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Hi nawcom!
Currrently there is an issue with some laptop GMA950s where if:
a.) You use the regular AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext, you get a black screen startup and the only solution is to plug an external monitor in OR you initiate the display to sleep and then kill it.
b.) You use the fixed AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext, and everything works fine, except you get some annoying cursor artifacts on the screen.
I hate having to manually put the display to sleep, and i'd rather use one of the corners for something else :-P - so I made a small service that starts up right before login kicks in or before you autologin to your desktop. So far I have used it on 2 different laptop and it does an amazing job. I need some more people to test it out on theirs.
link 1: GMA950_Fix.pkg.zip (Updated)
link 2: (Updated)
If you notice, after you install the pkg there is a GMA_Backup.tar.bz2 sitting in the root directory (/). if this installer {censored}ed everything up - you just need to extract that as root (cd /; tar xjvf GMA_Backup.tar.bz2) go into it and run the Uninstall script as root (cd /GMA_Backup; ./Uninstall). everything will be back as it previously was.
This is new and its just a quick fix for now! Those with issues with their laptops GMA950 try this, especially the dell laptops.
My plan is to add support to this to fix the resolution changing problems. I will keep up with info on how far I am from being finished.
UPDATE: looks like I need to move it over from SystemStarter to launchd since they slowly got rid of SystemStarter usage, which makes sense why it delays on some systems. I'm gonna see what i can do with the code without modifying loginwindow itself
Thanks for the trick for the GMA 950 wake from sleep issue! I m using it for my Dell Inspirion 640m with 27A2 GPU. Unfortunately, it does not work in snow 10.6.3. I have this error message in my logs :
5/4/10 7:49:21 PM SystemStarter[22] /Library/StartupItems/GMA_Sleep 5/4/10 7:50:42 PM SystemStarter[22] GMA950 Startup Utility (83) did not complete successfully
Please could you recompile/update for snow ? Or I m missing something ?
Thanks for your help


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How to Upgrade AT&T Blackberry to v4.5 Device OS (Operating System)
I had been thinking about it for a couple of months. Who couldn't? The new features and upgrades to the version 4.2 of the Blackberry operating system by RIM were extremely attractive. In fact, I had loathed this 4.0 operating system on my Blackberry -- frequent locks, problems with the GPS, no HTML email, the list went on and on. At least it worked relatively well with all the email, contacts, and calendaring needs that I had -- so I lived with it.
Still, I had been really tempted to upgrade to the OS version 4.5 of the Blackberry -- even though it was not "authorized" by AT&T. (You can check the availability of your Blackberry on this liek here: https://www.blackberry.com/hhupgrade/) I had learned that you could use the version of the software available from Rogers Wireless and the upgrade would still work great even on the AT&T / Cingular network. There were some rumors that there might be problems with Blackberry Enterprise Servers (BES) like the one my device ran on, so I held out.
Why was I so jazzed about the Blackberry device software v4.5? Here's a short list:
User InterfaceThose features of course were pretty compelling for me. But, not enough so that I wanted to go through all the trouble to download it, hack the Blackberry 8800 and then learn it would not work and have to resinstall everything. Not to mention that rumors were that AT&T Cingular would make the update available in September, October, and November. But, no such luck.
Refreshed Look – Enjoy messages, address book entries and a calendar that make better use of colors and fonts. They're also laid out to more closely match the programs you use on your computer.
Improved Email Layout (Rich HTML Email) – View tables, images and fonts with formatting that looks better than ever.
Remote SearchFind emails that are stored on a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.
Attachments and Files
Edit Microsoft® Word and Microsoft PowerPoint Files – Just download the attachments and start typing!
Copy, paste, change font formatting and more.
Download and Save
Grab a file on the Internet, and save it to your smartphone to view or edit later.
Want to edit Microsoft Excel files on your BlackBerry smartphone? Visit the DataViz website to register with DataViz and download an update for Documents To Go that includes Sheet To Go.
Mobile Streaming
Access videos, music or even sports and news clips from websites with mobile streaming capabilities.
BlackBerry Maps
Local Search - Enter a search term like 'pizza' to view a list of places to grab a slice within a 30-km radius.
Voice Notes
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Then, something changed my mind. When my Blackberry could not tell if it was connected or disconnected with my BMW M3's iDrive system, it pushed me over the edge. I decided it was time to take the risk and upgrade the device software on my Blackberry to v4.5.
The following is my exact experience with it (which went well!) -- depending on your provider, how your company may run its Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), etc. -- you may have slightly different results. In the end, you should have two things before you start, #1 a copy of the current version of your Blackberry device's operating system and #2 make a complete backup of all the programs and data on your device. That way, if you get stuck you at least have something to go back to. This may also work with other Blackberry models, not just the 8800 that I have. I have listed additional devices and sources for the software in the guide for assistance.
This guide assumes that you already have the Blackberry Desktop Software installed on your machine. I performed this with Blackberry Desktop Software v4.7 on my machine as it was the most current at the time of this post.
1. You need to get the current version of the Rodgers Wireless version of the Blackberry Device Software v4.5, here are the details of the one I downloaded:
Package Version: 220.127.116.11
Consisting of:
* Applications: 126.96.36.199
* Software Platform: 184.108.40.206
* File name: 8800M_PBr4.5.0_rel108_PL188.8.131.52_A126.96.36.199_Rogers.exe
* File size: 75.17MB
Download link
Alternatively, if you have another Blackberry model -- you can download that from here:
2. Once the download of the file has completed, double click the executable (8800M_PBr4.5.0_rel108_PL126.96.36.199_A220.127.116.11_Rogers.exe) and it will extract itself to your hard drive.
3. Now comes the "hack" per say. Browse to your Program Files --> Common Files --> Research in Motion --> AppLoader folder. Find the file called "vendor.xml" and rename it to "vendor.xml.old", this will make it so the v4.5 of the Blackberry device OS will load on any device (T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Verizon, Sprint, etc.) once it is run. See the image below for details.
It may also be in the following locations depending on your computer's setup: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader, C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader, C:\Program Files (x86)\Research In Motion\AppLoader, C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader, C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\Blackberry\AppLoader
3. Exit the Desktop Manager software if it is running, restart and connect your device. You may get the below image, if so -- click Update Now. If you do not get this, you can also click on the "Application Loader" icon on your Desktop Manager software to start the process.
4. The Blackberry device will connect to your boot ROM, and detect the current running module versions on your Blackberry device's operating system.
5. Now the Blackberry Desktop Manager will confirm the versions of the modules that will be updated and installed. Click on next to confirm these upgrades.
6. Now the final step, click on Finish to start the process that will first backup your device programs and data, then upgrade the device operating system, and then restores your data. The process may take 15-20 minutes and may require you to interact if you have a password that locks your Blackberry like I do.
7. Now your Blackberry device should be ready to go. In my case, I immediately noticed major changes in both the performance and usability of the device. My Blackberry Enterprise Activation started -- but did not complete. However, I just had it re-activated on the server side and my AT&T Blackberry 8800 was ready to go with the new V4.5 OS. If you followed these steps, then yours should be ready, too!
Good luck, please let me know if it worked for you with a comment below!
This process may also work on the following devices:
BlackBerry Storm 9530
BlackBerry Bold 9000
BlackBerry Curve 8300 Series
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Music of 19th Century Jewish-German Composers Vols 4 & 5
Salomon JADASSOHN (1831-1902)
Symphony No. 1 in C major op. 24 (1860) [24:27]*
Paul PABST (1854-1879)
Piano Concerto in E flat major op. 82 [33:42]*
Salomon JADASSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor op. 89 [16:09]**
Panagiotis Trochopoulos (piano)*
Valentina Seferinova (piano)**
Belarussian State Symphony Orchestra/Marius Stravinsky*
Karelia State Symphony Orchestra/Denis Vlasenko**
rec. 2007* and 2005 (Pabst Piano Concerto), Minsk, and 2008, Petrozavodsk** (concert recordings).
Ignaz BRÜLL (1846-1907)
Overture: Macbeth [8:21]
Violin Concerto in A minor op. 41 (1882) [31:01]
Salomon JADASSOHN (1831-1902)
Serenade for Flute and Strings op. 80 (1860) [27:21]
Ilya Hoffman (violin); Rebecca Hall (flute)
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Laus
rec. 2011, Robert Sammut Hall, Malta.
