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The principal of San Ysidro Middle School has a relative on staff — his brother-in-law is a language arts and history teacher.
The head of the San Ysidro School District's maintenance department has a relative on staff — a grandson who's a janitor. (He's also the nephew of a school board member.)
Those two additional examples were brought to the attention of The Watchdog after last month's story about nepotism policies at the seven-school district that serves about 5,500 students in kindergarten through eighth-grade in San Ysidro, Otay Mesa and Ocean Crest.
District policy prohibits relatives from managing, supervising or evaluating one another directly, but allows relatives if there is one buffer in the chain of command. Officials say they hire the best people for the jobs.
The previous story found that the son and daughter of Superintendent Manuel Paul are employed at the district, as is the son of Assistant Superintendent Gloria Madera. School board member Jean Romero has a son in charge of human resources and a grandson who is an instructional aide.
In the new example, San Ysidro Middle School Principal David Torres oversees his brother-in-law Claudio Zuazo, a language arts and history teacher. Torres was transferred to the campus in 2008; Zuazo transferred four years earlier.
"Mr. David Torres, principal, does not evaluate, and has not ever evaluated Mr. Claudio Zuazo, teacher," Superintendent Manuel Paul said in an email, indicating principals and vice principals divide teacher evaluation loads.
Custodial supervisor Carmen Valenzuela heads the district's maintenance department, which includes her grandson Ernesto Marquez, a part-time janitor. The superintendent said Marquez is evaluated by the school site vice principal — not Valenzuela. He did not respond to follow-up questions about how many janitors are evaluated by school administrators, as opposed to the maintenance boss.
Valenzuela was promoted to supervisor in 1984 and Marquez was promoted from substitute janitor to part-time janitor in 2010. Marquez is also the nephew of eight-year school board member Raquel Marquez Maden.
Marquez Maden said her role on the school board does not conflict with her nephew's employment.
"I recused myself from this vote entirely and from any discussion related to his employment," Marquez Maden said. "I don't believe he receives preferential treatment."
Paul said hires and appointments are always made based on qualifications and not favoritism and, pursuant to board policy, relatives do not participate in the selection process of relatives.
District parent Anthony Rodriguez, 46, unsuccessfully ran for school board in 2008 and said he heard concerns about relative connections on the campaign trail. He said having the vice principal do an evaluation of a teacher is a false buffer from conflicts of interest.
"Everybody that is under the principal's direction is at risk because if they don't give him a good eval or hire him, they don't get good treatment," Rodriguez said. "It does create a conflict if a superintendent, the principal or the school board relative works in the district because the individual that is under them will be afraid they will lose their job."
San Ysidro resident and parent Robert Toledo, 55, said he is uncomfortable with the hires occurring in the district his kids graduated from. In particular, he was concerned about the hiring of Jason Romero, head of human resources for the district and son of school board member Jean Romero.
"They hire these people with these high salaries and these are relatives and they don't post these positions for people to look at," Toledo said. "It's not right."
Jason Romero says the relationship has created pressure for him to succeed, and he has done so.
Marquez, Valenzuela, Zuazo and Torres did not respond to multiple requests for comment.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Did Patterson take your girl or something?
Hide ya kids hide ya wife....no thread is safe.
Don't worry Olblu we gonna find you, we gonna find you.
No, you won't. You wouldn't do anything with me but wimper if you did......
Hey, I am too old to fight, I carry a f***ing gun!! But I am a passive fellow so we would go have a beer together. Note that I was laughing at myself when I said that knowing your background.....
I don't have a great feeling about this game at Iowa today. I wouldn't be surprised to see us lose.
Defense looking strong early. Offense looking tentative. Team just looks uncomfortable wearing red.
So far both IU and Iowa look to be moving a bit too fast... though that's more a problem for Iowa than IU. Decent first half despite multiple guys in foul trouble.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
We aren't getting a whole lot of foul calls, either. Zeller has a couple of cheapie fouls. Yogi and Oladipo are making everything happen with their lane penetration. Woodbury for Iowa will be good in a year or two, but he is scared to death out there right now. His shots are rushed, his movements are rushed, and he has zero touch on anything.
Slightly controversial question: Has Zeller disappointed this year? I agree with Dakich that Oladipo has probably been our best player this year.
Jordan Hulls playing maybe the worst game of his career tonight. Foul trouble, his shots are nowhere close, just looks awful. We just can't seem to lower the boom on teams when we are away from Assembly Hall. We had chances to put Butler away and didn't. We have had chances to put Iowa today and haven't done it.
They are mugging us and getting away with it. Smdh
That was not pretty or particularly encouraging, but a win is a win and Carver-Hawkeye has been a house of horrors for us over the years. I'll take the win, but we won't win many Big Ten games on the road playing like that.
Jordy couldn't hit anything, foul trouble everywhere, and a win on the road. Take it and enjoy New Year's in B-town, gentlemen.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
you could well be right about the jeter situation too.
that was a weird game
No about Jeter but that is a good example. Jeter will never be traded or cut he will end his career as a Yankee because they are a class organization and that is how they do things. ......
The Hollowell issue had nothing to do with either him or IU as Dakich clearly explained yesterday. His family was approached by a sleazy agent and his mother, being the sound ethically strong individual she is, reported it to IU and IU, being the sound ethically strong university it is, reported it to the NCAA.
There was no conspiracy or nefarious coverup. OlBlu is a joke that barks at the moon with a frothing mouth.
IU is 13-1 and the Colts went 11-5. I hope OlBlu is suffering immensely with all the WINNING that is going on in Indiana.
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Not me, I know they will tank when the tournament starts...... By the way, I don't believe one word that comes out of IU about anything...... Notorious liars and cover-up artists....
Indiana University is an excellent school and Fred Glass runs a top notch athletics department that places compliance at the top of its priority list.
IU didn't have to provide any information to the NCAA about Perea, Jurkin, or Hollowell but did so voluntarily because the people that work there are first rate, high quality individuals.
Tom Crean has turned IU basketball around through hard work and determination. The haters refuse to accept that. Too bad. Sucks for them.

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The 19th annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit will be held at CU-Boulder Nov. 13-14. This year's theme, "Building the Road Map: Realizing Diversity and Inclusion for CU-Boulder, City of Boulder and Boulder County," is predicated in part on a 2003 statement from retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: "[The Supreme Court expects] that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today." O'Connor was commenting on the Supreme Court's ruling that diversity can be used in university admission decisions.
Alphonse Keasley, who has been involved with the summit since it began 19 years ago, says the Summit Planning Committee is using this year's summit to help the campus and community move toward a place that "exemplifies diversity, intercultural understanding and community engagement."
"This year we will be taking a look at the history of our campus efforts related to diversity and inclusion," said Keasley, CU-Boulder's assistant vice chancellor for campus climate and community engagement. "We also will be looking at what it is we want to do, not only on campus, but also within the city and county. Thus the theme 'Building the Road Map.' We really would like to see this year as a year where we launch into some specific actions that we can take year after year."
