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Patricia Nichol: "The lodge and accommodations are extremely luxurious. We enjoyed our stay and felt very welcome here. Our host, Patrizia, was especially accommodation and generous. She was very welcoming and assisted us with communications with other venues we visited on our stay. The entire process was very positive, the only draw back is that there is no air conditioning in the tents. So we couldn't enjoy our tent in the late afternoon. We sat outside which helped but the mosquitos were not enjoyable. Patrizia did supply us with bug spray and a fan when we arrived and that did help."
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Between a $50,000 scholarship for a University of Miami student, a $10,000 donation to a Frost School of Music outreach program and a surprise campus performance to film a music video, Drake is way "too good" to the U. Around 3:45 p.m. Feb. 5, students began gathering on the second floor of the Shalala Student Center. Hip hop superstar Drake was rumored to be on campus, and students were abuzz with the possibility.
Quickest way to form a crowd of college students? Have @Drake spontaneously show up on campus. pic.twitter.com/ufoznJ7ekt
— Amanda Herrera (@_AmandaHerrera) February 5, 2018
By 4:15 p.m., the first two floors of the SSC were almost completely filled before students were directed by police to clear the building unless they were studying, and crowds filled out by the Lakeside Patio stage area.
Representatives from Cash Money Records patrolled the area with signs stating students in the vicinity were consenting to be filmed. Hundreds of students and staff with production equipment had gathered by around 4:30 p.m.
A representative from Cash Money Records confirmed Drake was on campus and would be granting a scholarship to a student and filming part of a music video.
The $50,000 scholarship was granted to student Destiny James, who is a junior studying public health. James could not be immediately reached for comment.
VIDEO: @Drake gives UM student Destiny James a $50,000 scholarship check outside @frostschoolum before performing on the @UMiamiSCC Moss Terrace. pic.twitter.com/yOlEE0zZbD
— The Miami Hurricane (@MiamiHurricane) February 5, 2018
Milind Khurana, a junior studying neuroscience and political science, has been friends with James since their freshman year.
"She deserves it; she's one of the nicest people I know," said Khurana, mentioning that James is involved with United Black Students. "She works really hard."
Drake also made a $10,000 donation to the Donna E. Shalala MusicReach Program. MusicReach is a program through the Frost School of Music that pairs underserved students in nearby communities with Frost students as music teachers and mentors.
WPLG reported that Drake earlier surprised students at Miami Senior High School with a $25,000 check to go to the school and an announcement that he would design and supply new uniforms for the students. It also reported that he filmed part of the music video for his single "God's Plan" at the school.
HAPPENING NOW: students singing to @Drake who is on the Moss Terrace in the Shalala Student Center. pic.twitter.com/VvNxYUQNhN
— The Miami Hurricane (@MiamiHurricane) February 5, 2018
Around 5:20 p.m., Drake began performing from his single "God's Plan" on the Moss Terrace on the third floor of the SC. In addition to cameras filming his performance in the SSC, there was also footage taken of the crowds gathered around the SSC and the patio.
VIDEO: @Drake performs on the @UMiamiSCC Moss Terrace. Video courtesy Kerstin Yu. pic.twitter.com/J3pgEYvfI0
— The Miami Hurricane (@MiamiHurricane) February 5, 2018
Drake was seen by students inside the SSC walking across the third floor after his performance on the Moss Terrace, sporting a University of Miami sweatshirt. During the filming, he threw up his hands in the U multiple times.
THROWING UP THE 🙌: @Drake shows some UM pride during his performance on the Moss Terrace. pic.twitter.com/KQ9W0455fC
— The Miami Hurricane (@MiamiHurricane) February 5, 2018
"I'll tell you one thing," Drake said at the end of his performance. "I've been to a lot of places in the world. I don't think I've ever been to a more turnt school than this. I wish you all the best in life, a lot of love, a lot of happiness for you, your friends and your family."
Chazz Guerra-Ogiste, a senior motion pictures and theater major, said he has been a fan since before "So Far Gone," Drake's 2009 mixtape.
"I was just like, 'Yo, it's crazy how people get over one man,'" Guerra-Ogiste said. "Drake was playing a dangerous game … I think if anybody else wants to do this, they can come by."
And people did go "crazy." Some went to extreme lengths to get the best view or even meet Drake up close. Students reportedly climbed on the roof of the food court and were told by staff to come down.
Audrey Jongens, a sophomore psychology major, found herself involved in a more complicated scheme to get a close meeting with Drake. She tried to find her way to the third floor but, after facing several security guards, found herself talking to a Starbucks employee who was poking her head out from the bottom of the emergency exit stairs.
The employee told Jongens that Drake would be coming out of the service elevator nearby. Jongens hid behind some boxes in the back of the Starbucks kitchen and waited for about 25 minutes. She asked a Starbucks employee if she could wear one of their aprons. When Drake came out of the elevator, Jongens sprinted to him and asked for a photo with him and some of the Starbucks workers. He then gave her a hug.
At 5:43 p.m., Drake entered a vehicle that had been parked behind the SSC for the duration of his time on campus. As the vehicle pulled away with Drake inside, a crowd gathered around Miller Drive to try to catch last glimpses, while other students dispersed.
NOW: bye, @Drake! Students crowd around the motorcade and chase it down Miller Drive. pic.twitter.com/RR5i19MlcB
— The Miami Hurricane (@MiamiHurricane) February 5, 2018
Staff of The Miami Hurricane contributed to reporting.
Correction, Feb. 7 2018: This article previously stated James was studying biology, pre-dentistry according to her Facebook profile. The information on her profile was incorrect and the story has been updated to reflect that her major is public health.

