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Avigilon will soon have more cash for purchases.
The HD surveillance provider on March 17 increased a previously announced financing to $100 million (Canadian).
The official statement said that the "company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and for potential strategic acquisitions."
I have a call in to Avigilon to see if they'll comment on why they're increasing the financing.
The offering is expected to close just after ISC West this year "on or about April 8, 2014," the company said.
The financing, "a bought deal offering of common shares of Avigilon," is an expansion of a previously announced bought deal offering for $69 million, which was announced in November, just before Avigilon acquired VideoIQ on Dec. 31.
Under the terms of the expanded financing, a "syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P. and including BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets and PI Financial Corp. have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis pursuant to the filing of a short form prospectus, an aggregate of 3,448,280 Common Shares at a price of $29.00 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds to Avigilon of $100,000,120," the announcement said.
The syndicate may purchase an additional 517,242 shares at the same price up to 30 days after the closing. If that happens, an additional $15,000,018 will be raised, and Avigilon's gross proceeds will be $115,000,138.
ADT misled consumers by paying experts to promote ADT Pulse on NBC's Today Show and through other media outlets without revealing the experts were paid—giving the impression the experts' reviews were independent, the Federal Trade Commission alleges.
The administrative complaint is part of the FTC's "ongoing crackdown on misleading endorsements in advertising," according to an FTC news release. Now, to resolve that complaint, ADT has reached a settlement with the FTC that prohibits ADT "from misrepresenting paid endorsements as independent reviews in the future," the March 6 news release said.
I asked Boca Raton, Fla.-based ADT about the matter. The company provided this response: "ADT has a tough disclosure policy that follows the FTC endorsement guidelines. That's why we are happy to have resolved the matter amicably, and why we are willing to commit publicly to maintain that policy."
Here's what happened, according to the FTC:
ADT paid three spokespersons, including a child safety expert, a home security expert, and a technology expert, more than $300,000 to promote the ADT Pulse, with one spokesperson receiving more than $200,000. Two of those spokespersons also received a free ADT Pulse security system, valued at approximately $4,000, and free monthly monitoring service, according to the complaint. In exchange, the spokespersons appeared on more than 40 different television and radio programs nationwide and posted blogs and other material online.
ADT set up media interviews for the endorsers through its public relations firms and booking agents – often providing reporters and news anchors with suggested interview questions, and background video, also known as b-roll, according to the complaint. The paid ADT endorsers were introduced by program hosts as experts in child safety, home security, or technology, usually with no mention of any connection to ADT. The endorsers sometimes demonstrated child safety, home security, or technology products other than the ADT Pulse, adding to the impression that they were providing an impartial, expert review of the products.
ADT paid three spokespersons, including a child safety expert, a home security expert, and a technology expert, more than $300,000 to promote the ADT Pulse, with one spokesperson receiving more than $200,000. Two of those spokespersons also received a free ADT Pulse security system, valued at approximately $4,000, and free monthly monitoring service, according to the complaint. In exchange, the spokespersons appeared on more than 40 different television and radio programs nationwide and posted blogs and other material online.
ADT set up media interviews for the endorsers through its public relations firms and booking agents – often providing reporters and news anchors with suggested interview questions, and background video, also known as b-roll, according to the complaint. The paid ADT endorsers were introduced by program hosts as experts in child safety, home security, or technology, usually with no mention of any connection to ADT. The endorsers sometimes demonstrated child safety, home security, or technology products other than the ADT Pulse, adding to the impression that they were providing an impartial, expert review of the products.
The settlement is not official yet. The FTC has given unanimous preliminary agreement to it, but the commission won't take a final vote until a March 6-April 7 public comment period closes.
Here are more specifics of the agreement, according to the FTC's news release:
[The order]
-Prohibits ADT from misrepresenting that any discussion or demonstration of a security or monitoring product or service is an independent review provided by an impartial expert.-Requires ADT to clearly and prominently disclose, in connection with the advertising of a home security or monitoring product or service, a material connection, if one exists, between an endorser and the company.-Requires the company to promptly remove reviews and endorsements that have been misrepresented as independently provided by an impartial expert or that fail to disclose a material connection between ADT and an endorser.
Magnus Ekerot is no longer CEO of network camera provider Mobotix. The company announced that Mobotix CFO, Klaus Gesmann, will take on the role of CEO and sales oversight "until further notice."
According to a statement from Mobotix, Ekerot "was released of his position" on Feb. 17.
In response to questions from Security Systems News, Mobotix co-founder Sabine Hinkel said in an email that Mobotix is "not looking for a replacement for Dr. Magnus Ekerot. Our actual focus is the reorganization of the company back to its roots. There is no deadline to find a replacement for him."
Hinkel declined further comment on Mobotix reorganization plans.
Ekerot joined Mobotix as chief sales officer in 2011; he was promoted to CEO in October 2013.
It still seems a bit surprising how many folks in the industry I speak to regularly despite never having met them in person. That's all about to change in a few weeks. And maybe for some of you, it will change within a few hours of ISC West kicking off.
On Wednesday, April 2, my SSN colleagues and I will be at the ISC West Media Stage from 9:30 – 10 a.m. for a "Meet the Editors" event. It's a good opportunity for us to meet with readers and sources as well as newcomers wanting to become acquainted with our publication. The media stage is located just outside the entrance to the show floor.
The media stage is also where I'll be conducting a round of on-camera interviews with those on the central station side on Friday, April 4 between 10 a.m. and noon. Through these interviews I hope to discover what's piquing the interest of those in the monitoring arena, that is, what they're finding of value on the show floor or in the educational sessions.
I still have a few slots open, so if you're with a central station and want to discuss what's new or in the pipeline at your camp, or just want to share some general impressions about the show, don't hesitate to shoot me an email at email@example.com.
Another media-related feature of ISC West 2014 will be the giant Twitter wall, where readers can feel free to contribute their own discoveries and thoughts about the show. The wall will offer a scrolling display of #ISCW14 tweets.
And should you exhibit a pattern of Tweeting especially compelling insights about ISC West, you may find yourself eligible for the MVT Award, which (as you might have guessed) will be given to the most valuable Tweeter.
Each year, California-based Moore Protection announces its choice of a movie that best shows the use of modern security technology. The security company calls its honor the "Morpheus Award," a name inspired by Morpheus, the god of dreams and visions in Greek mythology. But I've dubbed it the "Security Oscar," since it's always announced around the time of the Academy Awards.
The 2014 Morpheus Award winner is—hand me the envelope, please—"The Purge," by writer/director James DeMonaco and starring Ethan Hawke.
According to Moore Protection, which announced the award March 1, Hawke plays "a security salesman in an America of the near future where crime has been eliminated for all but one night of the year. However, once a year for twelve hours, all crimes are legal, thus making a good security system even more valuable than in our present day. DeMonaco's premise is that government sanctioning of this cathartic "purge" of mayhem for one night quells citizens' inherent inclination toward violence for the rest of the year."
Interesting premise. I'm curious to see it—and to find out how RMR would work in that brave new world!
Here's a little more detail on this fun annual award from the company, which is based in Redondo Beach, Calif.:
Don Moore, president of Moore Protection, instituted the Morpheus Award as a friendly reminder to members of the entertainment community to regularly and personally use their security systems. Mr. Moore said, "Few things frustrate us more than hearing about a celebrity or industry exec being burglarized while their security system was not armed. Show business people often have assistants and household staff to whom they have delegated the task of arming their alarm systems, and this is a dangerous practice. If a crime is committed while the system is disarmed it is the owner, not the assistant, who is the victim. I encourage all my clients to personally arm and disarm their systems daily and test them at least monthly." It is also for this reason that the "Morphie" is presented during Awards Season in Hollywood, said Moore. "The paparazzi are not the only ones who know the stars are away from home on the night of a big awards show!"For more information or to nominate a film for consideration for next year's Morpheus Award contact Dave Lofstrom at firstname.lastname@example.com
Highlighted by the marquee acquisition of Security Networks, 2013 was unquestionably a strong year for Monitronics. It appears 2014 is starting the upswing as well.
Monitronics turned in an impressive haul at the latest Stevie Awards, reeling in a pair of Bronze prizes at the eighth awards show for sales and customer service. For the second consecutive year the third-party central station won in the Contact Center of the Year category, according to a news release from the company. The company was also honored in the Front-Line Customer Service Team of the year category.
The awards were presented at a gala banquet at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the release noted.
