are lower than five of the eight countries," said Dr David Knox, a senior partner at Mercer.Back to top
Here's an interesting graphic that has been put together by ANZ research, tracking housing finance over the last decade.
Shares in JB Hi-Fi have soared 16.2 per cent after the company announced it had lifted its first half profit by three per cent.
Shares are now at $12.77, their highest point since December 2011.
The company made a net profit of $82 million in the six months to December 31, up from $79.6 million during the previous corresponding period.
The ASX can use any help it can get, writes BusinessDay's Elizabeth Knight, and a reprieve from the prospect of competition in the settlement and clearance part of the business gave its share price another shot in the arm today.
While there are enormous structural issues facing stock exchanges, exacerbated by the introduction of competition in the large rump of the ASX business, the short to medium term prospects are viewed as positive because the stock market is now clearly on an upward trend.
When stocks move up volumes will follow - and if this is sustained new listings will also add some cream.
There is enough distractive upside around a ramp-up in share trading activity that investors would not have minded some competition in settlement and clearance. They already expected this outcome despite the relentless campaign by ASX chief executive, Elmer Funke Kupper, to protect what's left of his monopoly.
He just lucked in because treasurer Wayne Swan didn't have the stomach to rock this boat in the lead up to an election.
The Australian economy is caught in a debt pincer, MacroBusiness editor David Llewllyn-Smith writes in this article for BusinessDay:
Following last week's RBA growth downgrade, there is much hand-wringing today in the media about why Australian economic growth is not what it used to be.
Some blame the high dollar. Some blame high wages and declining competitiveness. Some blame stodgy planning approvals that slow housing construction. All are partly right but miss the real point.
The ASX200 is hovering half a per cent below the 5000-point mark. It last closed above that mark on April 15, 2010, at 5001.9, before stumbling to 4222.10 on May 5, 2010.
Before that, the ASX200 was last above 5000 on September 22, 2008, as it was falling to the post-GFC low of 3154.5.
As it stands now, the benchmark index needs about 25 points to get above the mark. Just one fair-to-good day, in other words.Back to top
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The company in question is, ABB Ltd. (NYSE:ABB) currently with a stock price of 21.4 (0.45% today). The market cap for ABB Ltd. is 46795.67, and is in the sector Industrial Goods, and Diversified Machinery industry. The target price for ABB Ltd. is 20.7. Currently ABB Ltd. is trading with a P/E of 27.66, and a forward P/E of 17.68. Average volume for ABB Ltd. is 1827.88 and so far today it is 699983.
Performance in the last year for ABB Ltd. has been 8.74%. For EPS growth, ABB Ltd. has seen a growth of -22.70%, and is looking to grow in the next year to 11.88%. More long term stats show that EPS growth has been -4.90% over the last five years and could be 6.77% for the next five years. ABB Ltd. has seen sales growth quarter over quarter at -5.30%, with EPS growth quarter over quarter at -28.30%. The 20-day simple moving average is 6.93%, with the 200-day simple moving average coming to 16.23%.
Since the IPO date for ABB Ltd. on the 4/6/2001, ABB Ltd. has seen performance year to date to be 25.05%. With ABB Ltd. trading at 21.4, the dividend yield is 3.52%, and the EPS is 0.77.
So could ABB Ltd., be undervalued? Well as said before P/E is 27.66. The PEG is 4.09, P/S is 1.36 and the P/B is at 3.6. The P/cash is 7.36, with P/free cash flow at 12.87.
ABB Ltd. ability to deal with debt shows that the current ratio is 1.3, and the quick ratio is 1. This is with long term debt/equity at 0.5, and total debt/equity at 0.63.
In terms of margins, ABB Ltd. has a gross margin of 28.20%, an operating margin of 7.70% and a profit margin of 4.90%.Payout ratio for ABB Ltd. is 0.00%. Return on assets come to 4.00% with return on investment coming to 10.30%.
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Richard Louv in the New York TimesDecember 2, 2010 • 2 Comments • category: Algonquin Books Blog, News and Publicity
In her "Personal Health" column in Tuesday's New York Times, Jane Brody wrote, "I urge you to read the best-selling book Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, who coined the phrase 'nature-deficit disorder.'" We agree! The article, about the negative effects of our decreasing physical activity and growing disconnect with the natural environment, also mentions President Obama's Great Outdoors Initiative, in which Rich Louv's grass-roots organization the Children & Nature Network had a hand.