Volume 4
Now named Paul rather than Pavel Pabst, this recording of the Piano Concerto in E flat major Op. 82 has been reviewed here on CC9021CD. The Salomon Jadassohn first Symphony and Piano Concerto appeared on CC9026CD (see review). With no mention of these previous incarnations, re-mastering or any other kind of advantage the repositioning of the Pabst Piano Concerto for inclusion in the 19th Century Jewish Composers series would appear the only reason for this new programme. Having identical recordings of the same music on separate volumes in the same series just seems perverse.
Jadassohn's Symphony No. 1 is a very nice work indeed, fairly compact and unfussy in its development of strong ideas. Historical criticism of his music is indeed proven entirely unfair on this evidence, and though there is a period feel to the music in its connections to Mendelssohn and other models, these are characteristics which reveal more about cross-pollination of style and ideas in Germany, rather than weaknesses or lack of originality. Performed well by the Belarussian State Symphony Orchestra, this is a grand and refreshing work which manages to avoid stodge, evades too much sequential repetition and can certainly not be accused of pretension. The recording of Jadassohn's single movement Piano Concerto has a more 'live' feel, with some coughing and what amounts to a mono balance, the orchestra sitting rather indistinctly behind a somewhat pingy sounding piano, a quality due at least in part to the rather restricted range of the recording. Jadassohn studied with Liszt, and this work follows in his footsteps to a certain extent, though it sounds like great fun for the pianist, with runs spanning the entire range of the keyboard.
With biographical details covered in the aforementioned reviews I'm sticking to my responses to the music for the most part, but I was initially intrigued to know more about Paul Pabst as his birthplace of Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, is a spot shared by someone I happen to be studying, the scientist Karl Ernst von Baer. Von Baer is a little earlier than Pabst and the composer would only have been four years old by the time he left for St Petersburg, but I like those little details of historical continuity. Schubert had only been dead for about three years when Pabst was born. Von Baer made his greatest discoveries at about the same time. The past is another country, but it's nice to think von Baer might have passed Pabst's pram in Pobedy park.
Paul Pabst's Piano Concerto – his first orchestral composition – is a substantial work, and is performed by a soloist whose track record has also been heard in a solo release from Cameo Classics (see review). Panagiotis Trochopoulos brings out the full romantic flavour of the piece while the orchestra struggles a little from time to time, but with beautiful themes and a strong sense of individuality, this is certainly a work worth hearing. The influences of Liszt, Saint-Saëns and others form something of a reference, and Pabst shares a spiritual affinity with Anton Rubinstein who described his playing as 'perfect'. The Russian establishment wasn't prepared to accept Pabst as a composer however, and the story of how the score was packed off back to Leipzig and subsequently 'lost' after its poor reception in St. Petersburg is described in the booklet. Danacord has released a recording of this work on DACOD660 with Oleg Marshev as soloist and I've had a listen online. By all accounts this is a more impressive recording all-round, with certainly more proficiency from the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra. If this work is the focus of your interest then it is worth shopping around.
Volume 5
This fifth volume delivers the complete Violin Concerto by Ignaz Brüll, a taster for which appeared on CC9026CD – as did the Macbeth Overture (see review). This kind of repetition of the same recordings within a single series also cropped up in volume 4. I hope it doesn't prelude a bizarre watering-down of what promises to be a unique and remarkable series.
Ignaz Brüll became a friend of Brahms, who is said to have envied Brüll's abundance of melodic ideas. The fluidity of expression in the Violin Concerto is the best evidence for this here, with its technical fireworks always variations on lovely melodic themes backed by satisfying harmonic colour and effective orchestration. The booklet notes suggest Brüll should be "repositioned alongside friends Brahms, Mahler and Schumann", and while recognition is indeed well overdue I would be a tad more cautious about elevating the Violin Concerto quite so high. It is a tremendous work, but does have rather extended patches of transition which are of rather limited interest. Brüll is however good at building tension over longer periods, and the symphonic scale of the first movement is impressive. The central Molto moderato quasi andante is gorgeous, and the final Allegro has a fine sense of fleetness, but while reluctant to be dismissive I would hesitate to call the work particularly innovative. The recording is nice enough but the performance could be bettered all-round, with numerous untidy corners. The Macbeth overture is an interesting character piece, accurately described in the booklet as a "small tone poem". It has some striking moments but is a bit heavy on the four-square rhythms and there's a funny edit which misses out part of a beat one minute in.
Salomon Jadassohn worked under the shadow of Carl Reinecke at the Leipzig Conservatory. A combination of this and his Jewishness ensured lack of significant performances of his work despite a reputation as a teacher which attracted the likes of Busoni, Grieg and Karg-Elert. The charming Serenade for Flute and Strings Op. 80 was written to supplement the repertoire of the New York Philharmonic Club. They must have been delighted with their acquisition. This is a nice showcase for flautist Rebecca Hall, who has also appeared on the Cameo Classics British Composers Premiere Collections (see review, and also here). The work has a classical feel, with the influence of Mendelssohn prominent. The second movement Notturno lacks its own access point and is lumped in with the Intrata owing to the nature of the score, in which the flute plays a little transition. You will find the changeover at 5:47. Light humour characterises the Menuetto, and the final Tarantella is sprightly but not particularly high-octane.
Not without its flaws, this is nevertheless an interesting programme of music you are unlikely to find anywhere else, so bravo for that.
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A 7-month-old baby girl from Ramat Yishai died yesterday after her father left her in a sweltering car for 90 minutes.
The father had come to a motorbike repair shop in Kibbutz Sha'ar Ha'amakim, in the Jezreel Valley, to discuss repairs to his quad bike, and left his daughter in the locked car, where the temperature reached an estimated 70 degrees Celsius. He went to check on her only when the child's mother called him 90 minutes later.
According to garage owner Gil Meyerson, the father took the baby out of the car, and Meyerson and another man placed her on a table in the office and tried to resuscitate her. A doctor from the kibbutz nursing home later arrived to help.
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The parents arrived at the hospital devastated and required the help of psychologists and social workers.
Meyerson said he had spoken with the 39-year-old father for more than an hour in the office.
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Dozens of horrified kibbutz residents gathered during the rescue efforts. Zvulun Regional Council head Shlomo Hever, who came to the scene, said: "I cannot blame anyone right now but I don't understand how you leave a baby in a locked car in such heat. This is an awful tragedy. I send my condolences to the parents."
Police opened an investigation into suspicions of negligence in the baby's death. Investigators used a thermometer to measure the temperature inside the car, and within seconds it reached the top of the scale. They estimated that while the car was closed, the temperature could have been as high as 70 degrees.
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Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 06:18 pm
Dear Editor,
I would like to share my experience with adopting our rescue (reserve) dog, Shilo (Sable). In mid-April, my family and I went to Pet Value on Main Street to visit the animals.
There were several rescue dogs and cats available from Oops-a-Dazy, Rescue and Sanctuary Society.
My family was instantly drawn to Sable, a mutt. Sable was off to the side, not caged, lying on a blanket, and shaking - not from being cold but rather fear and apprehension. Almost instantly we, all the family, wanted to adopt Sable but we have a senior dog at home, Puffy. We needed to see if Puffy and Sable could cohabitate.
We brought Puffy back to Pet Value and she actually accepted Sable. Puffy had a serious problem with most of the other dogs, as Puffy is my blind, dominating, grumpy old woman (and a tiny Yorkie). Once Puffy accepted Sable we knew it was a go for the adoption.
We brought our new dog home Sunday, April 15 and proceeded to set up for our newest member of the family. Monday morning I took her out for her morning potty break in my fenced yard. Turned my back for a second, she found a four-inch opening. Sable is knee high, and she was gone.
My youngest daughter spotted Sable at the Airdrie Recycle Depot and the dog�s ears perked up when she spotted her.
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Sable showed up for more food and got into the trap within 10 hours. Tysey was at my home within 10 minutes of my call.
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I want to put out a special thank you to the following: Erica and guest, Kirsten and guest, Jessica and guy, Joanne, Christine, Debra and Ed, Tina and Josilynn, Eliza, Ashley, Cassandra & Theo, Tysey, Suzanne C, Dominique, Lois, Andrea, Amy, Leah, Heather, Zach, Garnet, Tasha, Mackenzie, Riley, Carson, Derrien, Janet, Oops-a-Dazy and both Global Pet Stores.
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The Pakistani military said it was rushing troops and helicopters to Baluchistan province's Awaran district, where the quake was centered, and the nearby area of Khuzdar. Local officials said they were sending doctors, food and 1,000 tents for people who had nowhere to sleep as strong aftershocks continued to shake the region.