On March 11, a pair of Monitronics leaders is slated to speak at the Piper, Jaffray Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference held in at the Le Parker Meridien in New York.
Bill Fitzgerald, chairman and CEO of Ascent Capital, the holding company that owns Monitronics, and Michael Meyers, CFO of Ascent and Monitronics, will speak at the conference. According to an Ascent Capital news release, management may make "observations regarding the financial performance and outlook of both Ascent and Monitronics."
In the wake of a big year for Monitronics, this presentation from management could be worth a listen. A live webcast of the presentation will be made available on the Ascent Capital investor relations website.
Updated March 5 with interviews with DW's Wade Thomas and Ian Johnston of ISD.
Whenever a big company like Digital Watchdog acquires a start-up like Innovative Security Design (ISD), as happened earlier this week, a common concern is whether the acquired company will be allowed to continue to innovate. Executives from both DW and ISD told Security Systems News, there's no need to worry.
Most companies want an acquisition to "assimilate into [its] culture, revenue and business model," Wade Thomas, Digital Watchdog president told me. "We want to let ISD do what they do best and give them runway to grow."
Digital Watchdog, a privately held manufacturer of video surveillance products, on March 3 announced that it had acquired ISD.
ISD will remain an independent entity within DW, and it will continue to work with OEM partners.
ISD was founded by Ian Johnston, former CTO of IQInvision, in 2012. Here's an interview I did with Johnston when he launched the company. ISD turned some heads at ISC West last year when it introduced its netSeries camera—the first IP camera that uses Microsoft Windows as its base operating systems. Here's an interview I did with Johnston about the netSeries camera last May.
This week, Johnston said that most of ISD's suitors were established IP camera companies, were he would have to "go in and change their minds and break up their notions of what an IP camera is."
In some ways, ISD is more of a "design house or solutions factory so-to-speak," Johnston said. And, DW will let ISD continue that way. "DW has great manufacturing experience and depth that will help us be price competitive," he added.
It will also allow ISD to "build inventory and be attractive to really large companies that are looking to partner with us on an OEM [basis]."
DW's products include: IP and analog cameras, DVRs, NVRs, software and apps. It has been in business since 1987. In addition to its corporate office in Tampa, Fla., it has an office in Cerritas, Calif. It will keep ISD's office in Irvine, Calif. Its business is concentrated in North and South America and has about 75 employees in the United States.
DW has engineering and manufacturing facilities in Seoul, Korea. Its products are assembled in the U.S., however.Thomas declined to release terms of the deal.
The number of Vivint's net new subscribers in 2013 was 219,034, the most in the company's 15-year history, Vivint President Alex Dunn told investors this week at the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield and Leveraged Finance Conference. APX Group Holdings, of which Provo, Utah-based home automation/home security company Vivint is a subsidiary, presented at the conference on Feb. 25.
According to information on the presentation provided by the company, Dunn presented Vivint to investors as a key player in a "large, growing and recession-resistant industry" with a "unique and differentiated sales model," according to the company.
Vivint estimated its market share in 2013 was on par with Monitronics'—with each having a 3 percent share. Only three companies had a greater share than those two: ADT, with 21 percent; Tyco with 6 percent; and Stanley, with 5 percent, according to Vivint's estimates.
Dunn said that average RMR per Vivint new subscriber was $58.35, compared to average revenue per subscriber of $53.05.
Direct sales accounted for about 77 percent of new subscribers for the door-knocking company but Vivint's growing inside sales program was responsible for the other 23 percent, the company said.
Dunn also said Vivint's RMR was $42.2 million and that revenues were up about 10 percent and that attrition was 12.8 percent.
In an APX Group Holdings conference call in November, Dunn reported similar Q3 results and the numbers he discussed Tuesday also trended positive.
The publicly traded Blackstone Group bought Vivint in 2012 in a deal worth more than $2 billion.
In other news, Vivint today named Nike veteran Jeff Lyman as its chief marketing officer. "As CMO, he will lead marketing and communication initiatives that elevate Vivint's brand awareness and drive adoption of its security, home automation, and energy management services," the company said.
Before his promotion to CMO, Lyman was Vivint's vice president of consumer experience and previous to that had spent about 10 years at Nike.
I'll be talking more to Jeff next week. Stay posted.
Though 18 states had previously legalized marijuana for medical use, it was the pair of initiatives passed in Colorado and Washington that legalized the substance recreationally that seems to have made the security industry more attentive to what kind of possibilities lie ahead in this new and rapidly expanding market.
It's not difficult to see why. Those operating dispensaries and growing facilities will require security solutions for many of the same reasons an end user at a jewelry store would: They have to protect hundreds if not thousands of lightweight and expensive consumer products. End users will likely pull out all the stops on an integrated solution, relying on motion detectors, sensors, access control, dozens of cameras with status monitoring and, perhaps for larger storage facilities, virtual guard tours. Because the industry is in its nascent stages and still very much evolving, it's difficult to forecast what the industry will look in even five to ten years from now.
New York-based DirectView Security, a provider of onsite and remote video and audio surveillance solutions and a subsidiary of DirectView Holdings, recently announced in a news release that it's entered into "early stage discussions with several marijuana industry companies to provide a number of potential video surveillance and access control solutions."
Though in many states marijuana laws are becoming more lax, the substance remains illegal under federal law. This adds an interesting wrinkle to the current security landscape in connection with this market. Federal pressure on banks has made it extremely difficult for pot dispensaries to get loans. As a result, they've had to rely primarily on cash, making them an even bigger target for robbers than they already were.
It's been well documented that ADT last year made a policy decision not to sell security systems to businesses engaged in the marijuana industry because it's still illegal under federal law. It's conceivable that other companies both large and small will also take that approach. But it will be interesting to see what companies take the reins in the market and to see to what kind of impact it will have on business.
In the news release, Roger Ralston, CEO and chairman of DirectView, expressed a good deal of optimism about doing just that: "Having worked to provide security products and solutions for large hotels and several banks, we have a strong understanding of complex security needs and how to provide the most cost-effective solutions," he said, adding that he views the new market as "strong growth driver for our business in the coming years."
Aronson Security Group, the Seattle-based systems integrator, is putting more resources into its Business Optimization Center.
The integrator announced this week that Nigel Waterton has been promoted to SVP of Corporate Strategy and Development for ASG. in this new role, Waterton—who was a speaker at TechSec 2014 on the topic of big data—"will guide the value proposition for ASG's professional services, engineering, implementation, and performance that their management teams fulfill."
In a statement, Phil Aronson, CEO of Aronson Security Group, said: "Our growth demands another layer of leadership to identify and lead existing and future senior leadership. As well, Nigel will be extending and evolving our new Business Optimization Center which is a key foundation to our business model."
ASG's Business Optimization Center helps security executives create a "Common Operating Picture" for their security program. ASG takes a look at the end user's the current operation to "understand the gaps between the as-is and to-be vision."
The next step, is to "establish a roadmap that guides the strategy, execution, measurement and budgeting of the program as it evolves over time," Waterton said in a statement.
Waterton served in the British military for 16 years before he started working in the security industry in 1996.
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MMAJunkie reports that Gabriel Gonzaga will fight Stipe Miocic at UFC on FOX 10 on Jan. 25 at United Center in Chicago. This will be the UFCs first FOX-televised event of 2014.
Gonzaga is 4-1 since his return to the UFC in 2012, with all four wins averaging under just 100 seconds. The sole loss, to Travis Browne, was hotly contested by Gonzaga's camp, who contended that the blows were illegal.
UFC on FOX 10 card lineup currently stands at:
Benson Henderson vs. Josh Thomson
Darren Elkins vs. Jeremy Stephens
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Last month, I mentioned that Google Image Search is about to add some options that let you filter images licensed using Creative Commons. The options have been added to the advanced search page, where you can choose between images that you are allowed to reuse, images that can be modified or used commercially.
Google Image Search is the first important image search engine that has this feature, since Yahoo Image Search only supports Flickr images. If you want to illustrate your web pages or your documents with images from the web, choose one of the four filters from the advanced search page, find the licensing terms and try to respect them.
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The Antlers Varsity Basketball teams played their first three games of the season past week with the first game at home against the Talihina Golden Tigers, November 29, the second game was against the Atoka Wampus Cats, December 1, and the third game at home against the Wilburton Diggers, December 2. No stats were available for the Lady Cats game against the Tigers.