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FLIGHT, 1 February 1957 BRITANNIA FLIGHT DECK ... the first officer's seat. Fuse and isolation panels are on the rearbulkhead—E.2A, E.7 and E.9. The electrical generation equipment of Britannia has beenevolved in collaboration with Rotax, Ltd. Electrically operated services include propeller and tail de-icing, throttle control,instrumentation, lighting, hydraulic selection, engine starting, flaps, and radio and radar. Electricity is used for everything, infact, not served by hydraulics. Lighting. General lighting of the flight deck is by shaded,recessed, 28v D.C. tungsten lighting, whilst flight instruments are illuminated by red and white lighting, the dimming switchesbeing at the small lower panels, A.5-8. Roof panels have white tungsten lighting, but on the 300 andlater variants F.I will be redesigned to have the Thome "Trans- lite," a system of internal filaments. White lighting is used for thepedestal, floodlit from above, and also for the navigator and radio stations. To prevent windscreen reflections at night from thesestations, night curtains can isolate the pilots and, if necessary, the supernumerary crew-member. Fluorescent instrument light-ing is not used in Britannia. Windscreen. Ten separate panels form the windows of theflight deck, of which six are the windscreen proper, being an integral part of the front pressure bulkhead. The six centralpanels are of Nesa (Pittsburg Plate Glass) type flat laminated glass with thermal heating elements (controlled from B.2) andthe two side panels are of curved Perspex, as are the two roof panels on each side. These last allow a good view in bankedturns, a necessary feature with increasing traffic at airports. The variable-speed windscreen wipers, as noted, are hydraulic, withindividual controls at B.4 and C.3. The two outer Nesa panels, for draught-free direct vision, aremounted on a toggle-action carriage ensuring a sound pressure- seal when closed, and enabling them to be slid aft for opening,in which position they are retained by spring catches. Some trouble was experienced with misting of the plastic side-windows; the problem has been overcome with a further glazing and an electrically heated inter-space with thermostatic control. Navigating Station. The navigator commands full facilitieswith Loran and a Kelvin and Hughes periscope sextant and periscopic drift-sight; instruments are A.S.I., altimeter, clock,outside air temperature, A.D.F. master receiver and bearing indicator, and the Sperry CL2 master compass. In the gangwayis an adjustable platform for use with the periscopic sextant, and recessed as part of the floor structure. As a general sighting point,but not as an astro-dome proper, the emergency escape hatch in the roof is to be modified to form a window. To those who recall wartime navigation, the chart table willappear of luxurious proportions, and such is the state of the art that the navigator has his own private book-case. This is along-side the Loran APN9 viewer, as distinct from the "public" crew book-case behind the radio seat, which is for flight and mainten-ance manuals and for ship's papers. Where navigation is mostly by radio, then the navigator canconveniently do his work-from the supernumerary seat As has already been stressed, Britannia crew requirements are flexible,and there is the space and the facilities for them to be so. Radio and Radar. Signals facilities are comprehensive. ForB.O.A.C. they include duplicated high-power H.F. transmitters and receivers with direct and pilots' remote control; twin multi-channel V.H.F. transmitter/receiver (pilots' control only); twin manual A.D.F. receivers; DME, 200 m/cs; Loran AN/APN9(at the navigator station); cloud/collision warning radar E.I20 (captain, and second indicator for navigator); fully tunableH.F./M.F. receiver (direct control at radio station); intercom, with service selection; and passenger announcement. Items at the radio station are mounted in specially designedracking, enabling units to be readily removed or serviced. Radio in the pilots' roof panel has already been described. Each of the four permanent crew-stations has intercommunica-tion with separate jack-boxes, and additional boxes are available for the supernumerary crew-member.A point worth recording is that on the recent Atlantic flight of G-ANBJ the radio gave an excellent account of itself, andH.F./R.T. contact with base was maintained throughout the crossing right into New York—a fact which was not un-noticedby radio operators in other aircraft. _ Radar is now the hall-mark of the modern intercontinentalair-liner. This fifth sense, a storm-warner and navigational aid, was of great help during the icing trials of Britannia—not foravoiding trouble, but in finding it! Furnishing and Ventilation. All instrument panels for B.O.A.C.are of matt black finish, while C.P.A. will have matt grey for their Britannia 314. Seats, fully adjustable for the pilots, arecovered with green leather and green linen loose covers (maroon 153 for C.P.A.) whilst wall-trim and head linings are in grey/green;all are fully fireproofed. Floor covering is also in green, these colours being B.O.A.C standard for all their fleets. Navigator and radio operator may eat in luxury, and the pilotsare at last given a cup-holder (sunk above the forward instrument panels) and all stations have an ashtray—smoking being per-mitted at all times except during landing and take-off. The crew- door incorporates a meal hatch and a circular window, but Britishoperators do not yet specify a requirement made by some air- lines : that the crew door shall be lockable—from inside! Side and upper windows have roller blinds, whilst sun pro-tection from forward is by sun visors for the pilots. 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The 305 (Northeast), 313 (El Al), 314 (Canadian Pacific),252 (Ministry of Supply) and 253 (Royal Air Force) have similar changes, together with detail modifications for their own par-ticular needs. Northeast are alone in having to comply with CA.A. regula-tions, and in addition, have specifications to meet their own operating requirements. This calls for various changes, the majorbeing the deletion of the navigating station, the space now becom- ing a crew baggage-compartment, and forward of this will be anengineer station, incorporating electrical, fuel and air condition- ing panels. The supernumerary seat here becomes even moreversatile and, as the new engineer-seat, gives access to engine con- trols and to the new station. An important point is that the firstofficer can also reach the engineer panels, so that the original conception of a two-man crew could again be possible. Radiowill be fully controlled from roof panel F.2, with the radio rack- ing amended accordingly, and no radio operator will be carried.The introduction of an engineer panel appears to challenge the earlier statement that Britannia layout was simple because itdidn't need one. But the case is strengthened—now there is no radio operator and no navigator! And the "engineer" panel isnot new; it is just the existing panels re-located. This useful exercise grooms the cockpit for the American market, and withB.O.A.C.'s inter-continental layout, the Britannia is set for world- wide operation. With some 8,000 flying hours, the Britannia has a reputation asan efficient, responsive and economic aircraft. The whole must contribute to this reputation; but if the heart of an aircraft is inthe engine, then the brain is in the flight deck. Britannia is not only beautiful, but intelligent. R.Ae.S. LECTURE CONTEST TWO young finalists in the N. E. 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Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
Not much needs to be explained in the way of gameplay. This is THPS people, and if you have never played either one of the two games you've probably been living in a shack in Nepal. I'll assume for now that you are from Nepal and you have been living in seclusion, so I will give you a general description of how it plays. You bike through a course filled with ramps, boxes, rails and whatnot, then you do tricks and combinations of tricks up the vert ramps and grind on everything else. That's how a game is supposed to be: simple perfection.
The soundtrack, like that of THPS2, is peppered with big name artists. Filling the role of RATM and Papa Roach in the THPS2 soundtrack are OutKast with "Bombs Over Baghdad," along with the likes of the B52's, P.O.D, Static X, and Jurassic 5 (among others). The music is great, as expected. The soundtrack alone is worth $15 of the game's purchase price.
The game features Mat Hoffman, along with 7 of the sports other hottest names. Riding alongside Mat are Cory Nastazio, Simon Tabron, Dennis McCoy, Kevin Robinson, Rick Thorne, Mike Escamilla, Joe Kowalski; all of whom, this season, have placed in the top 10 in their respective categories (dirt, street, vert).
The tricks are different, and you're on a bike, but let's face it, this is THPS with a face lift. That's not a bad thing because they're both good games, but MHBP fails from the start in the originality department. It is lacking even more in it's level design, some levels (i.e., NYC Park), are terribly designed. The lines are awfully mapped out, and sometimes you never know exactly where to go at all. MHBP is nothing but rehashed gameplay. Then again, a proven formula is nothing to scoff at.
What's just as disappointing though is the fact that for all it blatantly steals from THPS it doesn't add anything new to spice things up or add replay value. Back are the single and multiplayer modes of old. H.O.R.S.E, trick attack, and graffiti are back and need no explanation. Also included is a BMX course editor that bears a keen resemblance to THPS's skatepark editor. I wonder how that happened.
The Bottom Line
: MHPB is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater's illegitimate son with Activision. The one who everyone knows about, but still keeps under wraps.
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- Great soundtrack without the filler of crappy punk bands.
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- Same old, same old.
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- The bikes are "heavier" and tricks are a lot harder to do and land than THPS.
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- If you own both THPS's I doubt you'll find much more to do this time around.