Media exposure, of course, is nothing new for Rich—his last book garnered more attention than any book Algonquin has ever published. More exciting for us is that Rich's new book, THE NATURE PRINCIPLE: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder, due out in April, offers fascinating evidence that by tapping the power of the natural world, all of us, children and adults alike, can boost mental acuity and creativity, heal illness, increase immunity, broaden our compassion, and strengthen human bonds. Robert Michael Pyle, author of The Thunder Tree: Lessons from an Urban Wildland and Mariposa Road praises Richard Louv's new book:
"In The Nature Principle, Rich Louv has given us once again exactly the book we most need, for now and for all time. Our expanding species hasn't a chance to continue living well and happily in a finite world unless we adapt our hungry lives to the rest of nature better than we have. This elegant, original, good-humored, and stunningly thorough work shows us our way home in the world: it is no less than a new Law of Nature, and we had better pay attention."
Be prepared to read more about THE NATURE PRINCIPLE this coming April–if the last book is any indication, there's going to be a firestorm of media coverage.
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ATLANTA --- Metro Atlanta authorities arrested dozens of sex offenders suspected of failing to comply with Georgia's strict registration laws in a three-day sweep that ended Friday, the first operation of its kind in Fulton County.
The roundup located 57 sex offenders who absconded from the state registry or violated state restrictions that ban most offenders from living or working within 1,000 feet of most places children gather, said Fulton County Lt. Col. Jeff Holmes.
The county coordinated with the U.S. Marshals Service, the Atlanta Police Department and other agencies to send more than 100 officers on the street. At least two of the suspects were found with firearms in their homes, authorities said.
"We would like to take this project and spread it across the state," U.S. Marshal Richard Mecum said.
Perdue names probes for cheating inquiry
ATLANTA --- Gov. Sonny Perdue has named a former district attorney and a former Georgia attorney general as special investigators to look into allegations of test cheating in two school districts.
Perdue said Friday that former DeKalb County District Attorney Bob Wilson and former Attorney General Mike Bowers will launch a probe into accusations that educators changed students' tests in Atlanta Public Schools and Dougherty County schools in spring 2009.
Wilson served three terms as lead attorney in DeKalb County starting in 1980. Bowers was attorney general from 1981 to 1997.
Perdue announced the special probe Wednesday after he said the two districts performed "woefully inadequate" investigations on their own. A statewide audit released in the spring showed an unusually high number of erasures on first- through eighth-grade standardized tests taken in 2009.
DOT aims to improve so projects go quickly
ATLANTA --- The Georgia Department of Transportation has improved the way it manages road-building projects so they can get started quicker, according to a review by state auditors released this week.
The review followed up on a 2007 study into why it was taking so long for projects to get completed. Auditors identified 12 procedures that contributed to delays and offered recommendations.
The follow-up review released late Thursday shows progress in all of the areas and complete acceptance of most of the recommendations. It concluded it was too early to tell whether the changes will work in the long run.
The first area of improvement was reducing the number of projects to a manageable level from 9,000 down to hundreds. It also streamlined right of way acquisition and instituted a formal way to document reasons when projects fall behind schedule.
Greene to tee off with Myrtle Beach crowd
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. --- Long-shot U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene doesn't golf, but he says he's willing to try.
The Democrat plans to golf Sunday with a group of Myrtle Beach residents who invited him to play, The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Friday.
Group member Gerry Shea said he thought it would be a good chance for Greene to meet people in the area.
The 32-year-old Greene defeated a better-known candidate in June to win the Senate nomination and will face Sen. Jim DeMint in November.
Universities received more gifts this year
GREENVILLE, S.C. --- The University of South Carolina and Clemson University report an increase in gifts this year.
The Greenville News reported Friday that the University of South Carolina set a record in private gifts for the budget year that ended June 30 at nearly $118 million. That was a 9 percent increase over the previous year.
Clemson received nearly $93 million in gifts and pledges for the same period, up nearly 18 percent from the previous year. It was less than the record $114 million the school received in 2007.


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Time, success rate, and number of optimising maneuvers for tracheal intubation via the nasal approach are not different when Aitraq technique is used compared to a standard MacIntosh blade.
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NEW YORK — A man who went on a 28-hour stabbing rampage that took the lives of his stepfather, his ex-girlfriend and her mother was arrested Saturday at a subway stop in Times Square after a nightlong manhunt across New York City, police said.
Maksim Gelman, 23, of Brooklyn also hijacked a car, stabbing and wounding the driver and fatally hitting a pedestrian, authorities said.