Keasley discusses the summit in the following Q & A.
Who should attend the Diversity and Inclusion Summit?
This effort has always been for the entire campus. There's a misconception out there that this is only for people who have been marginalized. If diversity and inclusion are going to have any chance, it can't be just the work of those who are impacted by it, it has to be the entire community.
What are some highlights of this year's Summit?
While we feel the Summit offers something for everyone, and all of our panels and speakers are critical to the mission and success of the Summit, I'll mention a few here:
- Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia will offer insights on the critical importance of diversity and inclusion for the state of Colorado. Nov. 13, 9:30 - 10 a.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom.
- CU-Boulder Professor Adam Bradley will offer an address entitled "A Hip-Hop Road Map to a Diverse Future." Nov. 13, 10:05 - 10:35 a.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom.
- "Where Have We Come From?" panel will cover significant milestones from the campus and community. Nov. 13, 10:45 - 11:50 a.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom.
- Keynote presentation: Patricia Gurin of the University of Michigan will discuss "Engaging Diversity: More Important Than Ever." Professor Gurin will discuss the social science evidence that was key in the 2003 Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling on the educational benefit of diversity. Nov. 13, noon - 1:30 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom.
- "Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?" panel discussion that will build on an understanding of the actions, policies and dialogues that have shaped the direction of diversity and inclusivity within the University of Colorado and greater Boulder community. Nov. 14, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. in UMC 235.
- "Diversity, Innovation, and a Proposed New College: College of Media, Communication and Information" panel discussion. Nov. 14, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. in UMC Aspen Rooms.
What is the "take away" from the Summit?
My hope is that not only will attendees have advanced their thinking, or become more aware, but that there are ways in which people will find that they can take action. That's been our watch word for at least the last five years. How do you take action around things that you think could make the campus more inclusive and more of a multi-cultural setting.
Why do you think this is a "must attend" event on campus?
We have worked very hard to bring cutting-edge information to the campus, and this is a fleeting moment. We don't record these events, and we feel that we need the intricacies of this kind of human to human interaction. No matter what job we do, or what we study or engage in in our day to day stuff, the reality is we are always going to be in relationships with each other. I don't care what it is. Whether you're just going to the grocery store, or working with the public on a day to day basis, we're always going to be in relationships with other human beings. And diversity is one of our toughest areas of being human with our fellow human beings. So I think investing some time and energy in the Diversity and Inclusion Summit is an effort well worth making.


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For Silent Knight, "Stayin' Busy" is more than just another one of those infectious ditties scattered throughout his catalog. It's a personal mantra. The New Jersey-resident has spent nearly two-thirds of his life rhyming in some fashion – for fun, for passion, for profession. Fear kept him from stepping into those lunch time cyphers back in high school. Fearlessness landed him a digital deal with Rawkus Records as part of last decade's Rawkus 50 campaign. He's shared the studio with production titans Da Beatminerz and !llmind and next-gen hit-makers like Audible Doctor of the Brown Bag Allstars. He's slept in a van with his band, Band Called Fuse, because that's what hungry artists do in search of the music industry's promised land. Through every obstacle along his personal lyrical legend, SK has consistently pushed his talent and opportunities by, as he describes in this interview with DXNext, stayin' busy. In a sense, he never had a choice. For Silent Knight, busy is his best friend.
On His Introduction To Emceeing: "I was always around it. I remember listening to all kinds of music – not just Hip Hop – but listening to Hip Hop forever. I can't even remember the first time I heard it. I just remember always being around it since I was a little kid. I would have little groups with my cousins. We'd make up our own little Rap groups. We were doing everything but writing that many rhymes. [Laughs] [We were] designing a tape cover, making group names up, logo – all this stuff while hardly even rhyming. The first thing I really wrote, I remember I was in my crib in Brooklyn. I was ten years old, or something like that. I just wrote a rhyme at the kitchen table. It was a song, but it was really only two verses of four to eight bars each, or something. That was it. That was the first thing I wrote. Then I started spitting at my cousin's, for a couple people here and there, little by little. Eventually, I became more shy and self-conscious while my brother really started getting into it. I still played the background, not really telling anyone that I was still writing rhymes. I was 15, 16 [years old] then. I was 17 when I broke out and started actually telling people that I rhymed and I had been writing."
On The Meaning Of His Moniker: "The name Silent Knight came from writing to the point where I started writing everyday. I'd write a verse everyday. I'd write one song or three songs everyday but I wouldn't spit it for anybody. At the time, I was living in Staten Island for the second time. I was in high school and there would be cyphers outside – people rhyming. I would always gravitate and go over and listen to people. I was always tempted to jump in because I had been writing, but I never jumped in. I used to go by [the name] Apostle, which you'll still hear every once in a while. It just came to me one day: Silent Knight. Silent. The outside, the armor, the exterior, shy, quiet, to myself, whatever. Then Knight. I was a warrior. I had something to say."
On The Intent Behind Busy Is My Best Friend: "There were two main things that I wanted to accomplish with the project. One was that I'm nice with it. [Laughs] I'm talented. You should know who Silent Knight is. For people who already knew my music, [I wanted to say] I'm still here. I'm still making music. I hadn't completed or put out a solo project in a while. I felt like I needed to put that out for people who hadn't heard me or had heard me. The second part was to just give people a clear picture of what my life is about, what I see. And it's that busy is my best friend. It still is and was my theme; my mantra. For the past couple of years I knew that I had to stay busy; that busy is my best friend. That was the main point of it, but also to just give people a sense of what's going on. If you hear the title Busy Is My Best Friend or the song "Stayin Busy" or some of the stuff on there, the first thing that comes to mind is that you have to stay busy and work hard in order to accomplish your goals. That's definitely one of the main points on there. But if you listen to the whole album, if you listen to the last song ("Must Begin"), you'll hear the struggle. I'm actually saying that I'm struggling and staying busy. Even on the hook I say "…I didn't plan it / That's just the way it went." I didn't want to stay that busy, but part of it was that I needed to stay busy to stay away from the stuff that was weighing me down emotionally, or life stuff, or whatever. I felt like I needed to stay busy. I tried to capture all of that in the album. Hopefully, the listeners can get all of that. Every aspect.
On Teaming With A Band Called Fuse: "One of my stomping grounds was in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I started going out there and doing shows at Rutgers [University], downtown, and the spots over there. I met Fuse through something called Tent State University that's been going on at Rutgers for a while now. We hit it off. I used to be in a group at the time. They had a different emcee at the time. We did a couple of shows here and there – benefit shows, political shows. We kind of kept in touch. A couple years back, I had a put out a couple of my solo projects and we just kind of reconnected. The first time I did a show with them, they learned like 15 people's music! They learned one to three songs from ten or more acts! The band stayed on and everybody rocked. After that, we just really connected. They liked what I was doing. I liked what they were doing. It wasn't an on the spot thing like, 'We're a group now.' It was natural. If I had a show, I asked them to back me. If they had a show, they'd invite me out. From there we started going into the studio and just crafting stuff like that from scratch. It just naturally built."
