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Make Your Child's Lunchbox Eco-Friendly with Fabkins
August 4, 2008Posted by pamela |
A desire for a more eco-friendly lunchtime led Marin mompreneurs Joyce Raffo and Paige Rodgers to create Fabkins, a fun line of unique cloth napkins just for kids. Fabkins are kid-sized napkins that sport different child-friendly themes like "Sports Fan," "African Safari," "Prima Ballerina," "Fruit Salad," "Beach Bound," and "Garden Friends." Useful as both napkins and placemats, Fabkins encourage good table manners and help make school lunches and meals at home waste-free.
We asked Joyce and Paige a few questions about their Fabkins and how they started their business. Joyce and Paige are also offering Marin Mommies readers a 10% discount on online Fabkins purchases through August 31 by using the coupon code mom10 at checkout.
Please tell us about yourselves. What are your backgrounds?
Joyce and I both came to Fabkins with a background in marketing. She spent more time on the technical, product and project management side, while I focused on sales and promotions. Joyce started her career in consulting and I first worked in the non-profit world. Our varied professional experiences have been helpful in starting a business, and we each gravitated to the areas we were most comfortable with and skilled at. Joyce handles a lot of the operations and financials and I handle most of the sales and marketing. Of course, our experience being moms has also helped us a great deal in creating and selling a product for kids!
What was your inspiration to create Fabkins?
Joyce came up with the idea after a day of shopping for trash-free lunch products for her son's lunchbox left her frustrated by the lack of kid-friendly cloth napkins available. She talked to me about her idea and we decided to make some samples to show friends and gauge their interest. Everyone loved them. Around the same time, we saw the Oprah "Green 101" show. Guest Elizabeth Rogers, co-author of The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time, was asked to give one tip from her book that America could implement immediately. Elizabeth's response was "If we all gave up one [paper] napkin a day, we could save a billion pounds of paper waste from going to landfills [each] year." Joyce and I knew then that we had a huge opportunity to make a product that would both reduce paper waste and get kids excited about their role in saving the environment. Soon after, in August 2007, Fabkins was born.
What kind of response have you been getting for your creation?
We have sold over 3,000 sets in one year through a combination of online, retail and school event sales. What's even more fun is that we hear from moms all the time how Fabkins have made school lunch more fun, family mealtime more special, teaching table manners easier, and the discussion of reducing paper waste to save the environment more relevant to their kids.
How did you go about starting the business?
We made a few prototypes of Fabkins to show friends and people loved them. We got our kids and their friends involved in selecting the designs and fabrics, then talked with parents about pricing, packaging, etc. We found a great sewer in San Francisco, purchased the fabric and embroidered appliqués and got started. Our logo, website design and marketing materials were all done by a mom in West Marin and we got some PR help from a friend and fellow mom who runs her own PR agency. It's been a community effort and we are so grateful to our mom friends for all they've done to help us succeed.
What are your goals for Fabkins?
We have always intended to transition our fabric to 100% organic cotton and we are excited to make it happen this Fall. We hope to more than double our sales in the coming year and will be introducing new designs in the next few months. We'd also like to continue our work educating kids about ways they can be involved in saving the environment.
What do you like best about living and working in Marin?
We could not imagine a better location for starting an eco-friendly company with a product for kids. We feel very fortunate to live in such an eco-conscious community of families committed to making a difference for future generations. Fabkins was an instant success in Marin because people got it right away. We're finding that in other areas of the US, there is some education needed around the importance of reducing paper waste and packing a waste-free lunch. Of course, we also love Marin because we can spend a brainstorming session hiking up Mt. Tam!


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Alex, Monisha and I are doing a 30 day vegan/vegetarian challenge starting on April 1. We're all striving to eat and live healthier. Each of us also have our ulterior motives too!
Whitney's Purpose for Going Vegan for 30 Days
I'm planning on going vegan for 30 (ish) days (I'm going on vacation in the middle of the challenge so don't hold it against me if I sneak a few bites of cheese!) I love to challenge myself and going vegan is definitely a challenge. My ulterior motive is to get beach ready in about 20 days. I'm going to my friend's wedding (and a short vacay) in Clearwater Beach, Florida and I want to look and feel hott!
Alex's Purpose for Going Raw-Vegan for 30 Days
I'm already a part time vegan so I needed to make the challenge a little harder. I plan to eat a raw vegan diet for 30 days! I'm a little nervous, but I know I can do it. I'm excited to motivate myself, improve my energy levels and shed a few extra pounds!
Monisha's Purpose for Going Vegetarian for 30 Days
I've decided to join the #30dayveg challenge because I really want to see if I can notice a difference. At the current moment my diet includes chicken, turkey, fish, and shell fish. I can count on one hand the amount of times I eat red meat per year. I monitor how much meat I eat. However, I'm not anti-meat. I've never had a desire to not eat meat but I don't think the vegetarian life is bazaar. Therefore here I am! I really like excited about experimenting with vegetarian friendly foods I already love, like beans.
Not only are we challenging ourselves, we're asking our followers to join us!
Which VEG Head Will You Be?
Vegetarian/Vegan Protein
Whenever I tell someone that I'm a vegetarian the first question out of their mouth is, "Where do you get your protein?"
It's a common misconception that you can only get significant amounts of protein from meat. As long as you eat whole foods, you will get protein. In fact, you could eat nothing but potatoes all day and still meet your minimum protein needs. All foods, like carrots and tomatoes, have some form of protein. I remember this quote from the movie, Forks over knives " You can't be protein deficient unless you are calorie deficient." Ha! It's so true!
The average person needs the following amount of protein per day.
- Adult men need about 56 grams a day
- Adult women need about 46 grams a day
With so many options for food, protein intake and supplementation is not a major issue if you are vegetarian or vegan. Below is a short list of vegetarian and vegan protein sources and some recipes as well.
