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Managing Country Reputation — Not Easy
We just released some new research on company reputation. This is a subject that I have always been very interested in. Considering the daily headlines about quality problems with products made in China, this research is very timely. This is what we learned about managing country reputation — it is alot harder than you may think.
Leading a large multinational company might be a complex and challenging task, but global business leaders believe that heads of state have a much tougher job than they do when it comes to managing reputation. When asked which is harder to manage — a country's or a company's reputation — executives chose country reputation more than twice as often (68 vs. 29 percent respectively). Our survey, Safeguarding Reputation™, was conducted in 11 worldwide markets in partnership with KRC Research.
Which is harder to manage well?
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North America
Country reputation
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In a challenging sociopolitical global environment, business leaders clearly recognize that managing a country's reputation or brand is complex and subject to many external forces. Recent problems with manufacturing in China, news about terrorist breeding grounds in Pakistan and U.S. government efforts to improve its reputation internationally show how difficult it is to effectively manage country brands today. By comparison, managing a corporate reputation looks tame to senior business people.
Not All Types of Reputations Are Managed Equally
Global business executives agree that when it comes to managing perception, some industry and publicly held company reputations are more difficult to oversee than others, while managing an individual's reputation is considered easier than both according to business executives.
An industry's reputation is perceived to be harder to manage than a company's reputation — approximately one-and-one-half times more difficult (57 vs. 39 percent, respectively). Interestingly, executives in Italy differ from most of their regional peers and consider a company's reputation harder to manage than an industry's reputation (54 vs. 30 percent, respectively).
Publicly held company reputation is considered much more difficult to manage well than privately held company reputation — nearly three times more difficult according to global business executives (71 vs. 24 percent, respectively). North American executives, compared to those in Europe and Asia, were the most likely to agree with this finding (82 percent vs. 63 percent vs. 76 percent, respectively).
Company reputation is nearly four times more difficult to manage than individual reputation (77 vs. 21 percent, respectively).
Back to the difficulties in managing country reputation. A recent article in The New York Times, "China Steps Up Efforts to Cleanse Reputation," described China's efforts to improve its tarnished reputation after much publicized recalls of Chinese-made products such as toothpaste, tires, toys and pet food. The article said that Chinese officials have engaged in the following activities in their all-out public relations offensive: held news conferences on food and product safety, were apologetic in conversations with Western officials, offered tours to international media of government safety labs, initiated a new recall system and nationwide inspection of various industry operations, and added labels to food packaging indicating that the contents were safe. As quoted in the article, a high-ranking Chinese official said: "This is a special war to protect the safety and interests of the general public, as well as a war to safeguard the 'Made in China' label and the country's image."
Chinese officials have not just turned the other cheek. They have argued with critics about the safety of their products and have publicized that other countries too have had trouble with exports. Clearly, the Made in China reputation is being taken seriously and the country's global communications campaign is in high gear. China is intends to recover its reputation as the Summer Olympics in Beijing approaches next year. The country even launched a special broadcast on its largest state-run network called "Believe in Made in China."
Without a doubt, country reputation is hard to manage well. And as hard as it is to admit, much harder than managing company reputation. For those of us living in the U.S., we understand very well how it feels to lose reputational standing around the world. Someone has to take charge.

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- Operating System (~~~Notes~~~) (~~~Seminar Questions for 2nd Dec 2018~~~)(~~~Seminar Questions for 9th Dec 2018~~~)
- Microsoft Word Processing Excel, Access and PowerPoint
- Information Systems (role and type)
- Management Information Systems Analysis (Performance, nformation and data, Control and security)
What is a computer?
- An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program
- A computer is an electronic device that manipulates information, or data. It has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data
- A computer is a device that accepts information (in the form of digitalized data) and manipulates it for some result based on a program or sequence of instructions on how the data is to be processed.
What is data?
- Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis
- A collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or even just descriptions of things
- Data can be qualitative (describing something e.g. he has a long hair) or qualitative (numbers e.g. he has 2 legs)
Computer Components
Computer components are the electrical hardware that join together to make up the complete computer system. The common computer hardware are motherboard, CPU, RAM, BIOS-ROM and Hard disk. These are described based on the basic operation of a computer for converting raw input data into information for various uses.
- Take input - The process of entering data and instructions into the computer system
- Store data - Saving data and instructions so that they are available for processing as and when required
- Process data - Performing arithmetic, and logical operations on data in order to convert them into useful information
- Output information - The process of producing useful information or results for the user, such as a printed report or visual display
Input unit of a computer system
This unit contains devices with the help of which we enter data into computer. This unit makes link between user and computer. The input devices translate the information into the form understandable by computer.
Central processing unit (CPU)
CPU is considered as the brain of the computer. CPU performs all types of data processing operations. It stores data, intermediate results and instructions(program). It controls the operation of all parts of computer
CPU itself has following three components
ALU(Arithmetic Logic Unit)
Memory Unit
Control Unit
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text: Elie Wiesel has questioned the existence of God during the holocaust which for me is completely understandable. If I had to put myself in Elie's shoes, I would not have the strength or courage to live through under such horrible circumstances. Elie has witnessed thousands of Jews whom has been shot, hung, and burned. The Jews were being captive by the SS men in a concentration camp twenty-four seven with barely enough food and water to survive. Not only that, but they were forced to work like slaves and were constantly abused in such terrible manners. After seeing this, who then would question Elie for losing faith in God? I would not. Instead, I would be exactly like Elie and question God's existence if I had witness the harsh treatment of the prisoners by the Nazis. I would be in a state where I had given up already and deny God's presence. I would question God constantly and get furious with Him. I would lose my hope and faith that I once had. More importantly, I would hate for my entire life. I would hate God for not helping us when we are in deeply need of help if I witness those atrocities. Not only God, but I would hate the SS men and everyone else for not stopping the war that only brings more disaster to the world. Therefore, I would not have been a believing person and pray if I had been through the Holocaust. I would be in a far worse condition than Elie had. Because of this, I want to congratulate Elie for being such an inspiration to all people over the world. He is one strong and brave man who had survived through a horrible situation. More significantly, whether or not Elie's faith remained he continued to strive for himself Show More


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TWO of Britain's most famous athletes met up with a group of Beswick schoolchildren to officially open the 2006 Tesco Great School Run.
Dean Macey, gold medallist at this year's Commonwealth Games, and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, the most successful Paralympian ever, met up with the children from St Brigid's Primary School in Beswick at the City of Manchester stadium on Thursday to launch the run.
The run, which is encouraging children from all over the country to lead a more physical lifestyle, was hailed by Dean who said, "I'm thrilled to be involved with the run and hope that this year's race will see us sprint into the record books!"
Last year over 5,000 classes of schoolchildren took part and this years organisers are hoping to double that figure, leaving the Guinness Book of Records on red alert.
Jan Foster, corporate responsibility manager for Tesco, was present at the launch. She said: "This event is all about participation. We are hoping to encourage as many children as possible between the ages of seven and 11 to take part, and hopefully promote awareness of the importance of physical exercise and a healthy lifestyle. We are aiming for as many as 250,000 young participants which would easily break the current world record."
For more information on how to participate in the event go to www.greatschoolrun.


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Board of Directors
You can contact The Medicines Company's Board of Directors to provide comments, to report concerns, or to ask a question, at the following address.
Corporate Secretary
The Medicines Company
8 Sylvan Way Parsippany, NJ 07054
United States
Communications are distributed to the Board, or to any individual directors as appropriate, depending on the facts and circumstances outlined in the communication. In that regard, the The Medicines Company Board of Directors has requested that certain items which are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the Board should be excluded, such as: product complaints; product inquiries; new product suggestions; resumes and other forms of job inquiries; surveys; business solicitations or advertisements.