On The Rawkus 50: "I was on Rawkus Records for my first album [Hunger Strike] in 2007, digitally. Me and DJ K.O. put it out. Rawkus Records made a comeback. They hadn't put anything out since Mos Def & [Talib] Kweli [Are Black Star], and Pharoahe Monch's Internal Affairs-era. When they came back, they put out an album by the Procussions and they put out [School Was My Hustle by] Kidz In The Hall. It was a campaign called the Rawkus 50. I was part of that. They put out my album digitally. They put a couple ads in some magazines. That was that. That was the first contract that I ever signed. It wasn't a flimsy contract, but it wasn't a crazy crazy contract, either. It was basically they wanted it digitally for this long. I had all the physicals and that was it. Back in 2009, I was in a contest for Loud.com which was Loud Records, which turned into SRC Records – Steve Rifkind's label. That contest was cool. I got to go up to the SRC offices and see all the Mobb Deep records and the Wu-Tang [Clan] plaques. I wasn't an artist on the label. It was a contest that I had gotten down to the final six or five [contestants]. I got to see a glimpse of the major label side. I saw a contract from them, which was like three times or more the size of the Rawkus contract! There was like a whole-nother part of the contract that I didn't even get to see. [Laughs] I've had so many different experiences with labels to some degree – major, independent, whatever. I don't know if I necessarily would want to be in a major label situation. I don't know if that's my route. I don't know if that's my thing. Like a Rhymesayers [Entertainment] situation or a Stones Throw [Records] situation, that to me feels like a dope thing. Somebody who if you sell 50,000-100,000 copies is not [a] let down and you don't owe a bunch of money to the label. It's actually a positive thing. Somebody who's able to see the vision and be able to help you with that."
On Signing To A Label: "I am open to signing a record deal. Honestly, at this point, I feel like I'm good at what I do. It feels good to have the decisions to be yours; to have your fate in your own hands as opposed to just sit back and record and hope for people to come to you and put you on a nice little tour. For one, those days are over if they ever existed. I feel like whether you're trying to go independent or major or whatever, you have to have that independent presence first; that independent grind on your own. Then, from there you get approached, or you approach somebody. I feel like that's what I'm doing. I've been doing it for a while and it's a lot of work which I never regret. I would love to have deal or basically a good deal. I've put things into place that are positive and that show my work ethic. I've built up a lot of connections, friendships, fans, supporters to be in a good position so that whatever type of deal there were, it would have to be from a place that's positive and reflects where I'm trying to go. That's the vision that I see."
On How To Build A Fan Base: "Building and maintaing actual relationships [is important]. Ask people, 'Yo, what brought you to the show?' Talk to them. Find out who they are and why they're there – whether it's online or people who comment about posts on Facebook. It's easier to build with people from local shows or with local fans than people commenting on Youtube or online or overseas, or whatever. The people in the area, that's when it turns into a big fun scene. You're introducing your fans to other fans. They're all feeling the vibe and feeling the music. I feel like that's how it needs to be done rather than, 'Yo, after this set I'ma bounce through the backdoor.'"
On The Sound Of The New New York: "I feel really good about the New York scene. I've definitely been doing it for a minute, but also, I've been listening to it and was definitely raised off of that East Coast, New York Hip Hop. I like the way it's evolving. I like the way New York is evolving. Maybe a few years back I was a little more of a "Underground for life!"-type of mentality. [Laughs] I still love listening to the old school stuff and the new stuff that has a sounds like that. I like how there aren't guidelines to it, that there aren't rules to it. I like all different genres of music. I listen to stuff from everywhere. So I like the fact that someone can be raised here and not sound like Gang Starr or Mobb Deep and Nas. I like how it can sound like a West Coast vibe or a down South vibe or a world vibe. Maybe it's because people are into all different kinds of music and all different kinds of scenes. People are just being themselves. There's always wack music and there's always good music. But I feel like the expansion of Hip Hop itself and the New York scene is a good thing."


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Missing Mimi LaRue: Tori Spelling's Beloved Pug Dies
I'm saddened to report that Mimi LaRue died Tuesday of natural causes at the age of 11. This Pug was a beloved furry family member and died surrounded by those who loved her most including Tori Spelling, Dean McDermott, and their two children, son Liam and 10-day-old daughter, Stella. So maybe the pooch was a lil overweight, but – oh my – wasn't she always spotted being super stylish all over the place?
I can imagine the whole family's devastated although Tori shared that her dog had suffered from medical problems relating to her hips and neck for years:
I'm convinced she waited around to make sure I had the daughter I always dreamt about before she left us . . . She was a loving pet and a true diva to the end.
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State board finds several violations during recent inspection
Ukiah Daily Journal
An inspection earlier this year of Mendocino County's stormwater management practices by state and federal officials found the county to be in violation of a permit authorizing it to discharge storm water runoff.
According to a letter from the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) sent to county Chief Executive Officer Carmel Angelo on Nov. 7, an inspection conducted May 24 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) contractor, PG Environmental, and NCRWQCB staff found violations of the Waste Discharge Requirements for Storm Water Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems, or General Permit, as well as violations of the county's Storm Water Management Program (SWMP).
"The (General Permit) authorizes the county to discharge storm water runoff and certain non-storm water discharges from its small (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program) to waters of the United States, under the permit's terms and conditions," the inspection report submitted by the EPA states. "The permit requires the county to develop, implement and enforce an effective SWMP designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from the regulated MS4 to the maximum extent practicable and to protect water quality."
Based on the inspection of areas such as "Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination," "Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control," "Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping," the NCRWQCB found the following violations:
? The county has not completed a map showing the location of all outfalls and the names and locations of all waters of the U.S. that receive discharges from those outfalls.
? The county did not perform the annual dry-weather inspection of its storm drain system during the 2010-2011 reporting period.
Recommendation: The county needs to formalize non-hazardous spill and complaints procedures. This should include public outreach and education on the use of storm water hotline, internal communication between departments, training of all staff on spill and complaint procedures, and reporting to the NCRWQCB in the Annual Report.
? The county has not developed or implemented procedures for construction site plan review, inspection or enforcement of control measures.
? The county has not implemented policies and procedures for maintenance of its facilities, vehicles, and equipment.
? The county did not conduct an annual sweeping of pavements of county-managed parking/operating areas for county-owned vehicles and equipment during the 2010-2011 reporting period.
Recommendation: the county needs to formalize storm water management of the General Services Corporation Yard and the Department of Transportation Yard. NCRWQCB staff recommend the development of a facility pollution prevention plan for each facility. Also, the county needs to develop a storm water conveyance maintenance program which includes inlet cleaning, street sweeping, etc.