Quinoa: 8-15 g protein
Tempeh: 24g Protein
Seitan: 24g Protein
Beans & Peas : 12-28g Protein
- Cilantro soup mix
- Indian mung beans
- Sausage and Black Bean Soup Recipe
- Chipotle Bowl Copycat Recipe
- Vegetarian Chili Recipe
Eggs: 5-9g Protein
- Scrambled Eggs and Veggies
- Spinach and Eggs
- Breakfast tacos
- Veggie Breakfast Omelet In Minutes
- Protein Breakfast
- Spinach and Egg Wrap
Nuts: 6-8g Protein
- Peanut butter, 2 Tbs- 8 grams
- Almonds, ¼ cup – 8 grams
- Peanuts, ¼ cup – 9 grams
- Cashews, ¼ cup – 5 grams
- Pecans, ¼ cup – 2.5 grams
- Sunflower seeds, ¼ cup – 6 grams
- Pumpkin seeds, ¼ cup – 8 grams
- Flax seeds – ¼ cup – 8 grams
Plant Based Protein Supplements 5 – 30g Protein
For those who need an extra kick after working out or a meal replacement, check out a few plant based protein powders.
- Pea protein
- Wheat Protein
- Soy Protein
- Hemp Protein
Click here to check out more details on vegetarian and vegan protein sources.
Tips. Advice. Support.
- Slowly taper your meat and/or dairy intake before you start
- Replace meat with plant-based protein sources mentioned above such as quinoa and tofu
- Planning ahead is critical to your success. Try prepping your meals for the week. Check out this post about how to get started.
- Instead seasoning your food with salt, use other spices and herbs to flavor your food
- Have healthy snacks and protein shakes on hand
- Drink lots of water!
Here are some links to a few more healthy vegetarian and vegan recipes to get you started.
- Roasted Pear Salad
- Vegan Tomato Basil "Cream" Pasta
- Simple Salad Ideas
- Easy Low Fat 100 Calorie Cinnamon Pancakes
- 15 Yummy Vegan Recipes
- White Rice and Arborio Soup
- Easy Juice Recipe For Hair Growth and Immunity Booster – The Green Lite
Have more questions? Alex and I have been vegetarians for over a year now so we have that on lock. We also have a network of fit friends who are vegans and raw vegans as well so we can answer any question you throw at us.
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Do Eat Raw
Developer: Wachipi
Cost: $0.99
Runs on: iPhone
Website: www.doeatraw.com
I love all forms of cooking, but there's something divine about raw food. Grabbing a vine-ripened tomato and biting into it like an apple is a guilty pleasure of mine. Of course, most people who dedicate their life to eating raw foods do it for nutritional or ethical reasons. And, of course, that doesn't mean non-vegans can't enjoy this raw food app, Do Eat Raw.
Do Eat Raw includes over 300 raw vegan recipes organized in seven different categories: Salads, Entrée and Main Courses, Appetizers and Snacks, Desserts, and more. Each category is organized alphabetically, but you can't scrub/jump through the recipe alphabet like you can when scanning for cheese in Ask the Cheesemonger. This app also doesn't include thumbnails of the recipes so you can't have that ravioli recipe jump out at you through visual stimulation. Unfortunately, once you've clicked into the recipe page, you'll notice the dearth of visuals continues.
None of the recipes include a photo, although all of them provide you with the option to upload one. Doing so, however, you'll notice that the developing company for this app is Italian and forgot to translate the adding-a-photo instructions. Figuring this out isn't difficult, but it's an omission that should never have slipped the app store approval process. The spelling inconsistencies can also be found in the global navigation for "Favorites" and the title "Favourites" when you're in that channel. I understand that overcoming a language barrier can be difficult, but these mistakes are caused by a lack of attention. A point that may be lost in translation is the use of "Favorites." This page, you would think, would list the recipes that you deem your favorites. However, this page does nothing more than sort recipes by the star rating you give them on their recipe page. A more appropriate name would be "Rated."
Speaking of the recipe page, these are simple, single scrolling pages that separate the ingredient list and description (method), which sometimes includes dehydrating instructions. The recipe page also allows users to write their own notes, give the aforementioned star rating and share the recipe via e-mail. Unlike the healthy food app, Trufflehead, which lumps all specs of the recipe at the top for quick consumption (e.g., serving size, time, difficulty) and separates the ingredients, instructions and even equipment needed into separate tabs, this app has it all in one scrolling list with faint separators. Do Eat Raw also doesn't include any nutritional information (something Trufflehead has), which is very surprising since this seems like it would be easy to gather and important to the user downloading this app.
While I've been beating this app up for the various shortcomings, I will say that the Search function works decently—faint praise, I know. You can filter the search by recipe title or ingredient, which will yield the same ingredient in big type, but display the unique recipe name in small type—again another design flaw. Do Eat Raw also includes a timer (for those dehydration recipes) and a shopping list, but doesn't conveniently include the timer on the recipe page like Must-Have Recipes from Better Homes and Gardens.
The last main section of this app is the shopping list. While this feature is nice to have, it lacks any kind of true usability. You can sort by name, which organizes the ingredients alphabetically (regardless of the recipe) or you can sort by recipe. Neither of these are particularly helpful if you're in the grocery store hunting down items and constantly crisscrossing aisles to gather ingredients. Trufflehead (and other apps) will sort the ingredients according to their category so all your vegetable ingredients, for example, are lumped together. Worst of all, you can't e-mail your shopping list in Do Eat Raw, which means you'd have to e-mail individual recipes rather than a comprehensive ingredient list.
This app, while including over 300 recipes, feels, well, raw. Do Eat Raw includes the basics, but doesn't organize or extend the functionality in a way that many people have come to expect from an app. At just $0.99 it's cheaper than the $3.99 Trufflehead, but the value for what you get is a stark contrast. If you're looking for a raw food app that will get your culinary juices flowing, this app is severely undercooked.
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Reno - Tahoe
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I'd plan to see both Lake Tahoe & and Yosimite National Park on this trip. However the forces of "plane equipment" was against me :) So I made a choice to see Lake Tahoe.
I visited the North Shore of the lake. The lake encompasses two states, California & Nevada, I visited via the California side. Traveling this way took me through the Serria Nevada Mountains - what a peaceful ride, both the scenery from the car as well as the lake area is amazing. Also going this route will take you through a quaint little town called Truckee. Truckee is definitely a place to see if you can. The town is where the Donner Party, American settlers traveling to California became snowbound and some members resorted to cannabilism because the pass in the Serria Nevada mountains was cut off by a snowstorm.
