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Could it be any more Canadian, any more apparent that we are a populace not given to overt patriotism or unabashed admiration of those among us who possess extraordinary qualities? Is it any wonder that in order to achieve recognition, the most talented among us often leave our land to seek fame and fortune elsewhere? Celine to Vegas. Michael J. Fox to Hollywood. Alex Trebek to Jeopardy. James Cameron to anywhere he wants.
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Could it be any more Canadian, any more apparent that we are a populace not given to overt patriotism or unabashed admiration of those among us who possess extraordinary qualities?
Is it any wonder that in order to achieve recognition, the most talented among us often leave our land to seek fame and fortune elsewhere? Celine to Vegas. Michael J. Fox to Hollywood. Alex Trebek to Jeopardy. James Cameron to anywhere he wants.
Chris Hadfield had to go to outer space.
Hadfield, of course, is one of the most interesting characters this country has produced in, well, forever. For those not in the know, we're talking about Canada's multi-talented, moustachioed spaceman who plummeted back to earth Monday after five months in the galaxy, landing in an dusty field in Kazakhstan along with two fellow cosmonauts, all of them crammed into a little Soyuz space capsule.
If you have been paying attention, you would know that our star man has been charming the planet with his entertaining and informative tweets, his stunning photographs of planet Earth, and his fun videos about such things as how one brushes one's teeth in a zero-gravity tin can.
You might have also caught his troubadouring guitar skills, his long-distance chats with everyone from schoolchildren to original Trekkie and fellow Canadian William Shatner and, best of all, his spectacular curtain call on Monday, a customized and utterly heartfelt rendition of David Bowie's Space Oddity, which is close to 11 million views and counting on YouTube.
So you'd think we'd be over the moon about our newest Canadian hero.
Oh, television has aired some starry footage and news outlets have sporadically carried some of his groundbreaking social media cyber-postings (achieved with the aid of his earthbound son, Evan), but one can't help wonder why our country isn't making a bigger deal out of him.
My own newspaper (the news choices of which I don't always agree but then, how often do you agree with your boss?), filled Tuesday's A section with the usual election day fodder, an aboriginal rights saga, reports from the courts and yet another love/hate debate about backyard chicken coops.
As for the most interesting story of the day? Not only was Hadfield neglected on A1, he only managed to make it to B3, alongside the story of a Palestinian terrorist, whose headshot was, gulp, larger.
It wasn't much different in our sister paper, The Province, where Hadfield also overshot page one and landed on A14, six pages behind a story about the opening of a new Burnaby wellness clinic. Hadfield didn't even get a nod on the front pages of The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star, and it was the same story with daily newspapers pretty much across the country.
To which one can only say, heavens above.
Let's recap why some of us (OK, me) find this so perplexing. Hadfield is a handsome, tightly packed, Ontario-born, 53-year-old former engineer, military man and fighter pilot. An astronaut since 1992, this was his third trip — and reportedly last — to the International Space Station, where he has walked in space twice and where, this time out, he commanded a five-month mission doing the scientific work that astronauts do. He also proved, in one of his videos, that you can't cry in space and, in another, that wrist watches have a life of their own.
Along the way, he became a bona fide rock 'n' roll spaceman, or as the BBC put it: "The most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin."
Hadfield's timing has been impeccable. It has been light years since space travel captured public imagination, since the heady days of the Russian/American space race, since Sputnik in 1957 and the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, since the joy and then tragedy of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 and even since our own Roberta Bondar beamed up to the Spacelab in 1992.
The world seemed to have lost interest in what lies beyond; perhaps no surprise given that the budget slashing by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency meant no money for real exploring. The ISS is expected to continue operation until 2020 but there won't be another Canadian astronaut heading there until 2016, and so our once-rabid curiosity settled for the mediocrity of roving on Mars, which was not exactly going boldly where we haven't been before.
But Hadfield, oozing cool, got the planet excited again, inspiring young and old with his excellent adventure, and his super nova popularity may well have the public and the politicians rethinking their near abandonment of interplanetary snooping.
When Hadfield sent his last tweet from outer space before re-entry Monday — "To some this may look like a sunset. But it's a new dawn." — the message seemed to be that we need to keep expanding our horizons, even beyond the ISS, because our space odyssey should not yet be over.


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1. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowYups Jun 14, 2012 3:10 PM (in response to sesto)
Have you checked if your HD4000 runs with 1150 Mhz in Assassins Creed? In some games like Gothic 1/2 or Half-Life 2 it runs only with ~650 Mhz due to some Bug. You should try driver build 18.104.22.16852.
2. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowsesto Jun 14, 2012 3:57 PM (in response to Yups)
Thanks for you quick answer. I tried build 220.127.116.1152. (Any idea why this one is not provided by intel directly?) Unfortunately, it's not much better. Furmark says 113points (the hd 3000 had around 1500) and the cinebench score is 0.9.
ETU's GPU stress test fails again after 10s for this driver version. It also reports a constant rate of 653MHz for the GPU. I guess, that's the bug you mentioned. So this might be the issue but how can I fix it?
3. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowYups Jun 14, 2012 4:09 PM (in response to sesto)
What Furmark version are you using? I will test it on my system to see how it compares to my 3570K. What OpenGL score in Cinebench 11.5 do you get? You should get 21-22 points.
4. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowsesto Jun 15, 2012 1:23 AM (in response to Yups)
Funmark is 1.10.1 with score 113 (1-2fps) in the 1080p test
Cinebench is 10.5 with OpenGL score 0.9
5. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowYups Jun 15, 2012 4:08 AM (in response to sesto)
3570k@HD4000 220.127.116.1170
Furmark 1.10.1 720p Benchmark= 487 points/8 FPS avg
Cinebench R10 64Bit OpenGL Benchmark= 7305 CB-GFX
I can't test Furmark in 1080p on my monitor, but you can do in 720p and compare this with my score.
6. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowsesto Jun 15, 2012 9:41 AM (in response to Yups)
Furmark 1.10.1 720p Benchmark= 134 points/2 FPS avg
7. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowYups Jun 15, 2012 10:01 AM (in response to sesto)
3570k@HD4000 18.104.22.16852
Furmark 1.10.1 720p= 437 points/7 fps avg
With the same driver I get a 3x better result. Can you log to file the GPU frequency with gpu-z while running Furmark? On my system the HD4000 clocks with 1150 Mhz while running Furmark. Your Furmark result is way too slow for some reason.
8. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowsesto Jun 15, 2012 10:31 AM (in response to Yups)
I think, I'm going to try your driver.
However, it looks like this one is only for Win8.
Do you know how I can use it in Win7?
Also, where can I find the Furmark log file?
I enabled the log function but cannot find it.
9. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowYups Jun 15, 2012 10:46 AM (in response to sesto)
126.96.36.19952 is a Windows 7 driver. You probably refer to 184.108.40.20653 or 220.127.116.1170. What Furmark log? You need gpu-z in order to log the GPU frequency. Just tick/untick the log to file option.
10. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowDavidC1 Jun 17, 2012 3:14 AM (in response to Yups)
Try reinstalling the driver, first uninstalling the old one. Such performance differences are beyond clocking issues. Even if its running at 350MHz, that's only 3x difference in performance at maximum. Some part of the installation must be seriously wrong with your system. It's like drivers are not being used at all.