In their second game of the season, the girls took home a win against the Lady Wampus Cats with a final score of 54 to 50. A close game but the Lady Cats got it in the end. Senior-Railey Gardner had 14 points and shot 50 percent from the free throw line; Senior Taylor Tedder got a total of 8 points, 7 rebounds and shot 100 percent from the free throw line and Junior Megan Brame had 13 points with 3 rebounds and shot 90 percent from the free throw line.
In the girls game against the Wilburton Diggers the Lady Cats got another "W" in their record as they won the game 45 to 36. Senior Railey Gardner racked up a total of 15 points, had 2 assists and shot 81 percent from the free throw; Senior Hailey Garman had a total of 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and shot 66 percent from the free throw line and Junior Megan Brame scored a total of 5 points, 1 rebound, had 4 assists, and shot 75 percent from the free throw line.
The boys started off the season with their first game against the Golden Tigers and won it 54 to 28. Junior Bryce Martin racked up an amazing 27 points and had 9 rebounds; Junior Jakub Micien scored 13 points and had 6 rebounds and Senior Dakota Turner had 5 rebounds.
The Bearcats lost their second game against the Atoka Wampus Cats my only two points with a final score of 58 to 56. Junior Bryce Martin scored a total of 12 points, had 5 rebounds and shot 44 percent of his 3pt shots; Junior Jakub Micien racked up 12 points, had 6 rebounds and shot 50 percent from the free throw line and Junior Harlan House had 8 points, 1 rebound and shot 67 percent from the free throw line.
The third game of the week for the boys was against the Wilburton Diggers. They got their stride back and another "W." Junior- Harlan House totaled 14 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and shot 67 percent from the free throw line; Junior Jakub Micien had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists and Senior Caleb Smith scored a total of 11 points, 5 rebounds and shot 67 percent from free throw line.View more articles in:
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Risto Suoknuuti's curator insight, May 17, 4:23 AM
Man made machines for mans use. Systems simplyfies after getting complex. This is the rule in the winning game.
Ed Crowley's curator insight, May 17, 8:30 AM
Wearable medical technology is quickly changing the potential for health research, and with IoT, health management.
Gust MEES's curator insight, August 2, 2014 10:53 AM
What's happening, says Mike Armistead, VP and general manager of HP's Fortify unit, is that manufacturers are rushing to get their products on the market without doing the harder work of locking their devices down against the most basic kinds of attacks.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Internet+of+things
- http://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/why-is-it-a-must-to-have-basics-knowledge-of-cyber-security-in-a-connected-technology-world/
Marc Kneepkens's curator insight, May 13, 2014 8:36 AM
I love Scoop.it. Check out some of my topics hre: http://www.scoop.it/u/marc-kneepkens
Gust MEES's curator insight, March 26, 2014 10:05 AM
I'm talking about your car, fridge, tv, blender, air conditioner, front door, and even your wallet. This inevitable future is why google is starting today with affordable gigabit internet. This new wave of device overload will open up revenue and advertising streams to a whole new level.
Today's infographic states that in 2020, every human being on earth will be connected to 10 separate devices.
I know I'm already using five and I bet one of the most prominent technology coming up soon will be wearable tech. If its for exercising, sports, general information or just making phone calls, wearable tech will be an exciting addition today's digital arsenal.
Learn more:
Justin Zeller's curator insight, December 22, 2013 4:34 PM
Not necessarily sports facility related, but technology is something that is going to drive both attendance and customer experience.
Cesar Ajuria's curator insight, December 23, 2013 10:47 AM
Not that we didn't see it but putting into perspective....adapt!
Alain Turpault's curator insight, March 12, 2014 5:36 AM
Very interesting food for thought! I particularly like the ideas of the CIO acting as a Venture Capitalist, the crowdsourcing, the technical debt reversal, the in-memory revolution and realtime DevOps.
Christophe Jaouen's curator insight, February 18, 2014 3:45 AM
Tableau Pinterest de plusieurs outils de video conference gratuits.
Patricia D. Sadar - Leadership Strength Coach's curator insight, December 13, 2013 6:09 PM
I confess that I am not leveraging the wonderful tools available on Linkedin. Great article with easy tips on what you can do today to optimize your profile, and help employers find you.
Make it a great day!
Stéphane Hardel's curator insight, December 15, 2013 6:12 AM
Soyez beaux soyez forts soyez convoités
Lori Wilk's curator insight, December 28, 2013 3:21 PM
One of the biggest mistakes I hear about is that people signup to be on a social media site and then they don't complete their profile which reduces their effectiveness. Yes- it's important to fully complete your profile.
Gust MEES's curator insight, August 2, 2014 11:08 AM
It's time to approach the idea of the Internet of Things properly and start avoiding common misconceptions.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Internet+of+things
- http://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/why-is-it-a-must-to-have-basics-knowledge-of-cyber-security-in-a-connected-technology-world/
Cas Op de Beek's curator insight, April 11, 2014 5:50 AM
First there came the computer and brought us more jobs and now comes more jobs and more. Technology brings us a lot more than only freedom he brings us more jobs as well. One small step for men but a big step for the future.
Jim Doyle's curator insight, May 9, 2014 9:55 PM
162 Future Jobs: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Yet Exist
Tony Brugman (Bright & Company)'s curator insight, May 3, 2014 4:33 PM
Interesting, but worrisome story earlier in NYT on the shrinking U.S.' Middle Class, and the Way It Affects Businesses.
"The top 5 percent of earners accounted for almost 40 percent of personal consumption expenditures in 2012, up from 27 percent in 1992. Largely driven by this increase, consumption among the top 20 percent grew to more than 60 percent over the same period."
ghbrett's curator insight, September 30, 2013 10:55 AM
Recommended by other Curators, especially @Robin Good!
Pamela D Lloyd's curator insight, March 5, 2014 4:19 PM
Writers interested in converting a document or a blog into an ebook may find this useful.
Miklos Szilagyi's curator insight, December 28, 2013 12:48 PM
Very interesting (and highly relevant to the helping professions such as coaching...) move from the original 4Ps of marketing (the right Product, in the right Place, at the right Price, supported by the right Promotion) to the new 4Ps:
Purpose (what your business stands for),
Passion (all about leveraging the power of your people to build your brand, see Empowerment...),
Participation (companies are looking for partners with the same values whom they can work with to make a difference and further their reach)
Profit (self-explanatory...)
Now, this is not a gobbledygook, these are real elements and here also appears the unavoidable need for a passionate, involved, engaged, aligned and empowered staff... do you understand the importance of this? It is a free advertisement for the helping professions, guys...
Ashley Pero's curator insight, January 31, 2014 10:45 AM
Great insights on marketing that might make the whole concept seem less foreign to nonprofits.


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Cleveland Section Meeting
Biobased Polymer Additives for Environmentally Friendly Lubricants – Tackifiers
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Dan Vargo with Functional Products Inc.
For the past 60 years, tackifiers have been used in petroleum – based oils for application that include chain conveyor lubricants, saw oils, way lubricants and greases. Tackifiers are typically polymeric additives that impact tick or stringiness to a lubricant. It may be sued to provide adherence in Way oils and chain lubricants, added stringiness in greases, and anti-mist properties to metalworking fluids. This anti-mist feature is becoming more important as the laws concerning workplace safety have become more stringent. The molecule of choice is polyisobutylene which is made by the polymerization of isobutylene. Other mineral oil soluble polymers such as olefin copolymers (OCP's) can also be used.
A discussion of polyisobutylene based tackifiers for mineral oil based systems will be presented first, and will be extended to vegetable based systems using the same mechanistic framework. The bio-based polymers studied are polyisoprene (PIP) and polybutadiene (PB). Because of their unsaturation these polymers possess both biodegradability and solubility in vegetable oils.
Dan Vargo has been active in the lubricants industry for over 30 years. 28 years spent as a research chemist for the Lubrizol Corporation. He is currently the Senior Research Chemist at Functional Products, Inc., a manufacturer of products for the lubricant market located in Macedonia, Ohio. Dan is active in STLE and currently is a Technical Editor of STLE's Publication of TLT Magazine. He holds a BS in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University.
Meeting Location:
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
I started my bread-baking career (all right, truth be told, it is part-time at best and I earn nothing more than the occasional compliment) with those famous Cranberry Muffins in 7th-grade Home Economics class, a recipe found in a promotional booklet put out by Crisco products and passed out by the teacher. I fell in love.