Most of the victims were killed when their houses collapsed, according to the chief spokesman for the country's National Disaster Management Authority, Mirza Kamran Zia, who gave the death toll.
He warned that the toll might rise and said the agency was still trying to get information from the stricken area.
''We all ran out for safety in the open field in front of our house. Many other neighbors were also there. Thank God no one was hurt in our area, but the walls of four or five houses collapsed,'' said Khair Mohammed Baluch, who lives in the town of Awaran, roughly 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the epicenter.
Pakistan's chief meteorologist and the U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.7.
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Adolescents Raised by Lesbians Found to Be Doing Just Fine
Children raised in lesbian-mother families appear to grow up to be well adjusted and have fewer psychological problems than do children reared in more traditional families.
This was a key finding in the recently published "US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological Adjustment of 17-Year-Old Adolescents"1 — the largest and longest running investigation of its kind. The authors compared maternal reports of the psychological adjustment of 78 biological offspring of lesbian mothers with those of a group of age-matched American teenagers. The study is still ongoing.
Both the mothers and teenagers were asked questions to determine any direct negative effects of their upbringing. For the teens, there were questions such as "Did other kids ever say mean things to you about your mom[s] being lesbian?" The mothers were asked their perspective, with questions like, "Has your teen been explicitly teased or taunted about having a lesbian mom?"
Teens raised by lesbian mothers had higher rates of anxiety and depression than their peers. Nevertheless, they rated significantly higher socially and academically, and had lower rates of social problems, aggressive behavior, and rule-breaking behavior.
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1. Gartrell N, Bos H. US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological Adjustment of 17-Year-old Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2010. Available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/peds.2009-3153v1.pdf


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Phenomenal 1853 Arrows and Rays Quarter, PR67
1853 25C Arrows and Rays PR67 NGC. In all denominations,
1853 proof coinage ranks among the great rarities of American
numismatics. Among issues of the date, the quarter and half dollar
are both one-year type coins, with arrows on the obverse and rays
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The Finest Certified
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Walter Breen suggests that five proofs were coined on March 3, 1853, part of four-piece proof sets that contained the half dime, dime, quarter, and half dollar. His report of the mintage date for the proofs was based on the comments of Harold Newlin, the 19th century half dime collector who stated that the 1853 proof half dimes were coined on that date: "Newlin claimed in his 1883 book on half dimes that the new coins with arrowheads were first made March 3, 1853. As the first delivery of production coins with arrowheads took place April 29, these March 3 coins must have been proofs: five sets in all."
All proofs are reportedly from a single die pair with light recutting below the 53 and right arrowhead, the right arrowpoint nearly touching the border, the shield point above the right base of the 1, and the left base of the 1 over the center of a dentil. The reverse has faint die file marks above ER in AMERICA, faint die scratches joining the Q and U, and through the C to the final A. That description from Breen's Proof Encyclopedia was repeated in Larry Briggs' Seated quarter reference.
This example is similar to Breen's description, although there is no evidence of recutting on the date. The shield point is over the outer left edge of the 8, and both arrowpoints are close to the border. There is no immediate evidence of the reverse die file marks that Breen describes. An obverse feature that is apparently different from other examples are diagonal file lines that extend up to the right from the ribbon containing LIBERTY. They extend a short distance beyond the right shield border, into the drapery folds. The data suggests that two different die pairs were used for the 1853 Arrows and Rays proof quarters, indicating that one variety may be a restrike produced in later years. The existence of seven or eight proofs tells us that the mintage figure of five coins is clearly incorrect.
Both sides of this example exhibit fully mirrored fields and frosty devices. The surfaces have exquisite electric blue toning, intermingled with pale lilac and light gold. Some faint striae covers the fields, up to the left, primarily visible on the obverse. An early strike from fresh dies, there is no evidence of any die cracks, clash marks, or other imperfections. All of the design elements on both sides, including the stars on the obverse, the individual features of Liberty, and the delicate details of the eagle, are bold and completely defined.
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1. PR67 NGC. The present specimen, different than any of the following.
2. PR66 Cameo NGC. Phil Kaufman Collection (Heritage, 8/2007), lot 1785.
3. PR65 NGC. Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. (Bowers and Merena, 4/1997), lot 1454; Heritage (1/1998), lot 6782; Richmond Collection (David Lawrence, 3/2005), lot 1522. In the Eliasberg catalog, Dave Bowers described this piece as MS64, prooflike, noting "possibly a candidate for 'proof' attribution." Since the time of that sale, it has been certified as a proof.
4. PR64 NGC. Jerome Kern Collection (B. Max Mehl, 5/1950), lot 1445; John Jay Pittman (David Akers, 5/1998), lot 1325; Bowers and Merena (8/1999), lot 141; Goldberg Coins (2/2002), lot 704; Superior (1/2004), lot 287.
5. MS64, prooflike. Thomas L. Elder; Norweb Collection (Bowers and Merena, 3/1988), lot 1594. Dave Bowers cataloged the Norweb coin as a prooflike business strike, but a decade later Dave Akers included it in his census of proofs.
6. PR63 PCGS. Stack's, Auction '80, lot 1184; Stack's, Auction '90, lot 143; Stack's (5/1992), lot 2659; Superior (6/1999), lot 2099; Superior (10/2000), lot 4360; Goldberg Coins (5/2001), lot 561; Superior (1/2004), lot 2354.
7. Proof. Lester Merkin (6/1968), lot 291; Stack's (10/1990), lot 1638.
8. Proof. National Numismatic Collection; Smithsonian Institution.(Registry values: P5) (NGC ID# 23WU, PCGS# 5548)
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Tai Tzu Ying came to Singapore with one mission: to take the title with her home. An extraordinary week ended with Tai smashing the shuttle down the line and lifting her arms as the Singapore Open 2017 champion. This title means that Tai was able to win her 5th consecutive Super Series title since her win in Hong Kong Open.


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Archive for April, 2014
News That Goes Against the Original Paradigm
Check out what NAU has found out!
Link: http://news.nau.edu/study-finds-accelerated-soil-carbon-loss-increasing-rate-climate-change/#.U2FYOK1dV8t
Research published inScience found that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide, accelerating climate change.
Two Northern Arizona University researchers led the study, which challenges previous understanding about how carbon accumulates in soil. Increased levels of CO2accelerate plant growth, which causes more absorption of CO2 through photosynthesis.
Until now, the accepted belief was that carbon is then stored in wood and soil for a long time, slowing climate change. Yet this new research suggests that the extra carbon provides fuel to microorganisms in the soil whose byproducts (such as CO2) are released into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change.
"Our findings mean that nature is not as efficient in slowing global warming as we previously thought," said Kees Jan van Groenigen, research fellow at the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society at NAU and lead author of the study. "By overlooking this effect of increased CO2 on soil microbes, models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have overestimated the potential of soil to store carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect."
In order to better understand how soil microbes respond to the changing atmosphere, the study's authors utilized statistical techniques that compare data to models and test for general patterns across studies. They analyzed published results from 53 different experiments in forests, grasslands and agricultural fields around the world. These experiments all measured how extra CO2 in the atmosphere affects plant growth, microbial production of carbon dioxide, and the total amount of soil carbon at the end of the experiment.
"We've long thought soils to be a stable, safe place to store carbon, but our results show soil carbon is not as stable as we previously thought," said Bruce Hungate, director of the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society at NAU and study author. "We should not be complacent about continued subsidies from nature in slowing climate change."
NAU News Will Make Your Jaw Drop!
Check out this article about what the students are doing on NAU's campus! So proud to be a Lumberjack!
Link: http://news.nau.edu/solar-competition-demonstrates-engineering-business-mix/#.U2FXsK1dV8t
In a flurry of deadline-driven design, analysis, data collection and testing, two teams of engineering and business students from vastly different perspectives converged on a straightforward idea: If you can build this, we can sell it.
What the five mechanical engineering seniors have built is an ultra-low cost water heating system—a product that five MBA students are convinced "could hit the market and work." They will present their findings as Northern Arizona University's entry in the P3 National Sustainable Design Expoand competition this weekend in Washington, D.C. The event is being held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and hosted by the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
The opportunity arose after a $15,000 People, Prosperity and the Planet grant was awarded last year to Brent Nelson, NAU assistant professor of mechanical engineering. His proposal for a solar water heater became a student project, and now NAU is joining teams from across the country to vie for a grant of up to $90,000 to take their completed design to the world.