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- The gameplay doesn't stray far from THPS's conventions. Some of the tracks are bad, and that's inexcusable.
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The sixth annual event displays
the work of 150 Bay Area artists
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books to produce a highly
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San Quentin Prison Arts Project.
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The preview party and sale
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May 2– 3 and May 9–10. The VIP
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Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley
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Motorola rocked the smartphone market after launching the Moto G4 Plus (4th Gen) in India. The all new Motorola Moto G4 Plus (4th Gen) priced Approx. Rs. 21,000 (USD 315) and will expected to available in India by 9th June 2016. Motorola also launched Moto G4 (4th Gen) at USD 270 (Approx. Rs. 18,000) along Moto G4 Plus and will counter all mid-range smartphones.
The all new Moto G4 Plus comes with a stunning bigger 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, (2048 × 1556) pixels at 401 ppi, 2.5D curved glass on the front and packed with Gorilla Glass 4 for damage protection. It will support Dual-SIM in Hybrid-tray, 4G LTE, 3G, WiFi, Wi-Fi Hotspot, NFC, GLONASS, GPS, AGPS, Bluetooth v4.0, Fingerprint scanner and features Light Sensor, Infrared Sensor, Magnetometer, Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor.
As per some latest reports, Moto G4 Plus will run on Google's latest Android v6.0 (Marshmallow) OS powered by a 64-bit Octa-core core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor clocked at 1.7 GHz. For smooth performance it has clubbed with a 3 GB RAM and a 64GB inbuilt-memory with 128GB external via card slot for enhance your storage space.
Read More About:- Motorola Moto G4 (4th Gen) Full Specifications, Review, Price in India
Moto G4 Plus (4th Gen) rumoured to be a 16-MP rear camera featuring Burst Mode, Panorama, Auto HDR, Autofocus, Smile Shoot, Video stabilizations with f/2.0 aperture while the front snapper comes with a huge 13-MP with Tap Anywhere to Capture, Auto Focus mode for better videography and photo shoot. A 3,000mAh battery also backed with this device with rapid charge, clams charge up to 82% in 30 minutes.
Moto G4 Plus (4th Gen) KEY FEATURES:-
- Dual-SIM Support with Hybrid SIM tray
- 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot Bluetooth,NFC, NFC, USB and GPS
- 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display with 2.5D curved Glass
- 64 bit Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.7 GHz
- 16-MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture
- 13-MP front camera for Selfies
- 64GB In-built Memory
- 3000mAh battery
- 128GB MicroSD card slot
- Fingerprint Scanner
- Rapid Charging
Moto G4 Plus (4th Gen) SPECIFICATIONS:-
- SIM Type Dual-SIM with Hybrid SIM tray
- Network FDD-LTE / WCDMA / GSM
- 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, 401ppi
- Google's Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) OS
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Octa-core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz
- Memory 64GB with 128GB via card slot
- Primary Camera 16-MP f/2.0, Smile shoot, Auto Focus
- Secondary Camera 13-MP
- Sensor fingerprint scanner, Hall Effect Sensor, Gravity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Digital Compass, Touch Sensor, Infrared Proximity Sensor, Gyroscope
- Battery 3000mAh Li-On
- Dimension N/A
- Weight N/A
- Expected Release date June 9, 2016
- Colours Black, White and Silver
- Rival Creo Mark 1, LeEco Le 1S
- Moto G (4th Gen) Expected Price in India Rs. 21,000.
Read More About:- Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus (4th Gen) may Launch on 9th June
At last few honest words, the 4th Gen Moto G4 Plus has the power to please the hearts of gadget lovers. What you think? Please be open to give your view.


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How To Market Like A Big Brand
Marketing is not easy, especially when you are a small business, you must use your resources wisely.
We don't all have millions of dollars to spend on our marketing, or money to waste.
Small businesses are frustrated because of spending so much money on marketing without getting more customers.
When will all the social media posts pay off???
If you are frustrated and just need more customers and more money, just keep reading, I'm here for ya…Tips To Marketing Your Biz
The first thing you can do is make sure you know who your target customer is. Knowing this will help you spend your marketing dollars wisely :).… Read More


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Nikon Unveils a New Entry-level dSLR; the D3200Nikon has just released information about their new D3200, which they claim is aimed at photo enthusiast who are read to step up to a dSLR. The camera boasts some appealing features, like a new 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS image sesnor, EXPPED 3 image processor, continuous shooting up to 4fps, 1080p HD video with full-time AF, various easy to use and manual exposure options, their Guide mode, and wireless connectivity with the optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter (just $59.95 USD).
The D3200 should start shipping sometime later this month in two color configurations; Red or Black. The MSRP will be $699.95 USD, and the kit will include the AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens.
Alongside the D3200 announcement, Nikon has also added a new prime lens to their FX-format lineup with the new AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G lens. This lens was designed to offer "stunning sharpness and wide-angle versatility for both photos and HD videos", according to one Nikon rep. With a fast f/1.8 maximum aperture, this 28mm lens offers excellent low-light abilities. While designed for use on their full frame, FX-format dSLRs, the lens can be used with DX-format cameras, like the D3200, with a narrower field of view of approx. 42mm (in 35mm film equivalence). The AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G lens will become in late May of this year (2012), with a suggested retail price of $699.95 USD.
For more formation on the D3200, check out our Preview page, as well as the official Nikon press release below. To learn more about the new prime lens, click here.
The Nikon D3200 Provides New D-SLR Shooters a Powerful Combination of Effortless Operation, 24.2-Megapixel High Resolution and Wireless Connectivity to Mobile Devices
MELVILLE, N.Y. (APRIL 19, 2012) - Today, imaging leader Nikon Inc. introduced the new 24.2-megapixel Nikon D3200 HD-SLR; a camera designed for photo enthusiasts ready to step up to a D-SLR or for the busy family memory keeper with an active lifestyle who demands a camera that can keep pace. From low-light to fast action, the D3200 delivers the amazing image quality Nikon is known for, either indoors or outside. Whether new to photography or upgrading from a point-and-shoot, the D3200 features Nikon's acclaimed instructive Guide Mode to help unleash the photographer in everyone. From candid action shots to staged portraits that flatter, the Nikon D3200 provides the power to capture every moment easily and beautifully with stellar image quality and in stunning Full HD (1080p) video.
Ready to tag along for any outing, the Nikon D3200's compact, lightweight body makes it easy to pack for a quick day trip or the long haul. A host of advanced features, including a super high resolution 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor, Full HD (1080p) video recording with full time autofocus (AF) and 4 frames-per-second (fps) high-speed continuous shooting mode, prepare the D3200 for challenging lighting conditions and fast paced action. Also, Nikon D3200 users will be able to take advantage of the new WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter. When connected to the camera, this optional adapter can wirelessly send images to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, preview an image before shooting and control the camera remotely.
"When every moment is as precious as the next one, having a camera that takes the guesswork out of photography is important," said Bo Kajiwara, director of marketing, Nikon Inc. "The Nikon D3200 HD-SLR offers effortless functionality and easy-to-use connectivity to mobile devices that answers the call for a capable, entry-level D-SLR that will change how you share amazing images with your friends and family."