But after a disastrous re-edition of these muffins for my family a year or so later when I mistakenly blended in 3 CUPS of solid shortening instead of the required 3 tablespoons, producing a muffin top afloat on a pool of liquid fat, I pushed this new-found love to the back shelf like a rejected suitor, and didn't dare make an attempt to produce a baked good until my college days.
My next efforts were quick breads, sweet zucchini raisin, spicy pumpkin, banana chocolate chip, muffins studded with fruit, smooth and easy, using only baking powder or soda as leavening. Then my old roommate's sister's cranberry-orange-walnut bread for Thanksgiving found it's way into my repertoire and the bug settled in. There was no turning back.
My first attempt at yeast bread was two small loaves of Challah for one Thanksgiving dinner I hosted with my brother. Turned out very pretty, but, as my understanding of yeast was limited, they were fairly hard and dry. So, of course, it wasn't until several years later, young, newly married and in love, I tried yeast-risen dinner rolls with pretty much the same result. I threw up my hands in discouragement and decided that yeast baking was not for me. I simply must not have the magic touch.
But now, 20 odd years later, having finally decided that it was time to truly understand the process, to overcome my fears and shortcomings, I feel that I have mastered the pizza/foccacia dough, the sweet coffee cake and cinnamon bun dough, even the light and fluffy dinner rolls, with more and more success.
Now I am a food blogger and am trying to participate in as many challenges, contests and dares as is reasonably possible in a month, and I love it! It has forced me to try new recipes, new ingredients, new processes that I normally wouldn't try. Now, I had heard about Yeastspotting and have been toying with the idea of jumping aboard, but didn't think that I had time this week. But in a quick back-and-forth with Zorra of 1x umrühren bitte, I learned that she is hosting Yeastspotting this week and I know that she will be quite pleased with all the participation that we can muster.
For you, Zorra, I would bake anything.
So off I go to the kitchen I go, fueled by the Marshmallow Peeps-flavored lip balm I am sporting and the smiley face sent over to me by Zorra, to blend, knead, roll and bake loaves of Cinnamon-Sugar Swirl Egg Bread with Chocolate Chips.
CINNAMON-SUGAR SWIRL EGG BREAD with Chocolate Chips
This recipe was given to me by my great friend Rachel of Chocolate Crinkle Cookies fame and based on a recipe found in the 1989 Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book.
4 ¾ - 5 ¼ cups (590 – 655 g) flour
1 package active dry yeast (2 ¼ tsp, ¼ oz, 7.5 g)
1 1/3 cups (340 ml) milk
3 Tbs sugar
3 Tbs (45 g) butter or margarine
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup (100 g) sugar + 2 tsp ground cinnamon
mini chocolate chips (optional)
In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour and the yeast.
In a saucepan, gently heat the milk, sugar, butter or margarine and the salt together, stirring, until warm (about 120°F/50°C) and the butter is mostly, but not quite completely, melted. Remove from the heat and stir until the butter melts.
Pour the warm milk mixture over the flour/yeast and, using an electric mixer on low speed, beat for a few seconds. Add the eggs and the vanilla. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds until combined, scraping the bowl when necessary.
Increase the beater speed to high and beat for 3 minutes.
With a wooden spoon, stir in as much of the remaining flour as possible, until it starts to pull together into a soft dough.
Turn out on a floured work surface and knead in as much of the remaining dough until you have a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic, kneading for 6 to 8 minutes total. I used a total of 4 ¾ cups (590 g) of the flour for this bread.
Form the dough into a smooth ball. Grease a large mixing bowl, place the ball of dough into the bowl, turning once to grease the surface of the dough. Cover (I cover the bowl with plastic wrap and then a clean kitchen towel) and let rise in a warm, dry place until doubled, about 1 hour.
Turn out the risen dough onto a lightly floured work surface and punch down. Cover with the kitchen towel and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
Lightly grease two 8 x 4-inch or one 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with oil.
Flatten the ball of dough slightly then form into a rectangle. Roll out the dough, making sure the surface under the dough is lightly floured, into a long rectangle but no wider than the loaf pan (I used a 9 x 5-inch pan and ended up rolling out a 9 x 15-inch rectangle).
Brush the surface of the dough lightly with water, then sprinkle the entire surface with the cinnamon-sugar mixture generously and evenly. Sprinkle on the mini chocolate chips, if using, and gently press them into the surface of the dough so they don't move when the dough is being rolled up.
Roll up the dough, starting with one of the short sides, gently but tightly. Place, seam-side down, in the prepared loaf pan, cover and allow to rise for 30 minutes.
Or divide the dough in 2 and roll out and shape into two loaves.
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
After the second rising (geez, no pun intended), pop the loaf pan(s) into the oven and bake for 25 – 30 minutes or until lightly browned on top and, when tilted out of the pan, on the bottom as well (tapping on the bottom should give you a hollow sound).
When baked, tilt out of the loaf pan and allow the bread to cool on a cooling rack.
1 cup (120 g) sifted powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
about 1 tablespoon milk
Mix powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until drizzling consistency. Makes 1/2 cup or enough to drizzle over two loaves of bread. I placed the bread on a sheet of plastic wrap to catch the overflow.
19 comments:
That certainly does look very, very good. Feeling peckish.
- April 16, 2009 at 8:00 AM
- The Cooking Ninja said...
yum yum ... finger licking good and looks so delicious. ;)
- April 16, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- girlichef said...
Gorgeous, Jamie! Gorgeous.
- April 16, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- The Cooking Photographer said...
Wow Jamie! I love your blog. I can't wait to read more.
- April 16, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- zorra said...
"For you, Zorra, I would bake anything."
Jamie, you make me blush! :-)
Truly you are a master baker, look at this awesome bread!
- April 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Jamie said...
Ah, Zorra, that coming from you is an honor!
The Cooking Photographer: Thanks, and welcome! Love yours,too!
And girlichef and Ninja: as always, thrilled you are here!
Siren: what can I say? Hop on over and share!
- April 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- 40 Watt said...
Wow! Looks delicious, Jamie.
- April 16, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Mindy said...
This looks so yummy! (And the muffins floating in liquid fat made me laugh out loud because it's totally something I would do too!)
- April 16, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- asiangrrl said...
You could put Cinnabons out of business with this lovely confection. A feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds.
- April 17, 2009 at 1:17 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
Beautiful Jamie.. I shold try my hand at the yeast issue.. I do a few things but am not completely comfortable with it.. Yours looks terrific!
- April 17, 2009 at 3:40 AM
- Juliana said...
WOW, looks so delicious...love the sticky feeling.
- April 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM
- Elra said...
Jaime, the cinnamon bread is certainly a delicious treat to have, especially for the week end.
- April 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Three cups of shortening?? Jamie, were you madly in love at the time? :)
Your blog continues to be exquisite.
I send you a kiss on both cheeks. France is lucky to have you.
- April 18, 2009 at 5:56 AM
- Maryann said...
That is just gorgeous, Jamie ;)
- April 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- acdee said...
hi jamie! thanks for dropping by at my site too =)..this cinnamon swirl is one tasty creation of yours..we call it cinnamon roll in the Philippines and as much as i love baking, (we grew up baking cakes for business) i never really got the chance to bake a bread..i only get to master simple cakes like chiffon and varieties of it and some chocolate-infused cakes (black forrest)..you're giving me the courage to try baking one for the first time...=) i love your site..will be a regular here..cheers!
- April 19, 2009 at 12:18 AM
- Susan/Wild Yeast said...
Beautiful, I love the look of the icing.
- April 19, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- Mary said...
This looks so good. The combination is irresistible. I really like your blog, Jamie. I'll be back often.
- April 20, 2009 at 7:44 AM
- creampuff said...
I'm drooling over here!
- April 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- Chef Chuck said...
Cinnamon yumm!!
- April 24, 2009 at 5:59 AM


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Flagstaff couple's cafe strong after 70 years
FLAGSTAFF --The husband and wife stand side by side at a stove that stretches the length of the kitchen.
Warmth surrounds them as the smells of frying meat, browning onions and freshly cut vegetables waft into the dining room, where people have begun to take seats for the lunch hour Thursday.
They work efficiently � him frying up the chicken fried steaks and working the grill top, her tossing vegetables around in a wok.
For 30 years, Fred "Freddy" Wong and his wife Tina have done this work, and the business has been continuously open in Flagstaff a total of 70 years this month. It's birthday time.