The Medicines Company
Leadership Team
Alexander J. Denner, PhDChairman of the Board, Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Member of Compensation Committee and Audit Committee
Alexander J. Denner, Ph.D., has been a director since February 2016 and chairman of the Board since June 2018. Dr. Denner is the founding partner and the chief investment officer of Sarissa Capital Management LP, a registered investment advisor, which he founded in 2012. Sarissa Capital focuses on improving the strategies of companies to better enhance shareholder value. From 2006 to 2011, Dr. Denner served as a senior managing director at Icahn Capital, an entity through which Carl Icahn conducts his investment activities. Prior to that, he served as a portfolio manager at Viking Global Investors, a private investment fund, and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, a global asset management firm. Dr. Denner currently serves as a director of Biogen Inc. and is chairperson of Biogen's nominating and governance committee, and a member of the finance committee. Dr. Denner also previously served as a director of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he also served as chairman, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bioverativ Inc., Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ImClone Systems Incorporated, where he also served as chairman of the executive committee and VIVUS, Inc.
Dr. Denner has a strong background overseeing the operations, capital allocation and research and development of healthcare companies and evaluating corporate governance matters. In addition, Dr. Denner has extensive experience as an investor, particularly with respect to healthcare companies and has broad healthcare-industry knowledge. Dr. Denner received his S.B. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University.
Geno J. GermanoIndependent Director
Geno J. Germano has been a director since November 2017. Mr. Germano was, most recently, President of Intrexon Corporation, a leader in synthetic biology, from June 1, 2016 to March 2017. He previously held the position of Group President of the Global Innovative Pharma Business of Pfizer, Inc., where he led a growing global $14 billion business with market-leading medicines and an extensive portfolio of late-stage development candidates in several therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular, metabolic disease, neuroscience, inflammation, immunology, and rare diseases. Mr. Germano was also Co-Chair of Pfizer's Portfolio Strategy and Investment Committee and, prior to that, President and General Manager of Pfizer's Specialty Care and Oncology business units. Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Germano held numerous executive and leadership roles at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, including President of Wyeth U.S., where he was responsible for the delivery of operational results across four business units, as well as President of its Global Pharmaceutical and Women's Healthcare Business. Mr. Germano has been a member of the Group of Fifty (G50) and served on the Board of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, where he was a member of the Executive Committee and Chaired the International Committee. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association and was a Trustee of the Albany College of Pharmacy from October 2008 to October 2017, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy. Mr. Germano was formerly a director of Zoetis Inc. and is currently a director of Bioverativ Inc. and Sage Therapeutics.
John C. KellyIndependent Director, Chair of Audit Committee
John C. Kelly has been a director since April 2011 and served as our lead director from May to August 2015. From October 2009 to February 2010, Mr. Kelly served as senior vice president, finance of Pfizer Inc. From March 2008 to October 2009, Mr. Kelly served as vice president and controller at Wyeth and from June 2002 to March 2008, he served as vice president, financial operations of Wyeth. Prior to joining Wyeth in 2002, he spent more than 35 years in public accounting at Arthur Andersen in various leadership capacities, including as the partner in charge of audit and business consulting practices in the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Kelly previously served as a director of C.R. Bard, Inc., a medical device company, and a subsidiary of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. He is a certified public accountant and was an elected member of the Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Kelly received a B.S. in business administration and an M.B.A. in international finance from Seton Hall University.
Clive Meanwell, MD PhDChief Innovation Officer
Clive Meanwell founded The Medicines Company and has been a Director since its inception in 1996. Clive has served as the company's Chief Innovation Officer since December 2018. Previously, he served as the company's Chief Executive Officer from August 2004 to December 2018, President from August 2004 to December 2004, Executive Chairman from September 2001 to August 2004 and Chief Executive Officer and President from 1996 to September 2001. Clive was also the company's Chairman of Board from September 2001 to August 2015. From 1995 to 1996, Clive was a Partner and Managing Director at MPM Capital, L.P., a venture capital firm. From 1986 to 1995, Clive held various positions at Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, including Senior Vice President from 1992 to 1995, Vice President from 1991 to 1992 and Director of Product Development from 1986 to 1991. Clive received an M.D. (British equivalent MB ChB) and a Ph.D. (British equivalent MD hons) from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Paris PanayiotopoulosIndependent Director, Chair of Compensation Committee, Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Paris Panayiotopoulos has been a director since March 2017. Mr. Panayiotopoulos is an operating partner and member of the investment team at Clarus and serves as the executive chairman of Genevant Sciences. From 2016 to 2017, Mr. Panayiotopoulos was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he led approximately a five-fold multiple in market value in one year and the acquisition by Takeda Pharmaceuticals for $5.2 billion in February 2017. Prior to joining ARIAD in January 2016, Mr. Panayiotopoulos served as President of EMD Serono Inc., the North American biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, from 2013 through 2015. Prior to being appointed President of EMD Serono, Mr. Panayiotopoulos held positions of increasing responsibility within Merck KGaA, serving as President of Merck Serono, Tokyo, Japan, from 2012 through 2013; Global Chief of Staff for the CEO in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2011 through 2012; Head of Western Europe for the fertility and endocrinology franchises, in 2011; Global Director of the neurology franchise, from 2007 through 2011; and Global Strategy and Business Intelligence Director from 2004 through 2007. Prior to joining Merck KGaA, Mr. Panayiotopoulos was at Eli Lilly & Co. from 1999 to 2004.
Mr. Panayiotopoulos has led multiple partnerships, including those with Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly & Co., Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Otsuka and Incyte and has served on the board of directors of BIO. Mr. Panayiotopoulos holds a combined B.Sc. in Chemistry and Management Studies from University College London and a M.Sc. in Marketing and Product Management from Cranfield Business School in the United Kingdom.
Sarah J. Schlesinger, MDIndependent Director, Member of Compensation Committee and Audit Committee
Sarah J. Schlesinger has been a director since February 2018. Dr. Schlesinger has spent more than 20 years working in the field of cellular immunity. She is currently the Chair of The Rockefeller University Hospital's Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Senior Physician and Associate Professor of Clinical Investigation at The Rockefeller University. Prior to becoming Chair of the hospital's IRB, Dr. Schlesinger served as Clinical Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Clinical Director of The Laboratory of Cellular Immunology and Physiology - the laboratory led by the late Ralph M. Steinman, M.D., 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. Before joining The Rockefeller University in 2003, Dr. Schlesinger was a scientist at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in New York City from 2002 to 2003, and a Research Physician/Pathologist at the Division of Retrovirology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research from 1996 to 2002. Dr. Schlesinger trained in Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and began her career in pathology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and hospitals in New York including Buffalo General, Hospital New York and the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Dr. Schlesinger leads clinical trials and also chairs the research education and training committee of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at The Rockefeller University Hospital. She is co-director of Rockefeller's Clinical Scholars program and the Certificate in Clinical and Translational Sciences program. Widely published in her field, Dr. Schlesinger has been recognized with numerous awards for her research and teaching. She is also a member of numerous, prominent medical societies, including the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the College of American Pathologists. Dr. Schlesinger serves on the board of three non-profit organizations: AVAC (AIDS Vaccines Advocacy Coalition); Global Viral; and The Hastings Center, the pre-eminent center for the study of bioethics. She served as an independent director of Ariad Pharmaceuticals from 2013 until its sale to Takeda in 2017. She is an independent director of Innoviva, Inc. Dr. Schlesinger graduated with honors from Wellesley College and obtained her medical doctorate from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois.
Mark TimneyChief Executive Officer
Mark Timney joined The Medicines Company in December 2018 as Chief Executive Officer and as a Director. Mark is a healthcare leader with over 25 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience in multi-national companies. At Merck & Co, Mark led organizations of increasing importance and size, including President US, President Japan and President of Global Primary Care. In these roles, he launched multiple products, many in the cardiovascular therapeutic area, led large organizations of up to 8,000 employees, and was involved in a number of important strategic transactions. After leaving Merck, Mark served as the CEO of Purdue Pharmaceuticals and formed a company advising healthcare companies. Before joining Merck, he spent 8 years working at numerous multinational pharmaceutical companies, including Zeneca Group, ICI Pharmaceuticals and Roussel Labs. Mark received a bachelor's degree in Sports Studies (majoring in Marketing) from Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) in Newcastle in the United Kingdom.