Another place I visited was Hawthorne Nevada. A very small town with mostly retirees, and where I spent most of my time because of work. I didn't think the town had much to offer until I looked out my window and WOW - Walker Lake - let me tell ya... here's a beautiful freshwater lake in the middle of the desert, literally an oasis! And a nice little vacation spot if your not into crowded beaches, hangliding & paragliding, & fishing.
Overall I wish I'd had more time but I'm definitely returning to Reno & Tahoe next year. This is a must see for me next summer or maybe Feb/Mar08!!


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Notre Dame junior forward Torin Francis will withdraw from the NBA draft and return for his senior season, a source close to the Irish program said Tuesday.
The source said Francis would meet with Notre Dame coach Mike Brey on Monday once Brey returned from vacation and send in his paperwork to the NBA. The deadline to withdraw from the draft is Tuesday, June 21.
Francis spent last week at the Chicago pre-draft camp but was unable to convince NBA executives that was worth drafting in the first round. Francis went 8-for-19, grabbed 15 rebounds, committed seven turnovers and blocked three shots while scoring a total of 23 points in three games.
Francis averaged 9.3 points and grabbed 7.9 rebounds for the Irish last season. He missed the final 12 games of his sophomore season after he had back surgery. Francis' return is a must for the Irish after losing senior point guard Chris Thomas and fourth-year junior forward Dennis Latimore. Francis gives the Irish an anchor in the post to go along with returnees Colin Falls and Chris Quinn in the backcourt. The Irish are also losing senior forward Jordan Cornette.
Notre Dame missed the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons, ending up in the NIT, making Francis' return even more critical to the Irish's success in the 16-team Big East next season.
Brey and assistant coach Lewis Preston were in Chicago last week to watch Francis and Thomas. Brey didn't anticipate that Francis would stay in the draft. Francis told ESPN.com that he wanted to gauge where he stood in the draft process but wanted a first-round guarantee if he was going to stay in the draft. That apparently didn't come.
Francis joins West Virginia's Kevin Pittsnogle and Wake Forest's Eric Williams in returning to school since the competition ended at the Chicago camp on Friday. San Diego State sophomore Marcus Slaughter (turf toe) and Illinois junior point guard Dee Brown (broken foot) were both expected to formally withdraw from the draft, as well, after getting injured during the camp.
Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.


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Following her fill-in stint on "Meet the Press" Sunday, NBC's senior White House correspondent Chris Jansing sent an email to the MTP staff to thank them for making her feel welcome. "I honestly can't remember a time when I didn't watch Meet The Press," Jansing wrote. "And moving to the White House a scant six weeks ago, it never crossed my mind that I would be hosting it." Jansing, along with MTP EP Rob Yarin and senior editor Shawna Thomas traveled to Guatemala last week to cover Sen. Rand Paul's mission to perform eye surgeries on those who otherwise couldn't have afforded it. The interview aired on "Meet the Press" Sunday and will be turned into a half-hour special airing this weekend on MSNBC. Chuck Todd takes over as moderator Sept. 7. He's back on MSNBC this morning hosting his "Daily Rundown."
Read Jansing's note after the jump…
From: Jansing, Christine (NBCUniversal, MSNBC)
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 12:06 PM
To: NBC DC MTP
Subject: thank you!!!
Team MTP,
Growing up in a very politically aware family, I honestly can't remember a time when I didn't watch Meet The Press. And moving to the White House a scant six weeks ago, it never crossed my mind that I would be hosting it. But as your fearless leaders Rob and Shawna assured me, you are a smart, dedicated, well oiled, AMAZING team , and you made me feel so welcome. As an aside – I heartily recommend that if you're ever going to a remote area of a developing nation, consider taking Rob and Shawna along! In the meantime, I can't tell you how your support calmed my nerves and made my prep as good as it could be. It's been a long year, I know, but great things are ahead. I am truly proud to have been part of the transition to the next act of this historic and FANTASTIC program.


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Victims of hunters, seals had almost disappeared from the coasts of northern France at the end of the 1970s, but in the past few years they have come back, to the delight of tourists.
"I came specially. This is the only place where you can see the seals so close up," said Michel, who joined many dozens on the dyke at Berck-sur-Mer in the Pas de Calais region to see the seals of the Bay of Authie.
"At each low tide, it's the same ritual. Tourists and local gossips are there, with binoculars and cameras. They are waiting for the seals. This has become one of the tourist attractions of Berck," explained Jacques Neant, president of the Berckois Nautical Club, whose observation trips at sea of the marine mammals are booked out almost every day.
"The demand is increasing, especially since each year, you're almost certain to see some whenever you go out. Not only are the seals more and more numerous in the bay, but they also no longer hesitate to approach the coasts," said Jacques Verrier, a guide to Berck.
The species under observation are harbour seals, which are the most common, and grey seals, which can weigh up to 220 kilos (485 pounds).
"The first ones came back in the 1980s, after the ban on hunting in the North Sea. At the start, only a few isolated individuals arrived, most likely from the Bay of the Somme, which constitutes the biggest colony in France, with 250 to 300 individuals," said Sylvain Pezeril, the president of the association OCEAMM (Observatory for the Conversation and the Study of Marine Animals and Habitats).
"Little by little, they formed a small colony, which has begun to reproduce," he added.
"In 2002, you could see two at most, but since the end of last year, there have been more than 15 who have taken Berck for their home. This year, we were able to count up to 21 on the sandbanks," said Marie-Helene Fremau, a volunteer for the Discovery of Nature Association (ADN), which carries out an almost daily count of the seals.
The seal colonies are based at three points on the northern French coast: the Bay of the Somme, the Bay of Authie and since this year the Bay of Canche, with about a dozen beasts observed off the coast of Etaples.
There are several regions for this presence, ranging from the sandy beaches, abundant fish, including the flat varieties the seals adore, and above all the effect of the tides in the estuaries, which creates sandbanks where the seals can lie and sun themselves, before their winter moult.
"But apart from the environmental conditions, it is the attitude of people that makes the difference," Fremau said.
During the summer, volunteer workers carry out an awareness campaign among tourists on a daily basis. They reply to the many questions and help people to discover the animal's way of life and what precautions to take to observe it.
"If the seals have to suffer too many intrusions, by tourists, by horses or by boats, they will go away again, that's for sure," said Fremau.