Run some benchmarks to see its running properly at least. Memory bandwidth, CPU clocks, whatever it may be.
11. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowsesto Jun 20, 2012 12:20 AM (in response to DavidC1)
Here are the geekbench scores for the system:
Win7 64 (32 bit benchmark)
Mac OSX 10.7.4 (32 bit benchmark)
Mac OSX 10.7.4 (64 bit benchmark)
On OSX, the results are significantly better but I think the Win7 score is still okay.
There is no official driver for the HD4000 under Mac OSX (it will be included in the next update), so there is no hardware acceleration and thus I cannot test OpenGL performance yet.
So the problem seems to be related only to graphics.
I have 2 theories:
a) it is the driver.
So far I have tested these without succes (I always uninstalled the previous driver)
- 126.96.36.199.2618 (provided by gigabyte, the only one where the ETU GPU stress test does not fail)
- 188.8.131.52.2696
- 220.127.116.11.2752
- 188.8.131.52.2761
For the last one Furmark 1.10.1 1080p score is 113 (1fps) - thats the best so far.
GPU-Z tells me the core clock went up to 1150Hz so its not a clocking problem.
What puzzles me is that the load only goes up to 50 percent.
Any ideas what else to try?
b) it is the board.
As I told, the board has a sandy bridge chipset.
Gigabyte says, it supports Ivy Bridge processor, but maybe it does not support the on-chip GPU properly.
I have contacted there support to check this but have not got any answer yet.
Has anybody here some experience with Ivy Bridge graphics on z68 chipsets?
12. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowDavidC1 Jun 20, 2012 6:09 AM (in response to sesto)
If the other guys are outperforming you(Yups is one) then its not really the driver's fault.
-3DMark for general GPU performance test
-Cinebench R11.5 for CPU performance test
-Sisoftware Sandra for synthetic performance test
13. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowYups Jun 20, 2012 8:01 AM (in response to DavidC1)
Try 3dmark Vantage performance preset, if you don't get something around 4000 points then there is most likely something broken. The 50 percent load indicator is strange, should be around 100% if your GPU runs with 1150 Mhz.
14. Re: hd 4000 terribly slowReza Jun 21, 2012 11:45 PM (in response to Yups)
im an old intel user since pentium 133 till now intel 3570k ! ( just experienced 3 years amd garbage phenomenon ) !
now ! i got a problem ! while gaming system get shuting down then rework and comes up ! ( hard reset i think )
also im one the nvidia members ! and explain my problem in vn forums ! but no answer !
i just let intel identify my pc and give me this core ( 0120 1012 ) !
explore my pc!
ok ! the questions !
how i can test intel hd 4000 igpu in 3dmark ? when i got gtx580 dedicated card ?
why gpu-z shows 666mhz clock for intel hd 4000 ? no 1150 !!!!!!!!
when i run marsbenchmark and choose cpu for physx proccess in nvidia control panel , after 10 sec runing marsbenchmark system shuting down ( all fans and led and everything turn of ) then turning on and comeback to os !
its means cpu cant handle physx ???
and im sure about cpu overheating and gpu !
is it conflict between igpu and dedicated graphic card ?
is it about igu not compatible with those games ! ( battlefield3 - saintrow third and randomly in others ) !

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Learn how to get over your mental racing hurdles.
A runner who is scared to race –sounds like an amusing anecdote one might read in a children's book. If you've been in the sport long enough, however, you've undoubtedly had a running friend who was scared to race, or you've been stricken with racing anxiety yourself.
Pre-race anxiety and nerves are a normal part of training and racing. Whether it be the experienced veteran who's nervous about running a new PR, or a marathon rookie just worried about surviving the distance, nerves add excitement to a race, which, in turn, helps add to the thrill of racing.
Unfortunately, sometimes runners can sometimes take those nerves too far and develop a paralyzing fear of racing. This might happen after a string of bad races, a long layoff due to injury, or lack of confidence in your fitness and a fear of "embarrassing" yourself. Regardless, when these fears take hold, pre-race anxiety becomes more than just nervous energy; it can derail your performances and suck all the fun out of racing.
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Wind, cold complicate storm cleanup effortsBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
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January 03. 2014 11:26PM
NASHUA — As the city continues to dig out from the big storm, crews will be busy this weekend clearing snow from secondary roadways and sidewalks.
"We have about 55 pieces of equipment out right now clearing the roads throughout Nashua," Eric Ryder, superintendent of streets for the city said on Friday. "Our main priority is keeping the roads open and passable for emergency safety vehicles."
Ryder said Friday that the cleanup process is going well, but acknowledged the difficulties created by single-digit temperatures and blustery winds.
"The cold temperatures and wind is not helping us. The treatment and salt doesn't work in these kinds of conditions," said Ryder, adding that public works crews are working around the clock to ensure safe roads.
About 65 city workers are helping to clear the streets from snow, and Ryder said residents — for the most part — are cooperating by removing their vehicles from the streets as much as possible.
All 12 of the priority routes were cleared by Friday morning, and crews were beginning to plow the secondary roadways throughout the city, according to Ryder. Once all of the streets have been plowed, which Ryder hoped would be accomplished by Friday night, those same crews are scheduled to begin clearing city sidewalks throughout the night into Saturday morning.
"Things are going pretty smoothly for us. I have been out on the roads checking the progress, and for the most part, they look pretty good," said Justin Kates, director of the city's Office of Emergency Management. "The snow removal process is huge. This is just the start of it."
Kates reminded residents to be patient throughout the process, and urged them to remove their vehicles from the streets whenever possible to allow access for plow trucks.
Once the snow is removed, it is trucked to the Mine Falls Park area, where it is dumped until the spring melt.
"This wasn't a huge storm, but we still have very cold temperatures to be concerned about," Kates said on Friday, noting the temperatures are expected to be sub-zero early Saturday morning.
Kates estimated that Nashua experienced about 8 inches of snowfall by Friday morning, and could see about 10 inches of snow by the end of this weather pattern.
"People are going to be out today and tomorrow clearing the snow, but in these really cold temperatures, they want to take breaks often," he said Friday. "You don't want to be out in these conditions for a significant amount of time."
As residents clear snow from their driveways, he requested, they should consider taking a few extra minutes to remove snow from around fire hydrants in their neighborhoods, making it easier for firefighters to locate hydrants in the case of an emergency.
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Since I've now been posting for 3 years, I have two other posts at which I can look back at and reflect. Looking back and Letting Go was posted in 2009, only 3 exhilarating months after this project was launched. I was brimming with excitement, filled with positive energy about what was to come in 2010.
Last years post was mixed together in the mire that was Sinkhole Journey, and re-reading that post today I've cringed at the language in that post. I can only excuse my profanity with the explanation that I was angry and hurt, and often those angry, hurt words leaked over to this project.
And now it's time to do the same - look back and reflect - on this past year. A lot has happened that I would like to share aloud, but as always, this is a ride you might not want to take with me, so read on only if you're feeling up to it.
To begin, I think this year started out on a pretty difficult note.
Difficulty is a fact of life. Being an adult isn't the easy cakewalk I thought it would be, but looking back at this year, I believe I've made my life more difficult than it has to be at times. This is a pattern reaching back for many years, and only after this trying year have I been able to open my eyes and see it.