One of the engineers, Austin Chott, said he and his capstone team members—Christopher Allen Heine,Thomas Griffin, Matt Beckham and Saleh Alsadiq—spent the fall "designing, analyzing and predicting" before building and testing in early 2014. They had a working model the first week of March.
"It went pretty well, almost exactly as we had predicted during our theoretical analysis," Chott said. "We're impressed with the performance in a residential setting."
Chott said the engineering team used previously designed concepts for the solar collectors, but they were "built from the ground up" using less-expensive parts.
That focus on cost savings proved to be the initial obstacle for Jesse Ocana and his MBA teammates—Shuo Li, Kaila Cacal, Devin Woodruff and Joe Caton—who worked under the guidance of Kathy Savage, professor in the W.A. Franke College of Business, to resolve cost effectiveness with marketability.
"You could see a dichotomy right away between the way the engineers saw it and the way we saw it," Ocana said. "So we thought, 'Where do we drive value for the customer while still making an attractive proposition for them?' "
While the engineers focused on the physics of heat transfer, the business students turned to target costing, conducted surveys of potential customers and plugged data into various business models.
"The way we went through it is the way you do any startup," Ocana said. "If you skip any of the steps we went through, you're going to fail."
The result is a system targeted for do-it-yourself homeowners who have the time and motivation to save on their water heating costs. The system preheats 50-60 gallons of water so that a home's gas or electric water heater has far less work to do, potentially resulting in hundreds of dollars in cost savings.
While judges at the competition will draw their own conclusions, the students already know they have come away with valuable experience in their respective fields and some insights about working across disciplines.
As Chott put it, "The biggest challenge was for the two teams to work out a communication system. It was a matter of meeting their needs while meeting ours, so we learned we couldn't just give them an engineering answer."
NAU and Partners Bond With the Wind
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A collaboration focused on harnessing wind energy will launch in May, with support from Northern Arizona University, Utah Clean Energy and Interwest Energy Alliance.
The Four Corners Wind Energy Regional Resource Center, one of six recently established by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is designed to increase wind literacy and provide support to regional policymakers engaged in decisions about the future of wind energy in the West.
NAU's Institute for Sustainable Energy Solutions will play a key role in outreach, education, consultation and delivery of research.
NAU's role in the project will focus on initiatives with Arizona's state, county and tribal decision-makers targeting areas that have the most promise for wind energy development.
"This resource center supports our university effort to be a solid, reliable partner in our community and the state," said Karin Wadsack, project director for the Institute for Sustainable Energy Solutions. "It will allow the wind research and outreach initiatives at NAU to make a greater contribution to wind development in the Southwest."
Wind energy development in the Western United States has steadily increased over the past 10 years and provides numerous economic benefits to local communities, Wadsack said. The wind resource centers will better connect NAU with partners in the wind industry and national laboratories to identify gaps in knowledge and collaborate on research.
Dominique Bain, doctoral candidate in earth sciences and environmental sustainability, will focus her dissertation on performing production cost modeling of electricity systems across the West to identify the best grid integration practices that can decrease the cost of using renewables like wind.
"Being a part of this center will allow the work we're doing to have an even greater impact," Bain said. "Grid integration is an area of research that has huge implications that we just don't think about."


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By Abid, Glamsham Editorial
There is no doubt that Bollywood has for long been fascinated with the Punjabi community and their songs and dances (bhangra), stories of valour and culture has been shown in many films and has been patronized whole heartedly by the audience.
Amongst them standing tall is the turbaned 'sardar'! Who can forget 'Punjab da Puttar', Sunny Deol and his electrifying performance as a patriotic 'sardar' in the all-time blockbuster, GADAR EK PREM KATHA. Even his second stint as a 'sardar' in JO BOLE SO NIHAAL was widely appreciated and it did get a very good opening and would have proved another big success for Sunny, but it faced a lot of controversies and had to be removed from many theaters amidst protests which killed the bright box-office prospects of the film. Sunny was lately seen in 'sardar' appearance in YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA with papa Dharmendra and brother Bobby Deol.
Another actor who has successfully essayed the role of a 'sardar' in recent times is our very own 'Dilli da munda', 'Khiladi' Akshay Kumar. His SINGH IS KINNG is considered as one of the biggest hits of Akshay Kumar's career (till HOUSEFULL 2) both in India and Overseas!
So now it comes down to Ajay Devgn to pull off the role of a 'sardar' in SON OF SARDAR. What must be pointed out is that this is not the first time that Ajay is essaying the role of a 'sardar'. One cannot forget his National Award winning act in Rajkumar Santoshi's THE LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH, but despite huge critical acclaim, the film turned out to be big losing proposition for Tips, who had produced the film. We must admit (in Ajay's favour) that the film was affected quite badly by another film on Shaheed Bhagat Singh which starred Bobby Deol as the lead (and Sunny Deol ), 23rd MARCH 1931: SHAHEED, and released on the same day as TLOBS.
There are strong chances that Ajay will triumph this time, the reason being that SON OF SARDAR is a light hearted comedy about two warring 'sardar' families, and Ajay has definitely established himself as a comic actor ever since the GOLMAAL series.


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Comparison of BTDS (Buprenorphine Transdermal System) and Placebo in Low Back Pain
This study has been completed.
Mundipharma K.K.
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First Posted: June 29, 2006
Last Update Posted: April 15, 2008
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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BTDS compared to placebo in subjects with moderate to severe low back pain.
|Low Back Pain
|Drug: Placebo Drug: Buprenorphine Transdermal System
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of BTDS Compared to Placebo in Subjects With Moderate to Severe Low Back Pain
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- The time to the development of inadequate analgesia. [ Time Frame: Up to 12weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Percentage of subjects who developed inadequate analgesia, 'Average pain over the last 24 hours' scores [ Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Drug: Placebo
Corresponding placebo is applied for 12weeks
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Buprenorphine Transdermal System 5, 10 or 20 mg/patch is applied for 12weeks
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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of buprenorphine transdermal system (BTDS) compared to placebo in subjects with moderate to severe low back pain who have a sub-optimal response to their non-opioid analgesic treatment and require opioid analgesics for pain control.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or females age 20 years or older.
- Clinical diagnosis of low back pain for 4 weeks or longer with non-malignant pain etiology.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who have a current chronic disease(s) or who have a past history and high possibilities to relapse, in addition to low back pain, requiring frequent analgesic therapy (e.g. headache, fibromyalgia, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and diabetic neuropathy).
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00346047
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00346047
|Investigational Site
|Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Noda, Chiba, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Asakura, Fukuoka, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Kasuya, Fukuoka, Japan
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|Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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|Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Yuki, Ibaraki, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Morioka, Iwate, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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|Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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|Yao, Osaka, Japan
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|Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
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|Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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|Hikone, Shiga, Japan
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|Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
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|Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan
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|Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
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|Ota, Tokyo, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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|Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Fukuoka, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Niigata, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Osaka, Japan
Sponsors and Collaborators
Mundipharma K.K.
|Study Chair:
|Mutsukuni Kataoka
|Department Head, Clinical Trial Operations, Clinical Development, Mundipharma K.K.
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|Responsible Party:
|Mutsukuni Kataoka, Mundipharma K.K.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00346047 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|June 27, 2006
|First Posted:
|June 29, 2006
|Last Update Posted:
|April 15, 2008
|Last Verified:
|April 2008
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Back Pain
Low Back Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Analgesics, Opioid
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Congress hasn't gone far enough to protect the U.S. economy from potential crises and unveiled plans to study options for regulators that include breaking up the nation's largest financial institutions.
"The biggest banks are still too big to fail and continue to pose a significant risk to our economy," said Kashkari, who managed the U.S. Treasury's $700 billion rescue of banks in the 2008 crisis known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Kashkari, 42, said the Minneapolis Fed will hold a series of events and collect public and financial-industry input before making proposals by the end of this year on how to address the issue. He said options to consider include breaking up big banks, forcing large banks to hold so much capital they resemble "public utilities" and taxing leverage in the financial system to alleviate risks.
Kashkari, who took over at the Minneapolis Fed on Jan. 1 following a failed run for governor of California in 2014, compared the risk posed by big banks to that of a nuclear power plant in explaining why the government would probably have to bail out banks again in the event of another systemic crisis.


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December 2015 - Pride of America to Hawaii
Paid for Balcony - Not able to use for 2 of the 7 days.