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Bergen, Norway (PressExposure) December 29, 2011 -- Harlequins Enigma released a new professionally remastered version of their favourite dance track from octagon volume 2 - night pulse and the silhouette of dr. voodoo. It is of course "time dance." This version goes under the name "time dance - liberty mix." Time dance was remastered at last drop mastering by Nathan Allen at the end of November 2011. The dance track time dance was composed by åge riisnes & his brother ståle. harlequins enigma have high hopes for the single, and hope the dance scene will give it a chance.
Åge drew inspiration from early 80s/90s+ hits in his heart & had a nice period in 2009 where many of the "skyscrapers" came to life. A romance had much to do with parts of it. In his early ophidian period, he was influenced by a vast number of artists. including amiga artists atjazz, øistein j. eide - boom jinx, jesper kyd, bjørn lynne and others. In addition, he had a nice collection of audio cd's early in his career like Jean Michel Jarre - Chronologie, Vangelis - Blade Runner, Pink Floyd - The Wall, Limp Bizkit, Korn, P.O.D., Kate Bush, Yello, Tori Amos, Depeche Mode, Røyksopp, Kitaro, tons of the best Billboard music and classical pieces from Beethoven ( http://www.harlenia.com ), Grieg, Wagner & others. They were all part of his root elements. He also had an early heavy metal period with favourites at the time: Metallica, Motley Crue, King Diamond, Ratt, Whitesnake, Rainbow, The Clash & more, plus he grew fond of Kenji Kawai's Ghost in the Shell soundtrack among others, as his roots were made from early 1990's to the next millennium. Night pulse & the silhouette of dr. voodoo is based on heartbeat b.p.m. - but much of it drew juice from manga metal etc.
Harlqeuins enigma informs that this single is an interruption in their holiday from music. So it is time for them to relax for some months, that will lead them to piece of mind and to the summer of 2012, until you hear from them again musically. Their homepage will hold important messages, and all stores will be open. And they would like to greet all fans of the band, and invite everyone for a close listen to their new beauty.
Album distributor: zimbalam. time dance (liberty mix) Estimated time of arrival: shortly/in transit. Availability: major mp3 stores
Harlequins enigma homepage: http://www.harlenia.com


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KAR-MI, 1914. Original Magic Poster (28″ x 41″) depicting the Indian magician and juggler. In this poster he promises to swallow a loaded gun barrel and shoot a cracker from a man's head.
This fine lithograph is in excellent C8 condition and will soon be mounted on linen. Two minor tears along the margin will be repaired during linen backing.Linen Backed
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A man receives an invitation from his elderly, ailing aunt and doesn't want to go. It's the midst of the Christmas rush, and who needs the aggravation? The depression? The strain? Driven by guilt, he visits her anyway - and rediscovers the true meaning of Christmas.
Tom Hegg wrote "A Cup of Christmas Tea" in 1981, when his pastor asked him to write something for his church's 125th anniversary. Drawing on childhood memories, he composed a straightforward, sentimental poem that brought tears to his audience's eyes. First published in 1982, it's been a seasonal best-seller ever since.
"A Memory of Christmas Tea", published in 1999, is the heartwarming sequel. Revisiting the themes of "A Cup of Christmas Tea", it gently reminds us of the important things in life - such as taking time for loved ones.
©1999 Tom Hegg and Warren Hanson; (P)2000 HighBridge Company
It was like going back in time. I was blessef to have 4 grat aunts that nurtured my siblings, cousins, and myself. We always took time out during the holidays to visit and take gifts
They were always interested in our lives and gave good advice as needed. We always ended our visits with a prayer. and a promise to visit when I was at home again. They are all gone now, but I am blessed to have the memories. these stories always mske me think of those times with my great aunts and uncles
"Best Christmas story"
I would recommend this book to anyone of any age. It's just such a special connection betwen people at Christmastime!
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- "All right partner! Let's take this droid and see what it can do!"
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Holocam E-series cam droids were a series of small, friendly holocam droids, programmed with a female personality and seemingly at least basic level mechanical, technical, and scientific knowledge. Produced by Trang Robotics, Holocam E droids cheerfully dispensed advice and helpful hints as they became relevant.
One of these droids, known as "Cammy", helped a Rebel agent to find and infiltrate an Assassin Droid factory on Tatooine.


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The wanderer who came to be known to some in rural Alaska as the "The Crazy Frenchman'' has joined those gone missing possibly forever in the 49th state.
Thirty-two-year-old Francois Guenot disappeared into the wild homeland of Katmai National Park brown bears sometime in May. A kayak believed to be his and gear that included his identification were found along the Katmai coast, about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage last week.
Rangers who patrol the little-visited, 4.1-million-acre park and preserve spent two futile days looking for Guenot with the help of the U.S. Coast Guard, and then turned the search over to Alaska State Troopers.
Within no real idea of where to look for the missing man, troopers shortly thereafter suspended the hunt.
"He could be anywhere between Kokhanak and Chignik,'' park ranger Wendy Artz said Monday. Kokhonak is on the south shore of giant Iliamna Lake. About 170 people live there in an unorganized community the U.S. classifies as a "census-designated place.''
Chignik, about 250 air miles to the southwest, is even smaller. A seasonal fishing community that comes alive when the salmon return, it is home to fewer than 100 year-round residents. Between the two villages live far more bears than people.
Guenot, according to troopers, left Kokhanok on May 9. He was last seen on May 26 at Amakdedori Creek, about 40 miles to the west on the shores of Kamishak Bay. Officials of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on that date found him squatting in a state cabin used by salmon counters and, according to troopers, illegally netting fish out of the nearby creek.
Such illegal fishing and sometimes hunting is not uncommon among people trying to travel long distances cross country in the 49th state where there are no stores and resupply is difficult. Guenot had, however, managed to make prior arrangements to have a collapsible kayak and some food flown from Kokhanok to near the mouth of the creek on a bay off Shelikoff Strait between Kodiak Island and the Alaska mainland.
Kokhanok resident Gary Nielsen.said the Frenchman was talking of plans to paddle the kayak west along the Alaska Peninsula to the Aleutian Islands and hopefully on to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. The journey is not impossible, but it is dangerous.
"Everyone likes him," Jim Tilley, another Iliamna-area resident said Sunday. "He's just aloof to the dangers of Alaska."