One of my mantras for the new year is "This does not have to be so hard." Because sometimes when things are VERY hard, they're only that way because I'm making them that way.
A major goal for me in 2012 is to not only make things easier for myself, but to also show myself true compassion.
But last year at this time I was mired in a very hard quilt that I refused to let go of easily. Sinkhole pulled me literally inside and out. I can remember several times while making it feeling so very sad and so very helpless to control the waves of pain that quilt dragged out of my past.
All this pain and sadness also got wound up in the real fundamental problems with that quilt - the ripples and pleats over the surface that no amount of quilting would have fixed. Visual reminders to my lack of ability.
At the beginning of January, I finally folded that quilt up and stuck it under my sewing table, hoping to forget about it for a few years, or forever, whichever one came first.
In a way, I think this set the stage for the entire year. While I don't regret putting Sinkhole away, I do regret allowing that fear into my quilting room. But more on this later...
So after turning away from Sinkhole, I decided to pour my heart, literally, into Hot Cast. This was a quilt that was extremely fun to design. I pulled out books and drew and drew and drew for hours at the kitchen table, trying to find that combination of symbolism and beauty that would capture the moment I was in.
The design process was awesome, but during at this time, I can remember feeling the first twinges of frustration with my quilting style. I was starting to feel very frustrated by the hours and hours of time it requires to quilt so densely, and I was also starting to feel limited in my use of the filler designs I'd created.
Rather than experiment and branch out with new techniques, I stuck with what I'd been doing for the past 2 years, what I knew how to do well, and what I was honestly starting to feel bored with.
This is where fear really started to worm its way into my quilting room. Because I was unwilling to try new things, because I was so blinded by my need for another beautiful, show winning quilt, because I couldn't fathom creating a quilt that was different, I ended up with the first goddess quilt that disappointed me upon completion.
Don't get me wrong; I still think she's gorgeous! She's perfect in almost every regard, except when I look at her I do not feel the purpose of this quilt - love pouring into every vein and cell of my body.
Instead I see and feel only the cage I'd locked myself into.
At what point did this happen? I have asked myself this question many times, and I can't really find an answer.
At what point did quilting THIS way with THIS thread and THIS style become the only thing I knew how to do, the only thing I could do, the only thing I would ALLOW myself to do?
Several quilters commented in the "#1 Quilting Question" post that the thing stopping you from quilting is fear. You're afraid to start free motion quilting because you don't want to risk ruining your quilt tops. You're so afraid, it's locked you into a terrible place where you sincerely WANT to quilt and want to learn, but you can't because it's too scary to contemplate.
Trust me, I know this feeling very well.
Over the last year I've finally fiddled and worried over the feeling until I've finally found the root of this fear, which is:
What will people think if my quilting isn't perfect? What will people think if my stitches don't look just right? What will people think if my quilts aren't as pretty as they usually are? What will people think if I stop entering shows, if I stop even being allowed INTO shows, if my quilts suddenly become the laughing stock of the entire industry?
Is this horribly silly? Yes.
But that doesn't stop the fear from being real.
For me I have watched hundreds of quilters look at my quilts. The dense, incomprehensible stitching and excessive thread combine to make quilts that are more stunning the closer you get to them.
Being 28 years old in this industry (and often being told I look 17) requires me to overcompensate with my quilting a bit too much. I deliberately overdo it simply because I feel a deep need to validate myself, to prove that I really am a good quilter.
So the idea of changing my style, of quilting bigger and with less focus on uber excessive thread texture, well...it's really scary.
But looking at Hot Cast, I can't help feeling that I'm just a silly girl who's trying way too hard to prove herself.
It all boils down to: who am I without this?
Am I still good enough even if I never win another ribbon in my life? Am I still worthy of my life and this blog and my business if I never even get INTO another show?
What will happen and who will I be if I learn how to define myself in a different way?
Again, these may seem like silly questions, but last spring they really stuck me into a rut.
So after finishing Hot Cast, I didn't start another major quilt for several months. I created several smaller quilts, even quilted a quilt for a future DVD, but I didn't start another goddess, despite the fact that I had a quilt fully designed and ready to go.
I just couldn't start another big quilt and risk being disappointed with it. I didn't even really know what was bothering me so much at the time, other than feeling excessively bored and frustrated every time I walked into the sewing room.
I stayed in this state until the middle of the summer when Winter Wonderland won Best Machine Quilting at the AQS Knoxville show.
When I received the news it was really interesting - here was an event I'd built up in my mind as a giant source of validation of my abilities, but when it actually happened, it really didn't bring the huge rush of wonderful feelings I'd been expecting. It was terrific, of course, but it didn't make me any different from who I already was.
And that knowledge finally started a slow process to undo the web of fear that had tightened around my desire for change.
I might as well start quilting the way that makes me happy and fulfills my creative spirit!
And when it comes down to it, why am I working so hard to quilt so densely when the people I want to teach and help with free motion are only going to be intimidated and overwhelmed by it?
It's time to change. Simple as that.
Turning this mental corner has been a slow process, but a necessary step along the way was pulling Sinkhole out from under my table, taking a hard look at that monster quilt, then promptly taking it outside and lighting it on fire.
Yes, I burned that quilt in my back yard and I have no regrets about seeing the end of it.
After watching it turn into ash, I walked back inside and began a new design using the same rings combined with a goddess that I'd designed years before. This combination became Emergence, a quilt I've worked on throughout this past fall and winter.
Even starting this newest goddess, I had a lot of trouble letting go of my pattern of dense stitching so a good portion of this quilt had the snot stitched out of it. At least I did branch out of my comfort zone in some small way by creating a new area of heavy, messily pleated fabric which I call Textured Applique.
I also experimented with Trapplique, creating an entirely separate blazing sun that was attached to the top of the quilt only after all the quilting was complete.
Playing with these new techniques has been a thrilling adventure that I can't wait to continue with more quilts in the new year. While not every aspect of Emergence has been easy or fun, it's taught me loads about being true to myself and the direction I need to go in.
Looking back at this year, I see so much fear and sadness being played out in my thoughts and actions. I've been mired in a rut that's pretty embarrassing, truth be told, to share with you here because it seems so very silly in so many ways.
Silly because when it comes down to it - this is all just thread and fabric and batting.
What in the world is there to be afraid of?
It's all the extra "stuff" - the expectation, the seeking of approval, the need to belong and be accepted - it's all these things that have made the simple process of stitching a quilt terrifying.
So here I stand at the end of another year and all I can say is - Thank God this year is over!
I'm happy to be moving on. I'm happy to finally feel unstuck and free. I'm happy to have found a direction to move into and to feel excited about that direction.
Do I have it all figured out? Absolutely not!
I will likely stumble, get stuck in ruts, get mired in my issues or technical quilting problems and bogged down with fear, but this is the human experience. To not feel these things occasionally is to not be real.
It seems to me that I've actually managed to forget one of my earlier lessons. This is from 2009:
Sometimes you have to make the harder choice and give up peace of mind and sanity for awhile and just see where it will take you.Let's hope this year I don't forget this lesson again and have to relearn it!
And finally here at the end of this long year, I have to say thank you. Thank you for reading this story and sharing this experience with me. Thank you for following this blog and enjoying and using the designs shared here.
Thank you for commenting and emailing and participating, even when I act like a jerk and my issues and anger come out in full force. Thank you for forgiving me for my occasional rants and long, emotional posts as I try to figure my stuff out.
