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Develop This
This story appears in the June 2007 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
The federal tax credit for companies that invest in R&D was renewed in December for 2006 and 2007. The tax break, known as the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit, also gained a new feature that should help more growing businesses take advantage of it--and save some serious money.
The research credit is intended to spur innovation, which has worked for Bryan Wood, owner of 43-year-old Powr-Grip Co. Inc. in Laurel, Montana. The company, which manufactures vacuum-powered lifting tools, has been taking the credit since 2001.
Last year, nearly 15 percent of Powr-Grip's $12 million in sales came from products that didn't exist two years earlier, says Wood, 41. In 2006, Powr-Grip's credit came to $34,000, saving the company nearly a quarter of its total tax bill. "The credit has definitely influenced our decisions on investing new money in product development," Wood says.
The credit has worked in two ways: Companies averaged their R&D spending from 1984 to 1988, then took a tax break on 20 percent of any research spending over that figure; or they used more recent years as a basis, but the credit was smaller, so few companies used this method, says Marty Karamon, senior tax manager at Deloitte Tax LLP.
The credit was simplified in December, allowing companies to add up the past three years' qualified research expenditures, then divide by two to get their base line figure. The business can take a credit for 12 percent of any spending above that base line.
Next up, says Karamon, is the battle to get the credit extended to cover additional years.


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Laura Diaz was appointed vice captain of the U.S. Solheim Cup team Wednesday, pairing her with Dottie Pepper six years after their friendship seemingly ended over Pepper's blunt televised comment during the matches.
Diaz, selected by captain Meg Mallon to join Pepper as an assistant for the August matches against Europe at Colorado Golf Club, was the most vocal critic after Pepper referred to the U.S. players as "chokin' freakin' dogs" during Golf Channel's coverage of the 2007 event. Believing the network was in a commercial break, Pepper made the comment after Diaz and Sherri Steinhauer settled for a halve when Steinhauer missed a 3-foot putt on the 18th.
"I think in most friendships words are said that people don't like," Diaz said at the LPGA Founders Cup. "Sometimes it takes a little time to get over and sometimes it takes a longer time. ... We both are very passionate about the Solheim Cup.
"As much as Dottie and I have shared, I've known Dottie since I was 10 years old, so there's a lot more that goes into it than just she was a commentator. I would like to believe that she was playing that match with me and she was feeling what I was feeling and words came out that, you know, they were just words."
Pepper reiterated that she thought she was off the air when she made the comment.
"I made one crucial mistake," Pepper said. "It was breaking a broadcast rule that you're never supposed to root and I did, and the switch wasn't off when I did and I said something that I have said to myself numerous times and it happened to go out over the air. But I think the thing that is most important to remember about the Solheim Cup itself is that while it drives passion and that can sometimes scar a friendship, Solheim Cup is also way bigger to mend it again."
Mallon thinks the fiery duo will make perfect assistants.
"If they're OK with it, the rest of us are OK with it and I'm happy to see this," Mallon said. "And I'm no dummy. These two love this event and they should be together enjoying this event together, so I'm happy about it."
Diaz plans to play a full schedule this season and hopes to qualify for the U.S. team.
"When I talked to Laura about it, I knew she was playing a full-time schedule and I felt that Laura could easily have a big year this year and make the team," Mallon said. "I felt that she could do both, be a playing assistant if that came around, so I didn't have a problem with that whatsoever. I just knew I needed Laura on this team and by our side."
Diaz, a four-time Solheim Cup player, won her two LPGA Tour titles in 2002.
"It is the greatest honor in my career," Diaz said. "When Meg asked me, I was really just in awe, surprised, shocked."
Liselotte Neumann will captain the European team, with fellow Swedes Annika Sorenstam and Carin Koch serving as vice captains.
Europe won the 2011 event in Ireland. The Americans lead the series 8-4, going 6-0 at home.
Laura Diaz appointed US Solheim Cup vice captain
Laura Diaz was appointed vice captain of the U.S. Solheim Cup team Wednesday, pairing her with Dottie Pepper six years after their friendship seemingly ended over Pepper's blunt televised comment during the matches.

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Hi all,
After discovering yet another unauthorized reproduction of spcnet.tv translation work on Amazon's Kindle store (which I had Amazon remove yet again), I began to get rather ticked off and started to think of ways for us to 'go legit' and protect our translation rights.
I took the initiative of contacting Mr. Graham Earnshaw, who as most of you probably know translated the Book and the Sword for Jinyong, and got it published. He suggested that he could reach out to Minhe Publishing (the copyright holder for Jinyong works) and Mr. Louis Cha, and help us start up formal publication of our works. The amount of money we'd make would likely be very small (he noted to me that his royalties for Book and Sword never exceeded 4-digits), but it would 'legitimize' us and allow us to protect our work. We would do distribution either through the Kindle Store or through other means, and maybe, if everything worked out, we could set up a 'one stop shop' for English translations of Wuxia, since we have translated so many Gulong novels as well, and a few of other authors.
I think the Condor Trilogy would be our first target, since those three works have the highest profile within Jinyong's literature. I have already spoken to foxs individually, since he contributed so much to the trilogy in particular, and foxs likes this idea.
Of course, if we ever make money on this, there would be 'profit sharing' (again, not expecting much money) based on contribution and/or overall effort, but at this point, I think it's too premature to be talking about percentages or formulas, etc. All of us have done our translation work for the purpose of expanding the reach of wuxia novels to the public, and I think this would be a great way of expanding the reach of our work even further (to the world, perhaps!), while protecting our work.
I would like to hear from various translators, especially the ones involved in the Condor Heroes trilogy, on if they would be willing/amenable to this proposal. I'm not going to go into discussions of percentages/formulas right now; I just want to hear who objects, and who does not. If you object, that is totally fine, we would probably end up retranslating the work you did independently. But I would hope that in the same spirit of SPCNET collaboration that led us to finish so many works, that we can all work together in making our work public and 'legitimatized'.
I look forward to hearing all of your thoughts.


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Wroxeter Hall Pub Night and Karaoke
- November 8, 2019 @ 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Pub night every Friday - doors open at 4 pm and meal is served from 6 to 7.
Karaoke is the 3rd Friday of every month from approximately 7 to 10 pm. Please come out and listen to the entertainers or get up and let your talents shine to your favourite song.
For bookings or rentals, or for more information, please stop in or call Carol and Cam Edgar at 519-335-3245 or Brian McBurney at 519-335-3762 (after 6 p.m)


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Erin Gruwell
About the Author
Erin Gruwell, the Freedom Writers, and her nonprofit organization, The Freedom Writers Foundation, have received many awards, including the prestigious Spirit of Anne Frank Award. They have appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Primetime, Good Morning America, and The View, and more. Erin Gruwell is also a charismatic motivational speaker who spreads her dynamic message to students, teachers, and business people around the world. She lives in southern California.