Stunning Images to Last a Lifetime
The new Nikon D3200 delivers outstanding image quality no matter the user's skill level by leveraging Nikon's renowned technologies. The new 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor allows for incredibly sharp images with stunning detail and less noise, while Nikon's EXPEED 3™ image processing engine helps to create clear, lifelike images and video with vivid colors, smooth tonal gradations and low noise.
The Nikon D3200 grants users impressive performance in low-light, affording the ability to shoot with assurance even during night games and school plays. With a native ISO range that extends from ISO 100 to 6400, the D3200 can also be expanded to a high of ISO 12,800 for extreme low-light situations resulting in previously impossible photos. Additionally, Nikon's Scene Recognition System works in tandem with the camera's 3D Color Matrix Metering II to recognize factors such as color and brightness for balanced exposures, accurate AF, faithful white balance and beautiful flash photos.
Effortless Operation
Beginner photographers as well as those looking to expand their repertoire of shooting techniques will appreciate the Nikon D3200's Guide Mode which provides step-by-step photo instructions to capture amazing images. Easily accessible through the Mode Dial found on top of the camera body, the Guide Mode walks beginning D-SLR users through the process of set-up, shooting, viewing and deleting images. Because it asks the user what kind of creative photo technique they would like to learn, the Guide Mode has been widely acclaimed for its ability to build confidence and give users the tools to create amazing images. As more people discover the benefits of replacing their camcorder with a D-SLR, the Guide Mode also walks users through the best video settings to create home movies with blockbuster flair. For those with a more advanced skill level, the Guide Mode features helpful Assist Images that serve as a visual reference to inspire users and illustrate the desired result, while guiding them through easy-to-follow techniques.
Further taking the guesswork out of photography, the D3200 also includes six Scene Modes. Photographers can set the Mode Dial to Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close-Up or Night Portrait, and the D3200 will automatically adjust camera settings for optimal results in a variety of conditions.
Beautiful Home Movies in Full HD
When images alone can't tell the whole story, the Nikon D3200 offers the full HD experience of high quality 1080p video. Users can create memorable, cinematic quality videos at 24 or 30 fps and easily share HD content online with friends and family or on their own HDTV via the HDMI output.
Continuing down the path that its predecessor, the Nikon D3100, started, the D3200 implements full-time AF during video recording to help capture crisp video even during the most action-packed situations. To boost the production value of any home video, the camera offers manual or automatic exposure control, and a stereo microphone input to attach an optional external microphone such as the compact ME-1 Stereo Microphone. Furthermore, the D3200 offers other HD-SLR advantages including the ability to create a shallow depth of field, amazing low-light video performance and NIKKOR lens versatility.
Capturing videos on the D3200 is simple, even when in Live View. With a dedicated video record button and easy access to the Live View switch, users can capture video clips before the moment is gone. Additionally, videos play with astonishing detail and clarity on the D3200's 3-inch, high resolution 921,000-dot LCD screen.
A Camera to Keep Pace with an Energetic Existence
An active lifestyle requires a capable camera that is ready at a moment's notice, and the Nikon D3200 packs powerful technology to tackle just about any challenge. Delivering up to 4 fps in high-speed continuous shooting mode, the D3200 helps ensure that important, spontaneous and easy-to-miss memories are captured, from a baby's first smile to a game winning grand slam. Additionally, the D3200's advanced 11-point AF system allows the user to find and keep focus while maintaining a clear view of that subject. This advanced focusing system is ideal for capturing tricky subjects like a dancer mid-leap during the big recital or a dive for the line drive in centerfield.
The Nikon D3200's power is amplified when combined with the versatility of Nikon's legendary NIKKOR optics and powerful accessories. Compatible with Nikon's dedicated DX-format lenses and over 50 FX-format lenses as well as Nikon's Speedlight System, the Nikon D3200 puts creativity at the user's fingertips. The optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter for the D3200 allows the connected user to easily share photos taken on the D3200 to an Android™ platform based smartphone or tablet, so friends and family can enjoy the moment almost as quickly as it happens.1 Android platform users are able to wirelessly transfer images from the camera to a mobile device, preview the image before shooting photos, and even remotely control the camera from up to 49 feet. The Application for use with an Android platform smartphone (2.3 series) and tablet (3.x series) is expected for release in May 2012.2 Additionally, an Application for the iPhone® and iPad® mobile digital device is expected for release in Fall 2012.3
Price and Availability
The Nikon D3200 outfit with the versatile AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR image stabilization lens will be available in late April 2012 for a suggested retail price (SRP) of $699.95* in either Black or Red. The optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter, sold separately, will be available in late May 2012 for a suggested retail price (SRP) of $59.95*. For more information on the Nikon D3200, NIKKOR lenses, additional Nikon D-SLR cameras and accessories, please visit www.nikonusa.com.
About Nikon
Nikon, At the Heart of the Image™. Nikon Inc. is the world leader in digital imaging, precision optics and photo imaging technology and is globally recognized for setting new standards in product design and performance for its award-winning consumer and professional photographic equipment. Nikon Inc. distributes consumer and professional digital SLR cameras, NIKKOR optics, Speedlights and system accessories; Nikon COOLPIX® compact digital cameras; 35mm film SLR cameras; Nikon software products and Nikon sports and recreational optics as well as the new Nikon 1 advanced camera with interchangeable lens system. In 2011, production of NIKKOR lenses surpassed 65 million, creating a new milestone in Nikon's heritage of superior optics. For more information, dial (800) NIKON-US or visit http://www.nikonusa.com, which links all levels of photographers to the Web's most comprehensive photo learning and sharing communities. Connect with Nikon and other photographers on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/nikon and get the latest news and information from Twitter by following @Nikon_USA.


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The Inner Game of Entrepreneurship
How Far Are You Prepared to Go in Order to Succeed?
In the May 2002 Harvard Business Review article, "A Test for the Fainthearted", author Walter Kuemmerle asks the following questions of entrepreneurial wannabes:
* Are you comfortable stretching the rules?
* Are you prepared to make powerful enemies?
* Do you have the patience to start small?
* Are you willing to shift strategies quickly?
* Are you a closer?
Entrepreneurship is not for the fainthearted.
Watch this fantastic video on how to build confidence.
How's Your Entrepreneurial Vision?
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Next month, Americans will head to the polls to elect the next president of the United States.
While the outcome is unknown, one thing is for certain: There will be a steady stream of opinions from pundits and prognosticators about how the election will impact the stock market. As we explain below, investors would be well‑served to avoid the temptation to make significant changes to a long‑term investment plan based upon these sorts of predictions.
Trying to outguess the market is often a losing game. Current market prices offer an up-to-the-minute snapshot of the aggregate expectations of market participants. This includes expectations about the outcome and impact of elections. While unanticipated future events—surprises relative to those expectations—may trigger price changes in the future, the nature of these surprises cannot be known by investors today. As a result, it is difficult, if not impossible, to systematically benefit from trying to identify mispriced securities. This suggests it is unlikely that investors can gain an edge by attempting to predict what will happen to the stock market after a presidential election.