You are most graciously appreciated.
And one last note before I close - I have struggled for an entire year over the idea of change, but finally come to find that it is a necessary, essential part of my life. Change happens, as I have found, and it is better to embrace it than run from it.
So hopefully you will understand the changes and various improvements I plan to make to this project this coming year. I'll be sharing more on this on Sunday, but rest assured, this will always be a place to learn and be inspired to make beautiful quilts.
Now let's go quilt!


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By the principle of prudence, current assets are reported in the balance sheet at their least favorable valuation. Short-term investments, for example, will be recorded at the value that the firm paid for it or the market value, whichever is lower. It is only after selling the position that the company recognizes any gains. Similarly, inventory of raw materials is valued at the lower of cost of purchase and market price; and inventory of finished goods are recorded at the lower of cost of production and selling price.
Long-term assets are assets that cannot be converted to cash easily and hence are not used to fund everyday operations. Examples include: company cars, computers, and investment in another company. Long-term assets are of three types:
Fixed assets, also known as property, plant & equipment (PP&E), are used to produce the goods or services of the company and cannot easily be converted to cash. Fixed assets include equipment such as production machinery, computers, and motor vehicles, as well as land and buildings. These assets are referred to as "fixed" since they remain unchanged in the course of production -- unlike cash, which is used to buy raw materials, which in turn is used to produce finished products. Normally, fixed assets are subject to depreciation and/or amortization.
Often, fixed assets are tailored to be production specific and have little resale value. Oil rigs, for example, are built on site and are not reused after the oil well is depleted. They can be sold as scrap metal, but it is highly unlikely that a company can resell these rigs for the value of new rigs. However, companies record the value of these assets on their balance sheets at the purchase price (including the cost of installation) rather than at resale value. Similarly, computers decrease in value quickly and can only be resold at a fraction of their original purchase price.
On the other hand, land and buildings can increase or decrease in value depending on local real-estate conditions, but, in most cases, the principle of prudence only allows devaluation to be recognized in the balance sheet.
Fixed assets are treated as investments (instead of expenses) by companies and are depreciated over the course of their useful life.
Long-term investments are to be held for many years and are not intended to be disposed of in the near future. [4] These are made by a company in order to secure an additional income stream or a strategic goal. Such investments can range from anything from buying a minority stake at another company to long-run hedges against oil prices. Berkshire Hathaway 's investment in Coca-Cola and Southwest Airlines' hedge against high oil prices are good examples of long-term investments.
In this case too, the company needs to exercise prudence in reporting the value of the investment. They are reported at the lower of purchase price or market value. Any gains from these investments are only recorded after the sale of the position. These gains are subject to capital gains taxes rather than income taxes.
Intangible assets are assets, which cannot be physically seen. Capitalized research expenses, goodwill, trademarks, copyrights, patents, brand recognition are all intangibles. Even though intangibles are not present physically, they are often more valuable than fixed assets. For example, Coca-cola and Apple would not be as valuable without their brands.
However, not all intangible assets appear on the balance sheet. In fact, in most cases, GAAP does not allow internally generated intangibles to show up on the balance sheet. On the other hand, if a company pays more than the "fair value" to acquire another company, the difference would show up as goodwill in the acquirer's balance sheet. Also, research-based companies, such as drug-manufacturers, are allowed capitalize their development expenses -- since, in theory, research can provides value long after it has been completed.
Generally, intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful life (e.g. franchising agreement would be amortized over the life of the franchising contract). Amortization provides the companies with tax benefits since it is considered to be an expense (and thus reduces taxable income). However FASB rule 142 mandates US companies to keep intangibles with indefinite life on their balance sheet.[2] For example: Goodwill is kept on the balance sheet at its historical value, and is revised annually for impairment.


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There is a short cut from Fresno, Calif., to Interstate 5 on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley. It misses the heavy traffic on the more well-traveled route of Highway 99 and State Highway 152.
It's Avenue 7 in eastern Madera County through Firebaugh and out Nees Avenue to I-5.
I like to take the short cut when I am heading to Salinas or to northern California. There's time to look at the orchards, vineyards and open farmland on the short cut without worrying about dodging a hundred Wal-Mart trucks on 99 and 152. It's a quick 45-minute overview of most of the valley's crops, complete with an entomological windshield assessment of insect population in the spring and summer. My wife hates that part of the trip. When I get home and she sees the pickup windshield she says, "Took the short cut again?"
There are a couple of stop signs on the short cut. The final one before reaching I-5 is at Russell Road and Nees.
At the intersection are a one-time cotton gin-turned trucking company lot, a couple of abandoned tomato grading stations and a very attractive, nicely-landscaped processing plant and offices, De Francesco & Sons. It has been there since 1973 when the De Francesco family moved its dehydrated vegetable processing operation from Gilroy to the San Joaquin Valley.
You can often catch a whiff the garlic and onions before you see the plant. I love the smell of garlic and onions. I have interviewed several farmers out that way and De Francesco was on my list for a future article about onion and garlic production. The article has been scratched from my to-do list. De Francesco is closed, the casualty of high energy costs, government regulations, and imported, cheap Chinese garlic among other factors.
It is a casualty of "free trade," said company president Frank De Francesco and grandson of the founder of the family business.
News of the plant closing sent folks into tirades about how foreign governments, with the help of our own government, are driving companies like De Francesco out of business. These same people also will go home fix a steak on the grill and sprinkle it with garlic seasoning without checking see if the garlic is from China or Firebaugh.
A foreign-made car will likely be parked in the garage. Dad may drive a Chevrolet pickup to show he is a proud American, but it would be a good bet mom and teenage daughter drive the Japanese-made pocket rocket in the garage. It's cheap to buy and drive.
American agriculture screams loud, long and correctly about being negotiated out of business by its own state department that wants to keep a military base in some country that wants to import products to the U.S. And yet we buy cell phones, television sets, computers, clothing, work boots, cameras, automobiles and just about anything else you can name made offshore by cheap foreign labor.
We are our own worst enemy. Americans want everything at the lowest price possible, and the only place where it can be manufactured cheap enough for Americans is outside the U.S.
It is sad the De Francesco family has closed its plant. Whose fault is it? It is the fault of governments here and abroad and Americans like you and me.


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Duluth East Greyhounds Beat Grand Rapids 4-3 in Section 7AA Championship and Wins a Trip to the State Tournament [PHOTOS]
Duluth East (#1) and Grand Rapids (#2) clashed in a battle of the top seeds of Section 7AA Thursday night at Amsoil Arena in Duluth. East looked to defend their section title and bring their state tournament appearance streak to five years in a row.
The Greyhounds struck first as Jack Kolar netted the only first period goal assisted by Brian Bunten and Alex Trapp at the midway point of the first period. As the second period progressed, East began to pull away as Phil Beaulieu and Jack Forbort found the net in the second half of the second period with Grand Rapids answering with one power play goal from Reid Holum to end the period at 3-1 in favor of the Hounds.
Grand Rapids opened the third period with another goal from Reid Holum, with Alex Toscano answering back for the Greyhounds setting up a 4-2 game in the opening minutes of the third period. Mr. Hockey finalist Jake Bischoff struck for Grand Rapids at the midway point of the final period, but it would prove not to be enough for the Thunderhawks as East would hold on to win 4-3.