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If you've ever kept a compost pile, then most likely you've seen some volunteer squash or tomatoes growing out of it at some point and thought to yourself, "How did that grow there? I didn't plant it." Well, the nature of seeds is to grow, and of course many of the fruits and vegetables we buy from the store have viable seeds which are waiting to grow. The compost pile usually presents ideal conditions. As does your garden (hint hint).
So why not plant your favorite veggies from the grocery store? After all, there's no magical distinction between, for instance, the beans in the bulk bins at your local natural foods store and the beans sold in seed packs.
However, not all grocery store food is created equal and there are some seeds which will not bear fruit, but many that will. Like with all seed-saving, it's important to use non-hybridized varieties. Hybridized means the seeds were produced in such a way that their first generation will bear fruit, but if you save seeds from that generation (for example, if you save seeds from a hybridized tomato at the grocery store) and if you plant them, they will not produce good produce.
How do you avoid hybrids? Anything labeled "heirloom" is not a hybrid. But there are many seeds, fruits and vegetables which are not labeled as "heirloom" but are in fact not hybrids and will grow robustly.
Which seeds will work
In the seed category, you can save seeds from heirloom (open-pollinated) tomatoes, peppers, melons and squash. Most legumes and pulses and grains (especially quinoa and amaranth) will grow marvelously in the garden. Intrigued by the color pattern on Jacob's Cattle beans? Take one or two from the bag and plant them!
Now, you probably wouldn't want to waste (that is, not eat) any part of a $6 tomato. But if one happens to go bad, that's great! Tomato seeds need to be fermented (which means they need to rot) in order to become viable. With plumbing, fermenting is pretty gross. With some seeds, it is necessary for germination.
For dry pulses, just plant them about an inch deep and water. Quinoa and amaranth generally do well sprinkled over soil, or lightly covered with soil, and watered. Melon and squash seeds can be planted as they are. For excellent information on saving and planting all kinds of seeds, refer to Suzanne Ashworth's guide "Seed to Seed."
Of course, you don't have to limit yourself to seeds. Pretty much every tuber you can buy will grow in your garden. Some that I've enjoyed are horseradish and Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke). Others that will work are ginger, potatoes and yams. Especially when these tubers have been sitting around too long, have become shriveled and started sprouting roots or stems, why not plant them and maximize your returns?
Garlic is another one that will take well to the garden. Each head of garlic can be composed of 10 or more individual cloves and each clove can be planted and will grow a whole new head of garlic. Just remember that garlic is usually planted in the late fall when temperatures are going down, for a summer harvest.
Common spices like dill seed, mustard seed, caraway and nigella sativa will grow as well, if you want to grow them. The main limiting factor is age — how long have these spices been sitting on the shelf? They may have lost their viability.
In the world of tree fruits, you're usually discarding the seeds anyway. Growing them, however, can be a mixed bag as many fruits, like apples, will not grow true (which means if you plant a Pippin apple seed, it will probably grow a crab apple. If you plant a Red Delicious seed, it will probably grow a crab apple. You get the idea.). Growing a fruit tree from seed could be an edifying experience, but if you want good fruit-bearing trees it's better to buy good young stock from a nursery.
Which seeds might not work?
The reason why only heirloom stock of some types of fruits or veggies will work is that the hybridized varieties do not grow true. You're at the mercy of the seed companies for those seeds. Examples of other commonly hybridized produce include squash, melons and corn.
"Sprouted" seeds, nuts and grains are becoming very popular because of their health benefits and are becoming more ubiquitous in bulk sections (at least around Los Angeles). Seeds marked as "sprouted" will most likely not grow because the sprouting process starts the growth process but then cuts it off before the plant actually sprouts. Nipped in the bud, as they say.
Of course, any type of roasted or pasteurized seeds or nuts will not sprout because they are already dead.
Have you grown food from supermarket produce? Tell us about it!
Jordan Laio originally wrote this story for Networx.com. It is reprinted with permission here.


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Kim Clijsters threw out the first pitch after meeting the Mets team in Queens on Friday in New York. A day earlier, she was the USTA's guest of honor at the draw ceremony (AP photo via Yahoo! Sports).
RalphLauren.com pulled out all the stops on Thursday afternoon for an event featuring Venus Williams, in which Venus took questions from online submissions from around the world in a live clinic. At the Sportime Randall's Island tennis center in New York, Venus was on court for the first time in a public setting since her eyebrow-raising loss to Tsvetana Pironkova in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. But instead of thwacking errors and a look of confusion, Venus was all smiles and tennis knowledge in the clinic, which was hosted by the British TV personality (and former player) Annabel Croft.
Venus, who is the no. 3 seed at the US Open and one of the favorites though she hasn't been on tour in two months, talked fitness, forehands and gave plenty of tennis tips from her 26 years of experience on the court. The event was hosted by Ralph Lauren and Mercedes Benz, based on RL's homepage for viewers to log in and watch live while Venus answered questions relayed by Croft. (Watch a full replay of the clinic here or click on the image after the jump.)
"It's good for me to remember the basics when I'm about to play a big tournament," Venus said, referring to the Open. Venus partnered with Ralph Lauren in the design of the dress she wore, a white number emblazoned with the logo of Eleven, Venus's clothing line.
Guests were greeted with sweet mint tea, pistachio ice cream sandwiches and caramelized popcorn on the upper deck at Randall's Island, which hosts the New York Sportimes during the World Team Tennis seasons. Male models clad in red Ralph Lauren polos dished out the goods as Venus strode through the crowd on her way to hair and make up (this was a live, online clinic, after all).
The clinic was a part of a myriad of events happening in New York this week, which all lead up to the big show at Flushing Meadows starting on Monday.


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Princess and the Frog Panel at Nucleus
This saturday I will be talking about my visual development work in Princess and the Frog, including Tiana's Fantasy sequence and the End title credits, along with other amazing artists.
Here is the info:
The Art of The Princess & The Frog Artists' Panel/Book Signing at Nulceus Gallery
Disney Artist in attendance:
John Musker (Director)
Ian Gooding (Art Director)
Lorelay Bove (Visual Development)
Randy Haycock (Supervising Animator)
Josie Trinidad (Story Artist)
They will be at Nucleus Gallery for aa panel discussion, presentation, Q and A as well as a book signing.
Entrance Fee: $5 (seats are limited, first-come, first-serve, plenty of standing room allowed)
Start time: 1:00 p.m.
Panel and presentation: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Each artist will speak, the session will end with a live animation demo.
Q & A: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Book signing: 4:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m., OPEN TO ALL