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Free Short Stories, Short Story Collections. Free online collections. See the entry for "Short Story Collection" for hundreds of modern anthologies, to read online or download. Also a collection of Canadian short stories.
Popular Fiction
Mythology & Folklore
Great Lakes States
Youth Fiction
Short Stories
Short Stories Collection
Numerous free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on "Short Stories". Be patient as the page loads.
American Short Stories Collection
Numerous free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on "Short Stories – American ". Be patient as the page loads.
American Children's Stories Collection
Numerous free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on "Children's Stories – American ". Be patient as the page loads.
English Short Stories Collection
Numerous free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on "Short Stories – English". Be patient as the page loads.
Canadian Short Stories Collection
Numerous free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on "Short Stories, Canadian". Be patient as the page loads.
Modern Short Stories
Ashmun, Margaret Eliza, ed.
Contents: The cask of Amontillado, by E. A. Poe; The return of a private, by H. Garland; Mateo Falcone, by P. Merimee; The hiding of Black Bill, by O. Henry; The substitute, by F. Coppee; Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving; The thief, by F. Dostoievski; The king of Boyville,by W. A. White; The father, by B. Bjornson; What was it? a mystery, by F. J. O'Brien; The real thing, by H: James; Dr. Heidegger's experiment, by N. Hawthorne; A rose of the Ghetto, by I. Zangwill; Two friends, by G. de Maupassant; Aged folk, by A. Daudet; To build a fire, by J. London; Rhymer the second, by A. Morrison; A living relic, by I. Turgenev; The monkey's paw, by W: W. Jacobs; A Christmas guest, by S. Lagerlof: The long exile, by L. Tolstoi.
Index to Short Stories
Firkins, Ina Ten Eyck, comp.
Wilson 1915 Dewey Dec. 016.8
Author and title entries showing where to find in books or magazines short stories of about two hundred and fifty English and American authors; no author included who has not had one volume of collected stories published.- A.L.A. Catalog 1912-1921
The Best Psychic Stories
French, Joseph Lewis, ed.
Stories by Jack London, Algernon Blackwood, Katherine Rickford, George Warton Edwards, Edgar Allan Poe, Elsa Barker, Lafcadio Hearn, Ambrose Bierce, William T. Stead, Fiona Macleod, Gambier Bolton, Hereward Carrington, Andrew Jackson Davis, St. John D. Seymour, Nizida, Helena Blavatsky, and Dr. Walter F. Prince.
Great Sea Stories
French, Joseph Lewis, ed.
Fifteen excerpts illustrating the 'virility and beauty' of the sea as a source of really epic stories. They are chosen from Westward ho, Peter Simple, Tom Cringle's log, Hard cash, Chamber's miscellany, The red rover, Moby Dick, Ninety-three, Broken stowage, The wreck of the Grosvenor, An Iceland fisherman, In blue waters. Spun gold, South sea tales, and A tarpaulin muster.
Great Pirate Stories
Audio Book
French, Joseph Lewis, ed.
A companion volume to Great sea stories. This includes seventeen well-chosen stories of buccaneering and piracy, peopled with some of the most romantic figures that ever drew cutlass.
— Bacon, Corinne, compiler, Standard Catalog: Fiction Section (1923)
The Standard Index of Short Stories 1900-1914
Hannigan, Francis J., comp.
Small, Manard 1918 Dewey Dec. 016.8
Author and title index in one alphabet; includes all short stories published in twenty-four of the more important magazines.- A.L.A. Catalog 1912-1921
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
Audio Book
Jessup, Alexander, ed.
Contents: The little Frenchman and his water lots, by G. P. Morris; The angel of the odd, by E. A. Poe; The schoolmaster's progress, by C. M. S. Kirkland; The Watkinson evening, by E. Leslie; Titbottom's spectacles, by G. W. Curtis; My double, and how he undid me, by E. E. Hale; A visit to the asylum for aged and decayed punsters, by O. W. Holmes; The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, by Mark Twain; Elder Brown's backslide, by H. S. Edwards; The hotel experience of Mr. Pink Fluker, by R. M. Johnston; The nice people, by H: C. Bunner; The Buller-Podington compact, by F. R: Stockton; Colonel Starbottle for the plaintiff, by B. Harte; The duplicity of Hargraves, by O." Henry; Bargain day at Tutt House, by G: R. Chester; A call, by G. M. Cooke; How the widow won the deacon, by W. J. Lampton; Gideon, by W. Hastings.
The Best Short Stories of 1916 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
O'Brien, Edward Joseph, ed.
Contents: The sacrificial altar, by G. Atherton; Miss Willett, by B. Benefield; Supers, by F. Booth; Fog, by D. Burnet; Ma's pretties, by F. Buzzell; The great auk, bv I. S. Cobb; The lost Phoebe, by T. Dreiser; The silent infare, by A. C. Gordon; The cat of the cane-brake, by F. S. Greene; Making port, by R: M. Hallet; "Ice water, pl—!" by F. Hurst; Little selves, by M. Lerner; The sun chaser, by J. Marks; At the end of the road, by W. J. Muilenburg; The big stranger on Dorchester heights, by A. du V. Pentz; The menorah, by B: Rosenblatt; Penance, by E. Singmaster; Feet of gold, by G. A. Smith; Down on their knees, by W. D. Steele; Half-past ten, by A. L. Tildesley.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
Contents: Each in his generation, by M. S. Burt; "Contact!" by F. N. Hart; The camel's back, by F. S. Fitzgerald; Breakneck hill, by E. Forbes; Black art and Ambrose, by G. Gilpatric; The judgment of Vulcan, by L. F. Hartman; The argosies, by A. Hull; Alma Mater, by O. F. Lewis; Slow poison, by A. D. Miller; The face in the window, by W. D. Pelley; A matter of loyalty, by L. Perry; Professor Todd's used car, by L. H. Robbins; The thing they loved, by Marice Rutledge; Butterflies, by Rose Sydney; No flowers, by G. A. Smith; Footfalls, by W. D. Steele; The last room of all, by S. F. Whitman.
Atlantic Narratives; Modern Short Stories. Second Series
Audio Book
Thomas, Charles Swain, ed.
Contents: The lie, by M. Antin; Blue reefers, by E. Ashe; The debt, by K. Carman; Seth Miles and the sacred fire, by C. A. P. Comer; Buried treasure, by M. de la Roche; The princess of make-believe, by A. H. Donnell; The two apples, by J. E. Dunning; The purple star, by R. H. Eastman; Ruggs—R. O. T. C, by W. A. Ganoe; The way of life, by L. Huffaker; A year in a coal-mine, by J. Husband; Woman's sphere, by S. H. Kemper; Babanchik, by C. Krysto; Rosita, by E. Mackubin; Perjured, by E. R. Mirrielees; What Mr. Grey said, by M. P. Montague; A soldier of the legion, by E. Morlae; The Boulevard of Rogues, by M. Nicholson; What happened to Alanna, by K. Norris; Spend-thrifts, by L. S. Portor; Children wantetL by L. Pratt; The squire, by E. Singmaster; Gregory and the scuttle, by C. H. Townsend; In November, by E. Wyatt; Biographical and interpretative notes.


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Closing the Tax Gap
Each tax season ends with billions of tax dollars due, but unpaid. It's the tax gap, the IRS nightmare, and it totals an average of 14% of payable taxes. While this may seem a lot, other countries get that even worse at tax compliance: Austria 74.80%, France 75.38%, Germany 67.72%, Netherlands 72.84%, Portugal 68.09%, United Kingdom 77.97%.
There is a close relation between tax rates and tax compliance. The higher the rate, the more likely are taxpayers to want to evade tax. Normally, a system that is accepted as fair, receives better compliance, but never 100%.
As Obama moves towards increasing taxes for higher earners, non-compliance numbers are expected to soar. While this may seem socially fair, the plummeting compliance rates with high earners may still have mid to low earners pay the bill.