According to the EPA's inspection report, during a site visit to the county's General Services Corporation Yard at 811 Low Gap Road, the following items were observed:
? Vehicle washing was conducted under a covered area adjacent to the vehicle fueling station. Wash water from the area was not contained on the wash pad and was flowing beyond the covered area toward a downgradient storm drain inlet.
? An uncovered, unlabeled 5-gallon bucket containing an unidentifiable liquid was located on the impervious ground surface of a storm drain inlet.
? An uncovered trash container with accumulated storm water and liquid was located in an area without containment on an impervious surface.
During a visit to the county's Department of Transportation Corporation Yard at 340 Lake Mendocino Drive, the following items were observed:
? Two portable road oil containers were in an uncovered area on an impervious surface directly upgradient of a storm drain inlet.
? Multiple uncovered 5-gallon buckets containing oily fluids were stored on the impervious ground surface in an area without containment adjacent to the oil containers.
? Two unlabeled 55-gallon drums were located near the oil containers in an area without coverage or containment.
? Two 55-gallon drums labeled "drained used oil filters" were located near the vehicle wash bay in an area without coverage or containment.
? Prior to the inspection team leaving, the sire foreman started working on moving the 5-gallon buckets to a location away from storn drain inlets.
In his letter to Angelo, the NCRWQCB Assistant Executive Director Luis Rivera states that within 30 days of the letter's date, the county must: provide the name and contact information for its storm water program manager, and address comments in the inspection report related to practices at the DOT Corporation Yard and the General Services Corporation Yard.
Within 60 days, Rivera said the county needs to "provide a proposed schedule to comply with each violation and address program comments."


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· garlic
· lemon juice
· vinegar
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· Salt, pepper
Clean the octopus and, keeping its tentacles, put it in hot water three or four times ( to make it lightly pink).
Cook it for about an hour in a pot with salt water and a spoon of vinegar.
Chop together garlic and parsley.
Drain the octopus, cut it in pieces and then put it on a tray.
Mix oil and lemon juice, season and add garlic, parsley and pepper.
You can garnish with boiled potatoes.
Green Taglierini
· 2 eggs
· 500 gr flour
· borage
· 50 gr sausage
· ¼ lt white wine
· 50 gr parmesan
· half veal brains
· marjoram
· gravy
Wash, clean and boil the borage in salt water.
Wring and pass it in the vegetables with the sausage.
Clean the brains, skin and put them in hot water just for few seconds, then pass them in the mincer.
Knead the flour and the parmesan with the wine and other ingredients.
Then let the paste stand for one or two hours and make some thin sheets.
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Kendra Young has been a valued member of the Laurier community since 1988. Throughout the years, she has held a variety of administrative and supporting positions that eventually led her to her role as Administrative Manager: Faculty of Arts, and later Administrative Manager: Faculty of Science. Her current position is Administrative Manager: Faculty Relations. Her responsibility is to administer the full- and part-time collective agreements, which includes sitting on the negotiating teams, gathering background information for grievances, providing support for search committees for Senior Administrative positions, being the University contact on collective agreement matters, as well as taking on other projects related to faculty. In her spare time she enjoys her membership in a book club, being physically active, and visiting with her grown daughter.


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Professionally filmed video footage of FAITH NO MORE's August 8, 2009 concert at the Festival Sudoeste in Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal was aired on the Portuguese cable television channel SIC Radical. Watch five of the songs below.FAITH NO MORE kicked off its reunion tour on June 10 with a headlining performance at the Brixton Academy in London, England. Original guitarist Jim Martin is not part of the reunion. Performing in his place is Jon Hudson, who played with FAITH NO MORE during the latter stages of its initial run after Martin departed. The rest of the band's best-known lineup — singer Mike Patton, Gould, drummer Mike "Puffy" Bordin and keyboardist Roddy Bottum — is intact. FAITH NO MORE released "The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection" on June 8 in the U.K. via Rhino Records. This double disc set contains the band's greatest hits on the first CD, while the second CD features b-sides and rarities. So far, no North American appearances are on the radar, but according to Gould, "U.S. shows are not out of the question."
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A YEAR on from their Knockout Cup final victory over Worton & Cheverell, Joe Martin's second division champions Lacock will be hoping that they will enjoy the taste of cup success for a second successive campaign when they face first division runners-up Westbury United Reserves in the Chantry Digital-sponsored competition.
After Friday evening's postponement of the Spring Cup Final is the first of this season's three Trowbridge & District League cup finals.
This evening's showpiece at The Conigre, home of Melksham Town should be a thrilling final - with the teams set to face each other again on Saturday afternoon in the final of the A&B Cup.
Lacock may be some ten places below Jason Edwards side in the league standings but they will start the game as slight favorites to complete the second part of a possible league and cup quadruple.
The defending champions had a far easier route to the Conigre that that of their opponents.
After receiving a bye in the first round, they then had a walkover in the second following the withdrawal from the league of Fleece FC.
Their first match in the competition took them to then third division leaders Holt, who they beat 4-1, Kevin Hodgkinson scoring from the penalty spot, Craig Burge, an Owen Reece own goal and Darrin Moss with their fourth.
Lacock's semi-final opponents were second division stablemates Worton & Cheverell, who they had beaten 4-1 to lift the trophy last term.
After a goalless first half, Lacock found their scoring boots with Simon Gray twice, Jake Marshall, Andy Wilkins and substitute Adam Shipman finding the target to seal a 5-0 victory to put them into the final.
Westbury United Reserves will hope to have a clean bill of health with what is a new-look side to the one that beat Boomsbury 3-2 back in 2012.
Marc Lanfear was on target twice in their first-round victory over North Bradley, Nick Taylor scoring the other goal that earned them a 3-1 win.
Westbury visited second division high-flyers Trowbridge Wanderers Reserves for their second round tie and it was Lanfear who again proved to be the star of the show as his double, along a hat-trick from Phil Hampson saw them breeze past Matt Rusling's side.
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A midweek semi-final clash with Castle Combe, saw them squander many chances to opening the scoring before Jamal Chevolleau netted against the run of play to put Combe in front.
Westbury fought back and were on level terms through a Lanfear header and another crisp finish from Lanfear booked them their place at the Conigre.
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|February 25, 2011, 07:54 PM
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300 win mag troubles...
ok well I have a new 300 win mag, i believe the rifling is 1:11.25" i cant find it on the barrel or box. (the rifle is a remington 700 r5)
well the only loads that i have been able to work out are 77gr of re-22 behind a 168gr smk, and 77gr re-22 behind a 155gr nosler match bthp, both sub moa.
I am trying to work out a good hunting load, and i cant get 180gr bullets to stabilize 2-3" at 100yds.
any suggestions?
right now i have 165gr sierra game kings hitting about 8-10" at 600yds.
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|February 25, 2011, 10:34 PM
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The 1/11.25, (if that is what you have), according to barrel maker Lilja's chart, is ideal for bullet weights from 150 to 200 gr It may also shoot as 130's and as high as 225's. Shilen's chart says 165 and up.