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Boaters Should Pay Their Fair Share
Fishing and boating on Chesapeake Bay are among Maryland's great attractions. But you've got to pay to play.
The list of what needs doing is long and constant:
Yellow perch and pickerel are still the headliners for late February and going into March. The majority of neds are still small males, though short runs of larger males and gravid females are becoming a bit more frequent.
In Season
Cottontail rabbit: thru Feb. 29
Developing and maintaining public boating facilities … dredging and marking navigation channels … installing marine sewage pump-out stations … funding boating-related shoreline erosion-control projects … acquiring fire and rescue vessels … removing abandoned boats and debris from state waters … regulating the use of waterways by boaters … and supporting the operations of the Natural Resources Police on Maryland's 64,000 square miles of Chesapeake Bay.
Maintaining our waterways costs money that, nowadays, isn't there. The Waterway Improvement Fund, created some 50 years ago by legislation imposing a five percent excise tax on all boat purchases, provides the lion's share of Maryland Department of Natural Resources' budget for jobs like that. Money also comes from boater registration fees. In past years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has managed much of the dredging.
But the boat excise tax income accumulating in the Waterway Improvement Fund has plummeted from close to $30 million per year to about $15 million. Federal budget constrictions mean the Corps of Engineers now charges states for work they used to do free.
What it all comes down to is that DNR's Boating Services are more than $25 million short. If we want what we're used to — and anglers, commercial fishermen, environmentalists and water communities all agree that we do — we're going to have to find the money somewhere.
A big part of that proposed somewhere is a whopping planned increase in boat-registration fees. Currently, non-powered boats (including canoes, kayaks and sailboats) are free, as are craft of 16 feet or under powered by an engine of no more than 71⁄2 horsepower. All other powered boats are $24 bi-annually.
The proposed increase starts at $50 every two years for all powered boats under 16 feet. For boats 16 to 32 feet, the biannual fee rises to $125, and for boats 32 to 45 feet to $250. Boats 45 to 65 feet pay $500, and larger vessels $700. These fees would be reached in two phases, half the increase by 2014 and the full fee in 2016. Owners of small, non-motorized boats are asked to pay a $12 voluntary registration fee.
Boat registration fees have not increased in decades. We are long overdue, and I am all for having those who benefit from a government service paying their fair share.
Tweaking Needed
That said, I see some apparent inequities.
Under the new plan a 10-foot dingy or a 15-foot two-person canoe, powered occasionally by the addition of an electric trolling motor, would be subject to a biannual registration fee of $50, the same fee as a 15-foot ski boat with a 150 horsepower motor or as a high-powered jet ski. I'm not sure this is fair, or what DNR intended.
In that same sense, is it wise to lump into a single category all powered (and sail) boats 16 to 32 feet? This range covers the overwhelming majority of all recreational boats on the Bay. The increased financial burden is significant, more than five times the current registration fee. Yet it falls the same on small, simple vessels valued at a few hundred dollars as on those priced in the hundreds of thousands. That hardly seems an equitable way to distribute the cost of maintaining a complex marine infrastructure.
Fees on commercial vessels, I suggest, also need rethinking. Commercial vessels ply the water daily and put greater demand on all services, including in many cases ice breaking and dredging to keep their marinas accessible. Yet they are included at the same rate as recreational boats that individually put far less demand on DNR's resources.
Finally, what's the plan for windfall fee income if the economy ever rebounds? Will cash-hungry managers and politicos have access to it for their non-boat-related pet projects?
The Department of Natural Resources deserves our support, financially and otherwise, in maintaining our waterways and helping Maryland citizens enjoy the richness of the Chesapeake. An increase in boating registration fees is long overdue and perhaps even necessary in the amount proposed. But the current plan definitely needs tweaking to make it fair for everyone.
Angler's Alert
Don't miss the Tie Fest fly-tying exposition this Saturday, February 25, at Kent Island Yacht Club in Chester. It starts at 10am and is free.
Still More Oyster Poaching
For the third time in as many weeks, Natural Resources Police have apprehended poachers. This time officers came by helicopter to surprise three commercial boats poaching oysters on the Tangier Sound Sanctuary. One of the five men apprehended, David T. Wheatley Sr., 47, from Wenona, had been arrested January 20 for the same offense. Officers seized Wheatley's oyster dredge from his boat for forfeiture.


