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LONDON (Reuters) - The risk that Britain's economy will slide into recession in the next 12 months has edged up, and this might prompt the central bank to boost its asset purchase programme again to support the economy, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.
The poll of more than 40 economists, taken November 4-9 found a marked downgrade in growth expectations and gave a significant 40 percent chance of recession in Britain in the next year.
Going by previous Reuters polls, when the chances given of a recession rise to 40 percent the economy will almost certainly tip into one if it has not already done so.
The last time economists predicted a 40 percent chance of a UK recession was in the July 2008 poll, just before the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers. The economy ended up shrinking by 2 percent in that quarter, the second that year, and kept on contracting until mid-2009.
"If you can't have a recession during the biggest financial crisis since World War Two, when can you have recession?" asked Alan Clarke, economist at Scotia Capital.
He put the odds of recession at three-in-four and has pencilled in two quarters of contraction, in the current quarter and early in 2012.
With a resolution to the debt crisis in the euro zone, Britain's main trading partner, evading Europe's leaders and recent dismal economic data out of the UK, its outlook over the next few quarters looks bleak at best.
"For the time being it looks as though the UK might avoid a recession but it could be very close," said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec.
"If the euro zone crisis lasts considerably longer, then the UK and the rest of Europe will be in recession possibly throughout most of 2012."
Europe's leaders face an uphill task to contain the rapidly deteriorating situation in the euro zone. After Greece's political drama last week, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's promise to resign has failed to raise optimism.
On Wednesday, Italian 10-year bond yields shot above the 7 percent level that is widely deemed unsustainable, reflecting investors' concerns that they may not get their money back.
The poll is the first in 20 conducted by Reuters to predict the UK economy will stagnate in Q4 2011. The October poll predicted growth of 0.2 percent in the same quarter.
The outlook for 2012 has also deteriorated dramatically, with economists slashing their forecasts by more than half to 1.0 percent from 2.2 percent just seven months ago.
The Office of Budget Responsibility said in March the economy would grow by 1.7 percent in 2011 and 2.5 percent in 2012. Whether it will slash those forecasts as much as economists have will be seen in its November release.
Growth in Britain's dominant services sector slowed more than expected in October, adding to signs the country risks slipping back into recession as manufacturers are already slamming the brakes on production.
Data released on Tuesday showed that industrial output in Britain had flatlined in September and retail sales dwindled last month, raising concerns the economy might grind to a halt in the last quarter this year.
With the domestic scenario looking increasingly dire and a global economic slowdown on the cards, policymakers and the government face the tough task of supporting the faltering economy despite the government's aggressive budget deficit-reduction plan.
The effects of a slowing economy are clearly visible.
HSBC (HSBA.L) said on Wednesday that costly new capital rules might force it to leave Britain, a threat it has made before, but which this time came with a bigger-than-expected fall in profit and a warning of "very challenging" conditions ahead.
With monetary policy options running out, the Bank of England expanded its quantitative easing (QE) programme of asset purchases to 275 billion pounds in total last month to help the economy.
But economists said it won't end there.
Twenty of 23 respondents said the Bank will increase its asset purchases in future to an estimated 325 billion pounds -- unchanged from a poll taken last week -- with most expecting it to happen in the first quarter of 2012.
"We think it's very likely in February there is no material improvement in the economic outlook and therefore the Monetary Policy Committee sanctions more QE," said Shaw.
Economists have also revised up their inflation predictions, forecasting a rise to 4.5 percent this year before a fall to 2.7 percent in 2012. In the last poll inflation was seen at 4.4 percent and 2.6 percent.
Polling and analysis by Ruby Cherian and Ashrith Doddi in Bangalore; Editing by Catherine Evans


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VISTA -- The magnet middle school that Vista Unified plans to open this fall at the now-vacant Lincoln Middle School campus is beginning to take shape, as the principal and faculty work to get parents to sign up their children.
Some of the seven teachers recently hired to teach at the school met with parents Tuesday night at Breeze Hill Elementary School to discuss the school and its programs.
"Things are really starting to get going," Principal Jose Villarreal said Tuesday.
The meeting focused on what type of curriculum the magnet school will offer and how it will differ from the district's other middle schools.
Terri Thornburry, who has a fifth-grader attending Beaumont, said she was sold on the idea right away and signed up Tuesday night. "I like the magnet school idea," she said.
All of the students, teachers and administrators at Lincoln last year moved to the new Rancho Minerva Middle School last month.
Villarreal met with parents at the Casita Center for Math, Science and Technology on Feb. 6 for a similar presentation that kicked off the recruitment effort and application period, which ends April 6.
Students attending the magnet elementary school will be given priority at the new middle school, which is expected to open in August with 200 sixth-grade students.
In addition to the roughly 50 students expected to attend from each of the district's four middle school boundaries, there will be 10 seats reserved for students from other districts.
So far, about 40 parents have applied to enroll their children, Villarreal said. "There's a nice buzz out there," he said.
Two more meetings are planned to inform parents about the school, one Tuesday at Foothill Oak and the other March 1 at Temple Heights. District parents are welcome to attend either presentation.
The magnet school is still without a name, though it is tentatively being called Vista Magnet Middle School.
Villarreal brought a proposal to the school board last week, suggesting the name Vista Magnet Middle School of Math, Science and Technology at Lincoln Center.
The trustees decided not to accept the title, saying it was too long.
"I think more than four words in a name is a marketing issue for a middle school," board Vice President Steve Lilly said at the meeting.
Each trustee had a different idea for what to call the school, but no decision will be made at least until the March 8 board meeting.
Villarreal said he suggested the longer name, in part, to make clear the connection the school will have with Casita and the two magnet high schools that the district is building in eastern Oceanside.
Still, he said he doesn't think the name is the most important thing about the plans.
"They're not really going to come because of the name but rather because of the curriculum," Villarreal said.
More information on the school and future meetings with parents is available at its Web site, www.vistamagnet.com.
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Once again, a very brief ski weekend in VT was erased from the forefront of my mind by the shocking realities of my job on Monday morning. I think today's blog will focus on something near and dear to me, has been spoken and written about in many publications, but seems to still get overlooked during the design process. Today I will talk about the importance of point in time copies of the replicated data in a recovery site. Now some of you, new to storage may say, "Huh?"
As we all know, data replication solves the problem of moving data from one place to another. Replication is implemented though software or hardware and is done at a level that is generally not file system or operating system aware. It provides protection from disasters and system outages, and to the uninformed user, also predicts the future and does your taxes. In all seriousness, replication implemented at the storage array level replicates data at the block level from array A to array B, without regard for what the data is, asynchronously and or synchronously. There is a difference between async and sync replication, but for the sake of today's discussion, the difference does not apply. The key problem with replication is replication of data "without regard for what the data is."
You have to fail over to your recovery site because of a flood, fire or some other act of god or ingenious human in your data center. You think, no problem I am OK and will be up and running soon, because you have prepared for this, by implementing replication. You may soon be very disappointed, because data replication replicates everything "without regard for what the data is," and if your array was affected in an adverse way prior to the shutdown of the replication mechanism, and the effect was some data corruption, you now have corruption in your recovery site. Your well thought out plan has failed.