Gelman was apprehended at 8:30 a.m. in the subway station, said chief NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. Minutes earlier, a man was stabbed and wounded on a crowded No. 3 train in Manhattan.
Gelman's stepfather, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, 54, was stabbed numerous times about 5 a.m. Friday, authorities said. Police found his body at his home in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay.
Friday afternoon, police got another 911 call reporting a stabbing a few blocks away. At the scene, officers discovered the bodies of Gelman's girlfriend, Yelena Bulchenko, 20, and her mother, Anna Bulchenko, 56.
Police say Gelman escaped in a Lexus he had stolen. He then carjacked another vehicle and stabbed the driver before hitting the pedestrian, who later died at a hospital. The driver was in stable condition.
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RevCo is a technology company dedicated to enhancing the advisory experience between ag retailers and farmer customers by linking relevant industry data and stakeholders together. RevCo has announced a new fertilizer management module that is offered within its flagship product, RevCo Connect.
The RevCo Connect fertilizer-contracting module will improve efficiencies throughout the inventory chain, allowing ag retail organizations, for the first time, to:
- View the cost of remaining, unsold inventory.
- Create contracts, set price and approve special discounts on the fly.
- See real-time margins across the sales team.
- Place orders in the field from their iPad.
"This technology empowers sale persons to view customer history, manage invoices, review field history and place orders from the field," said Mark Green, vice president, RevCo. "Not only are contracts signed via iPad, they are easily stored and instantly shared with customers and retail managers. Sales persons can interact with management to secure farmers' pricing incentives and finalize deals on-the-spot."
This is the first feature that allows retailers to place orders via an iPad. RevCo will announce technology for seed bookings and chemical pre-pay later this year.
In addition to the Connect platform, RevCo will be launching a new version of their field-scouting tool this spring. RevCo Scout should be launched to the market the first week of May, and information about it can be found at http://www.revcoscout.com/.
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WATCH: Snoop Dogg Rolls A Blunt in Honor of 4/20
Streetwear brand HUF teamed up with hip-hop's most notorious weed smoker for a 30-second clip, to wish their fans and supporters a "Happy 4/20."
In the visuals, Snoop Doggy Dogg a.k.a. Snoop Lion goes through the procedures of rolling himself a blunt. Check out the CD he breaks his weed on — it's his 1993 debut Doggystyle.
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Opening reception and awards Thursday May 18, 6-8p
Exhibition runs May 18-Sept. 7, 2017
For LAUNCH, 57 works were selected out of 253 submissions. Representing the dynamic offerings of the LAVC Art Department, all the works included in this exhibition were produced during the 2016-17 academic year. Featuring a wide range of media and technique, for many students in the exhibition this is their first opportunity to have their work recognized on a professional platform.
Artists included in the exhibition:
Brian Sohn
Timothy McGee
Ellen Scott
Analuisa Curiel
Brian Ramirez
Brianna Aguilera
Daniel Kaufman
Jaqueline Belevons
Serena Thomas
Steven Acevedo
Cecile Bender
Gabriella Leone
Katalin Radies
Robert Grigoryan
Blanca Alpizar
Karen Martinez
Andrew Ortiz
Courtney Woolsey
Linda Gonzalez
Kenji Kosaka
Marilin Martin
Arthur Azaryan
Jessica Sheets
Francisco Salazar
Richard Giesbret
Aventisyan Ashkhen
Jerry Ellingson
Ileana Maza
Jennifer Causley
Thomas Brown
Mike Derderian
Jeanne Quirus
Andre Flemming
Alyx Runyon
Natalie Delcid
Maryam Aiiziloubaf
Barbara Gosk
Avonlea Canillas
Koko Deranteriasstan
Alejandro Carranza
Dizhan Blu
Alberto Keossian
Manuel Sanchez
Kenyaz Sagivadyan
Fatenh Fridoun
Stephanie Sorrels
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Sergio Teran is a Contemporary Mexican/American Artist born 1974, in Los Angeles CA. In 1999, Teran graduated from the Art Center College of Design where he received a B.F.A in Illustration / Fine Arts. In 2000, Teran moved to NYC to attended New York University where he received a graduate degree in Studio Art and Painting (2002).
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Kathmandu Holdings Ltd Re-Aligns Executive Team
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Kathmandu Holdings Ltd Re-Aligns Executive Team
Kathmandu's Chairman David Kirk today announced changes to its Executive team structure, enhancing the leadership team capability to support planned future expansion across Australasia and internationally.