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A bed in a museum
A Warhol in the foyer, a Hockney in the restaurant, a Richter in the corridor – art once served merely as decoration in hotels, then later, as evidence of luxury and taste. Today it has become a business.
Check in at The Dolder Grand hotel high on Zürichberg hill and you will find yourself first taking a couple of steps backwards. That's because above the reception desk, there's a painting 11 meters wide that can only be fully appreciated from a distance; only then does the explosion of color come into its own – the blue, the green, the red and the purple – with its overlaid silkscreen prints of cow's heads, Mao, and at the far-right edge of the picture, the image of the creator himself: Andy Warhol. Eighty million Swiss francs, at the time roughly 61 million euros, is what the "Big Retrospective Painting" created in 1979 is said to have been worth when it arrived at the Swiss five-star palace five years ago.
And it's not the only eye-catcher at The Dolder Grand. With more than 100 paintings and sculptures on display, the venerable establishment with the new Norman Foster wing can also be regarded as a small museum. Gerhard Richter, Salvador Dalí, Keith Haring … the crowd-pulling names of the art market adorn the restaurant, the garden and the spa here. The value of the collection must be somewhere in the region of the three-digit millions. Asked to name a figure, General Manager Marc Jacob, who is also responsible for the art, responds with the most famous of all Swiss virtues: discretion.
"As a hotel guest, you don't necessarily expect to see artworks," says Jacob. He speaks of the element of surprise, the special ambience art creates, of how art is an important part of the hotel's identity. These days, unique works by the likes of Jeff Koons and Pablo Picasso are enhancing the image of five-star hotels all around the world. With them, hotels aim to set themselves apart from other hotels and hotel chains that feature the same interior design and layout everywhere from Tel Aviv to Tokyo and Toronto. As the trend toward custom-made vacations continues, so the hotel industry is also going for the individual touch. The special experience begins when a traveler enters the hotel and encounters elaborate art right there in the lobby. Take the Wynn Las Vegas, for instance, with its nearly two-meter-tall steel Popeye by Jeff Koons that's worth 28 million US dollars – just under 25 million euros.
However, exhibiting artworks in the lobby is just one of many ways to acquaint guests with first-rate art. Many establishments go one step further and cooperate with artists, and employ their own curators and advisors. There are hotels with artist-in-residence programs, hotels offering public tours of their own collections, museums with adjoining hotels and vice-versa, and hotels that own works created especially for them.
Star painter and movie director Julian Schnabel, for example, curated for the Gramercy Park in New York the selection of pictures from founder Ian Schrager's collection: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst and – once again – Warhol. At The Beaumont in London, Turner Prize winner Sir Antony Gormley was commissioned to create an entire suite as an artwork. For the pleasure of sleeping in the Zen serenity of a giant, oak-clad, cuboid figure, guests allegedly part with 2500 pounds a night (around 2900 euros). So art not only serves to distinguish a hotel from its competition, but in the travel industry is now also part of a lucrative business model that makes even collectors sit up and take notice. Because artists who are seen will also continue to be talked about – and that means they are interesting for the market.
Hotels cooperate with artists and employ their own curators, advisors and gallerists
The French billionaire Jean Pigozzi gave his private resort, Isla Simca, off the coast of Panama a sophisticated touch with works by Hirst and African painters, such as George Lilanga. The Hong Kong property mogul George Wong presented his Hotel Éclat in Beijing with a Dalí collection. In Zurich, it was financial investor Urs Schwarzenbach who placed part of his collection in the Dolder Grand, which in turn is one of the assets in his real estate portfolio. Pop art and Surrealism, here they shimmer many-colored and resplendent in elegant surroundings.
Ask Dowling about the colors of the past, and she cites gray and peach. They were the shades hoteliers wanted to see in their rooms 30 years ago – preferably on poster prints. Dowling, who hails from the United States, could be described as the gray eminence of art consulting. She worked at a gallery in New York before moving to London in the early 1980s, then specialized in kitting out hotels with art, and ultimately founded her own agency, Artefact. In the early days, her work consisted of hunting down bargains. The budgets for art – or what hoteliers considered to be art – were then in the three-figure bracket, for which Dowling could at best trawl the flea markets. Today, she's an art agent administering six-figure budgets for projects all over the globe. Dowling has also procured artworks for The Beaumont hotel in London's sophisticated Mayfair district. First she met with the interior designer and discussed the hotel's 1920s theme. Then she purchased original paintings at auctions and commissioned artists to work in the style of that period. Now she has painters, sculptors and designers sending her their portfolios in hopes of snagging a contract. "Artists write to me every week," says Dowling. Her example, too, shows how the cultural elite can benefit from the luxury industry.
But why have budgets skyrocketed so, how did art suddenly become a selling point? "The clientele has changed," says Dowling. Art no long exists only on the edge of society; today, it's mainstream. People stand in line for hours to see exhibitions. Art fairs like the Frieze in London and Art Basel with its offshoots in Hong Kong and Miami Beach have become must-attend events in the social calendar, complete with pop, party and paparazzi. This is something the clientele of a luxury hotel also considers. Guests put up there to be seen as "savvy," says Dowling, as smart and sophisticated. Some may well already own some art and have an invitation to the next Art Basel in their pocket.
Minda Dowling used to scour flea markets, today the art agent has six-figure budgets at her disposal
Over the past ten years, the art market has exploded. A Gerhard Richter, an Anselm Kiefer, a Georg Baselitz – all are now deemed a worthwhile investment, and more and more people are willing to make it. While the oil price is falling and share prices have gone haywire, the value of some contemporary artists is rising astronomically. Companies in the hotel industry also need to take that into account. In addition to all this, a general redistribution of wealth is in progress. Never have there been so many billionaires in the world, never did so many of them come from Arabia or Asia. They have not amassed centuries'-old family collections, but they are very interested in obtaining the insignia of the ancient moneyed aristocracy. For clients such as these, the Le Royal Monceau in Paris provides a special service: its own, in-house gallery. On Tuesdays and Saturdays, gallerist and art concierge Julie Eugène offers contemporary artworks for sale. The 32-year-old says works priced at up to 500 000 euros already hang on the hotel's walls. She is discretion itself when it comes to commission, but it is safe to assume that art is a lucrative sideline for the hotel.
In addition to selling artworks, Eugène informs the hotel's guests about exhibitions showing at museums and galleries in town, and if they wish, she will also accompany visitors. She sends out a newsletter, writes a blog and brings young artists to light. The concept is so popular with the hotel's guests that the Raffles Group, which owns the Royal Monceau, is now about to hire a second art concierge to work at a new hotel in Istanbul.
"I was very surprised to receive the job offer," Eugène admits, "I had never occurred to me before that a hotel could need my services." Nevertheless, she did not hesitate to accept. Hervé Mikaeloff, the renowned curator in charge of the art activities of the LVMH Group (Louis Vuitton, Dior, Fendi), was responsible for the selection at the Royal Monceau. With him, the young gallerist built up the hotel's collection, which gives pride of place to contemporary photography.
Gallerists, artists, collectors, hoteliers, and last but not least guests – all benefit from the boom. The hotel has become a microcosm of the art market, and that also includes some day selling a picture or a sculpture. An investment can only yield a profit if the owner can let it go. In Chicago, the Pritzker family (number seven on the Forbes list of the wealthiest families in the USA), which owns the Hyatt hotels, parted company in 2013 with the enormous painting "Cathedral Square, Milan" by the German artist Gerhard Richter. For years, it had graced the lobby of the Park Hyatt Chicago, until it changed hands at a Sotheby's Auction for a cool 29 million euros. Now a work by Sigmar Polke welcomes guests to the hotel in Chicago. The gleaming Popeye statue by Jeff Koons is also destined to take to the road. But instead of going to a new owner, the muscleman will simply be moving to Everett near Boston in 2019, where the next hotel in the Wynn empire is currently under construction.
This story first appeared in Lufthansa Exclusive, the frequent traveller magazine. For more information about Lufthansa Miles & More offers, please click here.