Replication without point in time copies/snapshots is like putting a brick on the accelerator of your car and jumping out–eventually without controls the car will hit something. Point in time copies/snapshots of data provide just what the name infers, a point in time picture of your data. There is a difference between snapshots and copies of data, but that is a topic that can take up an entire blog, and we are just talking about a concept here. You can maintain multiple copies/snapshots of your replicated data, throughout the day, on a rotating schedule to take pictures of your replicated data. For example, if I have copy A in my primary site and copy B in the remote site, I can have copies C, D, E and F of copy B from different points in the day in the remote site. This schedule needs to be set up based on business requirements and is a topic for another day.
How does this benefit me, you say? Well, in the example in my third paragraph you replicated corrupted data to your remote site, if your point in time copy/snapshot had been taken two hours before as part of your schedule. Then you are not stuck trying to recover from a tape backup, and you can restore the replicated copy B in your remote site from the point in time copy/snapshot that was recently taken. It gets you back up and running with a limited amount of data loss. So don't let cost get in the way of common sense. -marc


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Potter and Haskell off to good start at Olympic Curling Trials
Bemidji sisters Cassie Potter and Jamie Haskell got off to a good start Saturday in their quest to return to the Olympic Games by winning at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Broomfield, Colo.
The Potter rink scored four points in the ninth end to finish off an 11-6 victory over the Cristin Clark rink of Washington. Clark scored four in the sixth end to erase a 5-1 deficit, but Potter answered with two in the seventh to take the lead for good.
The trials continue through Saturday, with the men's and women's winners earning berths in the 2010 Olympics at Vancouver.
Cassie (Johnson) Potter was the skip and Jamie (Johnson) Haskell was the vice skip for the 2006 U.S. Olympic team, which went 2-7 in the Winter Games at Turin, Italy. Both hailed from Bemidji at the time.
Now Cassie's hometown is Minneapolis and Jamie's is White Bear Lake.
Another Bemidji curler, Natalie Nicholson, also was victorious in Saturday's first draw. Nicholson is a member of the Debbie McCormick rink of Madison, Wis., which scored five in the seventh end and went on to defeat Charrissa Lin of New Haven, Conn., 10-6.
Bemidji's Sarah Lehman, playing on the Gillian Gervais rink of Bismarck, N.D., fell 8-7 to Patti Lank of Niagara Falls, N.Y., despite rallying from a 7-2 deficit.
Women's First Draw
Potter def. Clark 11-6
Wright def. Sormunen 5-4
Lank def. Gervaus 9-7
McCormick def. Lin 10-6
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One of Disney/Pixar's most beloved and visually imaginative feature films ever returns to the big screen to delight a whole new generation of audiences and fans alike, this time in stunning 3D. Featuring the voice talents of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn & Jennifer Tilly.
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Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale speaks the "uncomfortable" truth.
Before actress Dakota Johnson nabbed the role of Anastasia Steele in the upcoming film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, many of Hollywood's most prominent young starlets were vying for the potential breakout part — including Hale.
During an interview for the September issue of Cosmopolitan, The "Lie A Little Better" singer opened up about the audition process for one of the most anticipated films of 2015.
"That audition was so uncomfortable!" Hale told Cosmo. "There were some things that I was so embarrassed to be reading out loud, but it's one of those things where you have to commit wholeheartedly or you're going to make a fool of yourself."
The television star previously told MTV that she auditioned without a male co-star, and described the entire process as "unlike any audition I have ever done before in my life."
"I think any girl in my demographic would have loved to be a part of it," Hale told MTV. "Mainly, I was just interested in doing something risky and doing something a little different than my character on PLL so it took me out of my comfort zone."
Hale went on to say that her particular audition didn't include a scene from the popular novel but that it was something "I don't want my grandmother watching."
All hail the Queen of Honesty!
Fifty Shades of Grey arrives in theaters just in time for Valentine's Day 2015 (February 13, 2015), while an all new episode of Pretty Little Liars airs tonight on ABC Family!
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The examination will be conducted for recruitment to the post of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) viz. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial security Force (CISF), Indo -Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
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The artists practice their craft while enjoying social time.
By WILLIAM D. LEWIS
WARREN — Artists affiliated with Trumbull Art Gallery have gathered most Tuesday mornings since 1981 at the SCOPE Center here to practice their craft in a portrait session.
"That's a lot of faces," said Marie Dippolito, a local artist who is part of the group and has exhibited some of her work in a show at TAG called "Many Faces, Many Years."
The portrait sessions are not only an opportunity for artists to exchange ideas and techniques but also are a social gathering as well.
Between sketches and brush strokes, the artists keep up a healthy conversation on topics ranging from politics to family matters.
The subject of the portrait session is often a SCOPE member. In this case, it was Gail Brady of Warren, who just happened to be at SCOPE and volunteered.
Brady, donning a dark turtleneck sweater and ball cap, held a cup of coffee while posing for the group of artists.
Many of the artists participating in the SCOPE portrait sessions have exhibited their work at TAG or other local galleries. They work in a variety of mediums including pencil and watercolor.
Some have even sold pieces of their work. TAG member Judy Waid of Howland said making portraits is good practice for an artist, adding that some of the artists make several sketches in one session. Waid stressed the session was not an art class but a group of artists working in one place.
Anne Pachos, another local artist participating in the session, said, "I paint for my own amazement. I'm always amazed at what comes out of the brush."
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A woman watches as flower vendors carrying enormous floral arrangements walk through the streets on Aug. 7 during the annual Silleteros Parade during the Festival of the Flowers in Medellin, Colombia.
The purpose of the festival is to celebrate local flower vendors. It is the city's most important social event.


text: I stayed at the Comfort Inn with my gf. On the plus side. For starters, the room was spotlessly clean. Bathroom, sink and Toilet were all spotless as well .The bed was very comfortable with nice clean sheets. Nice comforter too ( SEE PHOTO)They used fitted sheets No springs, with decent firmness. The bed had a large cushioned pad (It... More


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Toronto FC head coach Ryan Nelsen was full of praise for his team's newest Designated Player on Saturday, and dispelled any thoughts that the injury that pulled Matias Laba off the field late in a 1-0 loss at Colorado is anything serious.
Laba played 87 minutes in an energetic and impressive Major League Soccer debut during which he showed many of the attributes – tenacious defending, excellent athleticism, the ability to win balls in the middle of the pitch and top-class passing in transition – that convinced TFC to pay a team-record transfer fee in order to acquire him.
RELATED: Matias Laba following first match
"I thought [Matias] was superb today," Nelsen told MLSsoccer.com. "It was his first game in the US and it was played at altitude. I thought he and Jeremy [Hall] were fantastic in there. The way his passing was and how he fit in there, he did great. It is exciting for a first performance.
"Obviously it takes time for any new player in this league. Given that was his first performance, he really showed well. Once he gets settled here, gets his family here and gets his life sorted out, and then makes some friends and gets comfortable, I think you will see what type of player we have got. But based on his first performance, I am very excited."