text: FJR1 Report post Posted June 26, 2017 Chad Bettisch hosts Mid-State Carpers Series of Fish-InsSummaries of first three events are here!I've been reluctant to post information about the Mid-State Carpers' series of fish-ins under the direction of Mr. Chad Bettisch since it's a semi-private group and because I don't want to have the venues heavily advertised and heavily fished. However, I want to recognize Chad Bettisch and participating anglers for their efforts. The turnout at these events also shows that many of us in Illinois don't have to be in high stakes events to be enticed to fish together. Consequently, summaries of recent events follow. Although there are small hardware and carp-fishing prizes awarded by the host and participating donors for a variety of categories and although there is a small, non-mandatory big-fish pot at each gathering, these events are more social in nature. Chad often baits the venues prior to an event to entice a better bite. My thanks to Mr. Bettisch and all involved for a most enjoyable series.Here are some summaries of the three events that have been held so far. The summaries are put together primarily by Chad Bettisch. At the end of the series, a small trophy will be awarded to the angler with high total weight. --Frank RinkApril 29, 2017 - Central Illinois Lake With the weather cold and rainy, we still had 9 anglers ready to put in some time on the bank. The peg draw went quickly and fishing started immediately thereafter. The first fish caught was by Emilio Montoya within the first 10 minutes. As Chad Bettisch was netting another angler's fish, Chad's rod started screaming. That was the start of a ferocious bite for most anglers that would last for a couple of hours. We had 20 fish captured in the first two hours, with Brent Hammond having the opportunity to land a new PB of 22.5 lbs. As the day went on and the weather changed, we managed to land another 20 carp and three catfish. The fish-in ended early due to the fact that we were all soaked from drenching rains. However, we fished for eight hours, and a total of 40 carp were caught totaling 523.1 lbs. A special mention to Dave Marceau's nephew Sawyer for landing a large channel cat. Here are some of the anglers' stats... - Frank Rink (peg 5) ended with 8 fish totalling 90.1 lbs - Cory Bohmann (peg 1) ended with 10 fish totalling 119.7lbs -Jim Snyder (peg 2) ended with 1 fish totalling 6.4 lbs - Brent Hammond (peg 9) ended with 6 fish totalling 89.15lbs -Chad Bettisch (peg 6) ended with 4 fish totalling 64.1lbs -Dave Marceau (peg 4) ended with 5 fish totalling 65.15lbs -Emilio Montoya (peg 7) ended with 8 fish totalling 87.6lbs -Sawyer Marceau (peg 3) landed a nice channel catfish -Anthony Hartung (peg 11) didn't land any fish during the tournament. However, he stayed later and moved pegs to land his new PB of 20-13 lbs. - Emilio Montoya won a Dicks Sporting Goods card for 1st fish -Frank Rink had small fish at 5-9 to win a work light -Frank Rink had last fish to win a lighted swinger set donated by Cory Bohmann - Dave Marceau won big fish in the side pot for $70 - Cory Bohmann had the most fish caught to win a medal and some leads donated by Frank Rink. -Jim Snyder guessed closest to the biggest fish weight to win the Miller Lite bag chair. All said and done, it was a day to remember. The weather was tough, but the bite was good, PB's were broken, and we all ate well thanks to a delicious cookout with burgers and dogs. I just want to say thanks to everyone that attended and brought food to share. We have six more tournaments to go. FISH ON. —Chad BettischMay 20, 2017 - Central Illinois Lake Here is a quick summary of the May 20th Mid-State Carpers' event (2nd event of the series): The tournament started off with 10 anglers showing up, knowing the weather again would be less than perfect. Some of the usual participants were not present because Larry Seeman's Five Bridges Tournament was being held the same day in Chicago. The bite started slowly. However, Bill Hodge managed to get the day started with the first fish weighing in at 6-10 lbs. As the day went on, so did the bite, especially for Jim Snyder at peg 11 and Dave Marceau at peg 2. The majority of anglers caught fish with only two blanking. The big fish was caught at peg 11 by Jim Snyder at a healthy 22-13.As the day ended, we managed to land 42 carp with an average of 12-7 lbs and and a total weight of 507-1 lbs. That makes for a total of 1,030 pounds for the first two events! May 20, 2017 results: Jim Snyder (left, below) - 133-7 lbs Chad Bettisch - 0 lbs Dave Marceau - 165-12 lbs Anthony Hartung - 46-6 lbs Brent Hammond (right) - 45-14 lbs Brad Gant - 0 lbs Charles Thomas - 29-10 lbs Bill Hodge - 47-15 lbs Andrew Thomas - 24-3 lbs Deb Higgins - 14-4 lbs ------------------------------------------------- Here are the individual totals after the first two events. Dave Marceau ...231-11 lbs (fished all 2 events) Jim Snyder…139-11 lbs (fished all 2 events) Brent Hammond...135-13 lbs (fished all 2 events) Cory Bohmann...119-7 lbs (fished the 1st event) Frank Rink...90-1 lbs (fished the 1st event) Emilio Montoya...87-6 lbs (fished the 1st event) Chad Bettisch...64-1 lbs (fished all 2 events) Bill Hodge...47-15 lbs (fished the 2nd event) Anthony Hartung...46-6 lbs (fished all 2 events) Charles Higgins...29-10 lbs (fished the 2nd event) Andrew Thomas...24-3 lbs (fished the 2nd event) Brad Gant... 0 lbs (fished the 2nd event) Sawyer Marceau...0 lbs (fished the 1st event The big fish so far is in the series is Jim Snyder with a 22-13. The Lake at which we fished the first two events has produced over 2,500 lbs of carp this spring between the two tournaments and member anglers fishing on their own! That's pretty impressive. June 24, 2017 - Western Illinois Lake We moved to a lake in western Illinois on Saturday, June 24 for the third event of the Mid-State Carpers' series. Post-spawn fishing can be difficult because the fish just don't have the appetites they demonstrated prior to the spawning season. Weights are also typically lower due to the stress of the spawn and, of course, eggless females. Nevertheless, 12 anglers made it to the 6:00 a.m. peg choice: Chad Bettisch, Brent Hammond, Jim Snyder, Bill Hodge, Cory Bohmann, Cory Bohmann, Jr., Frank Rink, Anthony Hartung, James Snyder, Dave Marceau, Chris Reitan, and Fred Rhodes. Fishing was from 6:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Angler success varied, depending somewhat on what location they chose. Despite the post-spawn status of the carp, 41 fish were caught weighing 452 pounds (11 pound average). Dave Marceau again led the away (making his total-weight lead for the series nearly insurmountable). Dave captured 16 carp weighing 167-7. His two biggest carp were 18-8 and 17-2.Frank Rink was a distant 2nd with 8 carp weighing 114+. His two biggest carp were 24-4 and 18-15.James Kraft rounded out the top three with six carp and 58+ pounds. The sole "money" pot was for big fish. It was won by Frank Rink with an ugly 24-4 that has been caught at the lake several times previously and nicknamed "Broke Back" for obvious reasons. Frank also won some tools and a flashlight (donated by Chad Bettisch) for coming closest to guessing the weight of the big carp of the day. The prize (donated by Chad Bettisch) for first fish went to James Kraft, and the prize (catfish rod donated by Anthony Hartung) for biggest catfish (4 lbs.+) also went to James Kraft. In addition, James won some tackle box organizers (donated by Frank Rink) for most fish (6) from sections E, F, I. The total weight prize of a portable carp rod (donated by Chad Bettisch) went to Dave Marceau (167-7). Dave also won a set of Fox inline leads (donated by Frank Rink) for most fish (16) in sections A and B. Chad Bettisch won a spomb (donated by Frank Rink) for most fish caught (5) in sections C and D. SATURDAY , June 24, 2017 RESULTS Dave Marceau…167-7 (16 carp) Frank Rink…114-2 (8 carp) James Kraft…58-4 (6 carp) Chad Bettisch…43-1 (5 carp) Brent Hammond…25-12 (2 carp) Cory Bohmann…12-15 (1 carp) Cory Jr. Bohmann Jr…12-14 (1 carp) Jim Snyder…9-9 (1 carp) Anthony Hartung…7-13 (1 carp) So, after the first three tournaments with four more to go, here are the current total-weight standings: 1st...Dave Marceau...399-6 lbs (3 events) 2nd...Frank Rink...204-3 lbs (2 events) 3rd...Brent Hammond...161-9 lbs (3 events) 4th...Jim Snyder...139-11 lbs (3 events) 5th...Cory Bohmann...132-6 lbs (2 events) 6th...Chad Bettisch...107-2 lbs (3 events) 7th...Emilio Montoya...87-6 lbs (1 event) 8th...James Kraft...58-4 lbs (1 event) 9th...Anthony Hartung...54-3 lbs (3 events) 10th...Bill Hodge...47-15 lbs (2 events) 11th…Charles Thomas...29-10 lbs (1 event) 12th…Andrew Thomas...24-3 lbs (1 event) 13th…Deb Higgins...14-4 lbs (1 event) 14th…Cory Bohmann, Jr...12-14 lbs (1 event) 15th... all others that have blanked. 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Hello everyone! As always, I'm going to open this News Letter with the weather as the opening topic, WOW..... It has been scorching HOT outside and we finally got some much needed rain! I for one, am so very thankful for Willis Carrier who invented the Air Conditioning system in 1902! According to livescience.com,
"Not long after Carrier invented his game-changing air conditioning machine, a mill engineer named Stuart Cramer created a similar ventilating device to add water vapor to the stifling air inside of textile plants. While Cramer was the second person to develop such a device, he was the first to coin the term "air conditioning" to describe the purpose of his invention."