You might try a different powder. Although I got better velocities with RL-22 and IMR 4350, but much better accuracy with IMR 4831 at/near max with 165 to 200 gr bullets.
For a hunting bullet, I settled on Nosler 200 Partition. Surprisingly, the 200 Partition worked very well for long distance antelope in windy conditions.
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If your 700SS 5R is a 300WM factory rifle, the barrel should be a stainless 26 inch 1:10 twist with a 5 land "R" configuration land.
The 1:11.25 twist is used in the .308Win rifle.
The 1:10 will shoot up to 220 grains or more very well. I too have had my best accuracy using H4831SC.
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|February 26, 2011, 01:43 AM
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Remington uses 1 in 10 for their .300 Win Mag barrels. Won't be on either the box or barrel.
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|February 26, 2011, 08:00 AM
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I have had good results with the 200 gr Accubond and RL22. In my Remington it is very accurate. Excellent performance on both Elk and Deer. I prefer the heavier bullets in the magnum. The thin skinned 165 grainers, (ballistic tips), perform well at distances over 100 yds but if a critter gets in close the high velocity of the magnum can make them come apart. Killed the deer, but not without making a mess.
|February 26, 2011, 09:30 PM
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SD is right on target. A standard bullet, light for caliber, at 3000fps plus will make a mess. Try 180 Hornday IB and Nosler Partition and Bonded.
|February 26, 2011, 09:32 PM
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Might want to try H1000 -I had excellent results with that powdernwhen I used to reload my 300. You also might want to try hodgdon hybrid V100. It was not out when I was re,loading my 300 but the burn rate falls between 4831 and 4350 which would be ideal for a 300
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|February 26, 2011, 09:42 PM
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Like the other guys said try some IMR4831. I had good luck with that powder, but IMR7828 did not shoot as good in my rifle. It's just a matter of trying some different powders.
|February 26, 2011, 11:57 PM
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I'm having very good success with 71 gn. RE19 behind 180 gn. Accubond out of a Ruger #1.
|February 27, 2011, 01:55 AM
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thanks a lot
that is a big help i couldnt find the rifling twist anywhere, and im not too particular about the terminal damage to the meat, i'm mainly just doing some pest control on coyotes and javelina, maybe the stray rabbit or hog thrown in. love the rifle so far, and the 165 grain sierra match king hollow points did alright, i got about 10" at 600yds and that was probably mostly me, and from the look of it i only had about 58-62" of drop from a 100yd zero which is about 8-10" better than i expected.
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|February 27, 2011, 03:14 PM
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I use 67.0 of H414 or WW760 and a 168 match bullet. If you use 180s, try the Sierra and IMR 7828. The 4831s are OK, but my best stuff is loaded with RL22 and 7828. YMMV.
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|February 27, 2011, 07:54 PM
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OK man this is what I load for my 5r in a 300wm.get you some 208gn A-max's or 210gn Bergers.then a keg of H1000 and load some cases with 74gns and work up in .3gn imcrements to 76gn's.I am all so useing a 215m primer with Remmy brass.even seatting the bullets .010 off the lands.if I am not wrong the coal is around 3.600.
my first loadd was at 76gn's that gave me 4.5" groups at 500 yards.now thats not a great 5 shoot group but the loaded rounds wasn't loaded BR style either.
but now I have just got my hands on some more of the 208gn A-max's.so I am going to work up another load for that bullet useing the same powder(H1000)will have to post results when I get the chance.
cannot say anything about a lighter bullet.I like the 308win for the lighter ones.but will add that a good friend of mine who passed away likes a 165gn NBT useing 73gn's of IMR4831 with the bullet just touching the lands.he even got 3100fps with that load.and could shoot it out to 300 yards with a dime covering the group.but that was his rifel in a Remmy 700 300wm.
like all have said already just get some bullets and powder and try many loads till you are happy.
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Syrian regime dismisses Annan claims on Tremsa massacre
The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday denied the claims made by international envoy Kofi Annan that it had used artillery, tanks and helicopters in the town of Tremsa, where the opposition has reported the massacre of more than 200 people. Spokesman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry, Jihad Makdissi said security forces had killed 37 fighters and two civilians in that village, which was used as a base by insurgents.
"Government forces did not use planes, no helicopters, no tanks or artillery. The heaviest weapon used was the RPG (launchers)," he said during a press conference in Damascus. "Yesterday we received a letter from Kofi Annan addressed to Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem. The least we can say about this letter that it did not rely on facts regarding what happened in Tremsa. "In the most diplomatic language possible, we can say that this letter was written in great haste," stated the Syrian official.
He referred to statements made Saturday by a group of UN observers who visited Tremsa and confirmed the Syrian regime's version of the events. The UN Observers had said that the violence appeared to be due to attacks by rebels and opposition activists. Their report, however, also noted the use of artillery and mortars. A day earlier, the head of the UN observer mission had also said that helicopter gunships were used and that indiscriminate firing had taken place.
Jihad Makdissi said that the accusations of violent attacks were implausible given the small size of the village.
"Everything that was said about the use of heavy weapons in the attack on a village which is less than 100 hectares is completely untrue," Makdissi said, denying that the villagers were targeted. "We are in a state of self-defense, not on the offensive," he added.


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Located in the heart of Viareggio, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Centro Matteucci Per L'Arte Moderna, Villa Argentina, and Pineta di Ponente. Villa Paolina and Viareggio Harbor are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a bar/lounge are available at this hotel. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a poolside bar, a coffee shop/café, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
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All 114 rooms feature modern comforts like LCD TVs with satellite channels, along with free WiFi. Other amenities available to guests include coffee makers, hair dryers, and safes.
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This Viareggio hotel has its very own private beach. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. This Belle Époque hotel also offers an outdoor pool, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, a shuttle from the airport to the hotel (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- Private beach nearby
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A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
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- Golf lessons available nearby
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Adams gets breather until pinch-hit strikeout
Slumping St. Louis slugger out of starting lineup, can't deliver off bench in ninth
MIAMI -- Cardinals manager Mike Matheny mentioned recently he would give everyday first baseman Matt Adams a breather. That moment finally arrived on Tuesday for the second game of the series against the Marlins, as Adams was replaced by Mark Ellis in the starting lineup.
Adams went 0-for-5 and hit into a double play on Monday night. Although Matheny took some comfort in the way Adams swung the bat in the 6-5 loss -- he might have had at least one hit if not for the Marlins' outstanding defense -- it was time for the slumping first baseman to sit back.
That didn't keep Matheny from bringing Adams in to pinch-hit in the ninth inning of Tuesday's 3-0 loss, though. The Cardinals had runners on the corners and two outs. Prior to Tuesday, Adams was 1-for-7 in those situations.