The outer coast of Katmai, where Guenot disappeared, is a land of wave-pounded headlands and vast beaches with big surf interspersed with a few protected bays.
More than three weeks after Guenot's contact with state employees near Amakdedori Creek, Bill Sims from the Newhalen Lodge was flying that coast. He spotted a battered, old red-and-white collapsible kayak -- apparently a classic Folbot. He landed nearby and then found a backpack, said friend Clint Hlebechuk, owner of the nearby Hallo Bay Bear Camp.
"Bill couldn't sleep that night," Hlebechuk said Monday via cell phone from his home in Homer. "He came back the next day and poked around."
The weather was nice that day, Hlebechuk said, and Sims borrowed a skiff from the camp to go patrol the beach. It was then he found a waterproof duffel bag.
"He found this duffel bag...with a log book," Hlebechuk said. "The log book ended on the 15th."
Hlebechuk went back and checked his weather records. On the 16th, he noted, the winds howled in the area, peaking with a gust of 72 mph.
"That whole coast is exposed," Hlebechuk added. "We're just speculating, but (Guenot) might have gotten tangled up in Douglas Reef," or he might have tried to make a beach landing in big surf and lost his boat, something that is easy to do.
Hlebechuk thinks there is a possibility, remote though it may be, that Guenot could have made it ashore.
"He might have crawled back into the brush," said the long-time operator of the wilderness camp. The tides on June 16 were near their summer maximum. They could have washed away any sign of someone dragging themselves across the beach.
Hlebechuk still hopes Guenot could emerge from the wilderness. Others share that feeling. He "is known to be an avid outdoorsman in good physical condition," a trooper dispatch noted. Neilsen, with whom Guenot spent the winter, said the Frenchman earlier this year did a three-week circumnavigation of Iliamna Lake on foot over rotting spring ice and lived to tell about it.
"We told him he was the luckiest man in the world," Neilsen added.
But if Guenot made it to the safety of land this time, he was either unable or unwilling to emerge from the underbrush and wave at searching Coast Guard helicopters thump, thump, thumping along the coast. And a ground search, beyond the limited effort put in by rangers, would be hard to organize in the remote area where it is now considered likely that Guenot drowned.
The waters of Cape Douglas are notoriously dangerous. Currents can run to 10 mph on the change of the tides, Hlebechuk noted. The late Timothy Treadwell, a "bear whisperer" who became famous after he was killed and eaten by a Katmai brown bear, once complained that the U.S. National Park Service was trying to kill him by forcing him to move about this coast by boat.
To make it more difficult for the California-based Treadwell to spend his summers living with the bears, as he desired, the park service enacted a regulation requiring campers to move their tents at least a mile every seven days. Treadwell thought the moves dangerous enough he eventually just took to hiding his camps.
He considered the coastal weather and seas far more dangerous than the 1,000-pound bears, which tend to be amazingly placid when well stuffed with sedge grasses, clams and salmon during the summer. Treadwell petted some and kissed others over his 13 summers in Katmai, but unfortunately he once extended his stay in the "Grizzly Maze" into October, when bear behavior changes. He and girlfriend Amie Huguenard were killed and eaten on Oct. 5, 2003.
Guenot's kayak was found not far north of Treadwell's beloved Hallo Bay, but the bears, in this case, do not appear to have been involved in the man's disappearance. And what exactly happened to Guenot may never be known.
He could join the likes of 31-year-old German Thomas Seibold, who went missing near Ambler in Northwest Alaska in the fall of 2012. A skilled woodsman, Seibold had been staying in a friend's cabin upriver from the village, and planned to hike about 30 miles south to Kobuk to catch a flight back to Wisconsin to rejoin his wife.
He never made it. A cursory search of the most obvious routes to Kobuk found no sign of him. Friends from Outside organized a more intensive hunt. It found nothing either.
Alaska is a big wild place that sometimes just swallows people.
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Digital Transformation: Not Because It's Easy, But Because It's Hard
Guest post by Intellyx Principal Analyst Charles Araujo
Pop quiz: What's the first thing you should do after you've completed your digital transformation?
If you've followed our work here at Intellyx, you know this was a trick question.
Digital transformation is a process, not a destination. It's a fundamental reshaping of an organization's culture that reorients it around the customer experience, business value and constant change.
It's not about executing a 'digital transformation project' and finding a new normal. The essence of digital transformation is the destruction of the static state.
This essence is a challenging concept to grasp, ironically, because while we talk about digital transformation, we do it through an industrial era filter. It's difficult to imagine a change of state this fundamental, so it's easier to put in a box we understand.
A recent Ovum study shows the difficulty in grasping this essence of digital transformation. In the study of 7,000 IT decision makers, one-third of respondents said their organizations were "unprepared for...digital transformation." That was the headline - but the more troubling statistic was that 7% said their digital transformation was complete.
These results should scare you. First, a third of organizations are not prepared to do anything? After hearing an unending drumbeat about the changing landscape and having to step over the carcasses of companies who failed to respond to digital disruption, they've done nothing?
And then there are the 7% who claim to be done. They are sitting back, sipping their glass of Scotch and chuckling at the poor souls who are so far behind. They have no idea that not only are they not finished, but there's a good chance they haven't even started.
But even the study itself speaks to how badly organizations, their leaders, and even industry pundits misunderstand the true essence of digital transformation - why was that question even in the study?
All of these questions speak to the same problem: we hate ambiguity and open-ended quests. We want a starting line, a finish line and a way to know whether we've won or lost. But that's not how digital transformation works.
But who wants to take the first step on a journey they know will never end?
How to Win a Race You Can't Finish
By putting digital transformation into an industrial era box with a neat starting point, ending point, and finite measure of success, organizations are all but ensuring that they will ultimately fail to transform anything. They will find themselves struggling to understand how everything went wrong when they thought they did everything right.
To actually transform your organization, you need to change the way you look at the process - and by doing so, you'll be taking your first real step toward digital transformation.
The starting point is redefining success. Most organizations simply define digital transformation in terms of completing some specific set of activities. More adventurous organizations might have a set of business outcome metrics and define success as achieving some measure of them.
But these definitions of success will not ensure that your organization will actually achieve the real goal of digital transformation because they measure finite states. The goal of digital transformation is to create an organization that is infinite, unbounded, and in a constant state of reinvention.