NCL and its ship board staff are not guest friendly. They do not correct problems and because they consider this a captive market do not care about their guests once you are on the cruise. My husband and I enjoy balconies so we always book them. We have booked ocean views a couple when cruising with other people. Those views were ocean views exceed what we had on POA's balcony view. For 2 of the 7 days cruise had smelly crane structures inches from our balcony cabin with no access to our balcony. I asked to be moved. It took six hours for guest services to escalate it to the Guest Services Manager who took another 24 hours to escalate it to the Miami office. In the interim I wrote to the Captain and met with him and the senior staff and got no results. Told that Miami office denied my request. When I got back from the cruise I called the Guest Services and was on hold for approximately three hours and finally made contact through a chat consultant who connected me to Miami guest services only to be finally be told by a rude, uncooperative guest services agent that complaints are handled via email. When I asked to speak to her manager, she refused to let me speak to management. So be very careful when you choose NCL. I am getting ready to write a more detailed letter to the Board of Directors of NCL. I found that NCLhas no urgency to resolve issues or to accommodate guests when things go wrong.
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i have 3 boards all with fcs fins and everyone of them have dings or cracks infront of the fin box from the fin digging into the board. at first i thought it was because i tightened the fins too much but i checked and they werent too tight. just wondering if anyone else has this problem...
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fcs fins ding boards!
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fcs system sucks. I've seen (and experienced) multiple plug "push-throughs" go with future. You'll break the fin before you break the box.
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Get f4 black sticks!!!
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my board dinged also because the fin hangs over the fin box
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fcs vs. futures, the forever long battle. The reason futures fin systems are stronger is because during the building of a board the fin boxes are put in before the board is glassed. Essentially making it 'part' of the board. FCS systems are put in after the board has been glasses however fcs has modified their system and have come out with the fusion boxes. The fusion boxes are incorporated into the board before it is glassed. I currently have a custom bill johnson with these boxes in there and I have been very pleased. I guess only time will tell if these babies hold up.
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Fin Knowledge
Futures and FCS are totally different types of fins and both have positives and negatives with their performance and the ability to repair them. Futures have larger boxes because the flex created from the foil is greater than FCS and requires a stronger box to handle the increased forces and flex.
stopping riding your fins into the sand- the only way I ever popped plugs


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Poyet calm on Vicente rumours
Brighton boss Gus Poyet is not concerned about the future of winger Vicente and is pleased with his performances this season.
Last Updated: 24/03/12 10:24pm
Brighton manager Gus Poyet is not concerned about the future of winger Vicente and is pleased with the Spaniard's performances for his team this season.
Injury-prone Vicente has been in good form for the Seagulls recently after overcoming his health issues, having joined the Championship side last summer.
The former Valencia star's good performances have prompted suggestions that he will leave Brighton this summer, but Poyet insists that he is not worried about losing the 30-year-old at the moment and that he is more concerned about how they finish the 2011/12 campaign.
"I've got no doubt," Poyet told The Argus. "I think everybody is just checking if he can play every game and if he does he can go to better places no doubt.
"If that happens it will be because he has done very well.
"We cannot stop things happening. We do the best for the players and if they go to a better place at least the staff of this football club are very happy.
"Of course, we would like to keep the best ones but it's life and we want the best for the players.
Keeping fit
"If he is the best between now and the end of the season that will mean we are in the play-offs. If he is the best then maybe we will be in the Premier League.
"If he goes to a bigger club we will always remember. We will probably put a picture in the dressing room corridor of Vicente but I am not bothered at all about that, I just want him to be playing week in, week out.
"He's getting better, so let's hope we keep him fit to the end."


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Petzl Tikka Plus 2 Headlamp
Head lamps have come a long way since we were on our last scouting trip. No longer do you need to have a glorified Mag Lite strapped to your head, bobbing around and weighing your head down. Petzl's new Tikka Plus 2 has opened our eyes and become quite a convenient piece of gear to have around. The Tikka Plus 2 features:
- Quick adjust headband, with ADAPT mounting system.
- LED lighting with four different modes: High, Low, Blinking, and Red.
- 50 Lumen max output.
- 35 meter max lighting distance.
- Up to 140 hour battery life.
- Tiltable lamp head.
What does this mean to you? Well, pretty much that the Tikka Plus 2 is going to replace your flashlight. We found it to be light on our heads, extremely comfortable, and functional for getting things done. Tasks that would normally require giving up a hand to a flashlight became, dare we say, light years easier, working under the sink, night time runs, walking the dog at night, finding said dog's poop at 11:30pm, etc. It will perform equally well in the great outdoors no doubt, and with New England winter bearing down it will be key for the inevitable power outages. Honestly if you don't get your use out of this within short order you need to get up off the couch.
Authors Note: For those of you who are serious runners or cyclists, you can get a red signal light to pair with the Tikka Plus2. With the holidays coming up this is a great gift offering some serious bang for your buck at only $40.
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My girlfriend noticed this after it 'jumped' about on her floor today. The pictures aren't great, but hopefully it can still be identified by a well trained eye. It probably came in from the garden when the door was open.
It would have been more helful wiht a half as large image, but in focus (always know the limitations of your equipment). So, I can only guess, and my guess is Rhagonyca fulva.
Thanks for your help!
yeah, mobilephone camera's are handy, but they always seem to struggle when taking close up pictures of bugs. My g/f took these pics!
Thanks again. Your picture/link doesn't look half as scary as my g/f described the bud as being, but she jumps at her own shadow


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Fair Grounds, 1 1/16
#1 – Albano(12-1, Jockey-Kerwin
Clark; Trainer-Larry Jones; Career-4-2-1-1, $98,100) Colt has had three
preps over this track, and has retained the services of Clark. Began his career with a second at Churchill. Larry Jones is familiar with this race,
having won it with Friesan Fire in 2009.
Was a distant runner-up in the Lecomte
Stakes. Never been off the
board. Consistent; local flavor. Would not surprise.
#2 – Rise Up(4-1, Jockey-Gerard
Melancon; Trainer-Thomas Amoss; Career-6-4-1-0, $810,633) Makes his 2014
debut after having won the Delta Jackpot(Gr. III) on November 30. Is well-traveled, marking the fifth track
visited, and keeps Melancon for this race.
Only disappointment was a sixth place finish in the Iroquois Stakes(Gr. III) at Churchill. Consistent with four wins, with average
margin of victory being 5 ½ lengths.
Would not be far-fetched to say that this one could bring home the
#3 – Flat Gone(30-1, Jockey-Chris
Landeros; Trainer-Keith Desormeaux; Career-7-1-0-1, $ 68,120) Finally broke
his maiden in last outing. Had been
beaten twice by Rise Up at Delta
Downs. Would have to pass.
#4 – Vigorish(50-1, Jockey-Marcelino
Pedroza; Trainer-D. Wayne Lukas; Career-6-0-2-0; $32,085) English Channel
colt has yet to break his maiden. Lukas
has been known to surprise, as recently as last year with Oxbow and Will Take Charge. Still, this blood line would indicate that
turf should be this one's direction.
I'll look elsewhere.
#5 – Bond Holder
#6 – Gold Hawk(8-1, Jockey-Corey
Nakatani; Trainer-Steve Asmussen; Career-3-2-0-1; $69,200) Suffered his
first defeat in last race, as the favorite in the Lecomte Stakes(Gr. III).
Pre-race problems of loading into the gate, might've indicated his lack
of desire for running that day. His dam
won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
in 2000, and his sire won the 2003 Belmont
Stakes. Trying a new jockey, and
Asmussen has familiarity with this race, having won in 2008 with Pyro. Lot of upside for this one.
#7 – Interchange(30-1,
Jockey-E.T. Baird; Trainer-Thomas Clark; Career-3-1-1-0; $34,030) Though he
won his first two races at Delaware Park, he was disqualified in his second
win. After that, he traveled west to
Fair Grounds, where he pulled up the rear in his last effort, an optional
claiming event. He can only improve from
that. He might be more prepared this
time around, but, I'll tend to look elsewhere.
#8 – Hoppertunity(8-1,
Jockey-Martin Garcia; Trainer-Bob Baffert; Career-2-1-0-0; $34,720) Successful jockey/trainer combo, also has
a little bond between trainer and part-owner, Michael Pegram(combo won the
Kentucky Derby with Real Quiet). Just broke his maiden in last out, his second
visit to the track. Should get some
betting interest because of connections, but would seem to be hard to read, due
to greenness.