His numbers didn't improve, as Marlins southpaw Mike Dunn, against whom left-handed hitters were batting .197, struck out Adams to end the game.
Since the All-Star break, Adams has hit .212 with one homer, nine RBIs and two walks in 21 games. That's a drastic fall from the .336 average he was riding after coming back from the disabled list in June. From June 13-July 13, Adams drove in 14 runs, scored 15 times and slugged .636. That span of 29 games saw him strike out 21 times in 107 at-bats -- he's already struck out 20 times in 85 second-half at-bats.
"I think he realizes that he's grinding right now," Matheny said. "It's a fair expectation that [young players are] gonna go through that. He's been extremely consistent, and we'd like to see him continue to be consistent through the rest of August, September and hopefully October."
If the Cardinals are able to continue their success, resting Adams might be something Matheny does even more often. The 25-year-old had appeared in 102 of the Cardinals' 117 games entering Tuesday night. The most games he'd ever logged in his professional career was 121 in 2010.
"You have a guy who hasn't been that every-single-day guy at this level," Matheny said. "Every once in a while we need to give his mind a break, more so than just the body. I think there's a benefit to that."
Meanwhile, Ellis hasn't made a start at first base since he was with the Athletics in 2011. The 37-year-old had just two appearances at first this season, but since Allen Craig was traded, Ellis has been taking grounders there more often.
He made the most of the opportunity, collecting two hits to bring his average a little closer to .200 while making a few good picks at first.
Maria Torres is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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How social media and digital working environments are really changing management, collaboration and organizations?
This is the question that is most interesting to me and I believe, very transformational in the long-term on how we relate to each other and how things get done.
I was happy to work on this question for a Finnish telecom operator, Elisa together with their VP of Corporate Customers, Pasi Mäenpää. As we know, the traditional operator business of selling subscriptions and connectivity is commoditizing and many plans are going flat rate. The value has moved upwards to the actual applications of communication technologies in the enterprise. Understanding corporate customers and their true business requirements and opportunities is increasingly important. This leads us to ask the question, how is the business environment and practices of organizations truly changing?
To grasp this question, together with my team we produced a video and a presentation on the future of organizations and management:
On Youtube: Cloud Company – Change Happens (2010)
The related slides "A New Era of Leadership – From Hierarchy to Network" are here.
Cloud is the metaphor for the internet and Cloud Computing is the metaphor for a technological paradigm shift in the way how we utilize software and information. Google and Amazon particularly have been busy building the cloud. Practically it is an idea based on Technological Determinism, that technology would drive the development of society's culture and social behavior.
An opposite view would see culture as a dominating force in technological development. Neither is accurate, as technology and culture are rather intertwining. Media theorist Marshall McLuhan famously said that "We shape our tools. And then our tools shape us." What the cloud is shaping is our forms of organization, intertwingled by technology and culture. The internet will dramatically lower the transaction costs of doing business. As companies decentralize various layers including infrastructure, R&D, marketing and sales, they eventually empower a new form of organization to emerge: the Cloud Company.
Management = Communication x Coordination x Responsibility = Collaboration
Management traditionally can be defined as effective communication, efficient coordination and someone taking responsibility of the actions. Manager communicates to subordinates, coordinates resources, supervises operations and takes (and gives) responsibility. This is mirroring the typical hierarchical thinking of organizations.
What happens today in digitally distributed collaborative networks is that communication becomes the means between people, coordination is the distributed peer-production activities among the people and responsibility is something that people will have the ability to take because of transparency of activities and open information. Thus the idea is that in organizations today all effective communication, coordination and taking of responsibility needs to be digitally distributed in order to remain viable.
There are two ideas on how effective organizations work. One that is based on complete centralization and the other based on complete decentralization. Most organizations are more or less different variations of the two.
Centralizated Organizations
A completely centralized organization is centrally planned and hierarchical in nature. The idea is that efficiency requires conscious coordination of resources and division of labor. Communication relationships and channels are pre-defined and planned – who reports to whom, what paper goes from here to there. This is the world dominated by bureaucracies, hierarchies, command & control and people as cogs in the machine.
Lenin tried to run Soviet Union like a big factory, as a centrally planned economy (or command economy). It was the most Fordist and Taylorist system ever envisioned. Everything would be centrally coordinated. The problem of such big hierarchies is that internal coordination costs increase as the size of the organization increases.
Over time it gets increasingly hard to predict the future and efficiently adapt to changing conditions. If internal coordination costs are higher than the value created and generated, the whole system collapses to its own absurdity. This economic calculation problem led to major problems in Soviet Union. Economic planners were not able to detect consumer preferences, shortages, and surpluses with sufficient accuracy. Resources were wasted and misallocated, eventually leading to the collapse of the whole house of cards.
Just like Soviet Union, most companies today are miniature centrally planned economies facing the same problems of internal coordination problems as the size of the hierarchy increases.
Decentralized Organizations
The father of modern economics, Adam Smith wrote in 1776 a revolutionary book, The Wealth of Nations. During the time his work was concentrated on supporting the political agenda of Great Britain to dissipate mercantilism, the economic reality that dominated Western European economic policies at the time. Mercantilism was based on a protectionist ideology of controlling import and export of goods for the nation's good.
Adam Smith's idea was that free market economy based on self-regulation would be more effective from the resource allocation point of view. Rational self-interest of individuals and companies in the short term would lead to common good in the long term. Competition and supply & demand in the context of rational self-interest would create economic balance.
The question then becomes, when does economic activity take place on decentralized markets and when do centralized organizations form as a necessity?
Lowering Transaction Costs
In 1991 economist Ronald Coase received the Nobel's price on his theory of transaction costs. For a reference, take a look at The Nature of The Firm (1937). . When transaction costs increase, centralized organizations form to take care of the necessary side activities to achieve the goal. As transaction costs drop, certain economic activities are increasingly done on the open markets.
As an example, in the newspaper industry a photographer needs to take the pictures, journalist needs to write the story, an editor lays out the text, the printing press produces the publication and then someone takes care of the logistics of delivery. In the context of these activities there are other costs such as legal, marketing and administrative costs. All of these activities include high transaction costs that make it impossible to deliver such a product reliably without centralized coordination and organization.
As we know, Internet has enabled new forms of organization such as the Wikipedia or Huffington Post to emerge in the publication industry. Internet has radically reduced transaction costs involved in producing resources like an encyclopedia or a newspaper. According to Harward Law School Professor Yochai Benkler, digitally distributed collaborative environments have enabled a new form of organization to emerge between the traditional nation state and the private company, based on the logic of commons-based peer-production. In the open markets, people and organizations improve the common resources, eventually gaining more than their individual contribution is worth.
As companies thrive for higher value creation and move up in the economic food chain, it is impossible to do so today without lowering the transaction costs involved in producing these goods and services. Therefore all effective organizations today will utilize digitally distributed collaboration and management environments and practices, because of lowered transaction costs.