Executive Director Mark Todd, the Company's current Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer.
Mark will continue with his CFO responsibilities, and he now has oversight of Kathmandu's key business transformation projects, associated with the Company's rollout of the Microsoft Dynamics AX retail platform. This is in addition to his existing role leading the Company's management teams across the finance, supply chain, store and property leasing and store development functions.
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The Avenue of the Giants will be temporarily closed next week near Weott as workers start in to repair a broken pipeline.
This comes three months after nearly twenty thousand gallons of water were stolen from one of the water tanks. In an effort to refill the tank, a water line broke forcing the town to conserve their water. A local state of emergency was declared three times by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. The pipeline takes water from the intake site at the Eel River to a treatment plant, which produces drinking water to the community. The Avenue of the Giants will be closed just north of Burlington State Campground to just south of Newton Road beginning at 7 am Monday until 6 pm Friday. Caltrans says motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians will still be able to access Humboldt Redwoods State Park.


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A market-based picture framing business has been crowned the winner of Otley's 2013 Good Service Award.
Wydale Framing, whose stall runs at Otley Market every Friday and Saturday, was chosen out of 34 nominated businesses for the Otley Chamber of Trade accolade.
The public had been asked at the end of last year to recommend the shops or businesses they had received exceptional service from, and then each one was visited by a 'mystery shopper' to identify the winner.
Competition organiser and chamber past president Trevor Backhouse said: "Congratulations to Wydale Framing for winning the Good Service award for 2013.
"We had a record amount of nominations for the 34 shops who were nominated for the exceptional service they offer.
"The judge was from Otley Rotary Club, and her comments were that every one she visited offered tip-top service, were so helpful and had a true understanding of their products and services.
"The nominated businesses all deserve recognition, it is just a shame we can't offer every one of them an award.
"The chamber received hundreds of nomination forms, each containing a different reason or positive experience, and we would like to thank all those who took the time to fill one in."
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JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight: a story for everyone who feels overwhelmed by information.
Six years ago, Bill Powers and his family disconnected from life in fast-paced Washington, D.C., and moved to the small town of Orleans on Cape Cod.
WILLIAM POWERS, author, "Hamlet's BlackBerry":Ready?
JEFFREY BROWN: And, these days, if he wants to go canoeing with son William, well, the water is just at the end of the street.Idyllic, for sure, and yet Powers realized he and his loved ones were still plenty connected, way too connected to the roar of the digital crowd, through their screens.
WILLIAM POWERS: I was wrestling with this conundrum that I think we're all in today, which is the wonder of digital technology and the burden, and sort of, where does one begin and the other end, and how do you strike a balance between the two?
I was feeling, in my work, in my family life, and just really kind of inside my own head a crowdedness, a sort of never — never quiet time.
JEFFREY BROWN: How do you — how do you know that?How do you — how does it show itself?
WILLIAM POWERS: It was this sense of never having a break from stimulation, from information, from distraction.
JEFFREY BROWN: Perhaps you know the feeling?Powers calls it digital maximalism, that sense of being always on through our smartphones, e-mails, tweets, Facebook, Gchats, alerts, links, tags, posts, photos, videos, blogs, vlogs, searches, and updates.
WILLIAM POWERS: When you brought it up, everyone would say, yes, I have that same feeling. What is it? You know, why can I not do one thing for a sustained period anymore? Why is it hard for me to stay with a novel? I used to love to read novels.
JEFFREY BROWN: Powers had his aha moment one day when he accidentally dumped his mobile phone overboard.
WILLIAM POWERS: I was in this space by myself.And I realized it was a space I hadn't been in, in a very long time and that it had great value to me.I was glad to be there again.And I wanted to figure out how to get that back.
JEFFREY BROWN: Powers' response: a look at our present continuum drum titled "Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age."
Now, Powers is no angry prophet spewing venom at modern life and its toys.He uses and loves them himself.He's as multi as the next tasker, as a former reporter and longtime media columnist.And he knows very well that technology helps make his current lifestyle possible.Powers can write his articles from afar, and so can his wife, Martha Sherrill, who is working on her fifth book in another corner of their 150-year-old Cape house.They, along with 12-year-old William, who, like kids everywhere, loves his screens, can be as connected as they want or need to be.And, yet, says Powers, all that connection to the outside meant something lost inside the home.