Laba, 21, fell just short of playing a full 90 minutes in his first match with Toronto FC and was replaced by Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio when he pulled up lame just minutes before the final whistle.
"He just got a bit of cramp. We'll get him on the treatment table and hopefully he will be fine," Nelsen said.
With his debut now in the books and the Reds still struggling to earn points, much will be expected of Laba in the coming weeks. Former TFC Designated Player Julian de Guzman often struggled during his years with his hometown club, partially because of the goal-scoring expectations that were placed on him as a holding midfielder. How TFC manage Laba, and the expectations surrounding him, in that position could be one of the team's biggest storylines this season.
"The only pressure that he should feel is just from within the locker room and from us," Nelsen said. "We know what type of player he is and we know what types of players we are going to add to complement him."
As for Laba himself, he was generally satisfied with his first performance in MLS, but disappointed with the team's final result.
"I felt very comfortable. Unfortunately, I debuted with a loss," Laba said via translator after Saturday's match. "When you have a debut, you always want to start it off with a win."


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A WOMAN was killed and her infant daughter flown to hospital after a crash on the M40 yesterday.
Police officers were called at 11.20am to the southbound carriageway near junction nine of the motorway after a green Peugeot 406 estate and a red articulated lorry collided.
The driver of the Peugeot, a woman in her late 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her daughter, believed to be only a few weeks old and in the back seat, was airlifted to hospital for treatment.
Police confirmed that the driver was her mother.
It was not believed the baby is injured, however she was taken to hospital as a precaution.
The M40 was closed southbound between junctions 10 and 9 and it caused huge tailbacks in the area.
A diversion through Weston-on-the-Green was put in place and during that time queues stretched back up the motorway from junction 10 almost all the way to Banbury.
A police spokesman was unable to say where the mother and child came from and which country the lorry was registered in.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information which may help the police can contact them on 101.


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Blackbox is yet another addition to the list of window managers for X. It is written in C++, sharing no common code with any other window manager (even though the graphics implementation is similar to that of WindowMaker). It features small code size, a fast interface with simple menus, multiple workspaces, decorated windows, built-in graphics code to render solids, gradients, and bevels on the fly, and more.
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Release Notes: Compilation on OpenBSD and Mac OS X was fixed, documentation updates were made, and the FDO basedir was implemented. Window-to-window and window-to-center snap was added along with config options for additional mouse wheel operations. Pipe menus were implemented. Placement of dialog and desktop type windows was improved. Users can now override the rootCommand styles. Better default colors are now used when no style is given. Shaded+maximized windows no longer disappear after restarting. Window menus can now be accessed with Mod4+right mouse. Full-screen now ignores aspect ratios. Many bugfixes were made.
Release Notes: This version implemented version 1.3 of the EWMH standard, and overhauled style syntax, advanced features, and control. bbkeys 0.9.0 is recommended for EWMH compliant keyboard shortcut support.
Release Notes: This release adds better ICCCM support, Java window handling, bugfixes, and more.
Release Notes: This release adds Taiwan Chinese (zh_TW), Hungarian (hu_HU), Korean (ko_KR), Norwegian (no_NO), Polish (pl_PL), Romanian (ro_RO), and Ukrainian (uk_UA) locale support. There are numerous speedups, improved ICCCM support, better Java application support, and lots more.
Release Notes: Japanese nls has been updated. When CascadePlacement is selected, the options for directions are now disabled because CascadePlacement is always LeftRight, TopBottom. The workspace change code has been streamlined; it should be slightly more efficient now. The window menu is now created at the end of the Window constructor, thereby ensuring that all of the data the menu needs is available; this fixes the broken window names in the menus. Shape information is now dealt with later in the constructor as well, for similar reasons.
Blackbox is good
Blackbox is great. Simple, fast, easy on the RAM, fairly good-looking and my favourite Alt+ window moving/resizing functionality.
Re: cant run Blackbox on my RedHat 7.3
The easiest way to get blackbox running is to add it to your ~/.xinitrc file. Delete or comment out all the lines that start twm. Then simply add /usr/local/bin/blackbox (assuming the executable is in /usr/local/bin). You'll want to create a ~/.blackbox directory. Copy the sample menu file from the source distribution into the ~/.blackbox directory. Startx should fire up blackbox.
cant run Blackbox on my RedHat 7.3
i have downloaded the blackbox-0.65.0.tar.gz arhive from http://freshmeat.net/ ...
then i dearhivated in my root directory ...
cd blackbox-0.65.0
make install
and now what?
i read something like this:
Configuring your display manager to accept Blackbox. If you have kde installed and you logged in using a gui, then most probably you are using kdm/ xdm. In that case, edit /usr/sbin/fndsession. Add an entry for blackbox like this:
[ -x /usr/local/bin/blackbox ]
&& {
if [ "$FIRST" = "yes" ];then
Then, edit this file /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession.
Add an entry for blackbox like this:
exec startkde
exec gnome-session
kfm &
kpanel &
xterm -ls &
exec /usr/local/bin/blackbox
but i cant find this file /usr/sbin/fndsession so i have created it ... the blackbox is not here ... /usr/local/bin/blackbox maybe in /usr/local/share/blackbox ... duno :>
and after i restart the X ... i try to lauche the blackbox from /root/blackbox-0.65.0/src/blackbox :>
duno if its right or not ... but its not working :>
i realy need help ... pls some one explayn me HOWTO
Re: blackbox
maybe is good, but on some "LFS" systems, also and on Debian 3.0 'woody' wont to work, Fluxbox that is based on Blackbox, works pretty good.
> listen people.
> linux isn't a playground. It may
> become that in the future, but right now
> linux is a operating system for those
> who want a working os. It doesn't crash.
> It is fast. It is functional. It isn't
> pritty. This is blackbox. However
> blackbox DOES have a nice look. It is
> very simple. It i small, fast, easier
> than anything else I have seen to
> configure. It is for someone who want to
> get stuff done!
> If you are looking for a start
> button... pritty icons... or other
> rather silly, kernel consuming, poorly
> coded workability. Get another Window
> Manager. Blackbox isn't for you. For you
> who want to get things done fast... GET
> It is a revolutionary WM that gets
> back to the linux basics.
> I highly applaud Brad Hughes for this
> remarkable peice of work..
> excuse the rant.
> {PimpSmurf}
Since Brad moved off to Norway and handed off to the co-author Jeff Raven in the middle of 2000, has anything been done with blackbox? It would be a shame for such a sweet window manager to just fade out. And before some one suggests I pick it up, let me just say I cant code my way out of a wet paper bag.
A Fluent OpenStack client API for Java.
A TWiki appliance that is easy to use and lightweight.


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It's not a difficult equation to figure out who might be Fox's first choice to star in The Fantastic Voyage, but let's go through it anyway. Back in February the studio hired Shawn Levy to direct the project, proving they like him. Just days before that Levy had set up another project at the studio, proving he likes them back. The star of that project, plus this fall's forthcoming Real Steel and the sequel for that film that's already in the works, is Hugh Jackman, proving he and Levy like each other. So if Fox is looking for an A-list star to lead Fantastic Voyage, whose number do you think Levy already has on speed dial?