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The 40th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the 20th Meeting of the Committee for the Environmental Protection (CEP) will be held in Beijing from May 22 to June 1. Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of the State Council will attend and address the opening ceremony on May 23.
Q: Special Envoy Lee Hae-chan of the ROK President who arrived in Beijing today said he will work for a meeting between the Chinese and the ROK leaders during the G20 summit in July, and an official leaders' meeting when China and the ROK celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties. What is your comment?
A: The fact that President Moon Jae-in tasked his Special Envoy Lee Hae-chan to visit China for talks soon after he took office shows the important the new ROK government attaches to its relationship with China. China also values its relationship with the ROK. We would like to work with the ROK to improve and develop bilateral ties at a new starting point. We hope that the Special Envoy's visit would play a positive role in enhancing political mutual trust, properly dealing with disputes, and driving the improvement and development of the China-ROK relationship. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with his delegation. The two sides will exchange views on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest.
Q: Could you give us more details regarding the upcoming 40th ATCM? What has been planned for this meeting by China as the host? What does China expect to achieve?
A: The ATCM is an annual decision-making mechanism established under the Antarctic Treaty. It is an important intergovernmental multilateral conference on Antarctic international governance. China acceded to the Antarctic Treaty in 1983 and became a Consultative Party in 1985. This will be the first time for an ATCM to be held in China. So far, nearly 400 representatives from 42 countries and 10 international organization have registered for participation. Major topics will include the operation of the Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctic expeditions, Antarctic tourism, climate change implications, and Antarctic special protection and management areas.
Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli will attend and address the opening ceremony. State Councilor Yang Jiechi will hold a welcome banquet for all the attendees and give a speech. As the host, China will do its best to ensure that this meeting will be a high-level one following international and professional standards while presenting Chinese characteristics. We would engage all parties in active discussions for positive progress in the Antarctic scientific research, regional management and protection, and tourism. As usual, China will issue a Host Country Communique to sum up the whole meeting and major achievements.
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:36 am
Post subject: SALSA & COCKTAIL
HOLA!! from México,
Recipes for salsa, here, change from kitchen to kitchen. I like mine with green onion, cilantro, tomato and jalapeno. Everything diced. I don´t take out seeds and don´t use lime. I add salt and a little cooking oil, it makes all the ingredients "sweat" all their juices and mix, and the oil helps preserve it for a couple of days in the fridge. As for the cocktail, we use this same salsa and mix it with the cooked shrimp, oysters or clams, (in their cooking water), add ketchup and lime. We use saltines with it.
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:41 am
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This was good! After trying to make my own salsa a while ago in my slow cooker, I figured I should try something raw. The slow cooked salsa was runny and had too much of a tomato flavour. So I gave this a shot today with the massive amounts of roma tomatoes I just bought. The chopping wasn't so bad!
I used 6 roma tomatoes because I don't have a kitchen weight scale and I just guessed how much would make up a pound and a half. I put them in the colander while I chopped everything else. I used a white onion as other people have commented on and because I didn't have any red onions at home. I used all of the jalepeno seeds by scraping them off of the scooped out white membrane because my boyfriend and I like spicy salsa. Unfortunately, I didn't find it spicy enough. I will add too more peppers next time.
It was my first time ever using cilantro. When I chopped it, the smell was VERY strong. I was kind of scared but put the whole 1/4 cup in. Next time, I will use only 2 tablespoons because it was a new herb to me and so overwhelming. I also used lemon juice instead of lime juice.
My boyfriend suggested using 5 tomatoes and half of a sweet red pepper to give it some extra taste. Maybe this would be good as well? Also, I let the salsa sit in the fridge for a few hours after mixing it, and there was LOTS of liquid at the bottom of it. I didn't know if this was normal or not... but I mixed the salsa well and then drained most of the extra liquid off.
Thanks for this great recipe! I really enjoyed eating salsa that I knew was in it rather than overly salty and sloppy jarred stuff!
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:57 am
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very good recipe
thanks to share
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italian food
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:59 am
Post subject: good
All about
easy chili recipe
and much more italian dishes
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Pat V
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:37 am
Post subject: Salsa Cruda
I do a lot of Mexican cooking and I always get requests for my salsa cruda recipe. I use about 6 very ripe roma tomatoes, ½ white onion or 3 green onions-white and green parts-finely chopped, Jalapeno or Serrano chiles (start with one and add more if you want a hotter salsa) about ¼ cup washed and chopped cilantro (remove large stems) salt and dash of freshly ground pepper. I never use garlic in salsa cruda. I never drain the salsathat would make it tasteless! Let it sit for a while (to sweat) and mix. Taste for heat and add more chiles if you like. Serve in a bowl with a wooden or plastic spoon (metal is a no-no) If you like it chunky, drain the juices on the inside of the bowl with the spoon.
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:22 pm
Post subject: salsa cruda
Some of these sound way to complicated for a name of cruda (crudus) which does mean raw but also simple. I like to keep things as simple and as cheap as realistically possible. I buy the cheapest of all ingredients so that this is a reasonable thing to make often.
I use 6 to 8 medium tomatoes (adjusted +2 to 4 for roma when they are cheapest), one white, yellow or red onion (cheapest), one bunch of cilantro, a lemon from my tree, about 1/2 tsp garlic if I have it and salt to taste. I also think it takes more salt then what I originally thought it would need. I use one whole jalapeno pepper seeds and all (except the stem). For the quantity, it really isn't that much pepper, and I don't have a high threshold for the heat. No draining, no peeling. I just throw each ingredient into the food processor one at a time. I can make it as chunky or pulpy as I desire.
If any remains after a few days, I will cook the remainder to keep it safe and thicken it up. It is close to my favorites at SuperMex or Burnt Tortilla in the LA area.
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H2O eng
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:55 am
Post subject: Salsa Cruda
After reading a dozen great recipes I thought I would post here. We have a Pacific Ranch Market in Orange, California that sells fresh homemade salsa every day. It's to die for. So I tried to duplicate it and found that 6 roma tomatoes, one chopped medium yellow onion, 2 (or 3) serrano chilis, one bunch cilantro, one big (juicy) lime, and one tsp salt did the trick. I tried garlic once and learned my lesson.
To save time I "dice" my tomatoes in my Vita-Mix, just enough for chunky style. Since I love the blended juices I never drain it, nor did Pacific Ranch Market.
Great website for browsing new ideas. It's definitely a "cut above" the rest.
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Ephraim F. Moya
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:51 am
Post subject: Salsa
You might be interested in my recipe for salsa. Here it is:
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:30 am
Post subject: Salsa rest time
Park the salsa in the fridge for half an hour or so. That allows the flavors to mix and mingle and all that.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:36 pm
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Good article.
People! Don't you ever cook like this!!!
Verry Funny!
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:14 pm
Post subject: SalsaCruda
I make a very similar Salsa.Cruda regularly. I like to top thin sliced grilled tritip with it whenever I can. I love the 'fruity' pepper flavor quite a bit, so my only variations are that I generally use white or yellow onions and, in addition to the single jalapeno, I add about 2-3 anaheim chilis
2-3 poblano chilis. Usually roast about half of those right on the coals, leave the rest raw. As you stated, removing the seeds and membranes. Oh, and as others have commented, be sure to slice tomatoes across the equator and squeeze out the seeds!
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:44 pm
Post subject: Without chile
An option for us who can't stand hot food (I'm Mexican and can't each chile, go figure), it can also be made without the chile. Here in Mexico we usually make the one with yellow onions and lime and without the garlic. Try it on "molletes" that can be done on baguettes cut in half with black beans and manchego cheese on top.
Personal favorite.
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:08 am
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it almost reads like a batch mix for C40 concrete
Looks like a 9 inch slump to me...
Seriously though, this recipe is great! I'm a fan of spicy salsa, so I toss all the seeds in. Also, mixing in a bit of corn, while not exactly traditional, makes for an interesting twist.
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:38 am
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I like a touch of olive oil, otherwise I prepare salsa very similarly.
I also use pomidorino tomatoes when possible.
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Mario Lopez
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:42 pm
Post subject: pepper
Try a serrano pepper instead of the jalepeño, I find it to have a better flavor. I go to a mexican restuarant where they add diced cabbage and I believe vinegar instead of lime.
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DETROIT – Michigan Lottery officials say the winner of last week's $337 million Powerball drawing has come forward.
The winner's name, or where they are from, won't be released until the prize is claimed. The winner has a year to claim it.
Lottery officials have said the winner could take home a $241 million lump sum.
The winning numbers drawn Aug. 15 were 6, 27, 46, 51, 56 and Powerball 21.
The ticket was sold in Lapeer at a Sunoco gas station.
It was the third-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history and the second Powerball jackpot ticket won in Michigan. The first winning ticket, worth $128.6 million, was claimed by Team Victory of southeast Michigan on November 12, 2010.
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Nashville --- Former TSU golf coach Catana Starks' story will be featured in the movie 'From The Rough' starring Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson.
The film is inspired by the life of Dr. Catana Starks, who became the first African-American woman to coach an all-men's team at the collegiate level. Through grit and determination, she overcame incredible odds and deep-seated prejudice to guide a group of golfers to a championship season.
According to BVonMovies.com , Henson will play a fictionalized version of Starks named Cassandra Turner, who parlays a successful stint as coach of the women's swim team at a historically black college into a shot at building the men's golf team. With available black players scarce, Turner scours Europe, Australia and Asia for hidden talents and constructs a uniquely multi-racial team.
According to Starks, the production of this film has been in the making for years.
"I was really pleased and I thought it was a great idea," commented Dr. Catana Starks. "I am a shy person, I don't even like taking pictures but I think it's good to have a female being honored in this way."
When Tennessee State University joined the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference in 1986, then-Athletic Director Bill Thomas traded the University's swimming program for a men's golf team and called on the leadership of Dr. Catana Starks to guide the program. Starks then made history, becoming the only African-American female to have coached a men's golf team in the country.
Starks coached a diverse group of players throughout her career, including Canadian Sean Foley, who is currently Tigers Woods' swing coach.
Foley believes Starks had a big impact on his life, as stated in an ESPN article.
"Coach Starks has a Ph.D.," Foley said. "She's well educated... I used to sit in the front of the bus with coach. We would ride for hours and hours. She always saw something in me. She always knew I was going to do special things in some form. She didn't know what I was going to be.
"As I get little older, I look back on Coach. She was so impressive. I should have spent more time trying to figure out how she did it all. To see what Coach accomplished and became a professor at the university and all that stuff is really something."
Starks, who retired three years ago as the head of TSU's Human Performance and Sports Sciences department, guided the team to a Division I record win for the National Minority Championship. Under her guidance, the team also produced the first African American men's head coach for Michigan State University (Sam Puryear) and an All-American who is a member of the European Tour (Robert Dinwiddie).
"Hopefully this will draw more African-American females into coaching on the collegiate level and coaching the opposite sex," Starks continued. "Men have been doing it for many years and I think there are a lot of great women out there who probably could do a much better job than I have done. I hope this film inspires other women to try their hand at coaching."
The movie From the Rough will be in theaters on April 25.
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Abstract: The business case for advancing more women into leadership is clear for companies globally. Whilst this is an issue of equality, it's also about accessing markets, productivity and economic opportunity. ANZ has made good progress: three women sit on our Management Board; 38% of all management roles and 24% of our most senior executive positions are held by women; and females lead key global businesses and countries in our super regional growth strategy. However, further gains are now hard won and largely incremental. Looking at the results of EOWA's 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership, it seems we are not alone. Given the high proportion of Australian women with a tertiary education - and indeed placed within junior and middle management ranks - the Census results demonstrate the pace of progression is far too slow. Extensive local and international research tells us there is no 'silver bullet'. In fact, I believe as CEOs and business leaders our approach must now focus on gender balancing our businesses with a fine tooth comb. We need to go beyond high level targets, discrete programs and initiatives and engage women and men in this major opportunity. For example, at ANZ we are working to ensure women have access to a breadth of critical experiences and development opportunities throughout their careers to position them well for senior executive roles into the future. We have set targets for at least 40% female representation amongst participants in our key recruitment, talent and development programs, in addition to our medium term goal to achieve at least 40% representation of women in management overall. More broadly, senior women consistently cite an inclusive and supportive line manager as a defining factor in their progression. It follows that if we want more women in our senior ranks, constructive, inclusive and supportive leaders should become the norm in Australian business rather than the exception. Flexible work options assist in helping people balance their caring responsibilities and other commitments. But there's more we can do to role model and promote flexibility, especially as such practices also build a more agile, productive and capable workforce. I recommend this report to all business leaders and urge all executives and directors to accept accountability for ensuring the next Census delivers better results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8597
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Alonzo Gee scored 19 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Orlando Magic 91-85 on Sunday night.
Tristan Thompson had 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who have won two in a row for the first time since Feb. 26-27.
Cleveland, which broke a season-high, 10-game losing streak Friday in Boston, trailed by seven points late in the third quarter, but took the lead for good early in the fourth and made clutch plays down the stretch.
Tobias Harris scored 26 points, while Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 21 rebounds for Orlando, which has lost five in a row and 13 of 14. The Magic have dropped 11 straight away from home - the second-longest road losing streak in franchise history.
Thompson, who recorded career highs with 29 points and 17 rebounds Friday, hit two free throws and a hook shot in the late in the final three minutes to help Cleveland maintain its lead.
Cavaliers guard C.J. Miles left the game in the second quarter after being hit in the forehead with an elbow from Vucevic while the two were going for a rebound. Miles was down on one knee for a couple of minutes and walked to the locker room with a towel to his face. He received six stitches and didn't return.
Orlando was winless on a five-game, eight-day road trip. The Magic haven't won away from home since March 4.
Kyrie Irving, the Cavaliers' All-Star point guard, scored nine points, on 3-of-15 shooting. Irving, who had 10 assists, is 12 for 51 from the field in three games since returning from a shoulder injury.
Wayne Ellington's jumper gave the Cavaliers the lead for good, 72-70, with 7:57 remaining in the game.
The Magic had 10 players in uniform. Point guard Jameer Nelson (sprained ankle) missed his fifth straight game. Swingman Maurice Harkless started at shooting guard despite sustaining a knee injury in the first quarter Friday against Chicago. Harkless scored seven points in 39 minutes.
Shaun Livingston added 12 points for Cleveland.
NOTES: Two busloads of fans from St. Bonaventure - the alma mater of rookie forward Andrew Nicholson - made the three-hour trip to attend the game. Nicholson scored eight points and had four rebounds. ... Cavaliers F Luke Walton (sprained ankle) didn't dress. He was injured Friday against Boston. ... G Daniel Gibson (elbow) missed his second straight game.