Exhibit 1 shows the frequency of monthly returns (expressed in 1% increments) for the S&P 500 Index from January 1926 to June 2016. Each horizontal dash represents one month, and each vertical bar shows the cumulative number of months for which returns were within a given 1% range (e.g., the tallest bar shows all months where returns were between 1% and 2%). The blue and red horizontal lines represent months during which a presidential election was held. Red corresponds with a resulting win for the Republican Party and blue with a win for the Democratic Party. This graphic illustrates that election month returns were well within the typical range of returns, regardless of which party won the election.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Indices are not available for direct investment; therefore, their performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio. The S&P data is provided by Standard & Poor's Index Services Group.
Equity markets can help investors grow their assets, but investing is a long-term endeavor. Trying to make investment decisions based upon the outcome of presidential elections is unlikely to result in reliable excess returns for investors. At best, any positive outcome based on such a strategy will likely be the result of random luck. At worst, it can lead to costly mistakes. Accordingly, there is a strong case for investors to rely on patience and portfolio structure, rather than trying to outguess the market, in order to pursue investment returns.
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Megan Lott serves as the Deputy Director of Policy and Research for Healthy Eating Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In this role Megan works closely with Dr. Mary Story to support research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity. Prior to coming to DGHI, Megan was at The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C. While there, she served as a Senior Associate on the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a collaboration between The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which provides nonpartisan analysis and evidence-based recommendations on federal and state policies that affect the safety and healthfulness of school foods. In this role, Megan supported research, policy, and advocacy efforts aimed at improving the school nutrition environment. Other prior experience includes serving as the Associate Policy Director for the Community Food Security Coalition and the National Farm to School Network, where Megan managed federal and state policy initiatives, including advocating for passage of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Megan is a registered dietitian and earned a BS in nutrition sciences and dietetics from the University of Cincinnati and an MPH degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
To start a conversation with me, ask me: About my hometown of Cincinnati - especially Skyline Chili or Graeters ice-cream!
Favorite activity/ hobby outside of work: Running, Cooking, and spending time with my twin girls.
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SUNDAY, April 6, 2008 (HealthDay News) -- Looks like the infamous "Freshman 15" is more realistically the "Freshman 5."
A new study of 36 freshmen at Auburn University in Alabama found an average gain of 1.9 pounds during the first semester of the first year at college and an average gain of 4.8 pounds for the entire year. Men gained an average of 5.4 pounds, and women gained an average of 3.2 pounds.
Alabama has the third-highest rate of adult obesity in the country (29.4 percent) and the 11th-highest rate of overweight youth (16.7), according to the latest report from Trust for America's Health.
Although the students surveyed gained (or even lost) a wide variety of poundage, some of the kids who got heavier actually switched from a normal, healthy body-mass index (BMI) into the overweight category, said study author Sareen Gropper, graduate program director in the department of nutrition and food science at Auburn University, while others "graduated" from overweight to obese.
"For some, there needs to be intervention," Gropper stressed.
"It's a cautionary tale. It was such a small study, but it does open up the notion that post-adolescence kids, when they're left to their own devices, do gain weight," said Arlene Spark, director of nutrition at Hunter College in New York City.
Despite the legend surrounding the Freshman 15, there is surprisingly little scientific data on the phenomenon, stated the authors, who were expected to present their findings Sunday at the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in San Diego. The presentation is part of the scientific program of the American Society for Nutrition.
Previous research found that college freshman had an average weight increase of 2.7 pounds over the year, with men reporting an average gain of 3.7 pounds and women reporting an average gain of 1.7 pounds. In that study, only 5 percent of participants reported gaining 15 pounds.
Some previous research had indicated that 15 pounds may have grossly overstated the weight gained during freshman year.
In this study, about three-quarters of the 26 females and 10 males gained weight during their first year of college, ranging from a loss of 5.8 pounds to an increase of 13 pounds. Twenty-one percent gained five pounds or more.
The mean initial weight of females was 124.9 pounds, which increased to 126.9 pounds after the first semester; mean BMI rose from 21 to 21.4.
Why the overall gain?
Gropper and her colleagues are in the process of investigating the reasons in a larger sample of students but have some ideas.
"We're speculating it's a variety of factors," she said. "For some kids, it's decreases in physical activity, and it may have to do with all-you-can-eat dining halls. Some kids say 'I can go there six times a day and eat for free.' A lot of kids are also eating out tremendously and eating junk food after 10 [p.m.]."
"When you put someone on a cafeteria diet, three times a day, seven days a week, it's like being on a cruise. You have unlimited food, and it's very difficult to moderate," Spark added. "When we give rats Purina rat chow, which is very boring, they eat as much as they need, and they stop. But if you give the same rats frosted flakes and fatty foods, stuff that's really tasty, they get very heavy just like we do. We do have an animal model for this. It's worth reminding people that all-you-can-eat is very challenging for us, and sometimes, it's regarded as an obesogenic environment."
And answers to the questionnaire participants were asked to fill out also shed some light on the subject. When told what one serving equaled in baked goods, snack foods and sugar-sweetened beverages, some of the students responded, "Oh, my gosh!"
"They have this realization," Gropper said.
More information
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What's the Big Deal About the Crescent?The main bullet point of this pen model is its Crescent Filling system, which features - you guessed it - a gold-plated crescent that protrudes from the side of the pen barrel. The crescent is attached to a pressure bar that is inside of the barrel. If pressed down, this pressure bar presses down on a pliable sac inside the pen and expels air (and ink, if present). Releasing the crescent will allow the elasticity of the sac to expand, sucking in ink through the nib's feed. A c-shaped locking ring is rotated around the barrel to allow for the mechanism to be used, and the prevent it from accidentally being used when writing or carrying the pen.
The filling mechanism is very old school, as most pens manufactured prior to the advent of the cartridge / converter used rubber sacs or bladders to store ink within a fountain pen. Not many pens these days are manufactured with a filling system that uses a sac. Thinking off the top of my head, the now-defunct Conway Stewart brand did offer lever fillers and Delta had made button fillers that used sacs, but none recently. Since replacing a broken converter would mean a simple purchase of a new piece, the concept of having to send a pen back for warranty service for a replacement sac seems like an outdated notion. Also, giving the buyer an option to use disposable ink cartridges also seems to be more of a modern concern. The Crescent hearkens back to the glory days of fountain pens, where the inkwell was your ONLY option.
Presentation - an Improvement Over the Conklin Coffin BoxSticking with the dark blue and gold brand imprint & trim, the Conklin box may look very similar to its predecessors, but has changed from the rectangular box, lined with white, ruffled satin to a cream-felted interior that feels less like a coffin and more like a luxury pen box. Each pen comes with a lifetime warranty card that sets your mind at ease about the whole "I may need to send this away for an expensive sac repair in the future," anxiety. Also included is a card that explains the Crescent fill system, with step-by-step directions on how to fill the pen written on back. It's very informative and elegant-looking, so I would definitely keep all of the accoutrements that come with the pen, especially if you would ever consider selling it in the future.
|Conklin Mark Twain Crescent (Left) with a Lamy AL-Star Copper Orange (Right)
The PenDespite being made of mostly resin, picking up the Conklin Mark Twain Crescent felt weighed in-hand at 27 grams. The thick cap band, large metal clip and the crescent pressure bar in the barrel gave the pen its decent weight. Typical to the Conklin's tradition of over-branding their merchandise, the clip, cap band, crescent and nib all have the Conklin name engraved or stamped.