The Greyhounds will make their 20th overall and fifth consecutive appearance in the state tournament next week, with their first game slated for Thursday, March 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Announcements on opponents and game times will be announced over the weekend as section playoffs conclude, and we'll have them posted as they become available.


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By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider a challenge to a Massachusetts law that ensures access for patients at clinics that offer abortions.
Anti-abortion protesters challenged the law, saying it violated their constitutional rights, including their right to freedom of speech, by preventing them from standing on the sidewalk and speaking to those entering clinics.
The case concerns a 2007 law that amended an existing statute that restricted conduct outside abortion clinics by introducing a blanket 35-feet (11-meter) no-entry zone that only allowed patients, staff, passers-by and emergency services to enter.
The protesters say the exemption makes the law unconstitutional under the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment because the government is choosing one set of beliefs over another.
Lawyers for the state of Massachusetts dismissed that claim, saying the law was enacted purely to deal with a potential public safety problem.
Oral arguments and a ruling are expected in the court's next term, which begins in October and ends in June 2014.
The case is McCullen v. Coakley, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-1168.
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(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller, Will Dunham and Bill Trott)


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PACE � Friday�s Kickoff Classic between Crestview High School and Pace was truly a classic. Bulldog defensive end Denzel Ware forced a fumble as he sacked Patriot quarterback Daniel Smyers with 26 seconds left in the game. Blayze Spencer scooped up the loose ball and returned it 33 yards to the Patriot 28-yard line.
PACE � Friday�s Kickoff Classic between Crestview High School and Pace was truly a classic.
Bulldog defensive end Denzel Ware forced a fumble as he sacked Patriot quarterback Daniel Smyers with 26 seconds left in the game. Blayze Spencer scooped up the loose ball and returned it 33 yards to the Patriot 28-yard line.
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Four plays later Tyler Hancock kicked a 36-yard field goal with two seconds left in the game giving the Bulldogs a 17-14 win.
�I really couldn�t do it (make the big plays) without my teammates and coaches,� Ware, a University of Kentucky commit said. �When you play in the SEC (Southeastern Conference) you have to make big plays.
�I know in that pass situation the tight end was out wide so I had more space to get to the quarterback.�
At times the Bulldogs were their own worst enemies, or at least the officials saw it that way. Crestview had three touchdowns called back, but the Bulldogs kept their composure in the face of adversity and battled back for the win.
After the freshmen and junior varsity teams played a scoreless first half it was the Patriots that drew first blood.
Neither team�s varsity was unable to score on its first possession. A Pace punt pinned the Bulldogs inside their own 10-yard line on their second possession of the night.
Unable to move the ball, Crestview punted to the Bulldog 25 where Patriot tailback Quaide Weimerskirch took over.
Weimerskirch, who finished the night with 128 yards on 16 carries had four carries for 20 yards on the short drive to put Pace up 7-0 with 11:56 left in the game.
And then things got interesting.
The Bulldogs responded with 10-play, 68-yard drive in which they had to score twice to one touchdown.
Jaylynne Robinson was the workhorse on the drive with carries and receptions totaling 33 yards.
It looked as if the Bulldogs tied the game on a 5-yard touchdown run by Emmanuel Reed, but they were called for an illegal formation that negated the score. Two plays later Reed found D.J. Stewart in the end zone for a 15-yard scoring pass. David Born�s extra point tied the game at 7-7 with eight minutes showing on the clock.
The defenses stiffened and until the 2:22 mark when Weimerskirch scored from 33 yards out.
A 69-yard pass from Khalil Foster to Reed and an extra point by Hancock tied the game at 14 with 2:05 showing on the clock.
The Patriots then went to the air as Smyers hit Jacob Sherrard with a 36-yard pass to move Pace close to field goal range.
But the Patriot offensive line had no match for Ware who blew into the backfield to force the fumble and set up the last second heroics.
Pace had one last play following the Hancock field goal, but Ware finished off a big night with his third sack of the game to seal the Bulldog win.
First-year Crestview coach Tim Hatten was pleased with the effort of his team when their backs were to the wall.
�You�ve got to overcome adversity,� he said. �We had a couple of touchdowns called back. I like the way the kids kept fighting.�
�We had to back up and get our composure a little bit, but if you work hard, I like our chances. We have to get a lot better in a lot of areas, but that�s what tonight is for.�
Crestview opens the regular season Friday at Milton.
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at email@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.


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This November marks the ten-year anniversary of the Pentagon's George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, which is based in the small resort town of Garmisch, Germany. The Defense Department describes the Marshall Center as an important part of American efforts to reform former Soviet-bloc nations by teaching the principles of democracy to military leaders of the new Eastern European governments. A few years ago, then-Defense Secretary William Cohen hailed the center and its "international reputation for excellence."
For its many critics, though, the Marshall Center enjoys a reputation for other things: administrators who squander taxpayer money and punish whistleblowers; professors who live high on the hog thanks to taxpayer subsidies; and third-rate, hard-drinking students who do virtually no academic work. "Euphemisms abound," says Daniel Nelson, a former scholar-in-residence at the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency who until recently taught at the school. "I'm called a professor, but I'm a discussion leader at best. What we call 'students' are actually invitees and what we call 'courses' are really the equivalent of vacations."
The larger problem at the Marshall Center is the manner in which the Pentagon has protected the school, despite having full knowledge of its troubled record. The cover-up seems to be motivated by a number of factors: The top brass have been outspoken supporters of the center, thus putting their prestige on the line and making critics of lesser rank think twice about rocking the boat; employment at the school provides a wonderful sinecure for high-ranking military retirees; and the center has insured support by putting important Pentagon officials on rubber-stamp advisory boards whose membership perks include annual sojourns to Garmisch for wining and dining.
The result has been a near blackout of critical reporting about the Marshall Center. Hence, while the Defense Department's Inspector General (IG) has launched several investigations of the school, the Pentagon has aggressively and successfully covered up most problems, even killing a piece that was set to run on NBC Nightly News. One member of the center's PR arsenal is Vice President Dick Cheney, who created the school in 1992 when he was serving as Defense Secretary in the first Bush Administration. Cheney later offered support for Alvin Bernstein, the center's first director, who was forced out after committing flagrant abuses.
Located near the Austrian border and about seventy-five miles southwest of Munich, Garmisch is an affluent, picture-perfect gingerbread town in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and deep blue lakes. Garmisch's narrow streets are lined with shops that sell homemade chocolate truffles, bars that serve ice-cold German beer and pricey stores that offer imported designer clothing. Retired US Air Force Col. John Lieberherr, a former commandant of the NATO School at Oberammergau, Germany, who is familiar with the Marshall Center's origins, says this choice setting was a major attraction for school planners. "The Army was thinking of closing down operations in Garmisch after the [Berlin] wall came down," he recalled. "One of the driving factors in creating the school was the idea that 'We need to come up with something to keep us here.'"


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Data Template: Gaining Actionable Insights For Your Charity
October 9, 2017
by John Gormley
With the next iteration of the What Canadian Donors Want survey launching this fall (results will be ready in early 2018), now seemed the perfect time to remind all AFP Canada members about the companion tool to the survey: a user-friendly data template.