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Here's the second batch of behind the scenes photos from the 1970s portion of our holiday catalog shoot in Morocco… from a scorching desert landscape to a serene oasis.
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((Hello all! I'm restarting Mya's collections thread that was on the original sanctum. As before, as a catch all story thread all ratings are possible. Most stories probably won't be worse then PG-13, and I'll have warnings on specific stories if I think they need them!))
Drums of War
Her fingers tapped softly against her arm, the ghostly echo of her fingers impacting against the plate over her arm playing a continuous rhythm.
The Commander sent with them from the Battlemasters prattles on behind her, she does not turn nor give any thought to his words. Battlerage coils and spreads through her, already disregarding the mans' words as useless, mutterings of a coward as he says they've already lost. His reasons immaterial, she's already written off those listening to him as nothing more then fodder. All the while, the tapping continues, never ceasing.
The man gives up his attempts at convincing those not listening and sounds a charge. She darts forwards weaving through those milling around the base and in a smooth motion jumps into the saddle of the warcat that is her mount into battle. He roars and takes off in a run. Even though she doesn't tap out the rhythm anymore, it is echoed in the pounding footfalls of the cat.
A bellowing roar precedes the swing of a mace held by an orc. She rolls from the back of the cat and pulls her sword from its scabbard, the continuous rhythm playing through the traded blows between the two.
The bellows of the orc cut short as she thrusts the sword though bare skin unprotected but for tribal tattoos on the orc's chest. The orc falls dead, even then continuing the rhythm in the thumps his body makes in the ground.
She can hear it clearer now, ethereal and eternal, playing in the shrieks of swords and maces. The cries of the dead and dying. So many sounds, so many songs, all underscored by the rhythm blending them together, the single undying beat. So undeniably present that even one such as her. Someone who has fought for peace, bled for it, seen people die for it can't deny the thought that flickers though her head and is echo'd through the fighting.
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It amazes me sometimes that there are still serious, even distinguished historians around today who believe it necessary to downplay the active role the slaves played in their own liberation. They tend to set up the straw man of "self-emancipation" as if most proponents of slaves being significant actors in the Civil War seriously believe the slaves freed themselves without help from anyone else, such as Abraham Lincoln, Congress, and the Union Army. They needed help, definitely, a lot. But the slaves were not passive players in emancipation. They could bring their own sort of power to bear, sometimes subtle, sometimes not.
A good example can be seen in the July 24, 1862 edition of the Richmond Daily Dispatch. A short article in that day's paper read:
It is said that there were 11,000 slaves in Fauquier county. Va., before the rebellion, about 5,000 of whom have left their masters and sought employment elsewhere.–Many of them remain in the county, but demand payment for their labor, and generally obtain it, the planters being compelled to accede to their demands or allow their crops to remain unharvested.
Reports like these would become ever more common over the course of the war, especially when Union forces occupied or even merely approached various parts of the Confederate South. In other words, what the Richmond paper reported occurring in Fauquier County in July 1862 is merely an early example. Fauquier County, Virginia, is southeast of Washington, D.C. (and immediately southeast of Manassas), with its county seat at Warrenton and today is an outlying part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It began seeing large numbers of Union forces in 1862, which disrupted the enforcement mechanisms of slavery there, leading to its slaves either fleeing to more consistently controlled Union territory or forcing their owners to renegotiate the terms of their service to include payment.
Some historians would say about Fauquier County that it was the Union Army that had the power here, not the slaves, and they would have a point. Certainly, the slaves were unable to exercise much power beforehand, with their owner's power being backed up by governmental power exercised by the courts, slave patrols, and state militia (if necessary). But even under slavery they had some power. Historians call it "slave resistance." (For a refresher on how slaves resisted slavery, please <click here>.) The arrival of the Union Army merely increased slaves' ability to resist slavery, as slaves running away (a form of resistance) and owner/slave negotiation (to avoid resistance) often had been aspects of American slavery.
White southerners certainly recognized the power of the slaves implicitly if not explicitly. This is why Confederate authorities would get complaints when they pulled local militia from their home region for service at the front against Union forces. It was an important reason for the Confederate law exempting slave owners with twenty or more slaves from military service. The power of the slaves had to continue to be suppressed. Slaveholders recognized this power and feared it. They believed if unleashed it would result in a race war like in Haiti or Nat Turner's Rebellion. How interesting though that when the day came that the slaves did not seek brutal revenge but exercised their now greater power in the ways they always had–running away or negotiating with their owners. But they certainly were not without power and when it increased with the arrival of the Union Army or the prospect of its arrival, they used it to help end slavery. Not "self-emancipation" perhaps, but people definitely using the power they had to take part actively in their own liberation.
Source: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2006.05.0527%3Aarticle%3D14