"It opened Dec. 18, 1942, but it wasn't with our family until 1945," Wong says, holding a copy of the newspaper announcing the cafe's opening. His father Albert, brothers Edward and Alfred, and a nephew, Bill Yee, pitched in to buy the space, which was about half the size it is now. Fred's father, who worked cooking Chinese food in Durango, Colo., wanted to go into business for himself.
The restaurant has been in the same spot ever since. The wall that separated the old Harkey's Cash Market was knocked down sometime after World War II to expand the place.
What's the secret to their success? Ask the locals.
"There's just so much history here," says John Harkey (whose grandfather ran the market). "But the main draw is Freddy and Tina and the friendly atmosphere."
He, his brother Ken and friend Bill Henson are taking a break from refurbishing a family home on Cherry at Sitgreaves that's been in the family since the 1920s. They sit at the "liar's table" reserved for hunting and fishing friends of Fred, who is a hunting and fishing enthusiast himself.
Ken says he's been coming for decades. A retired teacher, he began coming as a Friday morning tradition back in the late 1980s.
"I've been a regular ever since," Ken says. "The company is wonderful. It's a family."
Henson chimes in, "And so's the chicken fried steak."
Guests range from a local neurosurgeon to a homeless man who gets fed three meals a day by Fred and Tina. Different days bring in different regulars.
Conversations range beyond hunting and fishing, John says. Fred likes to talk about his current passion for organic gardening at his place down in the Verde Valley. History is also a topic.
"And when you look at Flagstaff, there's not a lot of old timers left," John said.
"I've worked here since I was 6 or 7 years old," Fred says, adding that he used to come in and peel potatoes, and when he got older, wash dishes. Summers were time to work in the restaurant. In 1980, his father retired.
"So, I just continued it," he says, smiling. "I've been here a long time."
Tina gets up every morning to help him. They work the restaurant six days a week, 13 hours a day.
Tina says, "I like it here because I get to meet people, talk to people, make friends."
The height of the Route 66 days, with droves of tourists passing through on the way to Vegas, sat the cafe pretty, with silver dollar payments from hungry patrons, Fred says. Then, Interstate 40 bypassed the city and much of the Route 66 tourist traffic moved.
The locals, and customers from the reservations, help keep the place going.
"People still tell me their grandfathers used to bring them in here," Fred says.
And besides the locals, people from all over the world come to the cafe for the grub, particularly the chicken fried steak, Fred says. The cafe is regularly featured in cookbooks, news articles and has been memorialized several times in Arizona Highways. Scenes for two films have been shot inside the cafe.
"Somehow, we keep plugging along," Fred says.
What's the secret to the food?
Fresh ingredients, Fred says.
"It's home cooking," Tina says.
They do all of the prep work and cooking, Fred says. It keeps the overhead low. Tina's specialty is the Chinese food items on the menu. They do all of their eating at the restaurant, so they don't cook at home and don't have much in their refrigerator. They learn from each other and continually compare and improve on recipes.
What's it like working all day with a spouse?
Tina laughs hard and says, "That's complicated."
They worked their three kids in the restaurant, but none of them has expressed an interest in taking over in the future. They all have their own lives outside of Flagstaff.
"They say it's too much work," Fred says. "And it's true."
He adds that he has thoughts of selling the business. At 64, he still has a couple of years of work left in him before retirement.
"Then, we'll see what happens after that," he says.
If or when he does, he would like to see somebody buy it who is interested in keeping the downtown flair.
His thought on running his restaurant for the last 30 years: "It's been good. I've met a lot of people. I've made a lot of friends."


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Cisco sets up move to cloud
Cisco has expanded its Videoscape video services platform to deliver a network DVR and enriched TV Everywhere. The company also built a new gateway for the Videoscape ecosystem to provide connectivity to IP devices in the home.
Cisco said the expansions of the Videoscape platform are based in part on the assets and business model of NDS, acquired by in 2012. Cisco picked up NDS in part to quickly adapt the cloud-based model the latter company had been pursuing.
The new Multiscreen Cloud DVR function offers cloud-driven video recording with capture and storage in the cloud instead of the end device. Consumers can restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured content from anywhere, on any screen, Cisco said.
On the TV everywhere front, the company has introduced unified search, discovery, and viewing functions. These improvements are meant to justify renaming TV everywhere "Video Everywhere."
At the same time, Cisco introduced a router it is calling the Connected Video Gateway. Designed to serve as a single entertainment hub, the gateway enables service providers to conduct back-end management of IP and QAM video, and distribute video content and metadata to any IP-connected device in the home, while providing a unified user experience.
A final new feature is the ability to transmit IP Video over Cable. The feature provides another option – a potentially faster option – to deliver on-demand to a range of service provider managed devices, with the flexibility to add unmanaged devices.
Client components use the Cisco Snowflake interface design model and NDS Media Highway multiplatform clients, Cisco said. This approach enables network operators to design user experiences, engineer them into clients for connected devices and set-top boxes, and quickly deploy them across multiple screens and throughout large service footprints.
Executives from Cox Communications and Liberty Global, two customers of both Cisco and NDS when they were separate companies, were among those endorsing the combined, cloud-based approach.
Balan Nair, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Liberty Global, said: "The entertainment landscape is continually evolving. Consumers are interacting and discovering content in new ways. Liberty Global strives to provide our customers with as much flexibility as possible, and a wide variety of methods to consume content. Our partners, NDS and Cisco, are providing us the technology to deliver on this promise. Service providers like LGI are in a prime position to address changes in both technology and consumer behavior, enabling an unparalleled entertainment experience. The Horizon platform, and our work with Cisco/NDS, positions us with a next-generation video service that will take us to the next level and provides both the infrastructure and innovation that we need to continually surpass our customers' expectations."
Len Barlik, executive vice president, chief product officer, Cox Communications, said: "Consumers expect more choice, freedom and flexibility in what they watch, and when, where, and how they watch it. They want to shape and socialize what is displayed on their own screens. Working with both Cisco and NDS has helped us to evolve our video services platform beyond TV Everywhere to more 'TV your way,' personalized video experiences, giving our subscribers more of what they enjoy. We are excited about the combination of Cisco and NDS, and the possibilities the new Videoscape Unity portfolio has to offer."


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- A Mint Melbourne, Australia
- B Issued By Richmond, Australia
- B Person Named Richmond, Australia
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Token - 1 Penny, R.B. Ridler, Wholesale & Retail Butcher, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1862 Reg. No: NU 4263
- Summary:
- Copper One Penny Token, minted by Thomas Stokes, Melbourne. Originally issued by R.B. Ridler, Wholesale & Retail Butcher, Richmond, Victoria, 1862. Robert Broom Ridler was an Englishman, born in Devonshire in 1825. He arrived in Victoria in about 1852. He took a position as salesman with Mr. Butler in the shop which shortly afterwards became his own, in Richmond. By 1856 Ridler was running the shop in his own name. In 1857 Ridler married Sophia Wild, later having eleven children. He sold his business to a Mr Brockman in 1877 and retired to Dandenong, where he died in 1898.
Previous Collections: National Gallery of Victoria
- Description:
- A round copper token (34 mm diameter) with the name, address and business of the issuer: R.B. Ridler 187 Bridge Road, Richmond, wholesale and retail butcher. The reverse is a Stokes stock Emu: At centre an emu standing facing left in front of a rising sun with thirteen long light rays. Below on a scroll the motto ADVANCE VICTORIA (without the spread bouquet of rose thistle and shamrock emerging below scroll that occurs on other stock emu dies). Around above, VICTORIA . 1862, around below in two lines, T. STOKES _ MAKER / 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE. This token has been counterstamped horizontal and vertical on the obverse with "J. COVERLID", it is cleaned and varnished.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
|34 mm (Diameter)
|13.581 g (Weight)
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|butchers, retail trade, retailing, wholesale trade
|Themes this item is part of:
|Robert Broom Ridler, Wholesaler & Retail Butcher, Richmond, Victoria (1825-1898), Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales
|Primary Classification:
|Secondary Classification:
|Australia - Victoria
|Tertiary Classification:
|working strikes
|Trade Tokens
|1 Penny
|Obverse Description:
|At centre within a line circle in five lines (the first and last curved) , R.B. RIDLER / 187 / BRIDGE / ROAD / RICHMOND; around, WHOLESALE & RETAIL BUTCHER :
|Reverse Description:
|At centre an emu standing facing left in front of a rising sun with thirteen long light rays. Below on a scroll the motto ADVANCE VICTORIA (without the spread bouquet of rose thistle and shamrock emerging below scroll that occurs on other stock emu dies). Around above, VICTORIA . 1862, around below in two lines, T. STOKES _ MAKER / 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE. Border of 122 beads, the beak of the emu is cut by the 6th ray. It is numbered in the standard catalogues as: Sharples Emu 1 = Heyde Emu 1 = Andrews 17.
|Edge Description:
|Obverse: R.B. RIDLER 187 BRIDGE ROAD RICHMOND WHOLESALE & RETAIL BUTCHER J. COVERLID
Reverse: VICTORIA . 1862 ADVANCE VICTORIA T. STOKES MAKER 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE.
|Issued By:
|Robert Ridler - Wholesale & Retail Butcher, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1862
|Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1862
|Person Named:
|J Coverlid, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1862
|Previous Collection:
|National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Numismatics Collection, pre 1976
Ridler employed Stokes strike trade tokens in 1862. The obverse was a standard format of the issuers name address and business - only one die was needed. This die (Obverse A) was linked to three stock reverses in 1862 but the obverse survived and was empoloyed to make an additional three types in about 1920. The late strikes show corrosion to the dies.