There you have it Ladies and gentleman, the textiles "fabric's" we love played a key role into the invention of the cooling comforts we enjoy today.
We once again have some very exciting news..... On June 1st, we took possession of yet another space in our building and
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Although our expansion has already begun, it will be a slow process and we are looking forward to providing our customers with more space and even more new and beautiful fabrics to choose from.
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SEWCIALIZING - SHOW AND TELL!!!! I don't know about you, but I LOVE Show and Tell. It is my favorite part of quilt meetings. We will host it one time each month and we will have Donuts or
Bagels, Orange Juice and Coffee available. Please bring something for show and tell and, if you do, you will receive 20% off one regular priced item purchased that day. 20% off sale can not be combined with any other sales. Please feel free to bring a friend along, even if they do not sew! We want this to be a fun and joyful time so please bring any jokes or stories along also. You are welcome to come without a show and tell item, but won't be eligible for the 20% discount.
Saturday, July 7, 2018 10:00am - 12:00pm
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July 25th
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July 26th, 2018
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"In my view fresh appointments to the positions of inspectors must be open to the public and such positions must be advertised. It therefore does not matter whether the interested parties were handpicked by the Board or Mr Igathe [Former Chairman of ACA Board of Directors]. The era of handpicking persons and appointing them as public officers was in my view buried with the retired Constitution and has no place in the current constitutional dispensation." – Odunga J at para. 39.
In a recent judgment in the case of Republic v Anti-Counterfeit Agency Ex parte Moses Maina Maturu [2016] eKLR, the High Court quashed Gazette Notice No. 9451 published on 24th December, 2015 appointing several individuals (enjoined in the suit as interested parties) as inspectors of Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA). According to ACA, the present suit was a scheme to paralyze its operations instigated by persons who have been behind several court cases, which ACA has been forced to defend thereby directing its resources away from the fight against counterfeiting.


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Participate in the 4th Annual Trick or Trot 5/10k, which supports chronically ill kids to live better lives on Sat., Sept. 26 starting at 7:30am. The run begins at the Courthouse, winding through downtown to the Fox River Train, by the Fabyan Gardens and then returns to the streets of Geneva.
Take your final steps up Third Street, and end back at the Courthouse lawn. This year the run has become a ¼ marathon (6.6 miles). There will be plenty of other activities for attendees such as a .5k kids dash and a timed 1 mile run. Mary Agnes, 630-479-8116. Trick or Trot


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Why He Should Not Have Been Sold 6,000 Rounds of Ammunition
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Out at Third
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Cutting Back the Camphor Tree
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Into Paradise
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The Books of the Dead
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She and Me
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Cause: Modification of Standard DCI "DCD Super Class" Object Type Resolution:
On DCD Super Class Object Type "Copy to all Instances" box was found checked for "Control Connection" entry on "Aspect Control" Tab of "DCD Super Class Type Definition" aspect and this resulted in two "Control Connection" entries on Aspect Control Tab of "DCD FIX0 Object Type- DCD Fix 0 Type Definition" aspect.
Unchecking the "Copy to all Instances" box for "Control Connection" entry on "Aspect Control" Tab of "DCD Super Class Type Definition" aspect, corrected the issue.
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I just found out that I've won my first homebrewing medals, a Gold and a Silver in the Strong Ale and the Specialty category! The results are posted here.
I entered my American Barleywine and a beer approximating the Alpine Brewing Company's Nelson, a Rye IPA that I brewed with a friend, Andy Coppock. The latter is a little different than the Alpine beer, in that I used malted rye rather than flaked, and more of it. I believe Andy got the recipe from Chuck at Green Flash in San Diego.
My Barleywine was brewed back in July 2009, and made with absolutely copious amounts of late hops; mostly Centennial and Amarillo, with a little Chinook and Fuggles thrown in for depth. It came in at 10.6% ABV, which judging by the picture of my mash tun below is about the biggest beer I can make!
The Barleywine went off without a hitch, but brewing the Rye IPA was a giant pain in the ass as half the batch got ruined due to some infection issues my Flanders Red has caused. Also, I don't dry-hop too often, so that caused a bit of hassle – though well worth it. I chalk it up to a learning experience.
I only have 2 bottles of the Barleywine left and those are destined for the VanBrewerAwards in May. Wish me luck.


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NUMC neighbors seek fix for parking problem
Yvonne Amato says her East Meadow neighborhood is beset with the cars of Nassau University Medical Center employees and patients, but she acknowledges the cars' owners have the right to park -- for now -- on the public streets surrounding the hospital.
Amato and dozens of her neighbors, irked by what they call a crippling parking dilemma, say they've found the solution to the problem -- permits that would restrict the streets to residents only.
State and local officials warn that a move toward resident-restricted parking -- a solution used to curb parking woes in communities ranging from Weehawken, N.J., to Boston -- would be met with resistance in Albany, and would take at least a year to implement.
But Amato says the permits are necessary to reclaim neighborhood spots, which became harder to come by last June, when NUMC closed a parking garage after it was declared unsafe.
"When they closed the garage, they started parking on the street. Who is going to buy a house if people are using the neighborhood as a parking lot?" Amato said. She and other residents also blame patients and families ducking NUMC parking fees.
Resident Ken Lane cited safety. "People cross one of the most dangerous roads in Nassau County instead of parking in the lot," he said, referring to Hempstead Turnpike.
Amato said the permits could be used to regulate parking on First and Second streets, Franklin and Roosevelt avenues, Jefferson Street and Lincoln Avenue, all of which are south of Hempstead Turnpike, a few blocks from the hospital. She said she has collected 71 signatures -- out of 125 homes on those streets -- asking for permit parking.
The parking permit plan would need to be approved by the State Legislature, said Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City), who represents the area. He said he is willing to work with the residents on the plan, but added that it could be a hard sell.
"Whenever it's proposed at the state, there's always a considerable amount of reluctance," Hannon said.
NUMC officials, who have met several times with the community, say they are encouraging employees to park on campus. Surface lots on campus will be dedicated for employees, said Arthur Gianelli, president of the NuHealth System, which includes NUMC.
Gianelli and Amato's group disagree on the number of NUMC workers who park on residential streets on a given day. He says it's 35, but Amato says it's more like 50.
The hospital employs about 3,500 people, who work three different shifts, and has about 1,700 spaces, Gianelli said.
"Our obligation is for us to have enough spaces for employees to park," he said.