Developed by the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy - Canada Research Committee, this tool can assist fundraisers in further analyzing donor motivation, solicitation and giving decisions, as well as views and attitudes toward the charitable sector of your own database, as benchmarked against previous survey results.
This analysis and segmentation will allow you to tailor fundraising strategies for your donors segmented by region, gender, age, income and likelihood to donate in the next 12 months, as well as by six donor motivation segments originally identified in the 2015 study.
This approach will allow your team to identify overall tendencies and drill down to uncover insights that are applicable and actionable specific to your organization.
To start exploring the data, simply open the file "AFP 2015 WCDW Data Template" and ensure macros are enabled:
1) Select the desired segment from the drop-down lists.
2) Expand sections to see results for each topic.
3) Index to understand how the segment compares to Canada (base of 100):
- 176 indicates that the segment is 76% more likely to respond this way
- 82 indicates that the segment is 18% less likely to respond this way
Download a PDF info sheet and the data template file here.
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Receive continuing education for the on-going development of teachers and directors.
Offer open communication with parents in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
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Release Date: June 28, 2012
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Supreme Court's decision to uphold much of the Affordable Care Act will not only provide as many as 30 million or more uninsured Americans with healthcare coverage, it may also help foster some important and long overdue changes in the healthcare system, says Tom Rosenthal, MD, chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
"From a primary care perspective, the most common thing we see in an office setting is that we are now seeing more young people in their 20s than we did because they are covered by their parents' insurance to age 26," he says. That change is adding to health care costs because this is a new population that is now seeking medical care.
However, in the long run, this coverage will prove to be more economical, he says.
"Studies have shown that health care for people without insurance prior to turning 65 and going on Medicare costs close to twice as much in the first few years compared to the costs for those who had been covered by insurance," explains Rosenthal. "Having continuous coverage is an important part of preventive health care. Addressing health risk factors such as early hypertension, high cholesterol and obesity will save health costs later in life."
He also sees as critical the provision in the law that establishes in 2015 the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a national oversight committee that will evaluate the evidence for specific treatments and procedures.
"This committee, modeled after England's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, will look at the clinical evidence and patterns of outcome for, say, treating hypertension or performing back surgery, and will make recommendations based on that evidence and adjust policy and payments accordingly," says Rosenthal.
He adds that it will not only help patients receive the most appropriate care, but physicians will now have a national standard of care to consider when deciding what course of treatment to follow.
"The United States has never had a national standard for care," says Rosenthal, who adds that other industrialized countries have similar organizations that perform this function. "I think this is essential."
In the end, he says, there will need to be more improvements in the health care reimbursement system to accomplish one of health care reform's most basic goals: improving access to the best care at the right place and the right time.
"Certainly, other health care providers can deliver certain aspects of health care but there are points when patients have the right to have access to a physician," he says.
Therefore, increased demand for primary care physicians would be one outcome, says Rosenthal, who notes that currently, many medical students choose specialties over primary care.
"We saw a greater demand for primary care physicians in Massachusetts after they passed their healthcare legislation," says Rosenthal. "Two years after the law passed, a number of new family medicine residencies in the state opened up. When you insure everyone, you wake up the next morning and say, 'We don't have enough primary care providers.'"
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Ronan Farrow, the outspoken journalist, human rights lawyer and the son of Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra (possibly), is joining MSNBC to host a new show.
The program, currently still in development, doesn't have a name but is expected to launch in early 2014.
In a statement, Farrow, who is an active Twitter user. described the program as "a new generation of news show for a new, more engaged generation of viewers."
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He continued, "It's a show about why the news matters to you -- and what you can do to be a part of the story. I'm excited to shake up people's expectations for cable news. And to get a ton of Twitter followers."
Prior to his MSNBC contract, Farrow worked for the Obama State Department, founding the Office of Global Youth Issues and working as a diplomat focused on conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He's also written about human rights and foreign policy for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.
In a statement, MSNBC President Phil Griffin said, "Ronan has packed more experience into his 25 years of life than most people have in a lifetime."
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That's right, Farrow is just 25 years old and has a good sense of humor about his celebrity ancestry.
When Farrow's mother told Vanity Fair that her son's father was Frank Sinatra and not Woody Allen, with whom she was in a relationship with at the time of his birth, Ronan Farrow tweeted, "Listen, we're all *possibly* Frank Sinatra's son."
Farrow has also gotten in digs at Allen, who left his mother to marry his adopted sister, Soon-Yi Previn. Last year, Farrow tweeted, "Happy father's day -- or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law's day."
In his new role, Farrow is expected to host his MSNBC show and also contribute to NBC News coverage.
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Clearwater Beach Marina is ideally located on world-renowned sparkling Clearwater Beach, that has the distinct classification of a Blue Wave Beach. It is one of the best-equipped and most versatile marinas in Florida. Clearwater Beach Marina offers access to all boating activities. We are home to the finest fishing charters, sailing charters, sight-seeing boats, dinner cruises, dolphin tours, parasailing, and personal watercraft. We also have restaurants, a gift shop, barber shop, laundry facilities, mini-mart, and bait house. It is centrally located so you are close to shopping and entertainment venues.
Clearwater Beach Marina is a 207-slip marina that is open seven days a week, 365 days a year. The marina has recreational space available at this time.
There are 23 slips available for transient boaters. We are equipped to accommodate vessels up to 125 feet. There is no drawbridge between our marina and the Gulf of Mexico. We offer gasoline & diesel fuel, free pump outs, showers, 24-hour security, WiFi, weather monitor, free fishing pier and waste oil disposal. We are staffed by employees that are trained to provide the highest customer service standards to Clearwater citizens and visitors.


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State-of-the-art IT education facility deploys Fusion ioMemory-powered virtual desktops to reduce costs, improve Quality of Service (QoS) to desktops, and support hundreds of concurrent users per server.
The Challenge
When Clydebank College opened the doors to its new, purpose-built, state-of-the- art campus in August 2007, it heralded a new era for the college characterized by a firm commitment to and investment in helping learners realize their potential and achieve success.
Dubbed by its students as "the coolest college" and boasting state-of-the-art workshops, teaching areas, and facilities, it is easy to see why Clydebank College has become the first choice for learning new skills for more than 11,000 students each year, attracting high school graduates and returning adults.
Clydebank's rapid growth presents a challenge for David Black, Head of ICT for Clydebank College. At any given time, there are over 1,000 students on the Clydebank College network. David and his team are responsible for keeping approximately 600 PCs up-to-date and function properly. Trying to keep these machines updated, as well as replacing obsolete machines about every four years, was becoming very costly.
"I was eager to deploy virtual desktop infrastructure to extend the life of these PCs and reduce costs," David said. "I quickly learned however that providing the performance and QoS to the desktops, during boot storms and other peak utilization times, required adding far too many disks to my SAN to be cost effective."
David needed a system that met the following requirements:
The Solution
David and his team conferred with Taupo Consulting, who set them up with a SanDisk-powered proof of concept (POC) that immediately convinced David that the system would meet all requirements.
Performance That Passes the Test
"Traditional SAN is not the place for virtual desktop infrastructure. SanDisk's Fusion ioMemoryTM solutions are much better suited to deliver the necessary performance," said David.