The following original types are known: A/Emu 1, A/Sheaf 1 and A/ Arms 6
The following late strikes from corroded dies are also recorded: A/ Arms 6, A/ Emu 3 and A/ Vine 2 - these are not trade tokens but collector restrikes and concoction.
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PIKEVILLE — Two inmates at U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy now face additional time in prison, after being indicted on escape charges.
Antonio Karon Ward and Tarell Scott, who also reportedly uses the alias Amsu Walton, were each charged in separate indictments handed down Nov. 15. Both men are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court for arraignment Dec. 3.
According to the indictments, Ward escaped custody Aug. 19, while Scott escaped Aug. 23.
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I completely amaze myself with my ability to stumble over the obvious. Here's the issue (actually this just scratches the surface) - I want to do a better job with sources. I know. Big news. I'm sure I'm the only one.
Here's my work flow.
- Gather piles of stuff and put them near my work space. Stuff is defined as the photographs, news clippings, letters or documents filling the boxes filling my house.
- Scan something and put it in a basket (or pile) to be filed or thrown away. Put the digital file in a folder to be processed (meta data, links to specific individuals, added to database, blog fodder, etc).
- Repeat until bored then start working on a digital file.
- Something about a file prompts a blog idea. I start the post, forget the meta data, links or database and wander about my mental and digital files looking for information to complete the post.
- Look at post, realize I have no source listed and struggle to construct something that might pass for a citation if one had spent decades on a desert island talking to a volleyball.
- Give up and go back to scanning or playing with the digitized files.
And here's my revelation.
Use my Legacy software to record the source when I'm writing the blog post.Mind blowing, isn't it? It takes about a minute, gets the digitized record/photo/whatever into my database in at least one relevant spot AND I get a citation I can copy and paste into the blog.
Is it a perfect system? Well, no. I don't get the source added to all relevant events/people in the database. The odds of my maintaining it are slim. But it's far better than what I've been doing (nothing). Maybe I'll be disciplined enough to continue.
Any comments reflecting on my obvious scatterbrainedness, ADD or calling me a geneaditz will be met with a DUH! Family need not comment at all.


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Dashawn Trevell Brown, 20, of Groves Street in Walterboro, is wanted on one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder, sheriff's deputies said.
On Wednesday, sheriff's deputies arrested Ikeal Emar Dacus, 23, of Bryant Road in Reevesville, on the same charges.
The arrest wasn't Dacus' first run-in with law enforcement.
Dacus was jailed in November 2008 accused of manufacturing and distributing cocaine. He pleaded guilty to a lesser possession charge and was released with time served, Dorchester County court records show.
Dacus had a run-in with St. George police again on July 3 when he and a friend beat and threatened to shoot a man in an armed robbery at the Country Hearth hotel, an incident report states.
The man told police he grew up with his attackers and chose not to press charges against them as a result.
Two weeks later, Sierra Denise Truesdale, a Trident Tech student, was fatally struck when shots were fired into a crowd outside Starlight Lounge, a nightclub in the Hudson Town community on the outskirts of St. George.
Truesdale was celebrating her 23rd birthday at the club when she was killed. She bled out in the back seat of a car as friends attempted to get her to a local hospital, deputies said.
D'Anna Deal, 23, of Walterboro, and Bryan Williams, 29, of St. George, also were wounded in the shooting.
Lt. Tony Phinney said a fight between Dacus and a Walterboro street gang known as the Get Money Cowboys prompted the shootout. Brown identifies himself as a member of that gang, Phinney said.
At least 17 shots were exchanged in the gunfire, arrest affidavits for Dacus state. Witness statements identified Dacus as one of the gunmen.
The shooting remains under investigation and more arrests are likely, Phinney said.
Anyone with information on Brown can call the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office at 873-5111 Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.
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There are skeleton-rattling collisions, breathtaking fingertip catches, jaw-dropping cuts and jukes, but what truly makes the NFL season memorable are, of course, McFarlane's Sports Picks. This November brings NFL 12, an eight-figure line featuring record-setters, Super Bowl winners, All-Pros and even a pair of teammates.
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BRETT FAVRE 3: Green Bay's longtime quarterback enters his 15th season with an eye toward defending the NFC North title against three improved divisional opponents. In the early weeks of the 2005 season, one of Mississippi's favorite sons should become only the third quarterback ever to amass 50,000 career passing yards.
COREY DILLON: The powerhouse running back finally got what he'd long requested -- an exit from Cincinnati and a fresh start with a new club in 2004. Dillon landed with the Patriots and turned in his career highs with 1,635 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns. More importantly, he helped lead New England to their third Super bowl victory in the last four years.
MARVIN HARRISON 2: Indy's top offensive threat continued to terrorize defensive secondaries, recording his sixth straight season with 1,000 yards receiving and a Pro Bowl berth. Harrison tied his career high with 10 touchdown catches while also helping Peyton Manning set the single-season record for TD passes. Harrison and the Colts enter the 2005 season with vengeance on their minds -- and a Nov. 7th grudge match with the Patriots.
DONOVAN McNABB 3: The dedicated leader of the Philadelphia Eagles finally got his team over the hump in 2004, winning the NFC Championship Game and going to their first Super Bowl. Though the Eagles fell short against the Patriots, McNabb and "Team Green" are ready to take another shot at landing the title in 2006.
DREW BREES: The 2004 draft-day swap of Eli Manning and Philip Rivers was supposed to provide both the Chargers and Giants with their quarterbacks of the future. Apparently no one told Drew Brees, who emerged from two unspectacular seasons as San Diego's starter to record a truly breakout season. The former Purdue star completed 65 percent of his passes and threw 27 touchdowns while only getting picked off seven times. Brees ranked third in the league in passer rating and led the Chargers to the AFC West title.
LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 3: The top selection in fantasy drafts nationwide, Tomlinson has also had a storied history as part of our Sports Picks line. He was the headline attraction in our NFL 3 "Rookie Series" and a popular late addition to NFL 10. This fall we feature our third version of the Chargers dominant running back, but also our first version that features a 100 percent original sculpt.
KEVIN MAWAE: Widely considered the league's best center, the Jets' Mawae showed how valuable (and tough) he was in the early part of the 2004 season. When a broken bone in his right hand caused him trouble snapping the ball, the Jets decided to keep Mawae in the starting lineup -- wrapping his injured right hand in a protective cast and letting him snap left-handed. Jets QB Chad Pennington would rather take off-handed snaps from Mawae than normal-handed snaps from anyone else on New York's roster. Mawae was still a force during the injury, even though he was blocking with only one hand. We hope Kevin is as impressed with his figure as we are with his efforts.
LAVAR ARRINGTON: Long considered the most dominant player on Washington's defense, Arrington came off a career-best season in 2003 and battled a knee injury during most of the 2004 season. His healthy return in 2005 is considered key if the Redskins are to challenge in a much-improved NFC East.
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Celebrity chef and "Restaurant Impossible" star Robert Irvine will be in Charleston July 26 to emcee the first ever Cooking Well Invitational, a one-day culinary competition and trade show emphasizing healthier ways to cook delicious and affordable meals. The event is sponsored by the South Carolina Hospital Association's Working Well Initiative and Sodexo in partnership with the Culinary Institute of Charleston at Trident Technical College.