The rocker-style clip is affixed to the cap by a metal piece located toward the top half of the clip piece. Pressing at the very top of the clip will open up the bottom to clip on to a shirt pocket or pen loop.
The cap band is nicely engraved with Mark Twain's signature that is rendered in black filler, along with the Conklin name.
The crescent is stamped "Conklin" on one side and "Crescent-Filler / Trade Mark" on the other. The c-shaped locking ring is made of the same resin the rest of the pen body and cap are made from. The opening of the "c" is meant to be lined up underneath the crescent arc to prepare for filling or cleaning. When filling or cleaning of the pen has been completed, I would recommend turning the c-shaped locking ring as far as you could away from the crescent to ensure there would be no accidental discharge of ink.
A neat feature about the Crescent itself, which Mark Twain enjoyed very much, was the fact that the crescent arch acted as a roll-stopper, even when the pen's cap was off. Usually, you could rely on the clip of a pen to prevent the pen from rolling off of a table. However, even with the cap removed, the Crescent filler isn't going anywhere.
The Writing ExperienceThe Conklin Crescent is available in a steel nib, sized Fine, Medium or 1.1mm Stub Nib. For this review, I had used the 1.1mm Stub, so we can talk about another important change for modern pen manufacturing.
A buffet of nib size choices are seldom seen these days with most pen manufacturing. Most offer a standard fine or medium and call it a day. The Great Recession may have had something to do with it, as most companies wanted to run leaner on inventory and stick only with the best-selling nib choices.
The modern Conklin Pen Company also applied survival of the fittest to their nib selection, but found that the discontinued broad had lost out against the 1.1mm stub nib.
Thank the resurgence of fountain pen writing in general over the last 5 years and its proliferation online. Today's fountain penmen / penwomen LOVE line variation. Go search on instagram for #flexnibfriday and #stubnibsunday to see perfect examples of pen lovers showing off their specialty nibs.
Conklin's 1.1mm stub gives excellent line variation, with a thick vertical stroke and a thin horizontal. I felt like it ran a bit on the dry side and certainly wasn't the smoothest steel nib, not by any stretch of the imagination. Now, that I've gotten more into tuning my pens, my mind immediately went to the thought that this pen could be absolutely perfect if I worked in opening up the flow a bit more and smoothing out the nib. However, for purposes of this review, my assumption is that the average reader does not have the experience or confidence to tackle such an adjustment, so I wouldn't make any recommendations to "void the warranty," so to speak.
The Conklin Crescent Stub nib favors a slower, controlled pace of writing. The ink (Noodler's Golden Brown), could not keep up during faster writing samples and scribbles. Printing and adding serifs to the letters' ascenders and descenders looks great with the line variation that is achieved with the stub nib.
Apart from the nib, the pen felt more controllable and less taxing on the hand when using it uncapped (5.57" closed, 6.5" cap posted). You can certainly post the cap on the backend securely, but the added weight to the backend felt a bit cumbersome. Also, the c-shaped locking ring around the barrel protrudes out from the rest of the pen body. For my hand, it rests exactly on the side of my index finger knuckle, which isn't that comfortable of a fit.
Despite having an internal filling system, it felt like the Mark Twain Crescent did not hold a tremendous amount of ink like most other bottle-fill only pens would usually be able to carry. I gave it somewhat a pass, because I was using a stub nib that laid down more ink that a standard fine or medium point would. Word of advice on filling : be sure to do at least another 2-3 squeezes when the nib is submerged in ink to obtain the maximum amount of ink in your pen.
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- Writing Quality : Stainless steel nib writes well enough, but doesn't "Wow." Most tinkerers would probably be able to find a way to make it sing. (grade B-)
- Aesthetic Quality : Strong vintage appeal with many design cues that pay homage to Conklin's heritage. Gold trims and Mark Twain's signature are particularly striking. (grade A-)
- Utility : I'm split on this issue, as the crescent is a filling system built into the pen, but presents an issue for fitting in pen loops or cases. The c-shaped locking ring also gets in the way a bit when writing for some people's hands. (grade B)
- Price : Normally an MSRP of $180, Goldspot is offering the Halloween, Mocha & Spearmint models at closeout for a special rate. Check the website here for the most current offerings. (grade A)
Final Grade : A-
Overall the revival was a success. I was teetering between a B+ and A-, but what set me more on the A- side was the closeout price value on the three finishes I mentioned. There are a few other versions of the Crescent Filler, including a black chased pattern with rose gold finish and a demonstrator model as well, which sell for significantly more than this line, but provide nearly the same design. The uniqueness of the crescent filling system, colorful style and the additional hand writing flair of the stub nib makes this pen an exotic add to your fountain pen collection.


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Who is this guy? A guy who loves to work with his hands. A guy who loves tools. A guy who can never have enough of them. As far back as I can remember, I was helping my Dad with stuff around the house. Originally from Philly, I got my hands on tools of all sorts. Bending nails, cutting my hands, trying to earn my tool cu-dos as it were.
A master mechanic, my Dad took pride in teaching me all the skills he knew and I'll always be thankful for that. He encouraged me to "experiment", just what a curious young boy wants to hear. He was quick to add, "just don't get hurt". I miss working next to him.
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We shared countless projects including tree forts, soap box cars, boy scout projects, model planes & ships, auto repair, engine rebuilding, you name it. He didn't take very good care of himself though and had some unfortunate work place accidents. He never let it show though. I lost him in 1971, one year before my trade school graduation. I know he would have been proud.
Out of school I worked the usual jobs, fixing this, building that. I got a real break though and landed a spot at the Franklin Institute Science Museum & Planetarium. For someone that loved to work with his hands, this was a dream job! I had the opportunity to handle rare and priceless historical artifacts and design and build exhibits and displays to showcase them. Wood, metal, plastic, electronics, sign painting and lettering, I did it all! From displaying Buckminster Fuller's Di-maxim car, to hanging the Wright Brother's glider on display, to converting a Boeing 707 to a walk-thru exhibit, I used all the skills at one job. I worked this gig for three years through the bi-centennial. I didn't want to leave but the pay sucked! It was one of the most fufilling jobs I ever had.
Switching gears a bit, I started working for an entertainment company during the "Disco" fad. Their specialty was lighting and sound systems. They scooped me up at the museum doing some contract work there and I designed and built their trade show booth and promo materials I also designed and installed various high-end lighting and sound systems in clubs and discos.
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Fast forwarding a few years, I pulled up steaks and moved to the west coast seeking life, love and laughter. What did I know, I was young and single with disposable income. I started working in the Graphic Arts/Publishing industry and stretched my creative wings a bit. I did a stint installing car stereos and alarms for a while.