Nassau police also said they are stepping up enforcement in response to residents who complain of blocked driveways and garbage, including medical debris, left in streets. Police said they wrote 488 traffic tickets in the area south of the hospital between Jan. 1 and May 1.
Police also targeted the area north of Hempstead Turnpike near the hospital, and about 350 tickets were written there in the same time period, police said.
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SANTA FE – Attorneys representing two of the women sued by former state Rep. Carl Trujillo fired back on Friday, a day after Trujillo filed a lawsuit accusing them of defamation and conspiracy.
"Frankly, it makes me think we need to have a stronger anti-SLAPP statute," said Levi Monagle, the attorney for Laura Bonar, a lobbyist who last May went public with allegations that Trujillo had sexually harassed her during the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions.
SLAPP is an acronym for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – a court action intended to silence or intimidate a critic that Monagle said is designed to have a chilling effect on free speech.
"That's what this looks like to me," he said.
Attorney Randi McGinn, who has been retained by Julianna Koob, another defendant in the lawsuit brought by Trujillo, had a similar take.
"I'm hoping this 'hush' lawsuit will have the opposite effect, i.e., to encourage other women who have experienced an abuse of power from Mr. Trujillo to come forward and stand with their sisters," said McGinn in an email.
"I think this is the first time in New Mexico that a sore loser politician has sued people he blames for his defeat for activities that are protected political speech."
Bonar, Koob, and Animal Protection Voters New Mexico's Elisabeth Jennings and Jessica Johnson are defendants in Trujillo's lawsuit.
Bonar was lobbying for Animal Protection Voters when she says she was harassed by Trujillo. Koob, a lobbyist with Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, is accused by Trujillo of organizing misleading anti-Trujillo calls to voters during his unsuccessful run for re-election last year.
Jennings, Animal Protection Voters' executive director, told the Journal in an email Friday that the organization had yet to be served with the lawsuit and had no comment.
Trujillo accused the defendants of conspiring to try to force him to resign his District 46 seat or withdraw from last June's Democratic primary election by promoting the sexual harassment allegations. He lost in the primary to political newcomer Andrea Romero, who also defeated a write-in candidate in the November general election to capture the northern Santa Fe County seat.
Trujillo staunchly denied the harassment allegations by Bonar. He claims in the lawsuit that Koob helped orchestrate the effort to oust him from his legislative seat.
McGinn suggested Trujillo was trying to bully the women.
"Bullies shouldn't be allowed to use the legal system to silence women from reporting sexual misconduct," she said.
Monagle called the lawsuit "completely spurious."
"There's no basis for this lawsuit, as far as I can tell. It looks to me he's working out of Roy Moore's playbook – that it's an attempt to punish his accusers by filing a defamation suit," he said, referring to the former U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama who sued four women who during his unsuccessful 2017 campaign accused Moore of inappropriate sexual activity years ago when they were still teenage girls.
"Mr. Moore's lawsuit didn't go anywhere and I don't think this one will either," Monagle said.
Bonar's allegations put into play the state Legislature's new anti-harassment policy for the first time. An interim ethics panel found two of Bonar's five allegations against Trujillo to be credible. But the case came to an end after Bonar declined to testify before the ethics panel, saying she wanted to protect other women who could be dragged into the case and her own privacy.
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Subpart TTTTTT—National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing Area Sources
(a) For an existing affected source, you must demonstrate compliance by conducting the monitoring activities in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section:
(1) You must perform periodic inspections and maintenance of each baghouse according to the requirements in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section.
(i) You must conduct weekly visual inspections of the system ductwork for leaks.
(ii) You must conduct inspections of the interior of the baghouse for structural integrity and to determine the condition of the fabric filter every 12 months.
(2) As an alternative to the monitoring requirements in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, you may demonstrate compliance by conducting a daily 30-minute visible emissions (VE) test (i.e., no visible emissions) using EPA Method 22 (40 CFR part 60, appendix A-7).
(b) If the results of the visual inspection or VE test conducted under paragraph (a) of this section indicate a problem with the operation of the baghouse, including but not limited to air leaks, torn or broken bags or filter media, or any other condition that may cause an increase in PM emissions, you must take immediate corrective action to return the baghouse to normal operation according to the equipment manufacturer's specifications or instructions and record the corrective action taken.
(c) For each new affected source, you must install, operate, and maintain a bag leak detection system according to paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this section.
(1) Each bag leak detection system must meet the specifications and requirements in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (viii) of this section.
(i) The bag leak detection system must be certified by the manufacturer to be capable of detecting PM emissions at concentrations of 1 milligram per dry standard cubic meter (0.00044 grains per actual cubic foot) or less.
(ii) The bag leak detection system sensor must provide output of relative PM loadings. The owner or operator shall continuously record the output from the bag leak detection system using electronic or other means (e.g., using a strip chart recorder or a data logger).
(iii) The bag leak detection system must be equipped with an alarm system that will sound when the system detects an increase in relative particulate loading over the alarm set point established according to paragraph (c)(1)(iv) of this section, and the alarm must be located such that it can be heard by the appropriate plant personnel.
(iv) In the initial adjustment of the bag leak detection system, you must establish, at a minimum, the baseline output by adjusting the sensitivity (range) and the averaging period of the device, the alarm set points, and the alarm delay time.
(v) Following initial adjustment, you shall not adjust the averaging period, alarm set point, or alarm delay time without approval from the Administrator or delegated authority except as provided in paragraph (c)(1)(vi) of this section.
(vi) Once per quarter, you may adjust the sensitivity of the bag leak detection system to account for seasonal effects, including temperature and humidity, according to the procedures identified in the site-specific monitoring plan required by paragraph (c)(2) of this section.
(vii) You must install the bag leak detection sensor downstream of the fabric filter.
(viii) Where multiple detectors are required, the system's instrumentation and alarm may be shared among detectors.
(2) You must develop and submit to the Administrator or delegated authority for approval a site-specific monitoring plan for each bag leak detection system. You must operate and maintain the bag leak detection system according to the site-specific monitoring plan at all times. Each monitoring plan must describe the items in paragraphs (c)(2)(i) through (vi) of this section.
(i) Installation of the bag leak detection system;
(ii) Initial and periodic adjustment of the bag leak detection system, including how the alarm set-point will be established;
(iii) Operation of the bag leak detection system, including quality assurance procedures;
(iv) How the bag leak detection system will be maintained, including a routine maintenance schedule and spare parts inventory list;
(v) How the bag leak detection system output will be recorded and stored; and
(vi) Corrective action procedures as specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this section. In approving the site-specific monitoring plan, the Administrator or delegated authority may allow owners and operators more than 3 hours to alleviate a specific condition that causes an alarm if the owner or operator identifies in the monitoring plan this specific condition as one that could lead to an alarm, adequately explains why it is not feasible to alleviate this condition within 3 hours of the time the alarm occurs, and demonstrates that the requested time will ensure alleviation of this condition as expeditiously as practicable.
(3) For each bag leak detection system, you must initiate procedures to determine the cause of every alarm within 1 hour of the alarm. Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2)(vi) of this section, you must alleviate the cause of the alarm within 3 hours of the alarm by taking whatever corrective action(s) are necessary. Corrective actions may include, but are not limited to the following:
(i) Inspecting the fabric filter for air leaks, torn or broken bags or filter media, or any other condition that may cause an increase in PM emissions;
(ii) Sealing off defective bags or filter media;
(iii) Replacing defective bags or filter media or otherwise repairing the control device;
(iv) Sealing off a defective fabric filter compartment;
(v) Cleaning the bag leak detection system probe or otherwise repairing the bag leak detection system; or
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Information Overload -- Conversation with Ricardo Amigo
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Dealing with information overload can be a huge stressor in life. Not only trying to keep up with the constant deluge of information that comes at you daily, but also managing that information in an organized way -- so that you can find and implement it -- can put your sanity in question. In this podcast, I talk with Ricardo Amigo, a translator in Costa Rica, about different ways to manage information overload. We cover a few of the following topics:
- Personal information management
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- Organizing by clips
- Organizing by wikis
- Other tools to deal with information overload
- Finding time to get things done
- Podcasts as a tool for keeping up
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The Cultch has a new series of unconventional gigs that has us stoked about getting our musical fix this spring. The Soft Cedar program kicked off at the beginning of February with Khari Wendell McClelland playing the first of four scheduled concerts. Next up is Hannah Epperson, who will be performing at the York Theatre on March 24th, followed by Andrew Lee's musical project Holy Hum on April 21st. Lightning Dust (Amber Weber and Joshua Wells of Black Mountain) rounds out the calendar of events on June 2nd.