Admittedly, that goal is much harder to measure.
It's a little like the difference between a monorail that takes people from a single location to another versus building a personal flying and submersible vehicle. One is static and serves a single purpose, so you measure its output and those things that will predict its output.
The other can take you anywhere you want to go, so the only measures that matter are those that ensure it can continue to take you there - wherever that may be.
Re-imaging Roles in a 'Transformed' Organization
If you carry this analogy further, you realize that you must measure transformation success not by outputs, but by capabilities that deliver competitive advantage. Are your wheels running optimally so you can drive on roads faster than your competitors? Are your ducted fan engines operating effectively so that you can take off more quickly and fly faster? Are your navigational instruments operational so that you can plot your course more efficiently - on land, in the air or underwater?
From an organizational perspective, these capabilities translate to functional and individual roles. You can, therefore, measure digital transformation success across two dimensions:
- Do you have the necessary capabilities/roles to take your organization anywhere you may need to go?
- Are those capabilities/roles operating optimally and delivering competitive advantage?
However, one question remains: how do you know if you have the right roles and if they're operating optimally? This is where it gets tough. Because digital transformation demands a state of constant change, there is no 'best practice' or standard by which you can measure success. The capabilities necessary at any given point will be different for every organization.
Nevertheless, one thing you can be sure of is that if the functional structures, roles and capability models you are using seem a lot like the ones you've always used, just with cooler names and titles, it's a pretty good bet you're not there yet. It's when things start feeling foreign that you're probably on the right track.
Recent conversations I've had with two organizations are good examples of what it looks like to be on the transformational journey.
The first company is beginning to apply the agile software development methodology as a business management model. Unrelated to software development, the organization is forming scrum teams, holding stand-ups and conducting sprints within its business operations and marketing teams.
The backlog contains business activities instead of software features, but the process is largely the same - and, of course, it has embedded technology demand into the process.
The second organization's approach is more radical. It has created a self-organizing management model that sits on top of its hierarchical management structure. Moreover, it has extended this self-organizing management model to its client engagements.
This company has created a structured mechanism that defines how this self-organizational model works. It includes a formal process for establishing the objective of each team, for managing the relationships between teams and specific roles that must exist within each team. It even uses this approach at the top-most level of the organization to drive all strategic decisions.
In both cases, the common thread is a re-imagining of roles and the reshaping of the operating paradigm around these new roles, where technology is a fundamental enabler. They both also measure performance based on the delivery capability of their respective teams, explicitly assessing the teams' on-going improvement and ability to adapt - ensuring that they maintain their transformative capability.
The Intellyx Take
To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, organizations must choose to pursue genuine digital transformation not because it is easy, but because it is hard. You must accept this challenge if you are to lead your organizations into the future.
If you think you are well on your way with digital transformation, or, heaven forbid, that you're done, stop and check yourself.
The digital transformation journey is a marathon that you've only just begun. The very best you can hope for now is to have started your journey with honorable intention and with the determination to see it through.
Copyright © Intellyx LLC. Intellyx publishes the Agile Digital Transformation Roadmap poster, advises companies on their digital transformation initiatives, and helps vendors communicate their agility stories. As of the time of writing, none of the organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers. Image credit: NASA.
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On February 9, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules requiring disclosure about whether directors, officers and other employees are permitted to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of equity securities they hold, directly or indirectly (including equity securities granted by the company as compensation).
The proposed rules implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and are intended to inform shareholders when a company's employees or directors are permitted to engage in transactions that mitigate or avoid the incentive alignment associated with equity ownership. The proposed amendments would not require a company to prohibit hedging transactions or otherwise to adopt practices or policies addressing hedging, but relate solely to the disclosure of such policies. Prohibitions on hedging may be included in a company's securities trading policy or corporate governance guidelines or as standalone policies.
Requirements of the Proposed Rule
The SEC proposes to amend Item 407 of Regulation S-K to require domestic SEC reporting companies to disclose whether they permit employees (including officers) and directors to purchase financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds) or to engage in transactions designed to or have the effect of hedging or offsetting any decrease in the market value of their company's securities that are granted to them as part of their compensation or held directly or indirectly by them. In addition, the proposed rules specify the following:
- If a company permits some, but not all, of its employees and directors to hedge, the company would be required to disclose which categories of persons are permitted to hedge and which categories of persons are not. Similarly, if a company permits some types of hedging transactions, but not others, the company would be required to disclose which transactions it permits (including sufficient detail to explain the scope of the permitted transactions) and which it prohibits; and
- The equity securities for which disclosure is required are only equity securities (as defined in Exchange Act Section 3(a)(11) and Exchange Act Rule 3a11-1) of the company, any parent of the company, any subsidiary of the company or any subsidiary of any parent of the company that is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
The proposed rules would require disclosure in proxy and information statements for the election of directors and apply to companies subject to the SEC's proxy rules, including smaller reporting companies, emerging growth companies, business development companies, and registered closed-end investment companies with shares listed and registered on a national securities exchange. Disclosure would not be required in registration statements or in Form 10-K Part III Item 407 disclosure and foreign private issuers would not be required to provide hedging policy disclosure.
While acknowledging that the JOBS Act excludes emerging growth companies from some, but not all, of the provisions of Title IX of Dodd-Frank and that emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies are in many instances subject to scaled disclosure requirements, including with respect to executive compensation, the SEC noted that it would be more consistent with its historical approach to corporate governance-related disclosures not to exempt these companies from the proposed disclosure requirement.
To reduce potentially duplicative disclosure in proxy and information statements, the SEC also proposed to add an instruction to Regulation S-K providing that a company may satisfy its Compensation Discussion and Analysis obligation to disclose material policies on hedging by named executive officers by cross referencing to the Item 407 hedging disclosure.
Notably, Commissioners Daniel M. Gallagher and Michael S. Piwowar issued a joint statement critical of several aspects of the proposal, including its failure to exempt emerging growth companies or smaller reporting companies, its requirement that certain investment companies make the disclosures contemplated by the proposed rule, and its coverage of securities of the issuer's affiliates, which they consider to be overbroad. Comments on the proposed rules are due 60 days following their publication in the Federal Register.