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A few more jobs under my belt and I hired on at Makita Power Tools, a Japanese power tool manufacturer. Another dream job for the tool fanatic. In charge of the in-house advertising, media and print departments, I had plenty of hands-on time with the latest industrial strength tools. These guys actually marketed the first successful line of cordless power tools. Since then I've remained in graphic arts management but have filled my shop with as many tools as it will hold. I use this "Oasis" to escape the stress of the corporate world and to love my tools.
If you've read this far, thanks for putting up with the "trip" down memory lane. At least you know I've been twisting wrenches enough to know my way around the tool bench.
Happy tinkering, The Toolman


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It's a warm afternoon in late summer and Erik Stanford is cruising the Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market. Mercifully shaded from the raging western sun by the sprawling El Mercado complex, the outdoor market is awash in hot-weather veggies in a rainbow of colors.
But it's an array of cherry tomatoes that gets Stanford's attention.
"These are beautiful," he exclaims.
He's right. The plump little veggies, most of them round and red, are interspersed with the occasional yellow specimen and even an elongated orange variety. They glisten like jewels in their humble cardboard box.
Farmer Bill Stern beams. He's grown the little beauties down in Arivaca, a lush ranching community near the border, 63 miles southwest of Tucson. Known in recent years for its No More Deaths camp and an influx of Border Patrol agents, Arivaca has also been reviving its old-time farming traditions.
"There were hardly any growers in Arivaca 10 years ago," Stern says. Now there are.
"I come up once a week to sell my vegetables," he explains, all of them grown at the Arivaca Community Garden, a farm he manages for the nonprofit Project PPEP. Stern and his co-workers harvest on Wednesdays with the market in mind, and on Thursdays he makes the trip up I-19 to the market. This week he toted not only those tomatoes, but also garlic, onions, peppers, summer squash, and eggplant.
But Stanford mostly has eyes for those tomatoes. He writes Stern a check for $135—45 pounds at $3 a pound—and hefts three boxes' worth onto a dolly, a low-rider pushcart that's perfect for moving produce.
It's not that Stanford can eat that many tomatoes in a week. He's a middleman, as Arizona Illustrated called him, the sole proprietor of Pivot Produce, a one-man enterprise that brings local foods from local farms to local tables in Tucson restaurants.
The Pivot Produce slogan, as his website puts it, is "bridging the gap between local farmers and chefs since 2016."
"I'm dispelling the myth that nothing grows here in the desert," Stanford says cheerfully. On any given Friday, the day he distributes to his restaurant customers, "I have 40 different items."
Stanford works with about 16 small-scale southern Arizona farms, from Arivaca to Arivaipa, and from Patagonia to tiny Cochise, south of Willcox.
There are even a couple of urban Tucson farms on his list, including Dreamflower Garden, a one-acre spread tucked away in midtown near Country Club and Grant, and Rattlebox Farm, four and a half acres on the banks of the Pantano Wash.
"None of them are corporate farms," he says. "Nobody is bigger than five acres." All of them farm organically, he notes, even though most of them can't afford to pay the federal government for the official organic seal of approval.
Every Thursday, Stanford buys freshly picked produce from these farmers and then turns around and rapidly re-sells it on Friday to a dozen or so mostly downtown restaurants that cater to locavore customers. Tomatoes picked on Wednesday can land on dinner plates by Friday evening.
His biggest buyers are the high-volume 5 Points Market & Restaurant; the year-old Welcome Diner; and the Cup Café in Hotel Congress. Yet he also services smaller outlets, like the food truck Geronimo's Revenge and Exo Roast Co.
Some of his suppliers, like Avalon Farms in Tubac and Forever Yong in Amado, deliver their wares directly to Stanford, but he buys the bulk of his produce at the Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market. The market keeps him from making too many long drives out to the farms.
"I can stay in downtown Tucson where all my restaurants are," Stanford says. "And it's a place for me to meet farmers."
After stocking up on Bill Stern's wares, Stanford visits half a dozen or more booths, pivoting between shoppers on the crowded walkway. He chit-chats with farmers, writes checks, and loads his trusty dolly up with peppers and garlic and oddly striped eggplants Every so often, when the dolly is groaning under the weight, he wheels it out to the market's parking lot and hoists the boxes of produce into his old bomber station wagon, a 1986 Chevrolet Celebrity that looks like it won't make it over the Santa Cruz back to town, let alone to Arivaca.
He heads to the table of Lorien Tersey of Dreamflower, where he reels in her specialty chives and nopales—prickly pear pads—for the popular nopal tacos at Exo. "It's a topnotch backyard farm, an incredible operation," Stanford tells me, as I tag along on his rounds.
Today Tersey is touting her Asian eggplant. It's skinny and "not bitter," she promises. "You cut it up in a stir-fry. You don't have to salt it."
Across the way from Dreamflower, the San Xavier Co-Op Farm is selling chiles that Stanford covets. The farm, nestled between I-19 and Mission San Xavier del Bac, lies within the Tohono O'odham Nation and hires tribal members. The stand has various prepared foods—mesquite flour, saguaro syrup—but by law Stanford deals only in raw produce.
"I don't sell any prepared food," he explains. "It's not legal for me. I'm just moving raw product from one person to another."
But he jumps at the chiles and buys 10 pounds. "If I could get 40 pounds, I would," he says. "I could sell them. There aren't too many this year."
At the booth for Maggie's Farm, a Marana spread named for a Bob Dylan tune, Stanford springs for peppers—yellow, orange, red and, surprisingly, purple—along with those mysterious purple and white eggplants. From Sleeping Frog Farms, based in Cascabel, he buys watermelon graced with a rare and tasty yellow fruit, destined to be served up at Welcome Diner.
At High Energy Agriculture, also in Marana, Stanford is warmly greeted by Anne Loftfield, a lively white-haired farmer who works on acreage belonging to her son, Greg McGoffin.
"It's virgin land," she boasts, "never farmed before. We're beyond organic. We grow the soil. We do crop rotation. We're going to the old-fashioned ways with new techniques. We're getting beautiful soil."
Loftfield says High Energy Agriculture has been getting gorgeous peppers this year, along with garlic and tomatoes. The grasshoppers that have plagued many other tomato farmers have not triumphed at their place: "We tried to make peace with them," she says, and laughs.
Like all the farmers on Stanford's route, she's delighted that he has helped High Energy Agriculture expand its customer base. "We're all pulling for him," she tells me. "He's part of the puzzle."
Early on a Monday morning, Stanford is sailing south on I-19 in a big blue minivan borrowed from his partner, Brittany Katter. The Mom van is a more comfortable ride than the station wagon, he says, and at an hour and 15 minutes each way, this is going to be a long trip. He's headed to a couple of Arivaca farms, including the one run by Bill Stern.
Stanford, who just turned 30, tries to devote Monday mornings to visiting new farms on his list, even though, in theory, Monday is his day off. Pivot Produce is breaking even after a year, but Stanford still doesn't take a salary. So he works four days a week at restaurants part-time to keep himself afloat. At 5 Points Market & Restaurant, he's the chef for the Sunday brunch, and at Exo, he's a chef and menu consultant. Between the four days he puts in at restaurants weekly, and the "four or more days" he says he's on the job at Pivot, he easily works the proverbial eight days a week.