The PCs managed by David and his team were running Windows XP. For the POC they wanted to test the speed at which they could upgrade and deploy a new operating system on these PCs, since this is the kind of task that would typically take the team several days to complete. With a Fusion ioMemory ioDrive® Duo card installed in the VMware View server, they deployed a golden image of the Windows 7 operating system. In a matter of minutes they were able to deploy the linked clones on 80 PCs and complete the upgrade. Pleased with these results, David now knows he will not have to purchase entirely new PCs as frequently and can update desktops with the latest software simply by updating the virtual desktop image. He can also depend on the ioDrive Duo cards to deliver the necessary performance. According to David, "We are now much more productive than with a physical PC. The ioDrive cards make each virtual PC performs as if it has its own local SSD."
Eliminating Boot Storms Makes the Grade
Clydebank runs virtual desktop infrastructure on four ESXi hosts (3 virtual desktop infrastructure active + 1 active stand-by) with up to 320 concurrent users. Prior to deploying the Fusion ioMemory solution, the SAN could only support about 80 concurrent users. Now, even with 320 users accessing the servers at the same time, desktops initiate as soon as users log on.
Doing the Math Equals Cost Savings
With the POC proving the performance and scalability benefits, David next turned his attention to the cost analysis.
He found that a single server with an ioDrive Duo 640GB card could easily support 100 desktops for roughly half the cost of the additional SAN capacity required to support the same number of desktops. This was good news since the cost-saving potential of virtual desktop infrastructure was what drew David to investigate solutions in the first place.
"Without the ioDrive cards, any cost savings from deploying virtual desktop infrastructure would have immediately been negated by the cost of the additional SAN storage needed to deliver the same QoS," David said. "Adding capacity to the SAN also would have required additional network infrastructure, and would have increased the complexity and power requirements of our system. The SanDisk solution just makes sense from all angles."
Preserving IT Investment and Enhancing Efficiency
Because the desktops no longer have to rely on it for booting, the SAN runs more efficiently, and its resources can be used for capacity instead of performance.
David explained, "We deployed ioDrive cards specifically to support our virtualized desktops, but the benefits did not stop there. The improvements that have been realized throughout the entire virtual desktop infrastructure have turned into real cost savings for us. I know I can scale this environment without increasing costs and complexity. This is a huge relief for me."
David Black,
Head of ICT, Clydebank College
With the SanDisk Fusion ioMemory solution, David and his team are able to deliver desktop services consistent with their new, state-of-the-art higher-education facility and provide these benefits:
About Clydebank College
Clydebank College is part of the regeneration of West Dunbartonshire with a 6-acre campus on the banks of the River Clyde. It provides students with a state-of-the-art learning environment.
With more than 11,000 learners each year from over 55 nationalities, the College attracts both high school graduates and returning adults to its full-time, part-time, and lifestyle programs. Some students choose to gain a qualification such as an HNC or HND and immediately enter employment, while others choose to follow a program that will lead to further study. Many attend to upgrade their workplace skills, and others enroll to pursue a dream they have contemplated for years.
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Simon, world-class relief worker, teacher, at milestone
Professor of international development has spent 40 years in field, laboratory and classroom
A good measure of how much success Laurence Simon has had at changing the world may be the number of times the word "founder" pops up in the Brandeis professor of international development's personal history.
Founder of the graduate Program in Sustainable International Development, a globally renowned crown jewel of the university.
Founder of GrainPro, Inc., a company whose technology has reduced spoilage of grain in developing countries drastically and eliminated the need for chemical fumigation.
Founder of American Jewish World Service, the first international famine and disaster relief agency with a Jewish identity.
That might be the half of it, but the other half is pretty impressive too: Simon has been an antipoverty worker in Sri Lanka, senior adviser on global poverty to the Google Foundation and the author of an expose on U.S.-financed land reform in El Salvador that led to a New York Times investigation and prompted Congressional hearings.
Small wonder his friends and admirers are throwing a symposium, and a little party, in his honor. The celebration of Simon's four decades of work in development will run from 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 7 in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. It's free and open to the campus community. Reservations are available by email or by calling (781) 736-4197.
Among luminaries participating in the program will be:
- Ruth Messinger, current president of American Jewish World Service and a national leader of the campaign to stop genocide in Darfur
- Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg, a leader of programs to enrich Jewish spiritual and cultural life and one of the most influential thinkers in 20th- century American Judaism
- Rabbi Marc Gopin Ph.D. '93, director of the Center on World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University
- Joan Dassin '69, director of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program
- (by video) Larry Brilliant, inaugural executive director of Google.org, who helped define the mission and strategic goals of Google's philanthropic efforts
In the beginning, Simon's career followed a path that will seem familiar to many Brandeis undergraduates today. On graduation, he spent three years working for a tutoring program for inner-city youth, and a year teaching elementary school in the Bronx. A job at Fordham University led to work with development agencies, including Oxfam America, in Latin America and Africa.
A turning point came in 1982 on a flight from Lusaka, Zambia, to Rome, en route to his first visit to Israel. Simon was seated next to a leader of the African National Congress, which was then engaged in a deadly conflict with the apartheid government of South Africa.
"The man was surprised, perhaps even disappointed that I – a longtime supporter of the ANC struggle – would be going to Israel," Simon recalls. "This troubled me, for his reasons were not at all anti-Semitic but based on Israel's military assistance to the apartheid government."
As he walked the streets of Jerusalem, Simon brooded on this, and on the widespread feeling he encountered among the Africans with whom he was working, that "the Jews are not on our side," despite what Simon knew were Jews' disproportionate presence in aid, development and human rights work.
He decided "Jews needed to have a recognizable identity in developing countries. I felt it was important that Jews be seen as they are – extraordinarily generous and humane and capable of bringing solutions to some of the problems of Africa. I also felt it would open the door for American Jews to Third World conditions and Third World oppression."
This was the beginning of American Jewish World Service. Including "American" and the "Jewish" were obvious. "World Service" came directly from the BBC, of whose shortwave programs he was an avid consumer.
When incorporated in Massachusetts the organization listed Simon's home address in Cambridge as its headquarters, but it soon succeeded bigtime, drawing support from a broad swath of religious and secular leaders.
In his new role – a Jew working at tikkun olum, rather than as a secular professional – Simon went hunting for innovations in Israel. There he found brilliant solutions to public health and agricultural problems, but they were too high tech or skill intensive to be adaptable readily to developing countries – until he got to the Agricultural Research Organization and had a literally world-changing encounter with two scientists who had developed a new method to store durable grains.
"They demonstrated they could store durable grain with no fumigation, no chemicals, no treatment at all, for many years with zero percent loss – it was breath-taking, astounding," Simon says, and the only major problem was that the scientists were working on a much larger scale than was practical for Third World or international relief uses.
He got a $300,000 grant to permit the scientists to accompany him on trips to Africa and Asia to look at practical problems of grain storage in countries where food was desperately precious but tremendous amounts of grain were routinely lost because of poor storage conditions. The scientists adapted their technology to local needs, United Nations endorsement was obtained, and production began at Kibbutz HaOgen.
When Simon left AJWS, five years after its founding, the grain-storage technology was ready to take off. He had a friend at the US Agency for International Development who wanted the technology to help the Kurds in northeastern Iraq. As always, there was a "but…" The key bureaucrat Simon had to deal with at US AID said "Wait, you're an NGO. We give to NGOs; we don't buy things from NGOs."
So Simon created GrainPro Inc. to sell the technology to the government. Then it was back to fieldwork.