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Master Yi
Master Yi is a strong melee fighter with strong potential and short allowance for error. He can scale off of straight damage, high speed, or the usual high crit. Master Yi can easily chase down foes or run from the unbeatable battles, he is extremely good in lane and jungle with good poke and good sense to take down minions and monsters.
Pros and Cons
-good mobility
-fast attacks
-great at farming
-better late game
-most attacks don't deal direct damage
-stuns are a hard counter
- Wuju Style can be vary effective for last hitting minions and gathering farm
- Meditate can be effective for staying in lane longer
-Using Alpha Strike in front of a champion is more effective while in lane for keeping a safe distance
-Even if not directly to an enemy champion, using Alpha Strike to a nearby minion can be useful for catching up
-Use Wuju Style just before you cast Alpha Strike to increase its damage and all basic attacks after
-Using Highlander will be used more effectively if used at begging to end of battle to help scale your Ravenous Hydra, attack speed, and critical chance to help you take out multiple champions faster
Summoner Spells
For the standard summoner spells I recommend Barrier and Ignite, but if you think you might have trouble in lane, then replace either of the spells with Teleport, if you think you'll have trouble securing builds replace one with Ghost or Flash, and if your jungle, you should defiantly get Smite, but otherwise, Barrier and Ignite are just fine, allowing you to secure kills and keep safe in lane, a great mix of attack and defense.
-Bursting Barrier and Ignite begging game isn't always a bad thing as long as you secure the kill, this will allow for great begging farm without worrying about getting poked, and by the time they get back you should be one or two levels in the lead.
Master Yis Counters and Countering
Master Yi, being high in attack speed, life steal, and crit, cant do anything while he is snared or stun. Yi should always avoid people with stun or use Alpha Strike to avoid the stuns, as for slows, this doesn't do too much unless the enemy is ranged (Like Ashe) but otherwise he can do fine against slows and if not he always has Highlander
- Master Yi can also counter a lot of champions, mainly tanks and ranged (unless they have slows), this is because, with tanks, they are meant to surpass damage and absorb yours long enough to take you down, but with his high speed and life steal he can last long then just about any tank could.
- As for ranged, Master Yi can easily catch up to them with his Q, Alpha Strike, this will allow Yi to clear the gap between him and any ranged
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About BioStars
BioStars is a life and health sciences comprehensive accelerator programme established and run by Panacea Innovation (previously known as Oxford Biotech) aimed at enabling the bio-entrepreneurs of tomorrow to turn their scientific ideas into marketable products. It comprises two distinct streams: the Open stream is tailored for individuals/teams with a specific scientific idea which they want to take forward as a business plan; the Structured stream offers early career scientists and entrepreneurs to work on projects that have been proposed by our industrial, academic and translational partners.
BioStars forms a networking portal that enables hands-on-communication between talented young scientists and entrepreneurs together with the relevant industry leaders.
About Panacea Innovation
Our mission at Panacea Innovation is to enable as much health and life sciences innovation as we can. Mostly this means creating new ventures with high returns, shortening gestation time and reducing burn rate. But also providing our societies with the infrastructure required to build a knowledgeable and well trained generation of bio-entrepreneurs and to keep a continuous spark of the conversation of Translating Innovating Science into Disruptive Business. Find more information here.
Application process
How do I enter?
Teams may enter by completion of the online application form for either the Open stream (link to form here) or the Structured stream (link to form here). One member of each team should complete the form, which includes a publishable one-line pitch (for the Open stream). Teams are welcome to enter either the Open and/or the Structured stream. The application form must be submitted by GMT 2359 on the deadline day (Wed 7th December 2016).
What are the key dates of the competition?
• 24th October 2016: BioStars applications open
• October/November: InfoSessions (Oxford, London, Manchester) + Networking (Cambridge, Oxford, London) events
• 7th December 2016: Applications close
• Late December 2016: Accepted applications announced
• 21st January 2017: "Meet your Lead mentors" Workshop I (at the University of Oxford)
• 11th February 2017: "Meet your Specialist mentors" Workshop II (at the University of Oxford)
• 4th March 2017: Pitching practice and business plan submission (at the University of Oxford)
• March/April 2017: Grand Finale, location TBA
Is there an entry fee?
There is no charge for participating in BioStars. However, additional costs may be incurred through participation, for example to cover travel expenses to/from Oxford and accommodation. Teams are strongly encouraged to apply for financial support from their home institutions/organisations if necessary.
What types of ideas are welcome?
All health and life sciences ideas are welcome, no restrictions.
How developed must the business be?
Submissions at all stages of development; from those at a nascent stage to more advanced projects with IP filed and pre-clinical development started.
Who is eligible to participate?
The competition is open to graduate and MBA students, academics, industry professionals and other aspiring entrepreneurs with relevant skillsets. We welcome applications from individuals or teams.. Each team must meet the following conditions:
• Include at least one member who is under the age of 35 years at the close of applications
• Be composed of no more than 6 members in total.
There are no other restrictions in place.
What if I don't have a team?
You can still apply if you have an idea for a business but do not have a team yet. MatchMaker events will be organised prior to the application deadline to enable you to either recruit other entrepreneurs to broaden your existing team's skillset or to look for a team to build or join.
What if I don't have an idea, can I still participate?
If you meet our entry requirements, YES of course! We will help you find suitable partners at the MatchMaker events!
Can I submit an idea for a business that has already received funding?
There are no restrictions in place regarding amount of funding received. We actively encourage participants to seek additional sources of funding throughout the competition and beyond.
Is there any benefit to submitting before the deadline?
Applicants are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience as the applications will be reviewed as they are received, and you may have an opportunity to receive feedback to improve your application.
How long will it take before the winning ideas are chosen?
The finalists will be selected in November and the winner will be announced during the Finals Gala on March in Oxford.
What is the prize?
The winner receives £30k in non-dilutive funding which must be used by the winning team to develop their idea to the next stage
The competition aims to assist the development and future success of all aspiring bio-entrepreneurs. All accepted applications will therefore receive extensive mentoring and ample opportunities to interact with leading pharma executives, investors and experienced entrepreneurs, as well as specialist professionals.
What can I do with the prize? Can I keep the money for myself?
The prize money is meant to develop the business and must be used solely for that purpose. The prize is awarded to the whole team.
Structure and rules of the competition
How is the competition structured?