Whether acting on logical speculation or actual insider information Deadline is reporting as much, that Jackman could star in the film while he waits for the studio to finally put him to work on The Wolverine, and presumably while former Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse finishes up the script on the other project Jackman and Levy are working on. The studio is probably anxious to get going on the project, given how many false starts they've already endured so far-- James Cameron has been developing the project as producer at least since 2006, and directors as varied as Roland Emmerich, Paul Greengrass and Louis Leterrier have come close to getting it going. Levy seems to be the most serious prospect, though, and if he can bring his A-list pal Jackman along for the ride, we can probably expect to see the movie actually happen this time around.
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Glen Johnson Reveals Why Brendan Rodgers Is Better Than Jose MourinhoApril 8, 2017
Liverpool's Glen Johnson claims Brendan Rodgers is a better manager than Jose Mourinho, because the Reds boss sticks to his word.
The full-back spent two years under Mourinho at Stamford Bridge and picked up a Premier League and League Cup medal in 2005, capping an excellent season.
However, a string of injuries, as well as competition from Paulo Ferreira and Geremi, left Johnson's first-team opportunities limited and, eventually, hurt by mistreatment from his manager.
According to the Daily Mail's Rajvir Rai, Johnson was left unhappy by the Portuguese manager's promises, which created a lack of respect for the Blues boss:
It was difficult for me under Jose at Chelsea because there was a moment when he said I deserved to play on merit. He said if I played well in the next game I would play the week after. I got man of the match so he couldn't drop me.
Then in the next game he said the same thing and I got man of the match again. Then we had another game and after that Barcelona. I remember speaking to my agent and saying, 'He won't play me in this game because if I play well then he has to play me against Barcelona', and I knew that wasn't going to happen.
He didn't play me in that game and from that moment I just lost it and thought, 'Well, how am I meant to respect you now? It's just finished'. Brendan wouldn't do that. He's shown that if you're good enough you're old enough and you'll play in the big games if you deserve to. So in terms of man-management, Brendan is definitely better.
Johnson, who joined the Merseyside club from Portsmouth in 2009, was signed at Stamford Bridge by Mourinho's predecessor, Claudio Ranieri.
Following relegation with West Ham United, Johnson secured a solid maiden season with Chelsea as he looked to give Roman Abramovic's Blues reign a kick-start, after the high-profile takeover in 2003.
Per ESPN FC, Johnson was ever-present in his first season at Stamford Bridge, starting 28 games and scoring four goals as he looked to put his stamp on his side's domestic and European challenges. Johnson also capped a fantastic season by making his full England debut in a friendly match with Denmark.
The defender continued his fine form into the following season, where he would help new boss Mourinho lift the Premier League and League Cup titles as he looked to firmly cement his place in his new manager's long-term plans.
However, Johnson's first-team opportunities were hampered by a succession of thigh injuries in the following season, meaning that he could start just 10 matches and failed to net, allowing Ferreira the opportunity to move above Johnson in the pecking order.
He was eventually loaned to Portsmouth. Two excellent years on the South Coast as a permanent player, which included 76 starts, four goals and an FA Cup win, saw Johnson make his £17.5 million switch to Liverpool in 2009, per BBC Sport.
Since moving to Anfield, Johnson has gone on to make 173 appearances for club and country while scoring nine goals.
Now situated well within Rodgers' squad, Johnson remains a happy player and, according to Rai's article, would be happy to commit to Anfield for life as his deal looks to expire next summer, but notes that a lack of dialogue between him and his club is creating an "unnecessary distraction:"
I've loved every minute of the five years I've been here and I'd love to stay but really the only truth in it is that I've not been offered a new contract on any level. I know some people have been saying Liverpool don't want to pay me my current wages, but I've not heard that. No-one has come to me from Liverpool at all.
I don't know the situation the club are in or if they want to renew it. So I've not got a decision to make other than to see my contract out because no-one is telling me any different. It is an unnecessary distraction. I'm more than happy to sign a new contract and I'd love to stay here for many more years.
Johnson's form at club level has also seen his stock rise on the international stage, with Roy Hodgson set to hand the defender a milestone cap:
With a place in England's World Cup squad at stake, it is important for Johnson to continue his good club form, and to help Liverpool maintain their push for the title.
The club have never won the Premier League since its inception in 1992, and will be looking to press Mourinho's Chelsea all the way in this year's race.
Sitting just four points behind the league leaders, but with no other cup or European commitments to contend with, Johnson could yet have the last laugh over Mourinho by leapfrogging his new set of stars to clinch the title.
Playing with his usual marauding style, as he swaggers his way down the flank to be as important to the Reds offensively as he is defensively, Johnson looks set to travel to Brazil with Hodgson's squad as first-choice right-back.
The defender could also improve his chances of earning a contract renewal at Anfield with a solid summer display, which would put pressure on Liverpool to offer him a new deal as potential suitors line up to snatch his services.


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Phoenix Farms Rising
Kickstarter campaign raises funds for local farm
By Anna Toon,
10:45AM, Thu. Apr. 11, 2013
While the average age of an American farmer is nearing 60 years old, in recent years the organic farming movement has experienced an uptick in younger people looking to challenge the norms of conventional farming. As agribusiness moves full steam ahead, it will be up to this new crop of farmers to continue the movement toward a more sustainable food system.
According to Farmer Veteran Coalition founder Michael Gorman: "The culmination of our need to eat more healthfully, a fast-growing US population, and an aging farmer population creates a situation of tremendous opportunity and challenge in American agriculture. We need new farmers like never before and, most importantly, we need them to succeed."
Phoenix Farms, a family-owned and operated farm in Bastrop, Texas, is hoping to fill the void. The farm recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to build a teaching center and commercial kitchen. Based on the fundamental notion of working with nature instead of against, the goal of the teaching center will be to educate the new generation of farmers and home gardeners.
Last Sunday, Ellen Rozman of Locavore Next Door hosted a fundraiser for Phoenix Farms at Olive & June. The event featured local bites and sips and a panel of local food experts. Moderated by Marla Camp of Edible Austin, the panel included Nathan Heath, founder and owner of Phoenix Farms; Jesse Griffiths, chef and owner of Dai Due; Shawn Cirkiel, chef and owner of Olive & June, parkside, and the backspace; Valerie Broussard, forager at Trace; Bryce Gilmore, chef and owner of Barley Swine; and sous chef Sam Hellman-Mass of Barley Swine. Conversation centered on convenience and scalability - moving efficiently to get more locally sourced food to the plate. Sourcing locally requires communication between chefs and farmers and also a clear method of distribution. According to Bryce Gilmore, "while sourcing locally isn't always convenient, it's more fulfilling." Permitting was also on everyone's mind. With the closing of HausBar Farms panelists voiced concerns with the city's permitting process, questioning the necessity of egregious costs and requirements.