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OCALD Minutes
Minutes of the October 29, 2009 meeting
1-3 p.m.
OSU-Tulsa Library, Teleconference Room
Attending in Tulsa: Evelyn Schmitt, Susan Jeffries, Tamie Willis, Victoria Sweeney, Jon Sparks, Marty Thompson, Stewart Brower, Alan Lawless, Anne Prestamo, Adrianna Lancaster, Don Gilstrap, Tom Messner, Beth Freeman. Adrian Alexander.
Attending Via ITV: Sharon Saulmon, Sheila Johnson, Barbara King, Jolene Armstrong.
Executive Committee Report
Database Selection and November Meeting - The executive committee plans to have the November 19th meeting, pending a decision from ODL about the final selection for the statewide databases. Marty asked that we schedule a meeting once the database selection is announced, even if we can't meet on November 19th. Don suggested that we operate under the assumption that the decision will be made in time. Don asked if the membership would email him if they would be willing to meet in December and if they would be comfortable with a late-minute cancellation.
OK-Share Criteria – At the last meeting Beth presented questions regarding the OK-Share policy. The executive committee reviewed the policy, and in conjunction with feedback from members, the executive committee recommends that we leave the language the same to allow for the greatest flexibility. The group can revisit the criteria if libraries experience problems. Don called for discussion – none.
Expanded Instructional Support Committee – The executive committee recommends that we keep the current OCALD website on the Regent's website and add an additional resources link to the site that Jon has been working on. Don called for discussion – Tamie moved that we move forward; Beth seconded. All voted aye. No opposed.
Database Survey – Don asked that everyone respond to Anne's database list request. Anne will send out a reminder to the list. Anne thanked everyone who has responded in good order. Anne has not tabulated any data yet since so many are still missing. Anne hopes to report data at the November meeting. Don reminded everyone that this is the kind of activity that has made OCALD successful.
New Business
Expanded Instructional Support
AT&T Grant – Developing Integrated Information Skills (Susan Jeffries)
Seven universities collaborated in a planning grant, funded by AT&T. The group administered the SAILS test, which is based on the ACRL standards, to incoming freshman during Fall 2008. The participants tested 1028 students at $3 per test. Each campus administered the test differently (can be online/paper; proctored/unproctored; with incentives/without incentives). The results were disseminated in January. The results were astounding in how consistently poorly our students scored across the seven institutions. The worst five areas: selecting finding tools, searching, ethics, using finding tool features, retrieving sources. The second aspect of the grant was to develop a framework for web-based instruction. One problem with existing sites that provide online instruction is that tutorials go out of date and the links to outside instruction are also out of date. Through the grant, the participants created a template to include a style manual and instructional guidelines and created a policy manual governing approval and revisions via a review committee. Now the group is looking for space to store the tutorials so that they can be easily shared. It is the group's hope that others will want to participate in the sharing of tutorials. In phase II – the plan calls for hiring someone to create a body of tutorials, provide training to instruction librarians and create a repository system.
Discussion of Expanded Instructional Support Activities at Each OCALD Site –
Susan Jeffries – in a Social Research class, the librarians have been added to the Blackboard shell and participate in discussions. This has been successful with both faculty and students.
Jon Sparks – Librarians get involved in teaching freshman orientation and offer faculty workshops. They get involved on campus to generate interest and make the library more central. The library also implemented Text-A-Librarian which has been popular and the librarians are using LibGuides.
Stewart Brower – He gave a presentation to department chairs on open access, which resulted in several invitations to faculty meetings and preliminary conversations about creating a group on scholarly communication.
Marty Thompson – The library has PowerPoint presentations on plagiarism and copyright available on website, which was suggested by legal counsel.
Tamie Willis – The library is using LibGuides, which have made a huge impact. Now the librarians are creating VidGuides (90 seconds long) and are housing the videos on YouTube for ease of use with LibGuides.
Anne Prestamo – OSU is offering an online 1-credit hour course. The librarians see all freshman orientation classes and every Comp II student. She said the challenge is getting them at point of need. A staff member has written code to put a "my library" link in every Desire2Learn course which is connected to a customized list of resources specific to that specific course (has a find articles section, link to course reserves, see name/contact info for liaison librarian, and see list of ways to get assistance, and a quick search box (federated search).
Barbara King – OCCC has a new electronic services librarian who is working on some of these same initiatives (use Angel for course management system and creating tutorials with Camtasia and store tutorials on YouTube).
Statewide Guidelines on Information Literacy for Distance Learning (Susan Jeffries)
and Web Site Development and Resources (Jon Sparks) –
Committee is working on the state guidelines for information literacy for distance learning and will have more to report in the future. Jon has a handout re. the website (and will send to the listserv). He has been working with OneNet to create a web 2.0 site that would allow all the academic librarians around the state to communicate. It will be linked to the OCALD site (library.osrhe.edu). All who want to join the wiki website that has been developed at http://library.osrhe.edu/ should send email@example.com the names and email addresses of librarians from your institution who are interested. Marty suggested we have a list that each institution would list their library faculty and areas of responsibility.
Marty moved to adjourn; Evlyn seconded. Meeting adjourned at 3:07 p.m.