#9 – Intense Holiday(8-1,
Jockey-Mike Smith; Trainer-Todd Pletcher; Career-6-1-0-1, $111,900) What would a graded-stakes race be,
without Pletcher. Picks up the services
of Hall-Of-Famer Mike Smith. Broke his
maiden in only his second outing, and has been somewhat in contention in his last
four outings against graded competition.
Maybe he's found a field that might be more to his liking?
#10 – Son Of A
Preacher(20-1, Jockey-Miguel Mena; Trainer-Bret Calhoun; Career-4-1-1-0,
$37,549) Local trainer has
experimented with this one, trying the turf, and last race shipped to Oaklawn,
to run fourth in the Smarty Jones Stakes.
Won his maiden at first asking, beating Albano at six furlongs at Churchill. Has never been that far back, but seem to
think he's a tier below this group.
#11 – Quick Indian(20-1,
Jockey-Brian Hernandez, Jr.; Trainer-Merrill Scherer; Career-4-2-0-1, $54,750))
Won his first official race last time out over this oval in open claiming
competition(broke his maiden prior race, due to disqualification). Post position shouldn't be drawback, since he
likes to go wide in previous races.
Still, without me.
#12 – Xtra Luck(50-1,
Jockey-Richard Eramia; Trainer-Danny Pish; Career-4-1-0-2, $32,910) Local
charge is really dipping his big toe in deep water. Seems to be over his head. Without.
#13 – Commanding
Curve(20-1, Jockey-Robby Albarado; Trainer-Dallas Stewart; Career-4-1-1-1,
$38,434) Broke his maiden his last
out on November 30 at Churchill Downs.
Been working at Fair Grounds since December 20, and has recorded two
bullet works his last two workouts.
Picks up the services of accomplished jockey, Albarado. If works are any indications, he looks to be
prepared for his New Orleans debut.
#14 – Vicar's In
Trouble(5-2, Jockey-Rosie Napravnik; Trainer-Michael Maker; Career-3-2-0-1,
$148,900) Impressive Lecomte winner,
pulling away by 6 ¾ lengths, though the trackman stated that he was
"green". 2-for-2 at Fair Grounds. Not much not to like. Seems worthy of the favorite's role.
#15 – Emmett
Park(20-1, Jockey-James Graham; Trainer-Robert Pincins; Career-2-2-0-0,
$27,300) Comes to Fair Grounds off
of two wins over synthetic at Turfway Park.
Has been working over this oval since February 4. I can't jump on bandwagon, though, for I tend
to shy away from synthetic-to-dirt.
Though he's breaking from the outside, the track variance
for distance races at Fair Grounds is favorable. I like #14
Vicar's In Trouble, with #9 Intense
Holiday(last four races against graded competition should make for good
preparation for this contest) & #13
Commanding Curve(like the two recent bullets, and the fact he's been
stabled at this track for two months).
Play those three in a $5 exacta box($30 total), and play a 50 cent
Trifecta part-wheel, with those three horses in the top two slots, with 1-2-6-8-9-13-14
in the third slot($15),followed by the top three in the first and third slot,
with 1-2-6-8-9-13-14 in the middle slot($15), for a grand total of $60.
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Mission: Vernal Pool
Research Question
Where are Maine's vernal pools? Is your pool a vernal pool?
You're invited
Henry Ingwerson and Wells Elementary students are interested in finding out where vernal pools are in Maine and if a pool of water is a vernal pool. Vernal pools are a really important habitat for many native species in Maine, so join us!
Mission Steps
- Print out the species cards for these vernal pool indicator species: wood frog, spotted salamander, and fairy shrimp.
- Print a survey datasheet
- Look for still standing water. Then look for and document evidence of the presence or absence of the indicator species
- If there are any egg masses, count how many you can find and include it in your field notes
- Decide based on your evidence if you think you've found a vernal pool, you can include that in your field notes, too
- Post your "found" or "not found" observations
- Monitor your site over time to see what native species use it and what invasive species may be impacting it
Why this mission matters
What is a vernal pool? A vernal pool is a body of still water that dries up in the summer. They are often mistaken for a 'mud puddle' and can suffer from habitat destruction. While this summertime vanishing act makes vernal pools hard to track, it's also what makes them critical habitat for many species. Because they dry up vernal pools do not support predator species like fish, making them important breeding habitat for many amphibian species and more!
Vernal means it has to do with spring. That's when you'll find these pools teaming with life. Sometimes people call them ephemeral ponds.
Great idea for a long term mission. There is tons of meaningful data out there and many citizen scientists willing to check out vernal pools. The timing of this mission is perfect for Vital Signers planning on getting out for field work in the spring.
This data would also be very useful to scientists that use Signs of the Seasons: A New England Phenology Program. http://umaine.edu/signs-of-the-seasons/
Check it out.


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LONDON, April 13 (UPI) -- British energy suppliers will be required to tell consumers how to shop for the best rates available, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said.
Clegg, delivering a major environmental address Wednesday at London's Canary Wharf, said the country's "Big Six" power utilities -- British Gas, E.On, NPower, Scottish and Southern Energy, EDF and Scottish Power -- have agreed to distribute yearly notices to customers spelling out which alternative tariff schemes would best suit their usage profiles.
Some consumers could save more than $150 per year by switching plans and the measure would encourage overall energy efficiency, Clegg said.
"I can announce today that we have secured a landmark deal with the six big energy companies who cover 99 percent of (Britain's) customers, to give customers a guaranteed offer of the best tariff for them," he said.
"Right now, seven out of 10 customers are on the wrong tariff for their needs -- so paying too much. Yet people rarely switch, despite the fact some families could save over ($150) a year. And there are currently over 120 different tariffs, making it very difficult to know where to start."
The requirement, which will become effective this fall, will include a feature in which energy customers will be able to scan a barcode on their bills with a smartphone to get quotes and switch tariffs or suppliers "in a matter of minutes."
He said the government is working to help consumer groups use "collective purchasing power" as a lever against higher bills.
The move comes after British energy users were stunned by sharp price increases.
Average users endured increases of up to 18 percent in natural gas bills last fall. Electricity bills also took a big jump, which the energy companies blamed on rising wholesale costs, the BBC reported.
Clegg admitted that Britain is still dependent on fossil fuels and thus is subject world oil prices -- something the government can't control.
But he declared current austerity measures don't necessarily mean the end of government green energy initiatives, Clegg said the new disclosure requirement demonstrated how "lean times can be green times, too."
"These are the kinds of changes that help people save money, that get us thinking about the energy we use, that promote the kind of thrift that is good for pockets as well as the planet," the deputy PM asserted.
Environmentalists and consumer advocates generally praised the move but some dismissed it as not addressing the real problem -- continued reliance on "dirty" fossil fuels while cutting funding for renewable energy projects
Paul Steedman, a spokesman for Friends of the Earth, which claims more than 2 million activists in 76 countries, said that while the disclosure requirement is fine, London at the same time is supporting the building of more natural gas-fired power plants.
"Clegg's admission that we can't control world energy prices points to the real problem for energy customers -- that just six big energy firms have us hooked on dirty, expensive, imported gas," he said.
"Rather than papering over the cracks of our broken energy system we need ministers to make our homes more efficient and to switch to clean British energy from the wind, sun and waves we have in abundance."


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Wiebke J. Boeing
Title: Professor
Research Area: Aquatic Ecology
Office Location: Knox 112
Email Address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office Phone: 575-646-1707
Office Fax: 575-646-1281
- Ph.D., Dissertation Title: Costs and Benefits of Daphnia Antipredator Behavior and Consequences on Community Stability, Louisiana State University, 2002.
- M.S., Master's Thesis Title: Response of Phytoplankton on Grazing Pressure by Daphnia spp. in Dependence of Phosphorus Concentration in the Hypertrophic Bautzen Reservoir and in Enclosure Experiments, Technishe Universitat, Dresden, Germany, 1996.
- B.S., Biology, Universitat Potsdam, Germany, 1993.
Professional Experience:
- 2010-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.
- 2004-2010: Assistant Professor, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.
- 2002-2004: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and University of Washington).
- 1997-2002: Teaching Assistant, Louisiana State University.
Research Interests:
My research interests lie in the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities on the aquatic community and on predator-prey interactions. Furthermore, I study how various environmental parameters influence aquatic biodiversity and individual species. I am also involved in a collaborative effort to produce biodiesel from marine microalgae. I have experience in both freshwater and marine systems, and have worked on every trophic level of the aquatic food web.