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By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — Based on experimental forecasting, odds are close to 40 percent that La Niña will return for a third winter, according to Boulder-based NOAA climate scientist Klaus Wolter, who emphasized that's not the official outlook from NOAA or the Climate Prediction Center.
A triple La Niña could spell trouble for an already dry Colorado, as three-year La Niña events are statistically linked with some the driest conditions on record in Colorado, including a historic mid-1950s drought, the mid-1970s drought that prompted ski resorts to start making snow, as well as the drought in the early 2000s that culminated with the ultra-dry year of 2002, when Dillon Reservoir nearly disappeared in a cloud of dust.
The best hope for a moisture turn-around would be a sudden switch to El Niño, which some climate models are predicting, but Wolter calculates that there's only a 20 percent chance of that happening.
La Niña and El Niño are part of a cyclical shift in sea surface temperatures — and related wind patterns — in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Under a La Niñ regime, cooler-than average ocean temps are found across the eastern Pacific, often driving changes in the storm track that bring wetter-than-average conditions to the Pacific Northwest, as well as to northwestern Colorado.
El Niño often drives big storms straight into the coast of California, making for wetter-than-average conditions in southern California and across the desert Southwest.
Based on records going back about 100 years, there have been 10 "double-dip" La Niñas, four of which continued on to a third year, while six switched to El Niño conditions. None of the douple-dip La Niñas ended up in so-called ENSO-neutral conditions.
Wolter explained via email:
"The four 'triple-delight' Las Niñas were from 1908-11 (drought in much Western U.S., includes the dry March of 1910), 1954-57 (big drought of record until late 1990s; includes the dry Marches of 1955 and '56), 1973-76 (that was our lucky break where the drought waited until 1976-77 to hit our state), and 1998-2001 (main drought hit from late 1999 through most of 2002, offset by one year from original La Niña.
"There seems to be a common thread here that drought conditions sometimes kick in one year after the La Niña forcing sets up)," Wolter wrote.
"I am personally leaning a bit harder on the odds for a third La Niña winter. We basically have another two months or so where the system could tip over to El Niño (which is often much wetter during spring if El Niño rushes in), so this one bears watching … " he concluded.


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News broke today that Amazon.com will shutter three distribution centers around the United States, a move that will cut or transfer around 210 jobs within the company.
The Wall Street Journal (subscription only) reports that the warehouses were located in Munster, Indiana; Red Rock, Nevada; and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. A spokesperson said the company restructured thinking about "future growth."
Here's more from Bookseller: "The 215 workers at the three warehouses slated for closure will get a minimum of 3 weeks severance pay, according to Amazon spokesperson Patty Smith, who said 'eligible' workers will be offered the chance to transfer to other US distribution centers."


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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
The Unions represent engineers employed by the Railroad, which is an amalgamation of several carriers. As a result, the Railroad is a party to multiple collective bargaining Agreements (CBAs). The Railroad modified disciplinary rules; the new policy was set forth in "MAPS," and supplanted UPGRADE. The Railroad had previously made changes to UPGRADE over the Union's objections. When it shifted from UPGRADE to MAPS it did not consult the Union. The Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. 151–88 allows employers to change "rates of pay, rules, or working conditions of ... employees" in any way permitted by an existing CBA or by going through the bargaining and negotiation procedure prescribed in section 156. MAPS falls within the scope of "rules" and "working conditions." The Railroad argued that the change was permitted under the CBA. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the Union's suit. If a disagreement arises over the formation or amendment of a CBA, it is considered a "major" dispute under the Act, and it must be decided by a court. If it relates only to the interpretation or application of an existing agreement, it is labeled "minor" and must go to arbitration. In this case, there is at least a non-frivolous argument that interpretation of the agreement between the parties, not change, is at stake. View "Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad Co." on Justia Law
Posted in: Arbitration & Mediation, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation Law, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Schilling, Jr. v. Schmidt Baking Co., Inc.
Plaintiffs appealed the district court's dismissal of their complaint against Schmidt Baking Co. under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law. Although professional motor carriers, like Schmidt Baking Co., generally are exempt from the FLSA's requirement that employers pay "overtime" wages for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week, Congress recently waived this exemption for motor carrier employees whose work, in whole or in part, affects the safety of vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less. The Fourth Circuit held that plaintiffs fell within the group of employees protected by the waiver and were thus entitled to overtime wages for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. Accordingly, the court reversed the district court's dismissal of the FLSA claims, but affirmed the dismissal of plaintiffs' separate claims brought under Maryland law. View "Schilling, Jr. v. Schmidt Baking Co., Inc." on Justia Law
DOJ v. FLRA
At issue in this case was whether the provisions in the Master Agreement between the Agency and the Union covered a matter with respect to which the parties had a dispute after the Master Agreement was signed. The Agency argued that the DC Circuit's decision in BOP I, 654 F.3d 91 (D.C. Cir. 2011), was controlling. In BOP I, the court held that "Article 18 covers and preempts challenges to all specific outcomes of the assignment process." The court held, in accord with BOP I, that the subject of consolidated relief rosters was covered by Article 18 of the Master Agreement. Accordingly, the court granted the petition for review and reversed the decision of the Authority. View "DOJ v. FLRA" on Justia Law
Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Chapman v. Yellow Cab Cooperative
Edwards owns a taxicab in Milwaukee and gets referrals from Yellow Cab. Edwards leased the cab to Giri, who subleased some of the time to Chapman so that the cab could be in service much of the day. Chapman received fares and tips, paid rent to Giri, and kept the difference; he did not pay or receive anything from Yellow Cab. Chapman argued, in his suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act that he was a Yellow Cab "employee" and that, after he complained about not receiving the minimum wage, Mohamed, Yellow Cab's President, told Giri that Chapman was "fired" (would not be dispatched to passengers calling Yellow Cab). Giri then terminated the sublease. Chapman argued that Mohamed's action violated the Act's anti-retaliation clause, 29 U.S.C. 215(a)(3). His suit was dismissed with prejudice. The judge stated that Chapman had not addressed all of the relevant factors. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. While federal court plaintiffs need not plead all legal elements plus facts corresponding to each, Chapman's claim was implausible because it did not allege any direct dealings between himself and Yellow Cab. When the court requested more, Chapman did not respond with a plausible claim. He failed to provide additional details, insisting that, because Yellow Cab affected his driving through the chain of leases, it must be his employer. View "Chapman v. Yellow Cab Cooperative" on Justia Law
Sierra Packaging & Converting, LLC v. Chief Administrative Officer of Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Exposure to a hazard can be demonstrated by facts establishing that exposure to the hazard is reasonably predictable. Appellant in this case argued that the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (NOSHA) improperly cited it for violating 29 C.F.R. 1910.132(f), which requires employers to provide training regarding the use of personal protective equipment to employees exposed to hazards requiring the use of such equipment. Specifically, Appellant argued that it was improperly cited for a violation because no facts established that its employees were actually exposed to such a hazard in the course of their work or were required to have fall protection training. The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Review Board upheld NOSHA's citation. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) when a statute or regulation requires NOSHA to establish employee exposure to a hazard, the Board's decision regarding a NOSHA citation may be upheld if NOSHA presents substantial evidence demonstrating that exposure to the hazard was or would be reasonably predictable; and (2) the Board in this case relied on an incorrect standard in evaluating the citation. View "Sierra Packaging & Converting, LLC v. Chief Administrative Officer of Occupational Safety & Health Administration" on Justia Law