The Emergence of the Cloud Company
The next stage in running successful organizations is to understand that effective organizations today are operating closer to the logic of the open free markets. This means that companies thriving for higher value will decentralize many core layers that were traditionally centralized, including infrastructure, information storage and processing, collaboration, services, sales and customer service.
This stage will be driven by cloud computing, crowdsourcing, digital mass-customization (such as the iTunes App Store where each person actually creates the end product through individual customization), commons-based peer-production and other emerging decentralized models for carrying out work in the digital business ecosystem: therefore the name Cloud Company.
Here is how one company might look like, where certain organizational functions have been supported with internet-enabled decentralized models and technologies:
A Cloud Company (or real Enterprise 2.0) will be much more effective than its more or less centralized competitors, because it's capable of distributing certain organizational activities on the market, operate in a much more customer-oriented and centered way, changes dynamically the costs of running the business, is capable of lowering transaction and internal coordination costs and utilizes latest social media and collaboration environments for digitally distributed communication, coordination and wide taking of responsibility.
My colleague Esko Kilpi writes:
Today, with social media, we stand on the threshold of an economy where the fundamental processes of communication and coordination are being transformed. Familiar economic entities are becoming increasingly irrelevant as the Internet, not the traditional organization, becomes the most efficient means to communicate, coordinate and exchange value.
That's the future of organizations in the digital age.
Thanks to: Esko Kilpi, Pasi Mäenpää


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A DROP-GOAL by Andy Goode with the last kick of the game consigned Exeter Chiefs to a 19-16 defeat at London Wasps in the Aviva Premiership this afternoon.
Exeter led 13-3 at the break through a Dave Lewis converted try and two Henry Slade penalties, with Wasps' points coming from the boot of Elliot Daly.
Andy Goode reduced the visitors' lead to 13-9 with two penalties before Joe Simpson's converted try gave the home side the lead.
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It would be forgiven if one were to assume Brandon Boyd might be somewhat of an inscrutable/intimidating person. The Incubus frontman has a reputation for doing it all, and doing it well, in the creative realm -- to wit, seven critically and commercially acclaimed studio albums with his band, three published books of his original writings/drawings/photography, and a respectable post as a fine artist with solo exhibitions in his hometown of Los Angeles. He's also released a solo album under his own name, and has now created a new musical project, Sons of the Sea, which sees its first album hit the streets this week.
So, all this, and what? Surprise -- Boyd is pleasantly down-to-earth, and manages to discuss his myriad creative works with a touch of offbeat humor that can be altogether too rare in artists on his particular level. Sons of the Sea, a collaboration with famed producer Brendan O'Brien (who worked on several Incubus albums), is a remarkably different direction for Boyd; the songs hum with multilayered influences that at times suggest a sparkly vibe reminiscent of the best pop music from the '60s.
In this exclusive interview with Yahoo Music, Boyd explains the process of creating Sons of the Sea (some of the song ideas actually came to him in dreams), why he decided to work with O'Brien on this particular project instead of releasing another solo record, and what the future of Incubus holds. He also weighs in on his latest book, talks a bit about what he's reading lately, and discusses trying his hand at filmmaking for the first time in the form of lyric videos he created for Sons of the Sea.


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Iceland is a country in the middle geographically between North America and mainland Europe, but there is nothing in the middle about the country's leadership in renewable energy.
Its political leadership and business investors see the United States using biomass for generating electric energy or producing biofuels as completely contrary to the approach that should be emphasized. They contend using "non-biological sources of renewable power," such as wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, ocean movement and industrial byproducts, should be the focus going forward.
Justification for a non-biological energy focus comes from a strong belief that the world's climate is changing and that land needs to be used for producing food rather than energy. And Iceland-based engineers and researchers have proven that geothermal is a form of energy that can be utilized to displace using biomass and fossil fuels energy.
"I see it as my fundamental moral duty to demonstrate to other countries that we can, in fact, execute a fundamental change and this is not just a pipe dream or empty geology…It is an extraordinarily good business," said Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, during a 1 ½ hour meeting at his official residence talking with business-to-business media from Europe and the U.S.
Iceland is a country courting both European and U.S. business investment. Although Iceland sides with European Union nations on drastically changing the focus away from using plants for energy, Iceland does not, without scientific reason, reject agricultural advances such as genetically modified crop production, which makes it different than most European Union nations.
Iceland is famous for volcanic activity, which gives the country an advantage over other countries for geothermal energy, but this energy source should not be ignored by any country of the world, according to President Grimsson. Iceland's volcanic activity only means that geothermal energy is easy to tap near the surface of the island for use to heat nearly every home and business on the island. Geothermal energy also is used to produce low-cost electricity.
President Grimsson referred to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study analysis for total capacity for geothermal energy production. "It (geothermal) could provide twice the energy consumption of the United States, that was the conclusion of MIT about the geothermal potential of the U.S.," he said.
He went on to note how the world's population is living on a very thin layer of the earth, and engineers and scientists are developing sophisticated technology to allow the energy of the molten "fireball" center of the planet to be harnessed for energy. "There is this big fireball under every country of the world, not just Iceland. We were not given exclusive rights to have this fireball under us. It is everywhere," he concluded.
High-tech entrepreneurs are providing employment in Iceland for those engineers and scientists that Grimsson mentioned. Technology companies, even those with agricultural product concepts, are geothermal focused or dependent, if nothing other than using low-cost energy—heat and electricity.
My recent Invest in Iceland agency-sponsored media trip showed how agriculture-related, high-tech industries could locate on the island at a lower cost than in the U.S. or other countries of the world. The proof was companies already successfully doing business on the island without concern of seismic disaster, which is a wholly unjustified concern, according to history of the last century.
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010 spread ash across Europe, but it had little impact on Iceland itself. Prevailing winds sent the ash away from the island, and the international airport was only closed one day whereas European airports were closed for much longer. Activity on Iceland was business as normal. In degree of volcanic activity, it was not a big eruption, and scientists point out that earthquake activity is not severe because the earth's crust-plate boundaries are not jamming together but moving apart. The island is subtly stretching between two to four centimeters per year.
Greenhouse production is a main agriculture focus on the island; field crop production is quite limited because of the short growing season, summer high temperatures in the 60s and limited production soils. Enticement of a large-scale tomato grower to build huge greenhouses near one of the country's geothermal electric power plants is nearing realization. The president proudly had samples of greenhouse-grown tomatoes served to his journalist guests to prove the taste.
A greenhouse operation growing genetically modified (GM) barley for extraction of specific proteins is an example of a entrepreneurial company started by geneticists with a plant biology background. The scientists that founded Orf Genetics developed a way to alter barley to produce various proteins in the barley seed harvested at the end of a 2 ½ to three month greenhouse growing season.
"We have developed a technology platform where we have the barley producing the protein of our choice in the seed. We introduce the gene with the information for the specific protein into the barley, and the gene is only expressed in the seed harvested. It is not in the leaves, roots or stems," said Einar Mäntylä, Ph.D., a co-founder and vice-president, director for research liaison and intellectual property of Orf Genetics.