Selected Publications:
Xu, Y. and W.J. Boeing. 2014. Modeling maximum lipid productivity of microalgae: Review and next step. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 32:29-39.
Bartley, M.L., W.J. Boeing, F.O. Holguin and T. Schaub. 2014. Effect of pH on growth and lipid accumulation of the biofuel microalgae Nannochloropsis salina and invading organisms. Journal of Applied Physiology 26:1431-1437.
Harings, N.M. and W.J. Boeing. 2014. Desert anuran occurrence and detection in artificial breeding habitats. Herpetologica 70:123-134.
Campos, H., W.J. Boeing, B.N. Dungan and T. Schaub. 2014. Cultivating the marine microalga Nannochloropsis salina under various nitrogen sources: Effect on biomass yields, lipid content and composition, and invasive organisms. Biomass & Bioenergy 66:301-307.
Boeing, W.J., K.L. Griffis-Kyle and J.M. Jungels. 2014. Anuran landscape level habitat associations in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Herpetology 48:103-110.
- Macanowicz, N. W.J. Boeing and W.R. Gould. 2013. Evaluation of methods to assess benthic biodiversity in desert sinkholes. Freshwater Science 32:1101-1110.
- Xu, Y.Y. and W.J. Boeing. 2013. Mapping Biofuel Fields: A bibliometric evaluation of research output. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 28:82-91.
- Boeing, W.J. 2013. Aquaculture: an Ecologist's Perspective. Journal of Fisheries & Livestock Production 1:e105.
- Bartley, M.I., W.J. Boeing, A.A. Corcoran, F.O. Holguin and T. Schaub. 2013. Effects of salinity on growth and lipid accumulation of biofuel microalgae (Nannochloropsis salina) and invading organisms. Biomass & Bioenergy 54:83-88.
- Corcoran, A.A. and W.J. Boeing. 2012. Biodiversity increases the productivity and stability of phytoplankton communities. PLoS ONE:e49397.
- Boeing, W.J. 2010. Antipredator Defenses: Defensive Avoidance, In: Breed, M.D. and J. Moore (eds). Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 476-480 Oxford: Academic Press.
- Boeing, W.J. 2010. Sample portfolios across disciplines: Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology - Wiebke J. Boeing. In: Seldin, P., J.E. Miller and C.A. Seldin. The teaching portfolio: a practical guide to improved performance and promotion/tenure decisions. 4th edition. Josey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint.
- Boeing, W.J. and C.W. Ramcharan. 2010. Inducible defenses are a stabilizing factor for predator and prey populations: a field experiment. Freshwater Biology 55:2332-2338.
- Boeing, W.J., B. Wissel and C.W. Ramcharan. 2010. Can costs and benefits of Daphnia defense against fish be measured in a field experiment? Fundamental and Applied Limnology 176:1-10.
- Jungels, J.M., K.L. Griffis-Kyle and W.J. Boeing. 2010. Low genetic differentiation among populations of the Great Plains Toad (Bufo cognatus) in Southern New Mexico. Copeia 2010:388-396.
- Hylander, S., W.J. Boeing, W. Graneli, J. Karlsson, J. von Einem, K. Gutseit and L.-A. Hansson. 2009. Complementary UV protective compounds in zooplankton. Limnolgy and Oceanography 54: 1883-1893.
- Leech, D.M., W.J. Boeing, S. Cooke, C.E. Williamson and L. Torres. 2009. UV-enhanced fish predation and the differential migration of zooplankton to UV radiation and fish. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 1152-1161.
- Cooke, S., C.E. Williamson, D.M. Leech, W.J. Boeing and L. Torres. 2008. Effects of temperature and ultraviolet radiation on diel vertical migration of freshwater zooplankton. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1144-1152.
- Boeing, W.J. and J.T. Duffy-Anderson. 2008. Ichthyoplankton dynamics and biodiversity in the Gulf of Alaska: responses to environmental change. Ecological Indicators 8: 292-302.
- Caceres, C.E., A. Christoff and W.J. Boeing. 2007. Variation in ephippial buoyancy in Daphnia pulicaria. Freshwater Biology 52: 313-318.
- Boeing, W.J., M.H. Martin and J.T. Duffy-Anderson. 2006. Groundfish. In: Spies, R.B. and A. Springer (eds). Long-term ecological change in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Pp. 294-305.
- Boeing, W.J., C.W. Ramcharan and H.P. Riessen. 2006. Clonal variation in depth distribution of Daphnia pulex in response to predator kairomones. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 166:241-260.
- Boeing, W.J., C.W. Ramcharan and H.P. Riessen. 2006. Multiple predator defense strategies in Daphnia pulex and their relation to native habitat. Journal of Plankton Research 28:571-584.
- Boeing, W.J., B. Wissel and C.W. Ramcharan. 2005. Costs and benefits of Daphnia defense against Chaoborus in nature. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:1286-1294.
- Boeing, W.J., D.M. Leech, C.E. Williamson, S. Cooke and L. Torres. 2004. Damaging UV radiation and invertebrate predation: Conflicting selective pressures for zooplankton vertical distribution in the water column of low DOC lakes. Oecologia 138:603-612.
- Wissel, B., W.J. Boeing and C.W. Ramcharan. 2003. Effects of water color on predation regimes and zooplankton assemblages in freshwater lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 48:1965-1976.
- Benndorf J., W. Boeing, J. Koop and I. Neubauer. 2002. Top-down control of phytoplankton: the role of time scale, lake depth, and trophic state. Freshwater Biology 47:2282-2295.
- Benndorf, J., B. Wissel, A.F. Sell, U. Hornig, P. Ritter and W. Boeing. 2000. Food web manipulation by extreme enhancement of piscivory: an invertebrate predator compensates for the effects of planktivorous fish on a plankton community. Limnologica 30:235-245.
- Boeing, W.J., A. Wagner, H. Voigt, T. Deppe and J. Benndorf. 1998. Phytoplankton responses to grazing by Daphnia galeata in the biomanipulated Bautzen reservoir. Hydrobiologia 389:101-114.
- Kamjunke, N., W. Boeing and H. Voigt. 1997. Bacterial and primary production under hypertrophic conditions. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 13:29-35.


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Five Things I've Always Wanted To Tell A Room Full Of Crisis Management Professionals
James N. Sullivan, Vice Chairman of the Board
Chevron Corporation
API Crisis Seminar
San Francisco, California
I want to start by telling each of you how much I . . . personally . . . support the aims of this conference and the efforts of crisis management professionals throughout our industry and especially with my company, Chevron.
And when I say personally, I really mean personally.
Right now, somewhere in the Caribbean is a double-hulled tanker carrying more than a million barrels of crude oil. And on the bow and stern in big white letters is its name -- the "James N. Sullivan."
So, if -- God forbid -- we ever run aground and start coating the beaches with oil, the headlines will scream about the "Sullivan disaster." Or the "Sullivan slick." Or, the one I'm really dreading . . . "Sullivan ruptures."
As if that's not enough to get my attention, there's another tanker out there with my boss' name on it -- the "Kenneth T. Derr."
Actually, those of you from Chevron already know this, but most of our tankers carry the name of somebody we wish to honor -- and one of our newest ships is named after all our employees, the "Chevron Employee Pride." It's one of the things that makes all of us in the company very committed to safety and incident free operations.
Commitment is like the difference between bacon and eggs: the chicken may be involved . . . but the pig is definitely committed.
I understand that my task this morning is to tell you something about how crisis management is viewed by senior management.
Well, I am in senior management, but I started 37 years ago as an entry level refinery process engineer in the chemical industry and over the years I have lived crisis management.
Back then, we used to say that if you could keep your head while those about you were running around in panic -- well then, you obviously didn't understand the situation.
But I did learn the value of keeping your head. I learned, first hand -- maybe too many times -- what it means to face a 3,000 pound hydrogen-hydrocarbon leak from the business end of a fire hose with the thought . . . "if this thing goes wrong I won't even know about it."
And -- believe me -- I know a lot of things can go wrong. In the late 70s I was the operations manager of the Richmond Refinery when we had a flash fire that, thankfully, didn't seriously hurt anyone.
But it kept us busy all weekend, and when I had finally gotten home and opened a beer I got a call from our public affairs guy wanting me to come back to the refinery to explain to some TV reporters what happened. It must have been a slow news day. So I did, reluctantly.