Besides the line-up of awesomeness filling the gaps of the musical spectrum (from Epperson's violin-driven, electronic folk sounds to Lightning Dust's epic spatial rock and Lee's spare yet heart wrenching balladry), what's truly exciting about Soft Cedar is its artist-friendly objective. Recognizing how stifling the lack of financial and technical accessibility can be on artists, The Cultch has given all of the series' participants full use of their resources so that they can focus on what's actually most important: the performance. Vancouver music-loving audiences also benefit from this scheme since all of the shows are intimate, taking place at either the 200-seat Historic Theatre or the 350-seat newly renovated York Theatre. Combined with the fact that ticket prices are only $20 each, we suspect that seats for all three remaining shows will be snatched up pretty damn quickly. Treat yourself and show your support by snagging yours here.


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This week's batch of beautiful Royal Caribbean photos is here and it's always fun to share with all of you the great photos our readers take while on their cruise vacation.
The photos we have to show this week are fun and of course anyone can send us their Royal Caribbean photos to use as well!
Our first photo this week is from Marcus of Ovation of the Seas in Barcelona. I really love how Royal Caribbean lights up their ships at night.
Matt sent in this photo of the Celebrity Constellation leaving from San Cristobal in San Juan Puerto Rico in February. Sure, this isn't Royal Caribbean International, but I thought it was a very pretty view.
Speaking of San Juan, here is a shot by Patrick Weldon sailing away from San Juan on Grandeur of the Seas. I never get sick of seeing this view.
It seems to be Puerto Rico day, as we have this great photo by Timothy Griffin. Old San Juan is among my favorite port stops.
Let's go over to the Bahamas with this photo by Dave Rimington of Nassau, as seen from Enchantment of the Seas. Great composition!
I love sunset photos, and we have a great one by Earl McGrath. It was taken on Allure of the Seas as they left Falmouth. Perfect!
We will round things out with this photo by Shannon of Liberty of the Seas in Labadee. The black and white effect is quite nice!
Thank you to everyone that sent in their photos this week and if you have Royal Caribbean photos, well, we want to see them! You can use this form to send us your photos and we will feature them on an upcoming Friday Photos blog post!


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For struggling Kern County, Trump means hope and change
"We voted for (John) McCain, we voted for (Mitt) Romney, but we weren't happy with it," said Cathy Abernathy, a Republican consultant in Bakersfield. "We didn't have the faith in them we do in Trump."
Years of drought and tumbling oil prices have hammered an area where agriculture and energy have been the keys to the economy for more than a century. With unemployment, home foreclosures and Medi-Cal numbers among the highest in the state, residents of solidly Republican Kern County are looking to anything that can lead them back to prosperity.
Darrell Feil is co-owner of Abate-a-Weed in Bakersfield, which clears weeds and pests from oil field facilities and other property and sells outdoor power equipment like high-end mowers. Feil has helped build it into a far bigger company than the one his father opened in 1965 in an old Laundromat on the outskirts of town, but he's been feeling the financial pinch.
"We want to create more jobs, but we haven't been able to," Feil said, standing in his company's showroom. "We've had to put a freeze on hiring and pay increases, and we haven't had to do that before. (My partner and) I have taken cuts."
Like many here, Feil viewed Trump as someone who could bring an end to the bad times, even if no one was exactly sure how.
"People looked at Trump as someone who pretty much speaks his mind, who seems pretty authentic. I feel he understands business," Feil said. The new president "has rough edges, there's no doubt about that. But you see what he's doing — cutting back the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), building pipelines — and you like that."
Not everyone in the Central Valley is a Trump fan. All around Kern County are signs and electronic billboards warning of the potential costs of the changes in Medicaid — known in California as Medi-Cal — the president and congressional Republicans have pushed as part of their failed — for now — effort to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Posted along Highway 99 and in some of Bakersfield's poorest areas, the signs' focus is California's health care program for low-income people, which would have suffered a significant funding cut under the GOP plan: "Let's Put Kern County First. Medi-Cal cuts = 4,000 Jobs Lost."
Others serve as bleak reminders of the financial woes the recession has brought to the Central Valley's hard-hit farming communities:
•"51% Merced County Residents Have Medi-Cal."
•"45% Madera County Covered by Medi-Cal."
•"50% Fresno County Covered by Medi-Cal."
•"55% Tulare County Residents Have Medi-Cal."
"We're trying to remind people what's at stake," said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, the consumer advocacy group behind the campaign. "We want to tell people that even if you're not on Medi-Cal, it's a critical part of the health care system in your community."
But pushing back against the new president can be a hard sell in Kern County, where Trump pulled 53 percent of the presidential vote, the fourth-highest figure in the state, and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a top GOP leader in Congress, represents most of the county. Combine that with a stalled local economy that's showing few signs of recovery and a Democratic-run state government many locals view as the enemy, and it's no surprise that change, any change, is seen as a step toward a better future.
Trump, for instance, has argued that boosting domestic oil and gas production will mean more jobs for the energy industry, although it's unclear what effect that change would have on the falling oil prices that get much of the blame for the local job losses.
In Kern, the numbers are shocking. Domestic crude oil from Chevron's sprawling Kern River oil field sold for $90 a barrel in 2014 before plummeting to $44 in 2015 and recovering only slightly to $50 by last week. Those prices have shut down some 8,000 wells and put thousands of people out of work.
Those oil jobs are hard to replace, and it's unclear if Trump's energy policies will bring them back.
"You're seeing some of the best and brightest moving out of our community because it was their jobs that were keeping them there," said Rob England, field organizer for the Kern, Inyo and Mono Counties Central Labor Council, located in Bakersfield. "And those were good-paying jobs, where people with no higher education could move into the middle class.
"It's the reverse America Dream for many of those workers, which is really sad."
In agriculture, Kern's other big economic driver, the years-long drought forced both the state and federal governments to cut back on water deliveries, leaving farmers to watch their fields go fallow.
Jason Giannelli is a farm manager for Ten-Star Farming. He's 31, grew up in Kern County and is a fourth-generation farmer. Standing on a dirt road with his preschool daughter, Cecily, he watched as the sprinklers watered one of his company's onion fields in the late afternoon.
"When you only get 20 percent of your (water) allocation, it's tough," said Giannelli, who started working on his family's farm when he was 8 years old. "It's hard to leave your ground fallow, but when you don't have the water, there's not much else to do."
Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez is a Democrat and no fan of Trump and his policies. But the former public defender has seen up close how the struggles in oil and agriculture have affected the entire county and can understand the desire for change.
"Everywhere you go, whether it's a Punjabi convenience store or a Republican's farm, people are very worried," she said. "There are fewer jobs with more fallow fields, and we're unsure of what's coming next from the Legislature. People here really feel under siege."
Ralph Martinez also knows how Kern County's agonizingly slow recovery has hurt its poorest residents. As development director for the nonprofit Community Action Partnership of Kern, he's seen the number of clients skyrocket for the food banks, employment services and other programs the partnership runs.
"When we take the food bank out in the evenings to small communities in the county, we may have 500 or 600 people line up," Martinez said. "At the fairgrounds in Bakersfield, there were people waiting for blocks."
The county is in no position to pick up the slack, since eight of Kern County's largest taxpayers are energy companies, which together used to account for nearly a third of the county's revenue.
"Now it's less than 10 percent, and there's no way to replace that money," Perez said. "We have a revenue crisis. About half the population qualifies for public aid."