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I like them, along with the newlyweds, this two are my fav so far!
Soooo frustrated! They deserved that first place finish!
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Choreography by: Benjamin Millepied
Music by: Nico Muhly
With geometric black and white costumes by Rodarte, Two Hearts is a constantly shifting profusion of steps and shapes that ends with a soulful pas de deux to a bittersweet ballad.
Marking the fourth collaboration between Benjamin Millepied and composer Nico Muhly, the score for Two Hearts, commissioned by New York City Ballet, draws inspiration from the Northern European folk song "Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor". Comprised of a principal duo and 12 corps de ballet members the ballet also features costumes designed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte.


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One of the most extensive bike share programs in the country, Citi Bike, rolled out 6,000 bikes at 300 stations across the city this week, but will the highly anticipated calamity ensue?
As comptroller and mayoral candidate John Liu says, the city isn't ready, and it is possible that patrons may have a tough time on many of the city's unprepared streets. However it is also possible the positives to the new program may have a chance to outweigh the evident negatives in the long term.
As public transit options like subways, buses and taxis become a pricy commodity, a gas and emission-free transit option is something this city needs.
Yes, there are a number of negative aspects to adding 6,000 bikes to Broadway, such as the possibility of theft, the inevitable loss of much-needed parking spaces, and the more looming threat of risking the safety of our tourists and daily commuters.
And at a first glance, the program still needs improvements. First and foremost the program needs a partnering "helmet share" plan next to these bicycle vending machines, as bikers are going to have a tough time staying safe.
But while there may be challenges to overcome, there is a need for an eco-friendly approach.
As long as the city plans to take advantage of the reimbursement from the 45-minute ride revenues from the $95 annual, $25 weekly and $9.95 daily plans, there is a chance to assist with road maintenance and investing in a comprehensive infrastructure plan to better suit the cycling influx.
(And if all goes well, the new program will help tackle another of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's pet projects: reigning in the obesity rate.)
So now that New Yorkers can emerge from the dark pits of their underground subway commute, they should embrace the exercise and the reduction in greenhouse emissions, an inevitable obligation that will need to be taken more seriously in the coming years.
There's a long way to go, but there's a way to make this a positive addition to New York City's streetscape.


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Sunday, March 13, 2011
52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History - The Case of the Mysterious Spots
The mysterious red spots and the hammer up the nose...and these were the days of my life! Those "mysterious red spots". Seriously, that's what we referred to them as. I already had chicken pox and a decent case of them so it wasn't a recurrence. It turned out that what those spots were was a case of the German measles (rubella), but I wasn't actually told that until I was older. We just kept calling them "mysterious red spots". As if it isn't hard enough being a kid, but to think that you've got some odd disease! :)
So there I am the kid with the mysterious cooties, and my clumsy Irish side comes out. I'm around 7 or 8 years old and I'm at my neighbor (and godparents') house. Their son was hammering nails into a step and removing them with the back of the hammer. So of course, I had to see what was going on "up close and personal". So there was a trip to the emergency room (one of my only as a child...my dad was a cheap-skate and you'd have to be dying to go to an emergency room), because I got a hammer claw up my nose. It wasn't broken, but it was bleeding something horrible. I guess a life lesson learned is to not be so close to the claw of a hammer and a 7 year old when he's practicing his mad hammer skills.
Apart from that I don't know of any other illnesses that I had. My sisters and I all had chicken pox at the same time, but nothing exciting. I haven't found anyone in my family that succumbed to the Great Influenza pandemic of 1918 (and I looked! I suppose we were very lucky). I did find out that my uncle had polio when he was a little boy. If I remember the story correctly (and my memory has never been what it should be), he was walking home and dragging his leg awkwardly. He (obviously) recovered from it and went on to become a doctor, a great husband, and wonderful father! I need more details on that story because it sounded like a good one at that!
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