Later, when I turned on the set for the 11 o'clock news, there I was explaining that the cloud of black smoke the citizens of Richmond had seen earlier that day really wasn't dangerous, at the same time the camera slowly zoomed in for a close-up of the safety sign behind me that read "Safety First -- No Accidents."
So I learned an important lesson that I'll bet all you have also learned one way or the other -- you've got to have a sense of humor.
Or, at the very least, you have to realize that crisis management is always the 'Art of the Possible.' As an executive -- or as anyone in any capacity speaking for the company -- you just have to do your best with the circumstances that you're handed.
There will always be news reporters who want to know when your company stopped beating the environment.
By the way, I still believe that the best media policy is to be responsive -- never, never say "no comment" to anybody who buys ink by the barrel.
I do have some things to say today, and -- I hope you won't mind -- but I also have some strong feelings about this subject and I might just get a little emotional. A good title for my comments might be "Five Things I've Always Wanted to Say to a Room Full of Crisis Management Professionals."
And the first thing I want to say is just this -- thanks for everything.
Thanks a million. In fact, thanks 10 billion -- dollars, that is.
Why that number? Because that's how much Chevron's reputation is worth, according to a new book by the Harvard Business Press that is simply called "Reputation."
The book makes a fundamentally important point: in a world of increasing competition, where similar companies are fighting for customers, a good image and a strong reputation is a competitive advantage.
Now, I'm not sure $10 billion is right -- might be more or less -- but I do know that every company, and especially every oil company, lives in a fish bowl . . . and it can cost us a lot when our brand name is associated with an oil spill, a refinery fire, accusations in a nasty law suit, or a host of other events.
So that's why the first thing I want to say is "thanks."
The second thing I want to say to this group is -- I hope your jobs are boring.
The longer we have to go between real crisis situations the happier I'll be. I want you folks to be like the Maytag repairman . . . under-used and lonely. And nobody calls you for a comment . . . not CNN or The New York Times or the Houston Chronicle.
And the best way to do that is with prevention and preparation.
I know on organization charts that may not be directly in your bailiwick -- it belongs more to line management, to operations people -- but I also know that many of the most important things we do don't follow org charts. Like attitudes and behaviors. People who worry about crisis management develop "prevention first" behaviors. I believe these attitudes and behaviors should be everybody's.
A little like the fellow walking down Market Street the other day with a tuba. Every few yards he'd stop and blow one loud note. A police officer stops him and asks, "What are you doing?"
"I'm scaring away the polar bears," he says.
"What are you talking about? There aren't any polar bears in San Francisco," says the officer -- and the tuba player answers, "You see! It works."
I don't think it was a tuba player, but I do know that safety at Chevron got a lot better starting over two years ago when we established a goal of having the best safety record among our competitors. In two years we've cut our rate of recordable incidents in half. We did that by making safety-first behaviors and attitudes everybody's business.
So, as I see it, part of your job is putting yourselves out of business -- of preventing the crisis in the first place. I want to call up George Jardim and ask him, "What are you doing?" and have him answer, "Nothing, I haven't done any work in months and months." That would be just fine for me.
The third thing I want to say is -- downsize your work.
In fact, plan on downsizing . . . hope for downsizing. When a crisis does comes along -- as it will inevitably -- I hope you're ready and have the tools and training to take a crisis and downsize it into merely an unfortunate event that Chevron or the industry handled correctly.
The media and industry critics and sometimes even elected officials will want to exaggerate the significance of a mistake. Your job is to get perception back in line with reality: downsize the so-called crisis to a simple description of facts and you've done your jobs.
Do we make mistakes? You bet. Are we villains? No! Only if we let other people depict us as bad guys.
That's why it is important, in crisis management, if we're going to err on one side or the other, let's make it on the side of being too ready or too well-practiced or too responsive.
The view from where I sit is that companies are more and more at risk from public embarrassment and financial loss if we make a mistake and then compound it by not managing the crisis in a responsive, professional and -- above all -- sensitive manner.
By sensitive I really mean respectful. We have to respect the public's right to know.
Can you imagine government officials or TV reporters or citizens groups complaining that they were given too much information? That's where I'd like to see us err -- err in too much respect for the public's right to know.
Most of us here today come out of the technical specialties -- I'm an engineer and I've spent a lot of time working in chemical plants and refineries. Most of us know how to attack a problem, how to get the resources lined up in the best possible way to fix something that's broken. That's fine. And we have to do that.
But what makes crisis management so different is that we have to do it on stage. Lots of times we are trying to stop a leak or clean up the spill or whatever -- while thousands of people are watching us.
These are people like you and me and we have to respect their legitimate concern about our operations. In effect, they become our immediate customers for crisis management because we've done something which has intruded into their lives.
The fourth thing I want to say is -- work like engineers but think like poets.
Never underestimate the emotional side of a crisis.
Again, because we are trained in the analytical side we sometimes misunderstand that there is a symbolic side.
Here's the difference. Suppose there's an oil spill -- not from the "James N. Sullivan," thankfully. Suppose there's some waterbirds that die as a result and the beach is fouled.
Now, I have to report this to the media. The analytical side of me wants to put this in perspective and I go on local TV and report proudly that only a few birds died and the beach really isn't as bad as it could have been.
But, I've been trained in the sensitivities of crisis management, and I think to myself -- wait a minute, what's the emotional side of this event and what symbolic value does it have.
So, let's do a second take on that interview. I go on local TV and report in serious and human terms that, unfortunately, some birds have died as a result of this incident for which we are using every resource to clean up the oil . . . we're glad the cleanup has not been worse, and we are doing everything we can to limit the damage and restore the area, and we appreciate the feelings of those in the area, and we respect that they're angry toward us.
You see the difference, of course.
Adopting this "symbolic" understanding isn't easy. I know that -- I've been there.
Each of us does our best in our jobs and then feel defensive when our best is criticized by the very people that we're trying to help. But that's part of our jobs as well.
I keep thinking of the Navy divers recovering wreckage and bodies from the recent TWA disaster. What they must have gone through, with the heroic and courageous work they were doing . . . while biting their tongues at the criticism and anger that government wasn't moving fast enough.
By the way, I know much of what I'm saying today to you is old hat. You are professionals and there's almost nothing I can say that will be new to you. However, the one thing I can tell you is how senior management -- or at least this senior manager -- sees your discipline.
And that brings me to the fifth thing I want to say -- irritate your boss.
Get them to understand the risks and rewards of being prepared for crisis management . . . train them . . . keep them updated and -- probably most important -- when something does happen make sure they know about it very, very quickly.
This is a little like the doctor who keeps bugging you about your cholesterol level or to exercise more -- he or she is doing it for your own good.
Well, you are the doctors upon whom senior management has to rely for information and judgment about crisis management. It's your responsibility to get your diagnosis and prescription in front of senior management. Bug them a little, maybe even to the point that they become a little irritated with you.
It isn't often that people get fired for trying too hard.
Somewhere I read a story that makes this point.
The King was interviewing drivers for his coach and asked, "How close would you come to the edge of the cliff?" The first driver, wanting to brag about his skill, said "12 inches, your majesty." The second driver, not wanting to be out-done in the skills department, said "6 inches, your majesty." The third driver said -- "I'd drive as far away from the cliff's edge as I could, your majesty."
Guess who got the job? The one farthest away.
Well, those are the five things I've always wanted to say to a room full of crisis management professionals.
But I'm not done yet. Now that I think about it, there is a sixth message I'd like to leave you with . . . crisis management is too important to be left to crisis managers.
You have to find ways to work with many, many different groups that almost never have the same agenda.
Your challenge is to bring out the best in these groups -- get them on the side of helping and away from blaming.
I know the media sometimes seems mean and nasty. I know that outside agencies and community groups and other organizations sometimes make our work harder rather than easier. And I know that there is even internal friction from operations groups, or middle management or -- yes -- even from senior management.
I said earlier that organization charts are becoming less important as corporations decentralize and empower employees to face rising marketplace competition.
It's funny to think about it like this, but one of the cutting edges of today's competition has to be the ability to cooperate -- within teams, within each company, with other companies, with outside groups, with government, with the media, and the list goes on.
Figure out ways to get everybody helping rather than blaming, and crisis management will improve. In fact, you may help design the corporation of the future, because cooperation is the key to sustainable improvement in a marketplace where every day is a small crisis.
Who knows . . . maybe tomorrow's Chief Executive Officers will be called Incident Commanders?
In closing . . . let me say once again thank you for your work over the years, and thanks for this conference, and thanks for inviting me. Have a good conference.
Updated: September 1996