Anyone meeting the eligibility requirements may submit an application form. Applications from individuals or teams at all stages of development are welcome. The application does not require a full proposal or business plan but should demonstrate the potential of your idea.
Up to 30 finalists teams will be selected to progress as finalists, where they will be offered expert advice and guidance from our Mentors. Each workshop session will develop core skills necessary for success in the business world and is designed to augment the mentoring provided through BioStars.
At the final stage, teams are asked to prepare a business plan and an investor slide deck. The finalists will then be invited to pitch their idea to a panel of expert judges who will decide the final winner in March.
May I also apply with my team to other competitions and seek other sources of funding?
Yes, BioStars applicants may apply to other business plan competitions and seek external sources of funding.
Intellectual Property
Can participation in the competition affect my Intellectual Property rights?
BioStars applicants retain all intellectual property rights concerning their proposed idea, pending other agreements voluntarily entered into. All applicants are reminded to ensure that they can communicate their idea clearly and non-confidentially in written and spoken word.
Note that all applicants agree to allow BioStars and Panacea Innovation to use the following fields in their first round application for marketing purposes: Team Name, One-Line Pitch, Description of your idea to be made public on the BioStars website.
Please see further details in our Terms & Conditions section.
Further information
Where can I find more information?
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PICKERINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 8, 2004) — Ricky Carmichael, fresh from clinching his fifth straight AMA 250 Motocross title last Sunday in Delmont, Pa., will attempt to complete his second undefeated season when the 2004 AMA Chevrolet Motocross Championship concludes on Sept. 12, at Glen Helen Raceway Park in San Bernardino, Calif. In addition, a film crew working on ¿Supercross: The Movie¿ will be on hand at Glen Helen to capture footage to use in the film.
Carmichael, 24, of Havana, Fla., is now just two motos away from completing another perfect season ¿ a feat many thought nearly impossible until Carmichael accomplished it in 2002. Unlike two years ago when the pressure was intense as he was closing in on his first undefeated season, this time around Carmichael said he feels little anxiety.
¿No one thought the perfect season could be done before,¿ said Carmichael, who now has a record total of 11 AMA National Championships to his credit. ¿Even I didn¿t think it was possible back then. Now we know it is possible, but since I¿ve done it already I¿m not as worried about this time around.
¿It would be nice to do it again though, no doubt,¿ he quickly added.
Carmichael will be going for his fourth 250 win on the challenging Glen Helen circuit, which features two of the steepest hills in the series. He also won the 125 race at Glen Helen a record three times.
While Carmichael is hoping to stay perfect his rivals Chad Reed and Kevin Windham are taking the battle for runner-up in the 250 series down to the wire. A crash at Steel City kept Reed off the podium for only the second time this year and allowed Windham to draw within 6 points with two motos remaining.
Glen Helen fans will also get to see the factory KTM debut of Mike Alessi in the 250 class. The much talked about rookie earned a podium finish at Steel City in only his second AMA Motocross Championship event and will be looking to do it again this Sunday.
The 125 class will get a new look at Glen Helen. James Stewart, already one of the last two-stroke holdouts in the class, will ride a factory Kawasaki KX250F four-stroke instead of his trusty KX125 two-stroke. It will mark the first time Stewart has ever raced a four-stroke in major competition.
¿I figured I¿d give it a try to do something different,¿ Stewart said. ¿With the big hills at Glen Helen I figure I¿ll need the extra power.¿
Last weekend Stewart reached a major milestone in AMA racing history when he became the all-time wins leader in AMA 125 Motocross by earning his 27th-career victory. He¿ll look to put number 28 in the books at Glen Helen.
Fans at this weekend¿s event might be immortalized on the big screen. The film crew from ¿Supercross: The Movie¿ will be at Glen Helen shooting footage for the upcoming movie. AMA Pro Racing will be working closely with the crew to help capture the true artistry and athletic abilities of AMA professional athletes.
¿It¿s great to see the AMA Supercross and Motocross Championships playing such an integral role in plot of an exciting project like ¿Supercross: The Movie¿,¿ said John Farris, AMA Pro Racing¿s Vice President of Commercial Development. ¿The team at Tag Entertainment is committed to taking these great sports to the big screen and exposing motorcycling to the masses. We at AMA Pro Racing are happy to assist.¿
The Supercross movie is just the latest example of how AMA Supercross and Motocross racing are gaining more interest and recognition in mainstream America.
¿We are excited about bringing supercross and motocross to a wide audience,¿ said Steve Austin, President of TAG Entertainment. ¿We&rssquo;re working closely with the AMA Pro Racing to help bring authenticity and integrity to ¿Supercross: The Movie¿. We want to pay homage to the outstanding athletes and for the motorcycling industry to say that we represented them well.¿
The film will be theatrically released by 20th Century Fox in Summer 2005.
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For immediate post-race results, points, live transponder scoring, in-depth series and rider information, regular columnists and much more, log onto www.USMotocross.com.
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Overview of 2016 The Queens presented by Kowa
Captain Jiyai Shin's nine-woman team representing the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) won seven and halved one of their eight singles matches against the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) Team in the 'Championship Final' at Miyoshi Country Club in Nagoya to win the second edition of The Queens presented by Kowa: the unique and innovative team match play event between the KLPGA, JLPGA, Ladies European Tour (LET) and Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG). In the 'Third Place Final' between the LET and ALPG, Trish Johnson's team defeated the ALPG by nine points to seven in a nail biting finish which came down to the last putt in the final match between Linda Wessberg and Stacey Keating. First-time captain Johnson commented: "I can honestly say it's one of the best events I've ever been to. All the players will say what a pleasure it is to play in Japan."
About The Queens presented by Kowa
The Queens presented by Kowa is a three-day match play tournament contested between four teams of nine players representing the Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG), Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA), Ladies European Tour (LET) and the Ladies' Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (JLPGA). The event was launched in 2015, when the JLPGA team, captained by Momoko Ueda, led from start to finish to win over the KLPGA. The LET team, led by Laura Davies, finished third with the ALPG in fourth. In 2016, the format was changed so that the first and second placed teams going into the final day played each other for the trophy, with the third and fourth placed teams playing-off for third place. Captain Jiyai Shin led the KLPGA team to a decisive victory over the JLPGA, while the LET team, led by Trish Johnson, defeated the ALPG side.


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