But compared with the human price tag, money may be the least of the county's costs.
Perez said she was at the airport when she met a man in his late 30s who now was working only sporadically after years in the local oil industry.
"He was leaving his wife and day-old baby at home to go to Nebraska, where he heard there was some windmill work available," she said. "He told me, 'I don't need the roller coaster ride'of the oil business."
Trump has been quick to talk of his plans to get energy workers, especially in the coal industry, back to work. But it's the alternative energy side that's growing, with the solar industry employing 374,000 workers to coal's fewer than 70,000 and the wind turbine industry, like that windmill work in Nebraska, adding another 102,000, according to a 2016 report by the Department of Energy.
If that oil worker getting on a plane to Nebraska and his family move to the Midwest, they will be part of a disturbing trend. From 2011 to 2016, roughly 7,350 more people left Kern County than moved in, making it the only one of California's 11 largest counties with a negative migration pattern.
For Kern County residents, the antipathy often shown to oil production by environmentalists and out-of-towners is yet another example of the gulf between the Central Valley counties that produce much of California's food and energy and the populous coastal communities that consume it.
"The oil industry is our greatest source of jobs and revenue, but it's under perpetual assault and uncertainty," Perez said.
And when it comes to water and Kern County's agriculture, she said, politicians and environmentalists "look at us as the bad guys, and we argue that we're feeding the world."
Like a lot of farmers, Giannelli blames many of the county's problems on what he calls a "regulatory drought," with environmental rules pushed through Sacramento by the population-rich coastal cities whose residents' only connection with agriculture is often the produce aisle at Safeway.
That's an attitude tailor-made for Trump, who promised last year "to end this war on the American farmer" and to "get rid of a lot of those regulations that don't mean anything except cost you a lot of money and a lot of time."
That day can't come soon enough for Feil, the Abate-a-Weed owner. He said it's almost a full-time job making sure his mowing and land-clearing crews are up to date with their certifications and meet all the rules for using pesticides and machinery.
"It's not like it's one big bill," he said. "It's like that medieval torture where you keep adding one more rock until eventually you're squashed."
Farmers complain that recent state laws boosting the minimum wage and applying overtime rules to farmworkers will send their costs skyrocketing. Others argue that California's tough emission standards and environmental regulations not only affect the oil wells and farm machinery, but also limit the amount of water available to raise crops.
With Trump in the White House and local Republicans like McCarthy and Rep. Devin Nunes of Tulare in congressional leadership roles, Kern County is looking to Washington for help — and it's starting to come.
Trump vowed in a debate last year to cut the Environmental Protection Agency until there were only "little tidbits left," and he's moving to make good on that promise. The president has called for slashing the EPA's budget by nearly a third and cutting its workforce by more than 20 percent.
On Tuesday, Trump visited the EPA to sign a series of executive orders overturning climate protection rules, including one regulating methane emissions from oil and gas operations. That came less than a week after California's Air Resources Board approved what were billed as the country's toughest rules on methane emission.
That's the kind of action from Trump that plenty of Kern County residents were hoping to see.
Abernathy, the Republican consultant, said she met Trump in August at a farmer-oriented fundraiser in Tulare.
"The first thing he said was 'I'm going to get you your water,'" she said. "You knew what Trump stood for. You didn't see the other candidates with the same resolve to push things back."
Trump is going to get plenty of pushback elsewhere in California, where Democratic leaders argue that any short-range economic gains that looser environmental rules might provide aren't worth the long-term damage to the country's air, water and farmland.
Gov. Jerry Brown has called Trump's moves to gut the rules aimed at climate change "a colossal mistake," and has vowed to fight them in court.
But in Kern County, even Supervisor Perez, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for state Senate in 2013, argues that Brown and the state government need to work more closely with oil and agriculture interests.
"We're concerned about the environment, especially the air and the water," she said. "But it's best when we all have positions at the table, not with one group being demonized."
Economic uncertainty is far from the only concern in Kern County. Trump's call for stricter immigration rules, more deportations and a wall on the Mexican border add to fears in a county where more than half the residents are of Latino origin and undocumented residents play a crucial economic role in fields, orchards and vineyards.
Among undocumented residents, "there's a great fear that if they go out, they might not be coming home," said Fatima Hernandez, programs director for the United Farm Workers Foundation. "They're strategizing about the best time to go out shopping. They're not sending their kids to school."
Even immigrants with legal status are worried.
"There's also a large group of people, legal residents, who typically go back home (to Mexico) after the harvest to visit family," said Armando Elenes, a vice president of the United Farm Workers union. "Many are opting not to go and staying here. Even if I am a legal resident ... and not affected by the travel ban, I worry that if I leave the country, the government might not let me back in, even with my green card."
Drought-induced cutbacks in agriculture have also hit the immigrant community hard. Fewer crops mean less need for farmworkers. And for undocumented workers, a bad economy is even tougher, Hernandez said.
"You don't qualify for most government programs ... so families are going hungry," she said. "They depend on food banks, which are also facing problems with more clients and fewer donations. People are losing their homes and multiple families are staying under one roof."
But even when people are eligible for government benefits, it's hard to persuade them to apply, Hernandez said. It's been doubly difficult, she added, since Trump has called for making immigrants who use public benefits, even if they receive them for their children born in the United States, subject to deportation.
Just how Trump's changes to immigration policy and enforcement will play out here and across the country is not yet clear.
But even with the new president's pro-growth and antiregulation campaign promises holding the prospect of better, more prosperous times for Kern County, local residents know that Washington, D.C., is still a lot farther away than Sacramento. And it's far more likely that a Democratic president will replace Trump in four or eight years than the Republican Party will somehow rise to power in California.
"We have a lot of education to do," said Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong of Bakersfield. "We have to remind people that while a lot of state and federal regulations hurt us in the Central Valley, they will also have an impact throughout the state," whether it's in gas prices or the cost of food.
That's not easy to do in a part of the state that's always taken pride in its independent ways and its willingness to hang on to a rural, blue-collar style of life that much of California has abandoned.
"We try to get the growers to understand they need to increase their political presence. But they prefer to hope for the future, which is what farmers have always done," said Beatris Espericueta Sanders, executive director of the Kern County Farm Bureau. "But it's never been more important to get actual farmers with plaid shirts and cowboy boots at the table."
Chronicle staff writer Joaquin Palomino contributed to this report.
John Wildermuth is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @jfwildermuth
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To see a video of Abate-a-Weed owner Darrell Feil talking about Kern County, go to: http://bit.ly/kern-county


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I saw a pretty snarky coffee mug for sale on pragmaticmarketing.com (an excellent site, by the way) the other day. It was borderline offensive, but none-the-less true. It said "Your opinion, although interesting, is irrelevant". A nicer and more diplomatic way to put it would be "the only things that count are what the (target) customers for your product think, want, and are willing to spend money for". But that wouldn't sell many coffee mugs. via Are You Your Own Worst Enemy? | Hollis Tibbetts. Snarky and borderline offensive. That's me! Who is listening to the market? Are they listening systematically or anecdotally? Read Hollis's piece on Are You Your Own Worst Enemy? to explore this further. Alas, in the absence of market facts, opinions and politics prevail.
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A trip outside the area to Geltsdale RSPB reserve was very interesting. The trees were in full autumn colour and looked their brilliant best. The main interest was the huge numbers of fieldfares (one flock was over 1000), and smaller numbers of redwings and bramblings. A woodcock was flushed and there was a good number of long-tailed tits. It was a thoroughly enjoyable trip.
A visit to Heighley Gate garden centre should not produce any wildlife quandries. But two sparrows feeding outside the cafe looked as though they were hybrids between tree and house sparrows. They exhibited features of both species; little black bib, greyish cap, pale cheeks etc.
A quiet walk around Branton Ponds on Sunday produced 5 whooper swans, 1 male pochard, good numbers tufted ducks, goldeneye and mallards. There were small numbers of goldcrests, long-tailed tits and siskins. No sign of the kingfisher


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