The invitational will celebrate the success of South Carolina's hospital chefs, who are creating delicious, healthy dishes for hospital workers, patients and visitors every day. A number of hospitals across the state have received Gold Apple awards from Working Well, which means that they excel in offering delicious, nutritious food at affordable prices.
Chefs from 10 Gold Apple hospitals and their teams will compete against one another during the July 26 Invitational as they demonstrate how to convert recipes into healthier versions without sacrificing great taste. Professional chefs will judge the dishes made on site.
Teams will represent the following hospitals: Baptist Easley Hospital, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Georgetown Hospital System, Laurens County Health Care System, Oconee Medical Center, Palmetto Health, Piedmont Medical Center, Providence Hospital, Providence Hospital Northeast and the Medical University of South Carolina.
The public is invited to attend the invitational, which will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Culinary Institute of Charleston at Trident Technical College. In addition to the competition, the event will include fun, entertaining and educational sessions throughout the day, as well as the opportunity to visit vendors offering ideas and samples for healthier meals. The registration fee for the Invitational is only $35 per person and includes a light lunch.
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Google's foray into search personalization stumbled into the great concept of recommendation. By correlating your search history, bookmarks and other data obtained from Google services with other users' data, Google recommends you web pages that might interest you. The first fruit of their work was a Google gadget that initially showed recommended searches, pages and gadgets. Then Google started to show recommended videos and news.
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If you have Google Toolbar, add this custom button instead. Google's Sep Kamvar describes the magical button: "Click on the dice, and we'll take you to a site that may be interesting to you based on your past searches. If you want another, just click the dice again and we'll show you a new one. We'll give you up to 50 new sites per day that might be of interest."
Google split the all-in-one recommendation gadget into six smaller gadgets for: searches, web pages, news, videos, groups and other gadgets. To get them in your personalized homepage, go to this page and add the six gadgets one by one (alternatively, create a new tab titled "Recommendations"). Here's what I see (click to enlarge):
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Chapman is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (strength and conditioning coach certified), USA Weightlifting (certified level 1 coach), the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and he was the state director of the National Strength and Conditioning Association in North Dakota from 1991-95. In 2005, he earned the title of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach from the CSCCA. He has also authored four publications related to strength and conditioning and has trained and consulted several NFL, CFL and NHL athletes, and prospective athletes preparing for all-star games, bowl games and pre-draft testing.
Prior to UNH, Chapman was the director of strength and conditioning for the University of North Dakota from 1992-2001 and served there on an interim basis during the 1991-92 season. His efforts were an integral part of a winning tradition at UND, as the football team was the Division II national champions in 2001, the men's ice hockey team won a Division I national title in 2000 and 1997 and the women's basketball team was the Division II national champion in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
Chapman is a 1990 graduate of Dickinson State University in North Dakota with a B.S. degree in Biology. He then went on to earn at M.S. in Exercise Science from North Dakota in 1994.
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Several weeks ago, in celebration of the beginning of the Major League Baseball season and the game's greatest hitter, spawn.com held an online contest for Barry Bonds fans.
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The limited-edition Bonds 700 figure commemorates Friday, Sept. 17, 2004, when the San Francisco Giants powerhouse knocked his 700th dinger over the wall. This figure features Bonds in his hitting pose and all-white Giants uniform. The figure is packaged in a unique window box with a folding flap that opens to reveal the figure. In a nod to the unique nature of this figure, we have limited production to a total of 12,000 pieces. Each box will be sequentially numbered to add to its collectibility. It will only be available at select specialty retailers in the U.S. and Canada in June.
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Although he came home to good-natured complaints from his wife, like 'You stink,' Frank Kadlick loved his job as a City of Toledo refuse collector.
"They had a lot of fancy names for what we did," Kadlick said, "but I was a garbageman."
Kadlick, 47, worked for the City of Toledo refuse collection division for 26 years and said he particularly loved finding what he called "those rare gems" that sometimes showed up in people's garbage cans.
"If there was something that was thrown in, sometimes it might look brand-new," Kadlick said. "And like that old saying goes, 'One guy's junk is another guy's treasure.'"
Kadlick's experiences are not unique to garbage collectors. Waste disposal is a serious social issue in many parts of the world for many reasons, not the least being the shortage of land. Space restrictions are especially problematic in the Netherlands, one of the the most population-dense countries in the world.
For Dutch journalist Martine Postma, the issue became a personal crusade. Postma, who regularly reported on waste disposal, recalled walking down the street on garbage-collection day and noticing what people were throwing out.
"It struck me there were many things there that could be repaired," Postma said.
Today, Postma, 42, describes herself as a former journalist. She left the profession to become more personally active in environmental sustainability.
"I was a journalist, but I wanted to do more," Postma said. "I really wanted to contribute something and to take sides. As a journalist, you always have to be objective. You can't really promote something."
Her thoughts kept returning to those salvageable items she'd seen in the trash.
"I thought it would be easy [to reduce waste] if you could repair those things," she said. "[To make] repairing a real alternative to throwing away and buying something new, you have to make repairing easy and attractive and accessible."
The first Repair Café
Her solution was the creation of a neighborhood Repair Café.
"It should be something that is fun to do," Postma said. "It shouldn't be a workplace or a shop where you drop things off and pick them up later, but I thought to make it a social event where you can meet your neighbors and you can make new contacts with people from your own neighborhood. That makes it fun."
Postma said finding repair experts wasn't difficult, and she was pleasantly surprised to find there are still people who know how to fix almost anything.
"The funny thing is, for those people, it's their biggest hobby," she said. "They like doing it and they like sharing the knowledge and passing it on and helping other people."
The first organized meeting in 2009 was "an unexpected success," Postma said.
She wasn't sure if anyone would come. Instead, area residents showed up early, bringing everything from electrical appliances to clothes to furniture to musical instruments.
"People were very enthusiastic," Postma said. "Many people came to me and said, 'Oh, this is really a solution for me. I don't like to throw out things, but you have to because you cannot get them repaired anywhere. Is this going to be here every week now? Or every month?' So, I thought, 'Well, apparently, this strikes a note.'"
In response, Postma founded the Repair Café Foundation in March 2010. Its mission is to spread the concept of Repair Cafés and help establish new locations. The foundation provides information, guidelines, posters, fliers, sample news releases and a 26-page instruction booklet.
"Now all kinds of groups all over The Netherlands want to do this for themselves," she said.
As of June 1, 42 groups in the Netherlands have established Repair Cafés, from locations in big-city Amsterdam to hamlets of 600 villagers, Postma said.
Funding comes from private individuals, the government and private foundations, Postma said, with the greatest support coming from the DOEN Foundation, a Dutch organization that promotes and supports social cohesion.
"They want to bring people together who live in the same neighborhood and to strengthen the community," she said. "That's their goal. And that's what the Repair Café also does."
Finding electricians is an important first step in establishing a Repair Café, Postma said.
"You need at least three or four electricians — people who know how electrical current works and who can handle electrical appliances," she said.
A second consideration is finding a place to meet and a third consideration is publicity.
"There, you get help from us, from the foundation, because we have a press release prepared where you just have to fill in the name of your group and your location," Postma said. "So it's not really that difficult for people to get started with our help."
The cost of tools is seldom problematic because people with repair skills often have their own tools.
"If you have the electrician and you have a carpenter and someone who's a good bicycle mechanic and you have a seamstress, they are usually willing to bring their own machines and tools," Postma said. "If you organize it for a second or third time, then you might want to buy some tools, but they are not essential to get started. You can very well use or ask the repair men and women to bring their own."
US movement
Unbeknownst to her, Postma's crusade in The Netherlands had a counterpart in the United States.
In 2009, the same year she organized her first Repair Café meeting, a group of environmentally minded individuals in Brooklyn, met to discuss ways they could have a positive impact on their neighborhood environment. They established what they called a Fixers Collective, which, three years later, has become a model for Fixers Collectives across the nation.
A New York Times article about the Brooklyn Fixers Collective came to the attention of Greg Kono, exhibit developer at Pacific Science Center, a private, nonprofit science museum in Seattle.
Kono's manager saw the article and asked him to determine whether the Pacific Science Center could organize a similar project.
Kono contacted the West Seattle Tool Library, a donation-operated organization that loans tools to community members, and suggested the initiative would be a great fit.
"The Tool Library loved the idea, and pushed me out front, and said, 'You run it,'" Kono said.
Space for the West Seattle Fixers Collective, which recently marked its first anniversary, was offered rent-free from the Tool Library, which also provides liability insurance.