He was in Sri Lanka working for the United Nations Development Program when a fax came from Irv Epstein, then dean of arts and sciences at Brandeis, asking whether Simon could take over the course load of Professor of Politics Ruth Morgenthau, who was going on medical leave.
"It coincided with my schedule and I said 'Yeah, great!'" Simon recalls. He already had in mind the idea of a program in sustainable international development, and during his time filling in he convinced Morgenthau, then Epstein and Provost Jehuda Reinharz.
"Irv said he loved the idea but didn't know if there was a market for it," Simon said. "He gave me $25,000 walking around money to see what I could do about bringing in the first class."
There were six students that first year. The second year there were about 12, nine of whom were Fulbright scholars. That convinced the administration, and the program ramped up from there. After its inception in the Politics Department, the program moved to the Heller School of Social Policy and Management; its graduates now number more than 1,300.
"There have been many wonderful moments," Simon says, when asked what have been the most gratifying experiences of his career. "The grain storage work is probably really a lasting contribution. But so is SID. If the real challenge in development is building local capacity for solving problems, this is a contribution that will go on long after me. Those are the two things I feel best about."


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For more than two decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city's own Neville Brothers.
On Sunday, that tradition changed. Aaron Neville performed on a stage with his new band while young brass band frontman Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews closed the festival's biggest stage — where the Neville Brothers once held court the last day.
Andrews and his band, Orleans Avenue, entertained a jam-packed crowd as the festival ended its 2013 run. A sea of faces stretched to the track's back fence.
Neville said he views the closing lineup change as kind of a "passing of the guard.
"Trombone Slim, as I call him, will do a great job," Neville said of Andrews. "I remember when it was Professor Longhair out there and then we did it for a long time. It's time. Slim is a big musician and I'm proud of the way he's handled himself."
Neville is promoting his new album, "My True Story," released earlier this year. At 72, he says it's the right time to focus on a solo project.
"My brothers and I have been performing together like 35 years," Neville said. "I wanted to do some other things and I couldn't do both because of my age and my health, so I decided to back off the Brothers and focus on what I wanted to do. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be here and I would be mad at myself if I didn't take the time to do me."
His brothers — Art, Cyril and Charles — performed during the festival's first weekend under a new name, The Nevilles.
Still, he wasn't completely without family on stage. Charles Neville plays saxophone in his quintet. Aaron Neville gave fest-goers a good sampling of the new music which covers a musical genre close to his heart — doo-wop.
"If you listen to any of my music, there's a doo-wop essence to it," he said. "Since I was a little boy, I've listened to people like Clyde McPhatter and the like. Everything I've ever done has some doo-wop in it. It's innocent music. Music that tells the story of boy meets girl. Music I can listen to with my granddaughter and my grandmother and nobody gets offended."
Another closing day act was Hall & Oates, who made their Jazz Fest debut Sunday under sunny skies and a cool breeze that the crowd reveled in after several days of rain and muddy ground conditions.
John Oates said he and his longtime musical partner, Darryl Hall, have always wondered why this festival was never on their schedule.
"I can tell you, both Darryl and I haven't been more excited about a gig in about 20 to 30 years," Oates said. "We're really psyched and excited about the opportunity."
Adam Butler, of Lisle, Ill., said he came a long way for his first Jazz Fest, and Hall & Oates delivered. Their set included old favorites such as "Out of Touch," ''Method of Love," ''Maneater," and "Say It Isn't So." They closed the set with "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)," but came back for encore performances of "Rich Girl," ''Kiss On My List," and "Private Eyes."
"Their music is timeless," said Butler, who sipped a margarita as he took in the music with friends from California, Indiana and Nevada.
Other closing day acts included Irma Thomas, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, The Black Keys, Taj Mahal and Pete Fountain.
Fans cheered and stretched their hands to the sky as Thomas sang bluesy numbers such as "Let's Stay Together," ''It's Raining," ''Forever Young" and "Let It Be Me."
During her upbeat medley of New Orleans favorites such as "Iko Iko" and "Hey Pocky Way," Thomas asked the thousands packed before the stage to wave a towel or handkerchief in a New Orleans tradition known as a second-line.
"We're so happy to see the sun, we don't know what to do," she said.
Many in the crowd were on their feet dancing.
"You can't sit still when you listen to Irma," said Cecelia Wright of San Diego, Calif., who has attended Jazz Fest every year for the past 30 years. "This festival has so many wonderful types of music. I don't come for the big names. I come for the jazz, the blues and the funk."
Among the music was a touch of romance as festival spokesman Matthew Goldman exchanged vows with Elise Gallinot on the front porch of a shotgun house on the festival grounds. The wedding party later second-lined to one of the music stages where a crawfish boil reception was held as the day closed.
Weddings are not uncommon at Jazz Fest, where couples in years past have gotten married between sets in the Gospel tent and other locations around the grounds.


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Hi folks. Just a couple of quick ones for the start of the week. No, I am not going to comment on the CSL-LGE debate. I didn't understand most of it. Yes I do not read or write Chinese and I know that most of the people there would have been ashamed of me and say that I am not worthy to be a Chinese. But I am Malaysian first. So there! :-) And I never understood why the "debate" was about Chinese issues only. And why there were questions from the floor about the Penang flers towing away illegally parked cars even though it was late at night and there was no traffic. As though she is implying that laws only work during normal office hours. But I like that woman who asked the question. She shows she has balls. I mean, not many people would dare stand up in public and admit that they are stupid. Well done, madam! Eh? I said I would not comment and then I did. What la! Sorry ah.
The funniest line found in The Star today is courtesy of the deputy prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin. He's always good for a laugh.
He was quoted as saying, "Victory for Pakatan will result in changes in the laws upheld by Barisan Nasional all this while."
Errr.......Mr. Deputy Prime Minister....and your point is? The people want changes in a lot of things upheld by Barisan Nasional all this while, kan? That's why
we vote in elections. No ah? That's why governments are voted in and out. No ah?
In another Star story we are told that our police flers "see through the ads - and smash gambling dens". Phwaaar!!! Damn terror, right? But if our PDRM could really 'see through' anything, why are there illegal ads all over the place? Like these advertisements seem to enjoy some form of protection la. You know the type of ads I mean. Ah Long ads on walls and five-foot ways. Some more with telephone numbers all. Should be easy to catch, right? And of course those advertisements for explosive massages or volcano massages. It takes little imagination to get the thinly-veiled message of these ads for physio-therapy of the erotic type. The latest one I saw on one of the walls of the LDP promised 2-Stop Massages. Hmmm...2 stops. I wonder what that is. Anyway, I digress. So kawan-kawan Polis DiRaja Malaysia, if you really can see through ads and catch the flers can you do us a favour by looking a bit harder ah? And those volcano and explosive massage places should be fun to raid what.


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A group of Romanian hackers has been arrested for extorting and blackmailing American corporations.
The group would hack corporate databases and systems and then demand payment from the companies in exchange for not disclosing the hack to the media.
Some see the group as a sort of "Robin Hood" organization taking from the big, rich capitalist corporations to give to the poor. I don't think these guys were sharing their loot with the local United Way though so I am not sure they qualify for Robin Hood status.
Here is the full article on these guys: Young cyber-terrorists hold top US firms to ransom in Transylvania