WILLIAM POWERS: What we saw in our family life was something was being leached out of our togetherness and our communication by turning away from each other toward the screen and even just communicating with each other on the screen.We were e-mailing across the house, you know, when we could walk a few steps and have a conversation.
JEFFREY BROWN: Powers decided to look to past thinkers and doers and their encounters with new technology.He calls them the seven philosophers of screens, Plato channeling Socrates, Seneca, Gutenberg, Shakespeare, Ben Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, and Marshall McLuhan, each, according to Powers, offering a particular lesson for our own time.
Take Seneca, a philosopher and statesman, a thinker who had a small side job of helping to run the Roman Empire and its bureaucracy.
WILLIAM POWERS: They were inundated with documents, with — with mail.People were constantly checking if the mail had arrived, the mail boat from Egypt, and so forth.
He realized he was running in so many directions, he had to learn to focus better and discipline himself and find a place apart for the mind.And, so, there's a wonderful passage in one of his letters where he talks about how, even in a noisy room in the middle of hectic Rome, he could figure out a way to make his mind a quiet place, where he could focus on one task.
JEFFREY BROWN: A multitasker.
WILLIAM POWERS: He was really a multitasker.And his friends were.He talks about his friends suffering from the restless energy of the hunted mind, and that it went with them everywhere they traveled, even on vacation.
JEFFREY BROWN: That will sound a little familiar.
WILLIAM POWERS: Exactly. It's like when we go to the hotel and we say — on vacation — and say, do you have Wi-Fi?
JEFFREY BROWN: And that BlackBerry of Hamlet's?That's Powers having fun with then popular new gizmos in Elizabethan England called tables, handheld devices on which one could take notes with stylus and erase clean for a fresh start to clear the mind.Shakespeare naturally played with the latest technology.
WILLIAM POWERS: In one of the earliest scenes of "Hamlet," he meets the ghost. And the ghost, of course, has this terrible news for Hamlet. And he's kind of thrown off and doesn't know what to do with it quite. He pulls out his tables. He says, "My tables, my tables."
He takes out the stylus and takes some notes.And it kind of gives him this wonderful feeling of being in control of the situation.Now, this is a case of a relatively new technology helping someone, in a sense, gain order.And I — one of the reasons I use it is to point out that there are ways in which we might — our technologies might evolve to help us more, rather than making us busier.
JEFFREY BROWN: How?
WILLIAM POWERS: In the book, I come up with some very crude suggestions, like, could we sit down at our screen and have it ask us, how busy do you want to be? Do you want to focus on one thing?
JEFFREY BROWN: Have the screen ask us, how busy do you want to be today?
WILLIAM POWERS: Yes, exactly.Yes.Do you want to focus on one thing?Rather than allowing me to open up 25 different Web pages.
JEFFREY BROWN: An immediate step comes from the example of Thoreau, he of the famous cabin at Walden Pond, which gave him a place away, though not that far away, from the crowd.
WILLIAM POWERS: Thoreau said that — noted that people in his time had become addicted to going to the post office to check their mail. He said that, in proportion, as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office…
WILLIAM POWERS: … which is such a wonderful diagnosis of really what a lot of us are suffering from today.
JEFFREY BROWN: Powers thinks all of us could create our own Walden spaces, even if it's just a room in our homes, where technology is off-limits.
WILLIAM POWERS: Do what Thoreau did, which is learn to have a little disconnectedness within the connected world, not — don't run away.
JEFFREY BROWN: Four years ago, he and his family instituted what might be called Walden time, a weekly Internet Sabbath, unplugging the modem late Friday through Monday morning.All right.Show us.
WILLIAM POWERS: OK, you ready?Here we go.
JEFFREY BROWN: Yes.Three, two…
WILLIAM POWERS: Two, one.Internet goes off, and the Sabbath begins.That's all there is to it.
JEFFREY BROWN: As it happens, at the time of our visit, the Pew Research Center had just issued a report citing tech experts who believe the Internet is and will continue to be a benefit to our social relationships.But Powers says he's also finding something else as he travels the country and talks about selective disconnecting.
WILLIAM POWERS: One of the first talks I gave about the book was in Los Angeles to a fairly large audience, people of many different ages.And after the speech, the people who came up to me and really buttonholed me most urgently were — tended to be younger people.And a few of them really had tears in their eyes and said, you know, I have never — I didn't even know this was an option.
JEFFREY BROWN: As Powers says and his philosophers of screen show, a little reflection and a few concrete actions can bring some balance back to modern wired life.