He noted, "The barley is not intended for use as food or feed but merely the means to produce proteins." Those proteins are in the harvested seed that can be stored for years before extraction of the proteins through milling and biochemistry processing.
The company started with the business model to produce proteins for use by scientists around the world to use as cell culture media. That side of the business is likely to be overshadowed as the company is expanding operations to produce proteins for skin care products. The specific proteins, of the more than 40 that the company geneticist can have the barley grow, are "like vitamins for the skin," Mäntylä said. The company has its own line of skin care products being distributed in 22 countries, including the U.S.
Another new agriculture technology business being developed by a greenhouse lettuce grower is Omega 3 algae production. Hafberg Thorisson, master grower, will be erecting a pilot project greenhouse with hydroponic pipes to grow algae for harvesting Omega 3 oil for human consumption, cosmetics and medical purposes. He doesn't see growing "high-end market algae," as a big risk compared to the one he took in the late 1970s when he established his greenhouse leaf lettuce business and had to do grocery store sampling to earn interest by Icelanders to eat greens.
The mention of algae suggests algae for biofuels is a possible long-term technology that doesn't have to consume land space. But other renewable fuels with a low carbon footprint can be produced with new technologies if investment is made in science.
Benedikt Stefánsson, Carbon Recycling International, is director of business development for a start-up company that is producing methanol from carbon dioxide emitted from a geothermal electric plant.
He explained that non-condensable gases, primarily carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, come from a geothermal power plant. Hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide can be separated to produce a pure stream of carbon dioxide for processing with electrolyzed water.
"We separate the water into hydrogen and oxygen, and we take the hydrogen and combine it with the carbon dioxide through a synthesis process to make methanol," Stefánsson said.
Renewable non-carbon-based electric generation in Iceland makes the process economically possible and meets renewable criteria from start to finish. Methanol can be used in gasoline in Europe but is not approved for use in the U.S., Stefánsson noted. Methanol can also be converted to a form of ether that can be used in European gasoline.
Geothermal and hydro energy on Iceland can produce more electricity than needed by the residents and companies on the island, therefore, its low cost. That is why Invest in Iceland is trying to convince high electricity consumption industries to move to Iceland, but if that doesn't succeed, interconnector cables for power transmission between Iceland, the United Kingdom and mainland Europe are anticipated to be laid under the ocean.
Iceland already is exporting geothermal energy to those interested in investing for the future. President Grimssom said, "To some extent you could say we are already exporting—the know-how and the technology."
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The Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Center in Canton, Ohio, led by Dr. Ahmad, is dedicated to providing patients with the safest, most advanced, and most predictable results for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery while maintaining a personalized, discrete and caring environment. The emphasis at the Canton, Ohio, Center is a focus on realistic goals and how to best meet them in a safe and predictable manner. "I do not promise nor guarantee unrealistic results but strive to achieve better than expected outcomes."
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Sanjay PS wrote:Hello Kitz ,
Nice to have you on board , and thats great courage and wisdom to leave all the intoxicants behind . Once i used to think of them as a part of life , then realizing that life by itself is so intoxicating , i left them behind . Now many years later , i find its just not life that can be intoxicating , it is the closed eyes that can also be intoxicating , the peace , rapture , tranquility , stillness and sense of well - being are also dangerous and should be laid down , guided on by the alertness of annica ( change ).
Its the equipoise that is of great use , pleasant or unpleasant are just the same , they keep following each other and can fool us very badly
Once again , looking forward to the many learnings .
kitztack wrote:unfortunately this self imposed isolation brought up strong feelings of paranoia and anxiety and mistrust
Cannabis is often consumed for its psychoactive and physiological effects, which can include heightened mood or euphoria, relaxation,[10] and increase in appetite.[11] Unwanted side-effects can sometimes include a decrease in short-term memory, dry mouth, impaired motor skills, reddening of the eyes,[10] and feelings of paranoia or anxiety.[12]
suttametta wrote:Needs have no limit.
MN 82: Ratthapala Sutta wrote:'The world is insufficient, insatiable, a slave to craving': This is the fourth Dhamma summary stated by the Blessed One who knows & sees, worthy & rightly self-awakened.
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Red Devils to sky-dive into Newport as part of Nato celebrations: the timings for the events
12:11am Wednesday 20th August 2014
By Emma Mackintosh
12:11am Wednesday 20th August 2014
By Emma Mackintosh
A DAY of bands, burgers and a Battle of Britain fly-past will take place along the banks of the Usk in Newport this Saturday, August 23, as part of a Nato-themed celebration ahead of next month's official summit.
The Red Devils are even due to sky-dive onto the pitch at Rodney Parade and present the match ball to the referee on Saturday for County's game against Burton Albion.
Starting at 10.30am on Saturday in the city centre, the Household Cavalry Band will march and play music before the day's opening ceremony takes place near the Wave. From 11.30am to 4.30pm there will be a food festival, give visitors a taste of the cuisine of the Alliance's 28 nations along the banks of the Usk.
On offer will be reindeer burgers from Iceland, waffles from Belgium, smorgasbord from Denmark and paella from Spain, alongside Welsh cheese from Ceredigion and locally brewed liquor.
At Rodney Parade at 2.50pm the Red Devils are due to perform their impressive aerial acrobatics before the Household Cavalry band play at 3.45pm.
The events are organised by the UK Government and Newport council.
Four bands will entertain the crowd near the river alongside face painting, climbing walls and the army's inflatable assault course challenge.
Serving soldiers, including 160 (Wales) Brigade, will be demonstrate military vehicles and equipment, and army chefs will be cooking up the meals they serve to troops on the frontline, which visitors can try.
A Battle of Britain fly-past over the city will close the day's celebrations at 7.30pm.
Councillor Ray Truman, deputy leader of Newport council, said the day promises to be "an exciting mix of spectacle and entertainment" while Secretary of State for Wales, Stephen Crabb said the host city celebrations will mark this "historic" summit and showcase "our proud host city".
"There are now less than three weeks to go until the global spotlight focuses on Newport as it hosts the Nato Summit," he said.
"The festival will give people a chance to sample the food of the countries attending the summit and there's a great line up of activities for people of all ages. I'm really looking forward to attending and I would encourage people to come along for a fun day out ahead of the Nato Summit."
Next Friday, August 29, a peace camp will begin at Tredegar Park; on August 30 protestors are due to congregate outside the Civic Centre from 1pm in a pro-Gaza rally ending in Westage Square.
The protestors argue that 2,000 Palestinians have died as a result of supplies from the US and its Nato allies.
A counter-summit is due to start in Cardiff the following day and peaceful marches through Newport city centre on September 4, when the official Nato Summit starts at Celtic Manor.
Significant traffic disruption has been predicted along the M4 corridor by Gwent Police on September 4 and 5.
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