Knickmeyer v. State
Judicial marshals are "peace officers" within the meaning of Nev. Rev. Stat. 289.040, 289.057 and 298.060, which provisions are intended to provide job-related protections to peace officers employed by law enforcement agencies, but the Eighth Judicial District Court (EJDC) is not a "law enforcement agency" as statutorily defined. Appellant, who was employed by the EJDC first as a bailiff and then as an administrative marshal, was terminated for misconduct. According to the terms of a written memorandum of understanding between the Clark County Marshal's Union and the EJDC, Appellant's appeal resulted in arbitration. The arbitrator upheld the EJDC's decision to terminate Appellant. Appellant petitioned the district court to set aside the arbitrator's decision, arguing that the EJDC violated his statutory rights under Nev. Rev. Stat. Chapter 289 by disclosing and relying upon his prior disciplinary history as justification for his termination. The district court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the provisions of Chapter 289 in this case did not apply to Appellant; and (2) Appellant failed to demonstrate that the arbitrator either exceeded his authority or manifestly disregarded the law. View "Knickmeyer v. State" on Justia Law
Industrial Welding Supplies of Hattiesburg, LLC v. Pinson
The Supreme Court held that the circuit court's order certifying a class action filed by Employees failed to comply with Ark. R. Civ. P. 23(b). In their complaint, Employees alleged claims of breach of contract and unjust enrichment based on Employer's failure to compensate Employees for earned but unused vacation time. The circuit court granted Employees' motion for class certification. Appellants filed this interlocutory appeal arguing that Employees failed to demonstrate commonality, predominance, and superiority as to their breach of contract claim. The Supreme Court remanded the case, holding that the circuit court's bare conclusion that "Plaintiffs have satisfied all elements of Rule 23 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure and class certification is appropriate in this case" was clearly insufficient for the Supreme Court to conduct a meaningful review. View "Industrial Welding Supplies of Hattiesburg, LLC v. Pinson" on Justia Law
Posted in: Arkansas Supreme Court, Class Action, Labor & Employment Law
Golla v. Office of the Chief Judge of Cook County
Golla, who has a law degree, alleged, under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 1983, that the Office of the Chief Judge engaged in intentional reverse racial discrimination by paying Taylor, an African‐American male, a significantly higher salary than Golla, a white male, despite working in the same department and performing the same duties under essentially the same title. Golla started working in the Office in 1983. He was fired in 1995 but reinstated 10 months after he filed a complaint with the EEOC. Under a settlement agreement, Golla was reinstated at a pay position and title, Law Clerk I, which he retained until he resigned in 2013. When asked during his deposition whether anyone in the workplace made racial comments toward him, Golla answered, "nothing direct racial." He claimed his African-American supervisor made comments that were demeaning. The district court rejected Golla's claim, finding no direct evidence of reverse racial discrimination that resulted in the pay disparity and that Golla failed to establish a prima facie case of reverse racial discrimination under the indirect method of proof. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. The evidence as a whole was insufficient for a reasonable jury to conclude that Golla was paid at a lower pay grade than Taylor because of his race View "Golla v. Office of the Chief Judge of Cook County" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Douglas v. Xerox Business Services
The relevant unit for determining minimum-wage compliance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the workweek as a whole, rather than each individual hour within the workweek. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in an action brought by call center workers under the FLSA. The panel held that, under the workweek standard, Xerox complied with the minimum-wage provision, and plaintiffs concede that their overtime claims rise or fall with their minimum-wage claims. View "Douglas v. Xerox Business Services" on Justia Law
Watson v. BNSF Railway Co.
The Supreme Court reversed the order of the district court granting Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company's (BNSF) motion for summary judgment on Kelly Watson's asbestos-related disease claim, brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, holding that the bankruptcy court's order enjoining claims against W.R. Grace and other "affiliated entities," including BNSF, tolled the statute of limitations on Watson's claim. Thus, the district court erred in concluding that the bankruptcy court's order expanding a previous injunction barring the commencement or filing of new claims to include BNSF as a nondebtor affiliate did not bar the commencement of new actions against BNSF. View "Watson v. BNSF Railway Co." on Justia Law
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An example of the work being done on accreted land near the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge, is the King easement. Donated in December of 2002 by Jim and Mary Lou King, this 1-acre conservation easement seeks to protect accreted land bordering the Refuge. Home to a plethora of bird species it creates a buffer along a part of the refuge boundary for the continued preservation of this unique urban wetland system and continued enjoyment for the public.
This easement is now the model used in our ongoing project to inform landowners surrounding the Refuge about their conservation options for these vital areas.
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12-year-old French girl caught writing bad checks for candy
A 12-year-old girl in the southern French city of Bordeaux has been caught by police after using stolen cheques to buy 2,600 euros ($3,440) worth of candies and pastries.
Local police said Thursday that the girl had stolen a chequebook in March from a neighbour and used it over several months to buy the sweets from local bakeries.
Her criminal sweet tooth was uncovered when a local bakery tried to deposit 23 of the cheques and they bounced. She was quickly apprehended, questioned by police and released after her parents agreed to pay the bakery back.


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I parked in the Paradise Canyon Housing Development at a place where signs indicated that non-residents' cars would be towed and went ahead and hiked up the trail. I soon realized that there was another way in with a public parking lot. I uneasily took in a few photos before returning quickly to the car. I met a "resident" on the trail back and he indicated that the signs were there to be able to remove vehicles that over-extended their welcome and we were safe from towing. Being already nearly back to the car he told me about a petroglyph site on the Arizona Strip, a short drive from here so I drove there and the rest of the day was spent at the BLM Little Black Mountain Petroglyph Site South of St. George in Arizona (see that album). I will spend more time here in Paradise Canyon on a future date. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.
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I take thousands of photos, delete alot, and of these, print very few: always through Photobox. The service is reliable and in my experience, the quality is excellent.
In addition to prints - from small to A3 size - I have created a calendar -much admired, and 2 photo books the second better than the first, although it took ages...a word of advice, only upload the photos you intend to use -not the whole folder. I think that the upload speed is probably dependant on broadband speed; mine is appalling so this tip is vital as at first it was a nightmare. Also do edit the picture before uploading as you are limited to a basic crop once in the software. I think the crop facility is only available for prints, so no help if you are creating cards - again good results. My Photobox collage (only one so far) was an amazing creation, superb quality - again though, is the crop facility available for this (I couldn't find it) and is there any chance of extending the ordering choices to include matt paper for collages?
The Photobox special deals can be fantastic and (given the upload speed which I am certain is my issue not that of the product)I am considering trying to 'create and wait' so as to benefit from some of these.