"All those things were already in place that let me move forward," Kono said. "Now, it's just getting the word out, which seems to be exploding now with all of the national publicity."
The West Seattle Fixers' Collective regularly invites local experts to teach workshops, including home plumbing, house wiring, bicycle repair and a plumbing series for women taught by a female contractor. The group has also hosted an "Ask the Expert" series, which offered advice to people working on projects.
Several owners who operate local repair shops in areas with Repair Cafés and Fixers Collectives said they do not feel threatened by the tool libraries, but enjoy increased business because people begin to develop a mindset for repair.
Kono said he doesn't want to compete with repair shops.
"We're more about having people … work on those pieces themselves," Kono said. "I don't want to a have a pile of stuff that somebody dropped off."
Toledo reaction
Margaret Danziger, deputy director of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL), acknowledged tool libraries offer a valuable service, but said she doesn't see the TLCPL board of directors pursuing that avenue of services.
"I'm not saying we wouldn't consider a tool library," Danziger said. "I'm just saying that, at this point, we're just really thinking about bottom line, and not adding anything more to the taxpayer."
Danziger said the TLCPL will ask voters in November to renew a two-mill levy, which currently provides the library with $15,295,000 a year, and to approve a .9-mill increase, which would generate another $7,647,500 a year. The .9-mill increase will cost an additional $25 to $27 more per year for every $100,000 in home value, Danziger said.
"If the levy does not pass, we will lose 50 percent of our budget," Danziger said. "It means half of everything. It would affect hours, buildings, locations, staff and materials, everything you could think of. It would be destruction. So it is pretty clear that we must pass this."
Danziger suggested tool libraries would fit better in the small business community.
Jim Izbinski, the 25-year manager of Reggie's Bike Shop, 5934 Secor Road, said he supports the concept of people taking ownership of their belongings.
"I really like the idea of people learning to fix their own things," he said.
Izbinski said he has seen a 40 to 50 percent increase in repair business during the past five years.
"Back 10 to 12 years ago, people said, 'Ah, $60. … I'll buy a new bike for $200-$300,'" Izbinski said. "Well, now they're saying, 'I'll just pay the $60 and get this one fixed.'"
Despite the increased interest he has seen in bicycle repair, however, Izbinski isn't sure a Fixers Collective could succeed in his hometown.
"Toledo just seems to be so far behind the times as far as things like that go," Izbinski said. "I don't know if we have the right mindset. I don't know if we could get enough people. … I used to go to these meetings that used to try to help promote cycling. We tried to get the bike lanes paved, lines on the roads, bicycle lanes. Nothing ever seemed to happen. I just don't know … I don't know why it is. For some reason, it doesn't matter what it is, organizing anything in Toledo is a difficult thing. I don't understand why, but it is."
Dave Smith, owner of Dave Smith Appliance Services, 3820 W. Alexis Road, said he would be concerned with what he considers the average person's lack of expertise in repairing electrical products.
Smith got his start repairing microwaves for Highland Appliance in the early 1980s and started his own business in 1993. He said appliance repair is no longer mainly mechanical, like changing belts and making adjustments, but a highly technical and demanding electronics job that includes repairing lasers in dishwashers and adjusting Internet-capable appliances.
"It's a far cry from putting a little grease on something and changing a valve," Smith said. "It's a completely, completely different industry from what it was."
Although Smith said self-repair can be beneficial for simple repairs, he is uncomfortable with the idea of people trying to fix their own appliances.
"We're kind of seeing that a little bit online now," Smith said. "You can go online and find YouTube videos. And you can find chats on how to do some simple repairs yourself.
"Out of curiosity, I checked some of these things out, but the problem is some of this information is very mixed. Some of it is right, dead on. That's good advice. That was a good fix. That was a good repair. And other times, I'm thinking, 'Oh, my, my. What's this person [saying]? That's the most ridiculous thing to do. And somebody's going to get himself killed here.'"
Smith said his shop often gets business from people who botched a self-repair attempt.
"The whole key there, with do-it-yourself, is knowing when to quit and call a professional," Smith said. "This is not a business you learn in a three-month class. It takes a lot of time even to do it professionally."
Mike Janiszewski, owner of Fix-It Shop, 1801 Sylvania Ave., said he sees a need for mom-and-pop repair businesses.
"It's a part of Americana that's going quickly," said Janiszewski, whose shop repairs vacuum cleaners and rug shampooers and makes minor electrical repairs to lamps.
Janiszewski's 34 years of experience have convinced him people could benefit from learning simple repair skills.
"Men will bring lamps in here that don't work. The only reason they don't work is because they need a light bulb," Janiszewski said. "I call it common sense. On minor repairs, they have no clue."
However, Janiszewski doesn't believe people would be inclined to support a Toledo-area Repair Café or Fixers' Collective.
"Having a smaller population than those two big cities (Amsterdam and Brooklyn), I don't think there'd be enough interest here in Toledo to support it," Janiszewski said. "I don't want to say people are lazy, but if you drive around town and see all the grass cutters, all the snow [blowers], and all the window washers, you can kind of tell people don't like to do a whole lot anymore. I don't think there would be an interest."
Janiszewski said Toledoans seem more inclined to dispose of an item than to repair it.
"Today, they throw everything away," Janiszewski said. "Take food, for example. I like leftovers. My kids, they don't. They'll throw it away instead of putting it in the refrigerator. … A lot of younger people … they waste massive amounts of stuff. … Growing up and doing this [job], it's amazing the changes I've seen. People are becoming more wasteful. Very, very wasteful."
Toledo Bikes!
Mike Hayden, director of operations and education for Toledo Bikes!, acknowledges both Janiszewski and Izbinski may have valid points in their observations of Toledoans in general.
"Taken as a whole, they're probably right," Hayden said. "But to change things, you know, you have to start somewhere."
Hayden believes Toledo Bikes! has taken the first step in what he hopes will become standard practice for all Toledoans.
Toledo Bikes!, 1114 Washington St., in Downtown Toledo, is a nonprofit charitable organization. Offering the use of tools and workstations, Toledo Bikes! encourages people to bring bicycles for repair rather than toss them in a landfill. Bikes beyond repair are recycled into parts or scrap metal.
Hayden said Toledo Bikes! receives donations of six to 10 bikes a week, and has more than 250 bikes in inventory. Bicycles are "upgraded" and sold in the Washington Street showroom or donated to local schools. In November, Toledo Bikes! donated 15 bicycles to Keyser Elementary School.
Although Toledo Bikes! was unaware of the Repair Café and Fixers Collective movement, a summer program it has planned for the Toledo YWCA, 1018 Jefferson Ave., is similar to what is happening in Amsterdam, Brooklyn and Seattle.
"We're going to train the kids in bicycle mechanics, and then we're going to start having them process and work on these kids bikes so that at the end of the summer, we'll be able to do another bike giveaway to the schools," Hayden said.
Hayden said he has faith that people can change.
"It's an educational thing that we're going to have to go through," he said. "It will happen here sooner or later. It's just that Toledo is one of those places that takes longer for things to take root."
Cultural shift
David Takats, director of fund development and marketing for Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio, said he sees the Repair Café and Fixers Collective movement as positive for everyone.
"That's fantastic," Takats said. "We really encourage that type of behavior. But there are plenty of people that can't fix things, that can't use those items. And those are the people who donate to us generally — because they want to give something to a good cause.
"Don't throw it in the garbage. If you don't know how to fix it, if you don't know what to do with it, give it to us. We'll take care of it. If it can't be fixed, if it can't be sold, we'll responsibly recycle it and make sure it doesn't go into a landfill. But if it can, we love to give it to people and let them use it, have that product have a repurpose, a new life."
Takats said people should consider the long-term consequences of tossing items in the trash.
"Think of what you've probably thrown away this year alone by yourself," he said. "And if everyone were to bring in that kind of stuff, how much could we actually keep out of landfills? How much good could we actually do for the community, and the public, and just the whole welfare of the planet, if everyone kind of thought consciously like that, that I'm consciously not going to throw this away?"
Takats said he is starting to see a shift in American culture making repurposing acceptable.
"I think there is awareness
of just the elements of what we waste," Takats said. "There's that element from society that's starting to look at it and say, 'We don't want to ruin our planet and all of our natural resources.'
"And this is just a first step, a beginning. We're not fully there, by any means, but I do think that there's a cultural shift. …
"It makes sense not to destroy the planet, not to be wasteful, not to throw things away that could be fixed, that could be used again."
— Reporting by John P. McCartney
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