When he started Pivot Produce, he didn't have much trouble lining up chefs as customers. He saves them a lot of time—to source local produce they can make one call to him, instead of to a dozen different farmers. And he already knew many of them from his half-dozen years of working in Tucson restaurants. The farmers were a harder sell.
"The farmers were really skeptical at first," he says. "It took some time to win them over. A lot of trust needed to be built."
He volunteered on a few farms, and slowly farmers began to see how he could benefit them, especially when he began writing them reliable weekly checks. And he's got farming in his family's not-too-distant past.
Stanford grew up in a town called Fall Creek in northwest Wisconsin, but his grandparents had a dairy farm nearby. "I spent a lot of time there but I wasn't really a farm kid," he says. "I could be found in the hay loft reading books. I was a city kid coming to play with my cousins."
As boy, he didn't think about going into the family business—his brother now works with their uncle at the farm—but "at 14 I wanted a job as soon as I could get one," he says. And a job in a tavern was what was available. He labored as a dishwasher, then a line worker, and then food preparer. After a couple of stabs at college he moved to New Orleans at 19, a year after Katrina hit. He ended up running a Habitat for Humanity kitchen.
"I did the dinners for volunteers and for people in need. I fed 100 to 1,000 people a night. I kind of started to actually enjoy cooking. New Orleans got me inspired about food."
Moving to Tucson in 2010, he worked the breakfast line at the Cup Café for three years, then moved over to 5 Points Market.
He learned a lot, he says, from 5 Points' practice of sourcing foods from nearby farms. "Working there shows me the way it works," he says, "It was a catalyst for me." It helped him conceive of a business that would help other restaurants do the same thing, and at the same time bolster local agriculture. And in its own way, Pivot Produce brings him back to the land.
At the far end of the winding road to Arivaca, Stanford turns south onto rutted Ruby Road and bounces the van down to the picturesque farm gate. It's Stanford's first visit and Bill Stern comes out to greet us with a big smile. It's a pretty place, with four acres sweeping out from a hill, plants growing in a mix of greenhouses and outdoor beds.
The place produces turnips, okra, bell peppers, and squash. Long, skinny cayenne peppers, Stern says, yield a ground pepper whose flavor is "awesome." There's no single best seller, Stern says. "As a market farm, it's all about variety."
Still, David Keller, a worker who's come out to join the tour, says, "tomatoes take up most of my time."
The luxuriant cherry tomatoes—just like the ones we saw at the farmers' market—are thriving in the greenhouse, hanging from tall vines like beads on necklace. "We don't want to plant tomatoes outdoors because of the grasshoppers," Stern explains. "We put them in the screened greenhouse. We used to have them all outside."
"I've heard it's a bad year for grasshoppers," Stanford says. It's more than bad, Keller puts in. "This year is a plague cycle," he says. "We're four inches behind in rainfall and the insects are coming out of the hills."
And in fact the grasshoppers are jumping around outside by the dozens, by the hundreds maybe, hopping a foot high in between shrubs, their wings making a rustling sound. The leaves on the okra plants have been "shredded," Stern says, but "they don't eat the vegetable."
Luckily, the prize tomatoes are doing fine in the greenhouse, babied along by a swamp cooler that keeps the temperature below 90 degrees.
"Between you and the market," Stern tells Stanford appreciatively, "I sell all those tomatoes."
It's Friday, game day for Stanford. Boxes and boxes of veggies are stacked high in a borrowed backyard guesthouse in the Iron Horse neighborhood. Space has been a problem: Pivot Produce needs something bigger, but so far middle-man Stanford hasn't found what he needs at a price he can pay. He had a multioccupancy deal going in in a large building south of Five Points, but a developer bought the property and all the small businesses were exiled. For now, the cramped guesthouse has to do.
All else is good though. Helen the hen is walking around outside, clucking contentedly while Stanford works the phone, making calls, answering texts, checking messages on Facebook, making last-minute deals like a Wall Street broker. Someone's cancelled a tomato order, somebody else unexpectedly wants sweet potatoes.
"I took photos of some peppers I had and sent it to the chef at Ermanos on Fourth Avenue," Stanford says. "He said, `They look great. Bring them over.'"
Through all the electronic tumult, Stanford remains calm, methodically grouping the boxes by the restaurants they'll go to. When all is ready, an hour of hard labor begins. Stanford hoists dozens of 50-pound boxes of veggies and 50-pound sacks of dried pinto beans, balancing them on his shoulder one at a time as he makes the long walk through the yard to the minivan parked by the curb, the station wagon having permanently given up the ghost.
Packed with veggies, the van smells good. Bill Stern's Arivaca cherry tomatoes are en route to 5 Points, Welcome Diner, Reilly Craft Pizza, and Ermanos. At 5 Points, where the tomatoes will grace every salad, Stanford unloads six boxes, containing not only the tomatoes, but also Tohono O'odham squash, and a bag of pinto beans, destined for the eatery's popular huevos rancheros.
Co-owner Brian Haskins says Pivot Produce is a big help to the restaurant in sourcing foods from small farmers. "We try to keep it local," he says. "It makes it a lot easier for us and it's important for the farmers. This is a good thing for Tucson."
On Sixth Avenue, Stanford pulls the van to a stop at Exo, and carries in sweet potatoes, chiles, and squash. A huge batch of basil elicits joy from a staffer working in the kitchen. "We desperately needed basil," Rusty Ramirez says, clasping hands over chest in a thank-you prayer. And Ramirez is delighted to get Dreamflower's nopales, noting, "Our nopal tacos are already gone."
If Haskins is appreciative and Rusty is joyful, Jeronimo "Mo" Madril, owner and chef of Geronimo's Revenge food truck, is downright ecstatic to get Stanford's wares. Stanford has brought him cherry tomatoes, butternut squash, chiles, and bell peppers to his commissary behind Fourth Avenue.
Madril takes a huge chef's knife, slices off a piece of a San Xavier chile, and takes a taste. He laughs out loud. ✜
"Man," he says, "that's delicious."
Pivot Produce. 520.261.8310. PivotProduce.com.
Tucson journalist Margaret Regan is the author of two books on immigration, Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire, and The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands, both from Beacon Press.


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Written by CSIC Director Dr Jennifer Schooling and Mott MacDonald Global Water Sector Leader, Mark Enzer, the article highlights the benefits of early adoption of 'Smart', a global opportunity worth up to £4.8 trillion.
"Data, the ownership of it and, perhaps more pertinently, the ability to understand and act on it, is key to the future of smart infrastructure. Industry, organisations and professionals need to be ready to adjust in order to avoid being left behind and to take advantage of the emerging opportunities."
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Aleksandr Yakovenko said Russia had always stood for a "a balanced and firm settlement" of the Kosovo problem.
"That's why we could not support the proposal made in the spring by UN special Martti Ahtisaari," Yakovenko said.
The Deputy FM went on to say that the Ahtisaari plan went against international standards.
"It suggested the UN Security Council should take a decision on the division of a sovereign state which is against basic norms of international law, the UN Charter and the UN Security Council resolution 1244," he said.
The Foreign Ministry says the crucial thing for this year is that no unilateral decision on Kosovo is made.
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