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Exclusive Crispin Glover clip from "THE BAG MAN"Movies/TV,News Fangoria Staff
Fango nabbed an exclusive clip of WILLARD and BACK TO THE FUTURE star Crispin Glover from the all-star crime thriller THE BAG MAN, coming to theaters February 28 from Cinedigm. NYC-based fans can see THE BAG MAN for free at Fango's advance screening this coming Monday, February 24 at 7 p.m. This special showing will be held at New York City's Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, off University Place). Joining Glover at the screening will be BAG MAN lead actress Rebecca Da Costa (TRICK OF THE WITCH, 7 BELOW), and the two will take part in a Q&A following the movie. See more details here on how to get your tickets.
THE BAG MAN stars John Cusack and Robert De Niro, and the thriller marks David Grovic's directorial debut. The movie is a taut crime thriller that follows the story of Jack (Cusack), a tough but likeable guy with chronic bad luck. Jack is hired by legendary crime boss Dragna (De Niro) to complete a simple but unusual task. The plot centers around the anticipated arrival of Dragna, who has summoned Jack and a host of shady characters to a remote location for unknown reasons.
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Open to all UW students and alumni, the Environmental Career Fair is an opportunity to explore careers in environmental and natural resources fields. The Environmental Career Fair features employers from the nonprofit, government and private sectors with career-level positions and internships. Questions about the career fair can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
2018 UW Environmental Career Fair
The next Environmental Career Fair will be held on February 21, 2018, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Mary Gates Hall Commons.
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- Do your research — review the employer's website before the career fair so your questions are specific.
- Dress professionally — first impressions are important.
- Introduce yourself — work on your brief elevator pitch and tell them what skills, education and experience you have. Be specific about how these skills relate to the organization or position that you are pursuing.
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Connect with future environmental professionals at the annual UW Environmental Career Fair, which attracts hundreds of students and recent alumni from a range of environmental fields and disciplines. Whether you are building your contact list for future hires, recruiting interns or hiring right now, come share your organization's professional opportunities. Annually over 400 students graduate from the UW College of the Environment with degrees in the following areas:
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Submersible Pilot/Technician, OceanGate, Inc.
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OceanGate, Inc. provides manned submersible services and solutions for exploration, research, and responsible commercial activity. Alexandra's primary job at OceanGate is to pilot and maintain the manned submersibles, Cyclops 1 and Antipodes. She has utilized her knowledge of ocean technology and engineering gained through her educational and professional experience to assist in the fabrication of an operational platform for Cyclops 1 and various components for the submersibles and support assets. Her responsibilities also include operating support vehicles and providing diver assistance for operations and expeditions.
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BS Atmospheric Sciences
Minor in applied mathematics
Ramboll Environ strives to create progressive solutions to environmental issues that balance human and commercial needs. As part of an Environmental consulting firm, Scott's work greatly varies depending on the projects he picks up. Generally, he works in the air dispersion modeling field where he provides insight and solutions to industrial facilities and government agencies regarding human health implications of air pollution. The knowledge obtained from his undergraduate education in atmospheric sciences and applied math at UW is consistently useful in a large portion of his work: from mathematical modeling of complex air fields to using chemistry (pv=nrt!) to estimate pollutant emissions from combustion turbines.
Visual Data Specialist, Randstad (Contracted to Google)
BS Earth and Space Sciences: Geology
Minor in environmental studies
As a contract employee at Google, Luke processes LiDAR data generated through the self driving car project. His team tests and performs quality control on new software tools developed by Google Engineers. As a more experienced team member, Luke spends a great deal of time helping train new-hires and working to streamline the data processing pipeline. The Visual Data Specialist role builds on the geospatial and technology skills that he learned at UW in class and as a research assistant. The flexibility of contract work means that Luke was able to network and apply for graduate programs, he intends to return to school in the fall.
Business and Innovation Careers for Environmental Majors
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
4:30-6 p.m.
Career Center, Mary Gates Hall, room 134
UW Seattle campus
Meet the panelists
Elizabeth Szorad
Waste Zero Specialist, Recology CleanScapes
BS Environmental Studies
Minors in human rights and law, society and justice
In her role at Recology, Elizabeth manages education and outreach programs in communities throughout the Puget Sound area. She develops and implements innovative waste reduction programs for residential, multifamily and commercial customers, delivering education presentations and providing technical assistance to businesses, schools, community associations and organizations. Her work strives to reach Recology's goal of "a world without waste."
Mikaela Winter
Senior Associate, 3Degrees
BA Environmental Studies
Mikaela Winter is a Senior Associate at 3Degrees, a renewable energy services firm whose mission it is to connect people with cleaner energy on a massive scale. Mikaela uses process strategies and data analysis skills, honed during her time in the University of Washington's Program on the Environment, to support the business development team in their effort to assist Fortune 500 companies in reducing their impact on the environment. Mikaela attributes much of her professional success to the internship she completed as part of her Senior Capstone in 2012.
Benjamin Zuercher
CEO, Stuffmapper, SPC
BA Business Administration
Minor in environmental studies
As cofounder of Stuffmapper, Benjamin notes that he is fortunate to apply daily what he learned at the University of Washington. His passion for environmental justice was the reason that he launched the environmental startup, Stuffmapper. Its mission is to save millions of items from landfills everywhere and Benjamin's vision is to support and grow the free reusable stuff movement. Since graduating, he has found ways to stay engaged with UW as a longtime mentor with the Foster Mentorship program, an annual judge in the Business Plan Competition, a former Associate with Startup Hall, and a supporter of the Buerk Center.


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Not an essay this week so much as a heads-up: the University of Washington Press has just released two new editions of artist Miné Okubo's 1946 "illustrated memoir" Citizen 13660. It is not, however, simply a text with illustrations; instead, the book is constructed around drawings the California-born Okubo created in the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Topaz Relocation Center during the Japanese American internment of WWII, effectively annotating her drawings with information and reminisce about daily life under the burdens of the time. As you can see above, some texts are quite short, though if you stare through the page you can discern how long some of the other texts can get. Okubo was working on Federal Arts Program mural commissioned by the U.S. Army at the time of relocation, and her drawing exhibits a great confidence of line (to say nothing of her unflappable self-portraiture, reminiscent of the cool stares associated with French cartoonists Jacques Tardi and Chantal Montellier).
It looks like at least one of the new editions will serve to place emphasis firmly on the drawing. Presented as an 8″ x 8″ hardcover, the Special Edition of Citizen 13660 looks to present the art at a much larger size, leaving not nearly so much white space on the page, and re-formatting the text to a smaller, more visually supplementary role. There will be a new softcover too, which looks to be pretty much the same as the 1983 paperback I own, except with a different cover design and a new introduction by Christine Hong (also in the hardcover). Either way, it's a work of likely interest to readers of this column, and I recommend it to you!
PLEASE NOTE: What follows is not a series of capsule reviews but an annotated selection of items listed by Diamond Comic Distributors for release to comic book retailers in North America on the particular Wednesday identified in the column title above. Be aware that some of these comics may be published by Fantagraphics Books, the entity which also administers the posting of this column. Not every listed item will necessarily arrive at every comic book retailer, in that some items may be delayed and ordered quantities will vary. I have in all likelihood not read any of the comics listed below, in that they are not yet released as of the writing of this column, nor will I necessarily read or purchase every item identified; THIS WEEK IN COMICS! reflects only what I find to be potentially interesting.
Operation Margarine: Being the newest release from Katie Skelly, a compilation/completion of her minicomics series. Motorbikes, nuns and friends from differing social strata. (Barthes too, says the author.) Looks pretty fun, and I like Skelly's drawings. Preview; $12.95.
Bohemians: A Graphic History: A new anthology of biographical comics edited by David Berger & Paul Buhle and published by Verso. It's mentioned here for an interesting lineup of contributing artists, including underground and alternative era names like Sharon Rudahl, Peter Kuper, David Lasky, Milton Knight, the late Spain Rodriguez, and more. Note that the Verso site links to a digital edition which purportedly has more stuff than the printed book; $16.95.
Genesis: A new one-off Image project from writer Nathan Edmondson (of the action series Who Is Jake Ellis?) and artist Alison Sampson (colored by Jason Wordie), concerning an ambitious man ("Adam," heh) who, frustrated in his attempts to affect lasting change in the world, attempts suicide, only to discover that he has the ability to manifest all of his thoughts and desires in reality, making and re-making the world along personal and exclusionary lines. To be honest, the plotty, horror-ish hooks emphasized in the solicitation dissolve very quickly, leaving a swirl of philosophical (Taoist?) inquiry concerning the process of reality's manufacture, complete with a spirit animal of sorts, an angel/demon/muse/doppelgänger and plenty of out-loud musings among spindly natural and architectural forms. Sampson has a flair for panoramic and encroaching settings that is worth a look. Preview; $6.99.
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War: I should clarify that Miné Okubo's work is also rather deadpan and wry, marshaling an accrual of inconveniences to subtly convey the weight of having one's liberties stripped underneath her fine capture of scenes from the site. This new project by children's book author Matt Faulkner, on the other hand, looks to be tackling the same subject matter, also from a fact-based scenario, with more in the way of deliberate drama, focusing on a half-white kid looking for a place to belong in a country disinclined to see him as a person. Official site; $19.99.
A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing In Old New York: I am totally unfamiliar with the works of cartoonist Liana Finck (a New Yorker contributor, I believe), but there's definite potential in the idea of adapting early 20th century advice columns from The Jewish Daily Forward into comics, and HarperCollins has seen it fit to devote 128 pages to the result; $17.99.
Sunny Vol. 3: Big week for feeling low, manga-wise, as Viz brings another 216 pages of Taiyō Matsumoto's increasingly-acclaimed-in-English slice-of-life series. Anecdotally, I've seen some pretty diverse reactions to this series, ranging from 'this overrode my typical distaste for pretty drawings and melodrama' to 'kinda weak and pander-y.' I say it's no GoGo Monster, but it's got just the kind of high-craft sweep that gets you yelling HOW CAN YOU SPEAK TO YOUR CHILD LIKE THAT, WHAT KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU??! and then ordering a tea from the counter because it's your turn in line. A hardcover presentation, one book behind the Japanese editions, though vol. 5 is set to drop late next month; $22.99.
Wolfsmund Vol. 4: I dunno if Wolfsmund is gonna win any prizes at Slate; it's got that special blend of unnervingly sprightly sex appeal and icewater-veined sadism that marks fantasy manga as a breed apart in terms of comic story potentials. But for those who wish to encourage Mitsuhisa Kuji on her mission, here is Vertical with 260 pages, now positioned one volume behind the Japanese releases. Unlike Sunny, though, the next J-language book release from this artist will be Gaikou Kakkaku, compiling an earlier armored mayhem project; $12.95.
Dorohedoro Vol. 12: In contrast to all that, Viz is nowhere near as far along as Q Hayashida has taken this more punk-ish, grotty fantasy – she's up to vol. 18, though the quarterly clip of these English translations will eventually jostle them to the front; $12.99.
Ariol Vol. 4: A Beautiful Cow: Pretty soon we're going to be getting an English edition of Emmanuel Guibert's 2012 American Depression narrative How the World Was: A California Childhood, which should further his reputation for non-fiction character studies of males in times of strife (see also: The Photographer, Alan's War), but it's worth noting that NBM/Papercutz is now approaching 500 translated pages of a series a bit closer in tone to the Joann Sfar collaborations which introduced him around here: this colorful, Marc Boutavant-drawn account of a lil' cartoon donkey's growing-up adventures. It's 8″ x 5 1/2″ in softcover; $12.99.
Ro-Busters: The Disaster Squad of Distinction: This is another Simon & Schuster homebrew edition of 2000 AD stuff Rebellion has collected in other formats for the U.K. market, now specially calibrated for North Americans. It's only 112 pages, so it's definitely *not* a U.S. edition of 2010's The Complete Ro-Busters, which compiled the (mostly) late-'70s robot comics Pat Mills wrote for Starlord and 2000 AD, although I presume some of the Dave Gibbons and Kevin O'Neill-drawn stories will be in here, as (I'm guessing from the cover credits) will be at least one of Alan Moore's 2000 AD Annual shorts with the characters, i.e. a 1981 piece drawn by Steve Dillon. Lots of old-school clattering and smashing can be expected; $19.99.
Spider-Man: Newspaper Strips Vol. 1: This looks to be a re-do of a compilation Marvel initially released as a hardcover in 2009; I don't own a copy, but apparently — from reading around online — the reproduction quality wasn't great, the Sundays were in b&w, and you had to turn the book sideways to read anything. Promotional images for this 344-page softcover, however, suggest a landscape-format presentation, at least, and the solicitation text claims the Sundays will now be in color. Going from the strip's beginnings in Jan. '77 to Jan. '79, much of the book should represent a collaboration between Stan Lee & John Romita, Sr. on the character; $39.99.
Frankenstein: Alive, Alive! #3: Speaking of non-comic book Marvel projects, I do believe they were the first to publish a formal edition of Frankenstein with Bernie Wrightson's laborious illustrations attached, after more than half a decade's labor. This original, full-comics IDW project hasn't taken quite so long, but it does appear to be on the "done when it's done" schedule, and what's done now is another issue of b&w intensity, scripted by Steve Niles; $3.99.
Adventure Time: Sugary Shorts Vol. 1: Boom!'s popular line of Adventure Time tie-in comics has produced a good deal of short-form backup material, and this is a compilation of some of that, with art by Michael DeForge, Aaron Renier, Paul Pope, Lucy Knisley, Shannon Wheeler, Jim Rugg and others. Samples; $19.99.
Jim Curious: A Voyage to the Heart of the Sea in 3-D Vision: Finally, your maybe-a-comic-or-maybe-not-but-shit-it-made-the-Youth-Selection-at-Angoulême-2013-so-probably of the week, in which Matthias Picard (of the 2011 L'Association release Jeanine) presents 52 pages' worth of a boy's wordless descent into the inky depths, all in exciting stereoscopics. A tall 13″ x 9 1/2″ hardcover, glasses included, released to North America by Abrams; $19.95.